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From Kneecap to Jeremy Corbyn: A brief history of politics at Glastonbury Festival

From chants of ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ to the gloom generated by the EU Referendum result and now controversy over Kneecap’s 2025 performance, Glastonbury has been the site where campaigners call for peace, justice and reform for years

The Independent UK

As Coachella struggles, nostalgia festivals are booming: ‘We never stopped listening to these bands’

Events like Lovers & Friends, with big R&B names from decades past, sell out immediately while Coachella sales plummet

The Guardian - US

“The Beatles broke up at the right time… Imagine them going through synth pop in the ‘80s. It would have been shocking”: Paul Weller on how the Fab Four “set the benchmark” and being a Billie Eilish fan

“What Was I Made For? is an incredible tune," he says

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Fair to say America isn’t gripped by Liz Trussmania. Here’s what she can learn from Mr Bean

Our former PM has a dire warning and a book to sell, but it isn’t really cutting through. A bit more Brit-style bumbling might help, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK

Tantrums of the rich and famous: nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

This week, Damon Albarn took umbrage at a Coachella crowd who failed to sing along. But he is far from the worst offender

The Guardian - UK

Blur's Damon Albarn fumes at Coachella crowd and vows band will never return

The frontman became frustrated after he attempted - and failed - to lead a singalong on multiple occasions

Evening Standard

“You’re never seeing us again”: Blur’s Damon Albarn rounds on the Coachella crowd as they refuse to engage in a Girls & Boys singalong

Footage suggests that the singer wasn’t happy with the audience’s lack of participation

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Nia Archives: 'I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being patriotic'

London-via-Bradford dance music star Nia Archives is spreading her junglist sound across the nation. Isobel Van Dyke meets her

Evening Standard

Yard Act review – a punk-funk workout for overthinkers

Touring their exuberant second album, the Leeds band are embracing their dancier side as their barbed observational songs get ever more intimate

The Guardian - UK

“I don’t think Joe would’ve been happy retreading any steps he’d made already”: Paul Simonon on why The Clash never reunited

The Clash bassist added that he still keeps in touch with his old bandmates

Louder

Watch David Bowie and Blur's Damon Albarn duet on Bowie classic Fashion on French TV

David Bowie was one of Damon Albarn's musical heroes, making this rare TV duet a special moment for Blur's frontman

Louder

Jack Antonoff Fiercely Defends Taylor Swift's Songwriting Skills Against Criticism

Jack Antonoff defends Taylor Swift against critics questioning her songwriting skills. Their successful partnership continues to produce critically acclaim...

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Jack Antonoff Has Words For Anyone Who Questions Taylor Swift’s Songwriting

“You come after my friend Taylor, you’re toast to me.”

Marie Claire

James Blunt: ‘Have I changed and grown up? No, not really’

Over lunch as he turns 50, the singer tells a host of wild celebrity tales, involving Ed Sheeran and Bear Grylls, and admits that, just sometimes, the criticism can sting

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‘A tonic that no medication can give’: readers’ favourite albums of 2023

From Raye’s multi-genre majesty to Zach Bryan’s blue-collar country, these are the LPs that most affected readers this year

The Guardian - UK

Blank space: how Taylor Swift – and an aching sense of loss – dominated music in 2023

Away from Swift’s joyous, record-breaking successes, the year’s most acclaimed albums were concerned with death and absence

The Guardian - UK

The 50 best albums of 2023, No 8 – Blur: The Ballad of Darren

Blur’s ninth album is a perfect combination of middle-aged regret with swooning pop, a powerful career summation

Louder

Blur's Damon Albarn takes swipe at Rolling Stones and their new album Hackney Diamonds

Blur frontman says he can find "no joy" in Rolling Stones' new album and slams their promotional tactics

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Damon Albarn slams The Rolling Stones and their new album Hackney Diamonds: “Making exactly the same music but not that good. There must be no joy in doing something like this"

“I love the idea of devoting your life to one thing, in search of the sublime. But the truth is, they’ve become worse”

The National (Scotland)

Gregor Gall: In search of protest songs as popular music leaves a void

‘TOO many protest singers/Not enough protest songs.” So sang Scots former Orange Juice frontperson, Edwyn Collins, on his 1994 hit single, A…

Evening Standard

Bukayo Saka, Rachel Weisz, Damon Albarn and Iris Law take to London's streets for Burberry

Stars strew London’s streets for Burberry’s Spring 2024 campaign

Guitar World

“Forget grunge music. Get a pint of Guinness down your neck and pick that guitar up”: The rise and fall of Britpop, the Nineties’ other massive guitar movement

The UK got its guitar mojo back in the ’90s with a new generation of rock and indie bands. This is the story of how it all got consumed by the rivalry between Blur and Oasis, and the catch-all category of Britpop

The Independent UK

Bombay Bicycle Club: ‘People were still calling us landfill indie’

Now comfortably in their second-era stride, Noughties indie rock’s most celebrated escapees talk to Mark Beaumont about class, Keir Starmer, and getting Damon Albarn to noodle around on their new album

Evening Standard

The rise of the ladorables

Toxic masculinity this is not, says Emily Phillips. Meet the lads giving us new hope for mankind(ness)

The Guardian - UK

Liam Gallagher review – when he does eventually smile, it’s perfect

The reliably aloof ex-Oasis frontman mixes old favourites and (Oasis-y-sounding) solo anthems – and fuels speculation about a reunion

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