Music Reviews

Phantom’s Love Gets Messy in Sequel ‘Love Never Dies’: Review The Phantom of the Opera, last seen fleeing from the bowels of the Paris opera, has resurfaced as an impresario in Coney Island.

Sewage Workers, Red Flags Kick Off Paris ‘Ring’: Review A revolution-tinged “Das Rheingold” opened the first complete cycle of Wagner’s “Ring” to be staged at the Paris Opera since 1955.

Pink Floyd Suing Record Label EMI Group Over Online Royalties Pink Floyd, the band that recorded the best-selling album the Dark Side of the Moon, is suing record label EMI Group Ltd. in London over online royalty payments and the right to sell single tracks.

Gorillaz Makes 2010’s First Pop Classic; Hendrix Redux: Review “Plastic Beach” by Gorillaz, out today, is a musical mishmash. It’s also ambitious and brilliant: 2010’s best CD so far.

Lily Allen Bows Out, Dizzee Rascal Stuns, Crowd Fights: Review A fight broke out in the audience as a tired Lily Allen played what she said was one of her final concerts last night. Dizzee Rascal wowed the same crowd with a strong performance that left 23,000 people dancing.

Severed Nose Takes a Walk Through St. Petersburg, Met: Review A nose goes rogue, running off to experience life at its absurd best.

Joss Stone Vamps, Kahlo Meets Wrestlers: Great Brussels Weekend Shed your weekly woes with a soothing dose of minimalist culture at a Friday “vernissage,” or opening, in the Wiels arts center, Brussels.

Lily Raps With Dizzee, Dealers Outwitted: Great London Weekend Wrap up your week with a pair of New York art dealers who get tricked by a visiting conman.