Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in ‘punchy’ new comedy
John Niven’s debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995
Beyoncé review – ever-evolving star kicks off electrifying Cowboy Carter tour
The singer delivers a rousing, seven-act spectacle as she performs many of her country songs on stage for the first time while also harking back to her previous dance-leaning era
‘I felt caught between cultures’: Mongolian musician Enji on her beguiling, border-crossing music
She started singing in her family’s yurt before a Goethe-Institut residency led her to jazz and life in Munich. The distance from home is ‘bittersweet’ – but both styles, she says, are about trusting your instinct
Roy Thomas Baker obituary
Record producer, songwriter and arranger whose work on Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody took the single to the top of the charts around the world
Mark Knopfler on Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing: ‘I wrote it in the window display of a New York appliance store’
‘A big bonehead of a delivery guy was looking at all these TV screens tuned to MTV and the lines he was saying were too good to be true. So I borrowed a pen and paper, sat down and started writing’
The Flaming Lips review – stops and starts make this too much of a good thing
With lengthy Wayne Coyne anecdotes and frequent interruptions for stage effects to be brought on and off, there was an awful lot of time during the Lips’s two-and-three-quarter hour show when nothing was happening
Gallagher brothers perform together for first time in 16 years in London members’ club
Noel and Liam believed to have filmed promo video at Mildmay Club in Newington Green ahead of summer’s sold-out Oasis tour
Add to playlist: Kashus Culpepper’s ‘southern sounds’ and the week’s best new tracks
Welcome to our new series highlighting the best emerging artists – first up, a former firefighter and US Navy recruit who counts Samuel L Jackson as a fan
Maria Somerville: Luster review – a vivid and vital entry in the shoegaze revival
The Irish artist’s folk-inflected sound is both unnerving and alluring on her luxuriant second album
‘If Jesus and Buddha had our work schedule, they’d have fallen out too’: boyband Five on bullying, Britney and their blockbuster return
After being fast-tracked to stardom, the bad boys of Y2K pop butted heads and burned out. They explain how they faced their demons for an arena-sized reunion – and why Simon Cowell was ‘a proper winker’
Girl, so inspiring! Lorde’s 20 best songs – ranked
As she releases euphoric new single What Was That, we assess the New Zealand singer-songwriter’s intense, irreverent oeuvre
Harnessing chaos and charm, Pere Ubu’s David Thomas rewrote rock’n’roll
The bandleader, who has died aged 71, created a vast body of work that influenced everyone from Ramones to REM, thanks to his absurdist energy
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’
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