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The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

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The National joined by Richard Reed Parry and play ’90-Mile Water Wall’ for first time since 2014 at first full gig in two years

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The National have played their first full gig in two years, bringing out Richard Reed Parry as a special guest and playing ‘90-Mile Water Wall’ for the first time in over a decade.

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