Duncan Seaman
Duncan Seaman
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Peter Auty: 'We didn't know how big The Snowman was going to be'

Billy Nomates. Picture: Eddie Whelan

Billy Nomates: 'I felt very vulnerable creating Cacti'

LYR, from left, Simon Armitage, Richard Walters and Patrick Pearson. Picture: Katie Silvester

LYR: 'We knew how we wanted to present ourselves more'

Flawes

Flawes: 'Tom Grennan's voice just blew us all away every single night'

Roger Daltrey and Pete Tonwshend of The Who.

Roger Daltrey: 'I still perform with the same attitude I’ve always had'

Millennium Square in Leeds will host its annual Summer Series of concerts.

Blossoms, Bastille and The Wombats also due to perform in Millennium Square

Jess Gillam. Picture: Robin Clewley

Jess Gillam: 'I love radio, to be people's friend and part of their day'

Neil Tennant, vocalist of the Pet Shop Boys, playing live at the First Direct Arena, Leeds. Picture: Ernesto Rogata

Gig review: Pet Shop Boys at First Direct Arena, Leeds

Marc Almond of Soft Cell onstage at Let's Rock Leeds. Picture: Jan Blackwell

Review: Let's Rock Leeds at Temple Newsam, Leeds

Brix Smith. Picture: Paul Scala

Brix Smith: 'At this age, I felt so alive when I was making this recor​​​​​​​d'

Arab Strap. Picture: Paul Savage

Arab Strap: 'We’d made a record that people still wanted to hear'

Soft Cell. Picture: Andrew Whitton

Soft Cell: 'It was our golden period, if you like, in terms of chart success'

Dave Wakeling of The bEAT.

Dave Wakeling: 'Mirror in the Bathroom was the song that everybody mentioned'

Mike Peters of The Alarm at The Chapel in Dyserth, North Wales. Picture: Jules Peters

Mike Peters of The Alarm: 'I was in a dark place'

Kelly Jones and Patty Lynn of Far From Saints.

Kelly Jones: 'There’s a lot of honesty on the record'

Artwork for Seeds, Dreams and Constellations by Corinne Bailey Rae and Sharon Watson for Leeds 2023. Picture: David Lindsay

Sharon Watson: 'For me, the piece has got two parallel journeys going on'

Tony Hadley

Tony Hadley: 'I think Sam Fender’s amazing'

Dr Martin Taylor MBE. Picture: P3 Music Ltd

Martin Taylor: 'Everything that I do now is an extension of Ike Isaacs'

Def Leppard

Def Leppard: 'The punk thing was cool because it kept things real'

Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran, playing live at Leeds First Direct Arena. Picture: Ernesto Rogata

Gig review: Duran Duran at First Direct Arena, Leeds

The Research. From left, Russell Searle, Sarah Williams and Georgia Jakubiak.

The Research: 'It was as though no time had passed at all'

Midge Ure

Midge Ure: 'I would love to do one more Ultravox reunion as a final fling'

Panda Bear and Sonic Boom at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. Picture: Duncan Seaman

Gig review: Panda Bear and Sonic Boom at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl. Picture: Edward Bishop

Everything But The Girl: 'Hull is quite isolated and that suited us'

Skeletal Family. Picture: Mikes Photography

Skeletal Family: 'It feels like we’re a good solid unit now'

Jack Steadman and Harry Draper of Seafret. Picture Marc A Shelly

Seafret: 'The response you get online just keeps us steered'

Fenne Lily. Picture: Michael Tyone Delaney

Fenne Lily: 'Feeling a little bit uncomfortable is good for me to make things'

Steve Mason. Picture: Tom Marshak

Steve Mason: 'I realised how much bravery there was in writing a poem or a song'

Eyvon dancing at Dingwalls from the exhibition Acid Jazz & Other Illicit Grroves. Picture: Adam Friedman

Eddie Piller: 'The bands on Acid Jazz were all part of a gang'

Andy McCkluskey and Paul Humphreys of OMD circa 1983. Picture: Barry Plummer

OMD: 'We’re not one of those bands that are embarrassed by their hits'

John Robb

John Robb: 'It was like different schools, Southern Goth and Northern Goth'

Roger Sanchez. Picture: Danny Baldwin

Roger Sanchez: 'The first time I played at the Hacienda the energy was amazing'

Gina Birch. Picture: Eva Vermandel

Gina Birch: 'We were doing our protest in our own way'

Lisa O'Neill. Picture: Hollie Cunningham

Lisa O'Neill: 'There are a lot of mixed emotions in the album'

The Lathums. Picture: Ewan Odgen

The Lathums: 'The Killers were all so welcoming'

The Arcadia ensemble, featuring Lisa Knapp, Adrian Uttley and Will Gregory, centre, at Frascati Amsterdam. Picture: Coen Dijkstra

Adrian Utley and Will Gregory: 'We could talk about rural inequality forever'

Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall of The Waeve. Picture: Steve Gullick

The Waeve: 'It became obvious that it was a very rich, creative seam to follow'

Kevin Armstrong with Iggy Pop. Picture: Paul McAlpine

Kevin Armstrong on reconstucting Iggy Pop's classic album Lust For Life

The Waeve:

Young Fathers. Picture: Stephen Roe

Young Fathers: 'There was a high level of exposing feelings'

Dry Cleaning. Picture: Guy Bolongaro

Dry Cleaning: 'We’re just a product of our environment'

Anna Meredith. Picture: Gem Harris

Anna Meredith: 'York was the perfect place for me'

Philip Selway. Picture: Phil Sharp

Philip Selway on Independent Venue Week: 'Sybil Bell has created this great comm...

Duran Duran. Picture: John Swanell

Duran Duran's John Taylor: 'This wasn’t just a bit of luck and a pretty face'

The Murder Capital

The Murder Capital: On the road to Gigi's Recovery

Nina Persson and James Yorkston. Picture: Anna Drvnik

James Yorkston and Nina Persson: 'It was such a positive atmosphere'