R&B singer Kehlani barred from Cornell performance over pro-Palestine comments
University president says popular US singer was felt to have made ‘antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments’, after she made statements including ‘long live the intifada’
Circa/LPO/Gardner review – Exhilarating, exquisite and extraordinary as Ravel melds with acrobatics
Multitudes festival opened with a stunningly effective collaboration between the Australian circus company and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicola Benedetti: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto album review – warm and deliciously playful throughout
Benedetti and the Aurora, who play from memory, have fun and freedom here, augmenting the role of the drum in an ebullient recording
Self Esteem: A Complicated Woman review – maximalist pop for an age of uncertainty
After her big breakthrough album and West End fame, Rebecca Lucy Taylor works through her worries in real time on her new LP – to fascinating and confusing effect
David Thomas, anarchic Pere Ubu bandleader, dies aged 71
The US musician was a major influence on post-punk and alt-rock scenes thanks to his spirited, chaotic style
Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers
A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun Ryder
Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII review – mesmerically peculiar portrait of band on cusp of greatness
Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason are space rock whippets in the burning Italian sun in this outrageously indulgent yet vivid and beguiling music documentary
A high school singing audition inspired by Flashdance haunted me for years – until I found my voice again
My singing voice is rarely tested, except for the occasional Happy Birthday. But a music festival choir singalong changed everything
Kneecap say ‘statements aren’t aggressive’ after denouncing Israel at Coachella
Belfast rappers criticised by US conservatives and Sharon Osbourne for the pro-Palestine and anti-Israel content of their set
The Proms 2025 season offers plenty both to cherish and challenge
Alongside rareties such as Birtwistle’s Earth Dances and Reich’s The Desert Music there’s some intriguing and ambitious new music coming to this year’s festival
BBC announces 2025 Proms lineup – including first female-fronted Last Night
The 86 concerts this summer will include anniversary celebrations of Shostakovich, Ravel and Boulez, a Traitors-themed Prom presented by Claudia Winkleman – and a record number of female conductors
Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen to bring 10 Things I Hate About You to Broadway
The 1999 teen hit is set to become a Broadway musical with the Girls creator and pop singer-songwriter teaming up
Lola Young, breakthrough hitmaker with Messy, tops Ivor Novello songwriting nominations
London singer-songwriter picks up three nominations, with her collaborator Conor Dickinson earning two alongside Ghetts and Raye
Charlene Kaye: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The millennial musician and comedian on the clips that melt her brain, from Christian rap to 2012-core esoterica and an epic televised free-jazz fail
Trans musician Bells Larsen was forced to cancel his US tour: ‘My livelihood has been robbed’
The Canadian singer-songwriter is releasing an album about his transition. Trump’s ‘dehumanizing’ new passport rules mean he won’t perform it for US fans