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Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Mercury)All but repeating the formula of his breakout album, Kahan seems torn between whether success is sustainable or even repeatable on songs defiantly rooted in small-town lifeLast week, Netflix...

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‘When I finish my classes, I feel sad’: anger builds over gyms swapping pop classics for cheap covers
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‘When I finish my classes, I feel sad’: anger builds over gyms swapping pop classics for cheap covers

The fitness chain Better has replaced real musicians’ tracks with cover versions, causing dismay among punters and instructors who say the change is killing the energy“I want you to make me feel like...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Post your questions for Melanie C
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Post your questions for Melanie C

Ex-Spice Girl Sporty is ready to take your questions on everything from her Wannabe days to DJing, triathlons and her ninth solo album, SweatSome former girl- and boyband stars spend a lifetime trying...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
The new Michael Jackson biopic. Why now? – podcast
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The new Michael Jackson biopic. Why now? – podcast

A new blockbuster film about the controversial singer could make $1bn worldwide. Owen Myers and Lanre Bakare explain what it says about Jackson’s legacyIf it’s a big year for Michael Jackson fans, it’...

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Teen whom singer D4vd is charged with killing died from penetrating wounds
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Teen whom singer D4vd is charged with killing died from penetrating wounds

Autopsy of Celeste Rivas Hernandez finally released after law enforcement had requested it be sealed in NovemberSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxCeleste Riv...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘I’m not famous. But I can’t go to the chippy’: Courteeners’ Liam Fray on filling stadiums, defying extinction – and wearing M&S pants
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‘I’m not famous. But I can’t go to the chippy’: Courteeners’ Liam Fray on filling stadiums, defying extinction – and wearing M&S pants

He launched a guitar band just as the world was moving on. But they still went stratospheric. Fray talks about uniting Manchester after the attacks – and writing his first single on a Fred Perry comp...

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Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79
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Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79

British singer and guitarist wrote and performed Traffic classics including Feelin’ Alright? before platinum-selling solo albums and work with Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and moreDave Mason, the co-fo...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘Nobody knows what works. There’s a lot of panic’: can African pop get back to global success?
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‘Nobody knows what works. There’s a lot of panic’: can African pop get back to global success?

Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change courseIn 2016, Afrobeats – the...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘I’m not trying to make him handsome’: Polly Samson on photographing husband David Gilmour – in pictures
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‘I’m not trying to make him handsome’: Polly Samson on photographing husband David Gilmour – in pictures

The acclaimed author has spent two decades taking pictures of the Pink Floyd guitarist on tour and in the studio – an experience that still gives her chills Continue reading...

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BBC Proms to celebrate Miles Davis’s centenary and 250 years of US independence
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BBC Proms to celebrate Miles Davis’s centenary and 250 years of US independence

This year’s programme to feature ambitious pieces with lots of notes – and that’s just prog nightThe BBC has announced the 2026 Proms season, the 99th under the broadcaster’s control (the so-called Pr...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI
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Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI

French musician’s comments are in stark contrast to fears expressed by artists such as Elton John and Dua LipaJean-Michel Jarre has attacked the conservatism of the music and film industries over AI a...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Madonna offers reward after vintage Coachella costume goes missing
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Madonna offers reward after vintage Coachella costume goes missing

The Like A Virgin singer has appealed for the return of the pieces she wore on Friday, including a jacket, corset and dressMadonna has said the vintage costume she wore at Coachella has gone missing a...

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Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder of 14-year-old girl found in his car
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Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder of 14-year-old girl found in his car

Musician charged after the dismembered and decomposing body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez found in abandoned TeslaThe singer D4vd pleaded not guilty to the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the teenage...

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The Clean – 10 of the best
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The Clean – 10 of the best

The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out nowFormed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978 by brothers Hamish an...

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‘We did a seance for Beethoven, to see what he thought’: the playful, pioneering life of field-recording maestro Annea Lockwood
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‘We did a seance for Beethoven, to see what he thought’: the playful, pioneering life of field-recording maestro Annea Lockwood

The New Zealand composer burned pianos, sampled earthquakes and recorded Belfast’s peace walls. And at 86 is still invested in her life’s work: to appreciate the music in everyday soundA broken uprigh...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Banned from the radio after Princess Diana died: how Levellers made What a Beautiful Day
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Banned from the radio after Princess Diana died: how Levellers made What a Beautiful Day

‘Its release seemed timely as the Tories had just left office. But then Diana died and all cheerful songs were taken straight off the radio. Boom! It disappeared’John Lennon once said that everything...

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Kanye West’s European tour in doubt as more concerts cancelled in Poland and Switzerland
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Kanye West’s European tour in doubt as more concerts cancelled in Poland and Switzerland

FC Basel and Polish stadium stop US rapper’s upcoming shows, after similar cancellations in France and UK over antisemitic commentsKanye West’s upcoming concerts in Poland and Switzerland have been ca...

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Jesy Nelson issues plea over stolen car containing twins’ medical equipment
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Jesy Nelson issues plea over stolen car containing twins’ medical equipment

Former Little Mix singer offers £10,000 reward for information about Land Rover taken from Essex drivewayThe musician Jesy Nelson, a former member of the band Little Mix, has pleaded for help after he...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘Beloved daughter, sister, cousin, friend’: will D4vd’s arrest for murder bring justice for Celeste Rivas Hernandez?
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‘Beloved daughter, sister, cousin, friend’: will D4vd’s arrest for murder bring justice for Celeste Rivas Hernandez?

After months of investigation, the singer was arrested on Thursday in a shocking case that has gripped Los AngelesThe tragic case of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the teenager found dead in the trunk of a...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘I became a New Order groupie’: Tim Burgess’s honest playlist
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‘I became a New Order groupie’: Tim Burgess’s honest playlist

The Charlatans frontman plays Kate Bush deep cuts in his car and loves a bit of Abba, but which scary industrial noiseniks soundtrack his sexy time?The first single I bought I remember seeking out Lo...

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