Stevie Wonder review – playing ​his greatest album in full, he knocks everyone sideways

The opening night of Wonder’s tour marking the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life leaves jaws on the floor, thanks to sumptuous tracks carrying still-urgent messages

The Mary Wallopers review – legs and pints go flying to the sound of rowdy folk ragers

Irish six-piece embark on their biggest tour yet, turning grisly old stories into a knees-up with politically astute, spit-and-sawdust energy

Joni Mitchell becomes US citizen: ‘A journey that began 62 years ago’

Canada-born singer-songwriter, 82, posts footage of citizenship ceremony to Instagram

The Chicks review – exquisite harmonies and hard-won vindication in anniversary show

Two decades after country music blacklisted the band for their Iraq war protest, the trio celebrate their unapologetic album Taking the Long Way

Beth Orton review – battered optimism from an artist making the best music of her career

Drawing almost entirely from her last two albums, and backed by a band rooted in jazz and experimentation, Orton performed her emotionally fraught songs to a rapturous crowd

Duncan Sheik obituary

US singer-songwriter whose 1996 hit song Barely Breathing led to composing scores for Spring Awakening and other musicals

Trevor Jones obituary

Other lives: Progressive rock musician and record producer who went on to create a groundbreaking music production course

‘When it went double platinum, Andy Burnham gave us the award’: how Courteeners made Not Nineteen Forever

‘In nightclubs, I’d be the dude scribbling lyrics in the corner while everyone else was dancing or copping off’

Fontaines DC: Dopamine Chamber review – gloomy, gorgeous and a gargantuan triumph

This is a beguiling, endlessly inventive and frequently astonishing fifth LP from a group at increasing ease with being the best band of their generation

The Beach Boys’ Mike Love returns to the stage despite ‘facing serious health challenges’

The 85-year-old was helped on stage by actor John Stamos, who shared an emotional message about his ‘musical hero and mentor’

‘We look like soft, made-up blokes, but we’re really tough’: Duran Duran on 80s excess, tabloid scrutiny and their Halloween glow-up

They spent their heyday on yachts, then rolled up their sleeves in the wilderness years. Ahead of a Halloween show at the O2, pop’s great survivors explain their staying power

‘I’d wander through the park all angsty listening to Arctic Monkeys’: Arlo Parks’ honest playlist

The singer shamelessly blasts Lady Gaga in the car, and is brought to tears by Portishead – but which song does she have to be careful listening to?

Geordie Greep denies sexual assault allegations from stage in Vancouver

While some heard the former Black Midi frontman out, others made for the exit as he addressed accusations

Tame Impala review – Kevin Parker ricochets between musical uppers and downers in eye-popping arena show

Melancholic newer tracks sit uncomfortably alongside the chunky psychedelia and hazy prog-rock the Australian band is known for

Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks

Drawing from post-hardcore, twee and emo, the Exeter trio’s intoxicating energy feels like an invitation to form your own band