BBCSSO / Wigglesworth / Osborne review – jazz energy meets its match in French insouciance
Ryan Wigglesworth’s piano concerto, veering between tense, creepy and off-kilter, brought out the best in soloist Steven Osborne
Zach Bryan review – colossal US country star converts the UK to his inclusive take on the rodeo
Bryan challenges country’s macho messaging in emotional songs of breakups, addiction and pain, lapped up by a charmed stadium-filled fanbase
Download festival review – Guns N’ Roses flop and Letlive thrive as metal’s biggest fest enters the future
Often criticised for booking the same old legends, the festival hosts a broad span of music’s heaviest genre, plus hip-hop, Indian folk – and, finally, its first female headliner
‘He understands soft power’: why Andy Burnham put music at the heart of his political identity
Oasis and Elbow have soundtracked Burnham’s byelection campaign and he got Liam Gallagher doing Manchester’s tram announcements. Will he keep banging the drum for music if he reaches Westminster?
‘It’s about the power of music and art’: Glyndebourne stages its first ever L’Orfeo – photo essay
We go behind the scenes at rehearsals for William Kentridge’s new staging of Monteverdi’s 1607 opera l’Orfeo
Ariana Grande review – glittering hits and powerhouse vocals in stunning return to stage
The pop star’s first tour in seven years brought the house down with emotive ballads and clubby bangers delivered with saucy wit
Jack Savoretti and Jemma Powell look back: ‘When she walked in I thought, “There you are. The mother of my children”’
The musician and the artist on their fiery relationship, a dramatic flight to Ibiza, and Jack’s most annoying trait
Pelléas et Mélisande review – luminous semi-staging but Debussy’s elusive opera keeps its secrets
This year’s Aldeburgh festival opened with a stripped-back concert staging by Rory Kinnear with Ryan Wigglesworth conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lydia Lunch: ‘There won’t be a funeral. You’ll never find my body’
The Teenage Jesus and the Jerks frontwoman shares her hatred of sandwiches and pop culture, plus her wish to evaporate and return to ‘the ether’
‘We eat and drink risk’: higher costs bring curtain down on more UK music festivals
Plans for new event at the Secret Garden Party site and Womad Glasgow are dashed, but others remain optimistic
The Guide #247: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
Are you indifferent to office sweepstakes and bored by endless stats? Fear not – there’s a bounty of film, TV and music being released this summer to take your mind off the on-pitch action
From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
The multiple Grammy-winner muses tunefully on love’s ups and downs, while Peter Mullan stars as a local historian in a new comedy drama
Jessie J’s triumphant return puts lucrative Chinese market in spotlight
Other western acts have attempted to crack country’s music scene since singer’s breakout success in 2018
What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
Taylor Swift and Timothée Chalamet lead the charge in blue and orange, as courtside style hits a ‘memeable’ peak
Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review – who’s she singing about? Who cares when the songs are this good
Gossips have rushed to the lyrics for details about her personal life, but the rest of us can just get on with luxuriating in Rodrigo’s funny, Cure-infused craft