Laura Snapes is the Guardian's deputy music editor
July 2024
Katy Perry: Woman’s World review – what regressive, warmed-over hell is this?
Perry’s solo return is a dated attempt at writing a feminist anthem about how women really can have it all! It’s a song that made me feel stupider every sorry time I listened to it
June 2024
Glastonbury live: Sunday with SZA, Shania Twain, Burna Boy and more – as it happened
Glastonbury live: Saturday with Coldplay, Little Simz, Orbital and more – as it happened
Glastonbury live: Friday with Dua Lipa, LCD Soundsystem, Idles and more – as it happened
Seth Binzer, frontman of US band Crazy Town, dies aged 49
Kanye West and Donna Summer estate reach settlement over unauthorised use of I Feel Love
From Coldplay to KMRU: who to see at Glastonbury 2024
Swift Notes
Wildest streams! Inside the fan-powered broadcasts of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour
Post your questions for Mike Skinner
Barclays suspends sponsorship of Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight festivals
Charli XCX: Brat review – insecurity-obliterating anthems by pop’s most human superstar
April 2024
From Taylor to Ariana, pop’s overreliance on gossip is choking the life out of it
Laura Snapes
Taylor Swift’s new album is about a reckless kind of freedom. If only it sounded as uninhibited
Laura Snapes
Breakups, fantasies and her most cutting lyrics: inside Taylor’s Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department
The reader interview
Post your questions for Sheila E
It’s a grotesque insult for Back to Black to suggest Amy Winehouse died of heartache over her childlessness
Laura Snapes
‘No other show looked so fun to work on’: how Curb Your Enthusiasm is a joyous homage to friendship
I couldn’t imagine doing festivals without drinking. Pulling it off filled me with relief
Laura Snapes
‘Cynicism doesn’t get you anywhere’: Warren Ellis on Dirty Three’s return, Nick Cave – and opening a primate sanctuary
March 2024
The reader interview
Post your questions for Sananda Maitreya
As the 80s pop phenomenon prepares to release his 13th album, here’s your chance ask about his early work, collaborating with Calvin Harris or his best boxing tips
