Bowie: The Final Act review – moving and enjoyable tribute to music legend’s last stand
Singer’s final decades can’t really be called his creative golden years but there are touching contributions from his collaborators
What rhymes with la la la, la la la la la? Kevin Killian, the poet obsessed with Kylie Minogue
He wrote poems named after Kylie songs and named his collection of erotic fiction after her indie album. He even loved the B-sides. So what did the avant garde writer find so inspiring about the mini Melbourne marvel?
Bread of Angels: A Memoir, by Patti Smith review – a wild ride with the poet of punk
Smith’s incantatory voice shines through in this surprisingly revelatory follow up to Just Kids and M Train
Nobody Wants This to Lily Allen: the week in rave reviews
Kristen Bell’s sex podcaster and Adam Brody’s hot rabbi return with more romcom angst, while the Smile singer’s new record is a sharp autopsy of marital betrayal. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Shirley Abicair obituary
Australian singer and musician who became a regular on children’s TV programmes in the UK in the 1950s and 60s
The Uncool by Cameron Crowe review – inside rock’s wildest decade
From shadowing a cocaine-addled David Bowie to winning over Joni Mitchell, deliciously readable tales by the director of Almost Famous
Rumours of My Demise by Evan Dando review – eye-popping tales of drugs and unpredictability
An indie-pop darling details his rise to fame and subsequent public humiliations with appealing frankness
Britney Spears calls claims in Kevin Federline’s memoir ‘extremely hurtful’
Singer disputes account in ex-husband’s memoir You Thought You Knew, in which he says she behaved erratically around their sons
Unseen Bohemian Rhapsody verses to feature in Freddie Mercury lyric book
Drafts of other Queen hits and photos from singer’s private archive will also feature in A Life in Lyrics
‘Almost 30m plays on Spotify!’ When fake bands hit the real-life big time, from Spinal Tap to the Flaming Dildos
How do you invent a convincing fictional band for your play, film or novel? And what happens if they actually top the charts? The creators of Scott Pilgrim, the Commitments, Stereophonic and more reveal all
‘Rock stars would be like, Yeah, bring the kid in’: Cameron Crowe on his wild years as a teenage music journalist
The film-maker told his own story in Almost Famous. Now he’s looking back on his younger days with Bowie and Led Zeppelin and revealing the family tragedy he’s finally facing up to
‘We’ve all done stupid things but we’re all capable of redemption’: spoken-word artist Joshua Idehen on fighting hate with hope
His poem Mum Does the Washing went viral – but he started out parroting conservative talking points online. Now the British-Nigerian vocalist preaches a message of radical positivity
‘Nobody is painted any worse than they actually were’: new book tells the true story of the Cars
In Let the Stories Be Told, the surviving members of the 80s band share the behind-the-scenes drama behind some of the decade’s biggest hits
House of Guinness to Olivia Dean: the week in rave reviews
Steven Knight takes on Dublin’s booze dynasty with sex appeal, while the London singer-songwriter goes from strength to strength with her second album. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Cat on the Road to Findout by Yusuf/Cat Stevens review – fame, faith and charity
The enigmatic singer-songwriter on pop stardom, becoming a Muslim and returning to the stage decades later