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Air: back on moon safari
The electronic duo are back in orbit with a brand new soundtrack to the first science-fiction film ever madeLast year, as Nasa retired its space programme and China announced its intention to put man...
View ArticleAmerica's most wanted dance DJs
As the world's biggest dance music artists and DJs gather in Miami for the Winter Music Conference and Ultra festival, we profile 10 DJs helping to reawaken the US to dance musicLuke Bainbridge
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Ultra music festival – review
Bayfront Park, Miami, USIf any proof were needed that dance music – or electronic dance music, or "EDM", as it's increasingly abbreviated – is breaking new ground in the US, it came at the Ultra music...
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Have we fallen out of love with the great British music festival?
With Sonisphere now cancelled and many big events taking a year off, what does the future hold for the summer weekender?Another large UK music festival was cancelled last week, as Sonisphere joined the...
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Cameron asks Shaun Ryder to advise on class and help to detox Tories
After a week of gaffes, No 10 calls in the Happy Mondays singer who helps to launch a T-shirt campaign to banish 'pastygate'• In pictures: Ryder's celebrity friends help launch the 'We're All Eating...
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Madchester remembered: 'There was amazing creative energy in Manchester at...
Shaun Ryder, Peter Hook, Tim Burgess and other key figures in the Madchester scene share their memories of the sounds, the clothes and atmospherePETER HOOK Co-founder of Joy Division and New...
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David Guetta: lord of dance
Electronic dance music is now the biggest youth movement in America since hip-hop – and David Guetta is spearheading it"Miami! Are you ready? This. Is. The. Biggest. Party. On. Planet. Earth!" David...
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Fifty stars form 'supergroup' to mark 50 years of Amnesty
Toast to Freedom, performed by an ensemble of prominent musicians and celebrities, goes on saleA supergroup of prominent artists and performers are to release a song on Thursday as part of celebrations...
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Plan B's iLL Manors: 'This is the true, dark reality'
The song inspired by last year's riots has now become a film. Plan B, aka Ben Drew, explains why he was driven to make itAt times, when he's talking about iLL Manors, the film that he has written and...
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The Stone Roses return triumphant and Manchester parties like it's 1989
Stone Roses comeback gigs at Heaton Park make Manchester the capital of music againIt was "what the world was waiting for", as the Stone Roses song goes: the reunion many wanted but thought would never...
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Temesgen Zeleke: ' It's a big thing to get so many musicians together'
The musician with the Ethiopian, London-based Krar Collective on Africa Express, which features 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKThe Krar Collective are a group...
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Bloc Party: 'A break has given us a renewed sense of vigour'
Last year indie-rockers Bloc Party appeared to be splitting, now they're back with a No 1 album. Lead singer Kele Okereke explains why he didn't tell the whole truth…Considering that a year ago there...
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Baaba Maal: 'It will be a challenge for us all to live together'
The Senegalese star on his hopes for the Africa Express tour, featuring 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKSenegalese singer Baaba Maal has long been one of Africa's...
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Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Sunday Lunch: The Parlour, Chorlton
Manchester suburb's traditional local with a modern edge wins our readers' voteBeech Road is the heart of Chorlton, the leafy south Manchester suburb of organic supermarkets and wheatgrass smoothies....
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David Beckham: a last hurrah for the one-man brand | Observer profile
The most famous player in the world has made his final appearance in America. So where next for the star who, at 37, says he has one more challenge left in him? Maybe he should ask his wife…Last night,...
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Are Britain's bands overexposed in a YouTube universe?
Wu Lyf among growing number of UK rock acts unable to bear intense pressure of social media scrutinyLive fast, die young was famously the title of a biography of James Dean. But as a motto, it could...
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Locals' guide to Manchester
Discover Manchester's best bars, music and culture from the people who know it best, including Stuart Maconie, Emma Jane Unsworth and Kevin CumminsClick for a downloadable PDF of our Manchester mapThe...
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A quick travel guide to Manchester
Where to stay, where to eat, where to drink, what to see, what to buy and where to unwind in this football and music-crazy cityClick on the slideshow tiles to jump to that part of the guide or use...
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In Place of War: Egypt's artists after the Arab Spring
How did Egypt's creative minds respond to the revolution. We ask six artists, and talk to the founder of In Place of War, a project that champions work born out of conflictJames Thompson first had the...
View ArticleThe 10 best Mancunians – on pictures
As the city prepares for its international festival, we celebrate the people who put the great into Greater ManchesterLuke Bainbridge
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