music
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‘I still get asked to rip my skirt off – someone even offered me £500 to do it’
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The singer – whose last album, Channel Orange, was nominated for six Grammy Awards – is expected to release his follow-up on Apple Music
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Singer also delivers 28 new songs to Sony and will continue her New York lawsuit against the Kemosabe Records boss, who has denied her allegations
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A wave of musicians are challenging notions of what it means to be a man. Olly Alexander, Hayden Thorpe and Gaika explore gender and its role in music
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The star of underground Chicago house talks about his Christian parents, the rich white women who paid him for sex, and why hip-hop traps kids in violence
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BBC announces the names of five amateur ensembles who will compete in the inaugural Great Orchestra Challenge
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The Early Years 1965-1972 will include Syd Barrett tracks never officially released, as well as the soundtrack recording called ‘the Floyd holy grail’
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The compilation Chapter and Verse will include five songs never before released, dating back to 1966
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In an interview with Radio 1, the rapper declared he wants to collaborate with the Scandinavian brand on affordable furniture, while appealing to college students
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A lifetime’s famously rich experience lends power and poignancy to the singer’s dream Soho show
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The ex-Pipette’s otherworldly voice swoops above seductive grooves and sci-fi electropop on a surreal and beautiful evening at Shakespeare’s Globe
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An assured first offering from the east Londoner combines fast sonic cuts and painterly production with defiantly old-school touches
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Ramones Ramones 40th anniversary super-deluxe edition – rock boiled down to its absolute essence
Alexis PetridisDespite having percolated through rock and pop almost continuously for four decades, the most influential punk album of them all can still provide a prickle of danger and discomfort -
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He was already a successful hip-hop producer – but when DJ Khaled found Snapchat he became a pop-culture sensation
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One Dance has just spent 15 weeks at No 1 – but while the charts have been unchanging, the real world has gone through cataclysm after cataclysm. Here’s your guide to events in the age of Drake
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Paloma Faith tells Owen Jones that she thinks few musicians discuss politics because of the abuse directed at them on social media
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Led Zeppelin musicians Robert Plant and Jimmy Page have won a lawsuit brought by the estate of guitarist Randy Wolfe, which alleges that the introduction sequence of the famous hit Stairway to Heaven was copied from Taurus, by Wolfe’s band Spirit
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The 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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Fans 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 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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The singer wows the crowd at Levi’s Stadium with her performance of the US national anthem before kick-off
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Ringtones are evil. Islamic countries are fun. The internet is like 'a carjacking', where there are no boundaries. Prince on being pop's 'loving tyrant'
interviews
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Just as Patti Smith used the New York punk scene to channel defiance and individuality, Rose uses her Appalachian roots to delve deeply into her identity
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The pioneering rapper has released a raw autobiography that charts his journey from stardom to rehab – and he’s still hungry
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As the only remaining member of the band, the singer no longer has to compromise – whether that’s about making music or being naked
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The soul star has survived cancer and now a new documentary charts her progress. Oliver Wang caught up with her to talk about chemo, performing and what it’s like letting a film crew capture your most vulnerable moments
quizzes
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It was the week Elvis made his first recordings, and we lost Amy Winehouse. But how well do you know your pop history?
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It’s our weekly test of the byways of pop – and today is a test of your knowledge on angry Swiss crowds, Carole King and the best ‘gay albums’ ever
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It was a big week for Drake, Live Aid and Take That – test your knowledge
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In this year of Shakespeare celebrations, the opera world too is marking the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. Glyndebourne not least, with one new and one old Shakespearean productions in their summer season. Do you know your Titania from your Trinculo? Try our quiz
in pictures
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A collection of photographs, exhibited in Camden’s Proud Galleries from 28 July until 11 September, and taken by Baron Wolman, document a journey ‘three days of peace and music’ which took place at Woodstock during the summer of 1969
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From superstar cantors to Streisand and CBGB’s roster of rebels, Jews have played an influential part in the rise of popular music. The new exhibition Jukebox, Jewkbox! charts the highs of Yiddish theatre, punk politics and Israeli folk
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The vinyl revival continues. Founded in 1978, Music Matters Jazz is dedicated to re-releasing new pressings of historic Blue Note jazz titles. Each of the reissued albums is restored and remastered from the original analogue master tapes
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A 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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The blistering revenge of a superstar scorned, an anthem to the rise of gender fluidity... Observer and Guardian writers to pick the songs that most reflect the state of music – and the world – right now
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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 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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In 1969, Rolling Stone shocked the world with an issue about the rock ‘supergroupie’. A new book tells all
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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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Back in Hong Kong, where they recorded their album The Magic Whip, Damon, Graham, Alex and Dave talk about falling out and making up, the state of British pop music and why 90s Britpop was a wasted opportunity
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Amy being alive meant there was hope for my heroin-addicted younger sister. When the singer died, my world caved in. What chance did we have now?
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