Rush reform for first time since drummer Neil Peart’s death
Canadian prog-rockers will play seven concerts in summer 2026 in the US, Canada and Mexico, after hiring new drummer Anika Nilles
‘The lyrics were throwaway. I never intended keeping them!’ How Feeder made Buck Rogers
‘My wife finds the whole thing hilarious. She was the girlfriend who inspired it. We’ve now been together for 30 years’
The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando: ‘Some people were supposed to take drugs – and one of them was me’
He was the darling of early-90s alt rock, but success came with the kind of rock’n’roll excess that many of his peers did not survive. Now, having finally quit heroin, he’s back with a new album, a memoir – and no regrets
Finn Wolfhard’s honest playlist: ‘I don’t know if I want to hear Sweet Child O’ Mine any more’
The musician and actor gives Bowie some welly at karaoke and is a lapsed G’n’R superfan. But which UK stadium indie-popsters created the first album he ever bought?
The Kooks review – a triumphant and touching mass singalong
Playing to the biggest crowds of the careers, the 00s indie stalwarts perform like they’re loving every minute – although there is also raw emotion in Manchester on the night after the synagogue attack
‘I was called an enemy of the people’: how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s
Forty years ago Prince, Madonna and Judas Priest were among stars dubbed the ‘Filthy Fifteen’ in a high-profile parents’ campaign against ‘objectionable’ music. Some of those artists, and supporters like Alice Cooper, recall a major moral panic
Street battles, invented languages and gigs in psychiatric hospitals: France’s lost rock revolution of 1968
Bands such as Magma and Art Zoyd provided a soundtrack for the student protests that shook the country. Little remembered now, a new book reveals their decisive influence on later successes such as Air and Daft Punk
‘Politics is nasty. And it’s getting worse’: Lionel Richie on his worries for America, his friend Michael Jackson – and why he still believes in the power of love
He’s known for his ballads and winning smile – but the singer has also had a ringside seat to history, from the civil rights battles in his native Alabama to the rise and fall of pop’s biggest superstar
Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl review – lazy big screen cash-in
The megastar’s underwhelming new album gets a suitably sub-par cinematic accompaniment offering very little for even the most devoted of fans
Ethel Cain review – a sublime rejection of pop stardom from the shadows
Bathed in darkness and backed by a formidable band, the Florida singer-songwriter turns her brooding southern gothic into a mesmerising, slow-burn spectacle
Agriculture: The Spiritual Sound review – unabashedly gorgeous noise from ‘ecstatic black metal’ band
The LA group deliver all the power and euphoria of heavy music with imaginative detailing on their second album, which will have you levitating with joy
Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict
Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful side
Taylor Swift: fans and critics react to ‘catchy’, ‘goofy’ and ‘joyful’ The Life of a Showgirl
Swift’s new album has been praised for upbeat songs with a tighter focus and funny lyrics – though one track about Travis Kelce’s ‘magic wand’ has divided opinion
Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl review – dull razzle-dazzle from a star who seems frazzled
Far from the Max Martin-assisted pop juggernaut fans expected, this soft-rock paean to domestic bliss is slight on tunes and still seethes with grievance. And the less said about her fiance’s ‘magic wand’, the better
Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home review – an extremely moving look into the rock icon’s final months
This fly-on-the-wall documentary was meant to follow the couple as they left LA for Buckinghamshire. It turned into a compellingly intimate memorial