"The doctor didn’t speak much English but he could say enough, and I said, Is it bad? and he said, ‘Very bad’ and he said I needed surgery as soon as possible” - Guitarist @jongomm.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his recovery from a broken arm www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Jon Gomm: 'I stepped off the stage into nothingness and just fell'

Jon Gomm is recalling the fall from a stage in February which was so serious he thought might have ended of his musical career. “I was in Portugal on the second night of a tour and the venue was a ci...

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this is absolutely nuts: "the UK’s pension “triple lock” was costed at just £50mn when politicians first settled on a measure that has gone on to cost 300 times as much, according to the top adviser on economic strategy at the time" www.ft.com/content/efdc...

UK pension ‘triple lock’ was first costed at just £50mn, says ex-government adviser

Guarantee on value of state pension was a demand of Liberal Democrats in negotiations to form coalition with Tories after 2010 election

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"When I go out and people find out I’m from Sheffield, they think, ‘Well, he’s not going to sing that’ because they don’t expect it" - Paul Pashley talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his album Swing's a 21st Century Thing www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Paul Pashley: 'I think there’s a space for British artists doing swing'

Not for Paul Pashley was the usual path to a career in music. “Honestly, my background’s crazy,” he tells The Yorkshire Post with no understatement. The son of an Italian father who left home before h...

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This does in fact seem obvious to everyone apart from the people who came up with the policy.

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3d ago

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

"One of the things we discovered when we came over was the shelf life of British pop music is relatively short" - Sid Griffin talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about @thelongryders.com second act www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Sid Griffin on The Long Ryders: 'I am the one guy in the band that pushes'

With 15 UK concert dates scheduled, Sid Griffin, singer, songwriter and band leader, is looking forward to The Long Ryders’ first tour of Britain since the autumn of 2024.

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Our annual music writing panel is back with a vengeance - come join the debate! A MUST for anyone interested in music writing, or getting into writing about music 'Dancing About Architecture' Sat 14 Nov, 12.15pm at The Innside, Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/38j2cew9

Join Dan Jennings @wellerfanpod.bsky.social in conversation with Music TV Producer Malcolm Gerrie @malcolmgerrie Paul Weller Live on TV - Malcolm was there behind the scenes & has the stories to prove it! Sat 14th Nov, 2pm. What a treat this will be! All tickets: tinyurl.com/y994vemb

Latest from me: social care was this big thing at Labour conference. So why did neither Andy Burnham nor Yvette Cooper mention disability? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it? | John Harris

Working-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face an unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Our first announcement for our 'Getting Louder in Belfast!' weekend... MARCO PIRRONI will be in conversation with @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social 16th January 2027 at The Harrison: Chambers of Distinction. All Weekend Passes (inc with accommodation options) available here: tinyurl.com/2msaftvs

Tonight, 3rd October upstairs at The Triangle in Shipley from 8pm.

Aaaaand we're off. TWISTED PIKE published today. www.canelo.co/books/twiste...

What a treat we have in store for sure! Over the moon to be welcoming Zoë Howe back to Louder Than Words Fest! Join Zoë in conversation with @mccookerybook.bsky.social Sunday 15th November, 4.15pm Typical Girls? The Story of The Slits. All tickets: tinyurl.com/49hp3k2j

Heads up Louder Lovers! We now only have 4 Friday evening Passes left for Louder 2026. You choose between the events you wish to attend - THE BEST way and THE BEST value! All Passes available here: tinyurl.com/dvhwrsp2

"When Ron Forbes asked me to put my hands on the wall of the music room to feel a timpani it was as though the sun rays had come up" - @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk ahead of her appearance at Leeds International Festival of Ideas www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Dame Evelyn Glennie: 'I think everything boils down to listening'

Breaking barriers has been a trait of Dame Evelyn Glennie’s long career in music. Although profoundly deaf from the age of 12, she was determined to become the first person ever to forge a full-time c...

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Wowzers! Our Women in Punk panel for #Louder2026 is going to be a belter! Join @MollyTie, @PennyKiley, @McCookerybook & @johnrobb77 for a no doubt brilliant & pertinent discussion Sat 14 November, 2,15pm, The Innside, Manchester. All tickets/info: tinyurl.com/bddvrx3a

"I never really set out to write a song about something but I trip into the meaning of the song as I write it" - Zoe Cure talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about her debut album, Wave #Leeds www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Zoe Cure: 'Songwriting is a way for me to process emotions and experiences'

Four years to the day since her debut single came out, Zoe Cure, the Leeds-based acoustic singer-songwriter, unveiled Wave, the title track from her soon-to-be-released first album.

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"We’re all going with the flow but nobody’s really determining the flow, the flow is what it is" - John Taylor talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about the prospect of a new @durandurancom.bsky.social album, band democracy, and their autumn tour of UK arenas www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Duran Duran: 'Plugging into Nile Rodgers is like charging your phone'

After headlining at BST Hyde Park this summer, Duran Duran are back on the road next month on a short tour of UK arenas. But hopes that the release earlier this year of the Nile Rodgers collaboration ...

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Latest from me: there's a lot for Labour to be happy & purposeful about - but a)we're not going back to two party politics and b)watching them and the greens duke it out while fascism brews feels wrong wrong wrong www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour is nostalgic for two-party politics. That cosy, simple time is over – let it go | John Harris

Our fragmented political model will endure for the foreseeable future – and Reform will benefit from it until Burnham learns that cooperation is key, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Soooo looking forward to Friday 13th November, 6.30pm at The Innside, Manchester Join NICK HEYWARD in conversation with @LordWakering at #Louder2026, celebrating Nick’s new autobiography FANTASTIC DAYS! Don’t forget to wear your favourite shirts !❤️ All tickets & info: tinyurl.com/yc4jexz9

Michael Kiwanuka says he faces ‘long, tough journey’ to recovery from stroke

Michael Kiwanuka says he faces ‘long, tough journey’ to recovery from stroke

The Mercury prize-winner said ‘quite severe’ bleed was why he’d missed support slots with Mumford & Sons this year The British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka has said he has suffered a stroke and faces a “long tough journey” on the road to recovery. The 39-year-old singer from London, whose hits include Cold Little Heart and Home Again, said the “quite severe” bleed in his brain was the reason he had missed some tour dates this year when he was due to support Mumford & Sons, and that the stroke had been brought on by high blood pressure. Continue reading...

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"It was a great adventure that we went on" - Marc Almond talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about the sixth and final album by Soft Cell www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Marc Almond of Soft Cell: 'I felt sad that Dave Ball wasn’t around to enjoy this record'

Theirs is a story that began in Leeds in 1977 and would go on to encompass millions of record sales, one of the best-known singles of the 1980s, and surprise second and third acts.

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Can barely put into words what a joy it was to write this piece about the making of perhaps my favourite music movie, and definitely my favourite UK hitmakers. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...

‘Being in Madness kept some of them out of jail’: how the baggy-trousered nutty boys made a guerrilla cinema classic

From a jail-inspired light sabre fight to the moment a sax-player flew, Take It or Leave It brilliantly captured the band’s grimy origins. Will the film’s return see it finally honoured as a music mov...

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BBC News: Mass trespass staged in PM Andy Burnham's constituency "They walked on to the Winstanley Hall estate in Wigan as part of their calls for a change in the law to bring in a Scottish-style right of responsible access to land and water that is privately owned." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mass trespass staged in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Makerfield constituency

Protestors walked on to a private estate in Wigan as part of their calls for the right to roam.

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One day Kindle deal! WITHERED HILL only 99p for Friday September 18th only! Grab it while it’s hot and cheap. www.amazon.co.uk/Withered-Hil...

Withered Hill: A dark and unsettling British folk horror novel

Withered Hill: A dark and unsettling British folk horror novel eBook : Barnett, David: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Hot off the press! Latest additions for our annual #ClubCulture panel! One Foot in the Rave: Representations & Reputations of the Club Scene with #SimonMorrison in the Chair + @graemepark.bsky.social & #SteveMachin Join us, Fri 13 Nov, 6.30pm Manchester All tickets: tinyurl.com/3zbrcnkw

Clint Boon features in November’s @mojomagazine.bsky.social @johnharris1969.bsky.social ‘Don’t Look Baggy in Anger’, celebrating his book Manchester Chronicles. Come & join @clintboon.bsky.social in conversation Fri 13 Nov, 6.30pm, Manchester All tickets and info: tinyurl.com/yp6sctwb

"There are whole countries I don’t remember being in, believe it or not" - Mary Coughlan talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about her 40-year career in music www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Mary Coughlan: 'My neighbours remember me hanging out nappies singing Billie Holiday songs'

Mary Coughlan is on a rural retreat and fretting about the quality of her mobile phone reception when she speaks to The Yorkshire Post. “I’m in the middle of absolutely nowhere, down in Connemara,” sa...

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Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys/Rocket From The Tombs) dies at 71 louderthanwar.com/cheetah-chro...

Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys/Rocket From The Tombs) dies at 71

Cheetah Chrome the legendary guitarist with US punks the Dead Boys and proto-punk Cleveland band Rocket From The Tombs has died at 71.

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Some thoughts on the @kasabian0fficial.bsky.social outstore gig for Crash Records at O2 Academy Leeds for @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Gig review: Kasabian at O2 Academy Leeds

There’s no holding back from the Leicester band on a night to launch their latest album.

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