Peaches: ‘Who should play me in the biopic? Amy Taylor from Amyl and the Sniffers’
The electroclash musician on living with Feist, her love of stinky hard cheese, and an embarrassing encounter with Kelis
Paul McCartney review – a dizzying, bittersweet, life-encompassing journey through time
An eras tour of a different kind finds the 82-year-old former Beatle on tremendous form, packing a three-hour show with hits, flashbacks and real emotion
The week in classical: La bohème; London Contemporary Music festival – review
Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska is an unforgettable Mimì in Richard Jones’s ever sumptuous Puccini production. And mischief rules at this year’s LCMF
Parkas, bucket hats and union jacks: how the Oasis reunion tour is fuelling a comeback for the Britpop look
With Noel and Liam set to return, the style they popularised in the 1990s is back in the spotlight – but what will the Insta-fashion-conscious Gen Z make of it all?
Prison, longing, and some cooking tips: Australia’s unconventional Christmas anthem
How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly was released in 1996 but has grown in popularity over the past 10 years and has now been turned into a film
Wham!’s Last Christmas is Christmas No 1 for second year running
Duo’s Andrew Ridgeley celebrates success of song that is ‘almost as much a part of Christmas as mince pies, turkey and pigs in blankets’
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The 50 best albums of 2024: No 1 – Charli xcx: Brat (and Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat)
Smart, funny, moving and full of big tunes, the in-your-face masterpiece was the right album at the right time, striking a cultural nerve and defining a change in mindset
The 50 best albums of 2024
Topped with Charli xcx’s swaggering yet vulnerable Brat, here are the year’s finest LPs as decided by 26 Guardian music writers
Paul McCartney reunites with Ringo Starr at London concert
Former Beatles bandmates perform together at O2 Arena in final show of McCartney’s Got Back tour
Del Boy did it! Or did he … ? Test your knowledge with our bumper Christmas culture quiz
Do you know your Only Fools from your Dibleys? Are you the No 1 on Christmas No 1s? Prove it with these fiendish festive puzzles
You and I are gonna live forever: why 2024’s pop was all about sharing the moment
Pop may be full of solo artists and individually tailored streams, but the Eras tour, Brat summer and Oasis reunion showed we still long to be part of a crowd
Sarah Leonard obituary
Soprano with a remarkable high register who made her debut at La Scala, Milan, and sang with the Michael Nyman Band
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 2 – Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee
The mysterious and theatrical singer’s monumental 32-track album is a parallel dimension of nostalgic pop, its pristine tunes rivalling the greats of the 20th century
Bob ‘Slim’ Dunlap, guitarist in the Replacements, dies at 73
The well-loved ‘replacement Replacement’ joined the band after being a janitor at a local music venue where they played early shows