‘Fame is the worst thing for us as human beings’: Naomi Scott on scream queens, Disney princesses and finding her own voice

After major roles in horror hit Smile 2 and the live-action Aladdin, the actor is returning to her first love: music. She talks faith, fame and why singing is more freeing than cinema

Can you watch without wincing? Seven times Australian politicians burst into song

Tim Wilson’s take on a Billy Joel classic has triggered cheers and jeers in parliament. We look back at some unforgettable ‘performances’

‘At first, she couldn’t come off the oxygen long enough’: the film that gives Marianne Faithfull one final thrilling performance

In new docu-drama Broken English, the much misunderstood singer looks back at all her past selves – and gives a performance that moves her audience to tears. Its makers relive an extraordinary shoot

Harry Styles on Liam Payne’s death: ‘It’s so difficult to lose a friend who is so like you in so many ways’

The musician reflected on the death of his former One Direction bandmate in an interview with Zane Lowe to promote his new album

Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally review – nice all the time. Good, occasionally

The music on Styles’s new album is muted, subtle and pleasant – but from the title downwards, he has a real problem with words

From David Bowie to Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton, Mike Vernon’s ear was invaluable to British pop and blues

The musician, producer and label head, who has died aged 81, turned his boyhood passion for blues into a hugely impactful career

David Byrne review – in life during wartime, this show will restore your faith in humanity

Byrne again reimagines the possibilities of the live gig, creating a vision of egalitarianism backed by elastic bass and polyrhythms

Lily Allen review – pop star makes much-anticipated comeback – but where is the West End Girl?

Allen isn’t in the first act of her own show, only coming on after 45 minutes of a string ensemble to stiffly deliver her acclaimed album in full

‘My guitar was mangled – like my life!’ Goo Goo Dolls on how they made epic ballad Iris

‘I’m grateful to Taylor Swift, and others who have covered it, for introducing the song to a new generation. Three billion streams on Spotify is astonishing!’

‘We were just astonished’: Mental As Anything on their highs and lows – and hitting the road again

One of Australia’s most successful pop bands are reliving their career, with a new documentary and a tour bringing the ‘original flavour’ back on stage

‘Do what you really want to do while you’re still alive’: Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese guitar hero surfing a second wave in his 70s

Playing a surfboard-shaped axe, Takanaka was a stadium-level artist at home but little known in the west – until YouTube brought him a huge new audience

Delta Goodrem to represent Australia at Eurovision 2026

One of the country’s bestselling singers is heading to a contest mired in geopolitical controversy – but, she says, ‘I believe in the healing powers and hope of music’

Neil Sedaka obituary

Singer and songwriter of such pop canon hits as Oh! Carol, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do and (Is This the Way to) Amarillo

How Courtney Barnett made her new album by retreating to the desert: ‘It nearly drove me mad’

After closing her scene-making record label and moving to the US, Barnett decamped to Joshua Tree – where she learned to slow down and make noise again

Morrissey review – classic Smiths songs meet GB News-style talking points

Morrissey is in impressive voice and the old songs still retain their power, but the conspiracy theorising and nationalist rhetoric are miserable in all the worst ways