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Daft Punk: Random Access Memories - review
On YouTube, you can find cameraphone footage of an advert for Daft Punk's fourth studio album that was beamed out from the main stage at last month's Coachella festival.
The Big Reunion Tour, O2 Arena - music review
Cast your mind back to the late Nineties, a time when boybands ruled the airwaves and double denim was en vogue. That was the era revived last night at the O2, in the shape of The Big Reunion Tour.
Agnetha Fältskog, A, album review
The ultimate, spandex-clad object of Seventies male fantasy, 'The Blonde One' from ABBA was never at ease with her celebrity.
will.i.am: #willpower - review
(Interscope) That hashtag directs the mind back to the Olympic torch procession, when will.i.am managed to fire off a string of tweets while carrying the flame through Taunton . That self-serving attitude also attends the Black Eyed Pea's first solo...
Pink - review
You don't spend more than a decade touring multiplatinum albums without learning how to entertain an arena crowd. Pink may not be the most original singer-songwriter touring the world's enormodomes, nor the most gifted, but she makes up for these...
Gabrielle Aplin interview: 'I don't even know if I can sing'
With her fresh-faced, wide-eyed beauty, Gabrielle Aplin looks younger than her 20 years.
Beyonce - review
Stardom is rife with analogies that hark back to primeval pursuits. Paparazzi are huntsmen, shooting their quarry. Objects touched by the star are venerated – even a sweaty towel, like the one with which Beyoncé is wiping herself, eliciting greedy...
Leona Lewis, Royal Albert Hall, London, review
We already know Leona Lewis can sing, and this she does all night: deep, soft, low tones gliding up to pure, high, birdlike flutters.
Beyonce: The Mrs Carter Show World Tour, O2 Arena - concert review
It seems nobody told Beyonce that she was supposed to appear embattled on the first night of her latest arena stint in London.
The rise of the longer long players
It’s time for music’s next evolutionary leap. The download era has not shattered our attention spans and brought in a pick-and-mix culture, as many anticipated.