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  • Janelle Monáe on stage in Manchester last week.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Janelle Monáe: a masterclass in progressive showbiz spectacle

  • Roisin Murphy performing at the Brixton Academy in London, 2021.

    This much I know
    Róisín Murphy: ‘I think our culture is too hedonistic’

    The singer, 51, on making memories, disliking therapy, and a terrifying meeting with Grace Jones
  • Fran Healy wearing a black top and trousers, and a grey jacket, with orange hair and black-framed glasses

    The Q&A
    Fran Healy of Travis: ‘What did I want to be growing up? Not poor’

    The singer on sleeping like a log, a very special recording, and being told by a manager that everyone hated him
  • Taylor Swift performs on stage at Wembley Stadium

    VIP Taylor Swift ticket holders get obstructed view – are pricey packages worth the cash?

  • Berwyn in a forest setting holding a case

    Interview
    ‘Theresa May made the whole country rally against migrants’: UK rapper Berwyn on poverty, perseverance and hostile politics

  • Noel Gallagher at 2024’s Glastonbury festival.

    News
    Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians

  • Stewart Copeland performing at a Taylor Hawkins tribute concert at Wembley Stadium, London, in 2022.

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for the Police’s Stewart Copeland

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Glastonbury 2024

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  • Friends hanging out at big music festival

    Get ready for Glastonbury 2024
    11 essentials to pack, plan and download

  • Jill Ratoff and family

    ‘It’s my 18th consecutive Glastonbury'
    The three generation family attending the festival

  • Yeshi and Julie from Taste Tibet

    ‘Like winning a golden ticket’
    How Glastonbury’s traders thrive off of good vibes

  • Refugee charity stand

    ‘We’re reaching people who wouldn’t get to go’
    The volunteer scheme taking first-timers to Glastonbury 2024

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Interviews

  • Cigarettes After Sex.

    Cigarettes After Sex: ‘Our lyrics might be a bit dirty for some people’

  • A meeting of minds … Childish and Emin in the 80s.

    ‘To be totally the focus of someone, who was really into sex, was fantastic’
    Tracey Emin and Billy Childish on their blazing romance

  • ‘I thought everyone in music had a really glamorous life. So I tried to make normality feel glamorous’ … Mike Skinner of the Streets.

    The reader interview
    The Streets’ Mike Skinner: ‘My mid-20s were utterly traumatic. Everything was upside down’

  • Stevie Van Zandt attends the "Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple" premiere during the Tribeca Festival at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 8, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

    Stevie Van Zandt
    My religion switched right over to rock’n’roll

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Album reviews

  • Kasabian.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Kasabian: Happenings – pivot towards pop could almost be Coldplay

  • The members of Orquesta Akokán standing by the side of a road amid trees

    Global music
    Orquesta Akokán: Caracoles – joyous Cuban dancehall

    • Rap
      Headie One: The Last One – rueful memoir with party tunes attached

    • Rap
      Megan Thee Stallion: Megan – rap skill showcase is a sour sermon on superiority

    • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
      Camila Cabello: C,XOXO – Havana star​’s bad​-girl reboot​ is totally unconvincing

    • Rap
      Stefflon Don: Island 54 – seamless summer playlist

    • Country
      Johnny Cash: Songwriter – posthumous patchwork is a pleasant surprise

    • Experimental
      Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything – aggressive and transcendent

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Live reviews

  • Perpetual motion … Angus Young of AC/DC.

    Rock
    AC/DC – a poignant lesson on the power of rock’n’roll

  • Ice-T performing with Body Count.

    Metal
    Body Count ft Ice-T – an explosive love letter to heavy metal

    • Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers at Llangollen Pavilion.

      Indie
      Manic Street Preachers / Suede – co-headliners bring out the best in each other

    • Patti Smith, with a long braid over her right shoulder and wearing a suit jacket, closes her eyes and points her thumb and first two fingers as she sings into a microphone

      Pop
      Patti Smith – utterly transformed by the power of music

    • Eddie Vedder, with a long thin moustache and wearing a T-shirt labelled "34" and baseball cap, closes his eyes as he points in the air while singing

      Rock
      Pearl Jam – Manchester audience rescues a stricken Eddie Vedder

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  • Jasper Attlee looking down, leaning against a wall

    One to watch
    Berlioz

  • Ella Fitzgerald, Donna Summer and Bruce Springsteen

    ‘Should not be played indoors’
    Writers on their all-time favourite summertime songs

  • Composite for Tory years music piece

    Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again
    The songs that sum up each year of Tory government

  • Joss Stone

    Honest playlist
    Joss Stone: ‘I try to avoid karaoke – I get too embarrassed’

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Obituaries

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From the archive

  • Mitski

    Mitski, the US’s best young songwriter
    I’m a black hole where people dump their feelings

    With songs about heartbreak and capitalism, the cult pop singer is on the brink of the mainstream – but the intensity of her fandom has her fearing for her safety
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