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The 50 best albums of 2022: No 4 – Charli XCX: Crash

For the final album on her major-label contract, the contrary pop auteur decided to dance with the devil to make a nakedly commercial record – though her self-awareness still shone through

The Guardian - UK

Pavement: director Alex Ross Perry to make ‘ridiculous, real, fake’ movie about US indie band

The unorthodox film will combine elements of a biopic, tour documentary and footage from the musical Slanted! Enchanted!

The Guardian - UK

The Charlatans and Primal Scream's Martin Duffy dies aged 55 as Tim Burgess pays tribute

Martin Duffy played keyboards in Primal Scream and joined The Charlatans after the shock death of founding member Rob Collins

Daily Mirror

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Mancunian stars pay tribute to Terry Hall of The Specials

"One of the all time greats of British music"

Manchester Evening News

Martin Duffy dead: Primal Scream band member dies as pals pay tribute to 'beautiful soul'

Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess made the sad announcement to fans.

Daily Record

Martin Duffy: Primal Scream and Felt keyboardist dies in fall at home aged 55

Duffy died of a brain injury after falling at home, his Primal Scream bandmate Bobby Gillespie confirmed

The Guardian - UK

I’m dreaming of a bestseller: what makes Christmas songs stick?

We analyse the most popular festive songs to find that all we want for Christmas is mid-century nostalgia

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Terry Hall, singer with ska band The Specials, dies aged 63

Terry Hall, lead singer of British ska band The Specials, whose often politically charged hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s included "Gangsters" and "Ghost Town", has died aged 63, his former band members said.

Reuters

LadBaby could miss out on Christmas number one as Wham and Mariah Carey close gap

LadBaby is chasing his fifth consecutive Christmas number one with Food Aid - a rework the Band Aid song, raising money for a food bank charity and the Band Aid Trust

Daily Mirror

Shirley Watts, wife of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, dies aged 84

The couple met in 1961 and were happily married for 57 years until Charlie’s death in 2021

Evening Standard

The Specials lead singer Terry Hall dies aged 63 after 'short illness', bandmates confirm

The late musician left The Specials in 1981 to form Fun Boy Three with fellow bandmates Neville Staples and Lynval Golding, bagging another string of hits.

Daily Record

John Barrowman 'devastated' after cancelling 2023 tour over 'slow' ticket sales

He said he has experienced the 'hardest few years" of his life

Wales Online

The Specials’ Terry Hall remembered for ‘remarkable music and profound humanity’

The pioneering ska singer’s death was announced by the band on Monday.

The Independent UK

Lady Wray: Piece of Me review – sublime retro-soul

Missy Elliott’s former protege has been criminally neglected, as this slept-on album blending everything from gospel to boom-bap shows

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Evening Standard

Wychwood Festival 2023: Who’s performing and how to get tickets

The family-friendly, award-winning Wychwood Festival has announced its top acts for 2023

Daily Record

Adorable moment Scots schoolgirl belts out songs to Christmas crowds after getting busker's mic

Little Lucia Mckechnie, 8, showed nerves of steel when she performed to onlooking crowds at St Enoch Square in Glasgow.

Bangkok Post

Neon Countdown sends off 2022 with 30 noted DJs across the globe

Said to be one of Asia's biggest countdown festivals, Neon Countdown will take place for three days from Dec 30 to Jan 1, 2023 at the Wonder World Extreme Park on Ram Intra.

The Guardian - UK

Terry Hall obituary

Singer with the Specials whose chart-topping Ghost Town evoked the sense of social collapse gripping Britain at the turn of the 80s

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Daily Mirror

The Special frontman's Terry Hall's difficult life: child abuse, suicide, and addiction

The Specials frontman Terry Hall went through a lot in his 63 years, including booze and drug addiction, child abuse, divorce and a suicide attempt

Wales Online

The Specials' Terry Hall remembered as 'talented and unique person' as tributes flood in following death

The ska pioneer has died aged 63

The Guardian - UK

How Sophie Ellis-Bextor met Richard Jones: ‘It’s embarrassing. I told him he had a nice amp!’

Musicians Ellis-Bextor and Jones, both 43, met when he was auditioning to join her band. They married in 2005, have five sons and live in London

Daily Mirror

Girlfriend's tribute to 'my absolute world' after security guard dies after Asake gig crush

Gaby Hutchinson was working as a security guard at the O2 Brixton Academy when he was caught in the crush during an Asake gig

The Independent UK

Neville Staple leads tributes to The Specials bandmate Terry Hall

‘This has hit me hard,’ Staple wrote on Twitter.

Los Angeles Times

Terry Hall, frontman for English ska-punk band the Specials, dies at 63

Terry Hall, frontman for the English ska-punk band the Specials, has died. He was 63.

Daily Mirror

The Specials bandmate 'hit hard' by Terry Hall's death after confirming plans for 2023

Neville Staple has shared his sadness at the news his former bandmate Terry Hall has died at the age of 63 following a brief illness

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