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The biggest music tours coming to the UK in 2025
The Week Recommends From Sabrina Carpenter to Bruce Springsteen, these are the most hotly anticipated acts
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The most notable records broken by Taylor Swift
In Depth Swift's 'Eras' tour is now the highest-grossing concert tour in history
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The best new music of 2024 by genre
The Week Recommends Outstanding albums, from pop to electro and classical
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The ultimate Christmas No. 1s
Talking Point From Band Aid and Mariah to Wham! and the Pogues, these are the seasonally successful festive favourites
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Best music albums from 2024
The Week Recommends A round-up of the best pop, dance, indie, classical and rock releases
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Taylor Swift wraps up record-shattering Eras tour
Speed Read The pop star finally ended her long-running tour in Vancouver, Canada
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Y.M.C.A. and four other songs that have escaped their meaning
The Explainer Some of pop's biggest hits have been misinterpreted by politicians and the public alike
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Spotify Wrapped: a slave to the algorithm?
Talking Point Some listeners aren't convinced by the streaming platform's AI features – or what they say about their music habits
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Drake claims illegal boosting, defamation
Speed Read The rapper accused Universal Music of boosting Kendrick Lamar's diss track and said UMG allowed him to be falsely accused of pedophilia
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Band Aid 40: time to change the tune?
In the Spotlight Band Aid's massively popular 1984 hit raised around £8m for famine relief in Ethiopia and the charity has generated over £140m in total
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Chappell Roan is a new kind of boundary-setting celebrity
In the Spotlight She's calling out fans and the media for invasive behavior
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Quincy Jones, music icon, is dead at 91
Speed Read The legendary producer is perhaps best known as the architect behind Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
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Five things you might not know about Quincy Jones
In the Spotlight From narrowly escaping the Manson Family murders to producing The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, his cultural imprint extended far beyond music
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Ecuador's cloud forest has legal rights – and maybe a song credit
Under the Radar In a world first, 'rights of nature' project petitions copyright office to recognise Los Cedros forest as song co-creator
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