George Ezra

Brit awards 2023: Harry Styles and Wet Leg triumph while Lizzo delivers the glitz – as it happened

Fontaines DC, Aitch, Becky Hill and the 1975 also won gongs, while Tom Grennan flubbed it. Here’s all the action from the 43rd annual music awards

Laura Snapes and Shaad D'Souza

11, Feb, 2023 @11:06 PM

‘A fundamental blow’: anger over threat to BBC Introducing music discovery platform

Fans and bands fear regional network that helped launch careers of Ed Sheeran and Little Simz will be cut back as BBC confirms changes to schedules

Dave Simpson

18, Jan, 2023 @12:58 PM

Brit awards: all-male best artist category reveals wider music industry sickness

Out of the 71 acts eligible for the gender-neutral award, only 13 were female or non-binary. The dearth exposes the British industry’s inability to develop anyone but young men

Laura Snapes

16, Jan, 2023 @3:14 PM

Brit awards 2023: Wet Leg and Harry Styles lead male-dominated nominations

In the second year of non-gendered categories, the five nominees for artist of the year are entirely male

Laura Snapes

12, Jan, 2023 @4:30 PM

UK’s top 10 singles of 2022 were all by British artists

A clean sweep led by Harry Styles was an ‘astonishing’ high note for the music industry – but the domination of older songs reflected the impact of streaming

Laura Snapes

04, Jan, 2023 @12:01 AM

George Ezra: End to End review – singer-songwriter’s charming cross-Britain hike

After months of isolation and anxious about touring again, Ezra and two friends walk the length of the UK meeting musicians in an uplifting documentary

Cath Clarke

24, Aug, 2022 @12:00 PM

George Ezra: Gold Rush Kid review – introspective, sunshine-ready pop

The Hertfordshire charmer returns with his customary peppy singles, along with some more thoughtful fare

Michael Cragg

12, Jun, 2022 @12:00 PM

Queen’s platinum jubilee concert 2022: the Platinum Party at the Palace – as it happened

One of the showpiece events for the platinum jubilee is a concert with Queen, Diana Ross, Elton John and more

Stuart Heritage

04, Jun, 2022 @9:51 PM

Stars and royals gear up for Platinum Party at the Palace

More than 30 royals will gather to see acts including Diana Ross, Ella Eyre and George Ezra for Queen’s jubilee

Harry Taylor

04, Jun, 2022 @4:44 PM

Diana Ross, Queen and Lin-Manuel Miranda to play Party at the Palace

Saturday evening’s three-hour event at Buckingham Palace will include musical theatre and pop stars

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

03, Jun, 2022 @3:12 PM

George Ezra: Gold Rush Kid review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

The Budapest and Shotgun singer teeters between hook-laden and cheesy on his third album – though the best tracks reveal there’s more to Ezra than mere jollity

Alexis Petridis

02, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM

George Ezra review – as happy and sunny as a travel ad

The chart-topper’s songs are ruthlessly professional but also full of charm, and this gig ahead of his third album release shows what a warm and clever writer he is

Michael Hann

13, Apr, 2022 @9:39 AM