How Eno-supervised jams and a playful tale of obsessive relationships yielded the Manchester veterans’ biggest hit to date. Just don’t wear those dresses on American TV!

Mike Patton and the Avett Brothers join forces to create a work of immense beauty.

Squeeze ’s songwriting duo are back in harness, toting a rock opera they wrote in the ’70s with an all-new album to come. Given their near-constant strife, it’s a miracle. But as they insist, “the thing that always brings us together is the songs…”

Inspired by Rammstein and Cirque du Soleil, their 20th anniversary tour pulled out all the stops

When Blur won four trophies at the BRIT Awards on 20 February 1995, the band changed forever. Britpop, or whatever you want to call that scene, had entered the mainstream. After the success of Parklif

Always a great live band, they’ll be a far better bet close to Christmas than the local pantomime.