Pop and rock
Thank You, Goodnight review – Bon Jovi’s surprisingly devastating ode to lost youth
There’s plenty of great stuff in this documentary to keep super fans happy – but you only need to know 80s banger Livin’ on a Prayer to get emotional as the ageing band break down before your very eyes
Jack Seale
26, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM
Regurgitator: Invader review – the new stuff is as good as the old stuff
The Australian band are back on form with one of their finest albums, showing that they still have more than enough new tricks to keep things interesting
Andrew Stafford
25, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
St Vincent: All Born Screaming review – the unmasking of a great American songwriter
Are we finally seeing the real Annie Clark? Replacing alter egos with raw immediacy, she delivers one of her best albums: restlessly inventive and packed with ideas
Alexis Petridis
25, Apr, 2024 @12:10 PM
‘The working class can’t afford it’: the shocking truth about the money bands make on tour
As Taylor Swift tops $1bn in tour revenue, musicians playing smaller venues are facing pitiful fees and frequent losses. Should the state step in to save our live music scene?
Daniel Dylan Wray
25, Apr, 2024 @9:39 AM
This Proms season ticks all the boxes and promises special things | Andrew Clements
After the disruptions of Covid, director David Pickard has managed to balance innovation with tradition in his final year of programming the festival
Andrew Clements
25, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
Taylor Swift hits 1bn Spotify streams in a week with Tortured Poets Department
Swift’s new album breaks another streaming record after already becoming the platform’s most-streamed album in a day
Benjamin Lee
24, Apr, 2024 @7:38 PM
From Taylor to Ariana, pop’s overreliance on gossip is choking the life out of it
Today’s pop stars are cramming songs with so much biography they need footnotes – and they’re in danger of alienating all but their hardcore fans
Laura Snapes
24, Apr, 2024 @9:16 AM
Sampha, Yussef Dayes and Daniel Pemberton top Ivor Novello award nominations
Sampha and Dayes get nods for best album and share in nomination for Sampha’s song Spirit 2.0, at awards for British songwriting and composition
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
23, Apr, 2024 @6:00 PM
‘Like eating too much chocolate’: Guardian readers on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department
‘Bland’ or ‘absolutely breathtaking’? Our readers are divided over Swift’s epically long, richly detailed new album
Guardian readers and Alfie Packham
23, Apr, 2024 @3:30 PM
Guitar played by John Lennon on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction
Guitar also played by George Harrison on Norwegian Wood could sell for millions in May auction, alongside other memorabilia including a book of Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyrics
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
23, Apr, 2024 @12:25 PM
‘Nothing is going to stop me’: Celine Dion details life with stiff person syndrome
The chart-topping singer’s career has been on hold since she was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition in 2022
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
23, Apr, 2024 @9:20 AM
Cher, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest among 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
Cher finally recognised 60 years after her first recordings, while Mary J Blige, Peter Frampton and Dave Matthews Band are among the other inductees
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
22, Apr, 2024 @9:05 AM
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