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Brand new music from Boy Meets Girl
‘5’ – an EP from the globally renowned song writing duo Released March 5 2021 George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam AKA Boy Meets Girl return…
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U2’s Joshua Tree voted the best album of the 1980s
U2’s The Joshua Tree has been named the best album of the 1980s. Released in 1987, it made U2 one of the world’s biggest bands,…
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Madonna to direct film of her own life story
Pop icon Madonna has announced she will direct a film about her own life and career. The star is also co-writing the movie with Diablo…
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Ronald Bell: Kool & The Gang founder dies aged 68
Ronald Bell, one of the founder members of 1970s and 1980s pop group Kool & the Gang, has died at the age of 68. He…
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George Michael’s 2nd solo album, ‘Listen Without Prejudice, Vol.1’ turns 30.
‘Listen Without Prejudice, Vol.1’ was released 30 years ago this year on September 3rd 1990. September 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of George’s second solo…
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Paul Weller on course for first UK Number 1 album in eight years with On Sunset
Paul Weller is heading for his first UK Number 1 album in over eight years on this week’s Official Albums Chart. The Jam frontman leads…
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Prince / Sign O’ The Times reissue
Remastered • 8CD+DVD or 13LP+DVD super deluxe • 45 unreleased vault tracks • 2LP peach vinyl • Plus: 2CD, 3CD and 4LP sets, Prince‘s 1987 album…
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Nile Rodgers and Neil Tennant lead call for sustainability in the arts
Nile Rodgers and Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant are among the stars who have called on Britain’s arts industry to go green after the…
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Depecho Mode – SPiRiTS In The Forest to be released on Blu-Ray & DVD
Package includes never-before-seen full-length concert audio & video from final Berlin shows, directed by Anton Corbijn Available here: This special four-disc (two video discs plus…
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Rick Astley – Best of Me
Rick celebrates his extraordinary story with the release of the new career-spanning compilation ‘The Best of Me’. It charts that initial run of hits alongside…