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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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19 Years Ago Today, Someone Else’s Girlfriend Inspired One of the Biggest Love Songs of the 2000s: “I Didn’t Really Know the Girl”

  • "Hey There Delilah" hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 on 28 July 2007.
  • Song's subject was not actually dating songwriter Tom Higgenson.
  • Track was rerecorded and re-released before becoming a massive hit.

On 28 July 2007, Plain White T's reached No. 1 on the US Hot 100 with "Hey There Delilah", a track that would go on to become one of the decade's defining love songs and earn the band two Grammy nominations. The twist behind its enduring status as…

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3 Songs From the 1980s That Are All About Real Relationships

  • Three 80s hits were inspired by songwriters' real relationships
  • Journey's "Faithfully" reflects Jonathan Cain's marriage strained by touring
  • Guns N' Roses wrote "Sweet Child O' Mine" about Axl Rose's girlfriend Erin Everly

An American Songwriter feature highlights three well-known 1980s hits that were directly inspired by the songwriters' real-life romantic relationships. Rather than being purely fictional or abstract, each track drew on personal circumstances the writers were living through at the time, giving the songs a lasting emotional resonance with…

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Legendary folk singer Linda Perhacs reported missing

  • Linda Perhacs has been reported missing after eight months without contact.
  • Friends seek information about the 82-year-old singer’s welfare.
  • Police report filed, but friends have received no update.

Folk singer-songwriter Linda Perhacs has been reported missing after friends and former collaborators said they had been unable to contact her for around eight months. The report has prompted a public appeal for information about the 82-year-old musician’s welfare, given her longstanding influence on experimental and psychedelic folk.…

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Oprah Winfrey Reveals Sweet Gift She Got From Beyoncé After Writing About Being ‘Blown Away’ By Renaissance Tour

  • Oprah Winfrey got a Renaissance tour hat from Beyoncé
  • She sent Beyoncé a fan letter after the 2023 concert
  • Winfrey shared the story on the Are You Okay? web series

Oprah Winfrey revealed that Beyoncé sent her a hat from the Renaissance World Tour after Winfrey wrote her a fan letter praising the 2023 concert. Winfrey shared the anecdote during an appearance on the street-interview web series Are You Okay?, describing how touched she was that the singer…

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“I wish I could do that”: A developer on The Sims has been eyeing up Paralives’ characters’ asymmetric shoes and their wider possibilities

  • Sims artist admires Paralives' asymmetric shoes and prosthetic leg support
  • The Sims 4's symmetrical character models currently can't replicate this
  • EA previously solved a similar mesh problem during 2015's gender update

A senior character artist on The Sims, Jess Hyland, has praised rival life-simulation game Paralives for allowing characters to wear mismatched shoes and earrings, saying she wishes The Sims could do the same. Speaking at the Develop conference following a talk on how The Sims 4's character creator…

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States cite new appeals-court ruling to defend Live Nation monopoly verdict – Live Nation says it backs throwing the verdict out

  • Live Nation and states clash over how a new court ruling affects the case
  • Judge to hear Live Nation's bid to overturn verdict on 31 July
  • Jury found $1.72-per-ticket overcharge from illegal monopoly

Live Nation has told a New York federal court that a new appeals-court ruling cited by the Plaintiff States actually undermines their case, not helps it, as both sides prepare for a court hearing on the company's bid to overturn the April antitrust verdict against it. The dispute…

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Watch: SAVATAGE Performs With Orchestra In Pompeii

  • Savatage played the Pompeii Amphitheater with a 40-piece orchestra on 27 July 2026.
  • Setlist featured rare tracks and reworked orchestral arrangements.
  • Band plans to professionally film and release the show.

Progressive metal pioneers Savatage performed at the Amphitheater of Pompeii in Italy on 27 July 2026, backed live by a 40-piece orchestra for what the band has described as a likely once-in-a-lifetime performance at the historic Roman venue. The show featured extensively reworked arrangements put together by guitarist…

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Full line-up announced for Jorja Smith and Tems at London’s All Points East 2026 with Katy B, Maverick Sabre and more

  • Jorja Smith and Tems headline All Points East's Friday, 21 August, in Victoria Park
  • Katy B, Maverick Sabre, Bricknasty and more added to the day's line-up
  • Festival's 2026 run also features Lorde, Deftones and Tyler, The Creator

The full Friday line-up for All Points East 2026 has been revealed, with Jorja Smith and Tems confirmed as co-headliners alongside a raft of newly added acts including Katy B, Maverick Sabre and Bricknasty. The announcement matters for UK festival-goers as it completes the bill for the opening…

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How did Frank Zappa become a hero of Czech democracy?

  • Zappa's music inspired Czechoslovak dissidents who later founded Charter 77
  • President Havel invited Zappa to Prague after the 1989 revolution
  • A planned ambassador role was scrapped after US State Department pressure

Frank Zappa became an unlikely symbol of resistance in communist Czechoslovakia, his music having inspired dissidents who defied state suppression during the Cold War. His 1967 song "Plastic People", recorded with the Mothers of Invention, so resonated with the Prague underground that the banned rock band the Plastic…

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How Isolation and Love Fueled Paul McCartney’s Greatest Solo Masterpiece in 1970

  • "Maybe I'm Amazed" (1970) is seen as McCartney's solo songwriting peak.
  • Written on his new piano, blending love and post-Beatles isolation.
  • Credited to Lennon-McCartney despite being a solo composition, annoying McCartney.

This piece explores the origins of Paul McCartney's 1970 solo track "Maybe I'm Amazed," widely regarded as the high point of his early post-Beatles songwriting. Written on the piano he received as a wedding gift, the song emerged from a mix of personal turmoil and newfound love, as…

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