Florence + the Machine

'Socially distanced Venetian gondolas!' – Rufus Wainwright on his dream festival

With festival season cancelled, we’re starting a new series asking stars for their dream lineups. First up is Rufus Wainwright, blending opera and Florence Welch

Interview by Dave Simpson

02, Jul, 2020 @4:00 PM

David Bowie, Adele and Beyoncé: BBC unveils Glastonbury coverage

Classic sets to be shown in place of 50th anniversary festival scuppered by coronavirus

Laura Snapes

26, May, 2020 @7:00 PM

Beyoncé's crash diet plan sells an impossible, damaging ideal | Laura Snapes

In promoting an expensive vegan diet plan, the singer has described confronting her weight as ‘every woman’s nightmare’. She is irresponsibly stoking an evil diet culture – but is also a victim of it

Laura Snapes

26, Jul, 2019 @2:34 PM

Leather and lace: how Stevie Nicks created a new musical language

A career-spanning box set documents the Fleetwood Mac singer’s influence as a solo artist, starting with her 1981 debut Bella Donna and its beguilingly witchy, feminine energy

Annie Zaleski

17, Apr, 2019 @3:43 PM

Body shock: Suspiria’s Damien Jalet unleashes his headless dancers

The horror-film choreographer’s new show, Vessel, weaves spells with writhing limbs, menacing ritual figures and a cauldron of gloop. He explains its origins

Chris Wiegand

08, Apr, 2019 @1:06 PM

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

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

20, Feb, 2019 @7:00 AM

2019 Brit award nominations topped by Anne-Marie and Dua Lipa – again

Dua Lipa is the most nominated artist for a second year in a row, joined by Essex pop star Anne-Marie on four nominations

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

12, Jan, 2019 @6:06 PM

'We were sad of getting old': how pop stars are growing up gracefully

From Florence Welch to Matt Healy, Lily Allen to Neneh Cherry, it is becoming acceptable for pop stars to mature and make music about it

Jude Rogers

30, Oct, 2018 @2:00 PM

Mercury prize 2018: Wolf Alice win, plus the rest of the ceremony as it happened

Nadine Shah and Sons of Kemet were the hottest tips, but Wolf Alice ended up winning. Follow all the action from the red carpet and ceremony here

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

20, Sep, 2018 @9:29 PM

Mercury prize 2018: Wolf Alice win for Visions of a Life

Genre-hopping rockers claim £25,000 prize for an album the Guardian called ‘an exuberant jumble’

Laura Snapes

20, Sep, 2018 @9:20 PM

Safe Mercury shortlist once again raises questions about prize's purpose

After grime was properly recognised at last year’s Mercury, the album prize is back to playing it safe, rewarding commercial success rather than creative innovation

Laura Snapes

26, Jul, 2018 @10:14 AM

Mercury prize 2018: Noel Gallagher, Florence and Arctic Monkeys shortlisted

Other nominees for the prestigious album award include Lily Allen, Jorja Smith and Wolf Alice, jazz group Sons of Kemet, and experimental acts Nadine Shah, Everything Everything and King Krule

Laura Snapes

26, Jul, 2018 @10:09 AM