Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival
Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced
February 2022
Worthy winners aside, the Brits is struggling to keep pace with modern pop
Alexis Petridis
TikTok voting and gaming stars haven’t altered the music awards’ predictable roster of chart-toppers
December 2021
New artists join Adele and Dua Lipa on list for first non-gendered Brit awards
As the music prizes strive for inclusivity, first-timers Self Esteem and Central Cee make the shortlist along with veterans Abba
April 2021
London Grammar: Californian Soil review – bold sounds amid the usual spectral fare
The British trio stick to boilerplate emoting and bland imagery, but there are small sonic steps forward
January 2018
Brit awards nominations 2018: Dua Lipa beats Ed Sheeran with five
The New Rules singer caps her breakthrough year with the most nominations at British music’s biggest awards ceremony
June 2017
London Grammar: Truth Is a Beautiful Thing review – glacial and portentous
(Ministry of Sound)
London Grammar: Truth Is a Beautiful Thing review – drowns in its own despair
London Grammar: ‘We were hanging by a thread’
Four years ago, London Grammar’s ascent was halted by stage fright, exhaustion and booze. With the release of their second album, Hannah J Davies meets the trio in Paris to talk about doing things differently
April 2017
London Grammar review – battle-scarred optimism from a sophisticated trio
The young stars combine musical poise with flashes of goofiness as they refine rather than reinvent themselves in a mini-tour of historic halls
June 2014
Music blog
Sunday night Glastonbury 2014: Kasabian, Black Keys and Disclosure – as it happened
It was the final night of the festival, and we were watching it all …
London Grammar at Glastonbury 2014 review – vast swaths of empty emoting
The current indie-soul crossover darlings provided few crescendos, but there were moments of sublime intensity, writes Mark Beaumont
30 minutes with …
Glastonbury 2014: London Grammar's Hannah Reid: 'I panic at the thought of dirtiness'
Ahead of their Glastonbury set on 29 June, Dan Rothman and Hannah Reid talk snogging, swearing and smelliness
May 2014
James Blake and London Grammar honoured at Ivor Novello awards
Young British musicians take home most-sought-after prizes as veterans Nick Cave and Nile Rodgers also collect Ivors
March 2014
Music blog
London Grammar at SXSW: 'The pressure’s off … unless Chris Martin watches us'
The British trio on how it feels to support Coldplay and why their big tip for SXSW is to go to Whole Foods
February 2014
London Grammar – review
London Grammar are the latest sensations of late-night introspective pop, but why the reverential hush, asks Luke Bainbridge
December 2013
How I wrote ...
Live at the Guardian 2013: the best of our exclusive sessions, part two – video
Alexis Petridis picks some of the best performances from the live music sessions recorded this year at the Guardian's studios, featuring London Grammar, Bombino and Primal Scream
November 2013
London's perfect Grammar
Sick of Robin Thicke? Tired of Miley Cyrus? How about an old-school, homegrown band that’s putting real music back in the charts… Sam Wolfson talks to London Grammar
October 2013
London Grammar – review
Concorde 2, Brighton Brooding Brits with angsty anthems, impassioned delivery and the power to transfix a room. What's not to like, asks Caroline Sullivan
September 2013
Radio 1 apologises for 'ironic' tweet about London Grammar frontwoman
