music
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Despite the shifting tastes of millennials and the closing of high-street venues, the history of club culture suggests dancing is in our DNA
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On the final show from the Guardian’s takeover of Apple Music’s radio station, French star Héloïse Letissier and Harriet Gibsone discuss the best new music
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Mick Jagger offers greeting in Spanish as band touches down at José Martí airport with entourage ahead of Friday’s concert
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As The Range, NYC beatsmith James Hinton has used YouTube performers with little to no views to voice his new album. He explains why the unknowns are the ones to watch
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A tiny bedroom in Berlin seems an aptly romantic setting for one man-wonder Niklas Kramer to produce his dreamy, soft, summer pop
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Primal Scream, the Cult, Ministry, Sparks and Misty Miller expain the art of reinvention
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Spectator at SSE Hydro venue is taken to hospital on Friday night after equipment appears to fall from lighting rig
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Atkins Thomson Solicitors files claim it is yet to be paid for work carried out for the singer in the two years leading up to his death
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The star said the interactions left him ‘drained and unhappy’ but a recent fan scare is reportedly what forced him to halt further backstage photo opportunities
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Williams enhanced his stature as a Beethoven interpreter with this exploration of the keyboard repertoire, which combined crystal clarity with restrained finesse
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Frauenliebe und -leben: Variations took Schumann’s controversial depiction of a woman’s life and explored it through insightful groupings of songs by Debussy, Grieg, Strauss and others
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The Last Shadow Puppets Everything You've Come to Expect review – more a smirking in-joke than a band
Alexis PetridisFor all its sophistication and songwriting nous, Alex Turner and Miles Kane’s second album together is not a thing of any great charm -
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This week we’re asking you to visit the largest county in England. You have until March 28 to make your recommendation
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Derek Serpell-Morris gained cult status as a cardigan-wearing ex-accountant who played reggae into his 70s, inspiring Don Letts and Massive Attack. After going missing in July 2015, his body was finally discovered earlier this month. This is the story of his mysterious disappearance and extraordinary life
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Eagles of Death Metal play live in Paris on Tuesday for first time since their gig at the Bataclan was the scene of a massacre in November’s terrorist attacks
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The singer wows the crowd at Levi’s Stadium with her performance of the US national anthem before kick-off
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Adele has objected after frontrunning Republican candidate Donald Trump was introduced in Iowa by Sarah Palin with Adele’s Rolling in the Deep playing
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Fans lay flowers and leave messages for David Bowie in central London at the site where the photo was taken for Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album
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The band Squeeze appear to sing protest lyrics against David Cameron live on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday
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The Rolling Stones talk about their historic concert in Havana, Cuba, on Friday night, with frontman Mick Jagger saying: ‘It feels like history’ being made
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The Rolling Stones showed their enduring power in a storming Glastonbury debut, writes Caspar Llewellyn Smith
interviews
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He inspired the Velvet Underground, thought Andy Warhol was a copycat, and met his wife while playing the mummy in erotic underground movie Normal Love. Tony Conrad talks sex, drugs and celluloid fry-ups in a power plant in Berlin
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For the award-winning singer-songwriter Laura Mvula, simply getting through a day can be an achievement. She speaks openly to Tom Lamont about how panic attacks destroyed her marriage – and almost wrecked her career
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His band have just played Wembley, but he’s not bought a yacht – or a new nose – just yet
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After a breakneck run of hits, the wheels finally came off for the Wirral psych-pop oddballs. Then, just as they were ready to regroup, their mentor died. ‘Nothing prepares you for that’ they tell us
quizzes
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After this year’s Grammy’s and ahead of the Brits, see how many of these famous speeches you can match to the probably sozzled winner as we plough into the heart of awards season
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From twinkling rings to chunky chains – and the odd sparkling figurine hanging from a pendant – how well do you know these rappers’ signature jewels?
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With the rocktastic festivals taking place this weekend, it’s time to see how much you know about their history
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There’s more to boybands than One Direction. But do you know how many members Menudo had? Or in which paper Lou Pearlman advertised for the members of Backstreet Boys?
in pictures
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As Radiohead announce a new tour, and with rumours of an imminent ninth album, here’s a look at the band’s career – from Thom Yorke’s ever-changing hair styles, to a rare band selfie
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In Boris Godunov – Mussorgsky’s only completed opera – the composer created one of the greatest bass-baritone roles in the canon. We look back at some past productions and the singers who have brought the role to life
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English National Opera this week opens a new production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, his 1983 opera about the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. Tristram Kenton went along to watch rehearsals and capture the creation of what looks set to be a stunning production.
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When Bob Dylan took his travelling caravan of musicians out on the road in autumn 1975, the photographer Ken Regan was on hand
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When our correspondent was abruptly summoned to an audience with the legendary artist in his Minneapolis studios, he had no idea what to expect. Certainly not being asked to duet on Sign o’ the Times ...
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Why did these two men hang around Huddersfield railway station asking young people what they did today? Electronic duo Darkstar explain their most daring LP yet
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In 1969, Rolling Stone shocked the world with an issue about the rock ‘supergroupie’. A new book tells all
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At 71, the Rolling Stones legend is proud of his cartoon image as a rock outlaw. He’s back now with his first solo album in 23 years. But some days, the wildman reputation feels like a ball and chain – he just wants to visit an art gallery or water the garden
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Atlanta’s Young Thug is the gender-fluid, surrealist rapper who’s being anointed as hip-hop’s next titan. Don’t know what to make of him? You’re not the only one
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Back in Hong Kong, where they recorded their album The Magic Whip, Damon, Graham, Alex and Dave talk about falling out and making up, the state of British pop music and why 90s Britpop was a wasted opportunity
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Amy being alive meant there was hope for my heroin-addicted younger sister. When the singer died, my world caved in. What chance did we have now?
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