22 h. ago The festival edit: From boutique to big name, discover the best British music fests you can hop on a train to

Plan your next big weekend with our guide to the best of the fests

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6 d. ago Chaka Khan pays tribute to ‘amazing’ Quincy Jones at Montreux Jazz Festival

The 72-year-old opened the 59th edition of the Swiss music festival with a homage to the 28-time Grammy winner who died last year aged 91.

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7 d. ago Daytimers: Alterations review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(Relentless Records)The UK collective have been reimagining south Asian music since 2020, and their new compilation splices junglism and Afro-house onto gems in Sony India’s catalogueSince their formation in 2020, the Daytimers collective have been trying to establish a new imagining of British south-Asian music. Taking their name from the daytime parties held by second-generation immigrants in the late 80s and 90s, Daytimers have spent the past five years throwing raucous parties of their own, with residents such as Yung Singh, Rohan Rakhit and Mahnoor mixing everything from jungle and Bollywood vocals with dubstep, grime instrumentals and Punjabi folk for a new generation born and raised in the UK.Following in the footsteps of their Asian underground forebears such as Nitin Sawhney and Talvin Singh, who mixed the sounds of 90s Britain with the south-Asian music they grew up listening to, Daytimers’ latest compilation has 13 south-Asian producers remixing Bollywood hits from the So...

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8 d. ago The 20 greatest British rock bands of all time: from The Beatles to Arctic Monkeys

While rock and roll may seem to be fading in the UK, our list of the top 20 greatest bands of all time proves that the genre is far from forgotten — it’s alive and kicking in our hearts and minds

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1 week ago What would British culture be like if Oasis had never existed? | Dorian Lynskey

Would Britpop have happened? Would bands still dream as big? As Oasis prepare for their return gig on Friday, it’s worth asking what their cultural impact has beenIn the peculiar counterfactual 2019 romcom Yesterday, the Beatles suddenly and mysteriously vanish from history, remembered by just one man. In the interests of a cheap joke, writer Richard Curtis improbably suggests that every band in the world would still exist in the Beatles’ absence, bar one: Oasis.But what about a world without Oasis? As the Gallaghers themselves would admit, they weren’t innovators like the Beatles, whose every move changed the course of popular music. If Noel had never joined Liam’s band at the end of 1991, Creation Records might well have gone bust, Manchester City would have had less pop cachet, and The Royle Family would have needed a different theme tune, but music wouldn’t have sounded significantly different. Today, new bands are more likely to cite the spiky intelligence of Radiohead or the S...

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2 w. ago Bantock: The Seal Woman album review – Celtic folk opera that never quite gets its head above water

Howard/Carby/Scottish Opera/Andrews(Retrospect Opera, two CDs)Granville Bantock’s story of a Selkie emerging from the sea is a century-old curio whose beauty has faded over the yearsExcept perhaps in Birmingham, where his memory is still cherished for what he did for the city’s music, including co-founding the CBSO, Granville Bantock (1868-1946) has slipped quietly into the margins of 20th-century British music. But as well as being an academic and conductor, Bantock was a prolific composer, with a work list including four symphonies, five concertos and nine operas, of which the last, the “Celtic folk opera” The Seal Woman, is easily the best remembered now.The premiere of The Seal Woman in 1924 was the Birmingham Repertory theatre’s first production; librettist Marjory Kennedy-Fraser took the main role of the Cailleach, whose dreams and visions tell the story of the Selkie, seal-people who emerge from the sea every seven years to live on land, shedding their skins to take human for...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer says Kneecap Glastonbury performance is not ‘appropriate’

Irish hip-hop trio are due to perform at the festival next weekend

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3 w. ago Dua Lipa surprises fans with Jamiroquai frontman during London show

Amid a flurry of costume changes and confetti canons, the singer powered through tracks from her latest album at Wembley Stadium.

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3 w. ago Glastonbury bound? These are all the beauty essentials you'll need

Rose Beer curates the ultimate edit of expert-approved festival must-haves, from the ultimate dry shampoos to your daily dose of electrolytes

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3 w. ago Abbey Clancy puts on a racy display in new F&F festival clothing line as she reveals Peter Crouch says he will 'leave' her if she has another baby

Abbey Clancy put on a racy display as she posed up a storm for her new festival edit with F&F on Monday. The Britain's Next Top Model star, 39, proved that she has still got it in the effortlessly chic outfits.

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3 w. ago Boots Festival Edit Beauty Bag 2025: £45 summer set worth over £161

I tried the Boots Festival Edit Beauty Bag £45 with over £160 worth of beauty products inside.

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4 w. ago Boots warns shoppers 'when it's gone it's gone' as latest beauty box saves £116

The Festival Edit is worth over £160 but is priced at £45, containing top brands like Milk, Kylie Cosmetics and more

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4 w. ago Pop star Dua Lipa confirms engagement to British actor Callum Turner

The Grammy award-winning artist, known for her hit songs New Rules, One Kiss and Houdini, has reportedly been dating the actor since January 2024.

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