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LUNO presents Little Dragon at KOKO review: an electric performance

The band showed its affection for London, and the audience responded

Music

Top Gear ‘should be learning from failures, not pausing the show’

Perry McCarthy said Top Gear is ‘an expensive show to produce’ and could be a factor in decision making.
Music

Katie Melua on refugees, motherhood and her new album, Love & Money

The singer-songwriter says she feels energised by her new arrival, but grateful not to be under the same pressures as previous generations of women

Music

‘It’s disrespectful’: Why British R&B artists are fed up with UK music

Lack of appreciation for the genre is pushing UK artists to pursue careers across the pond

Music

Memento Mori - Depeche Mode review: reaches celestial grandeur

The pace stays slow, the mood gloomy: this is serious music for a serious band

Music

Busted: We want 20th anniversary comeback to be Top Gun: Maverick of tours

The pop-punk trio will be back together this year to perform reworked versions of their classic songs at a series of UK arena shows.
Music

Hacienda DJ Graeme Park announces death of teenage son following year of cancer

The family described him as ‘a true warrior’ who ‘fought so hard until the very end’.
Music

Wet Leg at the Royal Albert Hall review: a riotously entertaining show

Did they blow the roof off the Royal Albert Hall? No, but they came pretty close

Showbiz

Tekashi 6ix9ine rushed to hospital after brutal attack

The controversial rapper was assaulted by a group of men in Florida

Music

Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2023: Who is performing and how to get tickets

The Dundee festival’s line-up for Saturday and Sunday has been announced, and tickets for the event in May go on sale this week

Music

Snoop Dogg at the O2 review: a megamix of rap classics

The show featured just one Snoop track released since 2011, while screening an advert and taking a weed break were not exactly what you’d call entertainment

Music

Somerset House Summer Series announces full line-up of upcoming shows

The announcement comes as the festival celebrates its 20th year

Music

Global recording industry growth slows as figures return to pre-pandemic levels

Subscription streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music continued to help boost the music market by 9.0% in 2022.
Music

Pixies at the Roundhouse review: the wild-eyed spirit remains undimmed

A lean, mean run through one of the most fertile canons in the game

Music

Underworld at the Royal Albert Hall: like a school disco on acid

Their magic is a knack for bridging the old and the new

Music

Duran Duran to reunite with original guitarist Andy Taylor on new music project

The renowned British new wave group will be releasing new tracks featuring their friends and family.
Music

Snoop Dogg side hustles: our pick of the rapper’s best spinoff works

There seems to be no business venture too quirky for the rapper

Music

Bruce Springsteen to be honoured with US National Medal of Arts

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Vera Wang, and Mindy Kaling are also named as recipients in the ceremony, due to take place on Tuesday.
Music

Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘devastated’ as he reveals son is critically ill with cancer

The impresario will miss the opening of his new show Bad Cinderella in New York on Thursday to be with his family.
Music

Wild Youth frontman promises ‘big and bold’ Eurovision performance

The group will represent Ireland at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest contest on May 9 in Liverpool with their song We Are One.
Music

Sir Rod Stewart cancels Australian performance due to viral infection

He posted a statement that he was ‘absolutely downhearted’ to be ‘disappointing’ fans.
Music

Mae Muller’s Eurovision song soars up charts

The 25-year-old singer will perform the track, I Wrote A Song, at the song contest in Liverpool in May.
Music

Roger Daltrey: Teenage Cancer Trust gigs give something back to music supporters

Kasabian, Wet Leg, Underworld and Courteeners are among the star-studded line-up who will be performing this year at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Music

Ellie Goulding on her new album, anxiety and taking acting lessons

Ahead of the release of Higher Than Heaven, Goulding talks about how the male-dominated music industry still has a way to go on equality, but that things are changing...

Music

The Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood joins family at exhibition opening in London

The veteran rocker was among the attendees at Maddox Gallery in Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill.
Music

CBSO/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla at the Barbican review: bright and edgy

Gražinytė-Tyla’s whiplash rhythms served the pieces well

Music

Who is Roger Waters? Pink Floyd singer fights antisemitism accusations

Frankfurt City Council has called off the singer’s May concert amid antisemitism allegations.

Music

Lizzo at the O2 review: one of life’s best natural highs

This overwhelming atmosphere of love and acceptance augurs well for her co-headline slot at Glastonbury

Music

100 gecs – 10,000 gecs review: music’s worst genres fired at your face

Exhausting, memeable electro-rock songs that sound like Sonic the Hedgehog had an accident with a cement mixer

Music

Louis Tomlinson: For a long time I felt like I had a lot to prove

The former One Direction singer attended the red carpet premiere for his new documentary, All Of Those Voices, in London on Thursday.
Showbiz

The Cure’s Robert Smith slams Ticketmaster’s high ticket cost for tour

The rocker isn’t happy with the ticket-selling website after fans met with eye-watering fees

Music

Sziget Festival 2023: dates, line-up and how to get tickets

The six-day event in Budapest this summer has been called ‘Europe’s biggest and most diverse festival’