Elton John is saying goodbye, for one more time
He can no longer hit the high notes and stayed mostly seated at the piano but, even at the age…
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Royal Blood should know by now a bad gig is never the crowd’s fault
The band threw a tantrum at Radio 1’s Big Weekend. But to good musicians indifference is an opportunity to prove…
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Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour is a vast sci-fi spectacle designed for social media
This retrofuturist extravaganza, like all modern big gigs, is intended to look good on someone’s phone so they can prove…
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A transcendent singalong with Bruce Springsteen in Rome
Also this week: great journalists remembered, and a duck called Puskás.
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In praise of Andy Rourke, the Smiths’ hidden wonder
The band is often labelled miserable, but the bassist made music that was suffused with joy.
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Why Eurovision is beloved by the LGBTQ community
The contest, developed in the 1950s as an opportunity for cheap TV, is now synonymous with camp. How did it…
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When Eurovision came to Liverpool
In a festival of geopolitics, money, culture and high camp, the proud outsider city spies a chance for renewal
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The conservatism of Nick Cave
Many were surprised when the musician announced he would be attending King Charles III’s coronation. They shouldn’t have been.
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