The Fall
Uncharted territory: how the Fall’s fractious New Zealand tour nearly sank Flying Nun records
When the Kiwi indie label got a chance to record a live album by the Manchester band, the tensions fraying the group almost destroyed the record company – as documented in a new book
Matthew Goody
21, Feb, 2023 @7:05 AM
On my radar: Brix Smith’s cultural highlights
The ex-Fall guitarist on a compelling fashion rivalry, Björk’s latest masterpiece, and a surreal film moment she won’t forget
Kathryn Bromwich
11, Feb, 2023 @3:00 PM
‘It’s a homage to what Mark E Smith taught us’: ex-Fall members House of All deny exploiting band’s legacy
Smith’s family have called the new band ‘extremely offensive’. Martin Bramah, a founding former member of the original Fall lineup, defends his new outfit
Dave Simpson
02, Feb, 2023 @4:51 PM
Rock snapper Kevin Cummins: ‘I still leave space for the NME logo in the corner’
The man who created more than 250 cover images for the rock weekly has put together a book of almost 40 years of photographs of the Fall. ‘We put Manchester on the map,’ he says
Daniel Dylan Wray
13, Oct, 2022 @7:00 AM
The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions
Guardian music
06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM
Nigel Kennedy on his Classic FM fight: ‘Hendrix is like Beethoven, Vivaldi is more Des O’Connor’
Fresh from a bust-up with ‘Jurassic FM’ over playing Hendrix, the violinist talks about musical snobbery, going on strike and his lifelong regret at turning Duke Ellington down
Dave Simpson
28, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM
Satanic bikers, time portals and the Fall: the story of Mark E Smith’s secret screenplay
While the Fall’s songs were suffused with hauntings and the occult, it is only now that Smith’s talent for strange fiction, in the form of an unmade film The Otherwise, has been revealed
John Doran
13, May, 2021 @3:00 PM
Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer review – a dank detour
The air of a memorial hangs over this exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking Scottish choreographer
Bidisha
11, Oct, 2020 @4:31 AM
'He came out of the womb dancing!' Stars relive their wild times with Michael Clark
Baryshnikov couldn’t keep up, Sam Taylor-Johnson had a panic attack and Sarah Lucas built him the rudest stage set ever … as a new show celebrates the dance legend, stars pin down his punk genius
Interviews by Lyndsey Winship
30, Sep, 2020 @5:00 AM
Kay Bateman obituary
Other lives: First manager of the Manchester band the Fall who later became a nurse to people with HIV
Dave Simpson
21, Jun, 2020 @10:45 AM
The Fall: where to start in their back catalogue
Our Listener’s Digest series continues, guiding you through the key moments in the 31-album discography of Mark E Smith’s post-punk band
Daniel Dylan Wray
25, Mar, 2020 @11:03 AM
The 50 best songs about Europe – ranked!
Brexit is delayed – so voyager avec nous on a trans-European tour of music, from Paris to Berlin via Finistère. Tout le monde à bord!
Michael Hann
11, Apr, 2019 @12:13 PM
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