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Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville funeral
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Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville funeral

The queen of country was interred next to her late husband in an intimate ceremony attended by close familyDolly Parton was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Nashville on Friday, her family has co...

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Reading and Leeds festival review – post-GCSE blowout shows how dominant dance music now is
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Reading and Leeds festival review – post-GCSE blowout shows how dominant dance music now is

Bramham Park, LeedsCharli xcx and Fontaines DC are spellbinding and there’s an awesome array of genres, but the biggest turnouts are for tech house names like Kettama and Josh Baker• Charli xcx, Readi...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
John Galliano exhibition at New York Met cancelled after backlash
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John Galliano exhibition at New York Met cancelled after backlash

The exhibition faced criticism over the British fashion designer's conviction for making antisemitic remarks in 2011.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
A$AP Rocky review – arena spectacular has plenty of helicopters but little sense of direction
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A$AP Rocky review – arena spectacular has plenty of helicopters but little sense of direction

O2 Arena, LondonThe polymath rapper’s stage show, which also features SWAT teams and a warship, is truly bravura stuff – but you can’t help feeling this is an artist at a creative crossroadsA$AP Rocky...

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Dolly Parton laid to rest alongside husband in Nashville
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Dolly Parton laid to rest alongside husband in Nashville

A private family funeral is held for the singer who died on Tuesday at the age of 80.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
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British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry

Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museumThe British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Hints of fiery finale for last ever episode of River City
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Hints of fiery finale for last ever episode of River City

The Scottish soap opera, based in the fictional Glasgow district of Shieldinch, is coming to an end after 24 years.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show
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This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show

Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Daisy Chain Fields review – Olivia Rodrigo’s women-led festival is electric amid extreme heat
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Daisy Chain Fields review – Olivia Rodrigo’s women-led festival is electric amid extreme heat

Great Park, Irvine, CaliforniaPerformances from Rodrigo, Stevie Nicks, Chappell Roan and Sarah McLachlan raise $20m for charity yet are marred by poor planning for heatwaveShortly after singing the cl...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Lola Young surprises Reading Festival with final day set
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Lola Young surprises Reading Festival with final day set

The singer has been slowly returning to performing after taking a break last year to "work on myself".

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
The Waterboys review – Steve Earle joins a gloriously unruly return to Fisherman’s Blues
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The Waterboys review – Steve Earle joins a gloriously unruly return to Fisherman’s Blues

OVO Hydro, GlasgowThe Nashville singer-songwriter is among the guests joining Mike Scott for a sprawling, exuberant revue that finds new life in the Waterboys’ rootsy pastThis is strange. A Waterboys...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Women in UK arts feel they do not have equal opportunities for roles, says report
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Women in UK arts feel they do not have equal opportunities for roles, says report

Exclusive: Research says sector is fixated with young talent, with most women experiencing unconscious bias or sexismWomen working in the arts believe they do not have equal opportunities for roles, e...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘After I had my cat stolen, I would listen to Funkadelic and cry and cry’: Jennifer Herrema’s honest playlist
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‘After I had my cat stolen, I would listen to Funkadelic and cry and cry’: Jennifer Herrema’s honest playlist

The Black Bananas singer knows all the words to Rapper’s Delight and relates to AC/DC, but which song reminds her of a heartbreaking theft?The first song I fell in love with Van Halen’s Runnin’ With...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
'Emo might have been a phase to some, but not for us'
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'Emo might have been a phase to some, but not for us'

Sophie Baxter has set up a social group for "emos, goths and moshers" who never left the noughties.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Stetsons and waterproofs at a very English country music festival
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Stetsons and waterproofs at a very English country music festival

Country music fans use the Long Road festival in Leicestershire to mark the passing of Dolly Parton Continue reading...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Fourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026
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Fourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026

Nominated in three previous years, the rambunctious standup – one half of The Delightful Sausage – wins the prize for his show Rewilding while Marty Gleeson is named best newcomerThe annual Edinburgh...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Laurie Anderson’s next manuscript to be locked away for 88 years in Future Library
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Laurie Anderson’s next manuscript to be locked away for 88 years in Future Library

Grammy award-winning American artist selected as 13th person to submit written work to Oslo-based projectThe next manuscript by the American artist Laurie Anderson will remain unseen for 88 years, as...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Charli xcx, Reading festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it
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Charli xcx, Reading festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it

Reading festivalThere’s not much time to dig into her deep catalogue of future-facing pop, but she satisfies the hardcore“Time itself is a circle,” as the rock’n’roll philosopher Nietzsche once said,...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘In walked this big bundle of energy’: the day Dolly Parton came to Rotherham
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‘In walked this big bundle of energy’: the day Dolly Parton came to Rotherham

Country star came to South Yorkshire town in 2007 for UK launch of the Imagination Library, her book donation schemeShane Jarman was up a ladder decorating a Christmas tree at the school where he was...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @
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‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @

Their un-Googlable, very online name is the antithesis of this earthy duo’s sublime art-folk. Like their emotionally ambiguous music, the pair don’t give up their mysteries easily• The best music of a...

The Guardian Music2 months ago