Tyla: A*Pop review – old-school pop superstar transports us back to more carefree times
The South African singer reflects on love’s highs and lows on her second album, nimbly flipping between moods but with her voice always holding attention
Charli xcx: Music, Fashion, Film review – slippery search into selfhood that hits just as hard as Brat
How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about the instability of identity
Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain review – rootsy revival strays from the dirt track to the middle of the road
The country legend’s seventh album revisits her troubled early life but plays it safe with zany humour and fluffy songs about young love
Bruno Mars review – half seedy club, half church service as diminutive singer answers fans’ prayers
Mars sings every line like it’s his big solo in a show that leans more on his stage presence than pyro and pageantry
Loathe: A Stranger to You review – metalcore masters offer stylistic swerves and surprising beauty
Granite-hard riffola collides with balm-like electronics and tinkling jazz piano in a thrilling fourth album of musical metamorphosis
Nia Archives: Emotional Junglist review – breakbeats and heartbreak combined by a brilliant British one-off
On the Bradford-born producer’s self-assured second album, drum’n’bass rhythms power up angsty odes with shades of Arctic Monkeys, Kate Nash and myriad genres
James Taylor review – 70s legend’s golden baritone shines best when stripped bare
The AI-style backing videos are terrible and his accomplished band can be overly slick at times, but Taylor’s civility and grace cuts through it all
Gracie Abrams: Daughter from Hell review – bloodless anthems hit like a faceful of icing sugar
Despite their goth-coded attempts at emotional turbulence, the saccharine songs of Abrams’ third album feel adolescent in their melodrama
Bon Jovi review – rockers make a surprisingly poignant return to the stage
After vocal cord surgery, Jon Bon Jovi and band make a sturdy return with hit-packed show
Baby Rose: Yearnalism review – gloriously cinematic soul from the edge of emotional collapse
The US songwriter paints an impressively wide variety of shades on her third album, from vintage R&B to melodic soft-rock and balladry worthy of Nina Simone
Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness
Following the superb No Name, White continues his fan service with stripped back songs and nasty, anarchic riffs – though it all ends up feeling a little samey
BTS review – pure joy and astonishing versatility at K-pop titans’ first UK show in seven years
Fans and cynics are putty in the boyband’s hands as the lads lark their way through a catalogue of tracks that ricochet from hard rap to buttery pop
The Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues review – stomping blues and anti-Musk politics make this another late triumph
Continuing the rejuvenated sound of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, there’s touching vulnerability from Keith Richards while Jagger confronts war and autocracy
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts review – rip-roaring rock history, but why is she playing Gary Glitter?
In her first UK headline show in 16 years, Jett has a terrific knack for a cover version, though she’s a touch nonchalant – and there’s a real misstep
Sienna Spiro: Visitor review – will she be the ‘new Adele’? Not with this merely competent debut
Amid signs of greatness, the already hugely popular British singer fails to live up to her potential, lacking vocal agility and lyrical subtlety