60 h. ago Lorde: New Zealand singer teases new music and 'era' with WhatsApp voice message

The Royals singer appeared alongside Charli XCX during weekend one of Coachella 2025

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7 d. ago Lorde teases first original music in four years with ‘What Was That’ snippet

"Green Light" singer Lorde has teased what is believed to be her first new track in four years, sharing a section of the song which was labelled "WWT" - understood to be short for "What Was That?"

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8 d. ago Lorde fans celebrate as singer teases new music for first time in four years

‘She has risen and it’s not even Easter,’ one person joked

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1 week ago Hey DJ, got any Kanye? Yes. It’s on my ‘do not play’ list | Oliver Keen

I get why wedding DJs are increasingly discerning. Our job is to spread joy on the dancefloor – not upset and divisionI have DJed at some impressively esoteric weddings in my time. I started playing clubs in 1999, but in the mid-2000s I started advertising myself as a wedding DJ on the era-defining digital noticeboard Gumtree. One heroic couple only wanted the music of abrasive Manchester geniuses the Fall for the entirety of their nuptials. Another sweet couple wanted to evoke the night they met at 5am at the London gay club Fire – so hired me to bang out punishing hard house from 5pm in a hotel function room.From experience, people who hire wedding DJs are usually fairly clear about what they like. They may provide a short list of songs they love, usually across a few genres, and trust a DJ to fill in the gaps. It’s rarer that people are clear what they explicitly don’t like. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Polish Madeleine' 'turned up at the McCann family home with another female stalker after bombarding couple with calls, voicemails and WhatsApp messages', court hears

Karen Spragg (pictured), 60, is accused of turning up at Gerry and Kate McCann's home with co-accused Julia Wandel, 23, a Polish woman who has claimed to be their missing daughter Madeline.

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3 w. ago The 'lost era' of music by iconic and 'powerful' Scottish folk singer

The music of Scottish folk musician Dick Gaughan is set to be available on an eight-disc box set

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4 w. ago Steve Reich: ‘We all wish art could counter the direction of US politics. But it can’t’

Now 88, the minimalist composer has reissued his life’s work. He answers your questions about Bowie, the Grateful Dead, spirituality – and his complicated friendship with Philip GlassWhy does minimalist music consist of so much repetition? Correllisflute The word “minimalist” was invented by Michael Nyman when he was more of a music critic than a composer, but the kind of music that I and people like me deal with has changes on a much smaller scale than people are used to hearing. The number of repetitions is the nature of the music. On my early pieces, such as It’s Gonna Rain or Piano Phase, everything moves so slowly. Some people will say: “To hell with it, I’m not listening to that,” but those who do experience a different kind of listening.Not only was David Bowie influenced by your work during his Berlin era, but also your Clapping Music is sampled on the hypnotic James Murphy remix of Bowie’s Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix). What do you recall of your conversations with B...

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