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Music is power. Rise up!
Issue 1006

From Stirling’s children’s orchestra launching the Cultural Olympiad, to a homeless choir at the Royal Opera House, we sing the praises of British musical projects changing people’s lives…
Also in this week’s Big Issue:
Veteran mischief-making director William Friedkin tells tall tales about hitmen and his well-positioned friends
Rapper turned actor Ice T in Letter to My Younger Self
Samira Ahmed on saving old theatres
‘Angry Roy Keane’, Euro 2012’s most unforgiving pundit, on the great questions of the day. This week: the Greek debt crisis
Plus, John Bird writes from Cannes, Martin Compston, the week’s cultural highlights in your area, Street Lights, competitions and much more!