Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart has been Deputy Editor of NME, editor of Sounds in the '80s and the launch editor of Select. Until recently, he was Assistant Editor of The Daily Mirror, where he was also the Soap Opera critic.
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Emerson Lake And Palmer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Town Hall, Birmingham
Live Review by Tony Stewart, Sounds, 31 October 1970
AFTER TWO hours of solid music, the 2,000 strong audience, at Birmingham Town Hall were dancing in the aisles, clapping and stamping and try as ...
Fleetwood Mac, Tea & Symphony: Fleetwood Mac, Tea and Symphony: Kinetic Circus, Birmingham
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 June 1971
LESSER BANDS might have given up the struggle to survive after going through so many setbacks, so close to each other, but not Fleetwood Mac. ...
Traffic: Stevie Winwood Talks About The Future Of Traffic
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 19 June 1971
SLUMPED IN a chair, Steve Winwood looked tired. ...
Mungo Jerry: Barbarellas, Birmingham
Live Review by Tony Stewart, Sounds, 7 August 1971
MUNGO JERRY easily adapted their stage act for their shows at the Birmingham nightclub Barbarellas on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last week. Apparently the first ...
Traffic: Welcome To The Canteen (Island 12TS 9165; £2.15)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 11 September 1971
TRAFFIC MUSICAL HISTORY ...
Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra: Lee Hazlewood: We Only Record For The Fun Of It
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 September 1971
THREE YEARS ago, Lee Hazlewood tired of writing and producing Nancy Sinatra – split to Stockholme to carry on his interest in film work – ...
Sandy Denny: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 September 1971
PERHAPS I was expecting too much from Sandy Denny, or maybe I wanted too much, but I'm afraid her concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall ...
Shirley Bassey: State Of The World Means 'Kids' Can Now Relate To Me Says Shirley Bassey
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 September 1971
UNEXPECTED, but marvellous – and Shirley Bassey puts down her latest recording success, 'For All We Know' down to a change of style, which she ...
The Groundhogs: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 September 1971
OUT Of the many gigs I've seen Groundhogs play, their concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Saturday was easily one of the best. Perhaps ...
The Bay City Rollers: New to the Charts: Bay City Rollers from Scotland
Profile by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 25 September 1971
NEXT IN the line of Scottish groups to make it South of the Border, called the Bay City Rollers, this week enter the NME charts at No. ...
Traffic: The Gaumont, Worcester
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 25 September 1971
TRAFFIC: THEY NEVER PLAY THE SAME TWICETour review by TONY STEWART ...
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 2 October 1971
LOOKING UNUSUALLY relaxed, perhaps with more confidence than he has previously had, Cat Stevens took the stage at the Coliseum on Sunday, with the house ...
Curved Air: Second Album (Warner Bros. K46092 £2.15)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 9 October 1971
Curved Air: No need for gimmicks ...
Stoneground: Good Time Stoneground
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 9 October 1971
AS PART OF the travelling Great Medicine Ball Caravan, Stoneground hit this country last year, and now they are back, but on their own, and ...
Sandy Denny: The North Star Grassman And The Ravens (ILPS 9165 £2.15)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 9 October 1971
SANDY'S VOICE CARRIES IT ...
Stone The Crows: Teenage Licks (Polydor Super 2425 071 E2.15)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 16 October 1971
FROM THE first track on this third album from Stone The Crows it is obvious where their roots lie, in good time rock and R&B; ...
Carole King: How Carole King Became Queen...
Profile by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 23 October 1971
IN MANY ways, and for many reasons, it took Carole King a long time to record her first album, Writer, in 1970. As a writer ...
Pentangle: The Five Sides of Pentangle
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 23 October 1971
PENTANGLE'S RISE in popularity has been unobtrusive but definite. They play a unique and compelling blend of styles spanning the world of jazz, blues, country, ...
Judy Collins: "Music Reminds Us That We're Human Beings"
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 30 October 1971
LIKE A CHILD Judy Collins posed for photographers at a special reception held for her this week to welcome her back to Britain for the ...
The Velvet Underground: Velvet Underground: Lowdown on the Underground
Profile and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 30 October 1971
Tony Stewart reports on the 'mysterious' Velvet Underground – a super-hip cult based on four reluctant 'intellectuals' ...
Richie Havens: A State Of Mind (Verve)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 6 November 1971
DON'T CONFUSE this with the soon-to-be-released Havens album, The Great Blind Degree. ...
Quintessence: Peace... Love... And Success Without Sell-Out
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 20 November 1971
FOR QUINTESSENCE, 1971 must go down as one of the most successful years in their history – they have been going through a period of ...
Marc Benno: Minnows (A&M, AMLS 64303; £2.30)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 November 1971
DURING 1968/69 Marc Benno was part of the Asylum Choir with Leon Russell, then he came over here with Rita Coolidge and was picked up ...
Status Quo: Bubblegum Has Stuck To Status Quo, And It's A Stain They Need Ridding Of
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 4 December 1971
IMAGES FOR bands are acquired, changed, but seldom forgotten – and such is the case with Status Quo. Underrated yet very talented, over a period ...
Traffic: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (Island ILPS 9180, £2.15)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 4 December 1971
FRANKLY I am more than a little disappointed with the new Traffic album, mainly because I had put so much faith in the new line-up ...
Stray: Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 December 1971
ANY LONDON gig for Stray is a gas, I was informed. So just to see how good the band are in other venues, I visited ...
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 15 January 1972
WITH AIRFORCE, Ginger Baker succeeded in providing the rudiments of the Afro-beat. Consciously he wanted to go back to the roots of highly percussive music, ...
Sandy Denny Breaks Her Silence
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 15 January 1972
After playing a Greta Garbo role for three months, the leading lady of British folk comes out of her shell to talk to Tony Stewart ...
Traffic: The Grech Traffic Report
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 15 January 1972
A RECENT trip to America proved to be a traumatic period for Traffic. ...
Dave Mason Gives New Meaning To That Old Cliché 'Doing My Own Thing'
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 22 January 1972
DAVE MASON arrived at Heathrow Airport last Wednesday about a quarter of an hour earlier than planned, and even if the TWA chick hadn't tipped ...
Pink Floyd: Electric Chaos, But Just Great
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 29 January 1972
Tony Stewart at the debut of Pink Floyd's new masterpiece. ...
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 February 1972
ONE OF THE MOST ADVENTUROUS BILLS EVER ...
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 February 1972
RON WOOD would have swept the floor of Pye's No. 2 studio as he boogied round during the Chuck Berry super-session during Saturday. He saw ...
Pink Floyd (part 1): 'Things Just Somehow Happen To Us — We Don't Plan'
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 February 1972
SIX YEARS ago an evening with Pink Floyd resembled a riot, with bottles, glasses and verbal abuse being hurled in their direction. ...
Pink Floyd (part 2): Simple But Not Banal
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 19 February 1972
LAST WEEK, NICK Mason talked at length about the evolution of Pink Floyd up to the Atom Heart Mother stage. The policy of the band ...
Jeff Beck, Heaven: London College of Printing, Elephant and Castle, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 11 March 1972
IN SPITE of heavy criticisms of audiences recently the one at London College of Printing, Elephant and Castle, on Friday night to see Jeff Beck, ...
Wilson Pickett: Don't Knock My Love (Atlantic)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 25 March 1972
SINCE THE mid '60s when Pickett came up with such goodies as 'Midnight Hour' and 'Mustang Sally' his voice has changed very little. And now ...
Sandy Denny: Sandy and Band, Coping Cheerfully
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 5 April 1972
FROM THE outside the Denny residence in Fulham looks a place of tranquility. Inside, though, a different story prevails. As Watson the huge Airedale lumbers ...
Jim Capaldi: Oh How We Danced (Island)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 22 April 1972
Capaldi hits a new creative peak ...
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 May 1972
Free fall through being too complacent ...
Pink Floyd: Obscured By Clouds (Harvest)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 May 1972
FLOYD JOY FOR ALL ...
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 10 June 1972
Soakin' At The Palace: TONY STEWART reviews the Garden Party that should have been a lot better ...
Lou Reed: A Voice From The Underground
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 17 June 1972
ONCE HE wore black, tinselled clothes and was a human screen for movies. He sang and wrote about evil characters; sometimes happier ones. But always ...
Muddy Waters Now Records in London with the British Blues-Rockers
Interview by Tony Stewart, Hit Parader, July 1972
MUDDY WATERS went to Britain. Virtually unannounced. He stayed a week. ...
Jeff Beck: Jeff Beck Group (Epic)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 1 July 1972
Beck doesn't make it ...
Smith, Perkins & Smith, The Sutherland Brothers: The Marquee, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 8 July 1972
ONE HELL OF a band called Smith, Perkins and Smith, played the Marquee last week. Now, they're not your ordinary run of the mill band. ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 15 July 1972
Will they burn out, or blast through the time barrier? ...
Randy Newman: Sail Away (Reprise)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 August 1972
RANDY NEWMAN AND ACID OBSERVATIONS ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 25 November 1972
DRIVING OUT of London in his sparkling red Citroen, bound for Manor Studios, Oxfordshire, John McCoy talked about his girl Claire Hamill in a manner ...
Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, Traffic: Steve Winwood: Winwood (U.A. Import).
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 6 January 1973
WHAT A strange world it is. A couple of years ago this same double set was released in America, and swiftly withdrawn following objections – ...
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 13 January 1973
ALTHOUGH OUR entry into the European Economic Community is being saluted with umpteen art forms and rock concerts in the capital, perhaps the greatest – ...
Traffic: Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory (Island)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 13 January 1973
COME ON NOW, put away the hammer and nails and the coffin; save them for a much lesser band than Traffic. Agreed, over the last ...
Chuck Berry: Green's Playhouse, Glasgow
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 20 January 1973
TONY STEWART REPORTS FROM GLASGOW OH THE FIRST BERRY CONCERT ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 January 1973
ONE ONLY HAS to mention the name Traffic these days and somebody'll grunt, groan and lower their eyes, dismissing the subject. Undeniably, the group have ...
Uriah Heep: The Heep Bombard Frankfurt
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 10 February 1973
SATURDAY IN FRANKFURT, Western Germany, and Hans and Monika have pooled their Deutsche Marks to go and see Uriah Heep in concert. It's been a ...
Focus, Jan Akkerman: Jan Akkerman: A Poor Relation Comes Good
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 24 February 1973
IN A SMALL OFFICE at the Manchester Hardrock, reeking of stale beer and dirty ashtrays, Jan Akkerman is struggling to light a cigarette. Outside, where ...
Report by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 24 February 1973
WHEN FOUR people have given rock one of its biggest facelifts, it's natural they should never be far apart. So in the same way that ...
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 3 March 1973
THE FIRST ENCORE at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, started with Jim Capaldi up front, his face pressed hard against a microphone to ring out ...
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon (Harvest).
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 17 March 1973
SINCE THEIR performance of this work at the Brighton Dome last year, when, due to technical hitches, the piece fell apart half way through, the ...
Procol Harum: So Who Loves Procol Harum?
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 7 April 1973
WHO LOVES Procol Harum? Not England, it seems. Apart from a tough faction of loyal devotees, this isle has said cheerio boys. ...
Roger Daltrey, The Who: Roger Daltrey: Who Does What In The Who
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 14 April 1973
WHAT'S HAPPENED to the Who? Pete SHOULD be writing and recording for the Who. John Entwistle SHOULD be concentrating on the Who's future, but he's ...
Traffic: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 21 April 1973
DEAR MR. FANTASY played us some tunes, something that made us all happy. No, it was more than that. All of us at the London ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 5 May 1973
JON HISEMAN is sitting in a Viennese coffeehouse on a bright Sunday morning, and talking about the four-piece rock band he formed earlier this year. ...
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 5 May 1973
IT BECAME Friday night in Birmingham on a Friday morning in London – when I listened to this live Heep set. ...
Focus: Focus And The American Hell
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 May 1973
MIDNIGHT was our cue to quit the Swiss restaurant and return, like five Cinderellas, to our hotels. It wasn't a case of trembling at the ...
Paul Simon: There Goes Rhymin' Simon (CBS)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 May 1973
LISTENING TO an album twice through the No. 1 studio sound system at CBS is not the best way to hear a new set. Nor ...
Roy Buchanan: The Guitarist's Guitarists' Guitarist
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 19 May 1973
THE WORD is out and the message is self-explanatory. Buchanan, they say; Roy Buchanan, they mean. And if you've missed this paean that's currently ringing ...
Suzi Quatro: This Is Suzi Quatro. She's Heavy
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 2 June 1973
ON THE HORIZON of Charles Street, London, or more precisely in the RAK Record Company offices, is a Star. Her name is Suzi Quatro. Five ...
Gilbert O'Sullivan: Gaumont, Ipswich and Royal Festival Hall, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 16 June 1973
Big G and the Scream Machine ...
John Entwistle: Rigor Mortis and the Happy Funeral
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 16 June 1973
THE ROOM is deathly silent, apart from the occasional rumble of a stomach going by. We are gathered together on this day for a belated ...
Medicine Head: The Unknown Celebrities
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 23 June 1973
AT A DELIGHTFUL pub in Twickenham on Saturday eve, Medicine Head's Peter Hope-Evans sat drinking a glass of Lowenbrau. The perpetual grin across his face ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 23 June 1973
"KING EDWARDS are a really heavy smoke," the publicist is saying, "but Manikins and things like that are all right". The advice is aimed at ...
Fairport Convention: Fairport And The Mysterious Lady
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 7 July 1973
"FOTHERINGPORT CONFUSION", states Trevor Lucas with a wry smile. That's his pet description of the present Fairport Convention. After all, the band comprises part of ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 14 July 1973
SEEMS LIKE only yesterday that Family returned from America, wheezing and coughing about the sheer enjoyment of their tour. And quite a number of Family ...
Horslips: Well You See, There Was These Five Irishmen...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 28 July 1973
TONY STEWART reports the long, involved story of Horslips ...
Greenslade and the Trumpet Maniac
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 4 August 1973
THE WAYS bands are born vary immensely. Like, the idea may be only two hours old when Phantom Balloon hits the stage, but other outfits ...
Status Quo: Enjoying A New Status
Report by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 11 August 1973
TONY STEWART GOES SWISS WITH STATUS QUO, WHO ARE BIG BUSINESS THERE ...
Nazareth: So You Wanna Stay A Rock 'N' Roll Star?
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 August 1973
DAN McCAFFERTY has no pretensions. As he sits chain smoking in his manager's flat – a mere Rolls Royce-throw away from London's Hyde Park Corner ...
Jaki Whitren: The I Don't Want To Be A Star Star
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 1 September 1973
NOT THE USUAL pub or press office for interviewing this newcomer. Oh no. For Jaki Whitren — CBS have put their money where their faith ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 8 September 1973
THIS INTERVIEW had the most ordinary of beginnings. David Byron and Uriah Heep's Press Miss and myself left the other four members of the band ...
Deep Purple: Purple, Introducing The…Err…Unknown Mr. Coverdale
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 29 September 1973
PURPLE RECORDS took the press down to Clearwell Castle on the Welsh-English border last week to meet their new singer boy. The name of this ...
Focus: At The Rainbow (Polydor)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 29 September 1973
LIVE ALBUMS basically attempt to recreate a concert atmosphere with favoured musical pieces by the band in question and sycophantic noises from the audience. ...
Gilbert O'Sullivan: I'm A Writer, Not A Fighter
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 6 October 1973
ANYONE WHO IS a regular reader of this paper will be aware that in the past I've criticised Gilbert O'Sullivan quite strongly, and yet I've ...
Roger Daltrey, The Who: The Who: Triumph And A Threat
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 6 October 1973
IT HAPPENED TO THE BEATLES, BUT IT WON'T AFFECT THE WHO. AND ROGER DALTREY NOW PREPARES TO DO THREE YEARS HARD LABOUR ...
Donny Osmond, The Osmonds: The Osmonds Fan Club
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 13 October 1973
TONY STEWART meets a mother to 60,000 gymslips ...
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 13 October 1973
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW ...
McGuinness Flint: McGuinness Is Still Good For You
Profile and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 20 October 1973
McGUINNESS FLINT should now be regarded as an emerging new band – and an exceptionally good one at that. But instead they're being cautiously measured ...
The Groundhogs: Tony McPhee: Who Will Save McPhee
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 October 1973
What makes a respected guitarist ditch his axe for the complete Rick Wakeman multi-keyboards trip?Tony (T.S.) McPhee tells Tony (T.J.) Stewart... ...
Focus: Queen Juliana and the Boys Nextdoor
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 10 November 1973
TONY STEWART goes Dutch and finds FOCUS in the painful throes of an identity crisis. Get your paranoia here, folks. ...
Fleetwood Mac: New Singer and A New Sound
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 13 January 1974
NEW FLEETWOOD MAC singer Dave Walker says his move to the group from Savoy Brown has given him a feeling of liberation. He claims it ...
Golden Earring: New Wax From Earring
Profile and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 26 January 1974
"WE'RE JUST AVERAGE REALLY", SAYS GEORGE KOOYMANS, GUITARIST WITH GOLDEN EARRING. TONY STEWART LENDS AN EAR TO A TOUCH OF DUTCH ...
Greenslade: Olé… Greenslade Rock The Spanish Inquisition
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, March 1974
ADMIRAL BLANCO'S assassination could have caused a big clamp-down in Spain. But luckily for the developing life-style based on British rock, the Espana government don't ...
Vinegar Joe: King's College, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 16 March 1974
Over and out.. ...
Ten Years After: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 April 1974
TEN YEARS AFTER just don't cut the bread. I find it hard to recall just when I heard a more boring, bored and listless performance. ...
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 1 June 1974
Super Euro group developing super ego ? ...
Uriah Heep: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 29 June 1974
Heep howl out at Hammersmith ...
Annette Peacock: Primitive Bird Tries New Thing
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 7 September 1974
ANNETTE PEACOCK, erstwhile prisoner in the Bowie/DeFries camp, reveals big plans for what you've all been waiting for... Yes folks, it's THE NEW MUSIC. Here ...
Peggy Lee: Let's Love (Atlantic)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 January 1975
"The landing lights of the jetliners flickered in the night sky. The smell of hashish wafted across from the hippy section." ...
Queen: Helpful Boy Scout Transforms into Werewolf
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 January 1975
Well, perhaps that's putting it a little strongly... let's just say he transforms into a demon who pushes old ladies under oil tankers. But WHO ...
Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like A Wheel (Capitol)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 25 January 1975
LINDA RONSTADT is a remarkable Country Rock singer who sells plenty of records, with Capitol reportedly shifting 150,000 copies of this new one in the ...
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 September 1975
The Great 8-Furlong Three-Year-Old Handicap: Giant a cert at Newmarket ...
Lynyrd Skynyrd: I See The Bloodbath That Was Hamburg
Report by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 25 October 1975
When a band start slashing each other's wrists before gigs you know they're confident. TONY STEWART applies the tourniquet to LYNYRD SKYNYRD on the eve ...
Queen: A Night At The Opera (EMI)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 22 November 1975
Studio shares rocket as Queen connect ...
Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis? (A&M)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 22 November 1975
SUPERTRAMP AREN'T the type of recording band who demand immediate attention; they're very much an acquired taste. ...
Supertramp: Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 29 November 1975
Are you ready for the breathtaking visual dynamism of Supertramp? ...
Queen: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 6 December 1975
MAYBE QUEEN'S act is just the dry-ice run for America. ...
James Last: Last of the MORicans
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 21 February 1976
Forget that Kaspar Hauser. JAMES LAST – or "Hansi" if you prefer – is the real Enigma of modern Germany. TONY STEWART investigates. ...
Deep Purple: Empire Pool, Wembley
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 20 March 1976
AT THE Empire Pool, Deep Purple rule. The roaring audience of ten thousand or so press their hands to their heads as their ears get ...
Premiata Forneria Marconi: PFM: Civic Hall, Guildford
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 1 May 1976
PFM fan injures hand in blaze ...
David Bowie: Heil and Farewell
Report by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 8 May 1976
THE PERSON now arriving on Platform 8 is David Bowie. ...
Shirley Bassey: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 15 May 1976
SLIDE UNDER the floating haze of perfume, cigar and flower fumes. Duck from the champagne bottle corks bulleting through the air, and join me in ...
The Faces, Rod Stewart: Rod Stewart: It's My Party... And I'll Pose If I Want To...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 26 June 1976
TONY STEWART visits Rod and Britt's (retch!!) love-nest. A Time-Life and Vogue special. Exciting revelations (no, really!!). ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 10 July 1976
ERIC BURDON'S notorious reputation as an abusive boozed-up Geordie ruffian might only have been part of rock's mythology, but at the moment it appears to ...
Deep Purple: Why The Purpling Had To Stop
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 31 July 1976
In which TONY STEWART listens patiently while IAN PAICE and DAVID COVERDALE explain (within the limits of decent reticence and Not Ratting On Mates)... ...
Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne: I Got Sensitive Didn't I
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 23 October 1976
BLACK SABBATH'S Ozzie Osbourne has changed his personality since we last met. He is no longer vulgar and ingenuous. Instead, he is composed and carefully ...
AC/DC: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 20 November 1976
THE EMCEE only just ducks into the wings and out of the firing range when the Odeon stage explodes deafeningly. Bruised about the head, their ...
Robert Palmer: How To Get Rid Of The Nude In Your Bedroom
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 November 1976
ROBERT PALMER, who's Big In America, finds his musical progress rather cluttered with scantily clad femininity. TONY STEWART murmurs disapprovingly. ...
Average White Band: The Average White Band: Person To Person
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 8 January 1977
WELCOME BACK the musically credible and eminently excellent Average White Band with this defiant poke in the ear for all those people who seven months ...
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 29 January 1977
SUCCESS BREEDS success, states a music biz maxim, and under the altruistic banner of Services To The Public, any record company which has old or ...
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 19 February 1977
THE MIGHTY John Alcock, the producer who brought Thin Lizzy their success, performs here the most masterly musical illusions, which assist Bandit to deliver an ...
Procol Harum Triumph Over Worms
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 19 February 1977
That seems to be the gist of it. Like, if you're attacked by worms, here's some good news from a bunch of lads who've suffered ...
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 March 1977
STUFF CONSISTS of Cornell Dupree and Eric Gale (guitars), Stephen Gadd and Christopher Parker (drums), Gordon Edwards (bass), and Richard Tee (keyboards). ...
Graham Parker, The Rumour: The Rumour: 'I Believe In Graham Parker'
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 March 1977
As The Rumour plan their own group LP, guitarist MARTIN BELMONT reaffirms his faith in Big G and the solidarity of the Parker/Rumour operation ...
Roy Harper: The Malady Lingers On
Report by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 9 April 1977
Not since Uncle Lou's days as The Zombie From Beyond The Grave has a rock show held such a morbid fascination. ...
Roy Harper: What Now For Roy Harper?
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 16 April 1977
IT'S UNLIKELY that Roy Harper would be admitted to a health and happiness club. Because of his seemingly chronic illness he is facing a real ...
Slade: Ar The Kidz Owt've Site Shock Probe
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 7 May 1977
BANDS DON'T readily admit to being yesterday's heroes...so Slade, not long ago one of Britain's most celebrated bands, will only acknowledge that they've been through ...
Elton John: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 14 May 1977
THE SOCIAL division between rock star and audience is usually more obvious than it was at the Rainbow last Monday night. ...
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 21 May 1977
WHAT KIND of future can Heavy Metal orphans really look forward to once they fall from grace? ...
John Mayall: Falkshaus, Zurich
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 21 May 1977
AS A TALENT scout John Mayall is a shrewd, calculating operator with few equals. Now with 26 albums to his credit and almost as many ...
The Sex Pistols: Rotten Is Mum's Boy Shock
Report by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 4 June 1977
NO MATTER how much criticism a young boy incites by his allegedly outrageous behaviour there's always somebody who will lovingly stand by him. His mum. ...
Queen: Freddie Mercury: Is This Man a Prat?
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 18 June 1977
FREDDIE MERCURY has always liked to dance the Millionaire's Waltz. There's a story about him, dating back to his days as an impoverished student, which ...
Demis Roussos: A Shadow Darkens The Sun...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 2 July 1977
TONY STEWART sights DEMIS ROUSSOS off Beachy Head. ...
Bad Company: Earl's Court, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 9 July 1977
HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE 15,000 DISGUISED PUNKS ...
The Bay City Rollers, The Sex Pistols: GLC v Punk: Move Over, Sid Vicious
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 9 July 1977
GLC Tory jumps on "Good Kickin'" bandwagon ...
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 16 July 1977
ONLY A FEW NIGHTS EARLIER there'd been a brawl in the Music Machine involving the Boom Town [sic] Rats, but in the cold atmosphere while ...
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 20 August 1977
Whaaat? we hear you gasp. Supertramp? Guess you thought the punks had it all sewn up, huh? Well, you ain't heard nothin' yet. The war ...
Genesis, Peter Gabriel: The Re-Genesis Of Peter Gabriel
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 1 October 1977
For someone who once accepted the Noble Order Of The Pension Book, this chap is rather lively. TONY STEWART saw him knocking out audiences at ...
Leo Sayer: The Palladium, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 22 October 1977
THE VERY idea of Leo Sayer trotting about the hallowed stage of the Palladium is enough to have him executed by any gang of rock ...
Rod Stewart: The Latest Rod Stewart Album
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 19 November 1977
TONY STEWART makes the Atlantic Crossing to queue up for a Night On The Town down Millionaire's Row (oops, sorry, Gasoline Alley) with ol' Smiler ...
Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne: Ozzy Osbourne: Beyond Black Sabbath
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 3 December 1977
IN THE PAST Ozzy Osbourne has often over-dramatised the state of both his mental and physical health, but as he now relates his reasons for ...
John Otway: Beware of the Underdog
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 7 January 1978
JOHN OTWAY to be precise. The madman who's been falling around on your TV screen. The background story is interesting. TONY STEWART reports. ...
Ian Dury & the Blockheads: Dingwalls, London
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 4 March 1978
Mighty Dury, due to be mightier ...
Kansas: Buffalo huntin' in Hamburg
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 25 March 1978
A species threatened with extinction suddenly gains a new lease of life, and causes a big stir in the world of natural history... in this ...
Graham Parker: The On-Going Story Of Little Men In Glasses
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 22 April 1978
Graham Parker, in this instance — who reflects on the vagaries of the rock power struggle while socking it to 'em in Ireland. When you're ...
Simple Minds: Strangers In A Strange Land
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 17 February 1979
SIMPLE MINDS were fidgety as they sat around the kitchen table, some of them exhaling long streams of cigarette smoke while the others rattle boiled ...
Van Morrison: Whitla Hall, Belfast
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 3 March 1979
FOR THE WAR children of Belfast, Van Morrison's homecoming after 12 years was an emotional celebration, creating an atmosphere in the Whitla Hall equal to ...
Van Morrison: When Irish Eyes are Scowling
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 10 March 1979
"If you want me to sit here and talk about my emotions you've got to be out of your MIND!" ...
Graham Parker: Squeezing Out Sparks
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 17 March 1979
WHEN YOU PLAY this album for perhaps the tenth time, when you return to 'You Can't Be Too Strong' and listen to that one song ...
The Police: Reggatta de Blanc (A&M)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 29 September 1979
IF PEOPLE weren't so busy establishing joyless divisions of rock acceptability, creating slums of fashion and – ha! – credibility, then people wouldn't hesitate to ...
Status Quo: Whatever You Want (Vertigo)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 13 October 1979
"On again/No I never knew we could go on and on/They never thought we would be rockin' on/No we never thought we — could be ...
The Specials: Specials (Two Tone)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 20 October 1979
YOU JUST can't shake the tunes out of your head, can't stop beating your feet to the heat as The Specials' unique excitement surges through ...
The Jam: Setting Sons (Polydor)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 10 November 1979
CHANGE. IT'S something Paul Weller wrote about on 'To Be Someone', that sour story on All Mod Cons about the kid who wanted to be famous and ...
The Pretenders: Pretenders (Real Records)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 January 1980
The pop games people play ...
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