By now, nearly 21 months after Taylor Swift launched what would become the highest-grossing tour of all time, you could be forgiven for thinking both
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The Human League review – immaculate electro pop as radiant now as it was 40 years ago
The sound of immaculate synthesisers begins to whir and echo through the air, as electronic innovators the Human League take to the stage, before a
Sam Fender review – cathartic songs delivered with passion and a humble presence
The tiny venues he started out in were never going to hold Sam Fender. Five years after his debut, the 30-year-old has conquered major festivals,
‘It’s like they were smoking something potent’: the ‘bizarre’ Paul McCartney alien musical that never was
It is the film that never was – an unlikely sci-fi musical about aliens dreamed up by Paul McCartney half a century ago. The aliens
Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips: ‘It was insane. We all could have died’
When I first interviewed you at Harvest festival in Sydney in 2011, you showed me a photo on your phone of decapitated human heads in
U2 bassist Adam Clayton: ‘When I was drinking, there were many times when I was out for the night and didn’t come back for a week’
Born in Oxfordshire and raised in Ireland, Adam Clayton, 64, co-founded U2 in 1976. Since then, the band has sold more than 170m albums and
Leya: I Forget Everything review | John Lewis’s contemporary album of the month
Leya are a New York duo comprising harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist Adam Markiewicz, who seem to occupy a space roughly equidistant from ambient music,
Five of the best music books of 2024
View image in fullscreen The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Pop Culture 1955-1979Jon Savage, FaberFrom his definitive punk history England’s Dreaming to his forensic examination
Japanese singer and actor Miho Nakayama dies aged 54
Musician and actor Miho Nakayama, best known for her dual role in the successful 1995 feature Love Letter and for her music career in the
The 20 best songs of 2024
20 MJ Lenderman – Wristwatch The year’s breakout indie star, Jake Lenderman has a voice like the last roll of the die. On his fourth