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

Many of us look fondly back at nights out in younger years. Days before responsibilities, the pressures of life and the odd ache or pain led to our favouring an earlier bedtime. But wanting to get a d

A new docuseries charts the legacy of a landmark gig

If not quite the moon landing or the shooting of JFK, 13 July 1985 remains a day on which most people who were alive remember exactly where they were – a day marked by a seismic social and cultural sh

Queen took Live Aid by storm when they ran on to the stage at Wembley to perform their greatest hits – so why do Brian May and Roger Taylor recall the band being so apprehensive beforehand?

A brilliant new documentary reflects on the world’s biggest music concert 40 years on…