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How a band formed in an asylum hotel is giving refugees hope: ‘Each note comes from the heart’
Music

How a band formed in an asylum hotel is giving refugees hope: ‘Each note comes from the heart’

Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here’s why
Venue Watch

Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here’s why

Dannii Minogue on I Kissed a Girl, family and ‘busting the door open’ for other queer allies
TV

Dannii Minogue on I Kissed a Girl, family and ‘busting the door open’ for other queer allies

Olivia Rodrigo GUTS World Tour review – the voice of Gen Z girlhood makes it looks easy
Music

Olivia Rodrigo GUTS World Tour review – the voice of Gen Z girlhood makes it looks easy

‘Pinkwashing’ or ‘unifying’? Why fans are boycotting Eurovision – and why some are watching anyway
Eurovision

‘Pinkwashing’ or ‘unifying’? Why fans are boycotting Eurovision – and why some are watching anyway

From 00s pop to cutting-edge electronica: Here’s the best UK music festivals in summer 2024
Festival guide

From 00s pop to cutting-edge electronica: Here’s the best UK music festivals in summer 2024

Delta Goodrem on ‘angel’ healthcare workers and advice Olivia Newton-John shared after cancer diagnosis
Music

Delta Goodrem on ‘angel’ healthcare workers and advice Olivia Newton-John shared after cancer diagnosis

Madness legend Suggs: ‘I loved growing up in a council flat. I couldn’t be prouder of the fact’
Music

Madness legend Suggs: ‘I loved growing up in a council flat. I couldn’t be prouder of the fact’

Inside the Big Issue: The economic impact of Taylor Swift
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The economic impact of Taylor Swift

Sananda Maitreya: ‘You don’t have to suffer. You can just choose happiness’
Letter To My Younger Self

Sananda Maitreya: ‘You don’t have to suffer. You can just choose happiness’

Is Taylor Swift making song lyrics more important than ever?
Analysis

Is Taylor Swift making song lyrics more important than ever?

You can grow up to be Morrissey or you can grow up to be Johnny Marr – which are you?
Robin Ince

You can grow up to be Morrissey or you can grow up to be Johnny Marr – which are you?

Olly Murs: ‘As soon as I met my wife Amelia I could see her raising a child with me’
Letter To My Younger Self

Olly Murs: ‘As soon as I met my wife Amelia I could see her raising a child with me’

Voyager 1’s galactic mixtape, extending a hand of welcome to the universe 
Paul McNamee

Voyager 1’s galactic mixtape, extending a hand of welcome to the universe 

Olly Murs relives finding X Factor fame and losing Caroline Flack in Big Issue exclusive
Press Release

Olly Murs relives finding X Factor fame and losing Caroline Flack in Big Issue exclusive

Olly Murs on mental health and losing Caroline Flack: ‘She visits me in my dreams – it’s lovely’
Mental health

Olly Murs on mental health and losing Caroline Flack: ‘She visits me in my dreams – it’s lovely’

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Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence review – sensitive portrait of a free spirit
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Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence review – sensitive portrait of a free spirit

‘When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno’: Why is music so important to us?
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‘When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno’: Why is music so important to us?

Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?
Music

Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?

“I’m a very Northern man”: Zayn on Bradford roots and forging his own path in Big Issue exclusive
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“I’m a very Northern man”: Zayn on Bradford roots and forging his own path in Big Issue exclusive