Headie One
The big Glastonbury 2024 review: the Last Dinner Party justify the hype, Dua Lipa nails it and Coldplay go over the top
From K-poppers Seventeen to performance artist Marina Abramović, via Cyndi Lauper and Little Simz, it was one of the most diverse editions yet. But the real fireworks came with a band who have taken things to another level
Alexis Petridis
01, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM
Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival
Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
14, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM
Brit awards 2024 – full list of winners
The winners of every category at the 2024 Brits, updated as the ceremony progresses
Guardian music
02, Mar, 2024 @8:19 PM
‘It has our energy, our story’: asakaa, Ghana’s vibrant drill rap scene
From the US and UK, drill has spread to Ghana, where it provides a voice for the excluded. On the streets of Kumasi, the scene’s MCs tell their story
Emmanuel Akinwotu
04, Aug, 2021 @11:09 AM
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
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
11, May, 2021 @10:52 PM
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
Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes
11, May, 2021 @9:38 PM
Brit awards nominations 2021: Dua Lipa, Arlo Parks and Celeste lead improved field for women
Women dominate British album category, while more than half the nominees in key categories are non-white
Laura Snapes
31, Mar, 2021 @3:30 PM
Headie One: Edna review – drill king moves forward
The drill king’s debut album could be a breakthrough moment
Kitty Empire
10, Oct, 2020 @1:00 PM
Headie One: 'In prison, the only thing not taken away from you is yourself'
The Tottenham rapper is UK drill’s biggest star – and counts Drake as a fan. He talks about how his music gave him a way out of crime, and the difficulty of leaving his old life behind
Aniefiok Ekpoudom
31, Jul, 2020 @4:00 AM
UK drill rapper Headie One jailed for six months for carrying knife
Fourth prison sentence for Irving Adjei, who was sentenced to 30 months in 2014 for possessing thousands of pounds’ worth of heroin and cocaine
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
08, Jan, 2020 @2:15 PM
Headie One: Music X Road review – UK drill kingpin gets introspective
A document of growth, tangled with claustrophobia and regret, shows the prolific MC moving forward creatively
Al Horner
23, Aug, 2019 @8:30 AM
Headie One review – a feelgood celebration despite the bleak lyrics
A young multicultural crowd experience the music behind the tabloid-outrage headlines as the London drill MC delivers his darkly compelling sounds
Dave Simpson
05, Nov, 2018 @2:02 PM
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