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“Birmingham has always been embarrassed about its heavy metal heritage – and that’s unacceptable.” The story behind the petition to get Birmingham Airport named after Ozzy Osbourne – and why its founder is refusing to give up

Other musical cities celebrate their musical heritage - so why not the birthplace of heavy metal?

“I used to sleep with my guitar next to the bed”: Born in a dream, the guitar solos in one of classic rock’s greatest songs were out of key, but band superstition kept them in

Lynyrd Skynyrd's down-home anthem was a retort to Neil Young's Southern Man, but decades on it's soundtracked everything from KFC to video games

“The producer is looking at me across the room, eyebrow askew. Finally he says, ‘I don’t think so’”: The story of how Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess didn’t play on Pink Floyd’s The Wall

Keyboard maestro admits he gave a “very poor” performance during 1979 session, and Bob Ezrin was right to kick him out

“If The White Album had been whittled down to 45 minutes, it would have gone down as one of The Beatles’ definitive statements”: Decades on, The Beatles’ White Album is still igniting pub arguments

The one where the cracks in the Beatles' armour began to appear and quality control took a back seat

“Our state is the best place in the country to bring dreams to life”: A second Sphere venue is coming to the US

Sphere at National Harbor, Maryland, will be a scaled-down version of the groundbreaking Las Vegas venue

It’s Only Fantasy — Vancouver Island Artist AVRO Conjures Synthpop Alchemy with “Psychopathé” Album

Moon in her eyes Darker than her mourning lace Powers my addictions Power keeps me in my place AVRO’s psychopathé arrives on the scene with the chill...

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