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The Big Issue 2022 festival guide

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Six months on, as music festivals begin again, it’s like the Astroworld disaster never happened

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Muse and Razorlight complete triumphant return with electrifying live show in support of The Big Issue

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How the National Youth Orchestra is levelling the playing field

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Mike Scott of The Waterboys: ‘Taylor Swift made me cry’

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How Manchester became the UK's jazz capital

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Burning Spear
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