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Feeling lonely? Try getting sweaty at a gig

Feeling lonely? Try getting sweaty at a gig

The more we lose touch with everything except our own little gangs, the more everyone outside our narrow frames of reference seems alien and unrelatable

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To us young alienated Turks, Ozzy spoke volumes

To us young alienated Turks, Ozzy spoke volumes

The vulnerability of the Black Sabbath rocker struck a chord with outsiders far from Birmingham


Goodbye Ozzy, the innately likeable Prince Of Darkness

Goodbye Ozzy, the innately likeable Prince Of Darkness

The Black Sabbath frontman, famous for his long career of drugs and bat-biting, has died weeks after his final concert


The real Glasto rebels? Me and Jacob Rees-Mogg

The real Glasto rebels? Me and Jacob Rees-Mogg

Glastonbury has gone mainstream – and surely it cannot survive this bland consensus


Springsteen sings the body politic

Springsteen sings the body politic

The Boss punctuates an impassioned set full of protest anthems and elegies for a dying homeland


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