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

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

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

Ultimate Thunder: The most punk-rock band in Britain
Ultimate Thunder
Music

Ultimate Thunder: The most punk-rock band in Britain

Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – 'the maddest masterclass of sensory overload'
Glastonbury 2022
Music

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

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

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

Six things we learned from Phoebe Bridgers live at Glasgow Barrowland
Phoebe Bridgers at the Barras
Music

Six things we learned from Phoebe Bridgers live at Glasgow Barrowland

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

The legendary Brian Auger has a goldmine of tracks and rock anecdotes
Steampacket
Music

The legendary Brian Auger has a goldmine of tracks and rock anecdotes

Beware, playlist connoisseurs – these well-known musicians deleted their own albums from existence
jens lekman
music history

Beware, playlist connoisseurs – these well-known musicians deleted their own albums from existence

Bruce Hornsby: 'Having a laugh or 20 is an enjoyable and healthy way to live'
Bruce Hornsby
Music

Bruce Hornsby: 'Having a laugh or 20 is an enjoyable and healthy way to live'

Ensemble 360: A dawn chorus worth getting out of bed for
Music in the Round
Music

Ensemble 360: A dawn chorus worth getting out of bed for

The Big Issue 2022 festival guide
Festival Guide cover
Festival Guide 22

The Big Issue 2022 festival guide

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Kathy Sledge: ‘Seeing everyone come together for Black Lives Matter meant so much to me’
Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge
Music

Kathy Sledge: ‘Seeing everyone come together for Black Lives Matter meant so much to me’

Play it again: The remarkable revival of cassettes
Cassette tape
Music

Play it again: The remarkable revival of cassettes

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

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

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell: 'Homelessness is like this collective blind spot'
Razorlight

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell: 'Homelessness is like this collective blind spot'

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