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Mick Jagger: My old mate…Mick the Monster

Memoir by Keith Altham, Daily Mirror, July 1993

KEITH ALTHAM'S unique association with Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones has been established over 30 years. As a journalist and broadcaster he completed more ...

Marc Bolan, T. Rex: Marc Bolan 25 Years On

Retrospective by Barney Hoskyns, Daily Mirror, September 2002

A MONTH before the tragic car crash that killed him on September 16, 1977, a 29-year-old Marc Bolan told fellow pop star Steve Harley: "I'd ...

Super Furry Animals: Rings Around Cardiff: Super Furry Animals

Report and Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 2003

TEN YEARS INTO their magnificent career, Cardiff’s Super Furry Animals are indisputably Britain’s indie rock kings. ...

Run DMC: The Best of Run DMC

Review by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, April 2003

Run DMC inspired a generation to turn hip-hop into a multi-billion dollar industry, says GAVIN MARTIN ...

Travis Reign Again

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, October 2003

TRAVIS HAVE BEEN REBORN AFTER SELF DOUBT AND A SERIOUS INJURY TO DRUMMER NEIL PRIMROSE. BY GAVIN MARTIN ...

Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks: Stevie Nicks: Confessions Of A Rock Chick

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, November 2003

CURLED UP on the sofa at Fleetwood Mac's Los Angeles rehearsal studios, Stevie Nicks looks every inch the ageing rock chick survivor. At her feet ...

Human League, The: Phil Oakey

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, November 2003

IT IS 22 YEARS since the number one single 'Don't You Want Me' turned The Human League from underground Sheffield electro boffins into champions of ...

Black Eyed Peas: Give Peas Peas A Chance

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, December 2003

HOW THEIR ANTI-WAR SONG AND A FAMOUS FRIEND HELPED BLACK EYED PEAS HIT THE JACKPOT. BY GAVIN MARTIN ...

Kelis: Ice Queen Kelis Blows Her Cool

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, January 2004

KELIS IS BACK WITH A SAUCY ALBUM AND A BAD ATTITUDE ...

The Brits: D-Day – The Music Died

Report by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, February 2004

IT WAS the British music industry's D-Day, with The Darkness, Dido, Duran Duran and even Daniel "personality bypass" Bedingfield sweeping the board. ...

Dirty Pretty Things: Barat's Home: Dirty Pretty Things

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, July 2006

THE LAST TIME I met Carl Barât he was, by his own admission, in the middle of a deep depression. Carl's relationship with Pete Doherty ...

Snow Patrol: Run For Cover: Snow Patrol

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, July 2006

HE IS KNOWN as indie rock’s Mister Nice Guy. But despite selling two million albums, Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody remains a charisma-free zone. ...

Catatonia, Cerys Matthews: The return of Cerys Matthews

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, August 2006

CERYS MATTHEWS, Britpop's very own Princess of Wales is back. The former Catatonia singer escaped to a new home in Nashville at the start of ...

Pet Shop Boys: The Pet Shop Boys

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, May 2007

THE PET SHOP Boys have been one of the most successful pop duos ever produced in this country. Twenty-one years into their career Chris Lowe ...

Shane MacGowan: Exclusive: Pogues' Shane Tells How He Made It To 50

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, December 2007

Smoking, drinking and partying keep me alive ...

Seth Lakeman on James Blunt, Raving and Marriage

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, July 2008

Seth Lakeman talks about his foot-stomping fourth solo album ...

Bloc Party Refuse to Rest on Their Laurels 10 years On

Report and Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, January 2009

SITTING ON THE band's tour coach, while waiting to check into their Las Vegas hotel, Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is wearing baggy jeans that ...

Friendly Fires: Burning Ambition: Friendly Fires

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, January 2009

LAST YEAR, Friendly Fires' self-titled debut album marked them out as one of the most exciting and danceable new bands in the country. They'd certainly ...

Killers, The: The Killers: Brandon Flowers is Blooming

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, February 2009

IT IS FIVE HOURS before showtime and the Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers, kicking back in his South Carolina hotel room, is in relaxed, confident and ...

Depeche Mode:

Review and Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, April 2009

How the trio escaped their demons to make a great album ...

Doves: Kingdom of Doves

Report and Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, June 2009

DOVES ARE THE great survivors of Manchester Rock. Jimi Goodwin and brothers Jez and Andy Williams were schoolpals in Wilmslow and, since joining together as ...

Shakira Wants to Fight Poverty and Offer Escapism

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, December 2009

SHAKIRA'S THE 50 million-selling pocket-sized Colombian superstar whose high-profile charity work, runaway international success and eye-boggling performances comprise a perfect combination of brain power and ...