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‘Unchained Melody makes me want to live out my Swayze fantasies’: Gary Jarman’s honest playlist
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‘Unchained Melody makes me want to live out my Swayze fantasies’: Gary Jarman’s honest playlist

The Cribs man had a youthful Bee Gees obsession and loves one particular 80s power ballad. But which song does he say is too rude for his funeral?The first song I fell in love with Only You by the Fl...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Jay-Z review – rap legend dazzles New York City with lavish spectacle, sharp bars and Beyoncé
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Jay-Z review – rap legend dazzles New York City with lavish spectacle, sharp bars and Beyoncé

Yankee Stadium, New York CityThe rapper celebrates 30 years of his classic debut album Reasonable Doubt with eye-popping visuals and special guests in a love letter to hip-hop cultureThe beauty of wat...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Casual by Chappell Roan helped me ditch dead-end relationships
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Casual by Chappell Roan helped me ditch dead-end relationships

After years of one-sided commitment, revisiting her hit song Casual finally gave me a reality check‘Sadie,” I say. “I would call our daughter Sadie. Or I like Leo for a boy.” I’ve been on the phone fo...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Lizzo answers her critics: ‘I’m a fat, black, happy girl – they were always going to try to tear me down’
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Lizzo answers her critics: ‘I’m a fat, black, happy girl – they were always going to try to tear me down’

Three years ago, the pop star was riding high after a sellout tour. But then a slew of shocking accusations from her former dancers changed everything. Where does she go from here?On 30 July 2023, Liz...

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Rapper Pitbull and fans set ‘bald cap’ Guinness World Record at London show
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Rapper Pitbull and fans set ‘bald cap’ Guinness World Record at London show

Crowd of more than 22,000 people – and the musician himself – filled Hyde Park with the ‘largest gathering of people wearing bald caps’A tight plastic cap is not an attractive option for protective he...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘Take that, Marti Pellow!’ Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In beats Wet Wet Wet’s UK chart record
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‘Take that, Marti Pellow!’ Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In beats Wet Wet Wet’s UK chart record

Duetting pair spend 16th week at No 1, a record for a British artist – but they’ll need 19 weeks to beat Frankie Laine’s all-time record from 1953Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have broken Wet Wet Wet’s 3...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Bon Jovi review – rockers make a surprisingly poignant return to the stage
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Bon Jovi review – rockers make a surprisingly poignant return to the stage

Madison Square Garden, New York CityAfter vocal cord surgery, Jon Bon Jovi and band make a sturdy return with hit-packed showThis time last week, the scene in and around Madison Square Garden was an e...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Add to playlist: the fluid club deconstructions of Stolen Velour, Floco and Aria SL and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: the fluid club deconstructions of Stolen Velour, Floco and Aria SL and the week’s best new tracks

Housesharing brought the south London trio’s sounds – classical vocals, violin, clubby production – together as they bled through the walls, to shapeshifting effectFrom South LondonRecommended if you...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Baby Rose: Yearnalism review – gloriously cinematic soul from the edge of emotional collapse
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Baby Rose: Yearnalism review – gloriously cinematic soul from the edge of emotional collapse

(Secretly Canadian)The US songwriter paints an impressively wide variety of shades on her third album, from vintage R&B to melodic soft-rock and balladry worthy of Nina SimoneJasmine Rose Wilson doesn...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Wild Gods: The Glorious Abysmal review – truly fascinating songs born of tweed-beating and psychedelic trips
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Wild Gods: The Glorious Abysmal review – truly fascinating songs born of tweed-beating and psychedelic trips

(Wren Cathedral)Inspired by communal Hebridean Gaelic song and ceremonial music, these reels and ballads reveal the fascinating proximity of post-rock and folk rockA thick, distant rumble, the metalli...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘Being a billionaire is so tacky!’ Musical firebrand Lido Pimienta on exploitation, class struggle – and going ‘Enya mode’
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‘Being a billionaire is so tacky!’ Musical firebrand Lido Pimienta on exploitation, class struggle – and going ‘Enya mode’

After beating Leonard Cohen to Canada’s biggest music prize and splicing dembow with classical, the cross-cultural artist is now confronting Colombia’s new presidentWhen I speak to the Colombian Canad...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Oasis reunion helps draw record 25m ‘music tourists’ to UK concerts
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Oasis reunion helps draw record 25m ‘music tourists’ to UK concerts

Gigs by Gallagher brothers, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey and Beyonce gives £11bn boost to the economyBig name artists including Oasis with their highly anticipated reunion tour, Coldplay and Beyoncé helped...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
'I love doing what I do': the life of Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse of the Heart pop legend – video
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'I love doing what I do': the life of Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse of the Heart pop legend – video

Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer whose husky yet commanding voice made songs such as Total Eclipse of the Heart into 1980s classics, has died aged 75. The Guardian's music editor, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, r...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘Music was my first desire’: Anthony Hopkins releases his debut single
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‘Music was my first desire’: Anthony Hopkins releases his debut single

Hollywood actor signs recording deal with Decca after decades of composing pieces inspired by his Welsh childhoodAnthony Hopkins says he has achieved his “first desire” of signing a record deal, with...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘We’ve had moments of devastating pain’: jazz icons Ezra Collective on their new album – and why we can’t rely on the government
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‘We’ve had moments of devastating pain’: jazz icons Ezra Collective on their new album – and why we can’t rely on the government

Speaking at a Guardian Live event at Love Supreme festival, the band tell us about lessons with Tony Allen, mayhem in Lagos and why musicians should be ‘pillars of the community’At Sussex’s Love Supre...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘Ramones had leather jackets when they got spat on. We didn’t!’ David Byrne on touring with Talking Heads and taking advice from Lou Reed
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‘Ramones had leather jackets when they got spat on. We didn’t!’ David Byrne on touring with Talking Heads and taking advice from Lou Reed

As his American Utopia tour film hits cinemas, the musician answers your questions about his Scottish sense of humour, working with Brian Eno and his desire to direct another filmIn May 1977, Talking...

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Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87
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Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87

Versatile Essex-born hitmaker known for Rhinestone Cowboy, It Only Takes a Minute and many more had been living with Alzheimer’s diseaseBrian Potter, one of the most versatile and successful British p...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness
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Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness

(Third Man)Following the superb No Name, White continues his fan service with stripped back songs and nasty, anarchic riffs – though it all ends up feeling a little sameyIt’s a strange thing to say ab...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop
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Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop

After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even the most overblown backing tracks• News: Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend kn...

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Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75
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Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75

Welsh singer and Eurovision entrant’s other hits included Footloose soundtrack smash Holding Out for a Hero• Alexis Petridis on Bonnie Tyler: She totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created a...

The Guardian Music2 months ago