Andy Bell hadn’t made one of those in a decade and a half, electing instead to release some 17 singles between 2013 and 2023.

Amid so much uncertainty about what the future of TV holds, these series demonstrated the medium’s possibility.

Today in Music History for Nov. 29: In 1880, the 1,100-seat Grand Opera House opened in Hamilton, Ont. It gave the city a proper auditorium for theatrical and musical presentations, and attracted top ...