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Singing truth to power: The best protest songs of the past 10 years

Musicians have always harnessed the power of music to protest war, inequality and oppression, in the aim of promoting positive change. Euronews Culture delves into the best protest songs of the last decade.

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Kae Tempest on creativity and his gender transition: ‘I’m just glad to be alive’

Ten years after his debut novel, the poet and musician has written a follow-up exploring self-discovery and a life lived on the edge. He talks about sexuality, pronouns and drawing strength from the literature he loves

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Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell, Lily Allen and Olivia Dean lead nominations as The Ivors unveil 2026 shortlist

The winners will be unveiled at a star-studded ceremony on May 21 in London.

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Ivor Novello award nominees reflect gender disparity in British and Irish songwriters, with twice as many men as women

Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and Kae Tempest lead this year’s Ivors, with two nominations each

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Olly Alexander: ‘Trans Mission sends a bold and loud message that we stand with the trans community’

All-star lineup of musicians, actors, authors and allies will gather at Wembley Arena to show support and raise funds for the trans community

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‘It’s 10,000 people saying – we’re with you’: inside Trans Mission, a night of solidarity and joy for a community under stress

Olly Alexander and Glyn Fussell’s starry, Live Aid-inspired shindig – featuring Christine and the Queens, Kae Tempest and Munroe Bergdorf – is a show of unity in a dark time for trans people

The Guardian - UK

‘Some artists thought it was too political’: can Jarvis, Damon, Olivia Rodrigo and Arctic Monkeys reboot the biggest charity album of the 90s?

Oasis, Macca and Radiohead made Help a smash for War Child in 1995. A new reboot packs comparable star power – and was partially produced from a hospital bed

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Urthboy AKA Tim Levinson: ‘My most chaotic gig? There’s a lot where it’s pretty good knowing we didn’t die’

The Herd emcee on the highs and lows of noughties touring, the perfect protest song, and his cringeworthy encounter with a hero

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Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights

Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March

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Hit and myth: Bacchae brings into view the National’s history of revamping Greek tragedies

Following in the footsteps of Peter Hall and Katie Mitchell, Indhu Rubasingham directs an ancient epic at the National Theatre. Bacchae reveals the virtues and vices of creating a new play from old

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Richard Branson and Kanya King among first recipients of Ivors Academy Honours

The accolades aim to recognise those who champion musicians and help to build a ‘stronger, fairer and more inclusive’ music industry.

Evening Standard

Kae Tempest to be honoured by Ivors Academy for impactful songwriting

The songwriter and poet will be celebrated for inspiring cultural change.

Evening Standard

From Jurassic World Rebirth to Kae Tempest: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

There’s another dino crisis as the cold-blooded megafranchise roars on, and the rapper-poet returns with a hugely personal new album

The Guardian - UK

"A reintroduction to the artist as his truest self." Kae Tempest's fifth album Self Titled cements his status as one of the most essential voices in UK music

Kae Tempest's follow-up to 2022's acclaimed The Line Is A Curve is another hard-hitting, incisive triumph

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Kae Tempest: Self Titled review – the rhythms in his lyrics are still so distinct

Despair runs through the Londoner’s fifth album but, in what is essentially a love letter to the trans community, his home town and partner, a strange beauty breaks through

The Independent UK

On Self Titled, Kae Tempest delivers power and truth in his weary clarity

4/5 Some tracks tend to border on prosaic, but others sparkle with Tempest’s cheeky wit

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“If it was my piano, I’d chop it up and use it for kindling”: The ‘not great’ instrument that created Adele’s Set Fire to the Rain

Fraser T Smith reveals the gear behind his work with Adele, Kano, Dave, Kae Tempest and more

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“When I started I didn't really know what a producer was. I just thought artists would produce themselves, because that's what I would have done”: Adele, Stormzy and Kae Tempest collaborator Fraser T Smith on the shifting definition of a ‘producer’

The award-winning producer on his Future Utopia project and the need to be a ‘Swiss Army knife’ in the studio

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Kae Tempest review – a brave, intimate set where the personal is political

The laser-focused spoken-word performer returns to the musical stage with new tracks focusing on their identity – but wider concerns are never far away

Evening Standard

Kae Tempest at Village Underground review: spitting bars and radiating trans joy

5/5 An intimate gig allowed the poet and rapper to debut new songs — and a new voice

The Independent UK

RAYE scoops top prize at Ivors while Bruce Springsteen receives lifetime honour

Rapper Dave, songwriter Bernie Taupin and grime legend Skepta among other artists to take home major awards

The Guardian - UK

Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna review – a love letter to London under pressure

The precarity and dreams of thirtysomething Londoners are adroitly explored in this tender portrait of contemporary queer life

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Sampha, Yussef Dayes and Daniel Pemberton top Ivor Novello award nominations

Sampha and Dayes get nods for best album and share in nomination for Sampha’s song Spirit 2.0, at awards for British songwriting and composition

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Kae Tempest: ‘I used to read David Icke. Imagine that’

The poet on being inspired by rappers, learning from Ursula K Le Guin, and the life-saving Leslie Feinberg

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‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more

The acclaimed writer and poet for children and adults has died aged 65. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute

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