By the time he wheels out Cars and Are "Friends" Electric? to pandemonium, you start to wonder if this really is the Numan of 30 years ago, writes Dave Simpson
The long-absent Brazilian fivesome make a valiant effort to re-persuade Britain that there still ain't no party like a CSS party, writes Caroline Sullivan
Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same – Jude Rogers celebrates New Order's moving masterpiece