Articles by Laura Snapes

Olivia Dean fans refunded by Ticketmaster after singer criticises ‘vile’ resale practices

Ticketmaster said they would ‘lead by example’ after Dean called out companies when tickets for her North American tour appeared on resale sites at prices in excess of $1,000

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Entertainment

Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Nadine Shah and Brian Eno join Christmas No 1 race with Palestine charity single

Lullaby, a reimagining of a traditional Palestinian song, will be released on December 12 to raise money for Choose Love’s Together for Palestine Fund

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Entertainment

Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights

Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March

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World

Estate of Johnny Cash suing Coca-Cola for using tribute act in advert

The company is being sued under the new Elvis act, which protects a person’s voice from exploitation without consent

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World

Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63

Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew

Nov 20, 2025

Entertainment

The O2 apologises for confiscating fans’ Palestine shirts at Lorde concert

A ‘wrong judgement call’ by staff at the London arena meant two fans of the pop star – a vocal supporter of Palestine – were asked to remove FC Palestina football shirts

Nov 18, 2025

World

Win Butler and Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire announce separation – but band will continue

In 2022, four women accused Butler of sexual misconduct alleging sexual assault and unwanted sexual messages

Oct 31, 2025

Lily Allen announces UK theatre tour for her West End Girl album

The British pop star will will perform her headline-grabbing fifth album from front to back in a run of dates next March

Oct 30, 2025

Where’s her Pulitzer already? Joanna Newsom’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Ten years on from the release of her rococo masterpiece, Divers, we count down the singer-songwriter-harpist’s most beautiful and devastating tracks

Oct 23, 2025

Technology

Taylor Swift scores second-biggest UK charts opening week ever with The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, has given the US pop star her biggest-ever opening week on the UK chart. It is her 14th No 1 album (she has also scored No 1s with the Taylor’s Version rerecordings of previous albums), moving 432,000 combined units in its...

Oct 10, 2025

Taylor Swift scores second-biggest UK charts opening week ever with The Life of a Showgirl

With 432,000 combined units sold in its first week on the Official Chart, only Ed Sheeran’s 2017 ÷ (Divide) has done better

Oct 10, 2025

Technology

Hannah Frances: Nested in Tangles review – ramshackle arrangements power restless revelations

Hannah Frances’s exhilarating sixth album is an unruly ecosystem: nature sprawls, resurfaced family trauma unearths “unrevealed roots”, an unexpected rupture creates fertile ground for new understandings to blossom. The deep steadiness of the Vermont songwriter’s previous album, last year’s Keeper of the Shepherd, is replaced by ramshackle clusters of kindling-snap...

Oct 10, 2025

Hannah Frances: Nested in Tangles review – ramshackle arrangements power restless revelations

Wayward tempos and snapping drums break fresh ground in this unruly release from the Vermont musician

Oct 10, 2025

Post your questions for Todd Rundgren

Ask the Philly singer, songwriter and Meat Loaf producer about his music, his collabs with Sparks and Robyn and more ahead of his UK tour

Oct 7, 2025

Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict | Laura Snapes

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful side

Oct 3, 2025

‘We need anger to fight for our lives’: Mexican musician Silvana Estrada on grief, violence and the indignity of ‘el ghosting’

Estrada’s lovelorn debut album won her a Latin Grammy, but for its follow-up she wanted to leave sadness behind. Then, the very different losses of two friends brought out a newfound sense of fury

Oct 3, 2025