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Jimmy Kimmel announces death of bandleader Cleto Escobedo III: “Heartbroken is an understatement”

The album that derailed Prince’s entire career

The artist Joan Baez needed to hide from her record collection: “Too commercial”

The only two artists David Gilmour can be certain “changed the world”

The band Anthony Bourdain believed was “too good to last”

The songs Bruce Springsteen wasn’t good enough to write

The guitar player Neil Young “couldn’t relate to”

The co-star who disgusted Al Pacino: “That’s why he’s always late”

The erotic Velvet Underground song Lou Reed never understood: “I listened to the record and I realised”

Eddie Murphy almost played Michael Caine’s favourite role: “There were certain political reasons”

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The director who hates Madonna with a passion: “I’ll never forgive her for it”

The “lousy” Rush song that makes Geddy Lee “cringe” when he hears it

The legend Robert Fripp slammed as “quite awful” live

The three most essential albums in history, according to Dave Grohl

The secret John Lennon message in ‘Free As A Bird’ he sent from beyond the grave

The one actor Clint Eastwood called the best in the world: “That covers my inadequacies”

The Fleetwood Mac song that broke Mick Fleetwood’s heart: “Peter was in a lot of pain”

The $750m movie Demi Moore was desperate to make: “That will grease the skids”

Michael Caine gives AI company permission to clone his voice

Ruby Rose calls Sydney Sweeney a “cretin” and claims she was originally set to star in ‘Christy’

Stanley Tucci names the three greatest roles of his career: “I am very, very lucky”

The Paul Simon classic he said was written “wrong”

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John Williams honoured with stage dedication at the Hollywood Bowl

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Bob Dylan explains why classical artists the ultimate pop heroes: “The people never go to see them”

The one and only time John Wayne made an arthouse movie: “It was a tough spot to be in”

Madi Diaz covers Blink-182’s ‘Enema of the State’ to raise money for immigrant legal aid charity

The one song Billy Joel called a “Promethean moment”

The Moldy Peaches confirm one-off reunion show

Walton Goggins names his favourite director of all time: “Living or deceased”

“The greatest prog rock piece ever written,” according to Steve Lukather

The band who killed punk, according to Paul Weller

The one movie Johnny Depp directed and then banned from release in America: “It just about ripped me to shreds”

The movie Harrison Ford hated every second of making: “It took two days more than forever”

The massive ballad that Sting dismissed as a “pile of crap”

Michael Jackson breaks longstanding US chart record following ‘Michael’ trailer

Pope Leo to host Hollywood stars at the Vatican for the first time

70 per cent of people prefer live music to sex, new survey reveals

How Radiohead track ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ avoided dying a “horrible” death

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The album George Martin called a “pain in the ass”

The two first concept albums, according to Pete Townshend

Oscar-nominated actor Sally Kirkland dead at 84