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‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify
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‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify

Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged itJason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange call from a friend...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Welcome To Wrexham streaming series renewed for three more seasons
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Welcome To Wrexham streaming series renewed for three more seasons

Wrexham's Hollywood owner Ryan Reynolds announced the news as the club aims to reach the Premier League.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
'You are my god', Japan's PM tells British rock band Deep Purple
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'You are my god', Japan's PM tells British rock band Deep Purple

Hard rock enthusiast Sanae Takaichi beamed as she met the rockers in her Tokyo office.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Iris Murdoch's lost poems to be read at festival
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Iris Murdoch's lost poems to be read at festival

Recently discovered material from the Oxford novelist will be included in the Think Human festival.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
An inappropriate joke nearly ended his career. Now he's back with more humour
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An inappropriate joke nearly ended his career. Now he's back with more humour

A misfired joke nearly derailed Samay Raina’s comedy career. Now he’s back, reclaiming his voice.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Your guide to the UK's music festival season for summer 2026
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Your guide to the UK's music festival season for summer 2026

Glastonbury is having a fallow year but there are huge line-ups at many other festivals this year - and something different if you fancy that too.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
From Chewbacca the dog to Ed Sheeran the cat: Why pet lookalikes go viral
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From Chewbacca the dog to Ed Sheeran the cat: Why pet lookalikes go viral

George the shih-tzu has more than 4m TikTok likes due to his Star Wars double

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Dolce & Gabbana co-founder steps down as chair
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Dolce & Gabbana co-founder steps down as chair

The bold and sensual fashion house has been struggling with debt amidst a slowdown in global luxury spending.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Ralph Fiennes reveals whether he would return to Harry Potter role
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Ralph Fiennes reveals whether he would return to Harry Potter role

The British actor played the villainous character in the original movie franchise from 2005 to 2011.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Popular Tanzanian musician Matonya charged with rape in Kenya
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Popular Tanzanian musician Matonya charged with rape in Kenya

The 43-year-old denies the charge and has been released on bail and had to surrender his passport.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
The widower and divorcee - Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs' new comedy
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The widower and divorcee - Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs' new comedy

Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs are old friends and starred in valleys drama Stella together.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Bafta fell short in duty of care when racial slur was shouted, review finds
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Bafta fell short in duty of care when racial slur was shouted, review finds

A Tourette's campaigner involuntarily shouted a racial slur while two black actors were on stage.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Add to playlist: the beautifully dazed, countrified indie-rock of Tracey Nelson and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: the beautifully dazed, countrified indie-rock of Tracey Nelson and the week’s best new tracks

Pushing his winsome songwriting into rootsier territory with a little help from co-producer MJ Lenderman, the New Yorker’s debut album is primed to soundtrack your summer From New York City, New YorkR...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Katseye release first music video without Manon ahead of Coachella
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Katseye release first music video without Manon ahead of Coachella

Manon announced in February she was taking a break from the group, who play Coachella this weekend.

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Tori Amos review – fans hang on every note of this dramatic deep dive into her back catalogue
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Tori Amos review – fans hang on every note of this dramatic deep dive into her back catalogue

City Hall, SheffieldThe masterful performer previews her allegorical new album about the ‘fight for democracy over tyranny’ amid a set full of immaculate musicianshipAhead of her 18th studio album, In...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Coachella 2026: Justin Bieber launches a major comeback in the desert
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Coachella 2026: Justin Bieber launches a major comeback in the desert

Stars including Sabrina Carpenter, Karol G, David Byrne and Addison Rae also head to the desert for the first of two sold-out weekends of live musicJustin Bieber is set for a major live performance co...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
How the moon and music have collided in space
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How the moon and music have collided in space

Astronauts in space have been jamming to Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club, but how does it all happen?

BBC Entertainment & Arts6 months ago
Reckonwrong: How Long Has It Been? review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month
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Reckonwrong: How Long Has It Been? review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

(New Year)Londoner Alex Peringer breaks from his intriguing and outlandish dance music with this debut album of charming bedroom-pop balladsA decade ago, Londoner Alex Peringer intrigued underground c...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Holly Humberstone: Cruel World review – Taylor Swift fave trades gothic melancholy for pop glow-up
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Holly Humberstone: Cruel World review – Taylor Swift fave trades gothic melancholy for pop glow-up

(Polydor)The British singer-songwriter replaces introspection with euphoric choruses, 80s synths and even happy hardcore on her vivid second LPAs a profession, pop stardom has been in existential cris...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘The biggest, baddest, saltiest chick you would ever see’: why no one sang the blues like Big Mama Thornton
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‘The biggest, baddest, saltiest chick you would ever see’: why no one sang the blues like Big Mama Thornton

Gay, fearless and utterly unique, Thornton had a hit with Hound Dog before Elvis – but was then fleeced and forgotten. One hundred years after her birth, a new documentary sets the record straightWill...

The Guardian Music6 months ago