MARC BOLAN was pop’s preening ... I’m speaking to the 77-year-old American to mark the release of 1972, a fabulous box set focusing on the year of peak T.Rex. It includes seminal album ...

Marc Bolan was the perfect rock star ... Ringo Starr directed the 1972 concert film Born to Boogie and recruited him into the infamous celebrity drinking club, the Hollywood Vampires.

As that star reached its zenith in 1972, he gave a candid chat ... says producer Tony Visconti, who was at Bolan’s side during the glory years. “Marc was a rock icon. There should be blue ...

Marc Bolan sadly died a fortnight shy of his 30th birthday in on September 16, 1977. T REX Songs stats UK No1s 4 ... 1972 T-REX Peak: 93, Weeks: 1 Official Singles Sales Chart view as cards , , , ...

The song was not released in the US until January 1972. It was re-titled Bang A Gong ... Rex drummer Bill Legend, he and Marc Bolan worked out the rhythm for Get In On in Bolan’s hotel room.

There is a new wave of interest in Marc Bolan, and not before time. Marc was, as Sir Elton John rightly observed, “the perfect pop star”. Decked out in velvet and satin, with dashing good ...

on Bolan’s TV show, Marc, just days before Bolan’s death. This Bowie-Bolan rivalry acts as an anchor for some of the film’s best moments – Cameron Crowe describes the way the British rock ...

“Bolan’s Shoes,” a British film featuring the music of glam-rock singer Marc Bolan and his band T. Rex, will be released by Freestyle Digital Media in January 2025 and an exclusive new ...

Ahead of its release later this month, NME can share an exclusive clip from the documentary AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex. Watch it in full above. Directed and written by ...