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Aldous Harding: Train on the Island review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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Aldous Harding: Train on the Island review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(4AD)Lyrics about naked owls and eating rocks might be irksome to some – but there’s no denying that the alt-rocker’s fifth album is beguiling, tightly written and richly melodicAldous Harding cuts a...

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‘The best gift Mom gave me was a peaceful death’: Linda Perry on cancer, abuse and her intense documentary
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‘The best gift Mom gave me was a peaceful death’: Linda Perry on cancer, abuse and her intense documentary

She hit the big time with 4 Non Blondes, then penned hits for everyone from Christina Aguilera to Courtney Love. But as an intimate new film about her life shows, she’s had to confront illness, family...

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Billie Eilish says she does ‘everything I can’ to suppress Tourette syndrome tics
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Billie Eilish says she does ‘everything I can’ to suppress Tourette syndrome tics

US singer-songwriter talks about huge effort of controlling her behaviour, in interview with Amy PoehlerBillie Eilish has said she is “doing everything I can” to suppress her Tourette syndrome.The sin...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Rosalía review – ribcage-rattling riot is one of the boldest, most highbrow arena shows in pop history
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Rosalía review – ribcage-rattling riot is one of the boldest, most highbrow arena shows in pop history

O2 Arena, LondonThe ambition of 2025 album Lux is scaled up even bigger by the Catalan megastar, delivered with operatic vocals and en pointe ballet moves as well as funny asides and glasses of wineWr...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tyla and more took African pop global. So why don’t they tour Africa itself?
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Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tyla and more took African pop global. So why don’t they tour Africa itself?

Due to many obstacles – from security to air fares – local fans lose out as African artists tour overseas instead. But as western corporations invest, there are more worries besidesWhen a major Africa...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition review – on-brand fan pleaser is a metal hymn of praise
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Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition review – on-brand fan pleaser is a metal hymn of praise

Watchable, uncritical doc tells the story of the massive rise, slight fall, then further massive rise of the veteran rockersSounding a power chord of defiance against the milksop trends of pop is this...

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Opera singer who hid deafness for 30 years hails ‘life-changing’ surgery
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Opera singer who hid deafness for 30 years hails ‘life-changing’ surgery

Janine Roebuck, from London, says she no longer considers herself deaf after double cochlear implants restored hearingAn opera singer who hid her deafness for more than 30 years has described “life-ch...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘In times like this, it pays to be Italian’: Mind Enterprises, the Campari-necking Italo disco revivalists who became a meme
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‘In times like this, it pays to be Italian’: Mind Enterprises, the Campari-necking Italo disco revivalists who became a meme

A video of the Italian duo huffing cigarettes and pouring aperitifs on a Mediterranean balcony might have gone viral – but there’s nothing slapdash about their blissful electro evocations of la dolce...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘It kicks ass’: Rolling Stones launch new album at star-studded New York event
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‘It kicks ass’: Rolling Stones launch new album at star-studded New York event

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood join Conan O’Brien to discuss forthcoming album Foreign TonguesOn Tuesday afternoon in New York, the Rolling Stones gathered friends, journalists and fellow...

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‘It’s a bit emotional’: Paul McCartney plays new songs to fans at Abbey Road
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‘It’s a bit emotional’: Paul McCartney plays new songs to fans at Abbey Road

The ex-Beatle hosted a playback previewing his next album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, telling stories along the wayStudio Two at Abbey Road was dressed with an armchair, a guitar and a bookcase of Paul...

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‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?
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‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?

One in four late-night venues went out of business between 2020 and 2025. Those that remain are struggling to pull in customers. Maybe a night out in Birminghan will reveal whyThe £5 entry is a good s...

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Fake fans, fake buzz? How your favourite band got big – podcast
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Fake fans, fake buzz? How your favourite band got big – podcast

Shaad D’Souza explains how bands such as Geese have faced a backlash since a marketing company revealed its tricks for pushing them into the limelight, and Eamonn Forde discusses what it takes to succ...

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Britney Spears pleads guilty to reckless driving charge in DUI case
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Britney Spears pleads guilty to reckless driving charge in DUI case

Ventura county district attorney says pop star made plea through lawyer after being arrested in March for allegedly driving erraticallyBritney Spears pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of reckless d...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘We got a drive-by egging in Baltimore’: Super Furry Animals on making The Man Don’t Give a F***
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‘We got a drive-by egging in Baltimore’: Super Furry Animals on making The Man Don’t Give a F***

‘The man is the establishment, I suppose, the military industrial complex. A few year later, when we played it live, we added a loop of Bill Hicks saying: “All governments are liars and murderers”’Gru...

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‘My generation have deluded themselves’: ex-Vampire Weekender Rostam on pop, protest and life as an Iranian-American
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‘My generation have deluded themselves’: ex-Vampire Weekender Rostam on pop, protest and life as an Iranian-American

Inspired in part by Zohran Mamdani’s NY mayorship, Rostam Batmanglij’s gorgeous new album fuses Americana with sounds of the Middle East. So why isn’t his mum happy?The first song Rostam Batmanglij ev...

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You Are Here review: Danny Boyle’s postwar pop-culture tribute lets it all hang out
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You Are Here review: Danny Boyle’s postwar pop-culture tribute lets it all hang out

The director’s immersive Southbank Centre takeover has vim and ardour in spades, if not complete coherenceYou Are Here is an undertaking on an impressive scale: a self-styled “epic, one-off pop-cultur...

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US band Jimmy Eat World look back: ‘I would play The Middle five times in a row if the other guys would let me’
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US band Jimmy Eat World look back: ‘I would play The Middle five times in a row if the other guys would let me’

The emo kings on growing up in Arizona, making it big, and Jim’s annoying wake-up callsJimmy Eat World are an alternative rock band from Mesa, east of Phoenix, Arizona. Formed by vocalist and guitaris...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead
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Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead

Whether made by human hand or shady algorithm, emotion-based playlists are everywhere. But if you’re looking for a superior soundtrack to ‘all the feels’, get your ears round these selections from our...

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‘Our rivalry with Take That was always tongue in cheek’: Tony Mortimer’s honest playlist
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‘Our rivalry with Take That was always tongue in cheek’: Tony Mortimer’s honest playlist

The East 17 man knows his 90s bangers but once inadvertently cleared a dancefloor. And what song gets him on the exercise bike in a morning?The first single I bought Shut Up by Madness, from a record...

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From Mumford & Sons to ‘free speech’ YouTuber: Winston Marshall’s dramatic career change
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From Mumford & Sons to ‘free speech’ YouTuber: Winston Marshall’s dramatic career change

GB News owner’s son, who wants Channel to be mined to stop migrants, is latest to have a go at transatlantic rightwing commentaryOn a Los Angeles stage in 2011 Winston Marshall, then the banjo player...

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