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Full Name: Tony Barrell Website: http://www.tonybarrell.com Info: Tony Barrell is a pop historian, journalist, editor and Londoner who has spent much of his life interviewing musicians. He has written many major articles for The Sunday Times and other publications. His 2017 work The Beatles on the Roof is the first book to be published about the Fab Four’s famous 1969 rooftop concert.

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DID ELVIS VISIT LONDON?

Did Elvis Presley have a secret tour of London in 1958?

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WHEEL OF FORTUNE

‘The True Wheel’ is one of Brian Eno’s most mysterious songs

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SAUCE CODE

'Hanky-panky' used to mean something quite different

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ROYAL ALBERT SQUALLS

The Royal Albert Hall's long history of controversy

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WHERE’S NEXT?

Pete Townshend has left the Wick, his famous house in Richmond

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BEATLES HISTORY UNEARTHED

A new book reveals the Beatles archives of four great photographers

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IN THE AIR TONIGHT

Dusty Springfield was notorious for throwing food

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GIVE ME A BREAK

‘Holiday-maker’ is a stupid phrase, argues Tony Barrell

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OH WHAT A CIRCUS!

Monty Python was more like a rock band than a bunch of comedians, says Tony Barrell

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TREASURE ISLA

I was there when Isla St Clair finally heard ‘the Isla St Clair joke’