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Midge Ure has opened up about the impact of his alcoholism
addiction

Midge Ure on alcoholism and recovery: ‘After I saw my daughter’s reaction, I never touched it again’

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Britpop

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 

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Glyndebourne Festival
opera

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

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Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon of Blur - on stage at the BBC's Radio Theatre for Blur: Radio 2 In Concert
Review

Blur live at the BBC's Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past

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The Howl & The Hum's Sam Griffiths sitting on a chair playing guitar
Music

The Howl & The Hum: How we rewrote a future we thought was lost

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Matthew Halsall playing a trumpet in front of a coloured screen
Interview

How Matthew Halsall enticed new ears to Manchester's magical jazz scene

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Former lead singer of The Bangles Susanna Hoffs in a pink shirt and suit jacket
Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other

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Gaz Coombes with The Choir With No Name
singing together

Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people

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Prince and The Bangles, led by singer Susanna Hoffs
Manic Monday

Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs

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Pulp at TRNSMT
review

Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent

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Ben Folds sitting on a piano
Interview

Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds

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jazz is dead: drummer Tony Allen
review

Tony Allen: Inventor of Afrobeat was both technically remarkable and irresistibly funky

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Kelvin Harrison Jr as Joseph Bologne playing a violin
classical

Joseph Bologne and Karl Jenkins: Misrepresented composers, centuries apart

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Dolly Parton playing an electric guitar
preview

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'

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Wham! in 1984: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
pop

Andrew Ridgeley 'was never envious' of Wham! friend George Michael's success

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bangers

Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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George Michael onstage in 2011
George Michael

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
pop

George Michael’s death left ‘a void’ says Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley

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Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE.
Letter To My Younger Self

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'It should not be a novelty that there's more than one Black face on stage'

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Pavement
interview

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’

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