Guardian Music — The closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics will be a musical extravaganza including the Spice Girls, George Michael and Jessie J. If you were directing it, who would play?Tonight the Olympic park will throb to the sounds of George Michael, the ... more info

Guardian Music — Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipesSnapshot: Laura's wedding challengeThis is a picture of my daughter Laura and her husband Jamie about two hours after they had promised to love and cherish each other in 2006.I am not keen on weddings.... more info

Topix — On their debut full-length Instinct , these electro-pop Swedes strike a delicate balance between trance-y hooks and artful, world music weirdness - and the results typically sound like Cyndi Lauper covering Fleetwood Mac, as produced by Kate Bush. more info

Consequence of Sound — Remix's release will reportedly coincide with closing ceremony. more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonAntony Hegarty's Meltdown is decidedly gender-political. In curating the event, the New York singer has chosen artists who he feels embrace "oestrogen-based thinking", and summarises the bill he has assembled – primarily ... more info

Dlisted — Arnold Schwarzenegger (65) Diana Vickers (21) Yvonne Strahovski (30) Misty May-Treanor (35) Jaime Pressley (35) Sandra Diaz-Twine from Survivor (38) Hilary Swank (38) Elvis Crespo (41) Tom Green (41) Christine Taylor (41) Christopher Nolan (42) Simon... more info

Guardian Music — Queen of Denmark singer John Grant on his love for (and jealousy of) the great female voices The former Czars frontman plays Meltdown with Hercules & Love Affair. He released his solo debut, Queen of Denmark, in 2010 to great acclaim.What does Antony... more info

Guardian Music — From Amadou & Mariam to Zola Jesus, here's our pick of the lineup at this weekend's Latitude festivalReading on mobile? Click here to watchLatitude returns to Southwold's Henham Park for its seventh year this weekend, and is now a firmly established ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonA band of all-female punk demonstrators, Pussy Riot, are currently languishing in jail in Russia after a guerrilla gig in a church protesting against Russia's strongman president, Vladimir Putin. Their imprisonment has become... more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo; Coliseum, London"Mad" is one of the more annoying adjectives regularly flung at strong female pop presences. That Lady Gaga – she's bonkers, you know. The habit defies genre. Kate Bush, Grace Jones, Björk: all "mad". The gurnin... more info