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The Fall

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  ‘A living, breathing work of art’: Leigh Bowery by those who knew him best

  The performance artist shocked 1980s London with his surreal outfits, outlandish lifestyle and collaborations with Lucian Freud, dancer Michael Clark and others. As a major exhibition opens at Tate Modern, family and friends talk about Bowery’s larger-than-life legacy

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  From Bob Dylan to Stevie Wonder: the best late-era albums by musical greats

  When pop stars are deemed ‘past their peak’, it’s easy to dismiss their work. But do that and you might miss out on hidden treasure. Here our critics celebrate unexpected gems from the likes of Aretha Franklin and The Fall

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  ‘We can’t all retire because someone died’: the new bands honouring the spirit of old ones, from Talk Talk to Thin Lizzy

  Unlike tribute acts or bands still going with no original members, the likes of Held By Trees and House of All are leveraging time spent in their former groups to make music that looks forward as well as back

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  Brief letters

  Veganism through the looking-glass

  Brief letters:Lewis Carroll and oysters | Tupperware | Storm Boris | Onstage bust-ups | Keir Starmer’s glasses

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  Is it only rock’n’roll when pop stars turn up hours late for a gig?

  Letters:If a whole orchestra can start on time, why can’t Madonna, asksJane Gillon;Warren Brown andSteve Drayton recall other tardy artists

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  Uncharted territory: how the Fall’s fractious New Zealand tour nearly sank Flying Nun records

  When the Kiwi indie label got a chance to record a live album by the Manchester band, the tensions fraying the group almost destroyed the record company – as documented in a new book
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  On my radar

  On my radar: Brix Smith’s cultural highlights

  The ex-Fall guitarist on a compelling fashion rivalry, Björk’s latest masterpiece, and a surreal film moment she won’t forget
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  ‘It’s a homage to what Mark E Smith taught us’: ex-Fall members House of All deny exploiting band’s legacy

  Smith’s family have called the new band ‘extremely offensive’. Martin Bramah, a founding former member of the original Fall lineup, defends his new outfit

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  Rock snapper Kevin Cummins: ‘I still leave space for the NME logo in the corner’
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  Ranked

  The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!

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  Nigel Kennedy on his Classic FM fight: ‘Hendrix is like Beethoven, Vivaldi is more Des O’Connor’

  Fresh from a bust-up with ‘Jurassic FM’ over playing Hendrix, the violinist talks about musical snobbery, going on strike and his lifelong regret at turning Duke Ellington down

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  Satanic bikers, time portals and the Fall: the story of Mark E Smith’s secret screenplay

  While the Fall’s songs were suffused with hauntings and the occult, it is only now that Smith’s talent for strange fiction, in the form of an unmade film The Otherwise, has been revealed

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  Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer review – a dank detour

  The air of a memorial hangs over this exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking Scottish choreographer

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  'He came out of the womb dancing!' Stars relive their wild times with Michael Clark

  Baryshnikov couldn’t keep up, Sam Taylor-Johnson had a panic attack and Sarah Lucas built him the rudest stage set ever … as a new show celebrates the dance legend, stars pin down his punk genius
  

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  Other lives

  Kay Bateman obituary

  Other lives:First manager of the Manchester band the Fall who later became a nurse to people with HIV

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  Listener's digest

  The Fall: where to start in their back catalogue

  Our Listener’s Digest series continues, guiding you through the key moments in the 31-album discography of Mark E Smith’s post-punk band

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  The 50 best songs about Europe – ranked!

  Brexit is delayed – so voyager avec nous on a trans-European tour of music, from Paris to Berlin via Finistère. Tout le monde à bord!

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  The Fall on a wall: Mark E Smith mural painted on side of chip shop

  Singer-songwriter, who died in January, commemorated in his home town of Prestwich

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  From Do the Right Thing to Swimming Pool: culture's hottest heatwaves

  Tension simmers, passions rage and things are never the same again. We pick the books, film and music in which heatwaves inspire race riots, sexual abandon – and even a chainsaw massacre

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  Readers recommend

  Readers recommend playlist: songs about writing

  The Beatles, Father John Misty, Prince and 10,000 Maniacs among the artists exploring the writing process with music