From crashing the stage during Kanye West's headline set to stencilling cows with corporate logos, Glastonbury Festival has attracted its fare share of stunts. I spoke to Simon Brodkin and Carter USM's Jim Bob about the most outrageous ones for The Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-…

Molotov cocktails, rampaging New Age Travellers with metal bars, burning cars, riot police, 235 arrests... I tell the story of Glastonbury Festival's darkest day for The Telegraph: the Battle of Yeoman's Bridge in 1990. "I smelt fear in the air," said one worker. telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts…

Final one from the Glastonbury Festival archive. Ahead of their record fifth headlining set on Sat, I looked at Coldplay's relationship with Glasto. It's a West Country reimagining of Michelangelo and the Medicis. Love 'em or hate 'em their set on Sat'll be epic telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/…

This was lots of work but huge fun. 50 yrs ago Ronnie Lane, just post The Faces, took a rock 'n' roll circus around UK. Was disaster. But for all the unfunny clowns and leaky tents, it oozed character. RonnieLane TheOfficialFaces Slim Chance 1/2 telegraph.co.uk/music/intervie…

Ronnie's sax player quit by pinning this immortal note to his caravan: "Goodbye cruel circus, I'm off to join the world." Thnx to Simon Bates for the original idea and memories, and Steve Bingham and Charlie Hart of Slim Chance, still on tour. 2/2 telegraph.co.uk/music/intervie…

High praise. Perhaps, Simon Bates, we can work on an audio version set to the Our Tune music, ending with The Poacher or Kuschty Rye?

Why are The Rolling Stones, Laura Kuenssberg and Elton John rocking up on teen metaverse Roblox? I took a deep dive into the world’s biggest virtual youth club – in which the average user spends 2.4 hours every single day – for ⁦The Telegraph⁩. telegraph.co.uk/music/news/why…

With concert tickets regularly costing hundreds of pounds, Paul Heaton is touring arenas for just £35 a ticket, plus fees (including for the mammoth 23,500-capacity Co-op Live). He tells me how in today’s ⁦The Telegraph⁩. ⁦Paul Heaton⁩ telegraph.co.uk/music/intervie…

I went to Nick Drake Prom last night, an "orchestral tribute" conducted by Jules "Ibiza Classics" Buckley. It was special. My fear that it'd amount to the gilding of a particularly delicate lily was unfounded. Was done with respect, sympathy and nuance. telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts…

Wrote a piece on the women behind the Oasis reunion, for today's The Telegraph. Liam Gallagher Noel Gallagher telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts…

As Oasis add three more dates, I wrote a piece for ⁦The i paper⁩ on how the band allowed hard men to be soft and soft men to be hard, or at least pretend to be. Oasis ⁦Liam Gallagher⁩ ⁦Noel Gallagher⁩ #Oasis #OasisLive25 inews.co.uk/culture/oasis-…

What a voice! I reviewed London’s new Janis Joplin jukebox musical for the ⁦The Telegraph⁩. Shame about the plot though. It skated over the darkness. Too much Pearl, not enough grit. telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-t…

How Oasis allowed hard men to be soft They also allowed soft men to be hard - or at least pretend to be, writes James Hall, as he analyses the enduring appeal of the Gallagher brothers trib.al/zyGoUok

Pre-sales, AI touts and ‘insane’ prices - the hell of buying concert tickets… AND people here on X reselling Oasis tickets within minutes of buying them in the pre-sale. That’s the spirit, folks! Live forever! ⁦🙄 My The Telegraph⁩ ⁦piece today. telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts…

Oh look. £65 Oasis tickets being sold on Viagogo for £809 each a full 15 minutes after the pre-sale opened. This system isn’t broken AT ALL. Mad for it. viagogo.co.uk/Concert-Ticket…

How surge pricing is ruining music fans’ lives. Me for ⁦The Telegraph⁩ this eve. ⁦Oasis⁩ #oasis ⁦Ticketmaster⁩ telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts…

Oasis address dynamic pricing fiasco: nothing do to with us, Guv. "It needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management, and at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used," they say.

And Oasis announce two new Wembley shows for next September to try to make amends. Tickets will be sold via a "Staggered Invitation-only Ballot Process". Sounds like a Kasabian album title.

In a new Telegraph article, Morrissey tells James Hall: “Every major label in London has refused Bonfire of Teenagers whilst also admitting that it is a masterpiece”. A big coup to get Moz to agree to talk to a national newspaper. telegraph.co.uk/music/news/mor…

Morrissey breaks his years-long newspaper silence with exclusive @telegraph interview with me. On why he believes he’s being “gagged”, and why his Bonfire of Teenagers album hasn’t come out. ⁦⁦He didn’t hold back. Online now and in paper tomorrow. telegraph.co.uk/music/news/mor…