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Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner talks The Car and 20 years of the band with Martin Compston
Arctic Monkeys with Martin Compston
Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner talks The Car and 20 years of the band with Martin Compston

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Muse Will of the People album cover
Album review

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Alex Turner and Martin Compston
Exclusive

Martin Compston on Arctic Monkeys: 'There are no egos'

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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Music

Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz

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arctic monkeys singer alex turner leans into a microphone while singing and wearing an open pale blue shirt and sunglasses
Global exclusive

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive

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Elaha Soroor
Music

'The Taliban scare me, but not as much as I scare them'

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music

The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face

Fragile: The Taiwanese protest song that China couldn't silence
Namewee and Kimberley Chen sit at a pink table with a dancing panda bear behind them
Protest

Fragile: The Taiwanese protest song that China couldn't silence

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Letter to my Younger Self

P.P. Arnold: 'I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger'

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Music

Born to run riot with surge pricing – ticket agencies have become the ticket touts

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Gary Numan
Letter To My Younger Self

Gary Numan: 'Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip'

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Music

This Is The Modern World: New exhibition showcases Paul Weller from The Jam to The Style Council

The Recycling Concerto creating a smash out of trash
Music

The Recycling Concerto creating a smash out of trash

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Ultimate Thunder
Music

Ultimate Thunder: The most punk-rock band in Britain

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Glastonbury 2022
Music

Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – 'the maddest masterclass of sensory overload'

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Barbara Charone and Keith Richards
Music

Music biz legend Barbara Charone lifts the lid on an incredible career

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Phoebe Bridgers at the Barras
Music

Six things we learned from Phoebe Bridgers live at Glasgow Barrowland

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Calum Scott. Credit: Tom Cockram
Music

Calum Scott: 'Pouring my heart out is the only way I can write'

The enduring friendship between George Michael and The Big Issue
george michael
music

The enduring friendship between George Michael and The Big Issue

In opera Violet, time becomes elastic and society crumbles
violet anna dennis
classical music

In opera Violet, time becomes elastic and society crumbles

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