34 h. ago London's unmissable gigs this weekend, from Loyle Carner to Ethel Cain

Maddy Mussen rounds up the hottest music nights in London this week

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56 h. ago ‘We can leave knowing we left a mark’: how Corsica Studios transformed London nightlife – and why it’s closing

The beloved south London club has announced it will shut next year as redevelopment of the site goes ahead. Founder Adrian Jones, DJs and promoters look backAsk any music-loving Londoner to name the city’s best venues, and there’s a decent chance Corsica Studios will appear somewhere near the top of their list. Opened in 2002 by Adrian Jones and Amanda Moss, for 23 years this unassuming railway arch beneath Elephant & Castle station, with its pummelling sound, no-frills aesthetics and adventurous musical programming, has become one of the capital’s most influential and beloved clubs.Founded and envisaged as a multi-purpose creative space rather than just a nightclub, it’s attracted massive names such as Jeff Mills and Björk, nurtured underground scenes from acid techno to jungle and pushed the boundaries of what a clubnight can be, via Evian Christ’s maximalist Trance Parties, Hyperdub’s groundbreaking Ø series or more recent forays into sex-positive raving. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra review – crashing waves of refined harmony

Royal Albert Hall, LondonPerhaps the band that can best justify a mid-career gig with classical backing, the extra heft of the orchestra adds power to the Icelanders’ beautiful crescendosOn Sigur Rós’s most recent album Átta, their first in a decade, the group reversed course from the intriguing industrial experiment of its predecessor Kveikur and returned to safe ground – leaning back into the grand orchestral crescendos that defined their best-loved work, as glacial in pace as they are in beauty. It makes sense, then, that the USP of their current tour is a collaboration with a different set of classical musicians in every city.Though mid-career-band-joined-by-orchestra sets so often enlist classical musicians to fill the holes left by fading creativity, leaving awkward blends between the two parties, that’s not the case tonight. The Icelanders meld seamlessly with the London Contemporary Orchestra, musically and visually, with both camps all in monochrome, mingled together under ...

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57 h. ago London's unmissable gigs this weekend, from CMAT to Ethel Cain

Maddy Mussen rounds up the hottest music nights in London this week

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3 d. ago Madonna contemplated taking her own life during custody dispute over her son

The Material Girl singer revealed that her spirituality helped her get through one of the most ‘painful’ moments of her life.

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3 d. ago Doja Cat at London O2 seating plan, capacity and map for Ma Vie World Tour 2026

Doja Cat is visiting London next year as part of her Ma Vie World Tour

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3 d. ago Lady Gaga review – from skeletons to sexy plague doctors, this is a glorious, ridiculous spectacle

O2 Arena, LondonMove over Chappell Roan – Gaga’s eighth world tour is a full-blooded return to OTT camp, with a Nietzschean nemesis and a zombified crowd of fans driven berserk with gleeLady Gaga’s eighth world tour, The Mayhem Ball, does not lack ambition. It lasts two hours and features 30 songs. It comes divided into five acts, each with a deeply portentous title that glows from the big screens in blood-red gothic script: Of Velvet and Vice; The Beautiful Nightmare That Knows Her Name; Every Chessboard Has Two Queens. It arrives preceded by a lengthy film in which next to nothing happens: resplendent in a ruff and leg of mutton sleeves, Lady Gaga looks pensive and occasionally writes on a scroll with an absolutely enormous feathered quill, while opera booms in the background.Perhaps she’s paying tribute once more to her avowed influence Andy Warhol, in this case his notorious always-leave-them-wanting-less approach to cinema. When it becomes apparent that looking pensive and writ...

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3 d. ago Lady Gaga: The Mayhem Ball at the O2 review — put your paws up for the stadium show of the century

If we could give this show six stars we would

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3 d. ago Lady Gaga review, O2 Arena London: Pop star’s Mayhem Ball is the concert of the year

No set piece is too elaborate, no framing device too ludicrous, for this show of wall-to-wall bangers that suggests Gaga isn’t ready to give up her pop crown just yet

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3 d. ago London music festival cancels Israeli DJ despite his public pro

London music festival cancels Israeli DJ despite his public pro-Palestinian advocacy  The Times of Israel

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3 d. ago London music festival cancels Israeli DJ after outcry from Ravers for Palestine group

London music festival cancels Israeli DJ after outcry from Ravers for Palestine group  The Times of Israel

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4 d. ago London music festival cancels Israeli DJ following outcry from Ravers for Palestine group

London music festival cancels Israeli DJ following outcry from Ravers for Palestine group  The Forward

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4 d. ago Cinderella at London Coliseum: 'Hugely enjoyable contemporary spin'

The ENO have brought the classic story up-to-date while still keeping its heart and soul

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4 d. ago 'Culture Is Political': London Electronic Music Festival Cancels Israeli DJ's Set

'Culture Is Political': London Electronic Music Festival Cancels Israeli DJ's Set  Haaretz

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4 d. ago Joe Bonamassa announces two London Royal Albert Hall performances

Joe Bonamassa announces two London Royal Albert Hall performances  The Music Universe

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4 d. ago Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals to reform for tour next year

The Supacabra tour includes six dates in Britain and Ireland next May.

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5 d. ago Music concerts, Diwali and family activities coming to South East London

Music concerts, Diwali and family activities coming to South East London  Southwark News

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5 d. ago Philharmonia/ Rouvali/ Ólafsson review – orchestra opens 80th celebrations with sparkle and style

Royal Festival Hall, LondonVíkingur Ólafsson’s Beethoven was clear, contemplative and witty, in a concert that also featured Olivier Latry at the mighty RFH organ and a UK premiere from Gabriela OrtizLegions of keyboard fans know that Víkingur Ólafsson does reflective like few others. Calmness, softness of touch and introspection are among the Icelandic pianist’s widely admired trademarks. It helps make him a perfect performer for the AirPod age.But how does Ólafsson respond to a full orchestra in a large-scale work such as Beethoven’s third piano concerto? The answer, in this opening concert of the Philharmonia’s season, is that he does it with enviable ease. It assured a distinguished start to the 80th birthday year of an orchestra whose founder, Walter Legge, had shamefully tried to kill it off when it had not even reached two decades old. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Oasis at London Wembley Stadium and what time does it finish

The Oasis Live '25 tour is finally coming to an end

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7 d. ago Oasis at London Wembley Stadium stage times for final UK shows of tour

It's the last chance on the tour to see the band in the UK

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