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'Lost' Monkees material released

Mickey Dolenz

An album of "lost" songs by Monkees star Micky Dolenz is released after fans track down the master tapes.

Pete Tong defends R1 'Ibiza Prom'

DJ Pete Tong says BBC Radio 1's first Prom, a musical homage to Ibiza, will reach out to different audiences and help "keep the proms alive".

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Features & Analysis

Musical afterlife

How do you finish an album when your co-writer dies?

No Harry Potter?

One child's verdict on teacher's must-reads

  • 24 July 2015
  • From the section UK

T.S. Made in China

With so many Taylor Swift counterfeits in China, who will buy the real thing?

  • 24 July 2015

Ode to joy

Inside Out takes Amy Poehler on emotional journey

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Pitch Perfect

The new face of American musicals

  • 23 July 2015
  • From the section Magazine

Building Bridges

Leon Bridges' meteoric rise from dish washer to the top 10

Our Experts

The artists who destroyed their own work

Douglas Gordon has used an axe to attack the wall of a theatre where he staged a new play to scathing reviews - but he is not the first artist to set about his own work.

15 July 2015

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