Morrissey puts his business interests in the Smiths up for sale ‘to any interested party’
Musician says he has ‘no choice’ after being ‘burnt out by any and all connections’ to his former bandmates
Swiftie boyfriends face proposal pressure: ‘Taylor and Travis put you on the clock’
After Swift and Kelce’s blowout news, some diehard fans are eager to be engaged at the same time as their pop idol
‘Just being who we are is political’: disco trio Say She She on impressing Nile Rodgers and making bold protest songs
Their origin story may have been quintessentially New York, but the disco-funk band are now spread across the US – and they’re more determined than ever to be heard
David Bowie’s final project was 18th century musical, new V&A exhibition reveals
A forthcoming display of the singer’s archive includes sticky notes detailing a theatrical work called The Spectator, about a petty thief and high-class gangs in London
Add to playlist: ultra-prolific Leicester rapper Snoa plus the week’s best tracks
With 71 singles and three albums so far this year, the teenage MC is keeping the quality control high as he swerves across cloud rap, grime and more
Here & Now review – Steps supermarket musical is a sweep of bangers, bops and ballads
Endlessly entertaining jukebox show frames its plot around a seaside store’s workers to purvey the band’s hits
Sacred Lodge: Ambam review – heady, hypnotic beats inspired by the hollers of Equatorial Guinea
Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo amps up the intensity on a second album that makes an uncanny atmosphere out of swarming electronics, grisly vocals and polyrhythmic percussion
Big Thief: Double Infinity review – folk-rock perfection will restore your faith in humanity
Classic melodies, spring water acoustics and pared-back poeticism about living in the moment fill Adrianne Lenker and co’s latest with life
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto; Helios; Symphony No 5 album review – suavity and elegance from Gardner’s Bergen Phil
The teeming textures of Nielsen’s 5th symphony are controlled with care and refinement by Edward Gardner, with the Bergen Philharmonic – and soloist Alessandro Carbonare – outstanding
‘You’re either getting punched or going skinny dipping’: Swedish indie star Jens Lekman on playing 132 weddings of his fans
He once sang, ‘if you ever need a stranger to sing at your wedding ... then I am your man’. Couples took him at his word. Now, he’s turned the experience into an album and novel
Intervision Song Contest: why Russia is reviving its ‘cultural counterweight’ to Eurovision
Conceived in 1960s Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Putin ordered the competition’s return and the US has now confirmed its participation – is this domestic theatre or international outreach?
‘Our songs last three minutes but they feel like an hour’: the return of Spinal Tap – an exclusive that goes up to 11!
Over 40 years since This Is Spinal Tap was mistaken for a comedy, its hard-rocking subjects are back for a legally obligated final gig. Our writer smells the glove
Bruce Springsteen to release fabled electric version of 1982 album Nebraska
Studio versions of the stark, home-recorded album have never been issued, but will appear alongside new Springsteen biopic
Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts: ‘Lady Gaga told me she wanted to be the moon for a day. I’m like: where do I go next?’
Ahead of her debut in London’s West End with the musical Hadestown, Roberts answers your questions on navigating overnight fame as a teenager and why she would drop everything to work with Kate Bush
Folk Bitch Trio: ‘Being pathetic and lonely is great for songwriting’
On the heels of their debut album Now Would Be A Good Time, the Melbourne indie band open up about life on the road, their global aspirations and ‘the pathetic little tragedies’ that occur in your 20s