Raye, Deftones and Yungblud do UK tours, Jill Scott returns for more neo-soul, and the classical world gears up to celebrate Hungarian composer György Kurtág at 100
Seventeen years on from the release of her debut single, Florence Welch finds herself in an intriguingly strong position: while most of her early 00s indie peers are forgotten or in reduced circumstances, she is a major influence on pop, from Ethel Cain to the Last Dinner Party to Chappell Roan. Her recent album Everybody Scream was a strong restatement of her theatrical approach – with more light and shade than you might expect – but it’s on stage that she really comes into her own.
UK tour begins 6 February at the SSE Arena, Belfast
Deftones’ reputational shift from nu-metal upstarts to avant rock heroes – their fandom swelled by a huge gen Z influx – is fully deserved: they were always more expansive and musically restless than their rap-rock contemporaries, their subsequent development underscored by the fact that their one-time DJ Frank Delgado is now a sort of Brian Eno figure, manipulating the sounds of other members instruments and creating electronic textures. They also still rock, in time-honoured angst-ridden style.
