Latest articles by Niall Doherty
The Smile cancel all forthcoming shows due to serious Jonny Greenwood illness
The Radiohead side-project have scrapped all dates to give the guitarist time to recover
Every Coldplay album ranked from worst to best
With over 100 million albums sold, Coldplay are one of the biggest bands in the world. Here's their stellar back catalogue ranked
Avril Lavigne addresses the bonkers conspiracy theory that claims she’s not actually Avril Lavigne
The Sk8ter Boi star has confirmed she did not die in 2003 and is, in fact, Avril Lavigne
The night Oasis completely trashed a London hotel and got their marching orders
The demolition job was spearheaded by guitarist Bonehead, who said the hotel was like somewhere “your Granny would stay”
The time that Eddie Vedder hopped behind the counter at his favourite record store
Easy Street Records was short-staffed and their most famous customer came to the rescue
The time that Paul Heaton tried to nationalise his back catalogue and the government turned him away
The Beautiful South and Housemartins man tried to put the proceeds from his hits back into the state but was turned down
The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett on their gamechanging second record, which turns 30 this week
Liam Howlett says Music For The Jilted Generation was a reaction to the government trying to stop kids having a good time
Want to hear World In Motion with Peter Beardsley rapping? Yes, you definitely do...
A few members of the team had a go at doing the John Barnes rap to much less success
How R.E.M.'s Glastonbury headline slot in 1999 was almost scuppered by a security guard who wouldn't let Michael Stipe in
The R.E.M. frontman had some trouble being let into the festival site when the alt-rock titans headlined back in 1999
Blink-182's Tom DeLonge on how an encounter with Liam Gallagher left him thinking the Oasis man was the most "punk rock dude" he'd ever met
The Britpop legends and pop-punk giants crossed paths at a radio show in Detroit and Tom DeLonge emerged from the experience a changed man
Michael Stipe on how R.E.M.'s triumphant Glastonbury bow revitalised them
The Athens, Georgia trio's post-Bill Berry era began in earnest with a triumphant headline slot at Worthy Farm
Pearl Jam cancel London stadium show
Pearl Jam forced to pull their scheduled London stadium show due to illness
Travis frontman Fran Healy on the rainy Glastonbury performance that made his band - and their rainy-themed anthem - huge
The weather gods came through and sent the Scottish quartet on their way to being huge
Forget all the record sales and live extravaganzas, Garbage’s Shirley Manson says opening the Scottish Parliament 25 years ago is her proudest achievement
The alt-rock giants were invited to play as part of the Scottish Parliament celebrations in 1999
10 offspring of rock and pop heavyweights who are getting into the family business...
From Noah Yorke to Tye Trujillo to Olivia Vedder, here's the kids joining the family business...
The 1975’s Matty Healy on the time he thought he was going to get shot onstage
The alt-pop quartet wrote their punky anthem People in response to the state’s abortion band in 2019
St. Vincent on how the song she co-wrote with Taylor Swift went to Number One four years after its release
The 2019 Swift and St. Vincent co-write Cruel Summer got a new lease of life when fans demanded its release as a single in 2023
The story of L7 and the most debauched, messy tour in grunge history
The LA rockers' jaunt with Cat Butt tooks in brawls, hard drugs, gangland shootings, machete attacks and more.
Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten on the band's cocksure and drunk early gigs
Chatten says the band were "ridiculously cocky and arrogant" when they were starting out
The ten best cover versions by Pearl Jam, from The La's to Prince
Eddie Vedder & co. have done a truckload of cover versions across their career - here's ten of the best
Fat White Family frontman Lias Saoudi on the time he thought he'd been possessed by the spirit of John Lennon
The Fat White Family frontman was visiting Sean Lennon when the alleged possession took place
Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie on writing the classic England anthem Three Lions
Whether or not football is coming home, Broudie's classic tune is sure to be wheeled out for the Euros
Eels frontman E on the open-heart surgery that saved his life
The Eels leader says that he has a “new lease on life” in the wake of the operation
