3 h. ago Lainey Wilson will 'never forget' how UK embraced her after Nashville deemed her 'too country for country'

The Grammy award-winning country star is taking top billing at this year’s festival and recalls having ‘more of a fanbase in the UK’ than her native US initially

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12 h. ago From London to Toronto: An LGBT musician’s journey of resilience and reinvention

From London to Toronto: An LGBT musician’s journey of resilience and reinvention  London Daily News

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16 h. ago London exhibition celebrates 100 years of black British music

London exhibition celebrates 100 years of black British music  BBC.com

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33 h. ago Major Culture Clash music event raises roof in its London return after near decade

Major Culture Clash music event raises roof in its London return after near decade  Enfield Independent

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36 h. ago Nick Grimshaw: ‘Getting people to talk about music is the same as talking about food. Both are full of memories’

The DJ and podcaster on taking over the 6 Music breakfast slot, coping with grief, and what he learned working as an intern at MTVBorn in Oldham in 1984, Nick Grimshaw has just taken over as 6 Music’s new breakfast DJ . After stints in PR and TV, his radio career began in 2007 on Radio 1 youth strand Switch; in 2012, he became the station’s breakfast presenter, doing it for six years. He’s also been an X Factor judge, a Gogglebox regular (with his niece, Liv), has written a memoir, Soft Lad, and co-hosts Waitrose’s Dish podcast, with Angela Hartnett, and BBC Sounds podcast Sidetracked, with Annie Mac. Engaged to his dancer partner Meshach Henry, he lives in London and will broadcast live from the 6 Music festival in Greater Manchester, later this month.Congratulations on the new job. How is breakfast DJing different on 6 Music?Radio 1 is about being at the zeitgeist of what’s going on in popular culture, so when there’s a change of presenter there, it feels seismic – there’s new ima...

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38 h. ago Abuse by Guildhall tutor in 1980s left me in despair, says opera singer

Idit Arad calls for better protection for music students as London college admits failing in its duty of care to herIt should have been the start of a great career in classical music for Idit Arad. Everything was lining up for the talented 18-year-old opera singer. She had arrived in London from Israel in 1987, the proud winner of a sought-after scholarship to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. But instead of building the foundations of a successful future, she was singled out by a tutor 20 years her senior for a long period of obsessive attention and abuse.Paul Roberts pursued her from their first lesson, Arad says, inviting her for coffee and then for a dinner to discuss her talent, before sending a stream of explicit letters, calling her a “witch” and urging her into sexual intimacy. Senior leadership, it is now admitted, knew of their involvement and yet failed to discipline Roberts. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Ilaiyaraaja's Symphony 'Valiant' takes over London, fans call him 'musical genius'

Ilaiyaraaja's Symphony 'Valiant' takes over London, fans call him 'musical genius'  India Today

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51 h. ago Column | London musicals aim for Broadway, from timeless ‘Oliver!’ to passé ‘Prada’

Column | London musicals aim for Broadway, from timeless ‘Oliver!’ to passé ‘Prada’  The Washington Post

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53 h. ago NEWS: Tim Firth’s This is My Family Musical to Have London Premiere

NEWS: Tim Firth’s This is My Family Musical to Have London Premiere  Love London Love Culture

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56 h. ago Jack White review – rock’n’roll showman makes believers of us all

Troxy, London Touring his 2024 solo album No Name in a barnstorming gig, the former White Stripe plays fast and loose with the truth but is absolutely the real deal“Do you believe me yet?” yells Jack White from the lip of the stage, a few songs into his second night’s work at this classy art deco venue in east London. It’s a very Jack White kind of location: highly stylised, lovingly restored, but not entirely removed from its unglamorous surroundings.Lit in deep blue and strobing white, the colour palette of his solo career, White and his band have played tracks from his most recent album, the surprise-released No Name, first handed out free on white-label vinyl to unsuspecting shoppers at Third Man stores in Nashville, Detroit and London last summer (Third Man Records is White’s own imprint). It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking) is a particularly rousing workout full of guitar shock and awe, from an album that has drawn relieved and delighted comparisons to White’s first band, th...

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58 h. ago Rizzle Kicks look back: ‘Because of how fast it went, we became delusional about how easy it was to get successful’

Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sulé on their early success, breakup, and why good friendships are like the tideJordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sulé started making music at the Brit school for performing arts in south London. In 2011, they released their debut album, Stereo Typical, which featured Top 10 hits including Down With the Trumpets and Mama Do the Hump. Rizzle Kicks went on hiatus in 2016, due to addiction and mental health problems. They are now back with Competition Is for Losers, their first album in a decade. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago London musicals aim for Broadway, from timeless ‘Oliver!’ to passé ‘Prada’

London musicals aim for Broadway, from timeless ‘Oliver!’ to passé ‘Prada’  The Washington Post

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60 h. ago Bill Murray finally sheds light on Kelis romance rumours as he admits he 'had to meet her'

The Ghostbuster star and the Milkshake singer were rumoured to be dating, despite a rather large age gap of 29 years, with the pair spotted at a music festival in London together

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3 d. ago Wretch 32: ‘It’s a difficult ride for Black people in this country’

The north-east London rapper’s new album mines his family’s past and society’s present to explore what it means to call a place homeOver the past two decades, Wretch 32, real name Jermaine Scott, has established himself as a pioneering figure in British rap. From his rise in the underbellies of an early-millennium rap and grime scene, to his mainstream success and songs with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Emeli Sandé, Stormzy and Giggs, he is among the handful of UK rappers who have scaled the heights of the British music scene while maintaining a deep connection to their communities.At 39, Scott is ready to release his seventh album, Home?, a soul-searching record that reflects on his relationship with that word. “I feel like it always moves. I feel like it always changes,” he says of his relationship to “home”. “I’m still trying to put an exact location on it but as it stands it’s more who I’m with. I feel like I could make a home in any house.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Video: Disney Drops HERCULES Music Video For 'Zero to Hero' With London's Muses

Video: Disney Drops HERCULES Music Video For 'Zero to Hero' With London's Muses  BroadwayWorld

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4 d. ago ASTEROIDS, NEON CATS & MUSIC FROM THE MOON – LONDON BECOMES A FREE COSMIC PLAYGROUND

ASTEROIDS, NEON CATS & MUSIC FROM THE MOON – LONDON BECOMES A FREE COSMIC PLAYGROUND  SETI Institute

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4 d. ago How MJ the Musical sanitised Michael Jackson’s story: ‘Can we really sit in a theatre and pretend?’

MJ the Musical has already made millions for Jackson’s estate. But as the Broadway hit opens in Australia and the estate prepares to face two of Jackson’s alleged victims in court, fans may ask: is buying a ticket OK?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThere’s a moment in MJ the Musical where the King of Pop tells a prying reporter: “I want to keep this about my music.”Over the last four years, as the jukebox musical has swept through the US, London and Hamburg, netting four Tony awards and more than US$245m to date on Broadway alone, the debate that has followed it has mirrored that which followed the bombshell allegations aired in the Emmy-winning 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland: can we separate Michael Jackson’s impeccable musical legacy from his deeply tarnished public image? Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Photos: WHITE ROSE THE MUSICAL Has London Premiere with Gala Opening Night

Photos: WHITE ROSE THE MUSICAL Has London Premiere with Gala Opening Night  BroadwayWorld

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5 d. ago ‘Speed Dating for Songwriters®’ makes its return to the BMI London Office | News | BMI.com

‘Speed Dating for Songwriters®’ makes its return to the BMI London Office | News | BMI.com  BMI, music

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5 d. ago ‘Speed Dating for Songwriters®’ makes its return to the BMI London Office

‘Speed Dating for Songwriters®’ makes its return to the BMI London Office  BMI, music

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