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“Nobody ever asks Pet Shop Boys if they can play the piano”: Pop masterminds Saint Etienne have great news for anyone who can’t play an instrument

About to release their last album, the band reminisce on their 13-album career and why not being able to play is actually “an asset"

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‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album, turning down Cher’s Believe, and why pop is a dying art

The Britpop-defying indie trio are calling it a day after 35 years. From having their minds blown by techno to fireworks night with Aphex Twin, they recall the highs – and explain their eternal ‘psychic’ bond

The Guardian - UK

‘Take That asked for our autographs!’ How Cola Boy made 7 Ways to Love

‘When we did Top of the Pops, I found the perfect dress – except it was too tight. If I’d moved, everyone would have had an eyeful’

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Bee Gee's recording studio sessions were like an 'unrealistic sitcom'

The How Deep Is Your Love singers, Barry Gibb, 76, and his twin brothers Robin and Maurice, had a regular ritual that helped them "get back to work” after arguments

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The Guide #92: From Lana Del Rey to Nova Twins, Glastonbury insiders on their must-see sets

In this week’s newsletter: We asked Guardian writers and those performing to pick the acts they can’t wait to watch this weekend

The Guardian - UK

Bee Gees: Children of the World by Bob Stanley review – very high and mighty

The author and musician’s engaging biography of the Gibb brothers explores their idiosyncrasies as well as musical brilliance

The Guardian - UK

Let’s Do It by Bob Stanley review – a voyage through pop’s origins

Prewar stars and genres come to life in a joyous account that draws uncanny parallels with the present

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They got rhythm: the interwar British dance bands who pointed towards pop

Music stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Spike Hughes and Reginald Foresythe, transformed American jazz to suit British tastes, explains Bob Stanley in an extract from his book charting the birth of pop

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