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• British trio Years and Years top UK singles chart

  08-03-2015 20:41
  
  British electronica trio Years and Years claimed their first number one chart single on Sunday as their song "King" knocked fellow Briton Ellie Goulding off the top spot, the Official Charts Company said. Years and Years, winners of a British poll of music industry figures to find the most promising artists of 2015, racked up combined online, streaming and physical sales of 101,000 copies, beating Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do". "Fourfiveseconds" by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney chart
  
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• Years & Years Claim UK No 1 Single With King

  08-03-2015 20:00
  
  As Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds top the albums chart…
  
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• Simon Rattle can’t save music education alone

  08-03-2015 19:42
  
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• Björk review – a nakedly personal show

  08-03-2015 19:42
  
  Carnegie Hall, New York
  Days after an exhibition of her work was critically panned, the singer rallied with an emotional concert that reaffirmed her prodigious gifts
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• Guess Which Rapper Demi Lovato Wants To Collaborate With...

  08-03-2015 17:57
  The singer says the star is on her ‘wish list’ to work with…
  
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• The Veronicas review – catsuit-clad pop pastiche

  08-03-2015 16:57
  
  The Garage, Glasgow
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• Country 2 Country review – beery bro-country and boyband vibes

  08-03-2015 14:04
  
  O2 Arena, London
  Nashville stars Lee Ann Womack and Brandy Clark are heartfelt and straight-talking, while headliner Luke Bryan revels in relentless hooks at the annual music festival Continue reading...
  
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• Harry Potter Fans Go Cray Cray Over Malfoy-Weasleys Reunion

  08-03-2015 12:51
  
  And there wasn’t a wand in sight…
  
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• This Fifty Shades Of Grey Batman Mashup Trailer Is Amazing

  08-03-2015 12:01
  
  Mr Wayne will see you now…
  
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• Will.i.am: ‘3D printing will revolutionise society. In 20 years, you’ll be able to print a new kidney’

  08-03-2015 12:00
  
  Inspired by the waste left behind after a Black Eyed Peas gig, the hip-hop star hopes his Ekocycle brand will take recyling to a new levelHi Will.i.am, how and where are you?I’m all right. Chilly-chill. I got back from Davos last week and now I’m at The Future, my facility in Los Angeles. Related: Will.i.am unveils Puls smartwatch with plans for more wearable gadgets Continue reading...
  
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• Rihanna Named Spotify’s Most-Streamed Female Artist In The World

  08-03-2015 10:49
  
  RiRi’s bagged the top spot of the streaming service’s world rankings...
  
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• Kanye West Premieres All Day Music Video In Paris

  08-03-2015 09:50
  
  Yeezy debuts his new video to fans as he closes Paris Fashion Week...
  
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• ‘Who knew Kurt Cobain was that funny?’

  08-03-2015 09:45
  
  For his new documentary, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Brett Morgen was given unrestricted access to the Nirvana frontman’s archives – and the final edit. Here he talks about the warm, playful side of Cobain the world is about to seeOn the screen, a blond boy blows out his first birthday candle. A minute later he is surrounded by his family at his second birthday party, then his third. We see him dressed as Batman, running up and down a sunlit suburban street. Aged six, he imperiously sits down a
  
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• Underworld review – still properly electrifying

  08-03-2015 09:30
  
  Colston Hall, Bristol
  Underworld ripped up rave’s rule book with their cerebral third album Dubnobasswithmyheadman. Can they replicate it 20 years on?“What do you fancy doing tonight?” Underworld frontman Karl Hyde can address this leading question to the Bristol Colston Hall crowd with complete confidence that there’s nowhere else they’d rather be. Once you’ve heard a round of applause for the font choice in a back projection at the start of a live show, you can be pretty sure the
  
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• Madonna: Rebel Heart review – bring on the basqued polemicist

  08-03-2015 09:30
  
  (Interscope)The internet is a funny place – so full of porn and hate, but so often as obsessed with propriety as a Victorian maiden aunt. Recently, it decided that women of 56 can’t fall over; online wags reminding them that walking up stairs in capes is solely the preserve of youth.The ageism unleashed by Capegate makes you warm to much of Rebel Heart, Madonna’s 13th album. The unseemly segments, where Madonna baits and gyrates, can be a hoot. When she acts her age, it is lacklustre and o
  
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• CPE Bach: Sense and Sensibility: Sonatas, Fantasias and Rondo CD review – fire and expressiveness

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
  Riccardo Cecchetti (fortepiano)
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• An Evening with Joe Albany review – bebop pianist full of ideas

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
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• Allison Moorer: Down to Believing review – a gamut of emotion from Nashville

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
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• The Dancing Master/ I pazzi per progetto/ Hercules/ London Symphony Orchestra review

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
  Malcolm Arnold’s adaptation of Wycherley’s restoration drama crackles with wit at the Guildhall, but Donizetti’s farce can’t quite keep up the pace Continue reading...
  
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• Britten, Barber: Piano Concertos; Nocturnes CD review – urgent and sinister

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
  Elizabeth Joy Roe (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/ Tabakov
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• Will Butler: Policy review – endearingly ramshackle

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
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• Lowell: We Loved Her Dearly review – a restless debut

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
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• Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer CD review – a tempestuous live performance

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chorus, Soloists/Nelsons
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• Matthew E White: Fresh Blood review – does not disappoint

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
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• Marc Almond: The Velvet Trail review – swooningly melancholic

  08-03-2015 09:00
  
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• From the Observer archive, 9 March 1969: San Francisco gives Led Zeppelin a leg up

  08-03-2015 08:00
  
  The Fillmore Auditorium plays a key role in launching Plant, Page et al on the road to stardom Continue reading...
  
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• Usher brings British influences to new music

  08-03-2015 01:02
  
  The US music star said he would like to collaborate with Sam Smith, after recording with fellow Brit winner Ed Sheeran.
  
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