I have worshipped at the shrine of AC/DC since waiting in my car for my son to emerge from a Putney barber shop. That was almost 30 years ago. I had the radio on and there it was, the perfect rock '*' roll song, Highway To Hell... more
From rock 'n' roll and graffiti art to Henry VIII and the workings of the human body, London's galleries and museums have something for everyone.... more
Football: Tube bosses are under fire from Chelsea fans over their decision to shut the Victoria Line on the day of the club's London derby at Tottenham... more
Being a reformed character was never meant to be easy. For someone so seemingly spineless, Peter Doherty was musically fearless at Shepherds Bush.... more
The Beatles he loved couldn't be there to say goodbye. It was left to the women to pay the band's final respects to Neil Aspinall, the man who ran the group's business empire for 40 years and was known as the 'fifth Beatle'... more
The Who's concert in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust featured epic musicianship with numerous raging guitar solos from Pete Townshend and on stage acrobatics from Roger Daltrey.... more
Noel Gallagher, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Russell Brand and Noel Fielding all appear at the Royal Albert Hall this week raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.... more
David Smyth chats with Pete Townshend and his girlfriend Rachel Fuller about their unprofessional webcasts, and does his bit to save Camden's Electric Ballroom in his weekly column.... more
More than 40 years after the birth of the band, The Who are set to perform at Glastonbury. The rockers said they were "ecstatic" to be performing at the summer festival.... more
As their Roundhouse gig proved, The Who still have the power...but nowadays with the help of nothing stronger than a cup of tea, says John Aizlewood.... more
In the first of what it hopes will be an annual festival to complement the classical Proms, the BBC's Electric Proms aims to persuade a wide cross-section of contemporary musicians to try something a bit different.... more
From Coldplay and Pulp to The Who and Pink Floyd, much of modern music flourished in the capital's seats of higher learning. A new poll has revealed where they studied.... more
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