Syrian musician Omar Souleyman held on terrorism charges in Turkey

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Spring has sprung – and Forbidden Electric Fruit Picnic Palooza fever has broken out

Electric Picnic, Indiependence, Castlepalooza, Longitude, Forbidden Fruit, Sea Sessions – let the battle of the festival line-ups begin

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French rock renaissance

The days when audiences outside France sniggered at French music are well and truly over thanks to acts such as Phoenix and Daft Punk. Jim Carroll on how French music got so hip