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Semele review – Pretty Yende is a spirited but sketchy heroine in inconsistent Handel staging

silverguide.site – Alice Coote’s vengeful Juno steals the show in Oliver Mears’ bleak and occasionally fussy production…
Semele review – Pretty Yende is a spirited but sketchy heroine in inconsistent Handel staging
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What would British culture be like if Oasis had never existed? | Dorian Lynskey

silverguide.site – Would Britpop have happened? Would bands still dream as big? As Oasis prepare for their return gig on Friday, it’s worth asking what their cultural impact has been…
What would British culture be like if Oasis had never existed? | Dorian Lynskey
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Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood invites us to laugh at ourselves – I wanted my music to do the same | Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade

silverguide.site – Dylan Thomas’s evocative radio play has been adapted into films, a ballet, even a jazz suite. From its drunkards and nosey-parkers, to its ghosts and dreamers, Ninfea Crutwell-Reade’s new reimagining connects it back to its origins…
Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood invites us to laugh at ourselves – I wanted my music to do the same | Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade
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Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury ‘don’t get clever’ before 1985 Live Aid set

silverguide.site – Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May say Geldof told Mercury: ‘Just play the hits – you have 17 minutes’…
Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury ‘don’t get clever’ before 1985 Live Aid set
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Jurors in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s sex-trafficking trial begin deliberations

silverguide.site – Twelve-member jury in New York starts to deliberate following closing arguments from both sides…
Jurors in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s sex-trafficking trial begin deliberations
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Police investigate Bob Vylan and Kneecap’s Glastonbury performances

silverguide.site – Investigation into public order incident comes as US revokes Bob Vylan’s visa ahead of tour later this year.…
Police investigate Bob Vylan and Kneecap’s Glastonbury performances
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How to describe the sound of bagpipes? | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Blaring for Rod | Criticising Glastonbury | Green behind the ears | This, that or the other violin | Cherry-bun breasts…
How to describe the sound of bagpipes? | Brief letters
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Why did BBC decide to stream Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set and what will happen next?

silverguide.site – Corporation criticised for not stopping coverage of rap act’s ‘deeply offensive’ comments relating to Israel-Gaza war…
Why did BBC decide to stream Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set and what will happen next?
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Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Power review – Italian immersion with introspective Berlioz and extrovert Mendelssohn

silverguide.site – Pairing Mendelssohn’s sun-filled Italian symphony with Berlioz’s broodingly romantic Harold en Italie – with actor Charlotte Ritchie on hand to bring Berlioz’s own voice to life - the Aurora Orchestra were on irresistible form…
Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Power review – Italian immersion with introspective Berlioz and extrovert Mendelssohn
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‘Glastonbury’s definitely still medieval!’: The Libertines’ Pete Doherty and Carl Barât interviewed at the festival

silverguide.site – The wild men of noughties indie on their return to the site to play the Pyramid stage, Pete Doherty’s opinions on Oasis – and their regrets…
‘Glastonbury’s definitely still medieval!’: The Libertines’ Pete Doherty and Carl Barât interviewed at the festival
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BBC response to Bob Vylan’s IDF chants at Glastonbury ‘not good enough’, says minister

silverguide.site – Jacqui Smith says live broadcast should have been pulled, but rapper stands by performance calling for ‘change in foreign policy’…
BBC response to Bob Vylan’s IDF chants at Glastonbury ‘not good enough’, says minister
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Glastonbury organisers warn of traffic delays leaving site amid 30C temperatures

silverguide.site – Queues also expected for shuttle buses to railway station as 200,000 music fans depart festival on Monday…
Glastonbury organisers warn of traffic delays leaving site amid 30C temperatures
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Braving the heatwave on Glastonbury’s final day – photo essay

silverguide.site – Follow the Sunday festivities with the Guardian’s photography team as Turnstile turned up the energy, Michael Rosen spun some stories and Olivia Rodrigo blew us away…
Braving the heatwave on Glastonbury’s final day – photo essay
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‘Our stage is a giant pair of open legs!’ Meet Glastonbury’s most obscure acts

silverguide.site – It’s not all about the headliners. Away from the big stages, feminist punks are singing songs about UTIs and Elvis has been reborn as Kurt Cobain…
‘Our stage is a giant pair of open legs!’ Meet Glastonbury’s most obscure acts
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Glastonbury 2025: Sunday with Olivia Rodrigo’s headline set plus the Prodigy, Rod Stewart and more – as it happened

silverguide.site – The festival reached its final day with standout sets from Wolf Alice, Turnstile, Joy Crookes and more…
Glastonbury 2025: Sunday with Olivia Rodrigo’s headline set plus the Prodigy, Rod Stewart and more – as it happened
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Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury review – full of bile and brilliance, this is easily the weekend’s best big set

silverguide.site – With a genuinely surprise appearance from the Cure’s Robert Smith and a magnificent theatricality to her lovelorn songs, Rodrigo totally steals the entire festival…
Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury review – full of bile and brilliance, this is easily the weekend’s best big set
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Nile Rodgers and Chic at Glastonbury review – pop’s most reliable band bring the party to the Pyramid

silverguide.site – While you might quibble that Chic’s set has become more reliable than revolutionary, you can’t argue with the effects of the greatest pop music ever made on the crowd…
Nile Rodgers and Chic at Glastonbury review – pop’s most reliable band bring the party to the Pyramid
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Rod Stewart at Glastonbury review – lapping up the legends slot love like a lusty, leggy Muppet

silverguide.site – Backed by Mick Hucknall, Ronnie Wood and Lulu, Stewart brings fiddles, sax and star-spangled buttocks to this genial teatime set…
Rod Stewart at Glastonbury review – lapping up the legends slot love like a lusty, leggy Muppet
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‘I want to show people their magic’: Steven Frayne AKA Dynamo at Glastonbury festival

silverguide.site – With his father in jail, Frayn learned tricks to save himself from bullies throwing him in a wheelie bin. After years of ‘hustling’ and Snoop Dogg-endorsed stardom, the magician is paying it forward…
‘I want to show people their magic’: Steven Frayne AKA Dynamo at Glastonbury festival
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Glastonbury organisers ‘appalled’ by Bob Vylan’s anti-IDF remarks during performance

silverguide.site – Statement condemns comments made by London punk duo while police confirm investigation is under way…
Glastonbury organisers ‘appalled’ by Bob Vylan’s anti-IDF remarks during performance
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