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Conductor says he will step down at end of current season as troubled company is ‘evolving into something I do not recognise’
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Glastonbury festival organiser Emily Eavis explains how to make sure your voice is heard on Europe, even if you’re in Shangri La at voting time
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Album after album, the Kingston upon Thames solo artist produces rich and refined song-craft, yet hardly anyone has heard of him. Could this be his time?
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The track, Together Stronger (C’mon Wales), will celebrate the Wales football team competing in its first major championships for 50 years
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A varied lineup brings psychedelia back to its whimsical, provincial roots, with the audience fuelled by little more than real ale
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Bowie’s pianist Mike Garson shares his old boss’s assessment of the young singer, who performed an acclaimed tribute to the late star at the Brits
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House where band lived in 70s is decorated with graffiti drawn by John Lydon, and has been awarded second highest form of listing
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Singer’s lawyers say judge in last month’s hearing was wrong to bind her to company run by the man she accuses of rape, likening it to ‘slavery’
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Painting by artist Jimmy C on side wall of department store became a shrine for fans after the singer’s death in January
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Héloïse Letissier’s strikingly original dance-art-pop adds up to a terrific Gallic-tinged treat
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Lunch unites with Gallon Drunk’s James Johnston and Ian White for the most joyfully bawdy music of her career
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Iggy shuns hard rock in favour of delicate chanson on what the singer says is his final album
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This terrific collection of country-rock obscurities shows another side to the sound that dominated 1970s American rock
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The architects of Janet Jackson’s 80s R&B sound, Jam & Lewis were the Pharrells of their day. Three decades later, their influence can still be heard in the charts
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The pioneer of dub turned 80 on Sunday – here he reminisces about Bob Marley, Haile Selassie and laying off weed (temporarily)
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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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Singer and arranger Frank Sinatra Jr has died after a cardiac arrest, his sister said on Thursday
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The Manchester rockers’ debut brought them teen adoration and topped the charts. As they prepare to release their second album, frontman Matt Healy talks about stardom, drugs and Taylor Swift
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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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Grimes and Lorde are both big fans of the alt-pop producer with her delicate yet empowering electronic songs
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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 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?
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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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