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Paul McCartney on playing guitar with Paul Mescal: ‘He knew it better than I did!’
The music legend on delivering “memory songs” for his 20th solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane – and why he’s intrigued by the new Beatles biopics.See more
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Kraftwerk’s Radioactivity: From eerie 1970s track to anti-nuclear protest anthem
Fifty years old this month, Kraftwerk’s single Radioactivity was a groundbreaking track that morphed into the German electronic pioneers’ most political protest song.
The tiny Tokyo shrine where people pray for concert tickets
In Japan, “idol worship” can be surprisingly literal, as superfans pray for coveted concert tickets at a centuries-old shrine.
The kitsch ’60s act that dominated the US charts
In the middle of the 1960s rock revolution, a jazz trumpeter smashed chart records and briefly became bigger than the Beatles. Now aged 91, Herb Alpert talks to the BBC.
Michael Jackson biopic set to be a controversial hit
A new film about Michael Jackson’s extraordinary but troubled life is due to open in cinemas. It’s tracking to be very popular – but will it tell the full story?
Wired headphone sales are exploding. What’s with the Bluetooth backlash?
Is the return of wired headphones driven by a simple desire for better sound quality or is it part of a backlash against modern tech? Thomas Germain tries to find out.
The lifelong benefits of making music
From helping people cope with age-related disorders to altering our perception of physical pain, music’s impact on our bodies can ring loud.
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