All the leaves are brown and the sky’s a bit unruly but mellow fruitfulness abounds in this week’s pick of the rock and roll news. Add to basket …  

… is Morrissey hacked off, broke or just desperate for attention?

… are stadium gigs the new tourism?

… bucket hats, Man City, lads culture … how did America finally ‘get’ Oasis?

… singles that weren’t on albums

… are we sated by an overabundance of music?

… how Gary Numan got a record deal

… why Gene Loves Jezebel are the new Sam & Dave!

 … the new age of the rock and roll pilgrimage

… did Slade record the Hokey Cokey? The Dave Clark Five did Neil Young? The Troggs did Foxy Lady?

… the Jam, the Yardbirds, The Nice, the Smiths: bands who broke up because they couldn’t crack America

… selling Barry White records to Middle Eastern airline pilots

Plus Tubeway Army, the Scaffold doing Ging Gang Goolie, “Mister Ferry’s diction” and birthday guest Jelltex.

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