The Wolverhampton singer-songwriter reveals how his debut single earned him a tour with Foo Fighters and an Ivor Novello award...
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The Glaswegian frontman talks about piecing together their precipitative breakthrough hit single in the arid climes of Israel and Spain...
The Northern Irish frontman recalls how a song he wrote as a 16-year-old schoolboy became the rock band’s breakthrough hit...
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The lead guitarist, songwriter and singer of the influential English 60s rock band tells of his classic track’s haunting origins...
25 years after ‘Throwing Copper’ went global, we learn the story of the song that helped it on its way...
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Robbie’s writing partner talks us through the pair’s creative process and how it spawned their first No 1 single together...




























