Music

A dash from a scrapped concert to a Scotland match has piled on the disappointment for ticket-holders. What would Mark E Smith have made of it all?

As the singer-songwriter tours his early material, it's starting to sound like prophecy

The problem is that Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and the others all offer the same thing. The infinite jukebox is useful and fun, but a change could be on the horizon and it could come from the musicians themselves

Once derided as a ‘singing budgie’, the actor turned pop megastar has redefined what it means to be Australian, and made Britain happier too

Gary Stewart was brilliant, briefly revered and doomed by drug addiction. Now a new biography finally gives him his due

Angélique Kidjo takes back the African sounds borrowed by western artists – and makes better records from them

The Reform leader is furious he hasn’t been on Radio 4’s castaway show. But when asked in 2025 what music he likes, he replied: ‘None’

Relatable but unadventurous – and why has he snubbed artists from Liverpool?

New records by old musicians like Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones suddenly sound vital. Why?

How did the future M People founder make Manchester dance? He says it’s all about the attitude

The singer had been living in quiet retirement – then one night changed everything

A fearless, restless pioneer, the jazz legend was an imperfect man, but a musician of unique genius

Her blend of pop, opera, goth, techno and Catholicism, performed in over a dozen languages, requires a huge effort of will to hold it all together. She was more than up to the task

The Slovenian band used to satirise dictators. Now their targets are tech bros and algorithm-controlled music

If the VP ever becomes president, there is truly no hope for America

The son of GB News co-owner Paul Marshall has developed a solution to the small boats problem: laying mines in the world’s busiest shipping lane

‘Michael’ avoids the claims of child abuse by the King of Pop – and falls into the same old cliches

Fifty years ago, writer John Ingham was chatting to three musicians. Then their singer Johnny Rotten opened his mouth, and everything changed

Sharon Osbourne plans to join a far right protest in London next month

The ‘charming, cool’ winner of best male newcomer at France’s Grammys wants his eclectic style to cross the channel

A performance in Japan meant the end of the Revolution – and began a new chapter in the life of an eccentric genius

The Reform leader and his GB News colleague Bev Turner have railed against the decision not to allow the controversial rapper into Britain

Calls for Ye’s London gigs to be cancelled over his racism and bigotry are causing a backlash on social media

The Fab Four’s leading historian Mark Lewisohn is trying to finish his definitive trilogy – just as AI and algorithms start to rewrite their story

Dead Pioneers are ferocious – and furious about stolen lands and centuries of being erased

A French reality TV star gained national attention by outraging the viewing public. What followed was tragedy

Sometimes daft and sometimes otherworldly, the all-consuming world of BTS, Blackpink and K-Pop Demon Hunters stands apart from the rest of popular culture

The Swedish pop queen is back with a taboo-smashing exploration of female desire during pregnancy – and you can dance to it

The singer also known as Self Esteem is phenomenal as she follows revival in a revival of David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles

Franz Xaver Mozart is known as ‘FX’ – because English speakers are baffled by his middle name

The Queen of Pop has been spotted in Margate – but residents should be more excited about what the British artist is doing for our town

Tilly Norwood, a much-derided AI-generated actress, is back as a singer. Real musicians don't have much to worry about yet