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10cc: like the Beach Boys doing Frank Zappa by way of Reeves and Mortimer
At the Royal Albert Hall, the veteran rock band demonstrated their English eccentricity – and proved they’re still full of surprises
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How ‘freaks’ took over pop culture – from Jim Morrison to the Manson Family
Auteurs frontman Luke Haines’s new book Freaks Out! offers a waspish, eccentric guide to rock ’n’ roll misfits from the 1950s to today
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Raye, O2 Arena, review: glorious homecoming show proves the future of pop is safe
After her record-breaking night at the Brit Awards, Raye’s triumphant performance was one of raw, uplifting defiance
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Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well, review: a gorgeous antidote to heartbreak
The seven-time Grammy-winning country star follows up a divorce album with a record about falling in love and finding herself anew
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Ariana Grande, Eternal Sunshine, review: pop at its sexiest
The pop star has made it clear she no longer cares what people think about her – luckily this silky, catchy album can only impress
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Lola Young: this gobby British pop singer is on her way to stardom
The dynamic young Londoner, who lured Amy Winehouse’s manager out of retirement, could be the next Lily Allen
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The ’60s girl band who defied The Beatles – and escaped Jimmy Savile
Told ‘girls don’t play guitars’, The Liverbirds broke into the Merseybeat scene. The two surviving members recall their ’60s wild days
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Olly Alexander’s Dizzy is not the Eurovision banger the UK needs
The singer and actor’s slick UK entry does a decent job of copying the Swedes. But is this the best a once-great pop superpower can do?
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Fizz: Abba irresistibly meets ELO (with a dash of CBeebies)
Fizz are one of a new breed of female-led bands for whom extrovert fun is all – and resistance was useless at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire
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Rod Stewart with Jools Holland: a jaded dollop of album promotion? An unmitigated joy, more like
The veteran rockers delivered a bells-and-whistles rendition of their new album of swing standards, and left the delighted crowd buzzing
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Rod Stewart with Jools Holland: Swing Fever – this album of swing standards is utterly joyous
They may well be in golden oldies territory with this new album – but the pair are clearly having the time of the lives
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Slowdive, Hammersmith Apollo, review: shoegaze heroes eschew pretension and redeem an entire genre
Once ridiculed, the 1990s indie survivors are now critically acclaimed darlings, playing the biggest gigs of the careers
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Laufey: this Gen Z Karen Carpenter is going to be huge
Jazz's answer to Taylor Swift is on a dizzying ascent and it seems unlikely we'll see her in venues as intimate as this ever again
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Meet the ‘rejects’ kicked out of rock’s biggest bands
The Rejects by Jamie Collinson introduces us to exiles from the likes of Guns N’ Roses and The Beatles. Shame it’s so sloppily written
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Kim Petras, O2 Academy: an oddly clinical evening that went down a storm
An unnervingly well-studied performance was accompanied by tacky, tongue-in-cheek opulence
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Yeah, yeah, yeah... Usher can flex his Super Bowl comeback, but it was really the Taylor Swift show
The first rock ’n’ roll moment came when Taylor Swift drained her drink in a single gulp
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Oliver Anthony: MAGA’s answer to Dylan promised a call to arms – but dragged like a weekday open mic
The country darling of the US Right rallied the crowd at the O2 Empire against ‘the obese milkin’ welfare’ – yet any momentum exited early
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Usher, Coming Home, review: this Super Bowl star might have scored himself a comeback
Ahead of his Super Bowl show, RnB’s former golden boy couldn’t have chosen a better time to release his cheesy but exuberant comeback album
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D-Block Europe, O2 Arena: spectacular pyrotechnics, with a side of sexism
The successful grime duo's star-studded, flashy show was certainly a crowd-pleaser, but shouldn't sexist lyrics be left in the Noughties?
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Grammys 2024 review: Behold, Trevor Noah’s masterclass in how to deal with Taylor Swift
On a night where one US superstar took all the attention, the South African comedian made this ceremony a rare showbusiness success
