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On Friday, as the dust settled on the local elections the UK's Prime Minister was busy writing a letter to music fans.

You may have missed the letter from the PM to you, the music fan, which was published by the NME, so here's what he did and - crucially - didn't say.

“To all live music fans,“I grew up with music all around me. I listened to it at home. I played the ...

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I have a suspicion that most people’s first encounter with AI-generated music might have been unintentional. It’s buried somewhere between songs on a pre-made playlist, or it comes up on autoplay when you’ve got to the bottom of an album’s track list.

Perhaps the artist has an odd name (what kind of a name is Bleeding Verse or Breaking Rust?). Perhaps you notice someth...


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We're testing out a new monthly feature based on your feedback for more music recommendations. Let us know what you think of this and at the very least we'll give it another go in May.

One of the nicest problems to have in modern times is there's so much music and not enough time to drink it all in. The last month or so, the release calendar was rammed, and to ...


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Before the UK's 2024 general election, Labour's manifesto promised to "put fans back at the heart of events" by ending - or seriously curtailing - ticket touting.

Then, following a consultation, in N...


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The day Donald Trump was re-elected, I asked myself what I would do if abortion was ever banned in the UK. Chances are, because I’m positive I don’t want children, I would get sterilised. I don’t want to undergo such an invasive procedure, but that to me would be far preferable to the hormone-addled tornado of pregnancy for nine months and a painful childbirth, all for a baby...


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