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Even before Covid, music was broken. Let's use this moment to hit reset | Tim Burgess

The present streaming model makes artists acutely vulnerable to shocks like the pandemic. Something’s got to change, says Charlatans singer Tim Burgess

Tim Burgess

01, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM

The arts aren't a luxurious hobby, Rishi Sunak. They're a lifeline for millions | Tim Burgess

Find another job, says the chancellor. But our sector provides hope – and billions for his own exchequer, says Tim Burgess of the Charlatans

Tim Burgess

08, Oct, 2020 @1:02 PM

My Twitter listening parties are like gigs - but nobody nicks your beer | Tim Burgess

Every night, the likes of Oasis, Flaming Lips and the Cribs have been joining in as we listen to their albums in full. It’s a welcome distraction in lockdown

Tim Burgess

10, Apr, 2020 @11:52 AM

What would I tell my younger self? It doesn’t matter – he wouldn’t listen | Tim Burgess

Life in the Charlatans meant my 20s didn’t really finish until I was about 36. What got me through was not taking things too seriously

Tim Burgess

17, Mar, 2016 @9:30 AM

Musicians and writers choose their favourite book about music

Elvis as a young man, the size of Mick Jagger’s genitalia, Kristin Hersh’s miracle year, Berlioz in love … As festivalgoers crowd the stages at Glastonbury, Brian Eno, Beck, Lavinia Greenlaw, James Wood and a host of other stars select their favourite books about rock, pop, jazz and classical

Viv Albertine, Beck, Tim Burgess, Amit Chaudhuri, Jonathan Coe, Geoff Dyer, Brian Eno, Kim Gordon, Lavinia Greenlaw, John Harris, Philip Hensher, Barney Hoskyns, Johnny Marr, Alexis Petridis, Polly Samson, Sukhdev Sandhu, Jon Savage, Alexis Taylor, Rupert Thomson, Louise Wener, Richard Williams, Nicky Wire, Stephen Witt, James Wood

26, Jun, 2015 @11:19 AM

Tim Burgess: soundtrack of my life

The Charlatans singer on the wonder of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the desperate beauty of Arthur Russell – and getting his nan to buy him a punk album from WH Smith

Tim Burgess

25, Jan, 2015 @3:11 PM

Was Beyoncé wrong to lip-synch at President Obama's inauguration?

Beyoncé has been widely accused of miming when she performed The Star-Spangled Banner at President Obama's inauguration. Tim Burgess and Jim Shelley debate whether it matters if she did

Tim Burgess and Jim Shelley

26, Jan, 2013 @6:00 PM