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Prince on stage at the 36th NAACP Image Awards on March 19, 2005 in Los Angeles, California
As the 10th anniversary of his death nears, watch Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Pearl Jam, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Cornell pay tribute to Prince

By Paul Brannigan Published

Prince: 10 years gone, never forgotten

Bands & Artists
Prince, Lars Ulrich
Why Prince turned down a partnership deal with Guitar Hero, while Metallica considered it a "no-brainer"

By Paul Brannigan Published

Horses for courses

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Bands & Artists
Jimmy Eat World in Colorado in 2001
How an email rant inspired a song worth a billion streams and picked up some iconic fans along the way

By Simon Young Published

When the world felt very unstable in 2001, Jimmy Eat World delivered the feel good hit of the autumn

Bands & Artists
Guns N' Roses on stage
Melania Trump documentary producer names artists who refused to clear their music for use in the film

By Paul Brannigan Published

"It’s disappointing when people put politics so far ahead"

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Bands & Artists
Prince and Kate Bush
How a comedy legend ended up singing on a Kate Bush and Prince collaboration

By Paul Brannigan Published

"I sang my heart out. I couldn’t believe it. I was performing on a song with two of my heroes"

Bands & Artists
Prive onstage at First Avenue in Minneapolis
The story of Prince's Purple Rain, this year's viral Stranger Things needle drop

By Nick Hasted Published

Prince's Purple Rain was the epic ballad that reclaimed rock for black musicians and is now ingrained in popular culture

Concerts & Shows
Prince on a motorbike, as pictured on the cover of Purple Rain
Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age

Albums
Two combined images of Prince and Stevie Nicks performing.
Why Stevie Nicks turned down Prince's biggest song and spent the night at his purple palace

By James McNair Published

Stevie Nicks reveals how she and Prince became flirty friends and collaborators...

Bands & Artists
Filmmaker Spike Lee (R), a New York Knicks season ticket-holder, talks with the musician formerly known as Prince (L) during the NBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden 08 February. The Eastern Conference All-Stars beat the Western Conference 135-114. AFP PHOTO/Tim CLARY (Photo by Timothy A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
"Prince looked at me like I had five heads." The night film director Spike Lee asked Prince to give him a rare guitar from his personal collection

By Paul Brannigan Published

If you don't ask, you don't get

Bands & Artists
Prince performs onstage during the 1984 Purple Rain Tour on November 4, 1984
"People had issues with how he treated people – he was emotionally abusive, he was physically abusive." Prince documentary director addresses Netflix cancellation, says the star's representatives were unable to "confront his humanity"

By Liz Scarlett Published

Director Ezra Edelman was working on a new Prince documentary for Netflix, however it has since been axed, allegedly due to disagreements over how the late musician was to be depicted

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