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I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
Claire Jackson

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera

At the immersive staging of Donizetti’s opera the bar is a set – and we, the audience, are part of the show

Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
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Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’

Jon McClure, singer with Sheffield indie aces Reverend and the Makers, on their band’s new charity single in support of Samaritans – and why he’s playing songs for fans on Christmas Day

New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it
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New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it

The Manchester band’s tale is so outlandish, wonderful and hilarious it scarcely needs creative embellishment

Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand
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Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
Letter To My Younger Self

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’

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The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’

This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
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This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy

The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’

I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart
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I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
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Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes

Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
Letter To My Younger Self

Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’
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Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong
Lucy Robinson

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage
John Higgs

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Letter To My Younger Self

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’

Yes, live music can change your life
Sam Delaney

Yes, live music can change your life

Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?
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Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?

Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’
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Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘I don’t see many Black people in the London Symphony Orchestra’
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Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘I don’t see many Black people in the London Symphony Orchestra’

Hundreds brave rain for Tom Grennan’s Big Issue busk in Coventry – including his nan
Tom Grennan

Hundreds brave rain for Tom Grennan’s Big Issue busk in Coventry – including his nan

Hooray Henry! BBC Proms embraces Mancini magic
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Hooray Henry! BBC Proms embraces Mancini magic

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

Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma
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Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma

Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love
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Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love

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