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‘No mean feat’: How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years
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‘No mean feat’: How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years

At least two grassroots music venues closing each week
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At least two grassroots music venues closing each week

This is everything to look out for in the world of jazz in 2024
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This is everything to look out for in the world of jazz in 2024

LeAnn Rimes on powerful women, making mistakes and giving voice to her late gay uncle
Letter To My Younger Self

LeAnn Rimes on powerful women, making mistakes and giving voice to her late gay uncle

Why English National Opera relocating to Manchester will be more complicated than it looks
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Why English National Opera relocating to Manchester will be more complicated than it looks

Save Luna: London venue fights to survive in face of crippling costs and founder’s tragic passing
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Save Luna: London venue fights to survive in face of crippling costs and founder’s tragic passing

Reading Robert Smith’s diary made me fall in love with The Cure
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Reading Robert Smith’s diary made me fall in love with The Cure

Morton Feldman at the Tate Modern – an elegy for pioneering artist Philip Guston
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Morton Feldman at the Tate Modern – an elegy for pioneering artist Philip Guston

‘You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza’: Why Sneaky Pete’s is vital to Scottish music
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‘You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza’: Why Sneaky Pete’s is vital to Scottish music

2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them
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2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them

Jason Donovan on how Kylie inspired his pop career and Joseph opened the door to the stage
The Music That Made Me

Jason Donovan on how Kylie inspired his pop career and Joseph opened the door to the stage

Rick Astley: ‘Too much power in the hands of very rich individuals doesn’t feel right’
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Rick Astley: ‘Too much power in the hands of very rich individuals doesn’t feel right’

I was lost, uncomfortable in my own skin and using drugs to escape – until music saved my life
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I was lost, uncomfortable in my own skin and using drugs to escape – until music saved my life

Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’
The Music that made me

Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’

The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’
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The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’

Aled Jones: ‘My parents gave up so much to let me follow my dreams’
Letter to my younger self

Aled Jones: ‘My parents gave up so much to let me follow my dreams’

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Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody crowns Bangor music venue National Lottery Project of the Year
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Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody crowns Bangor music venue National Lottery Project of the Year

Hits, flops and Kylie Minogue: How NOW That’s What I Call Music! endured for 40 long years
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Hits, flops and Kylie Minogue: How NOW That’s What I Call Music! endured for 40 long years

Hozier on being authentic, Ireland and speaking out for queer youth: ‘All I can do is be honest’
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Hozier on being authentic, Ireland and speaking out for queer youth: ‘All I can do is be honest’

Vendor André Rostant records ‘Big Issue anthem’ to raise awareness of homelessness this Christmas
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Vendor André Rostant records ‘Big Issue anthem’ to raise awareness of homelessness this Christmas