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Roger Waters threatens legal action over German concert cancellations

Waters was accused of being ‘a widely known antisemite’ in Frankfurt council instruction to cancel concert, with other German cities also proposing cancellations

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

The Cure’s Robert Smith slams Ticketmaster for high ticket cost for band’s US concert

The rocker isn’t happy with the ticket-selling website after fans met with eye-watering fees

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023

Commentary: Was the White Stripes’ Meg White a great, or awful, drummer? Online controversy begs question: What year is this?

What decade is this?

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

U2, Songs of Surrender review: These elevator muzak versions of past hits are a faux-hipster slog

Most of these lo-fi reimaginings only make you miss the original more

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Loyle Carner at the Eventim Apollo review: a mix of righteous anger and love

Forget the siren song of the US: Carner’s heart is still in London

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023

Lizzo praised for body confidence as she performs in stunning sparkly body suit

Lizzo took to the stage at the O2 Arena in London last night for the first of two sold-out shows at the venue, with attendees having since shared compliments over the concert on social media

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2023

Sly Stone’s greatest songs – ranked!

As Stone turns 80 this week, we appraise the best of his songs, from wildly exuberant funk-pop hits to claustrophobic tracks made amid huge personal and social turmoil

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

Jim Gordon, session drummer on dozens of hits such as Layla, dies aged 77

After playing with the Beach Boys, George Harrison and other mid-century stars, Gordon was convicted of killing his mother during a psychotic episode in 1983

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

George Ezra Leeds First Direct Arena show postponed as singer struggles with acute vertigo - all you need to know

The show will now take place next month

Leeds Live · Mar 16, 2023

OPINION - I assumed a middle-aged club night would be awful — I was so wrong

It’s the summer of 1995 and I am in Manchester, in a nightclub dancing to Pulp’s Common People. I’m 24, and as I sing along to Jarvis Cocker’s lyrics I feel the ecstatic exhilaration that only music and dancing can bring.

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023