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The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
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The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos

BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
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BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024

Keane’s Tom Chaplin: ‘There’s a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older’
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Keane’s Tom Chaplin: ‘There’s a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older’

X Factor star Grace Davies on music, mental health and Liam Payne: ‘I’m glad that show isn’t on now’
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X Factor star Grace Davies on music, mental health and Liam Payne: ‘I’m glad that show isn’t on now’

Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’
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Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’

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

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera

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’

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

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’

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
Music

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’

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Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
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Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine

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