“That rock and roll, eh? It might hibernate from time to time and sink back into the swamp...But it’s always waiting there just around the corner ready to make its way back through the sludge ...

The worldwide annual charts for 2024 have been totalled up and British artists are conspicuous ... As recently as 2022, UK acts made up seven of the 20 entries in the International Federation ...

While rock and roll may seem to be fading in the UK, our list of the top 20 greatest bands of all time proves that the genre is far from forgotten — it’s alive and kicking in our hearts and minds ...

The situation is mirrored at Glastonbury, where Turner’s Arctic Monkeys have been among the few British rock bands to headline the Pyramid Stage in recent years. Bands from the same era ...