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Pulp star Nick Banks explains how Jarvis Cocker incident with Michael Jackson changed everything
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Pulp star Nick Banks explains how Jarvis Cocker incident with Michael Jackson changed everything

Pulp drummer Nick Banks tells the true story of the band’s extremely slow rise to the top of the pops, featuring Michael Jackson, Glastonbury and a leisure centre in Halifax

UK lost 16% of grassroots music venues over the last year: ‘It’s a full-blown crisis’
Venue Watch

UK lost 16% of grassroots music venues over the last year: ‘It’s a full-blown crisis’

Music Venue Trust, the charity representing grassroots music venues, has called on the chancellor to extend tax relief to stop more closures.

Music icon Eddy Grant opens up on disappointing his dad, heart issues and Little Richard
Letter to my Younger Self

Music icon Eddy Grant opens up on disappointing his dad, heart issues and Little Richard

He was going to be a doctor, but the ‘honourable profession’ of being a music icon with a string of classic hits got in the way

Asynchrone: Meet the French collective honouring the music of legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Asynchrone: Meet the French collective honouring the music of legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto

Music icon Eddy Grant recalls leaving Mick Jagger jaw dropped at height of fame
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Music icon Eddy Grant recalls leaving Mick Jagger jaw dropped at height of fame

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Beverley Knight: ‘My young black skin was politicised the day I was born’
Letter to my Younger Self

Beverley Knight: ‘My young black skin was politicised the day I was born’

Paul Simon unveils surprise collaboration with artist Charlie Mackesy: ‘It’s nice to make a friend this way’
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Paul Simon unveils surprise collaboration with artist Charlie Mackesy: ‘It’s nice to make a friend this way’

Music education funded for thousands of underprivileged kids by charity: ‘It’s a must-have’
Education

Music education funded for thousands of underprivileged kids by charity: ‘It’s a must-have’

The Rolling Stones remind us rock stars weren’t meant to be role models
Rock

The Rolling Stones remind us rock stars weren’t meant to be role models

‘Music is very close to my soul’: Ex-Big Issue seller Stephen Woodhouse on cycling across Europe and recording his debut album
Music

‘Music is very close to my soul’: Ex-Big Issue seller Stephen Woodhouse on cycling across Europe and recording his debut album

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music
opinion

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music

Pharoah Sanders – discovering an elusive jazz gem
Jazz

Pharoah Sanders – discovering an elusive jazz gem

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals
Classical

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals

Core festival Glasgow review: Chat Pile, Deafheaven, Liturgy at diverse new noise weekender
review

Core festival Glasgow review: Chat Pile, Deafheaven, Liturgy at diverse new noise weekender

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
Lost Map

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung

Devo 50 – UK farewell tour review: Boy, they can Booji
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Devo 50 – UK farewell tour review: Boy, they can Booji

‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis
Interview

‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’
Interview

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’

Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’
Letter to my Younger Self

Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution
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Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution

The Big Issue’s Venue Watch: Hot Box, Chelmsford
Venue Watch

The Big Issue’s Venue Watch: Hot Box, Chelmsford

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Midge Ure: ‘Music kept me away from gangs’
Letter to my Younger Self

Midge Ure: ‘Music kept me away from gangs’

From warehouses to Wembley: A day with Sleaford Mods, voice of a troubled nation
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From warehouses to Wembley: A day with Sleaford Mods, voice of a troubled nation

Midge Ure on alcoholism and recovery: ‘After I saw my daughter’s reaction, I never touched it again’
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Midge Ure on alcoholism and recovery: ‘After I saw my daughter’s reaction, I never touched it again’

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 
Britpop

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class