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Who was Steve Mackey? Pulp bassist dies aged 56

Mackey’s wife announced the news via social media on Thursday.

Evening Standard

MIA and Arcade Fire lead tributes to Pulp bassist Steve Mackey following death

Mackey died at the age of 56 on Thursday after three months in hospital, the band announced on their Instagram page.

The Independent UK

Steve Mackey, bassist for British band Pulp, dies aged 56

Pulp bassist Steve Mackey dies after a three-month stint in hospital, with his wife, Katie Grand, saying he was "the most talented man I knew".

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Pulp bassist Steve Mackey has died aged 56 - tributes pour in from the music world

"Steve made things happen. In his life and in the band."

Manchester Evening News

Pulp star dies at age of 56 as tributes paid by Britpop band

The group, best known for hits including Common People and Disco 2000, announced the death of the musician on its Instagram page

Wales Online

‘Losing it would be sacrilege’: last-minute push to save ‘Ron’s Place’

Birkenhead outsider art flat is up for auction but campaigners set hopes on rich benefactor or institution

The Guardian - UK

Flat filled with unique artworks could be lost as landlord takes it to auction

The work of outsider artist Ron Gittens was discovered in his flat after he died in 2018

Liverpool Echo

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‘Nobody wants to strike, they don’t do it for fun’: Richard Hawley on his National Theatre debut, Thatcherism and the Tories

The Sheffield rock’n’roller tries to avoid sharing a pint at his local with Megan Graye

The Independent UK

Gender inequality and outdated voting metrics: are the Brit awards still hitting the wrong notes?

The ceremony will broadcast on a Saturday for the first time to attract viewers, but a shortage of women nominees and viral music stars suggests the awards remain out of step, say critics

The Guardian - UK

‘It felt like a revolution’: Jive Turkey, the Sheffield club night that blazed a trail for UK house

The pioneering electro, soul and jazz funk night united Black and white kids, bucked superstar DJ culture – and rivalled the Haçienda

The Guardian - UK

The music quiz of the year! Who accused Beyoncé of ‘theft’ and which 90s band announced plans to reform?

From groundbreaking duets to the charts and Bob Dylan’s artwork. How closely were you listening in 2022?

The Guardian - UK

‘You don’t have to be Bono or Bruce’: the business behind the current glut of music books

In 2022, you can’t budge for new music memoirs and scene histories. But who’s reading them, where’s the quality control – and the diversity?

The Guardian - UK

Pulp’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

With a raft of reunion shows announced for 2023, we assess the Sheffield band’s best songs

The Guardian - UK

Pulp is among the headline acts at Trnsmt festival 2023 in Glasgow

George Ezra, Sam Fender and The 1975 are also some of the latest headline acts to have been revealed for the Scottish festival next summer

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Manchester Evening News

Britpop favourites Pulp confirm festival appearance and 2023 tour dates

The iconic nineties band is inviting fans to “come along and make some noise."

Wales Online

Pulp are reuniting and coming to Cardiff on their first tour in a decade

The band, who flourished in the 1990s, are back in Wales

Dublin Live

Pulp announce Dublin gig at St Anne's Park as part of reunion tour

The Britpop legends have confirmed their first live shows in a decade

The Independent UK

Pulp 2023 tour: How to get tickets to the band’s reunion shows

The band have announced a UK tour as well as a headline slot at Latitude next summer

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The Guardian - UK

Good Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker audiobook review – rummaging in the attic

Adrian Mole-ish snapshots of young, pre-fame Jarvis and his pop-stardom masterplan

The Guardian - UK

Pulp confirm reunion shows for 2023

The Sheffield band will reform for a second time and play standalone shows as well as sets at the TRNSMT and Latitude festivals

The Guardian - UK

In the frame: a close look at the world of spectacles

A new exhibition focuses on sight – from myopic 13th-century monks to the fabulous frames of Iris Apfel and Jarvis Cocker

Daily Mirror

A Place in the Sun's Laura Hamilton and other stars who had hidden roles on Harry Potter

Laura Hamilton - best known as a presenter on A Place in the Sun - has revealed that she worked on a Harry Potter film - joining a long list of celebs who had roles you might have missed on the JK Rowling movie franchise

The Guardian - UK

The Booker prize 2022: watch shortlist readings by Jarvis Cocker, Sharon Horgan and more

Performers read from the novels in contention for this year’s prestigious fiction prize in a series of films made by director Kevin Thomas

The Guardian - UK

Toilets, towers and Tony Blair: the crazy world of cult film-maker John Smith

The director talks about his intellectual, political and hilarious body of work, as a retrospective is staged with contributions from his former students Carol Morley and Jarvis Cocker

The Independent UK

This is Going to Hurt: Vinyl soundtrack to contribute £1 per sale to NHS

‘It’s our love song to the NHS,’ said Jarvis Cocker on the record

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