The stranglers

The instrument that featured on the cover of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms is still very much in use.

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

Roar Like Thunder EARACHE

It’s 20 years since Johnny Green, late road manager of the Clash, wrote a riotous book about his time at the Tour de France. Trevor Ward hears the story from a first-hand witness, Green’s son Earl

LONDON, ENGLAND Glenn Hoddle doesn’t exude rock star vibes, but he plays a mean guitar. Chas & Dave penned Ossie’s Dream before Spurs’ 1981 FA Cup win, then joined up with Ray Clemence and Hoddle for

Close harmonies, smooth grooves, infighting and ‘the bag’: making an album on stage