Music
Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he's probably a queer icon after all
![English singer Marc Almond in a low-lit photo with a black background](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Marc-Almond.jpg?w=768)
Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he's probably a queer icon after all
Marc Almond speaks to Big Issue on the heels of his 27th solo LP – yes, really
Glastonbury 2024: There's a place for everyone on Worthy Farm
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1624_Music_GettyImages-2159851731.jpg?w=648)
Glastonbury 2024: There's a place for everyone on Worthy Farm
Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
![Travis (l-r) Andy Dunlop, Fran Healy, Dougie Payne and Neil Primrose](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1623_Music_Hero.jpg?w=768)
Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
RuPaul's Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy
RuPaul's Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy
Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'
Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'
How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats
![REM in Chicago in 1983](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1620_TV_GettyImages-535815977.jpg?w=768)
How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats
Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury's legendary Block9 revealed
![A dancer at NYC Downlow, located in Glastonbury Festival's Block9](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Thursday__Block9_KamilKustosz_NYCDOWNLOW.jpg_13-1-e1719303473578.jpg?w=768)
Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury's legendary Block9 revealed
'It's not boring s**t for old people': How Glastonbury is trying to get festivalgoers to use their vote
![Revellers at Block9, Glastonbury Festival](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2022_BLOCK9_by_Kamil_Kustosz_LoRes_139-e1718957686488.jpg?w=768)
'It's not boring s**t for old people': How Glastonbury is trying to get festivalgoers to use their vote
Overgrown lads should act their age – even at a Liam Gallagher gig
![Liam Gallagher performing at the London leg of his Definitely Maybe 30th anniversary tour](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1620_Sam-delaney_shutterstock_editorial_14527991j.jpg?w=768)
Overgrown lads should act their age – even at a Liam Gallagher gig
Even though I have Down's syndrome, I know how to party. I'm the first and last on the dance floor
![Down The Lens creators Emily and Sophie](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1620_What_Sophie_wants_Hero_V2.jpg?w=768)
Even though I have Down's syndrome, I know how to party. I'm the first and last on the dance floor
'No song written about football is actually any good': The best and worst Euro 2024 songs, ranked
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1621_1920x1080_Music_Hero.jpg?w=768)
'No song written about football is actually any good': The best and worst Euro 2024 songs, ranked
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
![Jazz performing](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1542_Sam-Delaney_jens-thekkeveettil-dBWvUqBoOU8-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
John Cale on The Velvet Underground, teaching Bowie the viola and why drugs aren't the creative stimulant
![John Cale](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1619_YS_John-Cale_10_PC-Madeline-McManus_300dpi.jpg?w=768)
John Cale on The Velvet Underground, teaching Bowie the viola and why drugs aren't the creative stimulant
Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited
![Alex James and Damon Albarn in new documentary blur: To The End](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Blur-documentary-HERO.jpg?w=768)
Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited
'This country is run by idiots and fools': Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything
![Paul Weller and Johnny Harris](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1618_WellerHarris_240517_Paul_Weller_Big_Issue_S01_0159_h_col.jpg?w=768)
'This country is run by idiots and fools': Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything
This is what happens to a local economy when Taylor Swift comes to town
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1614-Swiftonomics.jpg?w=768)
This is what happens to a local economy when Taylor Swift comes to town
How the UK's jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool
![Ezra Collective after winning the 2023 Mercury Prize.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1618_Music_2RRD5AK.jpg?w=768)
How the UK's jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool
Paul Weller: 'Keir Starmer's just a slightly softer version of the Tory party, isn't he?'
![Paul Weller and Johnny Harris](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1618_WellerHarris_240517_Paul_Weller_Big_Issue_S01_0159_h_col.jpg?w=768)
Paul Weller: 'Keir Starmer's just a slightly softer version of the Tory party, isn't he?'
Washed Out music video controversy shows the hardest part is accepting AI is here to stay
![Washed Up video](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1617_Music_Hero.jpg?w=768)
Washed Out music video controversy shows the hardest part is accepting AI is here to stay
'Queer women aren't for the male gaze': Girli on queerness and why Tories 'don't give a s**t' about Gen Z
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/On-her-newly-released-sophomore-album-‘Matriarchy-Girli-Amelia-Toomey-dissects-queerness-politics-and-much-more.-2.jpg?w=768)
'Queer women aren't for the male gaze': Girli on queerness and why Tories 'don't give a s**t' about Gen Z
Bikini Kill star and riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna: 'I was singing to my younger self on Bikini Kill's early songs'
![Kathleen Hanna](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1616_YS_240203_KATHLEEN_HANNA_456.jpg?w=768)
Bikini Kill star and riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna: 'I was singing to my younger self on Bikini Kill's early songs'
Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: 'If we could do more, we would'
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6961.jpg?w=768)
Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: 'If we could do more, we would'
Bob Vylan: 'Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there's not space to be vulnerable'
![Bob Vylan](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1616_Music_Bob-Vylan-Press-Shot-3-by-Ki-Price.jpg?w=768)
Bob Vylan: 'Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there's not space to be vulnerable'
'Whose voices have the right to be heard?': Censorship of Black culture has existed for decades
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Between-The-Lines-Ali-Wright-12.jpg?w=648)
'Whose voices have the right to be heard?': Censorship of Black culture has existed for decades
Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community
![Soweto Kinch](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1614_Music_8131-fin.jpg?w=768)