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Madonna's Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl's world – we're all just living in it
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Madonna's Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl's world – we're all just living in it
Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there'
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Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there'
Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár
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Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár
Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'
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Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'
Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show
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Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show
This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
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This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
'Love is the fing': IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what's at the heart of new album TANGK
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'Love is the fing': IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what's at the heart of new album TANGK
Steve Lamacq: 'This music venue changed my life... it's now a carpark'
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Steve Lamacq: 'This music venue changed my life... it's now a carpark'
Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry
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Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry
Cost of living crisis stopping people accessing mental health benefits of live music
![Ed Sheeran performs for Channel Seven's morning program Sunrise and Nova969 in Sydney 2013. He voiced his support for the new initiative which will give money to grassroots live music venues.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ed_Sheeran_4_2013.jpg?w=768)
Cost of living crisis stopping people accessing mental health benefits of live music
Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'By 16, I had already been stopped by the police 10 times'
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Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'By 16, I had already been stopped by the police 10 times'
Bex Burch: Jazz musician compares building her own xylophone with Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm
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Bex Burch: Jazz musician compares building her own xylophone with Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm
How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
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How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds review – a strident sense of purpose in their twilight years
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The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds review – a strident sense of purpose in their twilight years
The Last Siren: This dementia-friendly night at the opera is making arts more inclusive
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The Last Siren: This dementia-friendly night at the opera is making arts more inclusive
How cutting-edge pianist Zubin Kanga is pushing classical music into the future
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How cutting-edge pianist Zubin Kanga is pushing classical music into the future
How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead
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How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead
Grassroots music venue The Snug rescued by community investment: 'This means everything'
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Grassroots music venue The Snug rescued by community investment: 'This means everything'
Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers
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Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers
Pulp star Nick Banks explains how Jarvis Cocker incident with Michael Jackson changed everything
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