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"He was the first time I'd ever seen the potential of music to be evil": From Oz punk to Detroit blues, Nick Cave names his Desert Island Discs

Nick Cave chose eight favourite songs on the long-running BBC Radio show

Louder

Nick Cave says the death of his sons made him realise art is not ‘everything’

Australian artist said he has, at times, felt ‘repelled’ by work since the deaths of two of his children

The Independent UK

Nick Cave: I’ll retire when I can’t do knee drops anymore

Cave was speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

Evening Standard

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Folk festival which has featured Nick Cave and Joan Baez cancelled in 60th year

Organisers said the festival will return in 2026.

Evening Standard

TikToking on heaven’s door: Bob Dylan joins social media app as US ban looms

Songwriter, 83, signs up to TikTok with platform facing Sunday deadline to sell US operation

The Guardian - UK

Being a parent means you’re never quite your own person again – but that self-sacrifice can pull off a miracle

Parents must frequently say no to their own wants and needs to help their child flourish – and grow into a wonderful adult

The Guardian - AU

From Moo Deng to Me Espresso: it’s the 2024 bumper pop culture quiz of the year

Do you know your hot rodent boyfriends, which celebrity is selling feet pics on OnlyFans and who fell off a stage this year? Then this is the quiz for you

The Guardian - AU

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"Is that Instagram photo AI?" Meta tried to police AI fakery in 2024 with an ever-changing policy

Facebook is a great way to connect with friends and family, but AI-generated content is making it a scammer's playground.

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“He's probably, for my money, one of the finest guitarists in the world”: Who might Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood be talking about?

Clue: It’s not his brother

MusicRadar

Dirty Three, Amyl and the Sniffers and Emily Wurramara: the best Australian albums of 2024

Revelatory comebacks, career highlights, old-school riffs and a brave and radical debut. Your guide to Australia’s best music

The Guardian - AU

“He's probably, for my money, one of the finest guitarists in the world”: Radiohead's Colin Greenwood on who he considers the best rhythm guitarist he's ever played with

The Radiohead bassist also reflects on what makes Thom Yorke's guitar playing different from Jonny Greenwood's

Guitar World

“Nick Cave has this spiritual fervour with the audience”: Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on becoming a Bad Seed

The Radiohead bassist has just completed a stint in Nick Cave’s band and opens up on “the best time with the loveliest people”

Louder

“This album has been thousands of years in the making”: 80-year-old blues guitarist and singer-songwriter wins Australia's top music prize – beating Nick Cave and Amyl and the Sniffers

The Walmatjarri elder and blues musician Kankawa Nagarra, who picked up the guitar at age 40, won the $50,000 award for debut album, Wirlmarni

Guitar World

Australian Music prize: 80-year-old Kankawa Nagarra wins over Nick Cave and Amyl and the Sniffers

Walmatjarri elder and blues musician wins $50,000 prize for Wirlmarni, saying she hopes it will bring pride to her community in Wangkatjungka

The Guardian - AU

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Taylor Swift soap, saucy socks and Pet Shop Boys tea sets: it’s the culture Christmas gift guide 2024

From a Snoop Dogg firepit to a sweater celebrating the brutalist genius of Preston bus station, here are 40 fabulous festive suggestions for the culture vulture in your life

Evening Standard

Mark Steel joins Lauren Laverne for first Desert Island Discs since August

Steel picked The Clash’s Janie Jones, Into My Arms by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, and San Quentin by Johnny Cash among his records.

The Independent UK

The best albums of 2024, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: Bidding farewell to 2024, The Independent’s music critics Mark Beaumont and Helen Brown count down the best albums of the year

The Guardian - UK

Keep the flame alive: Labuschagne and Kohli can learn from Nick Cave

International sides around the world are now crammed with Test batters who average in the 30s

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Shane MacGowan's widow felt 'suicidal' after his death

Victoria Mary Clarke has revealed she contemplated suicide after losing the singer last year.

The Independent UK

Shane MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke: ‘There were days when I felt suicidal after Shane died’

Exclusive: Artist, writer and long-term partner of the late Pogues frontman speaks about her grieving process a year on from his death, and how she’s channelled that into art for her first solo exhibition

The Independent UK

Nick Cave responds to ‘admirably perverse’ Bob Dylan post: ‘There’s been such an excess of despair’

Musician was thrilled to learn that the singer-songwriter had been in the audience at his recent show with The Bad Seeds in Paris

The Independent UK

Ridley Scott reveals how previous Gladiator 2 script planned to bring back Russell Crowe

Director says Crowe wanted to return for sequel, even though his character dies in original film

Louder

“I’m in it to win it.” Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan enters charity raffle to win Courtney Love's hand-written lyrics for Hole's Violet, a song inspired by Billy Corgan, “a guy I know a little bit about”

Want to beat Billy Corgan to the ownership of lyrics about Billy Corgan, and help a wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra at the same time? Of course you do

The Independent UK

The 20 best songs of 2024, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: From Charli XCX’s neon-splattered club remix with Lorde to The Cure’s moment of bleary-eyed brilliance 16 years in the making, here are the songs that defined 2024, chosen by Annabel Nugent, Roisin O’Connor, Louis Chilton and Adam White

Evening Standard

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds at the O2 review: less rock show and more rapturous, compassionate communion

4/5 All were welcome in the grand cathedral of St Nick

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