Miley Cyrus has shared the first taste of music from her ninth studio album.

A final wave of acts has been announced for Wide Awake Festival.

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‘Rushmere’ has a lot riding on it. It’s Mumford & Sons’ first album as a trio following the  departure of Winston Marshall and frontman Marcus Mumford’s confessional 2022 solo debut, but it also sees them return to their roots. The question is: can they still muster the magic that sent them to the top of the indie-folk mountain?

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Unless a band reaches a certain level of stardom, these days their musical careers are destined to be punctured by the interruptions from ‘real life’ — the spaces they need to occupy between albums and tours to sustain themselves.