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  1. Critic’s Pick

    The Rolling Stones Really Might Never Stop

    During a 19-song set at MetLife Stadium that spanned 60 years, the band tapped into what seems like a bottomless well of rock ’n’ roll energy.

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    Mick Jagger in a rare stationary moment. The Rolling Stones singer is flanked by Ronnie Wood (left) and Keith Richards, with the drummer Steve Jordan.
    Mick Jagger in a rare stationary moment. The Rolling Stones singer is flanked by Ronnie Wood (left) and Keith Richards, with the drummer Steve Jordan.
    CreditThea Traff for The New York Times
    1. Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift Race for No. 1

      The two pop music titans, locked in a close contest for the top of next week’s album chart, are stoking fans’ competitive spirit with a variety of digital tactics.

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      “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” the new album from Billie Eilish, left, is competing with Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” for No. 1 on next week’s Billboard 200 chart.
      “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” the new album from Billie Eilish, left, is competing with Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” for No. 1 on next week’s Billboard 200 chart.
      CreditMarcelo Hernandez/Getty Images; Kevin Mazur/TAS24, via Getty Images
    2. Tems, R&B’s Golden Child, Dials In

      The Nigerian singer won a Grammy and worked for Beyoncé, Drake and Rihanna before making her first album. Now it’s time to be her own boss.

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      Tems has built her global profile for several years, and her first album, “Born in the Wild,” is due in June.
      Tems has built her global profile for several years, and her first album, “Born in the Wild,” is due in June.
      CreditErik Carter for The New York Times

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  1. She Landed One of Music’s Great Gigs, but First Came Boot Camp

    Premier military bands offer rare stability for classical musicians, who consider them a strong alternative to traditional orchestras. But signing up means shipping out.

     By Sarah Diamond and

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  2. DanceAfrica Brings Cameroon to Brooklyn

    DanceAfrica Festival 2024, the nation’s largest festival of African dance, is what some consider Brooklyn’s unofficial start to summer.

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  3. He Made the Met Opera’s Chorus the Best in the World

    Donald Palumbo, a mild-mannered but relentless perfectionist, is stepping down after 17 years as the company’s chorus master.

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    Palumbo “devotes every ounce of his energy to his work,” Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said. “There are no half measures when it comes to Donald.”
    CreditElliott Jerome Brown Jr. for The New York Times
  4. Singing the Praises of Collectible Watches

    The tenor Freddie De Tommaso fell in love with opera and timepieces as a young boy. Now he shops for high-end examples in the cities where he performs.

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    Freddie De Tommaso at home in Tunbridge Wells in southern England in March.
    CreditJane Stockdale for The New York Times
  5. Review: The Tragic Story of ‘An American Soldier’ Comes Home

    An opera about Danny Chen, an Army private who died by suicide after experiencing racist hazing while serving, was performed in New York, his hometown.

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    Brian Vu, center, and Alex DeSocio, right, in “An American Soldier” at the Perelman Performing Arts Center.
    CreditMarc J Franklin
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  5. The Grief Project

    10 Artists on Working, Living and Creating Through Loss

    Jesmyn Ward, Bridget Everett, Sigrid Nunez and seven other writers, actors, musicians and filmmakers talk to us about grief — how they’ve experienced it and how it has changed them.

    By Dina Gachman and Daniel Arnold

     
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