Olivia Dean review – a powerful, affirming night with a pop star at the height of her powers
Olivia Dean accused of plagiarism on her I’ve Seen It track
September 2026
MTV VMAs 2026: full list of winners
Taylor Swift and Madonna were the big winners, with Swift now the recipient of the most MTV VMAs in history
August 2026
Demise of the monoculture: why so many have never heard UK’s record-breaking No 1 single
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In is longest-running No 1 single in UK chart history, and yet it seems to have passed many people by
July 2026
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In breaks 73-year record to become longest-running UK No 1 single
‘Take that, Marti Pellow!’ Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In beats Wet Wet Wet’s UK chart record
June 2026
The Filter
What happened to just wearing a band T-shirt? The new rules of concert dressing
Whether it’s Harry Styles’s retro tailoring, CMAT’s joyful mash-ups or Metallica’s silver tones, here’s how to nail concert dressing – without looking like a tribute act
April 2026
Olivia Dean review – soul-pop superstar shimmies into a classy and commanding first arena tour
The glam set design, gleaming brass and Motown moves are knowingly retro, but Dean’s performance is immediate, vulnerable and natural – the work of a singular artist
March 2026
Olivia Dean leads the way with three wins at 2026 Mobo awards
Black music has been the driving force in Britain’s music industry and culture. It’s time we treated it that way
Kanya King
Ivor Novello award nominees reflect gender disparity in British and Irish songwriters, with twice as many men as women
Harry Styles, fake stage invaders and a censored Peter Mandelson joke: the biggest moments at the Brit awards
This year’s Brit awards found a flicker of chaos – but the winners were never in doubt
Alexis Petridis
A Manchester move, Shaun Ryder’s bleeped-out anecdote and the odd leftfield flourish added some life to a slick ceremony – yet when it came to the prizes, commercial heavyweights tended to reign
Brit awards 2026: full list of winners
Olivia Dean tops the winners list with four, while Sam Fender bags two – see all the category winners here
Harry, Olivia, and a disco-tastic surprise from Dua Lipa: the Brit awards 2026 – in pictures
Olivia Dean sweeps the board at 2026 Brit awards, winning four including artist, song and album of the year
Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop’s newest megastar
‘Tickets have become status symbols’: from Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, why is live music bigger and more expensive than ever?
Styles is playing a record 12 nights at Wembley Stadium and 30 at Madison Square Garden, as demand for big artists soars – and audience expectation along with it
