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Blur announce special Newcastle show this May in a surprise treat for fans

Ahead of Blur's big double-date at Wembley this summer, the band will perform four warm-up gigs including one at the 02 City Hall which will be offering early access tickets from this Wednesday morning

Chronicle Live · Apr 26, 2023

Jessie Ware: ‘I self-loathed and apologised for myself for far too long’

The singer-songwriter has followed up her career-revitalising fourth album with ‘That! Feels Good!’, a feast of camp reverie inspired by Teena Marie and Minnie Riperton. She speaks to Adam White about insecurities, allyship and no longer being self-critical

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

We once asked Leslie West who his favourite guitarist was: his answer was not what we expected

Mountain's Leslie West on the guitarist who sounded like a "45-year-old blues guy when he was barely in his twenties"

Louder · Apr 26, 2023

‘Beware of negative people’: Yusuf Islam writes manifesto for King Charles III

Artist formerly known as Cat Stevens urges help for the sick and homeless and to spread peace in 10-point plan

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023

Ticketmaster customers left furious over Coronation Concert ticket 'shambles'

People demanded an explanation after missing out on tickets for the historic event, despite being told 'congratulations' in an email from Ticketmaster

Chronicle Live · Apr 25, 2023

Heavy metal fans pay high price in Tamworth, Australia's country music capital

The Big Golden Guitar casts a long shadow over heavy metal in the home of country music.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2023

Willie Nelson at 90: Country music's elder statesman still on the road again

Willie Nelson’s unofficial theme song, “On the Road Again,” remains accurate as he turns 90 on April 29, 2023. The country music legend is on tour, with dates scheduled into October 2023.

The Conversation · Apr 25, 2023

Kesha unveils ‘scary’ album art along with new album’s release date

‘Gag Order’ will be the singer’s fifth studio album

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023

Ed Sheeran copyright trial: Lawyer claims singer’s live Marvin Gaye mash-up is ‘smoking gun’

Fan video shows Sheeran mixing ‘Thinking Out Loud’ with Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ during concert

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023

Watch Albert King reunite, jam with Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983: “There's a lot of guitar players that just play fast, they don't concentrate on soul – but you got ’em both”

See King wrap his head around the (then up-and-coming) talent of SRV – a player he first knew as ‘Little Stevie’ – in a blues jam for the ages

Guitar World · Apr 25, 2023