Richard Alston, trailblazer and guiding light of British dance, dies aged 77
Akram Khan among those paying tribute to ‘pioneering’ choreographer of intense musicality and grace who inspired generations of dancers
Don’t Forget Me review – Eddie Cochran bio-doc boasts top-notch roster of talking heads
Director Kirsty Bell alternates archival footage with tacky dramatised filler, but it’s the breadth of appreciation, from Keith Richards to Kiefer Sutherland that impresses
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: what we learned from the year’s biggest rockumentary
Capturing the band’s 2025 global comeback tour, this two-hour film reveals the tense first rehearsal with Liam, Noel being a big softie and the Gallaghers’ politics – just don’t expect any mention of ticket prices
‘She’ll outdo herself’: Céline Dion fans camp out for glimpse of star before sold-out Paris comeback
Singer has rewarded patience of hundreds waiting outside hotel with regular appearances and even some dancing
Bugs’ Jordan Brunoli is 30 and may have weeks to live – but the band are making the most of their time together
With their bassist in palliative care for colorectal cancer, the group have a new album and two live shows to play. They reflect on friendship, facing terminal illness and ‘taking each day as it comes’
‘The more famous I got, the bigger my beehive got’: how Mari Wilson made Just What I Always Wanted
‘I was trying to bring back some glamour. The backcombed hair was like architecture really. It took more than 45 minutes to style’
Oasis recordings up for auction despite band’s objections
Guide price of archive documenting concerts, rehearsals, soundchecks and conversations between £1.2m and £1.6m
End of the Road festival review – Pulp and CMAT lead indie landmark’s joyous birthday party
Hitting 20, this festival has grown into a warm, genre-hopping powerhouse where fringe experimental acts are greeted as warmly as the star headliners
BBCSO/Oramo/Gillam/Kanneh-Mason/Goldscheider review – Simcock’s triple concerto bursts with musical interest
Gwilym Simcock’s concerto – written for Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ben Goldscheider and Jess Gillam (cello, horn and sax) – had problems of balance but at its best was a riot of colours and energy
Radiohead announce 2027 tour with shows in Australia and Japan
UK band will play 16 shows across Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, as well as five shows in Saitama
‘Will I screw this up?’ How I played timpani for the Philharmonia Orchestra – with no experience
He hasn’t seen the score and can’t actually play his instrument. But with the help of a virtual headset, our writer joins the revered orchestra for the rollicking finale of Rossini’s William Tell Overture
RLPO/Manze review – all-British Prom features fiery theatrics and cheeky subversion
Smartly programmed Prom included a nimble rendition of Britten’s Violin Concerto, the visionary masterpiece that is Vaughan Williams’s Ninth, and the world premiere of Carmel Smickersgill’s A Brick Thrown With Love
‘I’m trying to figure out where I’m supposed to be’: singer Momo Boyd on making space for herself
The Infinity Song artist is embracing uncertainty as she launches her solo career, while challenging the assumptions placed on Black women in music
It felt as if the world had tired of rock music, yet Geese are the perfect soundtrack for this age of disquiet
This young American band, led by Cameron Winter, make music for a generation on the edge, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Munich Philharmonic/Lahav Shani/Martha Argerich review – the great pianist gleams
Argerich stilled a capacity crowd for this prom with her lucid playing of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 2, though the orchestral parts of the programme lacked overall direction