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Lily rallies stars against piracy
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:10
Stars including Gary Barlow and James Blunt join Lily Allen's campaign against music piracy amid a growing dispute among artists.Mika conquers his growing pains
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:40
Three years after leaping onto the world stage, pop star Mika's comeback takes him back to his troubled teenage years.Rockers Muse enjoy chart success
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:28
Rock band Muse enter the UK album chart at number one with The Resistance, displacing wartime singer Dame Vera Lynn after one week.Cuba rocks to huge peace concert
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:32
Havana hosts the biggest open-air concert since Cuba's 1959 revolution, drawing hundreds of thousands of people.Beyonce to play Malaysia concert
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:50
Singer Beyonce plans to perform in Malaysia, two years after cancelling a show over the country's stringent dress code.
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Sep 21 2009 3:40PM
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DJ Hell responds to plagiarism accusations
Sep 21 2009 2:29PM
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke teams up with Banksy for solo song video
Sep 21 2009 1:03PM
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This week's BBC music reviews
Rock & Indie
Embryonic The Flaming LipsREVIEWED BY Paul Lester
Another wonderful album from the most consistently inventive American band around.
Latest BBC music blog post
21 Sep 09, 11:55 AM
While the summertime rash of festivals has previously denied August a fair raft of worthwhile album buys, this year couldn't have more different. In the first of our month-end articles rounding up the...