In the seven years since their last album, the Scots have faced down dementia and cancer. Now they’re returning with a visceral new sound – and eager to get back to globetrotting with the Cure

Noel Gallagher and Deadmau5 reckon anyone can do it. But a good disc jockey is more than a human iPod

Over 28 series, the panel show’s anarchic spirit gave way to punching down and diminishing returns

Presented with ever-higher ticket prices, fans have become more demanding, hence a rise in Secret Cinema-style gigs

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett take over the amusement park for a carnivalesque festival of great performances, from De La Soul and Little Simz to Kano

Joseph Mount delivers his idiosyncratic brand of polite lounge-pop with bewitching precision

The pair’s performance of Room 29, a suite of songs about old Hollywood history, was part gig, part immersive theatre and entirely impeccable

DJ Sam Shepherd employs strings, sax and a cooing choir to bring a hypnotic intensity to his sophisticated sound

Respectful head-nodding turns into full-blown crowdsurfing as the trio bend their complex, instrumental sounds into weird and complex shapes

His debut Loser remains one of the weirdest singles ever released, but it was an introduction to his precocious talent and a career of eclectic, inspired brilliance