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“If somebody offered me something I’d take it first and ask afterwards what it was. I’d swallow a pill and have to be carried back to my room”: The life and death of Jimmy Bain, the bassist who brought the rock’n’roll to Rainbow and Dio

They don’t make them like the late, great Jimmy Bain any more

Louder

Mountain bikes, molehills and one-act plays – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Blind date: ‘He said I looked like Kate Moss, then went, “No, wait, Kate Bush – I still fancy her though!”’

Emily, 26, who works in publishing, meets Jack, 25, a caseworker for a Labour MP

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U2 to make history as first Irish songwriters awarded Ivors Academy fellowship

They follow in the footsteps of artists including Sir Elton John, Kate Bush, Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.

Evening Standard

O’Dessa review – clumsy sci-fi musical is a rocky road to nowhere

Sadie Sink, Kelvin Harrison Jr and Regina Hall are all left adrift in this messy attempt to mash genres

The Guardian - US

“If you look at it, it’s my reputation… I need five months to prepare a show, and I can’t be writing new songs or promoting the album”: Is this why Kate Bush only ever toured once?

Gruelling exertion, exhilaration, determination and a human tragedy all played a part in her 1979 Tour Of Life – and she never hit the road again

Louder

Celine Dion warns against 'fake' AI songs online

Celine Dion has warned fans about "fake" AI-generated songs circulating online that she has had no involvement with.

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I streamed the totally silent AI protest album on Spotify – and if you don't like AI stealing the voices of music icons, I think you should too

A new silent album has been released on music platforms in protest of a new UK law proposal. If you care about protecting musicians, you'll join me in streaming it.

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“You see people who are into the glamour and ego of it. Music has nothing to do with ego. Music is like being a bank clerk – it’s work”: How Kate Bush smashed the barriers and became a star like no other

In 1978, Kate Bush had just released her debut single Wuthering Heights – and one journalist was there to watch it all take off

Louder

Starmer wants ‘creatives to thrive’ after musicians lead backlash to AI plans

Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John and Kate Bush are among artists who have protested about proposals around copyright and artificial intelligence.

Evening Standard

Brian May fears it's 'too late' to stop AI from destroying the music industry

Sir Brian May has issued a stark warning about the damage AI Is doing to the music industry as the UK government plans changes to copyright laws.

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“In the music of the future, will our voices go unheard?” Kate Bush and others release new silent album in protest at plans to let AI firms use copyrighted work for free

Is This What We Want? includes ‘contributions’ by Bush, Damon Albarn and Hans Zimmer

MusicRadar

Stephen Fry, Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Dua Lipa among artists to protest copyright law changes to AI

A group of leading British performers and creatives have described the proposed changes as ‘wholly unnecessary and counterproductive’

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Music stars release silent album in protest against UK AI copyright plans

Is This What We Want features recordings of empty studios, performance spaces, highlighting danger to creative trade.

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Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among major artists on silent album in protest of UK's planned changes to AI copyright laws

Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Annie Lennon, and many more have come together on the silent protest album.

The Independent UK

Kate Bush, Imogen Heap and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists featured on silent AI protest album

Project features recordings of empty studios and recording spaces, which musicians warn could become the reality should new AI proposals go ahead

The Guardian - UK

Why are creatives fighting UK government AI proposals on copyright?

More than 48,000 creators including Kate Bush and Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus say Labour’s preferred option is unfair and unworkable

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Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album

Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission

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Musicians protest against AI copyright plans with silent album release

Kate Bush and Annie Lennox are among the high-profile artists who helped write the protest album.

The Independent UK

Kate Bush and Annie Lennox have released a completely silent album – here’s why

The album features an impressive line-up of big names

MusicRadar

“There was a full moon and the curtains were open. Every time I looked up for ideas, I looked at the moon”: How teen prodigy Kate Bush created her timeless classic Wuthering Heights

“Those shrieks and warbles are beauty beyond belief,”said John Lydon

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“I’d get up in the morning, practise scales at my piano, go off dancing, and then in the evening I’d come back and play the piano all night.” The story of Kate Bush's debut album The Kick Inside

The story of how 19-year-old Kate Bush became one of the world's biggest music phenomenons, with a little help from David Gilmour and Emily Brontë

Louder

“She fell in love with Pink Floyd, The Beatles and David Bowie and combined them all in her neoclassical way”: Even though Kate Bush refused to produce Gavin Friday’s Virgin Prunes, he still loves her

Composer, actor and painter explains why her work is high art in the style of influential writer James Joyce

Louder

“She blends her beloved characteristics with those of King Crimson, Genesis and Porcupine Tree”: Tori Amos’ From The Choirgirl Hotel is prog in its truest sense

1996 album opens with arguably her proggiest song then delivers figurative lyrics, rhythmic shifts and style change-ups

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“I don't really mind if people mishear lyrics or misunderstand what the story is, I think you have to let go of that when you send it out in the world”: Are all interpretations of songs correct? Kate Bush certainly thinks so

It’s easy to get precious about the true meaning of our creative endeavours, but how much authority do songwriters really have to own the definitive reading of their work?

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