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UK Jewish groups threaten protests if Kanye West’s Wireless shows go ahead
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UK Jewish groups threaten protests if Kanye West’s Wireless shows go ahead

Campaign Against Antisemitism calls on rapper to cancel gigs, while rapper offers to meet Jewish representativesKanye West will face mass protests if his three-night residency at London’s Wireless fes...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Harry Styles announces jazz, pop, indie and electronic artists for his Meltdown festival
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Harry Styles announces jazz, pop, indie and electronic artists for his Meltdown festival

London festival will feature an intimate Styles performance as well as appearances from Warpaint, Kamasi Washington, Devonté Hynes and moreHarry Styles has announced the lineup of artists he has curat...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Pet Shop Boys review – no hits? No problem on first night of a masterful obscurities run
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Pet Shop Boys review – no hits? No problem on first night of a masterful obscurities run

Electric Ballroom, LondonThe era-defining duo’s ultras are suitably spoiled in the first of this intimate five-day run, showered with rarities that put a different spin on their well-known history‘Ton...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
‘I couldn’t see, breathe or sing. I blacked out twice’: why are so many metal bands wearing masks?
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‘I couldn’t see, breathe or sing. I blacked out twice’: why are so many metal bands wearing masks?

From Sleep Token to Ghost and Slaughter to Prevail, the genre’s biggest stars are using freaky facial disguises. Are they hiding behind them – or revealing their true nature?When US avant garde metal...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Lil Nas X assault case to be dismissed if he completes mental health programme
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Lil Nas X assault case to be dismissed if he completes mental health programme

The judge said the musician's behaviour when he was arrested in LA last year was "aberrant from his normal conduct".

BBC Entertainment & Arts7 months ago
Wireless festival promoter stands by decision to have Kanye West perform
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Wireless festival promoter stands by decision to have Kanye West perform

Performer is being extended ‘forgiveness’ over antisemitic remarks, says Melvin Benn, despite calls for banThe promoter of Wireless festival has stood by the decision to have Kanye West perform at the...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Kanye West's right to enter UK under review after festival outcry
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Kanye West's right to enter UK under review after festival outcry

The rapper's appearance in London in July has caused controversy because of his past antisemitic comments.

BBC Entertainment & Arts7 months ago
'Really feeling the love' - Savannah Guthrie returns to NBC as search for mother goes on
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'Really feeling the love' - Savannah Guthrie returns to NBC as search for mother goes on

Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in what authorities believe was an abduction.

BBC Entertainment & Arts7 months ago
Ladysmith Black Mambazo's 'wise elder' dies aged 77
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo's 'wise elder' dies aged 77

Albert Mazibuko sang in the iconic South African choral group for more than 55 years.

BBC Entertainment & Arts7 months ago
UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival
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UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival

Bridget Phillipson adds to growing criticism of booking of rapper after his past antisemitic remarksA senior UK government minister has said Kanye West should be barred from performing at Wireless fes...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
‘I over-articulated to stop my braces sticking to my lips’: how Five Star made Rain Or Shine
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‘I over-articulated to stop my braces sticking to my lips’: how Five Star made Rain Or Shine

‘We performed it everywhere, even on Miss World. Once, on tour, a fan pulled me into the pit – but my hunky Italian security guard put me back on stage’I had come to England from St Louis, Missouri, i...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
‘It was a way of processing violences I’ve survived’: how iconoclastic musician Arca beat burnout with frenzied painting
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‘It was a way of processing violences I’ve survived’: how iconoclastic musician Arca beat burnout with frenzied painting

After a meteoric decade in music, supporting the likes of Madonna and Beyoncé, the 36-year-old Venezuelan crashed out. Now the nightmarish paintings that got her back on track are on displayBefore Arc...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Trailblazers, trumpets and the theremin: 10 soundtracks that changed the way we listen to movies
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Trailblazers, trumpets and the theremin: 10 soundtracks that changed the way we listen to movies

From soundtracking the silent era, via 50s rock’n’roll and the ‘symphonic pop’ of Henry Mancini to iconic works by John Williams and Hans Zimmer, movies are unimaginable without music. Ahead of the Lo...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
‘The original triple threat’: two exhibitions celebrate Marilyn Monroe as creative pioneer
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‘The original triple threat’: two exhibitions celebrate Marilyn Monroe as creative pioneer

BFI and National Portrait Gallery to mark centenary of the film star’s birth with ‘the summer of Marilyn’Though often reduced to a sex symbol frozen in time, or a tragic figure at the centre of severa...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
‘Barbara Windsor smacked our bottoms!’ Pet Shop Boys on showstopping visuals, horrified bosses – and snubbing the queen
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‘Barbara Windsor smacked our bottoms!’ Pet Shop Boys on showstopping visuals, horrified bosses – and snubbing the queen

As a 600-page doorstopper celebrates their groundbreaking costumes, gigs, sleeves and videos, the duo talk about ‘side-stepping the pop-star thing’ – and the naked trampolinist EMI had to censorIn 198...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Diageo and Pepsi drop Wireless sponsorship amid criticism of Kanye West booking
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Diageo and Pepsi drop Wireless sponsorship amid criticism of Kanye West booking

Sponsors pull out after Keir Starmer calls decision to book rapper who wrote song titled Heil Hitler ‘deeply concerning’Pepsi and Diageo have said they will withdraw their sponsorship of a UK music fe...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Pepsi withdraws as UK festival sponsor after Kanye West backlash
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Pepsi withdraws as UK festival sponsor after Kanye West backlash

Sir Keir Starmer says it is "deeply concerning" the rapper is set to headline a festival after recent antisemitic comments.

BBC Entertainment & Arts7 months ago
‘It’s dark in here – you can cry’: Mitski hosts intimate residency at LA high school
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‘It’s dark in here – you can cry’: Mitski hosts intimate residency at LA high school

The artist performed songs from her new album in a five-night residency at Hollywood high school’s auditoriumWith a swaying ocean projected on the stage, bathing the space in the brilliant light of su...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
James review – special band still filling arenas with anthems of warmth and humanity
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James review – special band still filling arenas with anthems of warmth and humanity

First Direct Bank Arena, LeedsA talismanic Tim Booth is the pied-piper through a set that covers the five decades of this unique band’s beloved back catalogue alongside some fresh bangers‘I think our...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
‘I was getting down with a guy and he decided to put on One Love. It was creepy’: Duncan James from Blue’s honest playlist
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‘I was getting down with a guy and he decided to put on One Love. It was creepy’: Duncan James from Blue’s honest playlist

The Blue singer thinks Aqua deserve respect and his mum once did karaoke with a legend. But what record did he buy to please his nan - with mixed results?The song I inexplicably know all the lyrics to...

The Guardian Music7 months ago