music
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His morality tales of ghetto life made the Anglo-American rapper famous – and chillingly predicted his imprisonment for attempted murder. Now, 13 years since he was last released, he reflects on his legacy
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The British rapper is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat on Tuesday 29 November
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Group will play the longest ever run at the 5,000-capacity London venue by a band
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Joe Corré and his mother, Vivienne Westwood, to light a pyre of rare memorabilia on Saturday in protest over punk ‘conning the young’
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A week after US election, Ben Hopkins and Liv Bruce were picketed at a show by four men hurling homophobic slurs. Here they share their stories on how to respond to potential hate crimes in the music world
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The South Korean selector reveals her love for the house luminary, as well as Floating Points and Brothers Johnson
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From squat rock to laptop futurism, 2016’s most creative music is being made away from focus groups, major labels and publicists. Meet the most exciting independent minds in music
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Organisers blame the decision not to go ahead with the music event in 2017 on regulations imposed in the wake of a change of site in 2015
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Joel tells crowd at Madison Square Garden gig he built motorcycle that left the Boss stranded by side of the road in New Jersey
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Stars of Australian music perform and Crowded House are inducted into the hall of fame at the Sydney ceremony
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Singer Storm Large evoked obscenity and heartbreak brilliantly amid the sleaze and sardonic humour of The Seven Deadly Sins
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At 77, Masekela still likes to surprise in this memorable return to the club he first played in the 80s
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Mick Jagger’s voice and harmonica drive an album of blues covers that returns the Stones to their roots
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Bruno Mars charms his way through these opulently produced 90s-style R&B tunes
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If this year’s taught us anything, it’s that the ‘experts’ know nothing. So any crystal ball-readings about next year’s breakout stars are almost certainly wrong
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An adult website’s premiere of rapper Mykki Blanco’s new music video is the latest move by the video service to reposition itself as a one-stop shop for culture
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video
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Australia’s musical finest squelch around on the red carpet to reveal their personal award picks and what the Arias mean to them
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A flashback to some of the most memorable performances at the awards ceremony over the years
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Crowded House members Nick Seymour and Neil Finn open up to ABC interviewer Leigh Sales on forgetting lyrics and striking a balance between playing their favourites and the crowd-pleasers
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Green Day protest against President-elect Donald Trump at Sunday night’s American Music Awards in Los Angeles
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Kanye West rants about Beyoncé, Jay Z, Hillary Clinton, ‘the press’ and Mark Zuckerberg before cutting his concert short in Sacramento
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Adam ‘Ad-Rock’ Horovitz of the Beastie Boys joined a protest at a New York park named after Beastie Boy Adam Yauch that was vandalized with swastikas and the words ‘Go Trump!’
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Sombre prophet, mordant wisecracker, repentant cad: Leonard Cohen is back with a great new album, Old Ideas – and more wit and wisdom
interviews
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A lot of drink, drugs, rehab and bitterness have gone under the bridge since the band split in 2005 – but they’re back with a new album, Night Driver. Are they not worried it might turn bad all over again?
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When the musician began to lose her gran to dementia, she fought back – with song. The results were so successful, they grew into a vast musical exploration
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Americana legend discusses his new album, made with songs pulled from a trick bag he wrote previously with a range of respected songwriters but never released
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The Colombian star is up for a best album award at the 2016 Latin Grammys – apt reward for the man making reggaeton cool again
quizzes
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It’s the 25th anniversary of the death of the Queen frontman on 24 November – test your knowledge of his life and times
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It’s our weekly test of your knowledge of pop arcania – come and have a go if you think you know enough
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A delinquent Door; a rapping Ramone; a generation of Whitesnakes; and a TV dispatch from our own correspondent
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As the 25th-annual event approaches, test how well you know the past winners, losers and all-round award show bothers
in pictures
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Since the 1980s, Melody Maker’s Tom Sheehan has captured the Cure’s ascent from the underbelly of British alternative rock to global stadium headliners. Now Sheehan – who was even enlisted as frontman Robert Smith’s official wedding photographer – has compiled a record of his journey with the band in a new book, In Between Days
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A pair of graphic designers and self-confessed Beatles geeks have mapped Fab Four trivia including the instruments they played, the outfits they wore and even some of their most famous press-conference quips
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Since the 1970s, Ross Halfin has photographed the biggest names in rock and pop, capturing seminal shows by the Who, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. Shots from his career will be exhibited at The Indulgence Show in London
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The Guardian goes backstage at the Royal Opera’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and follows baritone Vito Priante, who sings Figaro
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Last week she was widely attacked for apologising to refugees on the UK’s behalf. But, just as her candour and directness mark her music, she has never been afraid to speak her mind
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His return to live performance will infuriate as many as it delights, but only a hardened bete noire can haul today’s pop out of cheery mediocrity. And maybe those derided solo hits weren’t so bad after all…
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Appearing on the most streamed track of all time, Lean On, made the Danish singer an instant global star. But is she ready to abandon her anarcho roots?
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Some songwriters can turn any subject into gold. Most aren’t so fortunate, so here are some subjects best steered clear of – and feel free to add more
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Bon Iver joins the pantheon of music number nerds fascinated by figures and their occult connections, from Mozart and the Beatles to Led Zep and Wu Tang
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Denmark’s Agnes Obel takes music where it has never gone before, layering 250 tracks on top of each other, and duetting with a male cyborg version of herself. Where does it all come from?
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First to go was her meekness in rehearsals – then she had to ‘learn how to be unapologetic and unemotional’ with the people who worked for her. Did it pay off creatively for her new album, The Altar?
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