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    Feature
    ‘I’m literally Joan Baez right now’: gen Z women relate to Bob Dylan’s toxic situationship

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    Linda Nolan, singer and television personality, dies aged 65

    Agents says the ‘celebrated Irish pop legend’ died ‘with her loving siblings by her bedside’
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    The reader interview
    Post your questions for 10cc’s Graham Gouldman

    As he tours his latest album, I Have Notes, the soft rock star and writer of numerous 60s hits for others will take on your questions
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    Drake files defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar diss track

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    Club culture
    ‘Professionals’ to some, ‘a shambles’ to others: can the UK’s biggest nightclub stay open?

  • Abel Tesfaye, AKA the Weeknd, performing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 7 September 2024.

    News
    The Weeknd postpones new album ‘out of respect and concern’ for LA residents

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    Interview
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  • Mallrat

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  • Simon Rattle looking to camera, holding up a baton in front of his face

    Classical music
    At home with Simon Rattle: ‘There are still things I feel are beyond me’

  • Brian Eno.

    Creativity
    ‘I don’t like being revered’: Brian Eno on art, AI, and why he hates talking about David Bowie

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    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out – stomps straight to the top of British punk’s table

  • Franz Ferdinand group shot, all five members looking in a different direction, against white background.

    Indie
    Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear – more revitalisation than reinvention

    • Jazz album of the month
      Jakob Bro: Taking Turns – lost masterpiece from great Dane’s understated jazz supergroup

    • Electronic
      Tunng: Love You All Over – a delightfully quirky return from the folktronica pioneers

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      Moonchild Sanelly: Full Moon – hustle, energy and smut aplenty

    • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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    • Indie
      Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear – stiffness sets in on stodgy sixth

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      Bridget Hayden and the Apparitions: Cold Blows the Rain – wild weather and maternal lullabies

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    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    The Jesus Lizard – US rockers relive past glories, with added phlegm

  • Phish perform their New Year's Eve concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on 31 December 2024.

    Rock
    Phish – spiraling jams and communal bliss at Madison Square Garden

    • Beyoncé performing in Houston at half time during the NFL Christmas Day match between Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens.

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    • Paul McCartney, one arm raised, with his guitar on stage at The O2 Arena, London DECEMBER 18 2024

      Kitty Empire's artist of the week
      Paul McCartney – a dizzying, bittersweet journey through time

    • Sublime … Paul McCartney at Co-op Live, Manchester.

      Pop
      Paul McCartney – extraordinarily sublime and humblingly beautiful

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    Mitski, the US’s best young songwriter
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    With songs about heartbreak and capitalism, the cult pop singer is on the brink of the mainstream – but the intensity of her fandom has her fearing for her safety
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