Music
Bob Vylan: 'Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there's not space to be vulnerable'
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Bob Vylan: 'Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there's not space to be vulnerable'
Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community
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Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community
Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson: 'You don’t need some rock star saying war is a bad thing'
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Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson: 'You don’t need some rock star saying war is a bad thing'
How a band formed in an asylum hotel is giving refugees hope: 'Each note comes from the heart'
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How a band formed in an asylum hotel is giving refugees hope: 'Each note comes from the heart'
Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here's why
![The Nefarious Picaroons play at Fiery Bird in Woking](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Phoenix-Cultural-Centre-hero.jpg?w=768)
Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here's why
Olivia Rodrigo GUTS World Tour review – the voice of Gen Z girlhood makes it looks easy
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Olivia Rodrigo GUTS World Tour review – the voice of Gen Z girlhood makes it looks easy
'Pinkwashing' or 'unifying'? Why fans are boycotting Eurovision – and why some are watching anyway
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'Pinkwashing' or 'unifying'? Why fans are boycotting Eurovision – and why some are watching anyway
From 00s pop to cutting-edge electronica: Here's the best UK music festivals in summer 2024
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From 00s pop to cutting-edge electronica: Here's the best UK music festivals in summer 2024
Delta Goodrem on 'angel' healthcare workers and advice Olivia Newton-John shared after cancer diagnosis
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Delta Goodrem on 'angel' healthcare workers and advice Olivia Newton-John shared after cancer diagnosis
Making your mind up: The long history of Eurovision, politics and Israel, explained
![Israeli technicians prepare the scoreboard for the Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem, 1979](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1614_Eurovision_GettyImages-551865917.jpg?w=768)
Making your mind up: The long history of Eurovision, politics and Israel, explained
Eurovision star Olly Alexander says he's 'ambivalent' about the 'divisive' Union Jack
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Eurovision star Olly Alexander says he's 'ambivalent' about the 'divisive' Union Jack
Sananda Maitreya: 'You don't have to suffer. You can just choose happiness'
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Sananda Maitreya: 'You don't have to suffer. You can just choose happiness'
Is Taylor Swift making song lyrics more important than ever?
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Is Taylor Swift making song lyrics more important than ever?
Olly Murs: 'As soon as I met my wife Amelia I could see her raising a child with me'
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Olly Murs: 'As soon as I met my wife Amelia I could see her raising a child with me'
'I've done awful things – but I try to be better': Nadine Shah on addiction, getting it wrong and forgiveness
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'I've done awful things – but I try to be better': Nadine Shah on addiction, getting it wrong and forgiveness
Olly Murs on mental health and losing Caroline Flack: 'She visits me in my dreams – it's lovely'
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Olly Murs on mental health and losing Caroline Flack: 'She visits me in my dreams – it's lovely'
Labi Siffre: 'I've had far more difficulties in my life due to being a homosexual than being Black'
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Labi Siffre: 'I've had far more difficulties in my life due to being a homosexual than being Black'
'When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno': Why is music so important to us?
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'When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno': Why is music so important to us?
Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?
![A 1990s BBC Proms in the Park concert](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1611_Music_2DYG47W.jpg?w=768)
Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?
Zayn Malik: 'I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world'
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