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		<title>Glastonbury antics were just puerile</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (30th June, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Britain&#8217;s music is being silenced by ministerial failure</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Times (20th July, 2022) Britain does not have many world-leading industries but our music business is most definitely one, relentlessly churning out hits and stars [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Musicians deserve a helping hand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 17:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (25th January, 2021) Seventeen years ago, I spent a day in Pimlico with Paul Weller. We met by the Tate Gallery at a time of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The music industry has been left to die</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 12:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (12th October, 2020) After more than a decade in the music business, Georgia Barnes was on the brink of stardom at the start of this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Whitney&#8217;s back from the dead. But is her hologram tour a joyful tribute or ghoulish exploitation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th February, 2020) Whitney Houston will soon be back on stage. Tickets are being sold for what is billed as the first [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why grandad rock still rolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian (June 29th) Two of the most powerful brands in popular culture merge on Saturday. The Rolling Stones, creators of perhaps the most efficient money machine [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The term &#8216;world music&#8217; is outdated and offensive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian (March 23, 2012) Life&#8217;s a mashup these days, isn&#8217;t it? Not just online but in the real world too. From arts to science, from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Another top ten albums of 2011 list</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published on The Spectator website (December 18th, 2011) Picking my favourite albums this year reminded me of three things about the current state of music. First, the obvious [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We must stop treating world-class artists with such routine contempt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Observer (July 10th, 2011) Idrissa Soumaoro should have been rehearsing with the celebrated Malian musicians Amadou &#38; Mariam for a show at the Manchester international [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spotify Sunday: Shuffle&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published on The Spectator website (April 16th, 2011) Like many music fans, I could spend months pondering a playlist and coming up with dozens of variations. Since I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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