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February 2024

‘Utterly devastating’: Guardian writers on their favourite breakup songs

For Valentine’s Day, writers have picked the song that best summarises the pain or pleasure of finally saying goodbye to a lover

January 2024

Grammys 2024: who will win the big categories – and who should

Can Taylor Swift sweep the board after an astonishingly successful year, or will strong songwriting from the likes of SZA and Olivia Rodrigo be acknowledged?

December 2023

‘I feel more like myself when I’m Morrissey’: the bizarre lives of tribute acts

With tickets for big-name stars at a premium, it’s a great time to be a tribute act. Artists from ‘Tina Turner’ to the Arctic Numpties take us into their bizarre lives

October 2023

Don’t play the hits! Rarities are one of the great joys of live music

Laura Snapes
From the National to U2 and Taylor Swift, artists are digging beyond their best-known songs to affirm the connection they share with their loyal fans

September 2023

Mercury prize 2023: London group Ezra Collective secure first ever jazz win

Band say unexpected win is ‘testimony to good, special people putting time and effort’ into helping young people to play music

July 2023

Mercury prize 2023: Arctic Monkeys tie Radiohead’s record for most nominations

There are first-time nods for the likes of Fred Again, Lankum, Jockstrap and Raye, and repeat recognition for acts including J Hus and Jessie Ware

June 2023

Glastonbury 2023 review: giggly rap on Friday, Smiths covers on Saturday – and a mystery act that surprised no one

Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury review – breaking rock’s rules at their own strange pace

Friday at Glastonbury 2023: Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Kelis and more – as it happened

‘They’re on’: Arctic Monkeys to play Glastonbury after laryngitis scare

• Glastonbury 2023: festival officially begins amid torrential downpours

• Sunshine, secret sets and Elton’s sendoff: Glastonbury 2023 prepares to open gates

• Ragga-metal, Y2K R&B and folk legends: 30 acts to see at Glastonbury

• Arctic Monkeys: Glastonbury 2023 headline set thrown into doubt by Alex Turner’s laryngitis

May 2023

Arctic Monkeys review – a mirrorball vision of what rock music can be

Touts to remain ‘rampant’ on resale sites after UK government avoids crackdown

April 2023

Harry Styles, Cleo Sol and Inflo top nominations for 2023 Ivor Novello awards

British songwriting awards also acknowledge Florence + the Machine, Wet Leg, Central Cee and more

March 2023

Weekend
Marina Hyde on Boris’s last hurrah, the world’s favourite poem, and decoding midlife fashion – podcast
Have we’ve finally reached peak Boris ? What makes John Cooper Clarke’s I Wanna Be Yours possibly the world’s favourite poem? And Viv Groskop navigates the mixed messages of the women’s fiftysomethings clothing market

‘A billion listens? Is that a lot?’ John Cooper Clarke on penning possibly the world’s favourite poem

I Wanna Be Yours, a love poem that rhymes Ford Cortina with vacuum cleaner, has been a school text and a wedding staple. But now, thanks to TikTok and Arctic Monkeys, it has gone spectacularly global. So who was it written for?

Glastonbury’s blokefest of headliners is sloppy, slapdash … and very off-brand

Barbara Ellen
In handing Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John the prized slots, the festival has failed to live up to its own ideals

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