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Reading festival review – vibrant pop takeover leaves rock in the shade
Dominated by the likes of PinkPantheress, Little Simz and Megan Thee Stallion, it’s left to Arctic Monkeys and Wolf Alice to remind revellers of Reading’s still-beating rock heart
Grace Medford
29, Aug, 2022 @3:05 PM
‘Miraculously we’re here’: St Vincent, Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish and more meet biggest Glastonbury crowd in years
McCartney sealed an unforgettable Saturday night after a Friday during which female performers called all the shots
Dorian Lynskey
26, Jun, 2022 @8:00 AM
Worthy winners aside, the Brits is struggling to keep pace with modern pop
TikTok voting and gaming stars haven’t altered the music awards’ predictable roster of chart-toppers
Alexis Petridis
09, Feb, 2022 @6:00 AM
Adele sweeps gender-neutral Brit awards dominated by women
In the first Brits ceremony to do away with gendered categories, women or female-fronted acts won 10 out of 15 overall awards
Laura Snapes
08, Feb, 2022 @10:19 PM
From Titane to Wolf Alice: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Whether it’s Cronenbergian serial-killer thrills or the Mercury-winners’ triumphant live return, our critics have your plans for the week covered
01, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM
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
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
18, Dec, 2021 @6:21 PM
The 50 best albums of 2021, No 2: Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend
The London four-piece emerged from lockdown with a soaring triumph of pop rock, brimming with elegantly polished songwriting and confident ambition
Laura Snapes
16, Dec, 2021 @6:00 AM
The 20 best songs of 2021
We celebrate everything from Lil Nas X’s conservative-baiting Montero to Wet Leg’s instant indie classic – as voted for by 31 of the Guardian’s music writers
Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes
29, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM
Mercury prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams
21-year-old singer-songwriter adds to Brit award win earlier in the year
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
09, Sep, 2021 @9:13 PM
TV tonight: who will win the 2021 Mercury prize?
Celeste, Sault, Arlo Parks, Mogwai and Wolf Alice are among the nominees. Plus: the National Television awards. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Phil Harrison, Hannah J Davies and Paul Howlett
09, Sep, 2021 @5:20 AM
Reading and Leeds festival review – Stormzy and Liam Gallagher unite the masses
With thoughts of Covid banished in a blitz of teenage hugging, there are some terrific moments amid this disappointingly male-heavy lineup
Dave Simpson
30, Aug, 2021 @10:08 AM
Latitude festival review: a hyper-real return to glitter, beer and British musical brilliance
The first full-capacity festival since the pandemic began hosted a series of artists – Sons of Kemet and Self Esteem among them – that show how vibrant the UK’s scene still is
Kate Hutchinson
26, Jul, 2021 @12:47 PM
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