First Night of the Proms 2024: Splendid Handel and a silly hat start the summer just right
Beethoven’s 5th was jubilant – but the night was slightly dampened by Ben Nobuto’s annoying and hollow Hallelujah Sim
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Beethoven’s 5th was jubilant – but the night was slightly dampened by Ben Nobuto’s annoying and hollow Hallelujah Sim
It was genuinely special to witness Nicks duet with the young star at BST Hyde Park as a tribute to her late bandmate Christine McVie
The bearded rockers’ return to Wembley Arena wasn’t full of surprises – but it felt like a privilege to watch them play
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If this tightly honed album had been a young band’s debut, we’d be clambering over ourselves to proclaim Kasabian rock’s saviours
The first country singer to headline BST was greeted with the kind of feverish reception usually reserved for Hyde Park’s legacy acts
The charismatic songstress proved her star status with solo hits and Mac favourites – and spoke movingly of her grief over McVie’s passing
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The technical brilliance of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra was slightly undermined by a tricksy concept at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Put the scepticism aside, because the truth is there is no better band in the world for inspiring a joyous festival singalong
The era-defining popstar and her seven-piece band electrified the Hall with a delightfully ramshackle show
The 71-year-old’s set was full of stumbling beats and sub-bass squelches – but there was not a sniff of her glory days in Sonic Youth
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With boyfriend Travis Kelce watching on, Swift breathed in the adoration and ramped up the drama
The US band showed the 20,000-plus Co-op Live crowd how it’s done, with a set that registered powerfully across the entire, vast arena
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