Everyday people: the parking wardens, estate agents and more who inspired classic songs

found 2025 › Apr › 08 (Tue) @ 13:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

After the death of Joe DePugh, the high school baseball player hymned in Springsteen’s Glory Days, we look at the ordinary inspirations for extraordinary hits

Last week Joe DePugh, a star high school …

High school baseball star and Bruce Springsteen's friend - who inspired hit song 'Glory Days' - dead at 75

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 00:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

He passed away at a hospice facility in West Palm Beach, Florida due to metastatic prostate cancer , his brother Paul told the New York Times .

Stephen Graham says Bruce Springsteen’s ‘beautiful’ text left him in tears

found 2025 › Mar › 26 (Wed) @ 00:27 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Graham received the feedback from Springsteen, whose father he plays in the biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere starring Jeremy Allen White

Stephen Graham, currently winning acclaim for his turn as the fat…

Adolescence star Stephen Graham reveals 'beautiful' text from 'hero' Bruce Springsteen left him in tears after playing the iconic musician's late father in new biopic

found 2025 › Mar › 25 (Tue) @ 07:00 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The British actor, 51, filmed scenes as the late Douglas ' Dutch ' Springsteen, who died in 1998, and after wrapping received a message from the musician, 75, who had been on set.

The Waterboys’ Mike Scott: ‘I love Prince’s version of The Whole of the Moon. And Graham Norton’s’

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 17:15 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Ahead of his new Dennis-Hopper-themed album, Scott answers your questions on jamming with Dylan, the magic of Ireland and why he’s had more than 80 bandmates

Why did your new album, Life, Death and De…

In defence of seeing Taylor Swift live ... when you’re in your 50s | Sarfraz Manzoor

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 08:28 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Some say it’s embarrassing. But as a ‘Swiftie dad’ attending the Eras tour, I felt the same rush as seeing Oasis in 1994

This year, assuming I can get a ticket, I will be seeing Oasis on their reunion…

What links Lauryn Hill and Jon Bon Jovi? The Saturday quiz

found 2025 › Feb › 01 (Sat) @ 08:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

From brazen bull and the Duke of Exeter’s daughter to the whirligig, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Which first cousins were executed, respectively, in 1536 and 1542?
2 What fruit has the…

‘I’d dress as Judy Garland and scare my parents’: Rufus Wainwright’s honest playlist

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 08:24 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The singer-songwriter rises to Bruce Springsteen and loves the Eurythmics. But why has he had to rebrand as Wainwright?

The song I do at karaoke
My daughter is a typical teenager. She’s 13 and not in…

The gig economy: ticket inflation is getting worse, so where does all the money go?

found 2025 › Jan › 20 (Mon) @ 15:17 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour and the Gallaghers’ ill-fated dabble with dynamic pricing have put the spotlight on how much we’re willing to pay for live music. But, on the other side of the equation, the …

No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today

found 2025 › Jan › 17 (Fri) @ 08:22 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canon

In 2011, Jacob…