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‘Madeline’ from new Lily Allen album comes forward after affair with David Harbour

A woman has come forward claiming to have had an affair with David Harbour during his marriage to Lily Allen. READ MORE: Lily Allen – ‘West End Girl’ review: a vicious, vulnerable and victorious comeback The singer-songwriter’s new album ‘West End Girl’ arrived on Friday (October 24) via BMG and marked her first LP in seven years – following on from 2018’s ‘No Shame’. Advertisement News of Allen’s separation from Harbour arose towards the start of the year, amid rumours that there was cheating on the Stranger Things star’s part. Earlier this year, Allen revealed that she went into a treatment centre to deal with the “emotional turmoil” of the split. Allen’s split from Harbour has proved a huge source of inspiration for her new record with one track, entitled ‘Madeline’, seeing the pop star singing about confronting Harbour’s other woman over text, asking: “How long has it been going on? Is it just sex or is there emotion?” [embedded content] Now, according to The Mail On Sunday, a woman named Natalie Tippett claims she and Harbour had a relationship. When asked about the track ‘Madeline’, she told the publication: “Of course I’ve heard the song. But I have a family… Read More →

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Thom Yorke on Radiohead not playing live for seven years: “I guess the wheels came off a bit, so we had to stop”

Radiohead have revealed they have not played live for seven years because “the wheels came off a bit” in 2018, meaning they “had to stop”. At the start of September, the band announced their return to the stage, confirming they will play four nights each in Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin between November 4 and December 12, with tickets for all shows selling out very quickly. Advertisement They will be the first Radiohead shows since the end of their ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ world tour in 2018, with the 77th and final show having gone down in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center in August of that year. The band have also not released any new music since the album of the same name, released in 2016. In a new interview with The Times, they have shed light on why it has taken so long for the band to play together again. “I guess the wheels came off a bit, so we had to stop,” Thom Yorke explained. “There were a lot of elements. The shows felt great but it was, like, let’s halt now before we walk off this cliff.” [embedded content] Yorke went on to share that part of… Read More →

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Watch Sabrina Carpenter “arrest” Gigi Hadid and play ‘House Tour’ for the first time in Pittsburgh

Sabrina Carpenter “arrested” Gigi Hadid and gave a live debut to ‘House Tour’ at the opening show of the new leg of her tour this week – watch below. The singer is back on the road with the latest leg of her ‘Short n’ Sweet Tour’ in the US and on Thursday (October 23), she played the first of the new dates at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena. Advertisement As with previous tours, the new shows include a ‘Don’t Touch That Dial!’ segment in which Carpenter chooses a member of the audience to jokingly “arrest” with fluffy pink handcuffs, with previous culprits including Emma Bunton and Millie Bobby Brown, and on this occasion, it was fashion superstar Hadid. In addition, Carpenter played ‘House Tour’, the penultimate track on her new album ‘Man’s Best Friend’, for the first time ever. Watch footage of both moments here: [embedded content] [embedded content] Sabrina Carpenter played: Recommended ‘Taste’ ‘Good Graces’ ‘Manchild’ ‘Slim Pickins’ ‘Tornado Warnings’ ‘Lie To Girls’ ‘Decode’ ‘Bed Chem’ ‘Feather’ ‘Fast Times’ ‘Busy Woman’ ‘Sharpest Tool’ ‘Opposite’ ‘Because I Liked A Boy’ ‘Coincidence’ ‘Nobody’s Son’ ‘House Tour’ ‘Nonsense’ ‘Dumb & Poetic’ ‘Juno’ ‘Please Please Please’ ‘Tears’ ‘Don’t Smile’ ‘Espresso’ Carpenter has been busy lately, playing at Austin City Limits, where she was joined by Shania Twain for ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’, and she also hosted… Read More →

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My Bloody Valentine announce support acts for 2025 UK and Ireland tour

My Bloody Valentine have announced the support acts for their upcoming dates in the UK and Ireland. In March, the band confirmed that they would be playing their first UK headline tour in over 10 years, with huge dates at Dublin’s 3Arena (their first non-festival show in their home country since 1992), Manchester’s Aviva Studios, London’s Wembley Arena and Glasgow’s OVO Hydro in November. Advertisement Now, they have revealed that they will be joined by J Mascis for the London and Glasgow shows on November 25 and 27 respectively, while Maria Somerville will open for them in Dublin and Manchester on November 22 and 24. Tickets have been on sale since the shows were announced in March and you can find any remaining tickets here. Mascis is the singer and guitarist with Dinosaur Jr. and has been an acquaintance of My Bloody Valentine for a long time. The two bands played together on the 1992 Rollercoaster Tour, an offshoot of the Lollapalooza Festival. Recommended In 2023, MBV’s Kevin Shields joined Dinosaur Jr. on stage in London’s The Garage, playing songs from each other’s back catalogues, as well as The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’. Somerville, meanwhile, is an Irish shoegaze and… Read More →

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Spotify increases UK premium subscription prices

Spotify have announced that the price for UK premium subscribers is set to increase next month. As reported by Sky News today (October 24), the streamer has started emailing users to inform them that an individual premium subscription will rise from £11.99 to £12.99 per month from November. Advertisement The company has said that the price hike is “so that we can invest in our product, develop new features and continue to bring you the best experience”. The student discount will be unchanged, with subscriptions remaining at £5.99, while premium subscribers will be able to cancel at any time. The streamer told Sky News: “As we continue innovating and enhancing the value we deliver, we periodically update our pricing to reflect local market conditions and economic factors, ensuring our service remains unparalleled.” 8.3% hike from @Spotify. Remind again what inflation rates have been for the last 2 years? #RipOffBritain pic.twitter.com/Pxs4NflBBF — Dan (@biscuitmanDan) October 24, 2025 This is the third £1 increase in Spotify subscription prices for UK users in three years. It remains the biggest music streaming service in the country, with over 15 million subscribers. Recommended Spotify has also come under attack in recent months from some artists,… Read More →

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Introducing The Ultimate Music Guide…Pavement!

Unharness your hopes! As you’ll read in his excellent afterword to this new magazine, Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich has an extremely solid take on the fortunes of the band in which he has played percussion for the last 30 years. Advertisement Things, he notes, have changed. Where once Pavement were part of a US guitar music underground – all 7” singles in limited numbers, fanzine interviews, a shared headline with Polvo – that scene has changed. Whereas this music had the quality of a secret handshake, now Bob notes, it’s become a family affair – as mums and dads have helped their now teenage children see the crooked Pavement light. Then of course, there’s “Harness Your Hopes”. It’s true, not all of us would pick it over “My First Mine” in a battle of Pavement deep cuts, but this algorithmic quirk and its many TikTok transformations has also helped turned the band from a historic, 1000-pressing limited edition concern into thriving and much-expanded contemporary cultural phenomenon. Most recently that has manifested itself in the most Pavement reunion tour (leading merch item: “Dad hat”, £23 (sold out)), which began in 2022 and has a date next week at the Hipnosis festival in… Read More →

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Oasis will play Knebworth next summer, says British peer, before backtracking on claims

A British peer has seemingly accidentally revealed that Oasis will play Knebworth next summer, before backtracking on the claims. READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff review: a supersonic reunion for a new generation The peer, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, stood up in the House of Lords’ upper house yesterday (October 22) and claimed that Oasis were playing five, back-to-back anniversary gigs at Knebworth House next year. Advertisement In 2026, it will be 30 years since Oasis first played their legendary Knebworth gigs in Hertfordshire which sold out in under 24 hours. Lady Taylor spoke to the House of Lords, claiming: “Next July, I have the benefit of five days of Oasis concerts in the fantastic venue of Knebworth House, which is just about a mile from my house,” (via The Guardian). She added: “I can hear and enjoy [the gigs] from my house, and they represent the important cultural role of music venues and…make an enormous contribution to our economy.” You can read the full transcript of her address here. The Guardian later reached out to Lady Taylor, who then seemingly backtracked on the claim. She told the outlet: “I was speaking hypothetically following speculation that they would play Knebworth again as they… Read More →

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Sports Team share wistful single ‘Medium Machine’ and announce deluxe edition of ‘Boys These Days’

Sports Team have shared new single ‘Medium Machine’ from a forthcoming deluxe edition of ‘Boys These Days’. Listen below. The wistful, country-tinged track is one of seven new songs that will appear on the forthcoming expanded record, which is due for release on November 5 via Distiller/Bright Antenna (pre-order/pre-save here). Advertisement “I read somewhere that [Stephen] Malkmus started Pavement trying to sound like The Fall. To me, ‘Medium Machine’ is what it would have sounded like if he’d wanted to be Men At Work,” explained lyricist and guitarist Rob Knaggs. Also featuring elements of slacker rock from the ’90s, ‘Medium Machine’ includes the lines: “But I don’t care if you love me/ I don’t care if you tell me you love me/ I don’t care if you want me to love you.” We then hear a distorted solo over a swirling instrumental that takes us to the single’s outro. The song is accompanied by a Kris Rimmer-directed music video. It depicts the band members performing as teenagers in their bedrooms, while dipping into some dreamlike scenes. Watch here: [embedded content] Speaking about the seven new tracks on the deluxe album, including upcoming single ‘Pet Sounds’, Knaggs continued: “These songs were… Read More →

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Marc Almond pays tribute to his Soft Cell bandmate Dave Ball, who has died aged 66

Dave Ball, one half of pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age 66. He passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Wednesday (October 22). Advertisement Ball’s combined love of electronica and Northern Soul fed into his creative relationship with Marc Almond, a fellow art student at Leeds Polytechnic, when they began performing as Soft Cell in the late 1970s. As their million-selling cover of Gloria Jones’ “Tainted Love” topped the UK charts in 1981, the duo seemed to complement one another perfectly: Ball the taciturn background presence, Almond the showy, kohl-eyed frontman. Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, the first of five studio albums together, set a blueprint for ’80s synth-pop that was soon followed by Yazoo, Eurythmics, Pet Shop Boys and Erasure. When Soft Cell first split in 1984, Ball passed through a couple of short-lived bands before collaborating with Psychic TV, where he met Richard Norris. The pair formed electro-house act The Grid, issuing a series of albums and scoring a major hit with 1994’s delirious “Swamp Thing”. Ball’s other work as producer and remixer involved projects for The Virgin Prunes, Kylie Minogue and David Bowie. Most recently he’d completed work on a new… Read More →

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Soft Cell: “I suppose you could say it was a strange career path. But there were some amusing moments…”

The Art Of Falling Apart The Soft Cell story is one of wild, hedonistic success. Here, Marc Almond and Dave Ball confess all – about controversial performance art, New York’s depraved club scene, the perils of having hit records and their own eventual downfall. One bystander claims: “It was sex, drugs and electronic rock’n’roll!” Originally published in Uncut 257 (October 2018). Advertisement “There was always a darkness around Soft Cell,” says Marc Almond, warming to the story of his band’s relentlessly perverse progress through the 1980s. “And that fuelled Dave’s darkness, and it fuelled my darknesses… Our whole career, really, the whole Soft Cell story, was just a miasma of darkness!” But not today. It’s been quite a year for the man christened Peter Mark Sinclair Almond in Southport, 1957, and on this sunny midsummer morning in Mayfair he’s positively beaming. First, he was made one of the great unlikely OBEs of modern times in the New Year’s honours. Then, one of the badgers on Springwatch was named after him (“Of course, that’s the thing I’m proudest of,” he smiles), confirming his status as national treasure. And now, 40 years after he first met Dave Ball at Leeds Poly, Soft… Read More →

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Making Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere – “Let’s not shy away from the truth”

Read our review of Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Director Scott Cooper talks to Uncut about the “the trauma and ghosts” haunting his biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Advertisement “It was about honouring that particular moment” UNCUT: What was the genesis of this project?SCOTT COOPER: I was introduced to Warren Zane’s book Deliver Me From Nowhere. It struck me as deeply intimate and honest, and highlighted Bruce’s internal struggles in ways that I could relate to. It stood out to me as incredibly cinematic, though I knew it would be challenging, but I felt like I had to adapt it. Bruce Springsteen had said no to every overture since 1986 to make a film of his life. I flew to New Jersey, Warren and I met Bruce and Jon [Landau] one afternoon, and spent the whole day with them. And I left New Jersey with their blessing to tell this story. You show flashbacks to Bruce’s childhood in ‘57, and then him hunkering down writing Nebraska in Colts Neck, New Jersey. Do those two periods encapsulate the heart of him?I think so, yes. I told Bruce I saw it as something quiet and interior, about this very specific and… Read More →

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Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 reviewed: documenting the dawn of a legend

Photo: Sandy Speiser/Sony Music Archives The young Dylan, hollering his head off The first time we hear Bob Dylan on this fabulous 8CD, 168-track boxset, it’s Christmas Eve 1956. Dylan’s high school trio, The Jokers – Bob Zimmerman (vocals and piano), Larry Keegan and Howard Rutman (vocals) – are whomping through Shirley And Lee’s “Let The Good Times Roll” in a version recorded on a 78rpm acetate at the Terlinde Music Store in St Paul, a bus ride from the 15-year-old Dylan’s home in Hibbing, Minnesota. It’s barely a minute long, not much more than a gloriously raucous din, but there distinctly is the young Bob, hollering his head off. The last time we hear him, it’s October 1963, at the end of his first headlining show at a sold-out Carnegie Hall, Dylan in full command of 3,000 hip New Yorkers who’ve just been profoundly wowed by a set full of era-defining songs, all of them written in the two and a bit years since Dylan blew into Greenwich Village from Minneapolis in January 1961. Advertisement Dylan’s remarkable transformation from cocky young Woody Guthrie disciple into a seemingly unstoppable songwriting force, moving at speed without caution or brakes, is the… Read More →

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Madison Beer announces new album ‘Locket’ and shares video for ‘Bittersweet’ starring ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’s Sean Kaufman

Madison Beer has announced her new album ‘Locket’ and released a video for ‘Bittersweet’, which stars The Summer I Turned Pretty‘s Sean Kaufman. READ MORE: Madison Beer: “I can’t spend forever trying to beg people who refuse to give me a shot” Announcing the news on her social media, the singer posted the album’s cover art, telling fans that it is due to come out on January 16, 2026, and sharing that she’s never been “so proud” or “excited” about a project in her career. Advertisement The new album also features production contributions from her longtime collaborators One Love, LOSTBOY, and Leroy Clampitt. “After writing the album it feels like each song lives within this metaphorical locket for safekeeping,” said Beer. “Each album feels like an era and once the albums are out in the world the chapter for me, usually with what I wrote about, is closed.” Recommended This comes after she released her track ‘Bittersweet’ earlier this month. In a new music video Beer explores the themes of love and heartbreak and depicts a breakup with her on-screen partner, who is played by Sean Kaufman of The Summer I Turned Pretty. [embedded content] Earlier this month, Beer performed ‘Bittersweet’… Read More →

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Bon Jovi announce 2026 UK/Ireland stadium shows and New York residency

Bon Jovi have announced a run of UK and Ireland stadium shows and a New York residency for the summer of 2026. The Rock & Roll Hall Of Famers will be hitting the road in July, playing four nights at the iconic Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, before heading across the pond for a trio of major shows in the UK and Ireland. Advertisement They will play at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on August 28, followed by Croke Park on Dublin on August 30 and finally a giant show at London’s Wembley Stadium on September 4. Fans can access pre-sale codes here from 9am local time on Monday (October 27), while the general sale begins at the same time on October 31 – you will be able to find your UK/Ireland tickets here and US tickets here. Speaking about the tour, Jon Bon Jovi has said: “There is a lot of joy in this announcement – joy that we can share these nights together with our amazing fans and joy that the band can be together.” “I am lucky enough to be able to hold a light out to the audience each night and stand in their reflection for a tremendous… Read More →

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Roger Eno – “I thrive on atmosphere”

EMMYLOU HARRIS“Wrecking Ball” (from Wrecking Ball)ELEKTRA, 1995All my choices are about atmospheres. That’s what I thrive on. If something gives me a feeling, it doesn’t have to be a narrative, it just has to be something that presses the atmosphere button. When Danny (Lanois) produces, he puts this whole hinterland into a song. The first few times you hear it, you’re listening to Emmylou’s voice, which isn’t exactly shoddy, but subsequently what you hear is this beautiful tonal landscape supporting it. He gives you somewhere else to live for a few minutes. When Cecilie (Eno, Roger’s daughter) and I were touring The skies, they shift like chords, I gave Danny a ring and he played with us in Los Angeles, where he lives. He’s a genius lap steel player. JOAN BLONDELL & ETTA MOTENRemember My Forgotten Man (from Gold Diggers Of 1933 OST)DIR. MERVYN LEROY, 1933This film is an amazing piece of work with some really good songs, but right at the end, out of the blue, it hits you with this. It’s 1933, so it’s the Depression, and there are all these veterans that were, I wouldn’t say willing to die for their country, but expected to, and now… Read More →

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Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows defends recording video message for freed Israeli hostages: “It’s not political – it’s human”

Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows has defended the video message he recorded for two Israeli hostages after their release. Read More: Avenged Sevenfold on dividing fans: “Being willing to risk everything is the most liberating thing” The singer recorded a message for Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal, with the latter being a diehard fan of the band and saying that their music helped him get through his time in captivity. Advertisement In the message, he said that was “so excited to hear you are home,” adding: “The things you guys have been through are unspeakable, terrible.” Gilboa-Dalal said: “Yesterday we listened to their songs. It was overwhelming. It was so much better than imagining it for two years. It felt like my soul had left my body. I’m not even joking. I can’t believe he made this video.” We’re so deeply grateful for you, @shadows_eth. Your incredible support over these past two years has meant the world to us. pic.twitter.com/coHz3c4hIc — A7X Israel 🇮🇱 (@A7Xisrael) October 15, 2025 He and David are two of the remaining living hostages released by Hamas earlier this month after spending over two years in captivity in Gaza, while Israel has freed almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners… Read More →

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Millie Jackson: “I’m doing it for you!”

[embedded content] How did you get started in music?There was a club in Harlem that everybody used to hang out in. Somebody dared me to go on stage and sing. Somebody saw me, liked me, and I ended up with a contract. I didn’t quit my day gig until my second album. I sang on the weekend and worked at Schraftt’s, the candy people. I was the first black waitress at 61 Fifth Avenue. You kept working, even though you had a record contract?Yeah, cos I knew it wasn’t going to last. I ain’t had no training or nothing. I just got this accidental record deal, so I’m gonna keep working. I had my first gold record before I quit my day gig. That was many a moon ago. Now, I’m always listening to country music. There was this song called “Buy Dirt” [by Jordan Davis]. Every time I got a cheque I bought dirt. I don’t have to sing. I got dirt. And guess what? When I bought my first dirt, it was 29 acres, and I said to myself, it’s supposed to be 40 acres and a mule. I kept adding to my dirt. Advertisement Did you ever… Read More →

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Gibson celebrates 40 years of ‘Back To The Future’ with special ES-345 guitar collection: “I guess you guys are ready for this, and your kids are gonna love it”

To mark the 40th anniversary of Back To The Future, Gibson has launched an exclusive ES-345 guitar collection. READ MORE: 24 facts about Back To The Future that might surprise you Michael J. Fox, as the movie’s protagonist Marty McFly, plays an ES-345 Cherry Red guitar in one of its most iconic scenes. Advertisement So, to honour October 21 – recognised as Back To The Future Day because of its importance in the film’s sequel – Gibson has launched a range of special guitars, apparel and accessories. The Back To The Future 1955 ES-345 Collector’s Edition from Gibson Custom in Cherry Red is limited to just 88 guitars globally – a nod to the DeLorean time machine in the film needing to accelerate to 88 miles per hour – and has exclusive design details. It costs $19,999 (almost £15,000). The ‘Back To The Future 1955 ES-345 Collector’s Edition’ from Gibson Custom in Cherry Red. CREDIT: Gibson CREDIT: Gibson The Epiphone Back To The Future ES-345, meanwhile, is limited to 1,985 guitars to celebrate the year the movie came out. It costs $999 (almost £750). Recommended Epiphone ‘Back To The Future’ ES-345. CREDIT: Gibson CREDIT: Gibson Among the other items are t-shirts,… Read More →

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Watch Axl Rose throw mic at and kick new Guns N’ Roses drummer’s kit before storming off stage in Argentina

Axl Rose has kicked and thrown his mic at new Guns N’ Roses drummer Isaac Carpenter’s kit and stormed off stage at a show in Argentina. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses live at Glastonbury: a solid performance… to the wrong crowd The band are in the middle of a South American tour and on Saturday (October 18), they played the second of two shows at Estadio Huracan in Buenos Aires. During the show’s opening number ‘Welcome To The Jungle’, the frontman appeared to lose his temper and take it out on the drumkit. Advertisement After finishing the song’s chorus, he threw his microphone at the kit, tore off his leather jacket and stormed off stage. Elsewhere in the show, he walked up the drum riser and directly kicked the bass drum. “So, I’ll just try and wing this,” he told the crowd in one clip that has surfaced online. It is unclear if he was angry at his bandmates or the sound on stage. Watch footage here: [embedded content] [embedded content] In March, the band’s long-term drummer Frank Ferrer, who had been with them since 2006, left the band in what was initially described as an “amicable exit”, although he later… Read More →

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Oasis’ replacement for Bonehead on reunion tour reportedly revealed

Oasis’ replacement for Bonehead for their upcoming shows in Asia and Australia will reportedly be Mike Moore from Liam Gallagher‘s solo band. Earlier this month, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs announced that he would be taking a planned break from the Oasis Live ‘25 reunion tour to continue with “the next phase of care” of his prostate cancer treatment. Advertisement With their show in Goyang, South Korea taking place tomorrow (October 21), it appears that Bonehead’s replacement will be Mike Moore, who has previously played with Liam Gallagher’s solo band and has been an ever-present on the singer’s three solo albums since 2017. As reported by The Mirror, sources close to the band have confirmed that Moore will play the Asian and Australian shows, and was spotted at Seoul airport this weekend. pic.twitter.com/SZJsI6eOlX — Paul Arthurs. (@BoneheadsPage) October 3, 2025 When Bonehead made his announcement at the start of the month, he said: “I’m really sad to be missing these shows but l’m feeling good and will be back ready to go in time for South America. Have an amazing time if you’re going this month and I’ll see you back onstage with the band in November.” He revealed that he was… Read More →

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Watch Waxahatchee join Rilo Kiley for ‘With Arms Outstretched’ at final reunion tour show

Rilo Kiley brought out Waxahatchee to round out their reunion tour with a version of ‘With Arms Outstretched’ – check it out below. Jenny Lewis and co. have been playing the ‘Sometimes When You’re On, You’re Really Fucking On Tour’ in the US this year, their first extended run of shows since 2008, although they did play a one-off gig for a livestream benefit in 2021. Advertisement The final date in the run came on Saturday night (October 18) at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, and Waxahatchee – aka Katie Crutchfield – served as the opening act, having been a self-confessed superfan of the group. Together, they sang ‘With Arms Outstretched’, a fan favourite track from Rilo Kiley’s second album ‘The Execution Of All Things’, released in 2002. Watch footage of the collaboration here: [embedded content] Rilo Kiley played: Recommended ‘The Execution Of All Things’‘Spectacular Views’‘Paint’s Peeling’‘The Moneymaker’‘Dreamworld’‘I Never’‘Glendora’‘Close Call’‘It’s A Hit’‘Does He Love You?’‘Ripchord’‘The Good That Won’t Come Out’‘Silver Lining’‘With Arms Outstretched’ (with Waxahatchee)‘A Better Son/Daughter’‘Portions For Foxes’‘Let Me Back In’‘Breakin’ Up’‘Pictures Of Success’ [embedded content] Jenny Lewis told NME in 2019 that she was open to getting the band back together, and then in 2023, the singer spoke to NME again about the prospect… Read More →