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Kylie Minogue announces she had second cancer diagnosis in 2021
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Kylie Minogue announces she had second cancer diagnosis in 2021

In new Netflix documentary, pop superstar says she ‘got through it, again’, referring back to successful treatment for breast cancer in 2005• TV review: Kylie – this refreshingly raw, real encounter w...

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‘This keeps the dream alive’: the bands sleeping at venues to make touring work
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‘This keeps the dream alive’: the bands sleeping at venues to make touring work

A new UK scheme is encouraging venues to provide accommodation for touring acts. But what if someone hurls a TV through a window?Touring has become increasingly financially precarious for grassroots a...

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Kraftwerk review – after more than half a century of techno supremacy, they still sound like the future
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Kraftwerk review – after more than half a century of techno supremacy, they still sound like the future

Waterfront Hall, BelfastRalf Hütter and his bandmates show how profound their influence has been on huge swathes of popular music – and they give a tender tribute to the late Ryuichi SakamotoForty-fiv...

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Carters’ cries, lullabies and tales of errant crocodiles: Lero Lero and the battle for Sicily’s soul
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Carters’ cries, lullabies and tales of errant crocodiles: Lero Lero and the battle for Sicily’s soul

Italy’s south has long been either romanticised or patronised. A Palermo collective has dived into historic archives to recover surreal rhymes and surprising songs that defy the island’s picture-postc...

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Ecca Vandal, the genre-defying punk-rap star on getting offline and having tea with Flea: ‘It constantly spins me out’
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Ecca Vandal, the genre-defying punk-rap star on getting offline and having tea with Flea: ‘It constantly spins me out’

The Australian singer’s new album, Looking For People to Unfollow, is a punchy rejection of ‘faux-sincerity’ and music being reduced to TikTok-able snippetsOn the first Friday in May, a procession of...

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‘I had been silent for a very long time’: how a chance meeting at a burger van revived techno genius the Field
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‘I had been silent for a very long time’: how a chance meeting at a burger van revived techno genius the Field

A run of immaculate albums ended in 2018 with an identity crisis and the producer becoming a kindergarten chef. Now he’s back with a blissed-out new recordWhen Axel Willner went to Stockholm’s Funky C...

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Dr Hook co-frontman Dennis Locorriere dies aged 76
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Dr Hook co-frontman Dennis Locorriere dies aged 76

Singer took lead vocal on UK No 1 When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman, and had numerous other transatlantic hitsDennis Locorriere, the guitarist and singer with the chart-topping soft rock band...

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Still collapsing after all these years: Einstürzende Neubauten on their fifth decade as a Berlin legend
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Still collapsing after all these years: Einstürzende Neubauten on their fifth decade as a Berlin legend

The band’s newest member, Josefine Lukschy, was born the year their fifth album was released. They and founding member Blixa Bargeld talk about leading the counter counter-culture‘Everything already w...

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‘A quiet belief everything’s going to be all right’: Bulgarians celebrate Dara’s Eurovision win with Bangaranga
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‘A quiet belief everything’s going to be all right’: Bulgarians celebrate Dara’s Eurovision win with Bangaranga

Bulgaria’s first-ever win in European song contest delivers ray of hope at turbulent time after years of political instabilityBulgarians have rejoiced in their country’s first victory at the Eurovisio...

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Harry Styles review – a genuinely charismatic performer who has pulled off one of the hardest tricks in pop
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Harry Styles review – a genuinely charismatic performer who has pulled off one of the hardest tricks in pop

Johan Cruijff Arena, the NetherlandsStyles’ first stop in his Together, Together tour, which will see him perform lengthy residencies around the world, is a reminder of how talented he isMidway throug...

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Bulgaria wins 70th Eurovision contest with Dara and Bangaranga
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Bulgaria wins 70th Eurovision contest with Dara and Bangaranga

The UK finished last as the contest, held in Vienna, saw five countries boycott it over the participation of IsraelBulgaria has won the 2026 Eurovision song contest after singer Dara swept to victory...

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Flying Lotus: ‘People kept saying, “You can’t make hip-hop with a laptop.” Those comments were my fuel’
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Flying Lotus: ‘People kept saying, “You can’t make hip-hop with a laptop.” Those comments were my fuel’

In the lead-up to his Australian tour, the producer and DJ reveals his obsession with Chucky, his favourite time signature and which Kanye West record is the ‘most overrated album of all time’What alb...

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Belle and Sebastian write Scotland anthem after dramatic World Cup qualifier
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Belle and Sebastian write Scotland anthem after dramatic World Cup qualifier

Self-deprecating It Only Takes One Lion is partly inspired by team’s current song, Yes Sir, I Can BoogieThe lyrics came to Stuart Murdoch in the hazy aftermath of Scotland’s dramatic qualification for...

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Drake: Iceman / Maid of Honour / Habibti review – ​triple-album comeback is a boring, bloated disaster
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Drake: Iceman / Maid of Honour / Habibti review – ​triple-album comeback is a boring, bloated disaster

(OVO/Republic)It’s possible that the world’s biggest rapper is using this epic content drop to get out of his record deal, but aside from some bright spots on Iceman, should the public really be subje...

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‘I haven’t had a loo break since 2009!’ The truth about Eurovision – as told by its biggest icons
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‘I haven’t had a loo break since 2009!’ The truth about Eurovision – as told by its biggest icons

How did Lordi sing in a giant condom? How many sex lives has Epic Sax Guy helped? And what will push Graham Norton to retire? As Eurovision hits 70, legends of the song contest spill the beansNot many...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Add to playlist: Rian Brazil’s Björk-beloved sounds of Brighton youth and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: Rian Brazil’s Björk-beloved sounds of Brighton youth and the week’s best new tracks

The earworm wizard blends sample-heavy electronic beats with sugary vocal highs and bassy lows, giving authentic voice to England’s fringesFrom London via BrightonRecommended if you like Jawnino, Fake...

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Dua Saleh: Of Earth and Wires review – ambitious confrontation of global catastrophe is surprisingly cautious
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Dua Saleh: Of Earth and Wires review – ambitious confrontation of global catastrophe is surprisingly cautious

(Ghostly International)While the first track is a scorching mix of poetry, rap, falsetto vocals and acoustic guitar, elsewhere the Sudanese-American’s second album feels a little underbakedSpoken-word...

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Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music review – Harry Smith’s archives light up again
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Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music review – Harry Smith’s archives light up again

(Thrill Jockey)The US guitarist excavates the outer reaches of the famed collector’s work, pointedly – and beautifully – reinterpreting songs from nations touched by major US conflictsBehind this gorg...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘I had to start living for me’: Suzette Charles on winning Miss America, confronting Bill Cosby and releasing her debut album 33 years late
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‘I had to start living for me’: Suzette Charles on winning Miss America, confronting Bill Cosby and releasing her debut album 33 years late

From late-night calls with Stevie Wonder to tours with Frank Sinatra, the US singer seemed primed for pop success – so what caused her to hide from the public for decades? Finally back in the spotligh...

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‘We’re catalysts of the new plague’ – from the archive, Patti Smith interviewed in 1976
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‘We’re catalysts of the new plague’ – from the archive, Patti Smith interviewed in 1976

15 May 1976: Robin Denselow meets New York’s latest sensation as she prepares for her first British concertShe was sitting in a hotel in Notting Hill Gate, talking about her favourite subject. She was...

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