Blog: Was the Cavern Club right to remove the Gary Glitter brick?

A few months ago we ran a blog asking if it was OK to listen to Gary Glitter? Owen Adams made the case that songs can often be bigger than the singer, and that judging music on an artist's moral standing would always lead to confusion and hypocrisy. It's worth bringing up again after news today that the Cavern Club in Liverpool had agreed to chip off Gary Glitter's name from the wall of fame. Club owner Bill Heckle believes removing Glitter's name is akin to Stalinist revisionism, and he may hav...

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03:30 on November 17 2008

Gary Glitter brick removed from Cavern Club

Guardian Music — A brick honouring the disgraced star has been removed from the legendary Liverpool venue's 'wall of fame' more info

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06:34 on November 17 2008

Gary Glitter's band working on comeback album

NME — Gary Glitter's backing group, The Glitter Band, have revealed that they working on ideas for a comeback album. more info

Gary Glitter

08:17 on November 17 2008

Blog: Was the Cavern Club right to remove the Gary Glitter brick?

Guardian Music — A few months ago we ran a blog asking if it was OK to listen to Gary Glitter? Owen Adams made the case that songs can often be bigger than the singer, and that judging mu... more info

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