Guardian Music — Teenage angst has paid off well … with this RR playlistYouth is wasted on the young, as jealous old George Bernard Shaw once said. But that didn't seem true of the subjects of many songs you suggested last week. Anyway, with grownups hurling so man... more info

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Gigwise — After toppling Pink Floyd, another classic album succumbs to '21' more info

Guardian Music — The Tottenham superstar's second record is now the seventh best-selling album ever in the UK – and it will soon be sixthAdele's all-conquering march to the summit of pop superstardom has continued with the news that 21 has now overtaken The Dark Si... more info

Guardian Music — Does the success of Trent Reznor, Clint Mansell and Mark Mothersbaugh suggest that the days of the orchestral soundtrack are numbered?Two words said it all. Moments after winning a Golden Globe for his score for The Social Network last year, Nine Inc... more info

Guardian Music — My husband, Andrew Miller, who has died aged 65 after a short illness, was a music-business promoter and staged many memorable festivals, but his enduring love was for Nordoff Robbins, the music-therapy charity. In 1976, he founded the organisation's... more info

Guardian Music — Arena, ManchesterQuite why the former Dire Straits frontman and the 20th century pop colossus who only last week added runner-up in the Nobel prize for literature to his accolades are touring together is, at first glance, a mystery.But their collabo... more info

Guardian Music — For years the 80s star has remained resolutely uncool, but Bob Dylan doesn't seem to agreeChances are, if you're over 35, you were responsible for one of the 30m worldwide sales of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms. It's the fifth best-selling album in ... more info

Altsounds — Following The Straits' recent stunning debut show at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2011, original Dire Straits members Alan Clark and Chris White continue their UK tour as the recently formed band "The Straits" tonight at the York Barbican (Friday Oct... more info

Guardian Music — Singer supplies plenty of big hits and spectacle, but the more relentless the raunch, the less interesting her music becomesAs the crowd assembles at the O2, you don't have to look far for evidence that Rihanna long ago turned from an R&B star into a... more info