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Alexis Petridis

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Alexis Petridis is the Guardian's head rock and pop critic

July 2026

  • Spain's Rodri lifts the trophy with teammates after winning the World Cup.

    Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time to win the 2026 World Cup – as it happened

  • FIFA World Cup 2026 - Final - Spain v Argentina - Halftime ShowSoccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Final - Spain v Argentina - Halftime Show - New York/New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. - July 19, 2026 Former Brazil football players Ronaldinho and Ronaldo with Madonna during the half time show REUTERS/Hannah Mckay TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Hits, misses and Muppets: the star-studded World Cup half-time show nobody asked for

  • Silverwingkiller.

    Add to playlist
    Add to playlist: the nervy breakbeats and acid delirium of Silverwingkiller and the week’s best new tracks

  • Bonnie Tyler performing in 2021.

    double quotation markBonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop

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  • Ranked
    Breaking hearts and blowing minds:​ Robyn’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Madonna: Confessions II review – nostalgic dancefloor trip sparks her most vital album in two decades

  • My Chemical Romance review – ​fire! Nuclear war! Killer pierrots! This is stadium rock at its most monumentally madcap

June 2026

  • Ice cool … Bad Bunny fronting the salsa band in part one of his stadium show.

    Bad Bunny review – dynamic Latin superstar hosts thrilling party

  • The three members of Muse sitting in a stylised glacial landscape with a blood-red river running through it

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Muse: The Wow! Signal review – stupendous space-rock silliness ... yet somehow surprisingly subtle?

  • Carousel of Hope Ball, Los Angeles, America - 28 Oct 2006Whitney Houston and Clive Davis Carousel of Hope Ball, Los Angeles, America - 28 Oct 2006 October 28, 2006 Beverly Hills, California Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2006 Carousel Ball Arrivals Beverly Hilton Hotel Photo ® Jim Smeal/BEImages

    double quotation markClive Davis predicted music’s biggest stars like no one else

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  • Keith Richards holding a guitar, with racks of guitars behind him

    ‘I’d listen to my body before it screamed for help’: Keith Richards on life as an 82-year-old great-grandad – and jousting with Mick Jagger

  • Ranked
    Soul classics and stepmother celebrations: Alicia Keys’ 20 best songs – ranked!

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Myles Smith: My Mess, My Heart, My Life review – faceless, formulaic mush of Mumfords, Sheeran and Coldplay

  • Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review – who’s she singing about? Who cares when the songs are this good

  • Entertaining, even educational: Mexico’s World Cup opening ceremony delivers

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God review – strange, graceful songs drifting from pop’s edgelands

  • Best culture of 2026 so far
    The best albums of 2026 so far

  • ‘In prison, I made a little studio in my head. It kept me sane’: Ibrahim Alfa Jr, British techno’s great survivor

  • ‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Lizzo: Bitch review – a spirited star who just can’t rediscover her groove

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