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Tate McRae review – Britney-channelling, splits-deploying singer is impressively industrious

Now at arena level after a string of trap-pop smashes, the Canadian star has a knack for elaborate choreography – but it can obscure her personality
  • Forever Now review – timeless stars shine among grab bag of 80s nostalgia
  • Little Simz & Chineke! Orchestra review – rap-classical crossover is spectacularly realised
  • Iron Maiden review – 50th anniversary tour as near as uncompromising band get to greatest hits show
  • Penarth chamber music festival review – scaled-down Mahler’s Fourth Symphony emerges as if newly minted
  • Brandi Carlile review – country for the marginalised excels on the big stage
  • Dua Lipa review – dance-pop icon keeps the energy hotter than hell
  • The Merry Widow review – come for the big tunes, stay for the birthday cement mixer
  • Duo Ruut: Ilmateade review – Estonian duo’s soulful look to the skies
  • Hotline TNT: Raspberry Moon review – love lights melodies through the fuzz
  • La Mer: French Piano Trios album review – expansive, beguiling and unexpected
  • Berlioz and Ravel album review – his orchestra is responsive to Mäkelä’s every move
  • Loyle Carner: Hopefully! review – rap sweetheart faces family, fear and the feels
  • J Hus review – rapper touched by genius can’t quite channel his energy
  • Mazeppa review – Tchaikovsky’s blood-thirsty opera is a wild and gruesome ride
  • Rodelinda review – powerplay and pig’s blood in thrillingly energised Handel
  • Outbreak festival review – hardcore and pop hooks collide in impeccable genre-fluid lineup
  • A Visit to Friends/The Gildas Quartet review – Colin Matthews’s luminous new opera opens Aldeburgh in fine style
  • Dâdalus & Bikarus: Off the Shelf review – energetic, near-erotic tracks build to a whirlwind of sound
  • Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal review – slime-toting composer’s dazzling and difficult devotional music
  • Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Winter Words (arr Holloway), etc album review – confirms Gardner’s status as an outstanding conductor of Britten
  • The Lost Tapes, Beethoven sonatas 18,27, 28 & 31 album review – Richter always found something fresh to say
  • Haim: I Quit review – the messiest breakup album of recent times, in every sense
  • Voces8 review – agile and poised vocal group celebrate 20 years, with a little help from their friends
  • New Music Biennial review – sitars, thorax-quaking bass and vibrators
  • Saul review – probing, dark and engrossing staging of Handel’s oratorio
  • Pitbull review – like a children’s party, but with loads of booze
  • Pulp review – Jarvis Cocker’s captivating comeback turns a rapt crowd rapturous
  • Così Fan Tutte review – country house remix offers fresh farce and energy
  • Lil Wayne review – chaotic but charismatic race through greatest hits
  • Turnstile review – punk crossover quintet bring the heat to Brooklyn

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