‘It was an out of body experience’: looking back at the Wattsstax music festival | Music
In the long, hot summer of 1965, Memphis soul singer William Bell travelled to Los Angeles with Stax Records’ labelmates Booker T and the MGs...
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Laibach to become first foreign band to perform in Kyiv since invasion | Music
Subversive Slovenian industrial rock band Laibach are set to be the first foreign group to perform a full concert in Kyiv since the Russian invasion...
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Harry Styles arrives in Australia – prompting a stampede, shoeys and screaming teens | Music
On a blistering summer evening in Perth, the air is not only thick with humidity but the simmering anticipation of almost 30,000 ecstatic young Harry...
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Brit awards 2023: Stormzy, Shania Twain and Stanley Tucci – in pictures | Music
The night’s biggest winner, Harry Styles, who took home best song, album, artist and pop/R&B act Photograph: JMEnternational/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
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Burt Bacharach: 10 of his greatest songs | Music
Make It Easy on Yourself Burt Bacharach’s first hit had come in 1957, with the hokey country ballad The Story of My Life, his first...
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Weyes Blood review – spiritual road trip through Americana and beyond | Music
Weyes Blood has a way of transforming any old stage into a cathedral. Dressed in a white caped gown and backlit by soft light, she...
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Philharmonia/Hrůša review – genteel beginnings cede to compelling drama | Classical music
The Philharmonia’s concert with its former principal guest conductor was Jakub Hrůša’s first appearance in London since he was confirmed last October as the Royal...
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M(h)aol: Attachment Styles review – Irish post-punks’ fiery, feminist reclamation of power | Music
Seven years after their exciting, abrasive debut single Clementine, Irish post-punks M(h)aol (pronounced male) have finally released their debut album, Attachment Styles. It’s a series...
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Beyoncé announces Renaissance world tour | Music
Beyoncé has shared details of her first tour in seven years. The hugely anticipated Renaissance world tour will begin on 10 May at Stockholm’s Friends...
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Tom Verlaine: Television’s perfectionist guitar genius always kept punk guessing | Music
In 1975, Malcolm McLaren returned to England from a sojourn in New York with a selection of posters and set lists he had collected in...