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Have a note perfect Christmas Day with these six handy listening tips
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Have a note perfect Christmas Day with these six handy listening tips

Big Issue man pens song with Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake
Johnny Marr Maxine Peake
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Big Issue man pens song with Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake

Tom Chaplin: Why I was well Keane to busk for The Big Issue
Tom Chaplin
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Tom Chaplin: Why I was well Keane to busk for The Big Issue

Benny Andersson: "I have no idea why Abba's music is still so popular"
Benny Andersson
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Benny Andersson: "I have no idea why Abba's music is still so popular"

U2 lay down tracks on Berlin subway
U2 Bono Edge Berlin
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U2 lay down tracks on Berlin subway

U2: Songs of Experience, review – more self-reference and sub-boyband anthems
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U2: Songs of Experience, review – more self-reference and sub-boyband anthems

Knowing Me, Knowing EU: ABBA's Benny Andersson reveals his Brexit sorrow
Benny Andersson
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Knowing Me, Knowing EU: ABBA's Benny Andersson reveals his Brexit sorrow

Keane's Tom Chaplin busks for The Big Issue in London, Birmingham & Glasgow
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Keane's Tom Chaplin busks for The Big Issue in London, Birmingham & Glasgow

More than 1 million vinyl LPs set to be sold this Christmas
Vinyl LPs in a record shop
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More than 1 million vinyl LPs set to be sold this Christmas

Have violin, will travel – on flying with instruments, and Christmas concerts
Carducci Quartet
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Have violin, will travel – on flying with instruments, and Christmas concerts

Christmas No 1 hopeful Jason Manford hits back at Scrooges panning his record
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Christmas No 1 hopeful Jason Manford hits back at Scrooges panning his record

Put the past behind you – on the Gallaghers' increasingly pantomime feud
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Put the past behind you – on the Gallaghers' increasingly pantomime feud

Boe & Ball: “We’d love to be the nation’s Christmas delight!”
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe
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Boe & Ball: “We’d love to be the nation’s Christmas delight!”

Why is classical music so obsessed with anniversaries?
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Why is classical music so obsessed with anniversaries?

Stereophonics' Kelly Jones: "Wales got lied to over Brexit"
Stereophonics
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Stereophonics' Kelly Jones: "Wales got lied to over Brexit"

Sounds Like Friday Night – joining the chequered history of music television
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Sounds Like Friday Night – joining the chequered history of music television

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Nile Rodgers: "I’m going through the toughest period of my life right now"
Nile Rodgers
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Nile Rodgers: "I’m going through the toughest period of my life right now"

V&A exhibition Opera: Power, Passion and Politics will broaden your mind
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V&A exhibition Opera: Power, Passion and Politics will broaden your mind

Mark Ronson: "George Michael was one of pop's all-time greats"
George Michael live on stage
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Mark Ronson: "George Michael was one of pop's all-time greats"

The Smiths, The Queen is Dead reissue – some albums are bigger than others
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The Smiths, The Queen is Dead reissue – some albums are bigger than others

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