Fifty years ago, Heart ’s Ann and Nancy Wilson gatecrashed a male-dominated, payola-fuelled rock scene with with Dreamboat Annie , a platinum debut album powered by passionate vocals, guitar heroics and unshakeable self-belief. “We were young people on fire!”

John & Yoko/ Plastic Ono Band Power ...

At a time when many aspects of Tom Petty ’s world were falling apart, he took refuge in the studio. The deeply personal Wildflowers album was the result, and despite all the chaos and confusion that fed into it, it’s the one he regarded as his best.

A few years ago, Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr were interviewed for a BBC documentary about music’s messiest break-ups. Which may seem like an odd booking, given the pair’s famously adamantine bond. B

COPYRIGHT FUTURE 2025

Flying high: Ringo at London Airport, June 12, ...