The 63-year-old artist has never shied away from bending his metier to new and unusual uses.

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The record finds the band sampling a broader range of sounds, including a mandolin and a harpsichord, but rock is still its metier.

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Film, however, may turn out to be his metier.

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For me at least, the Metier d'Art extravaganza staged by Chanel at Linlithgow Palace on Tuesday night was such an event: a work of theatre that will linger long after the fashion circus has moved on to the next big thing.

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