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Shortlist of seven cities that could host Eurovision in UK

The show could be coming to a city near you

Wales Online

Liverpool on shortlist to host Eurovision Song Contest 2023

City makes it through to next stage in bid to host showpiece international event next year

Liverpool Echo

Danger Mouse & Black Thought: Cheat Codes review – brimming with sheer love of the craft

Contemplating everything from hip-hop to the human condition, the ebullient and long-awaited collaboration is awash with cinematic beats and vivid rhymes

The Guardian - UK

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Rage Against the Machine cancel major Edinburgh gig after 'medical guidance'

A MAJOR show from American rockers Rage Against the Machine has been cancelled after “medical guidance” to frontman Zack de la Rocha.

The National (Scotland)

An interview with Gwenno - the first Mercury Prize nominated artist not to sing in English

Cardiff-born singer Gwenno sings in Cornish and Welsh on her Mercury-nominated album Tresor

Wales Online

Liverpool to learn Eurovision Song Contest fate as shortlist announced

City hoping to make it through to next stage in hope of hosting showpiece event next year

Liverpool Echo

Megan Thee Stallion: Traumazine review – bruising brilliance from rap’s reigning queen

The Texan rapper comes out swinging on her latest release – slinging a seemingly limitless supply of fantastic insults at the industry and countless nameless foes

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Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes review: New songs with a vintage air

Densely layered and sophisticated, these tracks immediately feel like familiar favourites

Evening Standard

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset review: Retro, joyful psychedelia

The Spacemen 3 and Animal Collective musicians unite for an album full of magical nostalgia

Evening Standard

Megan Thee Stallion says she’s releasing new album, ‘Traumazine,’ on Friday in surprise announcement

It’s good news for Megan Thee Stallion fans.

Tribune News Service

Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Traumazine’ drops at midnight

The title follows the theme of her 2020 debut 'Good News,' but implies a darker tone.

Mic

Weezer’s Broadway residency scrapped over low ticket sales

NEW YORK — Weezer’s Broadway gig is over before it even started.

Tribune News Service

Post Malone concert documentary is all flash, no substance

Not only does the bestselling, genre-mixing hitmaker himself not come across as a real person, the film never tries to help him. Fans won’t learn anything new, and the curious may even be turned off.

Chicago Sun-Times

Acclaimed doc about ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin mired in legal fight

When “Amazing Grace,” the long-awaited documentary of Aretha Franklin’s 1972 gospel performance premiered to sold-out audiences in November 2018, first in New York and then Los Angeles, the reception was euphoric.

Los Angeles Times

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Manchester Evening News

The Eurovision 2023 shortlist will be announced on Friday - here's why Manchester should get it

Simply put, we deserve it

The Independent UK

UB40 lead tributes to Musical Youth’s Frederick Waite Jr following his death

The band are best known for their hit track Pass the Dutchie which went to number one in 1982.

The Independent UK

Planet Drum unites global percussionists in common rhythm

Planet Drum is a musical collective of renowned drummers from different countries and musical backgrounds who are hoping to bring the world together in rhythm and dance

Los Angeles Times

Marcus Mumford reveals what inspired his new song: 'I was sexually abused as a child'

Marcus Mumford has opened up about being sexually abused as a child.

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh enters its official bid to host 2023 Eurovision Song Contest

The competition will be hosted in a UK city next year after organisers ruled it could not be held in Ukraine.

The Conversation

How Burna Boy set the world alight with his mixed brew of influences

Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy burst onto the global stage in 2018 with a slew of irresistible hits on his third album, Outside, accompanied by mandatory fiendish good looks and charm. Grammy and BET awards helped firm up his status within a highly competitive global music industry.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool's 'number one Beatles fan' behind city centre Fab Four statue dies

John James Chambers founded the Liverpool Beatles Appreciation Society in 1977, and dedicated his life to the band and his family

Liverpool Echo

Huge Jamaican and Asian music festival coming to Liverpool for bank holiday weekend24851443

The event will kick off on August 27 at a venue near Hardman Street

The Guardian - UK

‘Better late than never’: how Brian Eno and David Byrne finally laid a musical ghost to rest

When the pair sampled Lebanese singer Dunya Younes for their groundbreaking album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, they assumed the original recording was cleared. Four decades on they all meet up to find out the real story

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Rage Against the Machine gig cancelled on urgent medical advice

Fans from all over the capital had been desperate to attend the Edinburgh gig at the Royal Highland Centre on August 24, however the band have now confirmed it will not go ahead.

The Guardian - UK

Kelis’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

After doing battle with Beyoncé and before her new album, Dirt, we rate the best of Kelis’s career, from the ragers to the musical recipes

1 … 1887 1888 1889 1890

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