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Jah Wobble on covering the Beatles, London buses and why punk went wrong: ‘Being kind is seen as square’

The maverick former Public Image Ltd bassist takes us on a typically picaresque journey through his ‘Kafka-esque’ days at Transport for London, being named by Sid Vicious and his spiritual learnings

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“My plan, which Andy probably didn't like, was based on when Prince wrote Nothing Compares 2 U and no one knew it was a Prince song until it became this big hit”: Razorlight’s biggest song was originally intended for another artist, says Johnny Borrell

He also wanted it to borrow the drum beat from a Billy Joel song

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The Surge review – a wild and haunting wake for Sinéad O’Connor

The late singer gets a thrilling tribute from a cast of 10 dancers in Sonya Tayeh’s heartfelt show

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‘I hope she hears us through the clouds’: the rumbling, thrusting dance piece paying tribute to Sinéad O’Connor

Tony-winning choreographer Sonya Tayeh was ‘broken up’ when she heard about the Irish singer-songwriter’s death three years ago. Now she and a group of over-40s female dancers are paying homage: ‘People love her, people need her’

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"I and everybody else were old farts in her opinion." Roger Waters on the night Sinéad O'Connor sang her spellbinding version of Pink Floyd's Mother

To mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters invited a stellar cast to Berlin for a restaging of Pink Floyd's The Wall - including The Scorpions, Joni Mitchell and Sinéad O'Connor

Louder

"Bambi turned into Darth Vader in seconds." A brief but fabulously on-brand story about Sinéad O'Connor, an Irish newspaper journalist, and two pints of Guinness

Bono's best friend, Irish rock star Gavin Friday, shares a classic anecdote about the late Sinéad O'Connor

Louder

"He took me out to his Rolls-Royce and played it. I was a little bit embarrassed because it's a bit saucy." The day that Spice Girl Mel C learned that Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis had written a song about her

"Were we in a relationship? We did go on a date."

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Peaches: ‘We need lube to smooth out the friction of the world’

The Canadian electroclash icon on No Lube So Rude, her first album in a decade, the state of global politics, the ‘punk energy’ of the older generation and her love of ping-pong

The Guardian - UK

Joy Crookes says UK and Ireland in ‘dark time’ amid rise of far-right politics

Musician’s Brixton and Dublin performances go viral after she performs Sinéad O’Connor’s anti-racism anthem Black Boys on Mopeds

The Guardian - UK

Rosie O’Donnell: ‘Meat Loaf’s mother wrote me and said, “You can’t be mean to my son”’

The beloved host and comedian on blubbering fans, scary kangaroos, her favourite Irish person and the strangest job she has ever had

The Guardian - AU

The late DJ Chris Hill galvanised funkateers, brought Black music to the clubs – and got Mick Jones dancing

The legendary Essex DJ, who died earlier this month, was a cultural influencer before there was such a thing. He democratised the dancefloor, fearlessly blended genres and understood the power of personality

The Guardian - UK

Two years after her death, a biopic on Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor is in the works

The Irish musician died in 2023 at the age of 56. The future biopic should focus on her early career and is backed by the producers of the 2022 documentary 'Nothing Compares'.

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Sinéad O’Connor biopic to focus on singer’s activism against Catholic Church

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The Independent UK

Sinéad O’Connor biopic in the works from company behind Lady Macbeth

Film has reportedly been in the works since the release of acclaimed documentary ‘Nothing Compares’

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The Guardian - UK

Sinéad O’Connor biopic in the works produced by company behind Slow Horses

The film about the Irish singer who died in 2023 will be directed by Josephine Decker, with involvement from Slow Horses producers See-Saw

The Guardian - UK

Joanne Robertson’s beautifully murky folksong and the best of the week’s new tracks

Known as a core Dean Blunt collaborator, the singer and painter has a way with hypnotic melodies and blurred guitar that brings to mind the best of Grouper

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Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten brands Kneecap's Mo Chara's terror charge a 'witch hunt'

Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten is speaking up for Kneecap's Mo Chara after he was slapped with a terror charge for protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza.

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‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah

On what would have been the late dub poet’s 67th birthday, his musical collaborators remember his warmth, invigorating words and reflections on the state of the world

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Revenge review: a luridly fascinating smorgasbord of Trump’s score settling

Pursuit of enemies has quickly emerged as a key theme of Trump 2.0 and Alex Isenstadt is happy to dish the dirt

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: star-packed 50th special brings laughs and emotion

A parade of ex cast members and celebrity hosts came together for a mammoth anniversary extravaganza celebrating the long-running comedy show

The Independent UK

12 times 'Saturday Night Live' made a cultural bang over the past 50 years

“Saturday Night Live” was intended for countercultural comedy

The Independent UK

Nothing compares to it: Revisiting the wild story of Sinéad O’Connor’s hit 35 years on

PLAYBACK: Everyone remembers the Irish singer’s mesmerising video for ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. Few know that Prince was the musician who wrote and released the original – or the level of chaos that ensued when he and O’Connor met. On the song’s 35th anniversary, Mark Beaumont delves into its emotive…

The Conversation

From bells to choirs, different ‘timbres’ ring in the Christmas holiday season

Concerts and radio stations at this time of year are filled with both Christmas and winter holiday music.

The Guardian - UK

‘Art and music have always been like friends to me’: painter to the stars Jack Coulter

The Irish artist talks about his synaesthesia and being mutually inspired by musicians such as Elton John and Paul McCartney

The Independent UK

The 15 greatest posthumous albums, ranked

From sprawling hip-hop opuses to haunting rock’n’roll swansongs, a handful of posthumous albums stand out among hundreds of duds. As the final record from alt-pop pioneer Sophie is released, Roisin O’Connor, Annabel Nugent and Louis Chilton pick their favourites

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