Shifting the pass-the-parcel of news and removing the wrapping when the music stops. Which this week happens here …

… will rock bands get offered the Saudi money?

… “there could be no British nightclubs in 2030”

… Diane Keaton and why all men were besotted

… the day Led Zeppelin played an Aqua Theatre for an audience swimming and in boats

… “the optimum number of band members is either three or loads”

… did Easy Rider invent the music video?

… Trainspotting, Reservoir Dogs, Midnight Cowboy, Almost Famous – soundtrack moments that made their movies

… 12 million more UK tickets were sold than in 2019 yet 150 small venues closed in two years: “scale is now part of the appeal”

… the genius of John Sebastian

… the end of MTV UK and how video changed the landscape

… “Here’s to you Mrs Roosevelt”: how Simon & Garfunkel got into the Graduate

… can anyone fathom Ghost Town Blues by Prefab Sprout?

Plus Tim Hardin, Harry Nilsson and birthday guest Matthew Elliott on why three is the magic number.

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