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Bruce Springsteen review – a roaring, rousing ​s​how that imagines a better America

The Boss and his E Street Band pluck hope from the depths of despair with a fiery show that hits out at the US administration but ends with love

Djo review – Joe Keery mixes genres in an endearing, if uneven, Brooklyn set

Stranger Things actor’s musical project has gone from bedroom to the big stage and, while not all of it works, there’s energy to spare

PinkPantheress: Fancy That review – sharp-minded bops hop across pop’s past and present

Denigrated by some as the epitome of attention-deficit youth, the English pop musician became huge nonetheless – and her latest has an inspiringly free-associative feel

Model/Actriz: Pirouette review – ​sweat-spattered New Yorkers are the stuff of adoring cult fandom

Inspired by Mariah and Kylie but full of jackhammer rhythms and noise, the quartet’s second album could attract a big following

Beyoncé review – ever-evolving star kicks off electrifying Cowboy Carter tour

The singer delivers a rousing, seven-act spectacle as she performs many of her country songs on stage for the first time while also harking back to her previous dance-leaning era

The Flaming Lips review – stops and starts make this too much of a good thing

With lengthy Wayne Coyne anecdotes and frequent interruptions for stage effects to be brought on and off, there was an awful lot of time during the Lips’s two-and-three-quarter hour show when nothing was happening

Maria Somerville: Luster review – a vivid and vital entry in the shoegaze revival

The Irish artist’s folk-inflected sound is both unnerving and alluring on her luxuriant second album

Self Esteem: A Complicated Woman review – maximalist pop for an age of uncertainty

After her big breakthrough album and West End fame, Rebecca Lucy Taylor works through her worries in real time on her new LP – to fascinating and confusing effect

Self Esteem review – straight outta Gilead

A triumphant staging by Rebecca Lucy Taylor of her new album, A Complicated Woman, is part artistic statement, part power pop club night

Davido: 5ive review – flashes of Afropop excellence

The Nigerian superstar’s vocal prowess and smooth beats have their moments on his latest album, but at 17 tracks it could use an edit

Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz review – a sparkling solo debut

The TV on the Radio frontman’s sharp pop instincts kick in on a multifaceted synth-punk-funk set born out of deep personal loss

Post Malone at Coachella review – chameleonic megastar wows in the desert

The 29-year-old singer travelled through his genre-shifting back catalogue in a charming and energetic 90-minute headliner set

Green Day at Coachella review – fun but muddled set pokes fun at American Idiots

The weekend’s legacy headliner offered some cathartic punk pop rebellion but the awkward setlist lacked coherence and thought

Bon Iver: Sable, Fable review – Justin Vernon’s most easy-going record yet

This companion album to last year’s Sable EP gives those sorrowful songs a soulful lift, with Vernon’s beautiful falsetto vocals to the fore

Valerie June: Owls, Omens and Oracles review – a soul-recharging exercise in radical positivity

The Tennessee singer-songwriter’s joyful new album pushes back against the bleakness of doomscrolling

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  • Richard Ashcroft review – uplifting epics and rocket-boosted confidence reminiscent of 90s Verve heyday
  • Rebecca Clarke: The Complete Songs album review – rich, radiant performances bring a forgotten voice to life
  • The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller
  • Sara Ajnnak and the Ciderhouse Rebellion: Landscapes of the Spirit, Parts 1-4 review – elemental power, eerie beauty
  • Martin Fröst: BACH album review – silkily eloquent clarinettist brings freshness and fun
  • Sir John Rutter’s Birthday Celebration review – niche national treasure celebrates 80 in magnificent style
  • Paul Kelly: Seventy review – reflections on ageing from a musician bigger than ever
  • Hatchie: Liquorice review – dizzying dreampop with welcome flashes of depravity
  • Danny Brown: Stardust review – hyperpop-rap powered up with post-rehab positivity
  • The Makropulos Case review: Ausrine Stundyte is magnetic in exhilarating – and funny – Janáček staging
  • Radiohead review – bards of the apocalypse return for a brutal bacchanal
  • Aimard/Benjamin review – concentrated musical thought and pianistic imagination
  • Smyth’s Der Wald and Respighi’s Lucrezia review – Wagner’s spirit presides over double bill
  • Ravyn Lenae review – art-school dreamer at ease with her own melancholy
  • Rosalía: Lux review – a demanding, distinctive clash of classical and chaos that couldn’t be by anyone else
  • Hallé/Shields/Adams: John Adams festival review – dynamism that could generate electricity
  • Dead Man Walking review – searing honesty and humanity in ENO’s staging of Heggie’s compelling opera
  • The Railway Children review – Turnage reimagines classic story in a lively family opera
  • Alpha Maid: Is This a Queue review – Mica Levi collaborator pairs scuffed production with superb songwriting
  • Snocaps: Snocaps review – Katie and Allison Crutchfield reunite with a little help from MJ Lenderman
  • Strauss, Dvořák and Glazunov album review – packs a dramatic punch
  • Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – alt-rock survivor surveys her kingdom with swagger
  • Walton: Cello Concerto, Symphony No 1, Scapino album review – positively snaps, crackles and pops
  • Anna von Hausswolff: Iconoclasts review – exhilarating, euphoric goth songcraft
  • Julius Eastman: A Power Greater Than review – Davóne Tines celebrates the maverick musician
  • Sananda Maitreya review – the former Terence Trent D’Arby returns in astonishing vocal form
  • Harvest Rock 2025 review – the Strokes, Jelly Roll and the War on Drugs save Adelaide festival after a slippery start
  • Gillian Welch and David Rawlings review – perfectly paired talents at the peak of their powers
  • Dave: The Boy Who Played the Harp review – ​it’s clearer than ever what a stunningly skilled rapper he is

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