On my radar: Andrew O’Hagan’s cultural highlights
The novelist on a comedic TikTok sensation, the importance of a good suit and his favourite educational app
Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – a banger-filled missive from dating land
Talk of a new musical direction proves unfounded as the Grammy-winning singer’s third album shares more retro-inspired dance pop and lessons from her love life
Unknown singer stands in for Olly Murs at last-minute as Take That support in Glasgow
Daniel Rooney stood in at 30-minutes’ notice on Friday night when Murs’ flight from London was cancelled
Sabrina Carpenter: how the Espresso singer became a piping hot pop prospect
She’s set to depose Taylor Swift from No 1 and has the most-streamed song in the world this week – the culmination of a decade of slow-burn success
One to watch: Fat Dog
With a riotous sound part Nine Inch Nails, part Depeche Mode, the south London five-piece are shoo-ins for a mainstage festival slot
‘When I became a meme it was humiliating and hurtful’: Dua Lipa on pop, psychedelics and proving her haters wrong
For two years, a viral joke mocking the singer’s dancing threatened to overshadow her record-breaking success – but the laser-focused star had the last laugh. And now she has her sights set on building a media empire
David Webb obituary
Other lives: Talented drummer who played in different bands and genres all over the world including the US, Australia and Cambodia
Duane Eddy obituary
Guitarist whose string of hit records in the late 1950s and early 60s were noted for their twangy sound
‘I was sad in a way I never knew possible’: Yaya Bey on grief, poverty and using music as therapy
The end of a marriage, the chaos of Covid and the death of her father hit the R&B auteur hard. But she says that she has found beauty in sadness
Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events review – a debut that’s better than it thinks
The new wave Britpop singer-songwriter includes a couple of old hits on an album that is in fact brimming with fresh ideas
Mdou Moctar: Funeral for Justice review – desert bluesman on incendiary form
The Nigerien guitarist and his virtuoso band set polemical fury to thrilling musicianship on this no-holds-barred release
Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch review – retro pop with the feel of a forgotten classic
With her best songs yet, the Californian singer’s fourth album could transform her from fringe act to mainstream success
‘Push through the feelings of: I’m worthless, this sucks’: can anyone learn to be a top songwriter?
Songwriting courses are exploding in popularity, with everyone from Mark Ronson to Alicia Keys as teachers. On a retreat in north Wales, our folk music critic tries to write her first song
Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – ‘psychedelic pop-infused’? Pull the other one!
The British superstar has said her new album is influenced by Britpop, rave culture and Primal Scream, but you could go mad trying to find the evidence
Take That move gigs to different Manchester venue over Co-op Live issues
Boyband cites ‘technical issues’ at arena where Olivia Rodrigo, Keane and Peter Kay had also been due to perform