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First Madonna, now Stevie Nicks: Sabrina Carpenter duets with another music legend
By Ben Rogerson published
She appeared alongside the Fleetwood Mac star to sing a classic from 1975

Thomann launch Montreux Jazz Festival competition with hour long slot plus €3,000 performance fee up for grabs
By Beth Simpson published
Applicants can be different genres that ‘make up the festival’s varied palette’

“Don’t just fund problems, fix them”: Music Venue Trust launches small venue upgrade programme
By Beth Simpson published
This is where that £1 arena show levy has been going

Watch the moment when a conductor accidentally knocked a £1 million violin out of its player's hand
By Beth Simpson published
It could have been a lot worse

“Hello children, mutha is here to save you”: Madonna gatecrashes LA club and debuts some Confessions II tracks
By Beth Simpson published
Plus Olivia Rodrigo plays a Brooklyn open mic night

"I don't know what he gets out of it": The scam promoter who's enraging Scottish techno DJs
By Beth Simpson published
“I've pissed off a lot of people," admits Kieran Wells

Vanessa Carlton explains how her surprise Coachella performance of her biggest hit was almost blown off course
By Ben Rogerson published
Carlton also says that she went through a "bad period" with the song – "it was like a burden to bear"

“Without them, you get silence”: New study suggests young people are increasingly giving up on music because there’s nowhere to play
By Beth Simpson published
The UK has lost 11,000 venues since 2019
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