Music
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‘God bless them for singing “Let’s go Eskimo” without question’: How Girls Aloud made Britain’s best 21st-century pop album
In November 2002, the British public voted a fivesome of aspiring singers into a pop group. It was not immediately…
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Let’s go girls: Glastonbury’s 2024 headliners one-up the stale male rock of last year
The cat’s out of the bag – but didn’t it take its sweet time? After several months of rumours, the…
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‘I’m not afraid any more’: Norah Jones talks overnight fame, getting vulnerable, and singing with Dolly Parton
Norah Jones just wants to have fun. In fact, she uses the word “fun” 28 times over the course of our interview…
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‘What the hell is this dude doing playing acid jazz?’: How the 1990s Cork music scene helped make Cillian Murphy a star
If you were young and carefree and lived in Cork in the early Nineties, at some point you’d have come…
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‘What the hell is this dude doing playing acid jazz?’: How the 1990s Cork music scene helped make Cillian Murphy an Oscar-winning star
If you were young and carefree and lived in Cork in the early Nineties, at some point you’d have come…
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Donald Trump’s use of Sinead O’Connor’s song Nothing Compares 2 U wasn’t just wrong – it felt violent
If we know one thing about Donald J Trump, it is his predilection for seeing something he wants and attempting…
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Donald Trump’s use of Sinead O’Connor’s music wasn’t just wrong – it felt violent
If we know one thing about Donald J Trump, it is his predilection for seeing something he wants and attempting…
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‘Young artists are terrified of putting music out’: Jack Cochrane of The Snuts on Millennials, his schoolmate Lewis Capaldi, and how TikTok breeds fear
Jack Cochrane has finally reached news-cycle overload. “You keep getting hit with murder, genocide and bad politicians,” The Snuts’ singer…
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Blood on Brighton Beach: Sonic Youth’s first UK tour and how it set the scene for Nirvana’s grunge revolution
They’d later be recognised as generation-defining pioneers whose bold fusion of punk rock, pop and the avant-garde paved the way…
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Super Bowl halftime show: How to watch Usher headline as Taylor Swift jets in to cheer on Travis Kelce
Usher has promised surprise guests and a show that celebrates both his past and present when he headlines the Super…
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