No Rock And Roll Fun

http://planetdm.tumblr.com/post/116096948495/29-years-ago-depeche-mode-at-the-hmv-nottigham Not pictured: Gennaro Castaldo.

David Hepworth has written a lovely clatter through Barry Manilow's career for the Telegraph , which is well worth a read. The only pr...

Back in April 2014, Sandi Thom played Egremont Market Hall in Cumbria. It's taken a while for the council to get the money for the hir...

That's the lead track from Sharon Van Etten's I Don't Want To Let You Down ep. You can buy it in *rubs eyes* June, apparently. ...

The mayor of Boston has declared April 9th Riot Grrl Day : Joyce Linehan, the mayor’s Chief of Policy and Hanna’s longtime friend, will pre...

Black Sabbath's supposed farewell gig at Ozzfest in Japan has been dropped amidst confusion about whether they were going to play their ...

Josie Jones, Liverpool legend and erstwhile Big Hard Excellent Fish and Wah! has died . Viewers of Snub TV will remember The Imperfect L...

Elton John and Michael Stipe have something important to say : We applaud the US Department of Justice for supporting Ashley Diamond and th...

Billy Butler - the Chicago soul singer rather than the Liverpudlian DJ - has died . Inspired, and mentored by, Curtis Mayfield, Cabrini Gr...

Some unpleasant business over at GWAR, where the surviving band members are being sued by Dave Brockie's family : "Immediately aft...

With Don Mclean auctioning off the meaning of American Pie , you just hope it's going to turn out to be a massive disappointment: ...

Apparently, appearing on a Paloma Faith CD sleeve makes you something of a big deal in the snake world : Milk snake, Stripey Won, moved int...

Ralph Sharon, pianist, has died . Born in Britain, Sharon spent time working with British band leaders including the legendary Ted Heath. ...

I suppose Tidal's USP is that its incredibly wealthy owners make music, so it's probably no surprise that Beyonce has chosen Tidal t...

I don't know why the BBC aren't trumpeting about this from the top of their highest trumpeting towers: All Shook Up , a new (pilot) ...

On August 4th, 2004, I made a post to No Rock And Roll Fun in which I made reference to a McCains Oven Chips advert : What's most ridic...

I'm not sure there's anyone alive for whom 'Katie Hopkins doesn't support Labour' isn't enough to shift their votes,...

The ten most-read things this week: 1. Depression in the music industry 2. KT Tunstall: it's my braces which make people think I'...

From the Bury Free Press : Kate Jackson, former lead singer of The Long Blondes, has revealed the title of her long-awaited solo album – Br...

This, from Dazed And Confused , is the list of things banned at Coachella. D&C have fun with idea of banning selfie sticks and, more s...

What's that, MTV ? You need some help with an identification problem? You... you need us to tell you who the pop star in that photo of ...

Failing supermarket chain Morrisons has come up with a plan to refresh its offering. Not dumping the acres and acres of brawn and haslet tha...

Noah And The Whale have split . The Guardian effectively sums up their career as having started on the edges, they drove into the middle o...

Sex with Leapy Lee. Mormonism. And now, football. It's an eclectic morning of things people do that I don't really want to watch. Ge...

The return of Brandon Flowers brings back to attention the second highest profile Mormon. And he's been having a pop at the highest prof...

The idea of older people having sex isn't a bad thing. We're all going to be older people some day, with luck, and having an active ...

You know who's really lost out with Zayn leaving One Direction? Okay, yes, apart from retailers who now have piles of Zayn dolls they...

There's some grim news this morning from Joni Mitchell's official website : Joni was found unconscious in her home this afternoon. ...

A bunch of rich people have come together to launch a video music streaming service : Alicia Keys, Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Régine ...

Miriam Bienstock, one of the co-founders of Atlantic Records, has died . In the early days of the label, Ahmet Ertegun scouted talent; Bie...