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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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Age of Empires 4: Raiders of the North release countdown — Exact date and time

  • Raiders of the North launches worldwide on 29 October.
  • Vikings and Scots join as playable civilisations.
  • Crucible gains four missions and new customisation options.

Age of Empires 4: Raiders of the North is scheduled to launch worldwide on Thursday, 29 October. The expansion adds Vikings and Scots as playable civilisations, giving players new ways to approach the game through features inspired by their histories. Each civilisation has its own architecture, masteries, music…

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5 Top 40 Hits From 1974 That Stay on Repeat in My Car

  • A personal car playlist revisits five 1974 hits.
  • The tracks span Joni Mitchell to Steely Dan.
  • “Band on the Run” stands out for its shifting musical sections.

The article names five 1974 Top 40 hits that its writer regularly plays in the car, reflecting a personal attachment to 1970s music. It explains what makes each track appealing, from singalong choruses to changes in musical style and a laid-back groove. The songs are Joni Mitchell’s “Help…

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Who played the banjo on ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ theme song?

  • Earl Scruggs played banjo on the theme.
  • Lester Flatt played guitar, with Jerry Scoggins on vocals.
  • The hit helped spread bluegrass music to a broad audience.

Earl Scruggs played banjo on the theme song for *The Beverly Hillbillies*, performing with guitarist Lester Flatt and singer Jerry Scoggins. The song helped bring bluegrass music to a much wider audience as the sitcom became one of the most-watched programmes in the United States. The series led…

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Jack Antonoff to Ed Sheeran: “We all live in a world where billionaires are constantly telling us what to do – so stand the fuck up”

  • Antonoff says Sheeran should have stood up for Macklemore.
  • Macklemore was removed after calling for a “free Palestine”.
  • He donated his $1 million tour earnings to six organisations.

Jack Antonoff criticised Ed Sheeran’s response after Macklemore was removed as a support act from Sheeran’s Loop Tour following a speech calling for a “free Palestine”. Antonoff said Sheeran should have defended Macklemore and challenged the influence of wealthy figures over the tour, arguing that the dispute raised…

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Enter Shikari Release Gorgeous New Track ‘Lightyears’

  • Enter Shikari have released the reflective new track “Lightyears”.
  • Rou Reynolds drew inspiration from watching old family videos.
  • The band are set to play arena dates with Holding Absence and The Callous Daoboys.

Enter Shikari have released “Lightyears”, a hopeful, expansive new track reflecting on memory and the changing versions of ourselves. It matters to the band’s current “Lose Your Self” cycle and arrives as they prepare to play a run of arena shows. Frontman Rou Reynolds said the song was…

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Purple reign! Man who mistook Prince William for Prince the singer writes to royal to apologise for the mix-up

  • Sebastian thought Prince William was the singer Prince.
  • He asked William when he would sing “Purple Rain”.
  • Sebastian has written to the royal to apologise.

Sebastian Smith, who has Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, mistook Prince William for the late singer Prince when they met at a Somerset café. William later shared the amusing encounter on television, and Sebastian’s family have since helped him write to the royal to apologise. The meeting took place at Sweet…

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Sam Hulick re-scores leaked trailer for cancelled Mass Effect game

  • Sam Hulick is re-scoring the leaked Mass Effect Universe trailer.
  • He hopes to release it for N7 Day.
  • Austin Wintory has also shared music made for the cancelled game.

Sam Hulick, who worked on the original Mass Effect trilogy’s music, is re-scoring the leaked trailer for Mass Effect Universe, the cancelled game planned as the series’ fifth instalment. He hopes to release the new version for N7 Day, giving fans a glimpse of his musical vision for…

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Believe’s Denis Ladegaillerie: How It Started…

  • Vivendi’s digital expansion drew Ladegaillerie from law into music.
  • He helped sell the group’s US digital assets after the dot-com crash.
  • The experience led him towards building a music business of his own.

Denis Ladegaillerie’s route from corporate law into the music business began with Vivendi’s rapid expansion into internet companies around 2000. After the dot-com crash, he helped assess and later sell the group’s digital assets, including music-related businesses, gaining experience that led him to pursue a venture of his…

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Tindersticks Announce New Album ‘Dog Roses’

  • Tindersticks’ fifteenth album arrives on 12 March.
  • ‘Dog Roses’ has eight tracks, including ‘Loving, Leaving’.
  • The band will play London’s Palladium on 4 May.

Tindersticks will release their fifteenth studio album, ‘Dog Roses’, on 12 March, continuing the creative shift they began with 2024’s ‘Soft Tissue’. The band say the new record grew from working in a new underground studio, where familiar methods no longer worked and they had to find different…

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“My wife can send me to get milk and I’ll come back with a handbag! My brain is just too full”: Adam Wakeman on working with his dad Rick, playing Black Sabbath jazz style, War Of The Worlds, and loads of bands

  • Adam Wakeman moves between prog, jazz and metal.
  • He has worked with his father, Rick Wakeman, and Black Sabbath.
  • His career spans bands and *War of the Worlds*.

Musician Adam Wakeman describes how his wide-ranging interests in prog, jazz and metal shape a career spent moving between projects. He discusses working with his father, Rick Wakeman, and playing with Black Sabbath, whose songs he has also approached in a jazz style. Wakeman has worked across numerous…

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