Three decades after launching a swaggering caricature of the city into national consciousness the Gallaghers are back
Director Robert Icke’s rethink of Mozart’s opera is meticulously wrought, with stunning singing from Golda Schultz
A new generation of keyboard heroes is making waves, propelled by streaming and social media
Stagings of two operatic rarities add to the legacy of Pierre Audi, the festival director who died in May
The capital’s summer season is packed with all-day music fests. They can be more miss than hit — but here are three that get it right on all fronts
The collaborative intercultural piece about an enchanted, gender-neutral creature had its world premiere in Arles
The pop superstar’s megawatt performance at Hyde Park outshone even her surprise guests, Duran Duran
Founder of song rights buyer launches new venture after being sidelined from industry
The song’s hazy blend of jazz, soul and psychedelia has sparked some dazzling cover versions
The first night of the band’s UK tour was thunderous and raw but lacked the generational combativeness of the old days
His ‘Mission: Impossible’ theme tune brought jazz’s sense of swing to the precisely timed synchronisation of film music
Glastonbury showed us music’s power to provoke controversy. But can it still change the world?
Thomas Adès conducts the Hallé in works written by himself and two composers championed by him
Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson and Carlos Niño immerse listeners in ambient rhythms on this Blue Note release
The band supposedly behind two new albums of 1970s-style AOR have proved impossible to track down in real life
Rapper’s supporters cheer verdict despite jury finding him guilty of prostitution-related charges
The New Zealander sings dramatically about new selves, the body and gender fluidity on her fourth release
Acquisition would be a coup for record company and private equity firm’s new song rights joint venture
Oliver Mears’s production offers a grisly interpretation of the doomed love story between Jupiter and a mere mortal
Huw Montague Rendall makes a superb Count in a production that leans heavily into farce
The young superstar and the Cure legend duetted in a fizzy festival finale, while Rod Stewart offered old-time showbiz sparkle
Absent from the Milan house for half a century, this performance surrenders to the music of Bellini’s tragic masterpiece
After a sleepy first day, storming sets by Kneecap, Bob Vylan and Charli XCX roused the sun-baked crowd of 210,000
Rare among the singer’s output for being relatively conventional, the song was covered by stars such as Rod Stewart and Bob Seger
