Breaking hearts and blowing minds: Robyn’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
As she tours the UK, we pick the best of an artist who defined the ‘sad banger’ – but also radiates joy and strength from her perfect pop songs
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! Kabarett und Exil album review – Anne Sofie von Otter turns to cabaret
This enjoyably eclectic recital from the ever consummate Von Otter highlights the aesthetic friction between romantic ballads, saucy burlesque, cinematic dreamscapes and political firecrackers
Tristan und Isolde review – Wagner in concert performance sees Pappano and the LSO at their finest
Clay Hilley was a blistering Tristan and Sara Jakubiak – in her role debut – a persuasive Isolde with Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra detailed and minutely balanced
Alabama Shakes review – US rockers’ first UK gig in a decade is suffused with hope for the future
As they tee up a long-awaited third album, the deep south band are variously slick and raw as they ruminate on overcoming tough times
Madonna: Confessions II review – nostalgic dancefloor trip sparks her most vital album in two decades
After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back nicely into old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York
Stephen Hough to lead relaunched Leeds piano competition
Free choice of repertoire and an increased upper age limit part of the changes in a competition that will emphasise individuality and imagination
‘Techno in a monastery – are you ready?’ The Greek priest whose doom metal album is the year’s hippest record
His church thinks electric guitars are the devil’s work. But Father Tabakis is on a mission to change that – with Paradise Metal, a religious dubstep album that outdid Daft Punk and Aphex Twin
Canada to join Eurovision song contest from 2027
Country is first to join since Australia in 2015 as event director says it ‘continues to welcome the world’
I Puritani review – Oropesa dazzles in Jones’s engaging Bellini staging
Bellini’s tale of Roundheads vs Cavaliers requires vocal gymnastics on an Olympic scale. Lisette Oropesa rises effortlessly to the challenge in Richard Jones’s detailed new production
Who’s been invited? Will they need to sign an NDA? Seven things you need to know about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding
The pop and football giants’ combined star wattage will be united in matrimony this weekend – probably – in an event shrouded in secrecy. But here’s what we’ve gleaned
Victor Willis, frontman of Village People, dies age 74
The co-writer of enduring hits such as YMCA and Macho Man, who struggled with drug use and legal issues for years, passed away after ‘short but aggressive illness’
Bruce Foxton, bassist with the Jam, reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis
Musician who now plays in From the Jam has vowed to ‘keep going and play live for as long as I’m able to do it’
How Paris became a nexus for Black culture
It’s got Europe’s largest Black population, the world’s second-biggest rap scene and a long literary history. But even as diasporic culture takes hold in Paris, some ask when commercial success will lead to structural change
My Chemical Romance review – fire! Nuclear war! Killer pierrots! This is stadium rock at its most monumentally madcap
Adding eye-popping spectacle to this anniversary reprise of The Black Parade is fun, but what really stands out is the tremendous songcraft
R&B star Chris Brown ordered to pay $13m to housekeeper mauled by his dog
California jury sides with Maria Avila over 2020 attack that left her requiring skin grafts