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‘It’s unfeasible to run this model much longer’: is this the end of the Australian regional tour?

silverguide.site – Musicians are reporting low ticket sales for gigs that end up costing them money to play – before 11th-hour turnarounds that bring out huge crowds. But is such a risky ecosystem something bands want to deal with?…
‘It’s unfeasible to run this model much longer’: is this the end of the Australian regional tour?
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Download festival rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpits spark emergency alerts

silverguide.site – Police received nearly 700 false ‘collision’ 999 calls from Leicestershire heavy metal event in 2023…
Download festival rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpits spark emergency alerts
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Is the Sabrina Carpenter album art really that offensive?

silverguide.site – The internet has been divided over the suggestive cover of the pop princess’s new album, but it’s possible some might be missing the point…
Is the Sabrina Carpenter album art really that offensive?
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‘Misshapes, mistakes, misfits’: Pulp’s signature secondhand style has stood test of time

silverguide.site – Band’s ‘on the edge of kitsch’ aesthetic is still relevant three decades later as young people focus on vintage clothing…
‘Misshapes, mistakes, misfits’: Pulp’s signature secondhand style has stood test of time
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Killing Heidi are back, 25 years on: ‘Growing up in rock’n’roll gives you a shitload of grit’

silverguide.site – After a ‘quiet little break’ of 20 years, the band is back to celebrate their 2000 debut Reflector – the fastest-selling Australian album in history…
Killing Heidi are back, 25 years on: ‘Growing up in rock’n’roll gives you a shitload of grit’
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Pulp top UK charts for the first time since 1998 with new album More

silverguide.site – Sheffield band were last at the top with This Is Hardcore, while Sabrina Carpenter is at No 1 in the singles chart and breaks an album chart record…
Pulp top UK charts for the first time since 1998 with new album More
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‘I yearned to be a California Girl – but I lived in Burnley’: readers on their love for Brian Wilson

silverguide.site – From memories of photoshoots and telephone calls with the late Beach Boy, to appraisals of his complex but pure music, Guardian readers pay tribute to a great…
‘I yearned to be a California Girl – but I lived in Burnley’: readers on their love for Brian Wilson
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Keys to success: the 2025 Van Cliburn piano competition, the instrument’s Olympics

silverguide.site – One of the world’s most prestigious and intensive musical competitions took over downtown Fort Worth these past few weeks. Will its winner prove to be another Yunchan Lim-style sensation?…
Keys to success: the 2025 Van Cliburn piano competition, the instrument’s Olympics
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Add to playlist: Jake Muir’s church bell soundscapes and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – The American found-sound artist’s new album captures all the delight and drama of European bellringing, as he manipulates field recordings into drifting 20-minute works…
Add to playlist: Jake Muir’s church bell soundscapes and the week’s best new tracks
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Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst: ‘There was a time I wished I’d never made music’

silverguide.site – In the last few years, the singer-songwriter has weathered divorce, grief and false allegations of sexual assault. Now, he’s back writing, performing – and rediscovering his political rage…
Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst: ‘There was a time I wished I’d never made music’
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‘He stole a piece of our souls’: Christian music star Michael Tait accused of sexual assault by three men

silverguide.site – Tait posted on Instagram days ago that for 20 years he lived a ‘double life’ but is working on ‘repentance and healing’…
‘He stole a piece of our souls’: Christian music star Michael Tait accused of sexual assault by three men
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Endless summer: how Brian Wilson soundtracked California

silverguide.site – The late Beach Boys musician created a sound that became synonymous with the state’s breezy, laidback vibe…
Endless summer: how Brian Wilson soundtracked California
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Dâdalus & Bikarus: Off the Shelf review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

silverguide.site – Zurich-based musicians Benedikt Merz and David Hänni meld krautrock, punk and big beat into tripped-out, swampy grooves that reach dizzying heights…
Dâdalus & Bikarus: Off the Shelf review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month
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Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal review – slime-toting composer’s dazzling and difficult devotional music

silverguide.site – Inspired by the intricate webs of creeping slime mould, Pramuk’s fascinating ideas can get lost in a primordial soup of genres and textures…
Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal review – slime-toting composer’s dazzling and difficult devotional music
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‘Very beautiful’ portrait of Gallagher brothers to go to auction for £1.5m

silverguide.site – Work by Elizabeth Peyton from 1996 shows ‘quiet tension’ between Noel and Liam at their Oasis peak, expert says…
‘Very beautiful’ portrait of Gallagher brothers to go to auction for £1.5m
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‘The joy shot out of his voice’: Ray Davies, Graham Nash and others on Brian Wilson’s songwriting genius

silverguide.site – With the innocence of a child and the vision of a god, his craft was astonishing. From Jessica Pratt to Jim James and ​Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil, top musicians explain why he was like no other…
‘The joy shot out of his voice’: Ray Davies, Graham Nash and others on Brian Wilson’s songwriting genius
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OneFour on prison, police and their long-awaited debut: ‘We wouldn’t be who we are today if we didn’t go through that’

silverguide.site – The western Sydney rappers have come through street violence, jail time and a lot of police attention. With their first album, they’re ready to change the message…
OneFour on prison, police and their long-awaited debut: ‘We wouldn’t be who we are today if we didn’t go through that’
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Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Winter Words (arr Holloway), etc album review – confirms Gardner’s status as an outstanding conductor of Britten

silverguide.site – The first recording of Robin Holloway’s imaginative orchestration of the song cycle Winter Words is fascinating, and completes a superb new disc of Britten’s music…
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Winter Words (arr Holloway), etc album review – confirms Gardner’s status as an outstanding conductor of Britten
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The Lost Tapes, Beethoven sonatas 18,27, 28 & 31 album review – Richter always found something fresh to say

silverguide.site – Sviatoslav Richter’s already huge catalogue is enriched by these rediscovered recordings of recitals of Beethoven’s piano sonatas from 1965…
The Lost Tapes, Beethoven sonatas 18,27, 28 & 31 album review – Richter always found something fresh to say
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‘Chaps frame the buttocks in a beautiful way’: John C Reilly on Magnolia, moving into music – and his nice bum

silverguide.site – The actor and musician takes your questions on devastating box office results, his love of Oliver Hardy, and his new vaudeville crooner alter ego…
‘Chaps frame the buttocks in a beautiful way’: John C Reilly on Magnolia, moving into music – and his nice bum
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