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Roses placed where Migos member Takeoff was shot dead, aged 28

The youngest member of the family hip-hop group was shot dead in a bowling alley in Texas.

03/11/2022

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Elbow lead singer intervenes in Manchester gentrification row

Night and Day Cafe has been playing live music for over 30 years but the party may soon be over.

02/11/2022

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Painting which inspired Sgt Pepper album cover sold for over €50,000

John Bellany's painting had not been seen in public in nearly 60 years.

01/11/2022

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Taylor Swift breaks records with a 10 out of 10 at the charts

Taylor Swift has made history as the first artist to claim the entire top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. But which musicians held the previous record?

01/11/2022

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Watch: Coldplay joined by Iranian actress live in Buenos Aires

Coldplay were joined live on stage by Iranian actress, Golshifteh Farahani, at a huge concert in Buenos Aires. Together they performed an Iranian song called "Baraye."

31/10/2022

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Jean-Michel Jarre releases his 22nd album, ‘Oxymore’

Jean-Michel Jarre, the septuagenarian electronic music pioneer who’s sold over 85 million records, is back.

27/10/2022

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Adidas dumps and Sketchers kicks: Is this it for Kanye?

Ye, formally known as Kanye West, has been on a downward trajectory for a long time. We take a look at the timeline and whether there's anywhere further to go.

25/10/2022

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Robberies & ransoms: Artists who have had their music stolen from them

Stolen albums: Lana Del Rey has recently revealed a laptop containing songs from her upcoming album was stolen a few months ago from her car. But what other artists have had similar incidents happen to them?

25/10/2022

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The conspiracy theory in Taylor Swift's Midnights release

The artist's 10th album has broken with her trend of surprise releases, but her fandom wouldn't let this be a straightforward album build-up.

21/10/2022

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King of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, honoured in Paris

The Paris Philharmonic is devoting an immersive exhibition to the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, inventor of Afrobeat in the 1970s

20/10/2022

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New TikTok platform turns anyone into a potential music producer

Simon Cowell, Max Martin and the social media platform team up to give everyone at home the tools to become a music producer.

19/10/2022

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Singer Joyce Sims dies aged 63

The singer had a career which spanned decades and had multiple top chart hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

17/10/2022

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Haitian singer Mikaben dies at Paris concert aged 41

The musician leaves behind two children and his wife, Vanessa, who is pregnant.

17/10/2022

Soul Of The South

Why the Memphis sound still inspires musicians today

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Stax Records turned out countless artists like Otis Redding and multiracial groups during the 1960s but it wasn’t always smooth sailing.

17/10/2022

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Ukrainian conductor shot dead by Russians for refusing to lead concert

Yurii Kerpatenko, the renowned and principal conductor at the Kherson Music and Drama Theatre, was shot dead in his home after he “categorically refused to cooperate with the occupants"

17/10/2022

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‘Face It Alone’: Queen release previously unheard Freddie Mercury song

31 years after his death, and eight years since the last release, Queen have found a previously unheard Freddie Mercury vocal...

14/10/2022

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Jamaica bans broadcasts deemed to glorify drugs and crime

The government said the ban is meant to cut back on material that “could give the wrong impression that criminality is an accepted feature of Jamaican culture and society.”

13/10/2022

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GospelTok: the TikTok religious communities listening to gospel

One of the latest trends on TikTok is people falling in love with gospel music. The Black religious traditional music is creating a spiritual space for people away from bricks and mortar churches.

13/10/2022

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Russian pop diva who denounced war says she is in Israel

Russian pop diva who denounced war says she is in Israel

11/10/2022

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Hammer goes down on the bollocks: Sex Pistols art goes on sale

It’s anarchy in the UK. Well, at Sotheby’s at least.

11/10/2022