The Beatles are still the world’s most sought after band when it comes to dealing with memorabilia items. 90 percent of enquiries we deal with are regarding the band’s memorabilia pieces, from autographs and pictures, to signed albums, clothing and letters. Unfortunately, there are lots of fake items, or mass duplicated copies that are being passed around. Our team members are experts ..read more

Johnny ‘Guitar’ Byrne was a guitarist in a band called Rory Storm and The Hurricanes with Ringo Starr. Johnny Byrne, who used the stage name of Johnny ‘Guitar’ and Alan Caldwell AKA Rory Storm, started playing together in 1957 in a skiffle band called The Raving Texans, which combined elements of jazz, blues, country and folk. The group became the Hurricanes in 1959. Rory ..read more

Although it's difficult to top Freddie Mercury's incredible voice, there are a few Queen performances that stand out from the others. Freddie Mercury was probably the greatest rock performer ever to exist. Some performances, though, have a special element of magic; a stunningly unique moment in time. Here, we examine the five instances in which Freddie Mercury demonstrated his unrivalled stagepr ..read more

25 years ago today (29th August 1994), Oasis released their debut studio album. The LP was an instant commercial and critical success. Following on from the singles Supersonic, Shakermaker and Live Forever, the album went straight into the UK charts at number 1 and became the fastest-selling debut album in UK history. Selling over 2 million copies in Britain, the album went platinum 7 times and wa ..read more

David Bowie is a British music icon, known the world over for his incredible music and the constant re-invention of himself over the last 40 years. Bowie broke onto the music scene in the 1960s with global success coming with the re-release in 1972 of the song Space Oddity (originally released in 1969), with a story that was to be in the theme of much of his music - space and aliens! Space Oddit ..read more

The Rolling Stones were formed in 1962 and have performed over 2000 concerts worldwide since then. This number of concerts has made them one of the world's most popular live music attractions. Over the years, there have been many highly memorable concerts involving the Rolling Stones. One of the most memorable is the Altamont Speedway concert, which is remembered for non-musical reasons due to an ..read more

The rock band, Queen, were formed in London in 1970 and comprised four original band members: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. Queen At LIVE AID in 1985 <div>&nbsp;</div> <p &am ..read more

52 years ago this week, the Beatles Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP went to number one on the UK official music charts. In the intervening 52 years since, it has spent an astonishing 253 weeks in the top 100 albums. The most recent of those was in November 2018. An incredible 28 of those weeks has been at number 1! Album Production Costing (at the time) a mammoth £25,000 to p ..read more

Just over 40 years ago, the Sex Pistols were set to begin a 19-date UK tour promoting their new single Anarchy in the UK. The tour is remembered as a key moment in punk and music history due to what didn't happen and what did happen.   The first show was held at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich on 3 December 1976. Billed as a "Punk-Rock Evening". Tickets cost ..read more