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HAVING LIVED WITH TOURETTE’S SINCE HIS TEENS, LATER BECOMING A CAMPAIGNER, JOHN DAVIDSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN UNRESTRAINED FORCE. ACCORDINGLY, THE I SWEAR TEAM PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS…

IN A 1992 Guitar World feature that celebrated the release of Spinal Tap’s reunion album, Break Like the Wind, it was reported that lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel had been, at some point during the band’

Thanks to the record-breaking live return of Oasis, this has been a year heavy on Britpop nostalgia. But did anyone expect 2025 to include a rerun of the notorious Blur-versus-Oasis battle of August 1

The grand parade of lifeless packaging? Far from it, as this much-delayed blockbuster reissue of one of prog’s most fascinating and frustrating albums finally proves.

ONE OF THE MOST HE’S CEMENTED HIMSELF AS EXCITING ACTORS AROUND. NOW, AS HARRIS DICKINSON UNVEILS HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT, HE TELLS US WHY HE KEEPS PUSHING THINGS FORWARD

Three men, one vision, several lawsuits. Spinal ¨ Tap ’s improbable return is the comeback no one expected – and even fewer requested. David St Hubbins , Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls tell all.