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Gary Davies will present the BBC Radio 2 mid-morning show until new host Vernon Kay takes over in May (Ian West/PA)
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BBC Radio 2 replaces Ken Bruce’s PopMaster with new weekday quiz

Ten To The Top will test listeners’ music knowledge as they battle for pop supremacy, the BBC said.
The report looks at the impact of the electronic music industry (Sergii Pavlov sad/Alamy/PA)
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Scotland’s electronic music industry worth £550m – report

The report was commissioned by the Night Time Industries Association.
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Oscar-nominated Rihanna shares update ahead of award ceremony performance

The song Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earned the singer her first Oscar nomination.
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Robert Webb says heart surgery ‘provided gap in the domino topple’

In 2019, the comic had major heart surgery after a routine medical check-up during filming for the second series of his sitcom Back.
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Cartoonist and jazz musician Wally Fawkes dies aged 98

Fawkes, who used the pen name Trog, drew cartoons for various newspapers and played jazz alongside famous musicians in the 1950s

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Radio 1’s Arielle Free to DJ while cycling for 50 hours in aid of Red Nose Day

She will undertake the challenge on a 10-person bike adapted with DJ decks and a giant Red Nose.
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Chopra reveals why her music career only ‘lasted two seconds’

The actress said her brush with the music industry had given her an appreciation for what her musician husband Nick Jonas has to go through

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Glastonbury 2023: Line-up and how to get resale tickets

Returned and cancelled tickets will be put back on sale closer to the event if you missed out — typically in late March or early April.

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Who was Steve Mackey? Pulp bassist dies aged 56

Mackey’s wife announced the news via social media on Thursday.

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Bilbao BBK 2023 festival: Dates, line-up, and how to get tickets

Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys, and The Chemical Brothers are among the artists already announced.

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Ed Sheeran: New album brought out a side of me I’d put on mute

The chart-topping singer thanked Aaron Dessner of The National for his collaboration on his upcoming album Subtract

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MIA and Arcade Fire lead tributes to Pulp bassist Steve Mackey following death

Mackey died at the age of 56 on Thursday after three months in hospital, the band announced on their Instagram page.
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Gwyneth Paltrow wishes ‘sweetest’ Chris Martin a happy birthday

The actress shares two children with the Coldplay frontman.
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How African music from Burna Boy to Tems has conquered the mainstream

The unique sounds of the continent have been embraced by British music fans

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MI5 boss ‘profoundly sorry’ at failure to prevent Manchester Arena attack

Ken McCallum apologised after the public inquiry into the May 2017 atrocity.
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Steve Mackey, bass guitarist of Britpop band Pulp, dies aged 56

Frontman Jarvis Cocker confirmed the group’s reunion last year, though bassist Mackey was not due to appear at the upcoming shows

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Zara Larsson feels ‘a little entitled’ to success and winning a Grammy

She first rose to fame as the 2008 winner of Talang, the Swedish version of Britain’s Got Talent (BGT).
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Eno launches royalties scheme for musicians to fight climate change

Initiative gives artists chance to protect environment by listing the Earth as a co-writer on their songs so it can benefit from royalties

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The best European music festivals to travel to this summer

Swap muddy fields for sun-soaked cities and glistening beaches with these continental events

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Cate Blanchett to display ‘booty-shaking skills’ in new music video for Sparks

The video sees the Australian actress, dressed in a bright yellow suit and red headphones, join musicians Ron and Russell Mael.
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Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus worried avatars could be used as a force for bad

The singer stars as an avatar in Abba Voyage, a virtual concert residency depicting the Swedish pop group as they appeared in 1977.
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Who is Roger Waters? Pink Floyd singer faces antisemitism accusations

Frankfurt city council has called off the singer’s May concert amid antisemitism allegations.

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Eurovision tickets details to be announced on Thursday

Information on how to get tickets will be revealed at 8am on Eurovisioncast on BBC Sounds.
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Ozzy ‘might’ tour again despite recently saying he’d retired from road

The Black Sabbath frontman insisted: ‘I’m f****** not dying!’

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Primal Scream to headline Connect Music Festival in Edinburgh

The festival will take place from Friday August 25 to Sunday August 27.
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Handel the Philanthropist at Barbican Hall review: stirring stuff

It may not be top-drawer Handel but this performance still set it alight

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Glitterball jellyfish coming to Liverpool as part of Eurovision preparations

Organisers have revealed plans for a two-week cultural festival in the city.
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Standon Calling 2023: Dates, ticket info, line-up, and headliners

The music festival returns in July, with Years & Years and Bloc Party among the headliners

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Reading and Leeds Festival 2023: Dates, line-up and how to get tickets

Billie Eilish, 20, will become the youngest solo artist to headline the festival.

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Van Morrison at London’s Royal Albert Hall – how to get tickets

Music legend Van Morrison set to perform songs from his new album Moving On Skiffle at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

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Love Supreme Festival 2023: Dates, line-up and how to get tickets

Europe’s largest outdoor jazz festival will run from June 30 to July 2 in East Sussex

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Afro Nation Portugal 2023: Line-up, dates and how to get tickets

The world’s biggest Afro beats festival will return to Portimão’s sun-kissed coast this summer from June 28 to 30