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Lizzo’s world tour reaches the UK in March. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty

It will be a colossal year for tours by music’s most formidable women. Rapper and
flautist Lizzo’s world tour will reach the UK on 8 March at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro and
will wrap up at London’s O2 Arena on 16 March. She’ll be joined by Feet Don’t Fail Me
Now singer-songwriter Joy Crookes during her UK dates.

Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour has been the centre of debate in the US after ticket sales
were suspended due to high demand. International dates are yet to be released, but the
concert will cover her entire career. Swift has released four albums since her 2017
Reputation tour, including 2022’s Midnights, which claimed all top 10 spots on the
Billboard Hot 100 in September.
Beyoncé is set to tour her critically acclaimed escapist house and disco party
album Renaissance next summer. Given that it’s been five years since her
famous “Beychella” performance, the Renaissance Tour will probably be another
blockbuster event. Kadish Morris

Film
The Fabelmans

Gabriel LaBelle in a scene from The Fabelmans, Steven Spieberg’s forthcoming
autobiographical drama. Photograph: Merie Weismiller Wallace/AP

It’s certainly Steven Spielberg’s most personal film to date. And arguably it’s one of his
very best. The Fabelmans (released 27 January) is based closely on Spielberg’s childhood
as a film-obsessed youngster growing up in post-second world war Arizona. Sammy
Fabelman – Spielberg’s alter ego in this drama, which spans a decade and a half – falls
hard for cinema after his parents take him to see The Greatest Show on Earth. It’s not,
they realise too late, an age-appropriate introduction to movies. But the fact that it’s a
slightly traumatic experience only makes the illicit thrill of cinema more exciting for
Sammy, who is soon staging his own disaster flicks using a Super 8 camera and his toy
train set.
Cinema, for Sammy, is a means of finding a voice. It’s also the way that he discovers and
processes a family secret that will lead to the breakdown of his parents’ marriage. But
despite the backdrop of domestic trauma, Spielberg fills the picture with tenderness
and warmth. Wendy Ide