‘I get idiot men calling me arrogant’: Irish post-punks Sprints confront the mansplainers and misogynists

​As they announce a dystopian new album and play Glastonbury, Karla Chubb and co explain why they’re not keeping quiet about Palestine and sexism

Lana Del Rey review – mid-century melodrama as mindblowing stadium spectacle

The US singer-songwriter graduates to the UK’s biggest venues with a theatrical show to match, featuring a house on fire, Allen Ginsberg recitals and some very real tears

‘We have a high appetite for risk’: inside King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s historic EU tour

Residencies in storied venues from a panopticon prison to an ancient amphitheatre gave an appropriate backdrop to the Australian band’s existential new record

U2 guitarist The Edge becomes Irish citizen – after 62 years in the country

English-born David Evans, 63, is conferred with ‘long overdue’ Irish citizenship

Forever Now review – timeless stars shine among grab bag of 80s nostalgia

Public Image Ltd deliver a thrilling set and the The can still enthrall, but it is the techno-symphonies of headliners Kraftwerk that remain truly peerless

Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary review – happy-sad tale of 60s psychedelic rockers

Robert Schwartzman examines how five friends from the home counties ended up as part of the British invasion of the US music scene

Charli xcx and Neil Young to Juan Atkins and the Asian underground: what to see at Glastonbury

There are more than 3,000 performances to choose between at this year’s giant pan-genre jamboree. From pop A-listers to underground ones-to-watch, here are our picks

Iron Maiden review – 50th anniversary tour as near as uncompromising band get to greatest hits show

The newest song might date from 1992 but that matters little to fans of their fast and intricate heavy metal

‘People thought I was off my face’: indie rockers Hard-Fi look back at adrenaline, addiction and a life of excess

The band remember their hit 2005 record Stars of CCTV and talk about coming back with a new dynamic

Brandi Carlile review – country for the marginalised excels on the big stage

Elton John was a constant silent presence as versatile Carlile veered from crooner ballads to hot-rubber-and-leather vibes

‘I find it sad and difficult to listen to the Smiths’: Ana Matronic’s honest playlist

The Scissor Sister has a complex relationship with the Smiths and gets parties started with Grace Jones, but who’s her (not so) guilty pleasure?

I’m no Ed Sheeran fan, but he’s right: when it comes to musical plagiarism, guilt is in the ear of the listener

Musical history is littered with cases like the failed $100m suit against the singer, and they risk stifling pop music, says music journalist Simon Price

Dua Lipa review – dance-pop icon keeps the energy hotter than hell

Amid exercise videos, confetti cannons and guest star Jamiroquai, Lipa maintains an old-school superstar steeliness as she works up a sweat in the summer heat

When did ‘feminist critique’ of celebrities become nothing more than a snide telling-off?

Those delivering paternalistic lectures to Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae and Sydney Sweeney would do well to revisit recent history, says writer Jennifer Jasmine White

‘I’ve never been so obsessed with a band’: readers’ best albums of 2025 so far

Bad Bunny blasting bigotry against Puerto Ricans, Davido’s 5ive’s uplifting vibes and a blast from trip-hop’s past. Here’s what has caught your ear this year