Olly Alexander: Dizzy review – it’s a sinful ripoff from the UK’s Eurovision entry
You could easily believe the prosaic Dizzy to be the work of AI: what if the Pet Shop Boys did Eurovision?
June 2023
Elton John at Glastonbury: sun to go down on one of pop’s great performers
Ahead of headline set, artists and philanthropists the singer has nurtured explain why he remains at heart of pop culture
June 2022
Ed Sheeran was the most-played artist of 2021 in the UK
The pop star’s single Bad Habits was also the most-played song of last year, according to new data from music licensing company PPL
January 2022
Years & Years: Night Call review – Olly Alexander hits the dancefloor
Olly Alexander on hope, hedonism and hook-ups: ‘If you’re honest, you don’t have anything to hide’
September 2021
Elton John announces new album made with A-list guests in lockdown
Dua Lipa, Stevie Wonder, Nicki Minaj and Stevie Nicks are on eclectic guestlist for The Lockdown Sessions, with Elton describing himself as ‘a session musician’
Brit awards 2021: every performance reviewed, from Coldplay to Arlo Parks
From Coldplay’s opening spectacular on the Thames to Rag’n’Bone Man movingly performing with an NHS choir, we rate all of this year’s live performances
Brit awards 2021: the best of the ceremony and red carpet – in pictures
Brit awards 2021 in pictures
Brit awards 2021: the ceremony as it happened, with Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and more
Dua Lipa, the Weeknd, Elton John and more performed at the biggest night in British music to an indoor crowd of thousands of key workers
January 2021
The G2 interview
Olly Alexander on success, sanity and It's a Sin: 'All those hot guys. I loved it!'
The Years & Years frontman is starring in Russell T Davies’ new drama about the Aids crisis. He talks about bulimia, his ‘dark’ clubbing days – and how he learned to enjoy filming sex scenes
August 2020
'It all crumbled': pop stars on mental health in the age of Covid
Figures show number of adults with depression in UK has doubled with young people hit most
July 2019
TRNSMT festival review – Lewis Capaldi is the man of the moment
TRNSMT may be haunted by the ghost of T in the Park, but a new all-female stage and crowd-pleasing performances by Stormzy and George Ezra make for a successful replacement
February 2019
Brits 2019: who will – and should – win every award
Can Dua Lipa have a second successful Brits year in a row, or will George Ezra dominate the biggest categories? Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, we ponder the likely winners
November 2018
Years & Years review – sensational sermons from pop's diamante priest
Led by Olly Alexander’s dazzling theatrics, the synthpop trio take the timeless theme of dancefloor heartbreak and make it thrillingly modern
July 2018
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Years & Years: Palo Santo review – let’s talk about sex
Years & Years: Palo Santo review – sex, sin and electropop salvation
June 2018
The 1975, Chvrches, Years & Years: the Sleeperbloke is back
Is a band still a band when the frontperson takes all the heat? In 2018, the blokes-at-the-back format – as pioneered by Sleeper – is as prevalent as ever
May 2018
BBC Radio 1's Biggest Weekend review – icy Taylor Swift leads pop panoply
Swift was imperious and Liam Payne icky, while Years & Years and Christine and the Queens were truly transporting
April 2018
Olly Alexander: ‘Success is overwhelming. People talk to you differently’
The Years & Years frontman on fame, therapy and how Disneyland inspired him
March 2018
This week's new tracks
This week’s tracks reviewed: Sade, Iceage and Years & Years
The queen of dinner-party soul returns, Sky Ferreira joins the Danish post-punk group for their ‘sell-out’ single, plus Radio 1’s house band are back
