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Stars and scenesters on the New York Dolls’ riotous rock
‘They were inventing a new definition of sexy’  
Stars and scenesters on the New York Dolls’ riotous rock
Fifty years on from their dissolution, admirers from Joan Jett to Dave Vanian explain the appeal of a band who ripped up rock’n’roll in high heels – and pointed towards punk
‘It was anything but chill!’  
Rising star Victoria Canal on performing with Coldplay – and what Tom Cruise taught her
The UK music industry is reporting record revenues. The reality is much gloomier
Eamonn Forde
‘Audiences can smell fakeness a mile away’  
The creative directors behind pop’s biggest stars
Reviews
Alexis Petridis's album of the week  
Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out – stomps straight to the top of British punk’s table
Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out – stomps straight to the top of British punk’s table
Jazz album of the month  
Jakob Bro: Taking Turns – lost masterpiece from great Dane’s understated jazz supergroup
Franz Ferdinand  
The Human Fear – more revitalisation than reinvention
Moonchild Sanelly  
Full Moon – sex-positive South African swaggers towards stardom
Film review  
Maria – Angelina Jolie’s Callas commands the screen as a great diva in decline
Spotlight
How rock’s drummers cope with furious sets in their 70s
Never mind the back pain  
How rock’s drummers cope with furious sets in their 70s
From Rat Scabies of the Damned to Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, we ask rock and punk’s greatest drummers how they deal with long nights of fast songs – and uncover a story of arthritis, cardio and turmeric oil
Classical
‘He jolted us out of our comfort zone’  
Antonio Pappano, Martyn Brabbins and more on Pierre Boulez
Antonio Pappano, Martyn Brabbins and more on Pierre Boulez
Album review  
Scarlatti: Daniele – unearthed oratorio takes listener into the lion’s den
Scarlatti: Daniele – unearthed oratorio takes listener into the lion’s den
Album review  
Tippett: Piano Concerto; Symphony No 2 – the energy of the music is irrepressible
Tippett: Piano Concerto; Symphony No 2 – the energy of the music is irrepressible
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Embracing X and a turn by Timothée Chalamet  
How Bob Dylan is capturing gen Z
As Chalamet plays the singer in the acclaimed biopic A Complete Unknown, the man himself has taken, at 83, to posting on X
Observer New Review Q&A  
Julian Lennon: ‘I’m not part of the Beatles inner circle – I never have been’
The musician and photographer on escaping the shadow of his father, writing a memoir with a difference, and why his days of wallowing are over
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