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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Even though words are supposed to kind of be my thing, I will never be able to express my gratitude to you guys for doing that for me”: Taylor Swift pays tribute to her parents at Songwriters Hall Of Fame ceremony ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ She’s the youngest female to be inducted ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “All the notes are different, but the feel of it and the rhythm of it gives that track an extra little kick”: Producer Mike Stock on the secret sauce in Rick Astley's biggest song, why Stock Aitken Waterman was never a 'hit factory', and new music ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It made us sound like a sausage factory – that we were just churning them out – and that couldn't be further from the truth, because we always put the time and the hours and the effort in" ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Daniel Griffiths ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JFgdUaQvzqNMqJqmYQZeVj.jpeg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Did Bob Dylan sue me? He teased me about it but didn’t sue”: Elvis Costello won’t be suing Olivia Rodrigo over supposed plagiarism ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It’s alleged her 2021 track Brutal rips off Pump It Up ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:20:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singers &amp; Songwriters]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Playing music should always be fun. It should feel like an escape”: Ed Sheeran teams up with Orange to create the “ultimate busking amp” and launches grassroots music campaign to encourage young players to get out and play ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sheeran and Orange unveil the Outlowd ES series, featuring a trio of busking friendly acoustic amps – and Sheeran's Play It Home campaign aims to support grassroots music across the globe ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:27:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:31:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DxiqNujqaRLJcoojQcmrFM.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "In this very broken moment of my life, my little grandson Bear looked at me and said, ‘Try again’”: Billy Ray Cyrus on the moment he was inspired to overcome the vocal paralysis that had stopped him from singing ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/in-this-very-broken-moment-of-my-life-my-little-grandson-bear-looked-at-me-and-said-try-again-billy-ray-cyrus-on-the-moment-he-was-inspired-to-overcome-the-vocal-paralysis-that-had-stopped-him-from-singing</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Up until that moment, he had never spoken to me at all. I wasn't even sure if he knew my name. In that moment I thought, ‘He's telling you something’" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:36:35 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 03: Billy Ray Cyrus performs onstage at AMERICAN IDOLS - Live in Concert presented by 19 Recordings Takeover on June 03, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for 19 Recordings )]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 03: Billy Ray Cyrus performs onstage at AMERICAN IDOLS - Live in Concert presented by 19 Recordings Takeover on June 03, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for 19 Recordings )]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “He had to have his privacy. He had to be completely alone. We did not have visitors in the studio”: After the brutal firing of his Purple Rain band, Prince worked in isolation to create a foreboding masterpiece ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The song was a sparse, stripped-back amalgam of electro-funk, soul, psych-pop, blues and rock ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:06:10 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QyyoGmRVeFCGbEdBpmvtTW.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Prince in 1987]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Prince in 1987]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “An affirming, beautifully written testament to art, life and sound, Music is a lasting gift from a true musical great”: Ryuichi Sakamoto’s autobiography to be published in September ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The electronic and soundtrack music doyen died in 2023 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:41:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singers &amp; Songwriters]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ryuichi Sakamoto performs in Italy, 2009]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Japanese musician ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Thank you for the kind words. I deserve them”: Randy Newman playfully accepts Taylor Swift’s praise as they sing You Got A Friend In Me together at the Toy Story 5 premiere ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “He is the king of making us feel the absolute most and pulling at our heartstrings and making us laugh,” Swift had said ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:01:13 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO STANDALONE PUBLICATION USE. NO SPECIAL INTEREST OR SINGLE ARTIST PUBLICATION USE; NO BOOK USE) Taylor Swift attends the Toy Story 5 Los Angeles World Premiere at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 09, 2026. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for for TAS Rights Management)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO STANDALONE PUBLICATION USE. NO SPECIAL INTEREST OR SINGLE ARTIST PUBLICATION USE; NO BOOK USE) Taylor Swift attends the Toy Story 5 Los Angeles World Premiere at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 09, 2026. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for for TAS Rights Management)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It was a crazy bizarro moment for me to be sitting there with Brian May as he's talking about Skeletor and Man-E-Faces. It was so weird and so cool": How Brian May ended up wielding his 'Sword of Power' Red Special on the Masters of the Universe theme ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "He shows up and he's carrying two giant boxes of He-Man toys that he still had in his attic from his son," says director Travis Knight ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “They were so similar and they were like, ‘You should change it, Whitney Houston has this other song’”: Jennifer Lopez says that she was advised to change one of the songs on her debut album because it sounded too similar to a Whitney Houston hit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I was like, ‘But I like my song,’” she recalls ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Jennifer Lopez performing on the 1999 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas,  12/8/1999. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jennifer Lopez performing on the 1999 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas,  12/8/1999. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I just can’t believe that this song exists with the person that it exists with”: Olivia Rodrigo confirms new song, What's Wrong With Me, featuring Robert Smith, then immediately sings it live with him during her surprise set at Primavera Sound ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The pair previously sang together at the Glastonbury festival last year ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:27:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:44:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “You created the Toy Story musical world, and we are lucky to get to live in it”: Taylor Swift thanks “the incomparable” Randy Newman as she releases her own Toy Story song, I Knew It, I Knew You ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time," she says ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:03:12 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I can visualise sitting at the lovely black Steinway piano. I was playing on it one day, and this song came to me”: How Paul McCartney created his greatest post-Beatles song ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “He did the whole thing, start to finish, every instrument, everything, in a day” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QyyoGmRVeFCGbEdBpmvtTW.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It’s boring to know what you’re doing in the studio – once you know what you’re doing, the magic leaves”: Jack Antonoff on why music production "expertise" is overrated ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The three-time Producer of the Year winner argues that the less you know, the better ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:31:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:40:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ matt.mullen@futurenet.com (Matt Mullen) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Mullen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L2xpi6D3G7htc2xzUUehoi.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I just love them and they inspire me to be weirder and more myself”: Olivia Rodrigo names her current favourite band and says that their divisive 1996 record is “the only album I listen to these days” ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-just-love-them-and-they-inspire-me-to-be-weirder-and-more-myself-olivia-rodrigo-names-her-current-favourite-band-and-says-that-their-divisive-1996-record-is-the-only-album-i-listen-to-these-days</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I was so lucky to get to perform with them at Lollapalooza last year,” she adds ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:58:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:58:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 01: Olivia Rodrigo performs during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 01, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Josh Brasted/FilmMagic)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 01: Olivia Rodrigo performs during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 01, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Josh Brasted/FilmMagic)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “The seed of the song came from McCartney. Yes, I ripped him off”: Yacht rock legend Christopher Cross reveals that Ride Like The Wind was inspired by a 1974 Wings song ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I don't think I've ever told Paul that. He's probably gonna say ‘I should have gotten royalties’” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:08:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:42:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[American Pop Rock musician Christopher Cross plays electric guitar as he performs onstage at Greenwich Village&#039;s Bottom Line, New York, New York, May 28, 1980. His instrument is a Fender twin-neck, six &amp; twelve string guitar.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[American Pop Rock musician Christopher Cross plays electric guitar as he performs onstage at Greenwich Village&#039;s Bottom Line, New York, New York, May 28, 1980. His instrument is a Fender twin-neck, six &amp; twelve string guitar.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I looked at my band, and they were all looking at the floor, so that was the first hint that something was not right": Barry Manilow says that he doesn’t “sound like me” after cancer surgery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Does he know he has a UK tour starting next week? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:38:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “What is it? Do you know the wacky chord?”: Paul McCartney shows you how to play the mystery guitar chord that kickstarted his new album – but he still doesn’t know what it’s called ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “These notes are D, C, Eb and B,” he confirms ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:05:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:11:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ "He will remain for me always as a real symbol of the joy that music has brought to my life. His voice and his talent will be missed": R&B singer Peabo Bryson has died, aged 75 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ He had suffered a stroke just days previously ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:28:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:56:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening. Sometimes you just know, right?: Taylor Swift reunites with Jack Antonoff and goes back to country for Toy Story 5 song, I Knew It, I Knew You ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Can it compete with Randy Newman and Sarah McLachlan's gut-wrenching effort from Toy Story 2, though? ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Taylor Swift performs onstage during  &quot;Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour&quot; at Johan Cruijff Arena on July 05, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Taylor Swift performs onstage during  &quot;Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour&quot; at Johan Cruijff Arena on July 05, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Tom got really angry with me. He said, ‘You’re one of the best songwriters I know. You don’t need my help. You don’t need anybody’s help!’”: How Tom Petty inspired Stevie Nicks to make a comeback – and why she felt misunderstood by Prince ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A pep talk from Petty led to her solo album Trouble In Shangri-La ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:58:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4QkgsWruWLonGhLBY7dwLC.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “The thoughts, prayers and love of friends and fans are welcomed and deeply appreciated”: R&B singer Peabo Bryson has suffered a stroke ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ He was celebrating his fiftieth year in the music business in 2026 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:33:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singers &amp; Songwriters]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Peabo Bryson attends The Golden Touch Tour at the Andiamo Celebrity Showroom on April 12, 2025, in Warren, Michigan]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Peabo Bryson attends The Golden Touch Tour at the Andiamo Celebrity Showroom on April 12, 2025, in Warren, Michigan]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It did occur to me that the guitar part was very much something I would do”: Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham spots something familiar in a hit Sam Fender song ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “The general kind of limits that the song puts on itself is very much like what we would do,” he says ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:19:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:41:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “At the moment, it’s probably better than it’s been all my life... I can still hit a high D, which is higher than Pavarotti singing the end of Nessun Dorma in full voice. I mean, it’s extraordinary": Roger Daltrey says that his voice is as strong as ever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I’ve always said, ‘Use it or you lose it,’" he says. "But you can use it too much and once people do that, I wish they’d shut up, and there are a few out there who should” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 15:50:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 29 May 2026 15:55:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 01: Roger Daltrey of The Who Performs At Acrisure Arena at Acrisure Arena on October 01, 2025 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 01: Roger Daltrey of The Who Performs At Acrisure Arena at Acrisure Arena on October 01, 2025 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I would be allowed to enjoy it so much more if I was thin”: CMAT confronts body-shaming social media abusers in a candid, emotional post ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Singer says: “Every environment I am placed in becomes more hostile” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 15:40:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singers &amp; Songwriters]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[CMAT performs during Radio 1&#039;s Big Weekend at Herrington Country Park on May 24, 2026 ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[CMAT performs during Radio 1&#039;s Big Weekend at Herrington Country Park on May 24, 2026 ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Neil sat in the control room and played it. We looked at each other and we both knew it was a number one record. It was incredible”: How Neil Young created his biggest hit – with love in his heart and an ache in his back ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Two passes, and it was finished. It took less than two hours to record that song” ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ neil.crossley@futurenet.com (Neil Crossley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Neil Crossley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QyyoGmRVeFCGbEdBpmvtTW.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I don’t know. I tried to not let it get to me or upset me. I think I just try to keep it trucking”: Five years on from their songwriting credit drama, Olivia Rodrigo responds to being asked if she has a frosty relationship with Taylor Swift ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-dont-know-i-tried-to-not-let-it-get-to-me-or-upset-me-i-think-i-just-try-to-keep-it-trucking-five-years-on-from-their-songwriting-credit-drama-olivia-rodrigo-responds-to-being-asked-if-she-has-a-frosty-relationship-with-taylor-swift</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I just try to make songs that I love and try to be kind and good to other people and supportive of other people, and I’ve always like tried to be like that," she says ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I have to think, ‘Wait a minute, everyone misses them.’ It’s not just me. So that makes me feel a bit better”: Paul McCartney on loss, early memories, cookies and his favourite emoji... ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singers-songwriters/i-have-to-think-wait-a-minute-everyone-misses-them-its-not-just-me-so-that-makes-me-feel-a-bit-better-paul-mccartney-on-loss-early-memories-cookies-and-emojis</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ And the radio play that inspired Maxwell’s Silver Hammer ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I could make it into something really good”: Paul McCartney wants to get his hands on Prince’s unearthed cover of a classic Beatles song, but there could be a problem with that ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Back in 1998, Prince said that reviving an artist's voice after their death is "the most demonic thing imaginable" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:31:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 28 May 2026 09:30:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Thom Yorke joins Flea for 10-minute Marvin Gaye jam at Chili Pepper’s only solo UK date ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ They played Got To Give It Up ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 15:05:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:03:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Who’s gonna tell Rivers it’s not private?”: Weezer frontman uploads a whole heap of acoustic covers onto YouTube ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ But did he mean to do it? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 12:11:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 27 May 2026 13:29:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It’s gonna be so tasteful what we’re doing. This isn’t just like hooking up an image of my dad to ChatGPT”: Jack Osbourne claims that their plans for an AI Ozzy won’t be “lame” ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singers-songwriters/its-gonna-be-so-tasteful-what-were-doing-this-isnt-just-like-hooking-up-an-image-of-my-dad-to-chatgpt-jack-osbourne-claims-that-their-plans-for-an-ai-ozzy-wont-be-lame</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ But it is what he would have wanted? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 07:49:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Singers &amp; Songwriters]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Robbie Williams performs during a tribute to late English singer Ozzy Osbourne during the BRIT Awards 2026]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[British singer Robbie Williams performs during a tribute to late English singer Ozzy Osbourne (pictured at top) during the BRIT Awards 2026]]></media:text>
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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, 25 May 2026 10:00:00 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QyyoGmRVeFCGbEdBpmvtTW.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “She sang it once. That was it. That’s the record, that’s the vocals. From a vocal standpoint, no one has that much courage. And of course it was spectacular”: How Alanis Morissette made You Oughta Know – with a little help from two Red Hot Chili Peppers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I thought maybe ten people would hear this song,” she said ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amit Sharma ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fkjcteQY7NwMWtxPV544hK.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/kurt-was-sitting-in-the-bathtub-with-a-walkman-on-listening-to-the-song-and-when-the-tape-ended-he-kissed-me-and-said-oh-finally-now-i-dont-have-to-be-the-only-songwriter-in-the-band-dave-grohls-evolution-as-a-songwriter</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 09:00:00 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QyyoGmRVeFCGbEdBpmvtTW.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “There was a native American reservation where single men would find comfort in a bottle of very cheap wine called Cracklin’ Rose. That wine became their woman. I had to write a song about that”: Neil Diamond on his classic hits and the art of songwriting ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/there-was-a-native-american-reservation-where-single-men-would-find-comfort-in-a-bottle-of-very-cheap-wine-called-cracklin-rose-that-wine-became-their-woman-i-had-to-write-a-song-about-that-neil-diamond-on-his-classic-hits-and-the-art-of-songwriting</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “There’s no great difference between me and Metallica” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4QkgsWruWLonGhLBY7dwLC.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Neil Diamond in London in 1971]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Neil Diamond]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “America’s where all the music we loved came from - rock ‘n’ roll, the blues and the whole thing”: Paul McCartney remembers The Beatles' first US TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show as he closes the final Late Show With Stephen Colbert ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/americas-where-all-the-music-we-loved-came-from-rock-n-roll-the-blues-and-the-whole-thing-paul-mccartney-remembers-the-beatles-first-us-tv-appearance-on-the-ed-sullivan-show-as-he-closes-the-final-late-show-with-stephen-colbert</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plus, Colbert sings obscure Elvis Costello song with its writer ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 16:14:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 22 May 2026 16:15:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - MAY 21: Stephen Colbert and Paul McCartney on the CBS series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NEW YORK - MAY 21: Stephen Colbert and Paul McCartney on the CBS series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I lost my virginity to Talk Show Host... I lost my virginity to the intro of Talk Show Host”: Harry Styles pays a very personal tribute to Thom Yorke as the Radiohead frontman is honoured at the Ivor Novello awards ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There were also wins for Jacob Alon, Lola Young and Kae Tempest ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:02:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:11:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Beth Simpson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kyEdSPdC6iDpAhWZhZ9h4m.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 21: Harry Styles attends The 71st Ivor Novello Awards 2026 at The JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel on May 21, 2026 in London, England.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 21: Harry Styles attends The 71st Ivor Novello Awards 2026 at The JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel on May 21, 2026 in London, England.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Honestly, this song, The Cure, has nothing to do with the band, The Cure”: Olivia Rodrigo gives the answer to the question that everyone’s been asking about her new single ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “I think it's like a new perspective that I haven't really had the maturity maybe to express before in earlier albums,” she says ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:36:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:43:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It’s not dark yet, but it’s gettin’ there…”: How Bob Dylan confronted his own mortality in a hauntingly beautiful song – and re-established himself as an artist of real creative relevance ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dylan wanted a more cinematic texture and a modern sound – but one that was rooted in old American music. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QyyoGmRVeFCGbEdBpmvtTW.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “People are rejecting the algorithm. They want to think and feel. They don’t want to be fed things”: Geese’s record label dismisses the suggestion that their success was contrived amid 'psyop' drama ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “The way that they caught fire and caught people’s ears honestly gives me hope for the musical era that we’re in” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:45:51 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Emily Green, Cameron Winter and Dominic DiGesu of Geese at Brooklyn Paramount on November 21, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Griffin Lotz/Rolling Stone via Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Emily Green, Cameron Winter and Dominic DiGesu of Geese at Brooklyn Paramount on November 21, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Griffin Lotz/Rolling Stone via Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I love Stevie. But when that happened, the angels left the building. It was really over”: Stevie Wonder’s '70s synth guru Robert Margouleff remembers the moment he knew their partnership was over, and explains the problem with today’s music ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “We never used click tracks," he says. "If you listen to Superstition, you’ll hear it speeds up and slows down. That imperfection is what made the music compelling” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:19:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:24:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It’s my favourite song on the album and one of my favourite songs I’ve ever made”: Olivia Rodrigo prepares to administer The Cure – but is it about Robert Smith or something else? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The second single from her upcoming third album lands on Friday ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:06:54 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Put Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter back in the 1980s and they couldn’t have got arrested": Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley songwriter/producer Mike Stock says that modern pop stars would have struggled to make an impact back in the day ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "They don’t have to worry about the song," he argues ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:42:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:46:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Taylor Swift (R) and Sabrina Carpenter perform onstage during night two of The Eras Tour at Caesars Superdome on October 26, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Taylor Swift (R) and Sabrina Carpenter perform onstage during night two of The Eras Tour at Caesars Superdome on October 26, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “The Black Album, Sad But True – the really bright ‘90s large like a motorcycle metal kind of sound – that came from, or might have been inspired by, Livin’ on a Prayer”: Charlie Puth joins the dots between Metallica, Bon Jovi… and Phil Collins ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.musicradar.com/artists/the-black-album-sad-but-true-the-really-bright-90s-large-like-a-motorcycle-metal-kind-of-sound-that-came-from-or-might-have-been-inspired-by-livin-on-a-prayer-charlie-puth-joins-the-dots-between-metallica-bon-jovi-and-phil-collins</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ “The cool thing about music is that you can trace everything back to something,” he says ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 12:04:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 May 2026 13:17:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[San Diego, CA - April 22: Charlie Puth performs live during his Whatever&#039;s Clever! World Tour at Viejas Arena on the campus of San Diego State University on April 22, 2026 in San Diego, CA. (Photo by K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[San Diego, CA - April 22: Charlie Puth performs live during his Whatever&#039;s Clever! World Tour at Viejas Arena on the campus of San Diego State University on April 22, 2026 in San Diego, CA. (Photo by K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Mutt definitely had a signature style of working. On my records, Mutt and I did all the background vocals together; with a band like Def Leppard, he was almost like the other member”: Shania Twain discusses producer Mutt Lange's unique hit-making prowess ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I used to do this song as part of my rock repertoire once I was a little older," she says of one particular Def Leppard hit. "I am a rock chick at heart” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:35:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 May 2026 09:34:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.rogerson@futurenet.com (Ben Rogerson) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Rogerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 21 : Shania Twain performs in concert at the Arrowhead Pond, June 21, 1998 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 21 : Shania Twain performs in concert at the Arrowhead Pond, June 21, 1998 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Having the right microphone is so important to me. It has that warm, crisp and classic sound that I love”: Olivia Dean sings the praises of the affordable live vocal mic that’s still going strong after 60 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “We ended up going with a chrome finish for The Art of Loving Tour, which fits perfectly with the show design,” she says ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:08:47 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “That’s a really good T-shirt: Look Mum No Points”: Look Mum No Computer reveals his self-built Eurovision “mega-synthesizer”, and says he “expects nothing” from voters in the final ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Because if you expect nothing, you lose nothing,” he argues ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:10:14 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “We were on the Howard Stern show. My personal assistant asked me, ‘Would you mind switching places with someone? I said, ‘Eff off!’ He said, ‘Let me tell you who it is first. It’s Paul McCartney.’ I said, ‘It’s done!’”: Ozzy Osbourne’s funny stories ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “Sharon’s going, ‘Smile!’ And this chimp is biting my thumb off!” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:54:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Elliott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4QkgsWruWLonGhLBY7dwLC.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It’s not like the orchestra existed back then”: Composer Ludwig Göransson says that he bought 35 bronze gongs to use on the soundtrack for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (but he did use some synths, too) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The forthcoming film also features Travis Scott as a bard ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:47:02 +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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYg5YZu3zHChqtca23nm9i.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 14: Ludwig Göransson attends the Premiere of Disney&#039;s &quot;Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu&quot; at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 14, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 14: Ludwig Göransson attends the Premiere of Disney&#039;s &quot;Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu&quot; at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 14, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)]]></media:text>
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