Friday, 26 November 2021

Black Sabbath icon Tony Iommi: Pandemic blues, new band, new single, and working with Ozzy again

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  WHEN Tony Iommi famously sliced off the tips of his right hand fingers in a metal press at the age of 17 he feared he would never play gui...
Thursday, 25 November 2021

Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi releases first new music in eight years

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  Picture: Ross Halfin BLACK Sabbath legend Tony Iommi today releases his first new music in eight long years, complete with a new band, a s...
Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Treasures from the Attic No 8: When Genesis were just the warm-up act for Lindisfarne

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October 10, 1972 and folk/poppers Lindisfarne were huge, playing sell out theatres and festivals. Here, at Manchester's Free Trade Hall,...
Friday, 12 March 2021

Treasures From The Attic No 7 : Pink Floyd's shortest gig

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More than a year before the album came out, Pink Floyd were trialling Dark Side of the Moon with a quadraphonic PA. What they hadn’t factore...
Thursday, 14 January 2021

Treasures From The Attic No 6: The night Eric Clapton paid West Bromwich Albion to play

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Another treasure from the keepsakes box. It was September 27, 1978 the night Eric Clapton paid for a West Bromwich Albion football match. I...
Monday, 11 January 2021

Treasures From The Attic No.5: The day I made the earth move for Britt Ekland

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NOVEMBER 22, 1979. It was the day that I made the earth move, quite literally, for Scandi superstar Britt Ekland. The Swedish movie star was...
Friday, 8 January 2021

Treasures From The Attic No 4: The day I babysat for Meatloaf

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August 20, 1983. Birmingham Mail photographer Alan Tromans and I had backstage access at that year's Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle...