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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I mean, this is the greatest recording ever made. I could break down why it's so good, blah blah blah, but more than anything... what were they thinking?”: Jack Antonoff breaks down the crazy genius of his favourite Beatles song ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "There's nothing like it. There never has or never will be.” ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ohFumyA5bHxACoeKNf26vh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Jack Antonoff appears on SiriusXM&#039;s &#039;The Howard Stern Show&#039; at SiriusXM Studios on April 28, 2026 in New York City.  (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Jack Antonoff appears on SiriusXM&#039;s &#039;The Howard Stern Show&#039; at SiriusXM Studios on April 28, 2026 in New York City.  (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Jack Antonoff appears on SiriusXM&#039;s &#039;The Howard Stern Show&#039; at SiriusXM Studios on April 28, 2026 in New York City.  (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I wasn't prepared for what I saw that night. Not only did you hear this magnificent voice, but the message was one of faith, truth and doing the right thing”: How a classic song recorded live in London set Bob Marley on the path to global superstardom ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-wasnt-prepared-for-what-i-saw-that-night-not-only-did-you-hear-this-magnificent-voice-but-the-message-was-one-of-faith-truth-and-doing-the-right-thing-how-a-classic-song-recorded-live-in-london-set-bob-marley-on-the-path-to-global-superstardom</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ And he gave away the songwriting credit to a local hero back home in Jamaica ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:35:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ neil.crossley@futurenet.com (Neil Crossley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Neil Crossley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dqdtq9C4wVDt69rzkTQ5uD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I heard somebody say, ‘Did you guys hear Finneas and Billie had a falling-out?’": Billie Eilish explains why her brother had become a "Rapunzel" figure in her touring band, and says it was a "miracle" that she won her latest Grammy for Wildflower ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Finneas and I thought it would be an underrated song. It was one of my favorites, but I was like, ‘This isn’t gonna be the hit" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kDtgsXd3HwXg3rSPcR8x3X-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 21: (L-R) Billie Eilish and FINNEAS perform onstage during the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR at The Kia Forum on December 21, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation Entertainment)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 21: (L-R) Billie Eilish and FINNEAS perform onstage during the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR at The Kia Forum on December 21, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation Entertainment)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "If someone creates an AI-generated version of Taylor in a jumpsuit with a guitar, now Swift has a federal trademark claim": Taylor Swift moves to trademark her voice and likeness in a bid to shake off the bots and protect her big reputation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/if-someone-creates-an-ai-generated-version-of-taylor-in-a-jumpsuit-with-a-guitar-now-swift-has-a-federal-trademark-claim-taylor-swift-moves-to-trademark-her-voice-and-likeness-in-a-bid-to-shake-off-the-bots-and-protect-her-big-reputation</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ There will be no unauthorised Life of AI Showgirl, it seems ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:18:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cmxeHea7tLsuKZJqcfMKnC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - OCTOBER 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO STANDALONE PUBLICATION USE (NO SPECIAL INTEREST OR SINGLE ARTIST PUBLICATION USE; NO BOOK USE)) Taylor Swift performs onstage during &quot;Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour&quot; at Caesars Superdome on October 25, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - OCTOBER 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO STANDALONE PUBLICATION USE (NO SPECIAL INTEREST OR SINGLE ARTIST PUBLICATION USE; NO BOOK USE)) Taylor Swift performs onstage during &quot;Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour&quot; at Caesars Superdome on October 25, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “He thought someone was winding him up. But it was actually Quincy Jones calling to say, ‘I love the songs you’ve written. Would you come to LA and work on a project with me?’”: How Heatwave's Rod Temperton ended up writing songs for Michael Jackson ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Barry Blue recalls the moment Temperton got the call to go and work on the album that would become Off The Wall ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:47:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:14:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7c4r25Zejr4TsihfmkGLQC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[International funk and disco band Heatwave, February 1976. Left to right: guitarist Eric Johns (front), keyboard player Rod Temperton, singer Keith Wilder, bassist Mario Mantese, drummer Ernest &#039;Bilbo&#039; Berger and singer Johnnie Wilder, Jr (1949 - 2006). (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[International funk and disco band Heatwave, February 1976. Left to right: guitarist Eric Johns (front), keyboard player Rod Temperton, singer Keith Wilder, bassist Mario Mantese, drummer Ernest &#039;Bilbo&#039; Berger and singer Johnnie Wilder, Jr (1949 - 2006). (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[International funk and disco band Heatwave, February 1976. Left to right: guitarist Eric Johns (front), keyboard player Rod Temperton, singer Keith Wilder, bassist Mario Mantese, drummer Ernest &#039;Bilbo&#039; Berger and singer Johnnie Wilder, Jr (1949 - 2006). (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Nedra’s voice, style and spirit helped define a sound that would change music. Her contribution to the group’s story and their defining influence will live forever”: The last surviving member of the Ronettes, Nedra Talley Ross, has died ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singers-songwriters/nedras-voice-style-and-spirit-helped-define-a-sound-that-would-change-music-her-contribution-to-the-groups-story-and-their-defining-influence-will-live-forever-the-last-surviving-member-of-the-ronettes-nedra-talley-ross-has-died</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ She was 80 years old ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:29:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singers &amp; Songwriters]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4t35F6gTyuYwTxaCxtyYNT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Ronettes, UK, 11th January 1964. Nedra Talley Ross, centre with Veronica Bennett (later Ronnie Spector) and Estelle Bennett]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[American girl group the Ronettes, UK, 11th January 1964. From left to right, they are singers Veronica Bennett (later Ronnie Spector), Nedra Talley and Estelle Bennett]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “If there’s anything negative, I understand why they didn’t put it out”: Prince’s first wife Mayte Garcia has her say on the cancelled Netflix documentary about him, and confirms that her book about their relationship is being turned into a movie ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Mostly I think it should be his music and what a genius he was because he wasn't normal,” she says ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:15:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E6bTKVDafZ4Pjy4RF9hXwQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 4: Mayte Garcia and Prince perform on stage on &#039;The Ultimate Live Experience&#039; tour at Wembley Arena on March 4th, 1995 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Pete Still/Redferns)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 4: Mayte Garcia and Prince perform on stage on &#039;The Ultimate Live Experience&#039; tour at Wembley Arena on March 4th, 1995 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Pete Still/Redferns)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Hello children, mutha is here to save you. Are you ready to dance for me? Alright, let’s go gays, come on!”: Madonna gatecrashes West Hollywood club night and debuts some Confessions II tracks ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plus Olivia Rodrigo plays a Brooklyn open mic night ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mV4egTztSA8bydt9tMUD9Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “My heart skipped a beat. Shock, horror, horrendous feelings. Yeah, it was traumatic, really. It was like someone passing away": Paul McCartney’s driver on how he felt when Macca’s beloved Hofner was stolen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ But it turned up 51 years later ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NmzsiTGNs8s7gH56aoLLig-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "I thought the melody was so beautiful and I really liked the lyrics, it was very clever. I knew my daughter would be thrilled as well": So which Billie Eilish cover has Paul Weller included on his new compilation? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It came from a recent BBC Radio 2 session ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:50:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singles And Albums]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QJjgW98ewYGVYrnUovDLJi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “We thought it would be a taster single to set the scene, but when it came out, it went crazy": The almost unbelievable story of how EMF went to No 1 in the US with their debut single, which came with a huge guitar riff and a helping hand from Rick Rubin ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “The guitar riff goes from blues mode to flamenco mode, like the two conflicting sides of my life” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2AnjgqHuoXiHM4aFwKU2Fa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[1990: English boyband E.M.F. James Atkin, Ian Dench, Derry Brownson,  Zac Foley, Mark DeCloedt   (Photo by BSR Agency/Gentle Look via Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[1990: English boyband E.M.F. James Atkin, Ian Dench, Derry Brownson,  Zac Foley, Mark DeCloedt   (Photo by BSR Agency/Gentle Look via Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I still think it’s a great lyric. Probably the best I’ve ever written. Those first four lines are the most memorable in my entire catalogue”: The classic ’80s rock anthem and the ’70s hit that inspired it ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-still-think-its-a-great-lyric-probably-the-best-ive-ever-written-those-first-four-lines-are-the-most-memorable-in-my-entire-catalogue-the-classic-80s-rock-anthem-and-the-70s-hit-that-inspired-it</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “That summer seemed to last forever…” ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rcTGeQ8U8kiKNKm8WQ5tBW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I was fearless. I could write a song immediately in front of the audience, the band would join in, and they had no idea what I was doing! You have to be a little crazy to do something like that”: How Neil Diamond flew by the seat of his pants in the ’70s ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “It was exciting, and I was so confident in my powers then” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:26:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wWg5WqU3FdAPerJKFzMDQf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Mark Knopfler, he's soloing kind of all through the record. And that's what I did, too”: Bruce Hornsby explains why a classic Dire Straits song is a “kindred spirit” to his biggest hit ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/mark-knopfler-hes-soloing-kind-of-all-through-the-record-and-thats-what-i-did-too-bruce-hornsby-explains-why-a-classic-dire-straits-song-is-a-kindred-spirit-to-his-biggest-hit</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ He also reveals which hip-hop interpolation of The Way It Is he likes the best ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:24:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:49:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2KrjgaGqzbEA8Tu3H6jcK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I would never say that to anybody. Isn't that horrible?” So what exactly did Dave Grohl say to David Bowie the first time he met him? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I backpedalled so fast,” he recalls ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:43:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singers &amp; Songwriters]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fqQbcJeNHJPzKh3TkXWz9e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “There are two ways that you cannot sing – if you're crying or if there's hair in your mouth”: Vanessa Carlton explains how her surprise Coachella performance of her classic piano pop hit was almost blown off course ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/there-are-two-ways-that-you-cannot-sing-if-youre-crying-or-if-theres-hair-in-your-mouth-vanessa-carlton-explains-how-her-coachella-cameo-performance-of-piano-pop-classic-a-thousand-miles-was-almost-blown-off-course-by-the-wind</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Carlton also says that she went through a "bad period" with the song – "it was like a burden to bear" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:07:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:11:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SbbA9bEa4C3cMmEcPT5PWW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 10: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NOT TO BE LICENSED FOR ANY STANDALONE OR SPECIAL INTEREST BOOK PUBLISHING USE CONCERNING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND/OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL) Vanessa Carlton performs with Teddy Swims at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 10: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NOT TO BE LICENSED FOR ANY STANDALONE OR SPECIAL INTEREST BOOK PUBLISHING USE CONCERNING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND/OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL) Vanessa Carlton performs with Teddy Swims at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 10: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NOT TO BE LICENSED FOR ANY STANDALONE OR SPECIAL INTEREST BOOK PUBLISHING USE CONCERNING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND/OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL) Vanessa Carlton performs with Teddy Swims at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “She's asking me what tricks I have - as if she's asking me! I have no tricks that she doesn't know about”: PinkPantheress responds to Imogen Heap’s request for production tips, and says she really wants a pair of her musical gloves ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shes-asking-me-what-tricks-i-have-as-if-shes-asking-me-i-have-no-tricks-that-she-doesnt-know-about-pinkpantheress-responds-to-imogen-heaps-request-for-production-tips-and-says-she-really-wants-a-pair-of-her-musical-gloves</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Those gloves are everything. I've always wanted a pair of those – I want to ask her for some” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:03:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CDZjtnZmwsRfgPrsBLGa6V-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jimi and I sat down facing each other, with Jimi on six-string acoustic and me on 12-string”: The life and times of Dave Mason, the Traffic legend who played with Hendrix, McCartney, the Stones and more ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/jimi-and-i-sat-down-facing-each-other-with-jimi-on-six-string-acoustic-and-me-on-12-string-the-life-and-times-of-dave-mason-the-traffic-legend-who-played-with-hendrix-mccartney-the-stones-and-more</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “If you're going to learn something, you may as well try and put yourself around the best” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WnzWXPWAvfnyYxdhEaaLyT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “They said ‘we’re going to let you on the plane, but you’re going to have to be sniffed by the dog'": Ringo Starr talks to Jimmy Kimmel about his duet with Paul McCartney, the Beatles biopics and having to prove his ID ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ His 22nd solo album is out this week ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jsh2x6u46P7XpwtreWYiLi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I never wanted to be a solo artist. That album was all the songs that were turned down by Fleetwood Mac between 1975 and 1980”: Why Stevie Nicks decided to fly solo in 1981 – and how her pre-Fleetwood Mac songs were reborn with Sheryl Crow ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Her journey from Bella Donna to Trouble In Shangri-La ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:41:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TiRz9AV2BWjLT2JAaNiuKC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I was just a new guy, probably number nine on the list”: Larry Carlton on his nerve-shredding debut session with Quincy Jones – and the time he was called to play guitar on a Michael Jackson smash-hit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Carlton's experiences are a great example of why a session player has to be ready for anything ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GXQmsCR6YVsE3eczWZNgBi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I mean, how has that not happened?”: A decade after her first effort was rejected, Lana Del Rey finally has her Bond theme – but is it the one she deserved? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ First Light is here, but you won't be hearing it in a cinema any time soon ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gaYNbyoQcZ2826E2cj8TFi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 10: Lana Del Rey attends the Ralph Lauren fashion show during New York Fashion Week on February 10, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 10: Lana Del Rey attends the Ralph Lauren fashion show during New York Fashion Week on February 10, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I’m hoping and praying that some kind soul will find these items and reach out”: Madonna lost her clothes at Coachella over the weekend ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ She made guest appearance during Sabrina Carpenter’s set ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:31:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gigs &amp; Festivals]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VTfNAhEYCiNZ8xKWDQgTMc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Madonna (R) performs with Sabrina Carpenter at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Madonna (R) performs with Sabrina Carpenter at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It’s like… what do you do after that? I need a drink”: Sabrina Carpenter sings Like A Prayer with Madonna at Coachella, as Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Billy Idol, Steve Stevens, Zara Larsson and SZA also deliver second weekend cameos ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/its-like-what-do-you-do-after-that-i-need-a-drink-sabrina-carpenter-sings-like-a-prayer-with-madonna-at-coachella-as-olivia-rodrigo-billie-eilish-billy-idol-steve-stevens-zara-larsson-and-sza-also-deliver-second-weekend-cameos</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Coachella’s second half definitely wasn’t a B-side ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:37:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DZQrBfbR66RaZaN5j5T6aC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 17: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NOT TO BE LICENSED FOR ANY STANDALONE OR SPECIAL INTEREST BOOK PUBLISHING USE CONCERNING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND/OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL) Madonna (R) performs with Sabrina Carpenter at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2026 in Indio, California.  (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 17: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NOT TO BE LICENSED FOR ANY STANDALONE OR SPECIAL INTEREST BOOK PUBLISHING USE CONCERNING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND/OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL) Madonna (R) performs with Sabrina Carpenter at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2026 in Indio, California.  (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I was like, ‘Oh my God, he graffitied on this shirt. Am I going to go out in this shirt that has this thing on it?’”: Olivia Rodrigo reveals Robert Smith's Glastonbury prank, and says she didn’t play her Cure-referencing new single to him ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-was-like-oh-my-god-he-graffitied-on-this-shirt-am-i-going-to-go-out-in-this-shirt-that-has-this-thing-on-it-olivia-rodrigo-reveals-robert-smiths-glastonbury-prank-and-says-she-didnt-play-her-cure-referencing-new-single-to-him</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I played him a bunch of other songs on the album – I don’t know why I didn’t think to play this one" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:42:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VNduEnzSTQGMpwRyNTC7yE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Olivia Rodrigo performs on the Pyramid stage during day five of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 29, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. Established by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury has grown into the UK&#039;s largest music festival, drawing over 200,000 fans to enjoy performances across more than 100 stages. In 2026, the festival will take a fallow year, a planned pause to allow the Worthy Farm site time to rest and recover. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Olivia Rodrigo performs on the Pyramid stage during day five of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 29, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. Established by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury has grown into the UK&#039;s largest music festival, drawing over 200,000 fans to enjoy performances across more than 100 stages. In 2026, the festival will take a fallow year, a planned pause to allow the Worthy Farm site time to rest and recover. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I’m curious about this new technology”: Jose González has collaborated with ChatGPT on his new album ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ But the Swedish singer songwriter has a more nuanced view of AI ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:53:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singers &amp; Songwriters]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6uYhCdF9fKjzuWzFQ4RjpX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "We get so many requests from people wanting to use our tracks but we normally say no. This is only the second time we have given permission”: How Madonna created a dancefloor classic - with a sample that other artists could only dream of using ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/hung-up-madonna-abba-fuelled-party-start</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An intoxicating mash-up of ’70s disco, ’80s electropop and 2000s club music ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ neil.crossley@futurenet.com (Neil Crossley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Neil Crossley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YiRhkxxfNemaFgV3F3x4cS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “He hummed the initial melody for When Doves Cry into my answerphone – saying, ‘Don’t erase this!’ – so he’d remember it”: Prince’s Purple Rain co-star recalls the moment he had the idea for one of his greatest songs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 10 years after his death, Apollonia Kotero is one of many friends and collaborators who’ve been remembering him ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fJGg6WG4wwzfNR9Db5Vdv8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Prince embraces Apollonia Kotero in a scene from the film &#039;Purple Rain&#039;, 1984. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Prince embraces Apollonia Kotero in a scene from the film &#039;Purple Rain&#039;, 1984. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “A man walked into the party with a big long scarf. He looked at the mirror, whisked his scarf around his neck and tilted his hat slightly to the left. I thought, ‘Wow, he’s really vain’”: The No 1 song that propelled Carly Simon to stardom ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/a-man-walked-into-the-party-with-a-big-long-scarf-he-looked-at-the-mirror-whisked-his-scarf-around-his-neck-and-tilted-his-hat-slightly-to-the-left-i-thought-wow-hes-really-vain-the-no-1-song-that-propelled-carly-simon-to-stardom</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ It also left legions of fans speculating on who it was actually about ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ neil.crossley@futurenet.com (Neil Crossley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Neil Crossley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/okDJguWekV2cZp9Jw3toWB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “You know all the words to Just Like Heaven, and I know why he wrote them now”: Olivia Rodrigo still has The Cure’s Robert Smith on her mind on new single, Drop Dead ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lyrical reference follows Rodrigo and Smith’s Glastonbury collab last year ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:42:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LXomZK24PKrJd8Fc6STob3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "As a vocalist, every word I sing in the Van Halen songbook, I wrote. I wrote every line, every melody, every harmony stack. For better or worse, if you're singing it – Roth was bringing it": David Lee Roth has clarified his creative role in Van Halen ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/as-a-vocalist-every-word-i-sing-in-the-van-halen-songbook-i-wrote-i-wrote-every-line-every-melody-every-harmony-stack-for-better-or-worse-if-youre-singing-it-roth-was-bringing-it-david-lee-roth-has-clarified-his-creative-role-in-van-halen</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Our stuff is like West Side Story,” he says of the Van Halen back catalogue ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/556v4jZSUikHQW5w6PHpij-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[David Lee Roth performs at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 1 on April 10, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[David Lee Roth performs at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 1 on April 10, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I was already a fan, but after that I just had so much empathy for her and her humanity and of course her talent”: Anne Hathaway on what changed her opinion of Taylor Swift – and how she inspired her while playing a “dominant pop presence” in Mother Mary ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-was-already-a-fan-but-after-that-i-just-had-so-much-empathy-for-her-and-her-humanity-and-of-course-her-talent-anne-hathaway-on-what-changed-her-view-of-taylor-swift-and-how-she-inspired-her-while-playing-a-dominant-pop-presence-in-mother-mary</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The movie's soundtrack includes songs written by regular Swift collaborator Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E42xfSDbNKkXwYT9qmCWCP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I’d become involved in an anti-drug programme in New York. So in my mind I had to write that song. But oh, it was terrible! It was laughed at”: The crazy song that Neil Diamond wishes he hadn’t written ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/id-become-involved-in-an-anti-drug-programme-in-new-york-so-in-my-mind-i-had-to-write-that-song-but-oh-it-was-terrible-it-was-laughed-at-the-crazy-song-that-neil-diamond-wishes-he-hadnt-written</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Up till that point I’d never smoked pot” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:10:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/85LC9Uz2dNez9RWPUKXgZZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I think it's one of the greatest pop songs ever made. It makes me feel nostalgic, but also if it came out yesterday, it would be an absolute smash”: Dua Lipa’s favourite Britney Spears song was a massive hit, but the writing process was "torture" ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-think-its-one-of-the-greatest-pop-songs-ever-made-it-makes-me-feel-nostalgic-but-also-if-it-came-out-yesterday-it-would-be-an-absolute-smash-dua-lipas-favourite-britney-spears-song-was-a-massive-hit-but-the-writing-process-wasnt-easy</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I listened to it and I was like, ‘This is impossible to make a song out of, but I love it!’” says co-writer Christian Karlsson ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fzSNEnvKdYcdfzPiw3sxtJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "I started getting all these Google alerts about this group Bon Iver, because Justin Vernon was shouting me out in the press”: Bruce Hornsby explains how he first heard about Bon Iver, and reveals the song of theirs that he considers to be “transcendent” ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-started-getting-all-these-google-alerts-about-this-group-bon-iver-because-justin-vernon-was-shouting-me-out-in-the-press-bruce-hornsby-explains-how-he-first-heard-about-bon-iver-and-reveals-the-song-of-theirs-that-he-considers-to-be-transcendent</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "His layered vocals are crazy, all the harmonies that he puts together. It’s very special” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:02:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4V2GkFPfgUWyBsoijXfLYC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I wasn't sure about it. And then we started playing it in rehearsals, and some of my band were like, ‘This one's good, you know’”: Olivia Dean says that her biggest hit “wasn’t supposed to be a single”, and names the Motown legend who inspires her ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-wasnt-sure-about-it-and-then-we-started-playing-it-in-rehearsals-and-some-of-my-band-were-like-this-ones-good-you-know-olivia-dean-says-that-her-biggest-hit-wasnt-supposed-to-be-a-single-and-names-the-motown-legend-who-inspires-her</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I think as a performer, she just brought so much joy, and was just so carefree, feminine and powerful” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:33:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:32:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DyFqjV4jkFhdvWR6tY4v93-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 28: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Olivia Dean performs &#039;Man I Need&#039; on stage during The BRIT Awards 2026 at Co-op Live on February 28, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 28: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Olivia Dean performs &#039;Man I Need&#039; on stage during The BRIT Awards 2026 at Co-op Live on February 28, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “She sang like an angel. She walked through this world like an angel, and now she’s back with her own kind”: Bono and others pay tribute to Clannad singer Moya Brennan ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Group played crucial role in revival of Irish language music ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GCbrYnQYt4ac2jvgHHgbme-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Ever since I was a little kid and singing in the shower I'd dream about one day being in the RnR hall of fame”: Oasis to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame and Liam Gallagher seems… delighted ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/ever-since-i-was-a-little-kid-and-singing-in-the-shower-id-dream-about-one-day-being-in-the-rnr-hall-of-fame-oasis-to-be-inducted-into-the-hall-of-fame-and-liam-gallagher-seems-delighted</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ He’s changed his tune ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uwJ69jBaq69xqpZJVzWvAC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Gallagher family in the mid 1970&#039;s. LK-R: Noel, Paul, Liam and Mum Peggy Gallagher]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Family portrait of the Gallagher family in the mid 1970&#039;s from left to right Noel, Paul, Liam and Mum Peggy Gallagher]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Tours are so brutal and taxing, and I like to have a puppy room for the guys to go chill in”: Trailer for Billie Eilish’s 3D James Cameron-directed concert film is out and contains some unexpected canine chums ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/tours-are-so-brutal-and-taxing-and-i-like-to-have-a-puppy-room-for-the-guys-to-go-chill-in-trailer-for-billie-eilishs-3d-james-cameron-directed-concert-film-is-out-and-contains-some-unexpected-canine-chums</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ She would like you to see her puppies ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TDC3W5LbjsdmpzfgVJyeCH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "It's giving let's smoke and watch YouTube": Zara Larsson clarifies her thoughts on Justin Bieber's divisive Coachella set, as fans compare and contrast it to Sabrina Carpenter's ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Carpenter brought a full Hollywood production – Bieber just his laptop ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:54:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:55:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nd4FPHZq2x5kyGViZ3LT9X-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Joni hates the word ‘confessional’ as she thinks it implies you’ve done something wrong”: Brandi Carlile names her favourite Joni Mitchell album – and hails Joni’s 1971 classic as a record that “changed songwriting forever” ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Carlile and Mitchell have formed a strong bond in recent years ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:55:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VUkqV2UjRiK6jPokfta7c9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut. An entire verse fell out of my mind and onto the page”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a global superstar ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:03:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ neil.crossley@futurenet.com (Neil Crossley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Neil Crossley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sc5moCWCZWJynEoG4Yz8eK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Is it cool if I bring some rock royalty on the stage right now?”: Billy Corgan suffers mic malfunction as he makes his first ever appearance at Coachella alongside Sombr to sing a Smashing Pumpkins classic ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ You wait 30 years to sing one of your biggest hits in the desert, and then this happens ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k9t4QqMnE4PwR62efUBtvA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Sombr and Billy Corgan at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2 on April 11, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sombr and Billy Corgan at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2 on April 11, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I can’t believe I did that. I wish I still had it”: Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan on her beloved red Strat she sold for just $25 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It was the guitar she learned on ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Guitars]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ra5YRMBEsufTyKFHeHNh4k-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Daria Kobayashi Ritch]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I knew my folk music would take off, if I put hip-hop beats behind it”: How one song turned the self-confessed “worst rapper in the world” into an alt-rock icon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Slacker my ass! I never had any slack. I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amit Sharma ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oUHRMCxMYN8E3EzikTkonZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "They refused it and told me, either change the beat, change the tempo, take the talking out, take the whistling out, or we won't release it”: How Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo had to fight to release their 1983 classic ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/they-refused-it-and-told-me-either-change-the-beat-change-the-tempo-take-the-talking-out-take-the-whistling-out-or-we-wont-release-it-how-pat-benatar-and-neil-giraldo-had-to-fight-to-a-1983-classic</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Love Is a Battlefield introduced the Linn Drum into mainstream rock ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singles And Albums]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FHvCVkZDLhnE8fzwkirjxf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo leaving the 24th Annual Grammy Awards on February 24, 1982]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Musician Pat Benatar and husband Neil Giraldo leaving 24th Annual Grammy Awards on February 24, 1982]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic. But because it is sugarcoated, it is accepted”: The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/anti-religious-anti-nationalistic-anti-conventional-anti-capitalistic-but-because-it-is-sugarcoated-it-is-accepted-the-song-john-lennon-called-the-best-ive-ever-written-and-yoko-onos-uncredited-contribution</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ neil.crossley@futurenet.com (Neil Crossley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Neil Crossley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ksAtqM97RKNtBYgKqGJThV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “He obviously wanted to do something like that for Billie Jean and he did his own version of that groove”: John Oates agrees with Daryl Hall that I Can’t Go For That was the inspiration for one of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/he-obviously-wanted-to-do-something-like-that-for-billie-jean-and-he-did-his-own-version-of-that-groove-john-oates-agrees-with-daryl-hall-that-i-cant-go-for-that-was-the-inspiration-for-one-of-michael-jacksons-greatest-hits</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I told him: ‘Oh Michael, what do I care? You did it very differently,’” Hall previously said ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:18:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sam8GfZHe6gyK958ZGqABJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "She goes, 'No, I want to play you the songs on my guitar. Let's just go out to the parking lot, and I'll sit in the back of your truck’”: Back in 2006, a “fearless” Taylor Swift took a hands-on approach to getting her music played on the radio ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It’s almost 20 years since she released Tim McGraw, her debut single ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aXVsTkvEi56E4jDhLu4m3K-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Taylor Swift sings the National Anthem as the Detroit Lions host the Miami Dolphins in a Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on November 23, 2006.  (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Taylor Swift sings the National Anthem as the Detroit Lions host the Miami Dolphins in a Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on November 23, 2006.  (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Oh, wow! See, that’s something I only do on stage. That’s not a part of the record”: Lindsey Buckingham reacts to TikTok covers of Fleetwood Mac’s Never Going Back Again, and says one of them is “better than I do it” ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ He says that he’s “touched and encouraged” that so many people are learning the song ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:13:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:45:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k2LHPLwnKAzs7yw8bubkRD-1280-80.jpg">
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