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Paul Hanley

19 August 2026

Every music biopic gets two things horribly wrong – and The Beatles films will be no exception

Each rock movie is packed with clichés about real events and songwriting. Now Sam Mendes has that problem fourfold

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19 August 2026

Now that’s what I call the best music books ever!

Most music biographies are lazy and rubbish. Here are 10 exceptions

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30 June 2026

Andy Burnham likes decent music. That doesn’t guarantee he’ll be a decent PM

The PM-in-waiting’s playlist choices are sound. But then so were Boris Johnson’s

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17 June 2026

We are failing: Rod Stewart, Morrissey and the indescribable hell of the late gig cancellation

A dash from a scrapped concert to a Scotland match has piled on the disappointment for ticket-holders. What would Mark E Smith have made of it all?

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