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From warehouses to Wembley: A day with Sleaford Mods, voice of a troubled nation
![Sleaford Mods at Wembley Stadium](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1574_SleafordMods_Wembley_AP-31.jpg?w=768)
From warehouses to Wembley: A day with Sleaford Mods, voice of a troubled nation
Midge Ure on alcoholism and recovery: ‘After I saw my daughter’s reaction, I never touched it again’
![Midge Ure has opened up about the impact of his alcoholism](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1574_YS_Midge-Ure_DSC_4992.jpg?w=768)
Midge Ure on alcoholism and recovery: ‘After I saw my daughter’s reaction, I never touched it again’
Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class
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Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class
Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
![Glyndebourne Festival](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Glyndebourne_1.jpg?w=768)
Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
Blur live at the BBC's Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past
![Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon of Blur - on stage at the BBC's Radio Theatre for Blur: Radio 2 In Concert](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Blur-HERO.jpg?w=768)
Blur live at the BBC's Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past
The Howl & The Hum: How we rewrote a future we thought was lost
![The Howl & The Hum's Sam Griffiths sitting on a chair playing guitar](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1572_art-supp-p14-15_2-8651Mathew7214.jpg?w=768)
The Howl & The Hum: How we rewrote a future we thought was lost
How Matthew Halsall enticed new ears to Manchester's magical jazz scene
![Matthew Halsall playing a trumpet in front of a coloured screen](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MH-AECV-PR-9-CreditEmilyDennison.jpeg?w=768)
How Matthew Halsall enticed new ears to Manchester's magical jazz scene
Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other
![Former lead singer of The Bangles Susanna Hoffs in a pink shirt and suit jacket](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1572_arts_Susanna-Hoffs_Shervin-Lainez-4.jpg?w=768)
Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other
Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people
![Gaz Coombes with The Choir With No Name](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Gaz-Coombes-choir-Mick-Brown.jpg?w=768)
Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people
Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs
![Prince and The Bangles, led by singer Susanna Hoffs](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/prince-and-bangles.jpg?w=768)
Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs
Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent
![Pulp at TRNSMT](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pulp.jpg?w=768)
Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent
Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds
![Ben Folds sitting on a piano](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ben-Folds_credit-Alysse-Gafkjen.jpg?w=768)
Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds
Tony Allen: Inventor of Afrobeat was both technically remarkable and irresistibly funky
![jazz is dead: drummer Tony Allen](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1569_Music_2C2WEAC.jpg?w=768)
Tony Allen: Inventor of Afrobeat was both technically remarkable and irresistibly funky
Joseph Bologne and Karl Jenkins: Misrepresented composers, centuries apart
![Kelvin Harrison Jr as Joseph Bologne playing a violin](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/056_C-02342.jpg?w=768)
Joseph Bologne and Karl Jenkins: Misrepresented composers, centuries apart
Dolly Parton: 'I'm not an activist. I'm not a feminist. I'm not any of that and yet I'm all of that'
![Dolly Parton playing an electric guitar](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dolly-Parton-HERO.jpg?w=768)
Dolly Parton: 'I'm not an activist. I'm not a feminist. I'm not any of that and yet I'm all of that'
Andrew Ridgeley 'was never envious' of Wham! friend George Michael's success
![Wham! in 1984: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1570_Wham_WHAM_n_00_41_47_03.jpg?w=768)
Andrew Ridgeley 'was never envious' of Wham! friend George Michael's success
Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days
![Music summer songs](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1570_Music_HERO.jpg?w=768)
Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days
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)