Robert Heller

Fleetwood Mac’s tour is a triumph of inspirational rock, new songs and band hugs.

Rod Stewart is set to make Caesar’s Palace the best London pub.

Age is mellowing Franz Ferdinand.

Jay-Z looks like a naughty schoolboy in his buttoned-up white shirt, black pants and baseball cap.

Doomy synths, swampy guitars and a grizzled gnome turning priapic pirouettes: Depeche Mode is once again having its deviant way with electro-pop. This approach has certainly paid commercial dividends. Its artistic merits are less convincing.

Peace and love, naked bottoms and PVC-clad punk rock: Yoko Ono’s Meltdown had a triumphant opening with sets from the Plastic Ono Band and gothic legend Siouxsie.

London is showcasing the best of pop music, with the stars of the Capital FM Summer Time Ball debuting what may well be tomorrow’s hits.

She is, she sings, a “Girl on Fire,” smoldering seductively from photographs. A night with Alicia Keys, one might surmise, would be filled with sexy incendiary soul.

Phoenix’s star is rising. The band has rave reviews, wild shows and soaring sales.

Queen Beyonce has famously exacting standards.

Kevin Rowland and Dexys are staging an audacious comeback.

Jessie Ware and Laura Mvula are two new British soul singers with claims to a place in your record collection and life.