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The Taylor Swift Official State Sandwich: Politicians understand that Swifties are a key demographic

Like any millennial pop music fan active on social media, I’ve been following Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour – the surprise songs, the scramble to get tickets, her brief romance with that guy from The 1975 with a history of racist comments.

The Conversation

Proms at Sage Gateshead review – festival goes north for euphoric weekend that moves from Brahms to barking like dogs

With concerts encompassing pop, classical, jazz and a CBeebies family extravaganza, the Proms took over Sage Gateshead for a triumphant communal experience that underlined how music can connect us

The Guardian - UK

“The greatest album of all time? AC/DC’s Back In Black”: this is the soundtrack to Buckcherry singer Josh Todd’s life

Josh Todd’s record collection consists of AC/DC, AC/DC, AC/DC and AC/DC. Oh, and One Direction

Louder

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Harry Styles close to tears in Italy as he concludes two-year Love on Tour shows

The singer fell to his knees as he addressed fans at his final tour performance in Reggio Emilia

Evening Standard

'Here Lies Geezer Butler': How a falling out between ex-Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler turned bitter, nasty and personal in the '90s

Geezer Butler recalls when Black Sabbath's stage show featured mock gravestones suggesting that both he and his wife Gloria were dead

Metal Hammer

Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt and Richard Fortus from Guns N’ Roses are having an online bust-up over Slash and Rihanna

“As if I’d ever think Slash isn’t capable of playing any Rihanna song in his sleep,” seethes Nuno Bettencourt in one-sided online spat with Richard Fortus

Metal Hammer

Nuno Bettencourt fires back at Richard Fortus after he defends Slash over Rihanna gig comments

After Bettencourt suggested “most of the guitar players” he admires would struggle playing with Rihanna, Fortus said he “respectfully disagreed” – and it's prompted a heated reply

Guitar World

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‘On reflection, it’s very uncool’: readers’ scrapbooks of pop fandom

With the Wham! documentary showcasing Andrew Ridgeley’s mum’s scrapbooks of their career, readers share their own shrines to Roxy Music, Metallica, David Bowie and more

The Guardian - UK

"They stole our ideas" – John Lennon on the Yellow Submarine film and the unexpected Beatles recording of its soundtrack song, Hey Bulldog

"We had nothing to do with that movie"

MusicRadar

Tony Bennett’s widow Susan Benedetto remembers singer’s favourite meal and Italy trips in touching tribute

Widow of legendary jazz singer says she was ‘certainly blessed’ to have had Bennett in her life

The Independent UK

Pitchfork Music Festival 2023: Day 3 PHOTOS

Bon Iver, Killer Mike, Mdou Moctar, Koffee, Illuminati Hotties, JPEGMafia, Soul Glo, Jockstrap and Lucrecia Dalt were among the acts in the Sunday lineup.

Chicago Sun-Times

Soul Glo, Lucrecia Dalt, Palm stir the crowds on Pitchfork Music Festival’s last day

Lineup at sunny Union Park includes headliner Bon Iver after Killer Mike, Mdou Moctar, Koffee, Illuminati Hotties, JPEGMafia and Jockstrap.

Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Fortus defends Slash following Nuno Bettencourt's Rihanna gig comments – and the Extreme guitarist fires back to clarify his views

"I'm sure you're a decent player, but did you really need to repost a headline that made me look like I am badmouthing a fellow player, Slash"

MusicRadar

Disturbed show in Arizona cancelled at last minute due to excessive heat

Soaring temperatures wreaked havoc on Disturbed's equipment in Phoenix, leading to late cancellation

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The Guardian - AU

John Farnham: Finding the Voice review – a gushy account of Australian music history

This eulogistic documentary has Farnham’s blessing, but we learn very little about the man himself as everyone else reflects on his career

Salon

I saw The Cure with my parents

An ongoing struggle with learning to let others love the music I've grown up on

The Independent UK

‘Edelweiss’ singer Vince Hill dies, aged 89

Tributes have come in from radio DJ Tony Blackburn and lyricist Sir Tim Rice

The Guardian - UK

Barbie: The Album review – a dream house of pop royalty gets all dolled up

Dua Lipa and Charli XCX bring high camp to this Mark Ronson-produced movie mixtape that climaxes with the sugary filth of Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s Barbie World

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'Edelweiss' singer and presenter Vince Hill dies at the age of 89

Vince Hill presented many programmes on TV and radio as well as having success as a solo singer

Metal Hammer

“Ozzy had been to school with Tony and they hated each other.” Geezer Butler on the fractious early days of Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi had to iron out some old feuds from the playground before the heavy metal pioneers could get going

The Independent UK

Tony Bennett: the Great American Songbook crooner

The US singer successfully bridged the worlds of pop music and jazz on a global scale for more than 60 years

The Independent UK

Edelweiss singer Vince Hill dies aged 89

Tributes have come in from radio DJ Tony Blackburn and lyricist Sir Tim Rice.

Metal Hammer

“Joey asked me, ‘Do you like Slipknot?’ I said, ‘Not really’”: Wednesday 13 on meeting Joey Jordison and launching Murderdolls

The goth metal frontman remembers his first encounter with the late drummer and reveals “Slipknot just weren’t the sort of thing I listened to”

Guitar World

"If you swing too much, it interrupts the head-banging, and that’s the last thing I wanted to do – the head-banging reigns supreme!" In praise of Living Colour's Vivid

Jagger produced them but that sound was all theirs. Inside Living Colour's late 80s classic debut

Louder

10 terrible Britpop albums with one classic song

There were some era-defining records made during the Britpop boom, but some stinkers too. Here's ten terrible efforts that were saved by one song.

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