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John Lennon's comments on Christianity led to Beatle records being publicly burnt in some states of the US "Bible Belt"

The most outrageous claims in rock

Placebo press 2024

Placebo to play Live at The Piece Hall 2024

Placebo

Classic moments from The Brit Awards:

The BRIT Awards' most surprising duos

Nirvana, on the morning of the Smells Like Teen Spirit shoot, August 1991: Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl.

Why Kurt Cobain didn't want to release Nirvana's Come As You Are as a single

Nirvana

Alex Turner and his fellow Monkeys at the BRIT Awards, 19th February 2014

It's now 10 years since Alex Turner's incredible BRIT Awards speech

Arctic Monkeys

Pink Floyd circa 1972: Rick Wright, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason

10 things you didn't know about Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon album

Pink Floyd

Classic Welsh artists: Catatonia, Manic Street Preachers and Stereophonics.

The best Welsh bands of all time

Catfish & The Bottlemen's Van McCann

Catfish & The Bottlemen's 2024 dates: How to buy tickets

Catfish And The Bottlemen

Kings Of Leon have talked about one of their favourite places to play in the UK

Kings Of Leon say playing Hyde Park makes them feel at home

Kings Of Leon

The Who in 1978: Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle

What are The Who's biggest songs?

The Who

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and IDLES frontman Joe Talbot

Foo Fighters were sent a handmade puzzle by IDLES in support act bid

Foo Fighters

Nirvana: fans of the hidden track

The best bonus tracks for today's extra day!

Caleb Followill talks "fulfilling" new Kings Of Leon album

Caleb Followill is "completely fulfilled" by Kings Of Leon's Can We Please Have Fun album

Kings Of Leon

Oasis band members Liam and Noel Gallagher at a press conference to announce the departure of the band's two founding member Guigsy and Bonehead. August 1999

Where did Oasis get the title Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants from?

Oasis

John Lennon with a copy of The Beatles White Album inset

John Lennon's copy of The Beatles' White Album sells for £128,000 at auction

U2's War album: released on 28th February 1983

Who was the boy featured on the cover of U2’s early albums?

What are the most underrated tracks by The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Arctic Monkeys?

The most underrated tracks by your favourite artists

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner with a still from their R U Mine? video inset

How R U Mine? changed everything for Arctic Monkeys...

Arctic Monkeys