Freddie Mercury tribute concert from 1992 to stream this weekend
The Freddie Mercury tribute concert which, took place just five months after the singer’s death and was held at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium, will be streamed online this weekend. The…
‘Custard Pie’: The dirty song Led Zeppelin only played live once
It almost seems sacrilegious to denounce any of Led Zeppelin’s compositions. After all, the band was instrumental in establishing hard rock, without which we might never have had metal, punk,…
The band Freddie Mercury called “the greatest”
Freddie Mercury is a hugely missed figure, and for many, there’ll never be another rock vocalist like him. His performance at Wembley Stadium at Live Aid will live on in…
Queen’s Freddie Mercury once dressed Princess Diana in drag and smuggled her into a nightclub
Following the release of his critically acclaimed biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, you’d expect most people to have a fairly good grasp on some of the more outlandish moments of Freddie Mercury’s…
Hear The Beatles unique isolated vocals for their classic song ‘Nowhere Man’
One of The Beatles’ stand-out albums, Rubber Soul is often thought of as the first time the Fab Four really stepped out of their comfort zones. The group, especially John…
Remembering how an act of defiance by The Beatles helped fight racism in 1964
In 1964, The Beatles produced an act of defiance which ultimately made a huge step toward fighting racial segregation. The band, with thousands of people waiting with bated breath, refused…
Listen to Ringo Starr’s isolated drums on The Beatles classic ‘Come Together’
The debate is over and it’s official, Ringo Starr was a much better drummer for The Beatles than you thought he was. We’ve all heard the joke but the truth…
The big problem Ringo Starr had with The Beatles song ‘Here Comes the Sun’
The end of The Beatles is best known for the animosity between its members, particularly the rift between songwriting duo John Lennon and Paul McCartney. After years of being the…
What was the first song Led Zeppelin played together as a band?
By the time Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham formed Led Zeppelin, they were already seasoned musicians who’d been in and out of various recording sessions.…
Why Robert Plant found the Led Zeppelin reunion ‘too heavy’
Led Zeppelin took to the stage for the final time on December 10th, 2007, when they bowed out in style by bringing the roof crashing down on London’s O2 Arena…