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    • Saturday, 11 February, 2023
      Obituary
      Burt Bacharach, songwriter and composer, 1928-2023

      Prolific composer who, with lyricist Hal David, perfected the three-minute pop song

    • Wednesday, 19 September, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Dionne Warwick, Royal Albert Hall, London — bite-size classics

      What the world needs now is to hear Warwick sing some of the world’s greatest pop songs in full

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2017
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Promises, Promises, Southwark Playhouse, London — ‘Thin stuff’

      It may have a pedigree second to none, but this 1968 musical has not worn well

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2016
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Elvis Costello, London Palladium — ‘A vast range of music’

      The singer and songwriter’s autobiographical show was by turns dazzling and frustrating

    • Thursday, 11 February, 2016
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Louis Andriessen In Focus, Barbican, London — ‘Eclectic’

      The first of a five-day series of events celebrated the wide-ranging Dutch composer and friends

    • Sunday, 28 June, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK — review

      Kanye West goes south but rising stars such as Young Fathers and Wolf Alice keep the radical spirit alive

    • Friday, 22 May, 2015
      Life of a Song
      The Life of a Song: ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’

      As it was, the song written by Burt Bacharach was a gift for every easy-listening singer on the planet

    • Friday, 20 March, 2015
      Life of a Song
      The Life of a Song: ‘I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself’

      Characteristic Bacharach-David, the song has shifting tempo and keys and lyric packed with immaculate rhymes

    • Friday, 18 July, 2014
      Life & Arts
      Upcoming concerts and festivals
    • Friday, 28 June, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Burt Bacharach, Royal Festival Hall, London

      Aged 85 and the silveriest of foxes, the composer/arranger extraordinaire presents hits in batches – musical ‘madeleines’

    • Friday, 1 April, 2011
      Micachu and The Shapes: Chopped & Screwed
    • Sunday, 19 December, 2010
      Life & Arts
      Rumer, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
    • Monday, 1 November, 2010
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Rumer: Seasons of My Soul
    • Friday, 4 September, 2009
      ObituaryWorld
      Lyricist who popularised heartfelt suburban values
    • Friday, 30 November, 2007
      Life & Arts
      Women of Troy, National Theatre, London
    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2006
      Arts
      Life in a parallel musical galaxy
    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2006
      Arts
      Balladeer of note
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