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Madonna (Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona) chooses not to ape Hung Up, the all-conquering, chart-topping, ABBA-sampling banger that launched album Confessions On A Dancefloor 21 years ago.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
Goodrem had 5 UK top 10 singles, a number 2 album with Innocent Eyes in 2003 and at the time of writing – 22 song reveals – her Eclipse is our favourite Eurovision entry.
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Now this is how you make a splash when releasing your first new music for 22 years.
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Talk To Me is the 2nd single from Robyn’s new album Sexistential which cements a sound reminiscent of 2010’s Body Talk trilogy during which she won most acclaim.
Estonia’s all-female rock band Vanilla Ninja next year attempt to return to the Eurovision Song Contest for the 1st time in 21 years with this anthemic delight.
WORTH A LOOK? ****
Robyn’s 1st new music for 7 years breaks no new ground but serves instead as a reminder of why we fell in love with her brand of electronica served with her trademark glacial vocals.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Florence And The Machine’s 6th studio album Everybody Scream is released on Halloween (31 October 2025) almost 14 years to the day after their 2nd, Ceremonials.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Meteorological summer may be over but Larsson’s 5th album, of which this is the title track, aims to encapsulate a Swedish summer where the sun never goes down.
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Frontman Brett Anderson explains the idea for the song came from an exhilarating show in Spain where there was a great connection with the audience despite the personal low the singer was experiencing away from the gig.
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Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, and Siobhán Donaghy were the original Sugababes and it feels only right that more than a quarter of a century after 1st forming they should be back together under that name and releasing some of their strongest ever material.
