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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

Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents’ mortgage with Gillette song money
Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents’ mortgage with Gillette song money

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’

Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy
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Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I’d tell my younger self to just be happier’
Letter To My Younger Self

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I’d tell my younger self to just be happier’

Labour MP Rupa Huq looks back (not in anger) on interviewing Noel Gallagher for Big Issue in 1999
Rupa Huq

Labour MP Rupa Huq looks back (not in anger) on interviewing Noel Gallagher for Big Issue in 1999

Oasis tickets row highlights how music fans are ‘taken advantage of’ amid a cost of living crisis
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Oasis tickets row highlights how music fans are ‘taken advantage of’ amid a cost of living crisis

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers
Music

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices
Music

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices

Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day
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Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons’ deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time
Music

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons’ deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time

Inside the Big Issue: Nick Cave and his wild, wild ways
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nick Cave and his wild, wild ways

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Vulfpeck at Montreux Jazz Festival: ‘It’s probably the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen’
Montreux Jazz Festival

Vulfpeck at Montreux Jazz Festival: ‘It’s probably the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen’

From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 
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From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 

1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music
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1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music

Postcards From Scotland by Grant McPhee review – a bittersweet tribute to Scottish indie bands
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Postcards From Scotland by Grant McPhee review – a bittersweet tribute to Scottish indie bands