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Sleeve Notes: Our friends in the north (and south)

4933 days ago
Guardian Music — This week, we've been in Manchester, mostly ...And in Manchester ...We really enjoyed Björk's Biophilia ...... And she talked to us about it, too. Likewise Damon Albarn's Dr Dee. And while we worried that Manchester has forgotten its musical heritag... more info
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Music Weekly podcast: Damon Albarn, Dave Haslam and Lonelady at Manchester international festival

4933 days ago
Guardian Music — This week's programme is themed around the Manchester international festival, which is now under way.Damon Albarn discusses his new opera about Dr Dee, the Elizabethan astrologer, courtier, alchemist and spy, which receives its world premiere at the ... more info
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Damon Albarn's 'Doctor Dee' opera proves a hit with critics

4933 days ago
NME — Blur and Gorillaz man due to perform at Manchester International Festival until Sunday (July 10) more info
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Manchester's inaccessibly expensive festival | Lara Williams

4934 days ago
Guardian Music — The Manchester International Festival has attracted Victoria Wood, Snoop Dogg and Damon Albarn – and deterred localsManchester's biennial international festival, now in its third run, was launched last Thursday. In the weekend's blissful sunshine, ... more info
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Alina Ibragimova/Quay Brothers – review

4934 days ago
Guardian Music — Chetham's School and Library, ManchesterMuch attention for this year's Manchester International festival has been focused on the interactive Dr Who adventure, the Crash of the Elysium. Yet there is an equally thrilling experiment in time travel provi... more info
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Letters: Talking with angels

4935 days ago
Guardian Music — Dave Simpson gives a fascinating account of Damon Albarn's opera Dr Dee (G2, 5 July), but he is wrong to describe John Dee as a figure "barely known outside academic circles before this unusual platform". Since the 1970s Dee has been frequently repre... more info
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Manchester international festival: your reaction

4936 days ago
Guardian Music — From Björk to Damon Albarn via Factory Records and Sarajevo, the Manchester international festival kicked off with an arts bonanza. Here's what you thought ...The Guardian's team spent a long weekend at the cliche-defyingly sunny Manchester internat... more info
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The Manchester barometer

4936 days ago
Guardian Music — What's hot and what's not at this year's Manchester international festival?Going upLive ravensThe real star of Damon Albarn's folk opera. Quoth the Raven, give us more.The musical Tesla coilLooks so cool you don't even care that it sounds like a robo... more info
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What Damon Albarn's opera really means . . .

4936 days ago
Guardian Music — Dr Dee is quite a puzzle. But some audience members have a crack at decoding itAmong the highlights of Damon Albarn's spectacular opera Dr Dee are an enormous live raven, a stilt-walking spymaster and a couple having sex under a hovering Queen Eliza... more info
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Manchester international festival: Punchdrunk and the Guardian

4937 days ago
Guardian Music — Today we unveil a special sound sculpture bringing the Guardian vividly to life. Plus, it's five stars for PunchdrunkIt's my last day at the Manchester international festival before returning to London, but we'll continue to bring you coverage from A... more info
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