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Boy George Pulled From London Palladium Musical Following Outrage Over Pro-Israel Song

Boy George has left 'Jesus Christ Superstar' at the London Palladium after backlash over his pro-Israel song, 'Od Nirkod.' Richard Armitage will replace him as King Herod.

International Business Times UK

“When we wrote the piece, it was a warning. I didn’t, honestly, in my heart, think it would ever happen”: Heaven 17 to release new updated version of (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

The song was recently covered by LCD Soundsystem and has become an anthem of resistance in the US

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"She was in that cavewoman outfit, doing her dance with a big wig and the two dancers going at it. I’m like: ‘This is really not me.’”: Heaven 17 on their unlikely role in Tina Turner’s comeback

The soul legend recorded Let’s Stay Together in one take

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“You’ve ruined the song!”: The bust-ups, bickering, tantrums and tech that made The Human League’s Don’t You Want Me an ’80s anthem

It’s one of the defining hits of that decade, but it didn’t come easy

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Heaven 17 v Rockstar: are games being fair to music artists?

The band’s Martyn Ware has hit out at the fee offered for Temptation in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. But as music becomes ever more central to gaming, the sums get complicated

The Guardian - UK

Literal rock star tells Rockstar 'go f*** yourself' over measly GTA 6 offer

"I know the game."

PC Gamer

“Go f**k yourself”: Martyn Ware’s pithy response to the “pittance” he was offered to use Temptation in GTA6

Martyn Ware reacts to the 'pittance' he was offered for GTA synch

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Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware claims he was offered just £5,700 to have hit song featured in Grand Theft Auto VI

Musician was clearly not tempted by the offer

The Independent UK

GTA 6 music deal blasted as "utterly unacceptable" by musician who says his band was offered just $7,500 each by Rockstar, despite GTA 5's $8.5 billion revenue

Don't count on hearing this band around Vice City

GamesRadar

Sananda Maitreya: ‘I hypnotised myself into believing I was a genius’

The pop-soul singer takes your questions on name changes, musical touchstones, the transformative power of amateur boxing, and not dating Charlize Theron

The Guardian - UK

Tina Turner remembered by Martyn Ware

The producer and Heaven 17 musician recalls the humble star who gave him tea and biscuits, and who could record a hit track in one take

The Guardian - UK

Through pain and joy, Tina Turner wrote herself into pop history again and again

With her commanding stage presence and astonishingly powerful voice, unbowed even in the face of abuse, Turner lit up every phase of 20th century pop, writes Alexis Petridis

The Guardian - UK

Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83

The pioneering vocalist, who played a pivotal role in the history of rock and soul music, had suffered a litany of health issues in recent years.

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