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‘It’s more than backcombing a beehive!’ How tribute acts got massive – and put the live music scene back in the black
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‘It’s more than backcombing a beehive!’ How tribute acts got massive – and put the live music scene back in the black

Versions of Amy Winehouse and hundreds of other musicians are generating millions for beleaguered UK venues. But what is the emotional toll for the imitators, and are they pushing out original artists...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Charli xcx: Music, Fashion, Film review – slippery search into selfhood that hits just as hard as Brat
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Charli xcx: Music, Fashion, Film review – slippery search into selfhood that hits just as hard as Brat

(Atlantic)How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about the instability of identityAfter a decade...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
​’Ian Curtis didn’t have a chance’: the Durutti Column on departed friends, Factory Records and fun with Morrissey
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​’Ian Curtis didn’t have a chance’: the Durutti Column on departed friends, Factory Records and fun with Morrissey

As they release their first album in 16 years, the Vini Reilly-fronted band answer your questions on sandpaper record sleeves, having Harry Styles as a fan and inventing a new style of guitar musicVin...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘My life’s work was being delightful. That really hurt me’: breakout Americana star Brennan Wedl on freeing herself through song
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‘My life’s work was being delightful. That really hurt me’: breakout Americana star Brennan Wedl on freeing herself through song

​With her roots stretching from the Catholic church to riot grrrl, the US singer-songwriter explains how sobriety and self-analysis powered her classic new Waxahatchee-produced albumThe songwriting on...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
A grief therapist told me I should live to honor my son. How would I do that?
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A grief therapist told me I should live to honor my son. How would I do that?

After my 22-month-old child died, music and poetry brought catharsis and comfortThe day Renzo had his aneurysm, in the afternoon before it happened, I distinctly remember telling him that it was going...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘We didn’t care what the client wanted!’: Sheffield’s Designers Republic on their art for Aphex Twin, Pulp … and Pringles
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‘We didn’t care what the client wanted!’: Sheffield’s Designers Republic on their art for Aphex Twin, Pulp … and Pringles

Their eye-popping designs burst out of Sheffield in 1986, making them the toast of the music scene. Founder Ian Anderson reveals why some fans think his art is worth remortgaging the house forForty ye...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Pass the pit diapers! Why are fans wetting themselves to stand front row at concerts?
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Pass the pit diapers! Why are fans wetting themselves to stand front row at concerts?

Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan and Morgan Wallen have all dealt with audience effluence in recent weeks – but that’s only one part of a fearsome subculture that has built up around fandom, endurance and ‘...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Saxophonist Plas Johnson, known for solo on The Pink Panther Theme, dies aged 94
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Saxophonist Plas Johnson, known for solo on The Pink Panther Theme, dies aged 94

Jazz saxophonist – who recorded with artists Frank Sinatra, BB King and more – died in Los Angeles, reports sayThe US jazz saxophonist Plas Johnson, best known for his solo riff on the timeless classi...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘His chords are like sheets of diamond ice’: the beguiling psych-folk of late cult songwriter Ed Askew
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‘His chords are like sheets of diamond ice’: the beguiling psych-folk of late cult songwriter Ed Askew

The late songwriter released around 50 records, writing gay love songs and effortless folk songs from folk’s fringes. Fans including Bill Callahan explain his singular brillianceIn a grainy television...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
LA prosecutors present gruesome evidence in murder case against singer D4vd
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LA prosecutors present gruesome evidence in murder case against singer D4vd

Prosecutors seeking to try musician, born David Anthony Burke, for murder over death of Celeste Rivas HernandezProsecutors began to lay out gruesome evidence on Tuesday as a hearing began to prove the...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
The rave secret: why middle-aged women are larging it – and seeing big health benefits
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The rave secret: why middle-aged women are larging it – and seeing big health benefits

For those who are burned out, perimenopausal, or both, dancing all night can be a panacea. It’s great exercise, lowers stress, boosts energy and provides connection. No wonder so many are doing itIt’s...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain review – rootsy revival strays from the dirt track to the middle of the road
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Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain review – rootsy revival strays from the dirt track to the middle of the road

(Republic Nashville)The country legend’s seventh album revisits her troubled early life but plays it safe with zany humour and fluffy songs about young love‘When I was a kid, I started on stages just...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Hits, misses and Muppets: the star-studded World Cup half-time show nobody asked for
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Hits, misses and Muppets: the star-studded World Cup half-time show nobody asked for

It zipped along, cramming in Shakira, Madonna and Coldplay, but football fans may not be convinced of need for this mid-match spectacleLike hydration breaks and Donald Trump’s ability to get refereein...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Adam Lambert looks back: ‘I couldn’t pass up on joining Queen – even if the fans were protective of Freddie’
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Adam Lambert looks back: ‘I couldn’t pass up on joining Queen – even if the fans were protective of Freddie’

The singer and actor on the edgy artists of his youth, a controversial 2009 kiss, and his relationship with Brian May and Roger TaylorBorn in Indianapolis in 1982, actor and musician Adam Lambert rose...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Bruno Mars review – half seedy club, half church service as diminutive singer answers fans’ prayers
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Bruno Mars review – half seedy club, half church service as diminutive singer answers fans’ prayers

Wembley Stadium, LondonMars sings every line like it’s his big solo in a show that leans more on his stage presence than pyro and pageantryWembley Stadium is awash with crimson as the Bruno Mars opera...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘We were in danger of running it into the ground’: Brittany Howard on fleeing fame, fighting Trump and the epic return of Alabama Shakes
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‘We were in danger of running it into the ground’: Brittany Howard on fleeing fame, fighting Trump and the epic return of Alabama Shakes

The soul-rockers achieved worldwide success before surprising everyone by deciding to quit while they were ahead. Now they’re back with a new album railing against the state of contemporary AmericaIn...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘People say they’ve conceived to my music’: Tricky’s honest playlist
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‘People say they’ve conceived to my music’: Tricky’s honest playlist

The trip-hop star doesn’t believe in getting jiggy to songs and would choose Cyndi Lauper at karaoke. But which classic reminds him of his mum?The first song I fell in love with I was going out with...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’
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Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’

The singer on struggling with the English weather, a secret celebrity crush, and her terror of tinned spaghettiBorn in Sydney, Australia, to an Italian father and Australian mother, Natalie Imbruglia,...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Lauren Laverne reveals blood and bone marrow disorder diagnosis
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Lauren Laverne reveals blood and bone marrow disorder diagnosis

Radio and TV presenter, who recovered from cancer in 2024, announces she has smouldering myelomaLauren Laverne has announced she has been diagnosed with a blood and bone marrow disorder, less than two...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Jill Scott review – joyous phones-free show is a taste of how all concerts should be
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Jill Scott review – joyous phones-free show is a taste of how all concerts should be

Kings Theatre, BrooklynThe queen of Philly soul is in phenomenal form in a saucy and effortlessly virtuosic show celebrating 26 years in musicAt one point during her triumphant phones-free show at Bro...

The Guardian Music2 months ago