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Take That review – stadium redux of Circus tour has maximal razzle-dazzle

Elephants, clowns, aerialists hanging by their hair … the Big Top concept doesn’t let up at this hugely enjoyable outing for a boy band with hits to spare

Violet Grohl: Be Sweet to Me review – alt-rock arriviste aces the part

The daughter of Foo Fighters’ Dave does a serviceable line in 90s throwback sounds, though the nostalgia is too reverent

Iceage: For Love of Grace & the Hereafter review – Danish punks ace sixth stellar album on the trot

The quintet add shoegaze, country and 50s rock’n’roll to their core indie-punk sound, resulting in songs that offset lyrical bleakness with gleeful, uplifting music

Sugar review – Bob Mould’s reunited band still in a sweet spot between noise and melody

After three unlikely Top 10 albums in the 90s, the trio are back – and on the basis of this rapid-fire set, you hope they’ll stick around

Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane review – at 83, his gift for melody still astounds

From nostalgic returns to his Liverpool childhood to a crazed Glastonbury fantasia, these are songs written with real purpose and a master’s finesse

Boards of Canada: Inferno review – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment

The Scottish electronic duo remain hugely influential – but their new album’s interrogation of religion is dubious, and the drum programming is worse still

Doja Cat review – pop superstar or true freak? US iconoclast plays the tension to perfection

Moving seamlessly through extravagant choreography between bubblegum–rap and darker, rockier material, the singer is always in full command

Harry Styles review – a genuinely charismatic performer who has pulled off one of the hardest tricks in pop

Johan Cruijff Arena, the NetherlandsStyles’ first stop in his Together, Together tour, which will see him perform lengthy residencies around the world, is a reminder of how talented he is

Dua Saleh: Of Earth and Wires review – ambitious confrontation of global catastrophe is surprisingly cautious

While the first track is a scorching mix of poetry, rap, falsetto vocals and acoustic guitar, elsewhere the Sudanese-American’s second album feels a little underbaked

Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge review – political fury and propulsive fun

Seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks, the Australian artist’s genre-hopping but cohesive LP makes a case for the durability of the form

Angine de Poitrine review – alien rock duo’s UK debut is hypnotic, harebrained and 100% worth the hype

The polka-dotted phenomenon land their spaceship in Leeds for an ecstatic show that balances supremely complex musicianship with ridiculous good fun

Super Furry Animals review – stirring reunion showcases immaculate songcraft

The Welsh band with a weird edge mostly let their formidable music speak for itself, lent a transcendent power by frontman Gruff Rhys’s rich voice

Charli xcx: Rock Music review – is she really pivoting from pop? Don’t be so sure …

The lyrics may argue the dancefloor is dead, but this funny, wilfully plasticky new single isn’t the total about-turn from Brat that fans expected

Paul Simon review – at 84, back on stage after hearing loss, his resolute artistry is inspiring

What Simon has lost in vocal power he has added in intimacy and authority – and this hushed performance makes for an arena concert like no other

Ana Roxanne: Poem 1 review – ​a stunning pop balladeer emerges from the haze

​Essaying a broken heart, the New Yorker puts her voice front and centre for her most accessible work yet, though still with unexpected details – and a Schumann cover

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  • Take That review – stadium redux of Circus tour has maximal razzle-dazzle
  • Hampson and Sidorova review – style over substance with a whiff of the cruise ship
  • Matías Aguayo: Anenoa review – the funkiest, freest singer in the business hits the dancefloor
  • Violet Grohl: Be Sweet to Me review – alt-rock arriviste aces the part
  • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 album review – Shani brings a natural freshness to a familiar work
  • La Traviata review – gripping and genuinely moving staging opens Garsington’s summer season
  • Colin Matthews: Seascapes album review – the songs teem with detail
  • Iceage: For Love of Grace & the Hereafter review – Danish punks ace sixth stellar album on the trot
  • La Fanciulla del West review – insightful staging reveals the power of Puccini’s maverick masterpiece
  • 125th anniversary gala concert review – back to 1901 as Wigmore celebrates birthday playing to its strengths
  • Sugar review – Bob Mould’s reunited band still in a sweet spot between noise and melody
  • Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane review – at 83, his gift for melody still astounds
  • Boards of Canada: Inferno review – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment
  • Tosca review – Puccini’s high-octane bloodbath bonanza makes for a shocking festival kick-off
  • Dido and Aeneas review – close your eyes and this was a tremendous performance
  • Doja Cat review – pop superstar or true freak? US iconoclast plays the tension to perfection
  • Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt: Almost Waking review – cellist and guitarist unite for tender harmonies and torrid tangles
  • Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud review – harmonic openness for Louis Malle’s haunting noir thriller
  • Or, the Whale album review – Caroline Shaw and Andrew Yee collaboration offers intimacy and joy
  • Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen album review – Luisi has a keen sense of the operatic architecture
  • Kurt Vile: Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me review – indie rock’s most easygoing dude gets existential
  • Feldman and Beckett: Words and Music review – hypnotic absurdism at Sheffield Chamber Music festival
  • Kraftwerk review – after more than half a century of techno supremacy, they still sound like the future
  • Requiem for America review – Brent Michael Davids gives the invisible a voice in his urgent new work
  • Anne-Sophie Mutter review – star violinist celebrates 50 years in brilliant style
  • Britten Sinfonia: Britten in America review – delightful music from a fruitful vacation
  • Harry Styles review – a genuinely charismatic performer who has pulled off one of the hardest tricks in pop
  • Drake: Iceman / Maid of Honour / Habibti review – ​triple-album comeback is a boring, bloated disaster
  • BBCNOW/Bloch/Eberle review – this was a riveting and beguiling concert
  • Dua Saleh: Of Earth and Wires review – ambitious confrontation of global catastrophe is surprisingly cautious

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