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UK Jewish groups threaten protests if Kanye West’s Wireless shows go ahead
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UK Jewish groups threaten protests if Kanye West’s Wireless shows go ahead

Campaign Against Antisemitism calls on rapper to cancel gigs, while rapper offers to meet Jewish representativesKanye West will face mass protests if his three-night residency at London’s Wireless fes...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Harry Styles announces jazz, pop, indie and electronic artists for his Meltdown festival
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Harry Styles announces jazz, pop, indie and electronic artists for his Meltdown festival

London festival will feature an intimate Styles performance as well as appearances from Warpaint, Kamasi Washington, Devonté Hynes and moreHarry Styles has announced the lineup of artists he has curat...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Pet Shop Boys review – no hits? No problem on first night of a masterful obscurities run
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Pet Shop Boys review – no hits? No problem on first night of a masterful obscurities run

Electric Ballroom, LondonThe era-defining duo’s ultras are suitably spoiled in the first of this intimate five-day run, showered with rarities that put a different spin on their well-known history‘Ton...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
‘I couldn’t see, breathe or sing. I blacked out twice’: why are so many metal bands wearing masks?
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‘I couldn’t see, breathe or sing. I blacked out twice’: why are so many metal bands wearing masks?

From Sleep Token to Ghost and Slaughter to Prevail, the genre’s biggest stars are using freaky facial disguises. Are they hiding behind them – or revealing their true nature?When US avant garde metal...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Wireless festival promoter stands by decision to have Kanye West perform
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Wireless festival promoter stands by decision to have Kanye West perform

Performer is being extended ‘forgiveness’ over antisemitic remarks, says Melvin Benn, despite calls for banThe promoter of Wireless festival has stood by the decision to have Kanye West perform at the...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival
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UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival

Bridget Phillipson adds to growing criticism of booking of rapper after his past antisemitic remarksA senior UK government minister has said Kanye West should be barred from performing at Wireless fes...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
‘I over-articulated to stop my braces sticking to my lips’: how Five Star made Rain Or Shine
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‘I over-articulated to stop my braces sticking to my lips’: how Five Star made Rain Or Shine

‘We performed it everywhere, even on Miss World. Once, on tour, a fan pulled me into the pit – but my hunky Italian security guard put me back on stage’I had come to England from St Louis, Missouri, i...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
‘It was a way of processing violences I’ve survived’: how iconoclastic musician Arca beat burnout with frenzied painting
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‘It was a way of processing violences I’ve survived’: how iconoclastic musician Arca beat burnout with frenzied painting

After a meteoric decade in music, supporting the likes of Madonna and Beyoncé, the 36-year-old Venezuelan crashed out. Now the nightmarish paintings that got her back on track are on displayBefore Arc...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Trailblazers, trumpets and the theremin: 10 soundtracks that changed the way we listen to movies
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Trailblazers, trumpets and the theremin: 10 soundtracks that changed the way we listen to movies

From soundtracking the silent era, via 50s rock’n’roll and the ‘symphonic pop’ of Henry Mancini to iconic works by John Williams and Hans Zimmer, movies are unimaginable without music. Ahead of the Lo...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
‘Barbara Windsor smacked our bottoms!’ Pet Shop Boys on showstopping visuals, horrified bosses – and snubbing the queen
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‘Barbara Windsor smacked our bottoms!’ Pet Shop Boys on showstopping visuals, horrified bosses – and snubbing the queen

As a 600-page doorstopper celebrates their groundbreaking costumes, gigs, sleeves and videos, the duo talk about ‘side-stepping the pop-star thing’ – and the naked trampolinist EMI had to censorIn 198...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Diageo and Pepsi drop Wireless sponsorship amid criticism of Kanye West booking
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Diageo and Pepsi drop Wireless sponsorship amid criticism of Kanye West booking

Sponsors pull out after Keir Starmer calls decision to book rapper who wrote song titled Heil Hitler ‘deeply concerning’Pepsi and Diageo have said they will withdraw their sponsorship of a UK music fe...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
‘It’s dark in here – you can cry’: Mitski hosts intimate residency at LA high school
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‘It’s dark in here – you can cry’: Mitski hosts intimate residency at LA high school

The artist performed songs from her new album in a five-night residency at Hollywood high school’s auditoriumWith a swaying ocean projected on the stage, bathing the space in the brilliant light of su...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
James review – special band still filling arenas with anthems of warmth and humanity
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James review – special band still filling arenas with anthems of warmth and humanity

First Direct Bank Arena, LeedsA talismanic Tim Booth is the pied-piper through a set that covers the five decades of this unique band’s beloved back catalogue alongside some fresh bangers‘I think our...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
‘I was getting down with a guy and he decided to put on One Love. It was creepy’: Duncan James from Blue’s honest playlist
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‘I was getting down with a guy and he decided to put on One Love. It was creepy’: Duncan James from Blue’s honest playlist

The Blue singer thinks Aqua deserve respect and his mum once did karaoke with a legend. But what record did he buy to please his nan - with mixed results?The song I inexplicably know all the lyrics to...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Post your questions for DJ Shadow
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Post your questions for DJ Shadow

As his pioneering album Endtroducing turns 30 and he reissues his Mo’Wax singles, the producer is in a retrospective mood and ready to take your questionsIt’s almost 30 years since DJ Shadow released...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Add to playlist: the endlessly inventive, radiant indie rock of Friko and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: the endlessly inventive, radiant indie rock of Friko and the week’s best new tracks

The Chicago band’s frantic, urgent guitar melodies celebrate hope, friendship and family in these uncertain timesFrom Chicago, IllinoisRecommended if you like Modest Mouse, Wilco, Car Seat HeadrestUp...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Ex-Turnstile guitarist charged with attempted second-degree murder of frontman’s father
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Ex-Turnstile guitarist charged with attempted second-degree murder of frontman’s father

Brady Ebert, a former member of the Grammy-winning US hardcore band, allegedly hit the father of Brendan Yates with his carBrady Ebert, the former guitarist of the Grammy-winning US hardcore band Turn...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
US senators rebuke Ticketmaster for raising fees after hidden charge crackdown: ‘Bait and switch’
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US senators rebuke Ticketmaster for raising fees after hidden charge crackdown: ‘Bait and switch’

Richard Blumenthal says company acts like it has ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ as records show it upping fees to cut lossesTicketmaster quietly raised other fees after US crackdown on hidden chargesSign...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Lizzo’s reinvention faces its greatest test yet
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Lizzo’s reinvention faces its greatest test yet

The singer’s body-positive anthems once defined her. Now lawsuits, weight loss and flop singles have shaken her imageLizzo’s ascent to mainstream stardom was the type of fairytale that pop dreams are...

The Guardian Music7 months ago
Sanaya Ardeshir: Hand of Thought review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month
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Sanaya Ardeshir: Hand of Thought review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(Karigar)The Indian producer steps away from electronics into intricate, slow-building compositions that favour texture and restraintAs Sandunes, Indian producer Sanaya Ardeshir has spent the last dec...

The Guardian Music7 months ago