Taylor Swift fans brave the New York heat to be (at least somewhat) near wedding to Travis Kelce

People gather outside Madison Square Garden despite security keeping them from seeing anything noteworthy

Mark Holden: ‘I started telling the judges off. And that’s really totally uncool’

The 70s Carnation Kid turned Australian Idol judge and barrister on dreams, ageing and his unusual career

Seasonal Quartet: Ali Smith and New European Ensemble review – words and music connect

New pieces written in response to the novelist’s works by Kate Moore, Alice Yeung, Seung-Won Oh and Sara Zamboni made for ravishing harmonies and interplay in an unusual concert

The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal

The cultural phenomenon is beginning her latest era in a castle built inside Madison Square Garden. It’s the perfect celebration for our post-privacy age, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

‘I saw Herbie Hancock play with D’Angelo, and got my head blown off!’: the festival keeping alive jazz’s golden age

From Miles Davis to Count Basie and Etta James to Prince, Rotterdam’s North Sea jazz festival has hosted the biggest names in music. As the event turns 50, musicians and organisers share their favourite memories from past years – and tell us why jazz isn’t dead

Add to playlist: the high-camp Irish trad of SexyTadhg and the week’s best new tracks

The Irish fiddler brings pop exuberance to traditional songs that range from disco to haunting a cappella with a fearless sense of genre fluidity

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts review – rip-roaring rock history, but why is she playing Gary Glitter?

In her first UK headline show in 16 years, Jett has a terrific knack for a cover version, though she’s a touch nonchalant – and there’s a real misstep

2K88, Lauren Duffus, Rainy Miller & Bianca Scout: Everything Always Changes, for We’re Truly Here review – UK-Poland clan create murky beauty

The festival-formed quartet conjures an album of glacial sound design and elegiac grandeur, though it can get too moody for its own good

Sienna Spiro: Visitor review – will she be the ‘new Adele’? Not with this merely competent debut

Amid signs of greatness, the already hugely popular British singer fails to live up to her potential, lacking vocal agility and lyrical subtlety

Forty-one members and counting! Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band, the gigantic Leeds jazz group embracing ‘chaos, imperfection and all that’

With a punkish, antifascist take on the trad jazz sound of Duke Ellington, this noisy outfit are epic in every way. But how on earth do they make a living?

Coleridge-Taylor and Dvořák Violin Concertos album review – shrewd pairing, with Gil Shaham fluid and imposing

The US violinist’s plush tone and laser-focused intonation enriches the solo line in these two violin concertos, with the Virginia Symphony light on its feet

Talk is of newlywed Taylor Swift taking a break from music. Did I take a nap and wake up in the 1950s?

After exchanging vows with Travis Kelce, the workaholic pop star probably won’t be staying home to admire the wedding silverware, says Laura Snapes, the Guardian’s deputy music editor

‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work

A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about it

‘Something is up’: New York prepares for wedding of the century amid Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce rumors

Swifties braved a heatwave on Thursday in New York to get a glimpse of preparations at Madison Square Garden

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donate $26m to charities ahead of reported wedding

Couple pledges millions to children’s hospitals, food banks and educational programs in advance of their big day