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Dave Grohl spread the word about the ferociously funny quartet and now they’re supporting Foo Fighters in stadiums. Just make sure you switch off your phone’s flash if you go to their gigs …They say b...
Works of Ali Smith, Kathleen Jamie and more to feature in celebration of literature’s interplay with other art forms, says directorThis year’s Edinburgh book festival is expanding its slate of genre-b...
Welsh singer, best known for 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, had emergency intestinal surgery in MayWelsh pop star Bonnie Tyler is no longer in a coma but remains “very unwell” in intensive care...
The accomplished musician, who recorded over 70 albums in his career, died peacefully in Germany after a short illnessThe South African jazz composer and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has died at the age o...
Anfield stadium, LiverpoolBryan challenges country’s macho messaging in emotional songs of breakups, addiction and pain, lapped up by a charmed stadium-filled fanbaseZach Bryan knows how to endear him...
Donington Park, LeicestershireOften criticised for booking the same old legends, the festival hosts a broad span of music’s heaviest genre, plus hip-hop, Indian folk – and, finally, its first female h...
Oasis and Elbow have soundtracked Burnham’s byelection campaign and he got Liam Gallagher doing Manchester’s tram announcements. Will he keep banging the drum for music if he reaches Westminster?First...
Crypto.com Arena, Los AngelesThe pop star’s first tour in seven years brought the house down with emotive ballads and clubby bangers delivered with saucy witIf faced with the choice to erase one’s mos...
The musician and the artist on their fiery relationship, a dramatic flight to Ibiza, and Jack’s most annoying traitBorn in London in 1983, Jack Savoretti is a singer-songwriter who has released eight ...
The Teenage Jesus and the Jerks frontwoman shares her hatred of sandwiches and pop culture, plus her wish to evaporate and return to ‘the ether’What’s the most chaotic thing that’s ever happened to yo...
Plans for new event at the Secret Garden Party site and Womad Glasgow are dashed, but others remain optimisticHosting Scotland’s first Womad festival seemed like an easy sell for Glasgow, the country’...
Other western acts have attempted to crack country’s music scene since singer’s breakout success in 2018One week after announcing she was “cancer free”, the British pop star Jessie J did what any reco...
(Geffen)Gossips have rushed to the lyrics for details about her personal life, but the rest of us can just get on with luxuriating in Rodrigo’s funny, Cure-infused craftWith a certain crushing inevita...
The Ivor Novello-winning musician has written works inspired by his family history. He talks about building music from testimony – and why the Windrush generation deserves new narrativesA briefcase-si...
Riya Mahesh is the ‘insanely Texas girl’ and medical student whose music splits the difference between dazed ambient production and big-tent pop melodyFrom Boston, via TexasRecommended if you like Gra...
Grande is the latest in a series of pop musicians including Sabrina Carpenter and SZA who have been angered by Trump administration videosAriana Grande has rebuked Donald Trump’s White House over use...
(Pussy Riot)On a disappointing record helmed by co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, corny guitars and generically moody synths undermine the activist group’s political acuityGreat music rarely makes for g...
(Broadside Hacks)Named after a 19th-century relative, this sprawling group foreground folk’s rough edges, but are best in the emotional, less showy momentsBrown Wimpenny arrive with a name suggesting...
Eras. Easter eggs. Masters. Monoculture. It has been 20 years since Swift released her debut single, setting in motion a career so extraordinary, it permanently redefined the concept of pop stardom. N...
We would like to hear about the best new album you have heard this year so far and whyThe Guardian’s music writers have compiled their favourite albums of the year so far – and we’d like to hear about...