‘like you, music was a coping mechanism for my past traumas’

Three women express their gratitude towards the unsung heroes who changed their lives for the better

Joy Division and New Order’s bass legend, 69, on outrunning the young guns on stage

I’ve just written a book about my life so I have been looking back quite a bit lately. So let’s go back to when I was 16. I was spending all of my time playing guitar during the day, and then at night

Gareth Malone opens up about touring, family and how he keeps cheery in difficult times

When I was 16, I was into music and athletics. I was a sprinter and I was in school bands. George Michael was my musical hero – I would stand in front of the mirror with a hairbrush singing Faith. Sch

I adjusted my red spotty headband. Was it too young for me? Or did it suggest I was ‘young at heart’? My confidence was feeling bruised after what my son Dylan had said… ‘You know you’re too old to be