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Early Coldplay studio recordings and unheard Chris Martin ‘James Bond’ demo go to auction
The archive items “document a crucial moment in the band’s development”, ahead of their seminal debut album ‘Parachutes’ The post Early Coldplay studio recordings and unheard Chris Martin ‘James Bond’ demo go to auction appeared first on NME.
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Calendar Girls: The Musical review – heartfelt and hilarious, with nimbly handled nudity
Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough This celebratory show by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow delivers emotional openness alongside cracking jokesOne of the great qualities of Calendar Girls is its ordinariness. It takes place in a landscape of Morrisons supermarkets, hospital waiting rooms and traffic jams. The year is marked by carol concerts and cake competitions. Only…
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Long Wave By Daisy Johnson review – a sublime novel of motherhood and loss
Covering three generations, this tangled story of secrets, childhood, abandonment and care might be her best work yetIn 2018 Daisy Johnson was the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted for the Booker prize, for her debut novel Everything Under, a gender-fluid reimagining of the Oedipus myth involving canal boat communities and their complex family dynamics, plus…
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Muse’s Matt Bellamy looks back on ’00s guitar rock scene and recent rendez vous with Jack White and Albert Hammond Jr: “Fuck! We’re still here!”
He told NME about how “the guitarists from the 2000s” had survived, after Muse “didn’t fit in” during that decade The post Muse’s Matt Bellamy looks back on ’00s guitar rock scene and recent rendez vous with Jack White and Albert Hammond Jr: “Fuck! We’re still here!” appeared first on NME.
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Gurriers fight for the third world in furious new single ‘Party Lines’
The Dublin band’s second album ‘Nobody’s Coming To Save You’ is out in September The post Gurriers fight for the third world in furious new single ‘Party Lines’ appeared first on NME.
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Alabama Shakes review – US rockers’ first UK gig in a decade is suffused with hope for the future
Millennium Square, LeedsAs they tee up a long-awaited third album, the deep south band are variously slick and raw as they ruminate on overcoming tough times‘Long time, no see,” declares Brittany Howard, stepping on stage to a rapturous welcome, as Alabama Shakes return from a hiatus. It’s been 10 years since the multiple Grammy-winning blues-soul-rock…
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Watch Hayley Williams cover Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Mandinka’ in Dublin
“This goes out to all the Irish artists who use their voice, they’re so inspiring” The post Watch Hayley Williams cover Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Mandinka’ in Dublin appeared first on NME.
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Madonna: Confessions II review – nostalgic dancefloor trip sparks her most vital album in two decades
(Warner)After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back nicely into old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York‘Ask yourself this – what are you doing it for? / Is it for you? Is it for them?” ponders Madonna during Bring Your Love, a collaboration with…