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<p>MGMT rose to fame with their seminal 2007 debut album ‘Oracular Spectacular’ </p>
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MGMT are all grown up: ‘This sounds whack to say, but drugs are bad’

Nearly 20 years after releasing their coming-of-age anthem ‘Kids’, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden are enjoying a surge in popularity thanks to their new album, plus a well-timed ‘Saltburn’ cameo. The pair speak to Mark Beaumont about snubbing success in the Noughties, leaving their party days behind – and why they haven’t booked a single show to capitalise on their revived fortunes

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Album reviews: Shakira, Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker, and Elbow

Shakira swaps revenge for something more nuanced, while Waxahatchee and Adrianne Lenker double down on their previous albums’ brilliance, and Elbow return to the spare melodies and dark moods of their early work

<p>Beth Ditto, Hannah Blilie and Nathan Howdeshell return with ‘Real Power’ </p>

Gossip are back with a bang, but time has blunted the edges

Songs groove to Seventies basslines and indie rock guitars on the trio’s first album in over a decade

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Roger Daltrey bows out from Teenage Cancer Trust with a worthy goodbye

Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Paul Weller and more accompany Daltrey as he takes his final bow as curator of the annual charity shows

<p>Their generation: the two remaining band members saw off Roger Daltrey’s 24 years organising the yearly charity gigs with a bang only they could deliver </p>

The Who remain the punchiest act of their vintage at Royal Albert Hall

Fumbled microphone twirls and malfunctioning hearing aids only add to the charm of a momentous, turbo-charged set for the Teenage Cancer Trust

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