In the house of Harry Styles
The pop star’s fans have their tricks and traditions to make a stadium gig feel as intimate as possible.
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How Pulp launched the second summer of Britpop
A Tory government in crisis, cargo trousers on trend and indie anthems everywhere – at the band’s joyous reunion show,…
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The joyful evolution of Janelle Monáe and Christine and the Queens
On their new albums, these genre-bending, postmodern shapehifting stars show new sides to themselves.
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Elton John is saying goodbye, for one more time
He can no longer hit the high notes and stayed mostly seated at the piano but, even at the age…
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Royal Blood should know by now a bad gig is never the crowd’s fault
The band threw a tantrum at Radio 1’s Big Weekend. But to good musicians indifference is an opportunity to prove…
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Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour is a vast sci-fi spectacle designed for social media
This retrofuturist extravaganza, like all modern big gigs, is intended to look good on someone’s phone so they can prove…
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A transcendent singalong with Bruce Springsteen in Rome
Also this week: great journalists remembered, and a duck called Puskás.
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In praise of Andy Rourke, the Smiths’ hidden wonder
The band is often labelled miserable, but the bassist made music that was suffused with joy.
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