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Blackpink review – K-pop queens bring fun to New York with a little fatigue on the side

An oppressively humid night takes its toll on the maximalist pop quartet who deliver moments of sugar rush exuberance but with less power than before

Kesha review – a triumphant and electric return for pop’s comeback kid

The millennial-beloved pop star brings the house down in an emotional and energetic chance to show off her new, return-to-form album

Madonna: Veronica Electronica review – Ray of Light rarities range from perfect to perfunctory

Much anticipated set of remixes and lost songs give a glimpse of a great pop mind trying out new tricks

Justin Bieber: Swag review – inane lyrics undermine a gorgeously produced R&B passion project

The surprise seventh album from the former tween idol is musically expansive, abetted by a host of star producers. If only he’d thought about the words a bit

Wet Leg: Moisturizer review – Doritos, Davina McCall and dumb fun from British indie’s big breakout band

After winning multiple Grammys and Brits, the Isle of Wight band explore love and sexuality on their second LP – but there’s still room for some barbed put-downs

Billie Eilish review – pop’s sharpest commentator plays with fame’s power dynamics

There’s nowhere for Eilish to hide as she balances intimacy and spectacle, filming her screaming fans as she paces a stage akin to a boxing ring

Stevie Wonder review – a riotously joyful celebration

The 75-year-old is in ageless voice and playful mood throughout a performance of as many of his greatest hits as can fit back-to-back in two and a half hours

Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne: Back to the Beginning review – all-star farewell to the gods of metal is epic and emotional

The biggest names in rock, from Metallica to Slayer, came to pay tribute to the men who created their entire genre – and even in old age, Sabbath’s sound has bludgeoning force

Oasis review – a shameless trip back to the 90s for Britpop’s loudest, greatest songs

This is playlist Oasis, with their later fallow years ignored almost completely – and that makes for a ferociously powerful set to an utterly adoring crowd

Kesha: . (Period) review – a smart, funny return to her hedonistic hot-mess persona

After a long legal battle, the pop star’s sixth album harks back to her 2010s era, with a buffet of pop styles and only rare hints of her highly-publicised trauma

Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury review – full of bile and brilliance, this is easily the weekend’s best big set

With a genuinely surprise appearance from the Cure’s Robert Smith and a magnificent theatricality to her lovelorn songs, Rodrigo totally steals the entire festival

Nile Rodgers and Chic at Glastonbury review – pop’s most reliable band bring the party to the Pyramid

While you might quibble that Chic’s set has become more reliable than revolutionary, you can’t argue with the effects of the greatest pop music ever made on the crowd

Doechii at Glastonbury review – an education in rap from the greatest teacher in the game

Theatrical, flirtatious and athletic, this debut UK festival performance from the US MC is unrelentingly brilliant

Neil Young at Glastonbury review – ragged glory from a noisemaker who never treads the easy path

Still adhering to his own bizarre internal logic as he approaches 80, Young is crowd-pleasing one minute, wilfully odd the next – and you wouldn’t want it any other way

Alanis Morissette at Glastonbury review – spectacular sundown set by a unique feminist artist

The Canadian singer’s pared-down set showcases an undiminished vocal talent and life-affirming energy

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  • BBCSSO/Wigglesworth/Batsashvili review – detailed and monumental Bruckner
  • The Traitors Prom review – iconic show’s greatest hits turn the melodrama up to 11
  • Kesha review – a triumphant and electric return for pop’s comeback kid
  • Editrix: The Big E review – experimental trio speak their own ferocious musical language
  • Anthony Braxton: Quartet (England) 1985 review – recovered cassettes capture foursome in fantastic flux
  • King of Kings: Orchestral Transcriptions of Bach by Andrew Davis album review – the late conductor’s first love
  • Ginastera: String Quartets album review – compelling and colourful
  • Ensemble Intercontemporain/ Bleuse review – from a clown to a clarinet and Cathy Berberian
  • Judas Priest review – thrash, hellfire, dazzling guitar … Ozzy would have loved it
  • Tyler, the Creator: Don’t Tap the Glass review – contradictions and confessions on a dancefloor
  • Shibe/BBCPhil/Bihlmaier review – vivid, vibrant and exuberant virtuosity
  • Madonna: Veronica Electronica review – Ray of Light rarities range from perfect to perfunctory
  • Lucia di Lammermoor review – Jennifer France is a delight in touching and convincing Donizetti staging
  • First night of the Proms review – Batiashvili’s magnificent Sibelius opens the festival
  • Alex G: Headlights review – indie-rocker reins in the noise to reveal romantic soft rock
  • Poor Creature: All Smiles Tonight review – Lankum and Landless members steep tradition in lightness
  • Chloe Chua: Mozart Violin Concertos album review – teenage prodigy’s interpretations are balanced and mature
  • Julieth Lozano Rolong – Alma: Ibero-American Songs album review – Colombian soprano’s captivating debut
  • Jim Legxacy: Black British Music review – London iconoclast catalyses chaos into a major mixtape
  • Wireless festival review – Drake’s disjointed three-night headline run smacks of desperation
  • Salome review – a frankly astonishing concert performance
  • Justin Bieber: Swag review – inane lyrics undermine a gorgeously produced R&B passion project
  • Carmen review – feminist take on opera’s notorious femme fatale has swagger and style
  • Recital for a World Gone to Sh*t review – full-throttle fury meets beautiful, blistering verse
  • Kokoroko: Tuff Times Never Last review – ruminative jazz outfit get stuck in a relaxed rut
  • Phase Space: Degrees of Freedom review – improvisation knocks ambient tracks pleasingly off-kilter
  • Bless Me Father by Kevin Rowland review – the Dexys Midnight Runners frontman tells all
  • Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major, D959; Moments Musicaux album review – grandeur and grace from Steven Osborne
  • Steve Reich: Jacob’s Ladder; Traveler’s Prayer album review – at nearly 90, he’s as energetic as ever

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