music
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Tidal uploads rarities from Prince's back catalogueJay Z’s streaming service marks what would have been the singer’s 58th birthday with 15 album strong collection of B-sides and unreleased recordings -
Appetite for destruction: Axl Rose demands Google remove 'fat' photosThe Guns N’ Roses frontman is trying to get Google to remove images that he says violate copyright – and they just happen to be a little unflattering
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Kanye West pop-up concert ends in New York street chaosRapper’s pop-up performance at Webster Hall, a 1,500-capacity venue in Manhattan, is overrun by crowds and dispersed by the NYPD -
Four piece reunite for first public performance in 30 yearsFans delighted by impromptu singalong to Me and I at a Stockholm gala to celebrate 50 years since Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson met
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Muhammad Ali's influence ran deep through rap's golden ageSome have argued that the Champ was the first rapper. But more important to rap than his disses of his opponents was his manner outside the ring
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Kanye West pop-up concert causes chaos in New York City – videoThousands of people descend onto the streets of New York City on Sunday night after Kanye West announced a late-night surprise concert
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Glastonbury 2016 to introduce women-only venueThe Sisterhood, in the festival’s Shangri-La zone, will offer live music, workshops and DIY classes to female festivalgoers
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Glastonbury plans final encore for David Bowie, Prince and LemmyOrganisers of this year’s festival say hundreds of tributes to the three stars will be staged throughout the event
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Neil Young and Promise of the Real – rocking down the nature trailIn an increasingly rousing show, the grizzled cat in the hat spans five decades with thunderous, heartfelt pleas to save the planet
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A singular, genre-blurring visionNorwich’s otherworldly teenage friends veer between breathtakingly original… and too infantile for their own good
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Stranger to Stranger review – still creative after all these yearsThe former folk hero continues his sophisticated combination of sonic adventure and witty wordplay
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Love You to Death review – smart, confident, grown-up popContinuing their skilful transition from the indie world to the mainstream, the Canadian twin-sister duo prove their pop chops on a brilliantly concise new album
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The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin: 'I wrote lyrics at work on crystal meth'They stole food, drank all night, and formed bands that couldn’t play. The guitarist relives the clothes, clubs and drug-fuelled chaos she was lucky to survive
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Webchat – your questions answered on cancer, biscuits, guitars and learning LatinThe Dr Feelgood musician on everything from being given 10 months to live, recording an album in the 11th month, how music has changed and why biscuits are bad news
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video
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Never before seen footage of the band backstage in 1965 – videoThe footage, shot by an Australian woman, shows The Beatles getting their make-up done for the special The Music of Lennon & McCartney in November 1965
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Remembered by fans across America – videoFans in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and the artist’s home city of Minneapolis pay tribute
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Eagles of Death Metal return to Paris for first time since BataclanEagles of Death Metal play live in Paris on Tuesday for first time since their gig at the Bataclan was the scene of a massacre in November’s terrorist attacks
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Lady Gaga nails The Star-Spangled Banner at Super Bowl 50The singer wows the crowd at Levi’s Stadium with her performance of the US national anthem before kick-off
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Artist says Donald Trump does not have permission to use her musicAdele has objected after frontrunning Republican candidate Donald Trump was introduced in Iowa by Sarah Palin with Adele’s Rolling in the Deep playing
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Fans pay tribute at Ziggy Stardust album cover location – videoFans lay flowers and leave messages for David Bowie in central London at the site where the photo was taken for Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album
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'If you start thinking how pretty the sunset is, you get lost'
The Rolling Stones showed their enduring power in a storming Glastonbury debut, writes Caspar Llewellyn Smith
interviews
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'People were dressing like Garth Brooks, but no one was writing their own music'The country star has a new introspective album, and here he talks candidly about Nashville and explains how his latest LP is inspired by The Affair
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‘There were bags of drugs, I was having sex with a stranger’He was the sober, Christian dance music pioneer – but then Moby found success... Now he’s coming clean
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‘My man Jeremy Corbyn! I dig what he says'He’s the poster boy for the grime revival but there’s more to Stormzy than banter and bids for the Christmas No 1. He tell us why he’s a MC with something to say
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Ezra Furman’s cultural highlightsThe musician and songwriter on Maggie Nelson’s Argonauts, the Atlanta band Slang, Louis CK’s boldness, and his love of rapturous music writing
quizzes
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How well do you know your music award-show speeches?After this year’s Grammy’s and ahead of the Brits, see how many of these famous speeches you can match to the probably sozzled winner as we plough into the heart of awards season
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'All right Reading!' – test your knowledge of the Reading and Leeds festivalsWith the rocktastic festivals taking place this weekend, it’s time to see how much you know about their history
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Feeling Directionless? Test your boyband knowledgeThere’s more to boybands than One Direction. But do you know how many members Menudo had? Or in which paper Lou Pearlman advertised for the members of Backstreet Boys?
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Guess the guitar hero – from their guitarWe’ve cut out the faces of 12 axemen with distinctive guitars, so you have to identify the guitarist from their instrument …
in pictures
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For the Record: 60s Pop Through the LensA new exhibition in London celebrates the cultural boom of the 60s, as captured by photographer Stanley Bielecki. Shooting Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and the Supremes, the Polish refugee who arrived in Britain after the second world war worked for titles including Pop Weekly, Teen Beat and Melody Maker
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Backstage with the Rolling Stones – in picturesCharlie peeing in the sink, Brian fixing his hair and Mick meeting Bo Diddley ... how did the band fill the long hours between stage-time on their 1965 and 1967 tours? Photographer Gered Mankowitz shares his album – and memories
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Everything Must Go turns 20 – in picturesTo celebrate the 20th anniversary of the platinum selling 1996 record which scored the Welsh rock group their first commercial success, a special box set will be released. Taken from the EMG reissue, here’s a preview of the book, featuring Nicky Wire’s lyric sheets and photos from the era
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Unseen Bowie, Blondie and B-52s album shootsThe new book Outside the Lines gathers behind-the-scenes pictures, outtakes and lost images from the cover shoots of punk and new wave’s most famous LPs. Take a look, and read what their photographers recall from the sessions
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I was right about the internet – tell me a musician who’s got rich off itWhen our correspondent was abruptly summoned to an audience with the legendary artist in his Minneapolis studios, he had no idea what to expect. Certainly not being asked to duet on Sign o’ the Times ...
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'I thought my music was beautiful all along'She was subjected to decades of vilification. Now everyone from Gaga to Sparks are lining up to pay tribute. How does the 83-year-old artist feel about the world catching up to the Yoko Ono sound?
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Why working-class voices are music to Darkstar's earsWhy did these two men hang around Huddersfield railway station asking young people what they did today? Electronic duo Darkstar explain their most daring LP yet
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Groupies revisited: the women with triple-A access to the 60sIn 1969, Rolling Stone shocked the world with an issue about the rock ‘supergroupie’. A new book tells all
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‘You don’t stop growing until they shovel the dirt in’At 71, the Rolling Stones legend is proud of his cartoon image as a rock outlaw. He’s back now with his first solo album in 23 years. But some days, the wildman reputation feels like a ball and chain – he just wants to visit an art gallery or water the garden
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'I like everything people say about me – you gay, you a punk, you can't rap, you're the hardest'Atlanta’s Young Thug is the gender-fluid, surrealist rapper who’s being anointed as hip-hop’s next titan. Don’t know what to make of him? You’re not the only one
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