Blue Monday

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Dave Grohl in London, 1997, around the time of the release of The Colour & The Shape

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Acclaimed Smith bassist Andy Rourke - with some of his finest singles

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Bob Dylan in August 1966

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Oh, Macca. 16 January 1980 and Paul McCartney is arrested at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport when 8 ounces of marijuana is found in his luggage.

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Arctic Monkeys' When The Sun Goes Down video

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David Bowie in The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

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Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon in 2024

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