Harry Styles announces jazz, pop, indie and electronic artists for his Meltdown festival
London festival will feature an intimate Styles performance as well as appearances from Warpaint, Kamasi Washington, Devonté Hynes and more
Pet Shop Boys review – no hits? No problem on first night of a masterful obscurities run
The era-defining duo’s ultras are suitably spoiled in the first of this intimate five-day run, showered with rarities that put a different spin on their well-known history
‘I couldn’t see, breathe or sing. I blacked out twice’: why are so many metal bands wearing masks?
From Sleep Token to Ghost and Slaughter to Prevail, the genre’s biggest stars are using freaky facial disguises. Are they hiding behind them – or revealing their true nature?
‘I over-articulated to stop my braces sticking to my lips’: how Five Star made Rain Or Shine
‘We performed it everywhere, even on Miss World. Once, on tour, a fan pulled me into the pit – but my hunky Italian security guard put me back on stage’
The Guide #237: Fab 5 Freddy, the street artist at the heart of New York’s creative zenith
A new memoir by Fred Brathwaite offers an insight into the city’s emerging underground scene in the 70s and 80s – and shows us the power of subcultures in difficult times
Lizzo’s reinvention faces its greatest test yet
The singer’s body-positive anthems once defined her. Now lawsuits, weight loss and flop singles have shaken her image
‘Curated chaos’: Danny Boyle on the ‘pop culture spectacular’ he is bringing to London’s Southbank Centre
Director and producer is co-creator of You Are Here, a one-day immersive theatrical event traversing 75 years of youth culture
Peach PRC on stardom, synaesthesia and sexuality: ‘There was so much joy and fun in stripping’
The millions-streamed TikTok famous singer Shaylee Curnow has only just released her debut album: Porcelain, a huge departure from her candy-coloured, very online aesthetic
‘Ring the alarm! Wake up! Be human!’: Aurora and Tom Rowlands on their new dance-pop duo Tomora
The Norwegian singer-songwriter and the Chemical Brother have combined their talents, and names, to create a wildly inventive new band. The collaboration has gone smoothly so far – but will they soon need separate tour buses?
Terry Cox obituary
Drummer with Pentangle, the folk-rock group who found fame in the 1960s with their fusion of jazz, blues and traditional songs
‘Extremely rare’ Bob Dylan draft lyrics discovered inside Allen Ginsberg book
A torn page bearing Dylan’s lyrics for the 1967 song I’m Not There is set to go under the hammer in April when it could fetch £40,000
Chip Taylor obituary
Songwriter and musician best known for the enduring hit Wild Thing, made famous by the Troggs and Jimi Hendrix
Andrew Bodnar obituary
Other lives: Bass guitarist with Graham Parker & the Rumour who also played with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and Thompson Twins
‘After one gig, someone stole my car with my dole money in it’: Morcheeba on how they made The Sea
‘The string section we got in thought I was the tea boy. When I asked for a psychedelic improvisation like A Day in the Life, they went: “Why is this guy telling us what to play?”’
‘I’m an old bastard looking back’: the bizarre renaissance of piano-jammer Bruce Hornsby
The AOR jazzer behind smash hit The Way It Is veered off into the avant garde. But he’s having sudden mainstream acclaim. ‘Well,’ he says as he releases yet another album, ‘it’s nicer than being ignored’