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Moby: ‘I’ve simply stopped seeing music as a job’" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie on their rooftop in New York City on 28 November 1980" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">Glastonbury 2024
‘Someone stole my wellies!’: Glastonbury’s five muddiest festivals
Mud, lightning, thunder, rain and more mud! The years that bad weather took over Britain’s biggest festival
‘Someone stole my wellies!’: Glastonbury’s five muddiest festivals
Mud, lightning, thunder, rain and more mud! The years that bad weather took over Britain’s biggest festival
When we listen to music, more than one part of the brain lights up" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Dua Lipa is headlining Glastonbury Festival on Friday 28 June" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Festivalgoers arrive at Glastonbury’s site in 2019" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Emily Eavis says a Glastonbury ticket ballot wouldn’t be feasible" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Emily Eavis (Amanda Benson/BBC Radio/PA)" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">Interviews
J Balvin: ‘Latinos can be whatever we want, we don’t just work in construction’ " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill: ‘There was no HR in punk rock. Nobody is here to step in, step up for you’" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Caleb Followill: ‘The older I get, the more political I get’ " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Joan Baez: ‘We’re fighting uphill against an avalanche of evil, sadism and bullying’" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">Music Box
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‘I respect how Swift has charted her journey to rising above and calling out all that grin-and-bear-it, good-girl bull’ " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
A SZA album isn’t really a genre piece: it’s a bird floating on a heat column, it’s a writhing existential question mark, it’s the afterglow of a really good kiss" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
News that Coldplay will once again headline Glastonbury next month has been met with sneers by many ticket holders " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Billie Eilish releases her third album ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ on 17 May" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Euro stars: (from left) Doja Cat, Dave Grohl, Janelle Monáe, Lana Del Rey, and Raye " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">New Sensations
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‘When I think about Madonna, Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, Britney and Gwen Stefani, I think my album has the same fundamental pop cues that those albums have had,’ says 29-year-old pop star Amaarae " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">interview
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Normani’s debut album, Dopamine, offers glimpses of brilliance amid a sea of lethargic grooves" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">Normani’s long-awaited debut Dopamine is sexy but far too sleepy
Sultry and smouldering, it’s the perfect mood-setter for date night – but after such a long wait, you might hope for a bigger dopamine hit
Luke Combs releases his fifth album, ‘Fathers & Sons’, on 15 June " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">Baseball and La-Z-Boys, Luke Combs’s new album is classic country
Combs works squarely within the genre’s traditions to deliver a lovely, albeit predictable, collection of easygoing tunes
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At 22 years old, nine-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish releases her third album on 17 May" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Having a ball: Kings of Leon in promotional photos for their new album" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
The stakes are still high on Dua Lipa’s ‘Radical Optimism’ " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
‘All Born Screaming’ is the seventh album from St Vincent" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Taylor Swift releases ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ on 19 April 2024 " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">Live music
Doja Cat performing in New York on 2 June 2024" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">Doja Cat’s UK arena tour showcases her charisma and her growing pains
The rapper proves a captivating presence throughout a set that sometimes wants for a little more variety
Taylor Swift onstage at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh during the first UK date of her record-breaking Eras Tour" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">Taylor Swift’s Eras tour is like mainlining dopamine for three hours
Swift pushes past a painful hand cramp to deliver a sprawling, 45-song set that doesn’t miss a beat
The band’s hit song ‘Rock’n’roll Star’ made for a customarily dazzling opening – but things quickly went downhill" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
'Camp! Fun! Send her to the main show!’: Katie Price performing on ‘Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up’ in 2005" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
‘They were just kids that were going out clubbing in London seven nights a week,’ says Martin Kelly of Heavenly Recordings " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
New fans are discovering the music of Oakland musician Judee Sill " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Paul McCartney plays during his Got Back tour" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Taylor Swift arrives for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 7, 2024" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
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Tony Bennett performing in New York in 2015" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
Mrs Green Apple’s ‘Columbus’ music video" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">
A man attempts to climb onto the stage during Coldplay’s gig in Athens, Greece" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 irICxT sc-ntudqq-2 hroOXE">