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Sway, Mobo-winning British rapper, dies aged 44
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Sway, Mobo-winning British rapper, dies aged 44

Rapper won prestigious award as an unsigned artist before breaking UK Top 10 and nurturing artists including KSIThe British rapper Sway, who proved inspirational to a generation of Black British music...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
GTA 6 soundtrack reveal revives digital release debate
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GTA 6 soundtrack reveal revives digital release debate

Fred Again, PinkPantheress and Travis Scott provide new music for the blockbuster - but not all fans are happy.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago
Palace in war of words with Earl Spencer over claims in Diana book
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Palace in war of words with Earl Spencer over claims in Diana book

The row threatens to overshadow a very crowded day for the royals - with the King and Princes William and Harry all attending events.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago
Beck: ‘What does a devil’s haircut look like? Anything with a lot of architecture and wild flights of fancy’
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Beck: ‘What does a devil’s haircut look like? Anything with a lot of architecture and wild flights of fancy’

The genre-fluid singer answers your questions on being funky v lonesome, his infamous MTV interview with Thurston Moore and why he said yes to performing with a chain-smoking alcoholic robot• Read Ale...

The Guardian Music1 week ago
‘Songwriting instead of doomscrolling’: project inspires Welsh valleys towns to tune into their heritage
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‘Songwriting instead of doomscrolling’: project inspires Welsh valleys towns to tune into their heritage

Community groups and schools work with Wales’s folk arts organisation to set stories of the area’s people to musicGrowing up in Wales, Liz Puleston-Jones was familiar with the country’s rich heritage...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision for second year in a row
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RTÉ to boycott Eurovision for second year in a row

In a statement, RTÉ said it feels Ireland's participation "cannot be justified given the appalling and ongoing loss of lives in Gaza".

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago
Beabadoobee: Pylon review – voice of a generation’s surprisingly relatable rampage through rock star rage
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Beabadoobee: Pylon review – voice of a generation’s surprisingly relatable rampage through rock star rage

(Dirty Hit)The Filipino-British songwriter’s fourth album sprinkles 90s alt fuzz with disarmingly sweet melodies and an impressive host of guests including Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Turnstile’s B...

The Guardian Music1 week ago
Stadium owner Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m in aid after Macklemore backlash
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Stadium owner Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m in aid after Macklemore backlash

It comes after Macklemore pledged $1m to Palestinian causes, challenging the tycoon to match the sum.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago
Boy, 13, is new voice of Thomas the Tank Engine
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Boy, 13, is new voice of Thomas the Tank Engine

A new Thomas series also stars The Gentleman actor Henry Golding.

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Macklemore pledges his $1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestine aid
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Macklemore pledges his $1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestine aid

Rapper challenged billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft to match donation, with Kraft saying he and Sheeran will give $2m to ‘aid in the region’Macklemore has announced he will donate the $1m salary...

The Guardian Music1 week ago
How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career
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How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career

Sheeran tries to stay away from politics and controversy, but that stance has come in for criticism.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago
Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film tour review – an electrifying and deafening pop evolution
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Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film tour review – an electrifying and deafening pop evolution

Barclays Center, BrooklynThe tireless star brings her latest, somewhat over-explained album to the stage for a dazzling and euphoric showFor more than a year now, I have often returned, when seeking a...

The Guardian Music1 week ago
Ex-BBC presenter questions role of Royal Family in new documentary
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Ex-BBC presenter questions role of Royal Family in new documentary

John Humphrys, who presented Today and the Nine O'Clock News, heads a new Channel 4 documentary on the topic.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago
Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality
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Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality

By standing behind support act Macklemore, who was removed from the tour for his vocal support of Palestine, these artists are demonstrating the self-sacrifice necessary to stand against those crushin...

The Guardian Music1 week ago
‘Very authoritarian, very brutal’: three decades after the UK’s anti-rave crackdown, why is France doing the same?
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‘Very authoritarian, very brutal’: three decades after the UK’s anti-rave crackdown, why is France doing the same?

With tear gas, grenades and a new law, French authorities are targeting unlicensed music gatherings. Those in the rave scene explore the parallels with the UK in the 90sWhen Spiral Tribe fled England...

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Previously unseen drawings by Moomins author Tove Jansson to go on show in London
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Previously unseen drawings by Moomins author Tove Jansson to go on show in London

Exclusive: Exhibition focusing on Finnish writer and artist’s illustrations will include original art from her first Moomins bookThe Moomin books about lovable trolls with hippopotamus snouts who live...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Legendary Nigerian actor Olu Jacobs dies aged 84
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Legendary Nigerian actor Olu Jacobs dies aged 84

Olu Jacobs was one of Nigeria's most recognised actors, whose career spanned several decades.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago
Earl Spencer's unreleased book on  Diana stolen in the Netherlands
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Earl Spencer's unreleased book on Diana stolen in the Netherlands

The theft of Earl Spencer's memoir about his late sister comes one week ahead of the book's release.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago
Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77

The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on current affairs shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husbandThe British-American novelist,...

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British-American author and critic Bonnie Greer dies aged 77
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British-American author and critic Bonnie Greer dies aged 77

Her husband says the playwright and cultural and political commentator died after a brief illness.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 week ago