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We’ve got distracted. Let’s get back to the album
Five hours of pints with Paul Heaton  
We’ve got distracted. Let’s get back to the album
He topped the charts in the 80s and 90s, became a nobody, and is now filling arenas again. On a pub crawl in Manchester, Heaton discusses inebriation, insecurity – and why he doesn’t rip off his fans
Chappell Roan isn’t endorsing Kamala Harris. She’s taking a stand for critical thinking instead
Jeffrey Ingold
Dual lingo  
Why UK rappers like Central Cee and Dave are embracing the EU
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne on the ties between British and Caribbean folk music  
My ancestors could have heard these songs
Reviews
Alexis Petridis's album of the week  
Mustafa: Dunya – poet’s songwriting is a little too beautiful for its own good
Mustafa: Dunya – poet’s songwriting is a little too beautiful for its own good
Alan Sparhawk  
White Roses, My God – Low musician’s defiant act of creation
Lady Gaga  
Harlequin – Joker companion album does jazz standards with a gaudy grin
Rahim Redcar  
Hopecore – former Christine and the Queens artist plays to his fanbase
Jazz album of the month  
Alice Zawadzki/Fred Thomas/Misha Mullov-Abbado: Za Górami – beautiful music and absorbing stories
Spotlight
Jamie xx on dance music, modern life and getting hooked on surfing
‘Not having a phone is the dream’  
Jamie xx on dance music, modern life and getting hooked on surfing
Since nailing the zeitgeist with the xx’s Mercury-winning debut, the DJ-producer has collaborated with everyone from Drake to Wayne McGregor. As his second solo LP drops, he talks about his newfound desire for calm
Classical
Suor Angelica  
Why the tragedy of Puccini’s ‘imaginary’ nun feels all too real
Why the tragedy of Puccini’s ‘imaginary’ nun feels all too real
Album review  
Tag und Nacht: Strauss Songs – music for soprano is brisk, bright and light on its feet
Tag und Nacht: Strauss Songs – music for soprano is brisk, bright and light on its feet
Album review  
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Carousel – welcome return from Broadway band of dreams
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Carousel – welcome return from Broadway band of dreams
Live review  
Joyce DiDonato sings Berlioz – you could almost feel the asp’s poison seeping into her veins
Joyce DiDonato sings Berlioz – you could almost feel the asp’s poison seeping into her veins
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Ranked  
Still casting a spell: Broadcast’s 20 best songs
Still casting a spell: Broadcast’s 20 best songs
The Cure  
Alone – majestically wreathed in misery and despair
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Promoter after promoter couldn’t make Looe’s annual festival work – so landlords and locals came up with their own. We don some glittery face paint and find out how
Ticket prices  
Touts cost UK music fans £145m a year, says O2
Telecoms firm calls for crackdown after it fended off 50,000 attacks from automated ‘bots’ in a six-week period
Cat Glover was Prince’s thrillingly sexy sidekick – and brought out the best in him
Hannah Verdier
The dancer, choreographer and vocalist, who has died aged 60, was sometimes dismissed as eye candy – but her remarkable stagecraft took Prince to the next level
Hamlet Hail to the Thief  
Thom Yorke revisits Radiohead album for Shakespeare show
Stage production in Manchester will orchestrate the band’s 2003 recording to ‘chime with the underlying grief and paranoia’ of the tragedy
Live music this week
Linkin Park  
Monster hits perfectly reshaped for a fresh chapter
Monster hits perfectly reshaped for a fresh chapter
Charli xcx and Troye Sivan’s Sweat tour  
A pop triumph
Arijit Singh  
Indian superstar’s four-hour marathon holds audience rapt
Los Campesinos!  
A hero’s welcome for cult indie stars
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