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Hooray Henry! BBC Proms embraces Mancini magic
The BBC Concert Orchestra
Music

Hooray Henry! BBC Proms embraces Mancini magic

Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents' mortgage with Gillette song money
Tom Grennan
Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents' mortgage with Gillette song money

How David Bowie's time spent in Berlin became the stuff of myth and legend
David Bowie onstage in Berlin in 1978
Music

How David Bowie's time spent in Berlin became the stuff of myth and legend

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a 'bad place': 'I was doing all sorts of s**t'
Tom Grennan
Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a 'bad place': 'I was doing all sorts of s**t'

Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy
Music

Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: 'I'm looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii'
DJ and producer Sigala
Music

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: 'I'm looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii'

From the archive – Noel Gallagher on Oasis, Blair and the death of rock 'n' roll
Music

From the archive – Noel Gallagher on Oasis, Blair and the death of rock 'n' roll

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'
Gary Lightbody Receiving an award in 2019 for Chasing Cars being the most played song of the 21st century on UK radio
Letter To My Younger Self

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'

Oasis tickets row highlights how music fans are 'taken advantage of' amid a cost of living crisis
Music

Oasis tickets row highlights how music fans are 'taken advantage of' amid a cost of living crisis

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers
IDLES perform at End of the Road 2024
Music

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices
Jean Cocteau
Music

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices

Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day
Kneecap
Film

Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons' deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time
Music

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons' deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time

Nick Cave: 'The worst happened. It maybe made me a little braver'
Music

Nick Cave: 'The worst happened. It maybe made me a little braver'

Fontaines DC, TikTok crazes and trouser chains: The unsettling return of nu metal, explained
Fontaines D.C.
Music

Fontaines DC, TikTok crazes and trouser chains: The unsettling return of nu metal, explained

Vulfpeck at Montreux Jazz Festival: 'It's probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen'
Montreux Jazz Festival

Vulfpeck at Montreux Jazz Festival: 'It's probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 
Music

From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band
Punk band IDLES and superfan Alastair Smith
MUSIC

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band

Karl Jenkins: 'I'm still not respected in some quarters of classical music'
Sir Karl Jenkins
Letter to my Younger Self

Karl Jenkins: 'I'm still not respected in some quarters of classical music'

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she's creating 'science you can dance to'
Environment

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she's creating 'science you can dance to'