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Elton JohnFrom the gentle whimsy of Your Song to the R&B of Bennie and the Jets, Elton John was at his world-conquering best in the 1970s and 80s -
Rock's millennial men show they have feelings tooA new wave of male indie artists, such as Car Seat Headrest, Palace Winter, Kevin Morby, Alex G and Whitney are not afraid to show their sensitive side
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Will anyone make it to the BpopLive stage?Both 5ive and Alesha Dixon have pulled out of the troubled anti-EU gig, leaving just East 17, Sister Sledge and Gwen Dickey – for now -
Daniel Kramer discusses rare images from the 1960sCapturing classic album sleeves and private moments on 35mm, Kramer spent a breathless 12 months with the musician, who turned 75 yesterday
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'People were dressing like Garth Brooks, but no one was writing their own music'The country star has a new introspective album, and here he talks candidly about Nashville and explains how his latest LP is inspired by The Affair
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Neil Young permits Trump to Keep on Rockin'Young excuses Donald Trump’s use of Rockin’ in the Free World on campaign trail, saying: ‘Once the music goes out, everybody can use it’
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Glastonbury festival fined over sewage leakJudge finds festival had low culpability for incident in 2014 that led to death of 42 fish in Whitelake river and is ‘impressed’ with its response to incident
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Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie diagnosed with terminal brain cancerOne of Canada’s biggest rock stars, whose band has released nine No 1 albums in the country, plans tour for the summer: ‘This feels like the right thing to do’
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Pop as product launchThe voice of will.i.am’s new wearable tech device proves more engaging than his largely witless songs
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4.48 Psychosis review – Venables brings Sarah Kane's savage text to musical lifePhilip Venables proves he’s one of the finest composers around with an intricate score inspired by Kane’s very personal story of clinical depression
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Various artists: Day of the Dead review – keeps the freak flag flyingA five-CD, 59-track compilation of alt-rock Grateful Dead covers – curated by the National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner – reveals the band’s timeless songcraft
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A Moon Shaped Pool – disintegration at home and beyondRadiohead return to conventional songcraft on an impressive ninth album imbued with a sense of loss
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'As a closeted lesbian in Dublin, life wasn't easy. Then I found heroin'As the dark wave duo prepare their new EP, their founder explains her journey from heroin addiction to touring with her musical hero
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Kevin Rowland webchat – your questions answered on Dexys, darts and pink suitsDid he really crash the 1966 World Cup? How’s his lindy hop? And what does he think of his fashion critics? The Dexys frontman answered your questions
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Never before seen footage of the band backstage in 1965 – videoThe footage, shot by an Australian woman, shows The Beatles getting their make-up done for the special The Music of Lennon & McCartney in November 1965
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Remembered by fans across America – videoFans in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and the artist’s home city of Minneapolis pay tribute
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Eagles of Death Metal return to Paris for first time since BataclanEagles 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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Lady Gaga nails The Star-Spangled Banner at Super Bowl 50The singer wows the crowd at Levi’s Stadium with her performance of the US national anthem before kick-off
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Artist says Donald Trump does not have permission to use her musicAdele 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 pay tribute at Ziggy Stardust album cover location – videoFans 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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'If you start thinking how pretty the sunset is, you get lost'
The Rolling Stones showed their enduring power in a storming Glastonbury debut, writes Caspar Llewellyn Smith
interviews
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‘There were bags of drugs, I was having sex with a stranger’He was the sober, Christian dance music pioneer – but then Moby found success... Now he’s coming clean
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‘My man Jeremy Corbyn! I dig what he says'He’s the poster boy for the grime revival but there’s more to Stormzy than banter and bids for the Christmas No 1. He tell us why he’s a MC with something to say
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Ezra Furman’s cultural highlightsThe musician and songwriter on Maggie Nelson’s Argonauts, the Atlanta band Slang, Louis CK’s boldness, and his love of rapturous music writing
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'Bowie kept it cool to the end'The Chicago garage rockers take a distinctly Stonesy turn on their new album, so we asked them to nominate some favourites from the decade that inspired it
quizzes
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How well do you know your music award-show speeches?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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'All right Reading!' – test your knowledge of the Reading and Leeds festivalsWith the rocktastic festivals taking place this weekend, it’s time to see how much you know about their history
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Feeling Directionless? Test your boyband knowledgeThere’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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Guess the guitar hero – from their guitarWe’ve cut out the faces of 12 axemen with distinctive guitars, so you have to identify the guitarist from their instrument …
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Backstage with the Rolling Stones – in picturesCharlie peeing in the sink, Brian fixing his hair and Mick meeting Bo Diddley ... how did the band fill the long hours between stage-time on their 1965 and 1967 tours? Photographer Gered Mankowitz shares his album – and memories
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Everything Must Go turns 20 – in picturesTo celebrate the 20th anniversary of the platinum selling 1996 record which scored the Welsh rock group their first commercial success, a special box set will be released. Taken from the EMG reissue, here’s a preview of the book, featuring Nicky Wire’s lyric sheets and photos from the era
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Unseen Bowie, Blondie and B-52s album shootsThe new book Outside the Lines gathers behind-the-scenes pictures, outtakes and lost images from the cover shoots of punk and new wave’s most famous LPs. Take a look, and read what their photographers recall from the sessions
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Phil Collins then and now – in picturesCollins was photographed for the back catalogue reissues of his solo albums in the same poses, turning the exercise into a meditation on fame and ageing
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I was right about the internet – tell me a musician who’s got rich off itWhen 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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'I thought my music was beautiful all along'She was subjected to decades of vilification. Now everyone from Gaga to Sparks are lining up to pay tribute. How does the 83-year-old artist feel about the world catching up to the Yoko Ono sound?
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Why working-class voices are music to Darkstar's earsWhy 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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Groupies revisited: the women with triple-A access to the 60sIn 1969, Rolling Stone shocked the world with an issue about the rock ‘supergroupie’. A new book tells all
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‘You don’t stop growing until they shovel the dirt in’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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'I like everything people say about me – you gay, you a punk, you can't rap, you're the hardest'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
Wish You Were Here Royal Mail stamps honour 50 years of Pink Floyd