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Readers reply: will there ever again be a band as big as the Beatles or the Stones?

The 2020s have seen many individual pop artists make it big: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Sabrina Carpenter, Harry Styles.

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According to The Guardian, the 2020s have seen many individual pop artists make it big: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Sabrina Carpenter, Harry Styles.

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on a wide variety of subjects • This week’s question: with governments asking us to stockpile, could our experience of watching disaster films help us in a real emergency? But the charts are not full of bands the way they used to be.

This lifestyle story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Beatles, Rolling Stones and Stones.

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Lifestyle trends like this can influence everyday choices about health, money, home and family.

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Location
United Kingdom · Europe
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The Guardian
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Key names
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Stones, Taylor Swift
Section
Lifestyle

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