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Imelda May on the music that made her: 'Gigs are like making love'
Imelda May The Music That Made Me
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Imelda May on the music that made her: 'Gigs are like making love'

Russell Watson: The Big Singalong offers hope after a hard year
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Russell Watson: The Big Singalong offers hope after a hard year

Olivia Newton-John and Chloe Lattanzi on acceptance and not being divided
Olivia Newton-John and daughter Chloe Lattanzi moved in together during lockdown. Image credit: Michelle Day
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Olivia Newton-John and Chloe Lattanzi on acceptance and not being divided

Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers
A smoky, sweaty live music venue with people's hands thrown in the air
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Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers

How Taylor Swift has had to fight for control of her own work
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How Taylor Swift has had to fight for control of her own work

Olivia Newton-John still tells daughter Chloe Lattanzi to tidy her room
Olivia Newton-John and daughter Chloe Lattanzi moved in together during lockdown. Image credit: Michelle Day
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Olivia Newton-John still tells daughter Chloe Lattanzi to tidy her room

Russell Watson wants you to join him for The Big Singalong
Russell Watson: The Big Singalong
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Russell Watson wants you to join him for The Big Singalong

Inside Mogwai's number one week: 'I've had no sleep'
Mogwai number one
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Inside Mogwai's number one week: 'I've had no sleep'

English National Opera: How music can help you breathe
Image credit: Inhouse illustration
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English National Opera: How music can help you breathe

Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: 'Bands like us don’t normally get to number one'
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite with his dog Prince
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Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: 'Bands like us don’t normally get to number one'

Feeling good: How music helps us heal
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Feeling good: How music helps us heal

Nancy Sinatra: 'I had to work hard to get beyond my name'
Nancy Sinatra has penned her Big Issue Letter To My Younger Self.
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Nancy Sinatra: 'I had to work hard to get beyond my name'

Nancy Sinatra: I was too shy to pursue a big career
Nancy Sinatra has penned her Big Issue Letter To My Younger Self.
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Nancy Sinatra: I was too shy to pursue a big career

Britain’s best-known conductor is off to Germany. But he’s not going quietly
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Britain’s best-known conductor is off to Germany. But he’s not going quietly

Dave Grohl: 'I smashed cymbals like they were teacups'
Dave Grohl is a very nice man. Credit: Danny Clinch
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Dave Grohl: 'I smashed cymbals like they were teacups'

Dave Grohl: 'For a while I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to play music again'
Dave Grohl is a very nice man. Credit: Danny Clinch
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Dave Grohl: 'For a while I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to play music again'

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Rock royalty: Cashing in on a classic
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Rock royalty: Cashing in on a classic

In tribute to Dame Fanny Waterman, the nation's piano teacher
Fanny Waterman
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In tribute to Dame Fanny Waterman, the nation's piano teacher

Johnny Flynn: Ziggy Stardust origin story is the only Bowie film I would make
David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust
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Johnny Flynn: Ziggy Stardust origin story is the only Bowie film I would make

KT Tunstall almost ripped the head off her Brit award for Kate Bush
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KT Tunstall almost ripped the head off her Brit award for Kate Bush