Nemo – The Code (Switzerland) The bookies’ favourite, and you can see why. For one thing, it addresses a hot-button social issue – the lyrics
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‘Blood is on your hands, Biden’: US rapper Macklemore gives support to Palestine and campus protests
Chart-topping US rapper Macklemore has released a new track, Hind’s Hall, which gives robust support to Palestine as well as those protesting at US universities
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Between its vitriolic hatred of cops, Nazis, the Klan and the bourgeoisie, and the ecstatic joy of losing oneself to gloryholes and porno stores, few
‘The truth was just too painful’: the highs and lows of Mama Cass
One of the most famous stories ever told about “Mama” Cass Elliot was a complete lie. It didn’t help that the singer herself repeated it
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As a teenager, Martin Kanja spent countless late nights listening to heavy metal on a local radio show. The furious riffs, shrieks, growls and distorted
The Pogues review – triumphant tribute to energy and poetry of band’s early days
With late frontman Shane MacGowan replaced by a succession of guests, this 40th anniversary show for the Pogues’ debut album, Red Roses For Me, could
Free Madonna concert draws crowd of 1.6m to Brazil’s Copacabana beach
With the world-famous statue towering over it from Corcovado mountain, Rio de Janeiro is well used to Christ the Redeemer. For one night only this
Keane review – note-perfect return with added emotional wallop
After the chart-steamrollering success of their 2004 debut album Hopes and Fears, singer Tom Chaplin’s drug and alcohol addiction meant things had gone badly awry
Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – a banger-filled missive from dating land
Dua Lipa’s last album, 2020’s Future Nostalgia, moved the cultural dial. Released into the pandemic, it was ubiquitous, neon-hued and life-affirming, winning two Brits and