‘Like they owned the very sky above them’ On 21 July 2000, I had not long turned 15. I boarded a bus from Brighton to
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Will an Oasis reunion be a success? Definitely. Will it be worth it? Maybe | Alexis Petridis
I couldn’t be more equivocal about Oasis reforming, because I am an Oasis agnostic. I’m neither a diehard fan: the kind of Weller-haired, Wallabee-shod “parka
Leeds festival review – Lana Del Rey and Liam Gallagher are sublime after the storm
2024 will go down in Leeds festival history as the year of Storm Lilian. High winds mean the Friday opening is marred by three stage
‘There’s never been a greater time to be a Nigerian artist’: but have the new giants of African music shut the door behind them?
“When I’m on stage, it’s a fucking Rema party – make some noise!” The crowd obliged as the Nigerian singer strode across the Wireless festival
‘Given enough wine I could belt out I Will Survive’: Susie Dent’s honest playlist
The first song I remember hearing It’s a toss-up between Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. My parents were big Beatles fans and
Macklemore cancels Dubai show to protest UAE role in Sudan civil war
Macklemore has cancelled an upcoming October concert in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates’ role “in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis” in Sudan through
‘You should be partying when you write party music’: pop hedonists Confidence Man on their super-sweaty new album
It’s 9am in San Francisco and Confidence Man are having some creative differences. “Sugar wants to do a pantomime horse but there’s no way to
All for you! Janet Jackson, Snõõper, Bob Dylan and more: the best music of autumn 2024
Pop, rap, folk, jazz and more Andrew Tuttle and Michael Chapman After Yorkshire guitarist Michael Chapman died in September 2021, aged 80, his partner Andru
I love Springsteen and my daughter is a huge Swiftie – and that’s created a bridge between us
It is a cloudy Saturday evening in Edinburgh in early June and I am in a rugby stadium surrounded by young women who are wearing
Adam Lambert: ‘I don’t need a dildo dipped in glitter’
There’s a song on your new EP called Wet Dream. When did you last wet the bed? I honestly can’t recall. I was probably a