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Bride-to-be boards Delta flight to Miami bachelorette party. Little did she know the flight attendants would crown her Biscoff queen: ‘I’m gonna cry’

Flight attendants on a Delta flight to Miami, Fla., realize that one of their passengers is heading to her Bachelorette trip. They put together a hilarious gift with Biscoff cookies, a popular airplane snack, that nearly brings the bride to tears.

The Mary Sue

Justin Baldoni urges judge to toss Blake Lively lawsuit over ‘petty slights’

A trial is scheduled for May 18

The Independent UK

Bach: Sonatas & Partitas album review – Capuçon brings warmth, restraint and reflection

These performances of Bach’s solo works are elegant and persuasive – balancing a modern tone with an alert awareness of period style

The Guardian - UK

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Sting is thankful to The Beatles for inspiring songwriters to try

Sting's touring guitarist Dominic Miller has revealed the singer and he have discussed the importance of The Beatles in inspiring generations of songwriters to try and craft tracks.

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“Like Bach, I think the Beatles are some of the only composers that you can play badly and it still sounds good”: Sting guitarist Dominic Miller on why the Beatles' harmonies are “indestructible”

Miller has recently released a songbook that sees some of the most beloved Beatles tunes come to life with solo guitar arrangements

Guitar World

“I can sing it in the original key, with no backing tapes at all. I sing it at every show”: The smash hit ’80s power ballad that wouldn’t die

And after 30 years, the singer is still waiting for a reunion with his old band

MusicRadar

Shock and awe: our critics pick their best live classical events of 2025

Turnage’s Festen at the Royal Opera House swept all before it, but there was plenty of extraordinary new music, exhilarating performances and triumphs of talent, commitment and resourcefulness across the UK this year. We pick our best moments

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Amadeus review: classical music is Bach and better than ever in Sky's retelling of a tumultuous composer rivalry

Forget everything you know about the history, the play and the movie – Sky's interpretation of Amadeus will make you see the story with fresh eyes.

TechRadar

"Humans will be doing all the serious music transcription for the foreseeable future": Songscription review

This AI-powered transcription tool promises to convert any audio file into sheet music, tab or MIDI. But can it really match the skills of a professional?

MusicRadar

Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 album review – pianist’s concept album opens up transcendent vistas

Olafsson’s account of Beethoven’s Op 109 is one of the most beautiful on record, the centrepiece of a recording that links the composer to Bach and Schubert

The Guardian - UK

‘All roads lead to Grace Jones’: visual artists on the music that fires them up in the studio

Chris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzing

The Guardian - UK

Gli Incogniti/Beyer: Bach from Italy album review – fascinating collection sizzles and shines

Violinist Amandine Beyer and the musicians of Gli Incogniti juxtapose original works by Vivaldi and the Marcello brothers with the Bach compositions they inspired and influenced

The Guardian - UK

The New Bachelorette Is Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives' Taylor Frankie Paul, And The Internet's Reactions Are All Over The Place

Have your Swig ready for this ride.

Cinemablend

"He's the Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart of the riff": Gibson salutes Tony Iommi in star-studded new film series

Iommi: The Godfather Of Heavy Metal features interviews with Brian May, Slash, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett, Scott Ian and more

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BBCPhil/Weilerstein/Fröst; Arvo Pärt at 90 review – star clarinettist captivates and delights

The evening’s two proms brought wildly contrasting energies. The BBC Phil were on blistering form and, late-night, the Estonian Philharmonic Choir were immaculate even if the programme felt a little bland

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: tailoring comedy Alterations gets a fitting tribute

Pin-sharp comedy from the National Theatre’s Black Plays Archive, a 12-hour ‘theatre-rave’ and Rachel Zegler’s balcony performance of Don’t Cry for Me Argentina are among this month’s highlights

The Guardian - UK

BBCSSO/Wigglesworth/Batsashvili review – detailed and monumental Bruckner

The BBC Scottish chief conductor’s reading of Bruckner’s Seventh was thoughtful and balanced. Mariam Batsashvili was an enthralling soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 20.

The Guardian - UK

The god of small things: celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90

The Estonian composer’s music of simplicity, spirituality – and silence – is universally appealing and enduringly rewarding. We pay tribute ahead of his milestone birthday

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Roger Norrington: a maverick, an irresistible firebrand and a musical visionary

The conductor, whose historically informed evangelism helped transform the classical music world, has died. Tom Service remembers a man who looked to the past to find a fresh and thrilling present.

The Guardian - UK

‘I gave Tom Cruise an impromptu organ lesson!’ Anna Lapwood on her classical mashups – and her all-night Prom

She is the hottest property in classical music, a dazzling musician who can play Bach one minute and mix up Robbie Williams the next. Will her epic ‘explosion of energy’ Prom blow the Albert Hall roof off?

The Guardian - UK

Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op 87 album review – Avdeeva brings a light touch in an accomplished performance

It’s fascinating to compare this nuanced set with the performance by the Soviet pianist who inspired Shostakovich in 1950

The Independent UK

The 12-year-old boy who set up a charity for musicians to play songs to animals stuck in shelters

While the calming effect of music on humans is well-documented, its precise role in animal behaviour remains a subject of ongoing research.

The Guardian - UK

Alfred Brendel obituary

One of the greatest pianists of his generation who bestrode the musical world for six decades

Louder

"Ritchie Blackmore gave me a wave as he fell backwards. That was my cue to do a ten-minute keyboard solo": Don Airey on Rainbow, Deep Purple and his awesome solo album Pushed To The Edge

Deep Purple keyboard player, go-to session guy and solo artist Don Airey on his new album, touring, Purple, Blackmore and more

The Guardian - UK

‘In his company you could not be lazy’: remembering my friend Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

A giant of African literature whose best works existed between the political and the personal, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was warm, funny and friendly – and liked to bet on my pool games

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