Music
George Michael's incredible generosity went far beyond Band Aid
![George Michael onstage in 2011](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1570_Wham_2D6YYT0.jpg?w=768)
George Michael's incredible generosity went far beyond Band Aid
George Michael’s death left ‘a void’ says Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley
![Wham! in 1986: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1570_Wham_Tony-McGee-Wham-EOH-High-Res.jpg?w=768)
George Michael’s death left ‘a void’ says Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley
Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'It should not be a novelty that there's more than one Black face on stage'
![Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1568_YS_Chi-chi-Nwanoku-CBE.jpg?w=768)
Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'It should not be a novelty that there's more than one Black face on stage'
‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
![Pavement](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pavement-jpg.webp?w=768)
‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends'
![Chi-chi Nwanoku](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1568_YS_eyevine02186164.jpg?w=768)
Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends'
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’
![Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys drummer](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1528_AM_AM5920.jpg?w=768)
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’
First western band to play war-torn Ukraine The Tiger Lillies say it’s their ‘duty’
![Martyn Jacques of The Tiger Lillies in his stage makeup](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-Tiger-Lillies-Martyn-Jacques.jpg?w=768)
First western band to play war-torn Ukraine The Tiger Lillies say it’s their ‘duty’
Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary
![Shirley Collins](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1566_YS_ShirleyCollins_PC-Grant-Gee_P1001494-cropped-300dpi-jpeg.webp?w=768)
Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary
How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers
![Pears and Britten outside Crag House with their dog Jove as a puppy. Photographer: unknown](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Pears-and-Britten-outside-Crag-House-with-their-dog-Jove-as-a-puppy-Photographer-unknown-jpg.webp?w=768)
How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Kitchen disco heroine challenges what it means to be a working mum
![Sophie Ellis-Bextor](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1566_SEB_©Laura-Lewis_3-55-pm_SEB0209_RETOUCH-v02_1_1-jpg.webp?w=768)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Kitchen disco heroine challenges what it means to be a working mum
Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme
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Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme
Shirley Collins tells how 'heartbreaking' divorce stole her singing voice
![Shirley and Dolly Collins](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1566_YS_GettyImages-92640005-jpg.webp?w=768)
Shirley Collins tells how 'heartbreaking' divorce stole her singing voice
‘There’s no rules’: Le Tigre bring feminist protest back to the dancefloor
![Feminist electroclash band Le Tigre (l-r Kathleen Hanna, JD Samson, Johanna Fateman) in 2004](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Letigre-by-Leeta-Harding-2004.jpg?w=768)
‘There’s no rules’: Le Tigre bring feminist protest back to the dancefloor
WITCH: Zamrock pioneers still soundtracking toil and trouble
![WITCH band members today](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1565_Music_304131-1.jpeg?w=768)
WITCH: Zamrock pioneers still soundtracking toil and trouble
Paul Simon: 'Seven Psalms is very much about God. But not always praise'
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Paul Simon: 'Seven Psalms is very much about God. But not always praise'
Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment
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Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment
Noel Gallagher: 'I met David Bowie and have no recollection of it'
![Noel Gallagher](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1564_NG_NoelGallagher_MattCrockett_Dec22_99900_BW_RT_Large.jpg?w=768)
Noel Gallagher: 'I met David Bowie and have no recollection of it'
Sparks: People think we're weird. We’ve never felt that
![Sparks: Russell and Ron Mael](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SPARKS-credit-Munachi-Osegbu.jpg?w=768)
Sparks: People think we're weird. We’ve never felt that
Paul Simon reveals he has ‘lost the hearing’ in his left ear
![Paul Simon performing in his native New York on the final concert of his farewell tour in 2018. Image: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1565_PS_2MMFYWM-2.jpg?w=768)