Siouxsie back on stage tonight after 10 years….
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were granted 48.3 million bail out
The entire music industry was asking for 50 million and none forthcoming...
#LetTheMusicPlay
Pub in Liverpool renamed the Three Bellends after Johnson, Hancock and Cummings... photo from @reVoziganda
what's all this chest puffing over fish? the music industry makes 6 times more money for the UK and the government does fuck all for us, not one poxy gunboat of effort from Boris 'I love the Clash' Johnson
Fuck this is weird...I’m really liking being 60. Looks great written down and defying all the expectations mentally, physically and spiritually with that age are thrilling!
Feel ashamed to live in a country that treats nurses so badly and yet gives failed PPE bosses millions. Shameful.
Why is John Lydon even getting interviewed about American election? He’s a rich LA landlord, not a political pundit and not had a hit record for decades - may as well ask a member of Racey what they think!
Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers) RIP 'We are devastated to learn that the greatest keyboard player in the history of rock music from the greatest band ever has died.' louderthanwar.com/dave-greenfiel via
Gutted about Mark Lanegan. Glad to have known him and supported him with . I also did this interview with him where you get a measure of the beautiful soul with a dry wit and heart of gold and deep love of music. God bless you Mark.
A European super league made up of 3 countries and with 6 English clubs some of which are not in the top 4 of premiership and with no promotion or relegation is neither European, super or a league...
Andy Rourke dies at 59 ‘described as kind and beautiful soul by johnny marr ’ has passed away louderthanwar.com/andy-rourke-di via
Nick Cave at a 1976 gig by The Saints learning the ropes from the late ad great Chris Bailey.
Peye Shelley : one of the greatest Britsh songwriters and key figure in punk rock and one of nicest musicians we have ever met RIP. God bless you Pete and thanks for everything
As someone who spends their whole life in music it’s weird watching the #BRITs - like watching another world. Even the boring sports awards feel more relevant to my life!
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That's very sneaky - it was your party that ended the free TV licences for the over 75's - and now you blame the BBC. Just another Tory lie you can discuss at your next boozy garden party/works meeting #lethemeatcake
Mark Lanegan RIP 'We are totally devastated to hear that our dear friend Mark Lanegan has died at the age of 57.'
James Dean Bradfield is ridiculously talented and too modest to ever mention it. Great guitar player and classic singer - emotional, emotive, powerful #manicstreetpreachers
The Kunts 'BORIS JOHNSON IS A FUCKING CUNT' heading for xmas number 1 : buy it here and help it on its way...
Why we need HMV more than ever - The news that HMV is struggling again and on the brink of collapse is sad for any true music fan. - Louder Than War louderthanwar.com/need-hmv-ever/ #HMV
Boris Johnson will soon be your unelected leader.
A deeply unpleasant character.
A prime example of 21st-century ambition and no talent.
Just a reminder below of his Liverpool piece.
Not fit to govern.
Amazing watching #Nirvana after all these years - the intensity, the raw power and the melodies - they really were something else
Mike Nesmith RIP - sad to hear of the death of Monkees legend. First band I liked when I was 6.
Pete Shelley : a personal appreciation by John Robb - Louder Than War louderthanwar.com/pete-shelley-a
Jordan RIP - a tribute to the punk icon. So sad to hear the news of the death of the original and also a wonderful warm and funny person. louderthanwar.com/jordan-rip-a-t via
Terry Hall (The Specials) RIP 'We are sorry to report that one of the great icons of post-punk and the singer from The Specials Terry Hall has died at the age of 63' louderthanwar.com/terry-hall-the via
Who shot one tiger, two crocodiles, countless wild boar and stags, rabbits, ducks and at least 30,000 pheasants. and was for 35 years as President of the Worldwide Fund for Nature.
One of the best live acts and innovative performers we have. Billy Nomates is fab.
Post virus social distancing for the following please...Virgin Atlantic, Sports Direct, Britannia Hotels, Waterstones and Wetherspoons. Any others?
Ranking Roger RIP - much loved frontman of The Beat dies
Number one!
Bono knocked off the top of the Amazon chart
'The Art Of Darkness - the History of Goth' is Number one!
Alan Rankine (The Associates) dies at 63 ‘We are sorry to hear of the death of Alan Rankine, who was one half of the wonderful The Associates – the Dundee post-punk new pop band whose thrilling vision created stunning pop soundscapes’
Jamie Reid dies at 76 'The artist whose work defined punk more than other, Jamie Ried, has died' louderthanwar.com/jamie-reid-die via
Antony Gormley has been getting mixed reviews for his 'far too wooden' follow up to his Formby beach statues piece
everything that's wrong with this country encapsulated in one person #entitlement #weirdcomedyJohnsonlookalike
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“They were simply spilling out from their own offices into a secure garden"
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant defends lockdown drinks party held in a garden, that is an “integral part of No 10 Downing Street”
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Andrew Weatherall RIP 'one of the key architects of modern music and a great person He was also the greatest DJ we have been in a room with, with every set an adventure from rockabilly to dub to hard techno.'
Farewell genius.
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Janice Long RIP : much loved radio DJ dies after short illness. Really sad news.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Apparently it was trending this morning!
The infection rate in the Prime Minister’s Hillingdon constituency is higher than anywhere in Greater Manchester was when the regional lockdown was introduced. And yet only the north gets locked down...
What a dismal film clip this is
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Manchester, sheffield, Liverpool...is the criteria for a city getting a tier 3 lockdown having a great music scene?
Apocalypse Now. The biggest fire in the UK for decades on Saddleworth Moor not big enough story for national news?
The Tories are so bad now that even the likes of Carol Vorderman and Rod Stewart are calling them out...
Fuck of shitty trains. The late train to Sheffield is now not going to stop in Sheffield...we all have to get off in Stockport to get another train if it turns up. The north of England has third world trains at first world prices. You can stick you fare increases up your arse.
Has Texas just banned men from wearing makeup in public? How will Trump do a rally there?
Tony Wilson trained us for this! #andyburnham defying Westminster is what defines Manchester. Always was a revolutionary city.
Wow! Just spent almost 8 weeks at number one in the Amazon punk rock book charts and top 3 of the rock book charts with my ‘The Art Of Darkness - The History of Goth’ book
How the fuck can the fire brigade get the blame for the Grenfell fire - did they put the cladding in the block of flats to save money? Why were council and the landlords not in the dock? #grenfell
Is it only people over 50 who watch #TheBritAwards2021 #TheBritAwards so they can moan about ‘music nowadays’ instead of listening to all the great music that’s being made nowadays!
Sinéad O’Connor : an appreciation 'One of the purest and most expressive voices in pop. Sinéad O’Connor spoke her truth in a vacuum.' louderthanwar.com/sinead-oconnor via
#oasis #supersonic seems like a different world now - pre internet, ‘record sales’, top of the pops, ‘singles’ - the last band to be defined by that world?
The Cure are band of the weekend at #glastonbury hard to believe that we to go and watch them back in the seventies ! All that time
The goalposts of alternative rock have been so far by the likes of #brits2022 that the word has no meaning anymore. Range Rover rock indie is not alternative.
Such awful news. Everyone on the Manchester music scene new and loved her and her amazing voice and presence. Denise Johnson (much loved Manchester and Primal Scream singer) RIP
Pete Shelley : one of the greatest British songwriters and key figure in punk rock and one of nicest musicians we have ever met RIP. God bless you Pete and thanks for everything
Wow! How great is live! Just watching her now supporting the wonderful
Martin Duffy (Primal Scream, Felt) RIP 'We are sorry to hear of the death of Martin Duffy - the legendary keyboard player from Primal Scream and Felt.' louderthanwar.com/martin-duffy-p via
Alan Lancaster Status Quo RIP - in the seventies he was part of the denim machine that invented rock minimalism with a perfect run of singles - underrated but quite brilliant
Jet Black The Stranglers legendary drummer dies : an appreciation louderthanwar.com/jet-black-of-t via
Very good of to say a few words about my new book. Shares most welcome. Book on sale now at Amazon, Bandcamp, and all fine bookshops and record stores. US/Canada release date May 16 via #Goth #GothicRock
The myth that the royals earn a huge tourist dollar is exactly that - a myth. It's as much a piece of made-up PR fluff as the huge amount of medals that they pin onto their pantomime outfits for parades #AbolishTheMonarchy
For fucks sake just pay the London black cab drivers to ferry the NHS workers to work from allocated pick up points around London and shut the whole transport system down now.
Something grubby about taking the sweat off the musicians brows and money out of their pockets when you’re the boss of Spotify and tying to spend it all on a football club.
This photo from COP tells you everything you need to know about our arrogant useless PM. Sleeping on the job in every way possible.
The UK government are a bunch of weasels and shits...
This story is the tip of the iceberg - the reality of post Brexit touring is looking a lot worse than we were thinking from what I'm hearing.
Tonight!
I’m on the ‘One Show’ on BBC One talking about the late and great Poly Styrene...
Denice Johnson (much loved Manchester and Primal Scream singer) RIP louderthanwar.com/denice-johnson via
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I’m calling on MPs in government like you to do their job properly and end the poverty that means Marcus Rashford has to campaign #letthemeatcake
What do Hitler and Trump have in common?
They both ended their leadership in a bunker
Priti Patel calling for drug testing - starting with Tory party conference maybe?
Some of the 17 million mink jammed in tiny cages and bred just to make collars of coats in Denmark are harbouring a new strain of the virus that may be resistant to the vaccine - when are we going to wake up to this pointless cruelty!
INTERVIEW: Poly Styrene was a punk icon. Her daughter has made one of the music films of the year about Poly, her life and their relationship as she explains to
Why should #manchesterlockdown and #andyburnham take orders from Robert Jenrick? Out of touch and hardly an unblemished character - like Gove and others he represents the rotten core of this poisonous government.
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60 songs for my 60th birthdaay
impossible to make these lists but here we go...
open.spotify.com/playlist/4zwN1
Next time I’m doing an interview for #BBCBreakfast will I have to remove the classic Wire album from the shelf behind me!
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I would make a bee line for that table - chuck their stuff on the floor and sit there.
TV moment of the year? Bobby Gillespie refusing to dance on This Week - opinion piece - Louder Than War
At the moment it can take up to a year for a small label to press any vinyl and yet Adele has pressed up 500 000 copies of her new album which will became best selling vinyl release of all time…how does that work?
Bromley Contingent reunite! Billy and Sioux meet for first time in 32 years! louderthanwar.com/bromley-contin via
David Bowie would have been 72 today - here is our tribute to the man who fell to earth and saved our generation from boredom by John Robb - Louder Than War #Davidbowie
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The anonymous keyboard warrior bullies are the curse of the internet. Lets make sure Billy Nomates knows how valued she is on every level.
How dare #despatches attempt to blame the #firebrigade (heroes) for #Grenfell Living on the 8th floor I know who I would like to see out in a fire and it’s not the #tories #privatised #housing #management cutting corners with #building regs and gvt ignoring #socialhousing twats
These are the ugly dog days of the Boorish Johnson regime. His mini me Trump behaviour to save his own skin is the kind if self serving behaviour you would expect. Bash the BBC, immigrants etc. what next get his droogs to storm Parliament?
sobering to think only one of these is left alive. One of the greatest sounding and looking bands of all time.
Surely it’s time for the super rich rock stars to get their hands in their deep pockets and save grass roots venues and arts louderthanwar.com/surely-its-tim via
Prince William launches the #Earthshot competition - an environmental award you can enter with ideas to protect animals and the environment.
Here’s my entry ‘stop fucking shooting and hunting birds and animals William’