Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth
Robert Smith of The Cure, Ed Sheeran and Morrissey leading The Smiths on stage in Moles, Bath
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Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth

Madonna's Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl's world – we're all just living in it
Music

Madonna's Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl's world – we're all just living in it

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there'
Jazzie B in a black hat
Letter to my younger self

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there'

Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár
Classical music

Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár

Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'
Noddy Holder waving
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Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'

Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show
The Talking Heads line-up for the concert film 'Stop Making Sense' (L-R Steve Scales, Bernie Worrell, Jerry Harrison, Ednah Holt, David Byrne, Lynn Mabry, Tina Wemouth, Chris Frantz and Alex Weir)
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Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
woman playing a keyboard and singing, MacArts centre, man in a hat at a microphone
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This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months

'Love is the fing': IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what's at the heart of new album TANGK
Joe Talbot

'Love is the fing': IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what's at the heart of new album TANGK

Steve Lamacq: 'This music venue changed my life... it's now a carpark'
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Steve Lamacq: 'This music venue changed my life... it's now a carpark'

Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry
rapper/ joshua luke smith
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Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry

Cost of living crisis stopping people accessing mental health benefits of live music
Ed Sheeran performs for Channel Seven's morning program Sunrise and Nova969 in Sydney 2013. He voiced his support for the new initiative which will give money to grassroots live music venues.
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Cost of living crisis stopping people accessing mental health benefits of live music

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'By 16, I had already been stopped by the police 10 times'
Jazzie B from Soul II Soul
Race

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'By 16, I had already been stopped by the police 10 times'

Bex Burch: Jazz musician compares building her own xylophone with Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm
Bex Burch with a xylophone
Jazz

Bex Burch: Jazz musician compares building her own xylophone with Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm

How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
Members of Black Midi and Black Country, New Road in front of the gold curtain at the Windmill Brixton
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How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands

The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds review – a strident sense of purpose in their twilight years
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood: The Rolling Stones
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The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds review – a strident sense of purpose in their twilight years

The Last Siren: This dementia-friendly night at the opera is making arts more inclusive
The audience at the dementia-friendly opera
Opera

The Last Siren: This dementia-friendly night at the opera is making arts more inclusive

How cutting-edge pianist Zubin Kanga is pushing classical music into the future
Zubin Kanga in blue jacket and gloves under a pink light
Classical music

How cutting-edge pianist Zubin Kanga is pushing classical music into the future

How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead
Northern Irish band Anna’s Number on stage in grassroots music venue The Court House, highlighted by Big Issue Venue Watch
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How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead

Grassroots music venue The Snug rescued by community investment: 'This means everything'
a crowd of people celebrating outside The Snug in Manchester
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Grassroots music venue The Snug rescued by community investment: 'This means everything'

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers
People sit watching classical musicians on an outdoor stage
Asylum seekers

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers