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David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings review – these unheard 60s tunes are actually pretty flimsy
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David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings review – these unheard 60s tunes are actually pretty flimsy

(Parlophone)On this new compilation of his mid-60s Davie Jones years, Bowie can’t distinguish himself from the era’s other bands – and ends up hedging his betsIn 1973, David Bowie released Pin Ups, a...

The Guardian Music3 weeks ago
‘I thought I would lose my career’: Orville Peck on addiction and creating his best album yet
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‘I thought I would lose my career’: Orville Peck on addiction and creating his best album yet

Though the masked country singer has a No 1 album and duets with superstars under his belt, his demons and mental health caught up to him Orville Peck was in the middle of a soundcheck when he found o...

The Guardian Music3 weeks ago
All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
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All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore

Four openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ commentsAll four supporting acts for upcoming dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour have withdrawn in s...

The Guardian Music3 weeks ago
Ed Sheeran responds to backlash over removing Macklemore from tour after ‘Free Palestine’ comments
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Ed Sheeran responds to backlash over removing Macklemore from tour after ‘Free Palestine’ comments

English singer outlines his position after US stadium owners refuse to let rapper perform after political speechMacklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speechSinger Ed Shee...

The Guardian Music3 weeks ago
New Order keyboardist Gillian Gilbert announces she is ‘living with cancer’
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New Order keyboardist Gillian Gilbert announces she is ‘living with cancer’

Musician clarified her own health status after concerns were raised by interview with husband and bandmate Stephen Morris earlier this monthGillian Gilbert, keyboardist with New Order, has announced s...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
‘The cauldron was already bubbling …’ Green Lung, Druidess and the return of folk horror to British heavy metal
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‘The cauldron was already bubbling …’ Green Lung, Druidess and the return of folk horror to British heavy metal

Playing a sound rooted in 80s bands such as Witchfinder General and Pagan Altar, metal bands are once again gravitating towards dark folklore – but in a ‘Glastonbury crystal shop’ kind of wayBehind To...

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Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech
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Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech

The American rapper will no longer support Sheeran’s US leg of Loop tour after comments at MetLife Stadium showMacklemore has been dropped from the remainder of the US leg of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour, a...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
How did the Guardian cover Oasis at Knebworth 1996? Well … we didn’t
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How did the Guardian cover Oasis at Knebworth 1996? Well … we didn’t

Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy• News: Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Kne...

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Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts
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Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts

After 2025’s wildly lucrative reunion, the Gallagher brothers will tour the UK, Ireland and US, and revisit the Hertfordshire site of their greatest live triumph• From the archive: How did the Guardia...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Beck: Ride Lonesome review – stunning end to the heartache trilogy of Sea Change and Morning Phase
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Beck: Ride Lonesome review – stunning end to the heartache trilogy of Sea Change and Morning Phase

(Iliad/Capitol)On his first album in seven years, Beck keeps the quality control extremely high as he surveys mid-50s malaise in the wake of divorceThe last time Beck released an album it was 2019 and...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Touring can take musicians to isolating, anxious extremes. Access to therapy on the road is a vital support
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Touring can take musicians to isolating, anxious extremes. Access to therapy on the road is a vital support

I know from our early days how high-pressure road life can be. While big tours often hire therapists, grassroots acts can’t afford it. I’m pleased to back a new scheme that aims to change thatWhen Rad...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
‘I’ve never been more terrified!’ Carly Rae Jepsen on motherhood, stardom and her horniest album ever
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‘I’ve never been more terrified!’ Carly Rae Jepsen on motherhood, stardom and her horniest album ever

Call Me Maybe made the singer-songwriter famous – but also confused. Who was she? Who was her music for? Fourteen years later, about to release the double album Day and Night, she finally has some ans...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Elkie Brooks looks back: ‘Before I went on stage I used to drink Guinness and a few shots of brandy’
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Elkie Brooks looks back: ‘Before I went on stage I used to drink Guinness and a few shots of brandy’

The singer-songwriter on her rock’n’roll past, playing second fiddle to the Beatles, and the key to being an energetic performer in your 80sBorn Elaine Bookbinder in Salford in 1945, Elkie Brooks is a...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
‘You start to worry you’ll never listen to anything else’: 25 years of Can’t Get You Out of My Head, the song that saw the future of pop
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‘You start to worry you’ll never listen to anything else’: 25 years of Can’t Get You Out of My Head, the song that saw the future of pop

Rejected by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, the minimalist dance-pop opus would become the defining song of Kylie’s career. And, a quarter of a century later, it hasn’t lost its capacity to burrow its way into y...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
‘I grew my hair and dropped out of society after hearing Black Sabbath’: J Mascis’s honest playlist
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‘I grew my hair and dropped out of society after hearing Black Sabbath’: J Mascis’s honest playlist

The Dinosaur Jr axe man stole from his mum to buy a Beach Boys record and squeaks to Tom Petty – but which punk banger made him cry? What’s the first song you fell in love with? Monster Mash by Bobby...

The Guardian Music4 weeks ago
Céline Dion review – singer’s first live show in years marks a triumphant, emotional return
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Céline Dion review – singer’s first live show in years marks a triumphant, emotional return

Plenitude Arena, ParisDion wiped away tears and belted out the notes, giving an astounding performance despite her diagnosis of stiff person syndromeIn 2022, when Céline Dion shared that she had been...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
Tove Lo: ‘The rumour I hear the most is that I’m either pregnant or in rehab. I want both of those to not be true’
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Tove Lo: ‘The rumour I hear the most is that I’m either pregnant or in rehab. I want both of those to not be true’

The Swedish electro-pop singer-songwriter on eloping to Vegas, checking cupboards for murderers and her spooky party trickWhat’s been your most memorable interaction with a fan?The one that comes to m...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
‘I could get laid every night of the week!’: punk icon Legs McNeil on booze, benders and dating Sinéad O’Connor
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‘I could get laid every night of the week!’: punk icon Legs McNeil on booze, benders and dating Sinéad O’Connor

As he releases a tell-all book, the Punk magazine founder and self-described ‘f***-up’ holds forth on 1970s excess, the American roots of punk and why the Beatles are ‘stupid’Legs McNeil vividly remem...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
Eurovision made me realise that I was autistic at 34
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Eurovision made me realise that I was autistic at 34

I had always dreamed of attending the song contest. But all that glitter brought on sensory overload – and I finally understood who I actually wasThe Eurovision song contest meant a lot to me growing...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
‘Somewhere to be themselves, and be kind’: the Filipino folk-popper creating a hand-drawn world for gen Z to escape to
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‘Somewhere to be themselves, and be kind’: the Filipino folk-popper creating a hand-drawn world for gen Z to escape to

What started as a school project about plucky fictional kids in animal masks sparked an obsessive fanbase and a major label deal. Now the artist behind it all – known as Yaelokre – is ready to reveal...

The Guardian Music1 month ago