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Uncut September 2025

CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR EVERY PRINT EDITION OF THIS ISSUE OF UNCUT COMES WITH A FREE COPY OF MOVIN ON – A 10-TRACK CD OF PAUL WELLER RARITIES AND DEEP CUTS! Advertisement PAUL WELLER: The Modfather returns with covers album Find El Dorado, the making of which turned into a revelatory experience for Weller. Over multiple meetings, he takes Uncut through his present, future and past: from a pivotal viewing of That’ll Be The Day, the early days of The Jam and sharing the tour van with a lion, right up to King Charles’ coronation – and why he shook up his sound with 2008’s 22 Dreams onwards. “Music? What can I tell you? It’s how I work and it’s how I relax.” PAUL WELLER CD: Free with this issue is Movin On, an album of Paul Weller rarities and deep cuts, spanning the lush orchestral folk of the title track to the epic krautrock fury of “I Work In The Clouds”, via dub, cosmic sea shanties and more. BRIAN WILSON: Collaborators and friends Al Jardine, Van Dyke Parks, Sean O’Hagan and Darian Sahanaja remember the late Beach Boys genius –… Read More →

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Bruno Mars jokes that he’s nearly debt-free after performing ‘APT.’ with BLACKPINK’s Rosé

Bruno Mars has seemingly poked fun at rumours that he’s heavily in debt – see what he had to say below. READ MORE: Rosé and Bruno Mars’ ‘APT.’ is an addictively flirty and fun intro to the BLACKPINK star’s solo era On Sunday (July 13), BLACKPINK performed their second show at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. To celebrate the occasion, Rosé brought out Bruno Mars to perform their hit collaboration ‘APT.’ to close out her short solo set mid-show – you can watch footage of the performance here. Advertisement Following the performance, Mars uploaded a clip of the performance onto Instagram, which he captioned: “Almost out of debt BehhhhhBehhhhh!!! Preciate You ROSAAAAYYYYYY!!!!” The caption seemingly relates to rumours that surfaced in 2024 that the singer was $50million in debt with the MGM Grand due to gambling. The MGM Grand later denied these claims. Amid his ninth year performing a residency there, a “well-placed Vegas insider” reported that Mars “owed millions” to them from gambling. They went on to claim that Mars apparently made $90million from the deal with the casino, but after paying off his debts and taxes, takes home $1.5million per night. In their dismissal of the speculation, a spokesperson for MGM… Read More →

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Eminem meets real-life ‘Stans’ in first trailer for new documentary film – watch

A new trailer for Eminem’s upcoming documentary film has been shared, with the rapper set to meet with his real-life ‘Stans’. Check it out below. News of the upcoming project was first shared back in February, when it was confirmed that the iconic rapper would be co-producing a documentary called Stans, which was based on some of his most devoted fans. Advertisement The title references the term he coined with his 2000 song of the same name. In the song, which featured Dido, Eminem raps from the point of view of a delusional fan who thinks he shares a parasocial relationship with the rapper. Now, the first trailer has dropped for the film, and it is set to be shown in select theatres for one weekend only, beginning on August 7. In the clip, the trailer opens with the official definition of “Stan”, which was added to the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster in 2019, and is a noun used to describe “an overzealous or obsessive fan, esp. of a particular celebrity”. From there, it shows archive footage of the rapper over the years, performing to massive crowds, and over the top of the footage, fans can be heard posing… Read More →

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Hear four songs from Jeff Tweedy’s new triple album, Twilight Override

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has announced that his new (triple) solo album Twilight Override will be released by dBpm Records on September 25. Advertisement Hear four songs from it – “One Tiny Flower”, “Out In The Dark”, “Stray Cats In Spain” and “Enough” – below: [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] Twilight Override was recorded and self-produced by Tweedy at his Chicago studio, The Loft, with musicians including James Elkington, Sima Cunningham, Macie Stewart, Liam Kazar, and Tweedy’s children Spencer and Sammy. “When you choose to do creative things, you align yourself with something that other people call God,” writes Tweedy. “And when you align yourself with creation, you inherently take a side against destruction. You’re on the side of creation. And that does a lot to quell the impulse to destroy. Creativity eats darkness. Advertisement “Sort of an endless buffet these days – a bottomless basket of rock bottom. Which is, I guess, why I’ve been making so much stuff lately. That sense of decline is hard to ignore, and it must be at least a part of the shroud I’m trying to unwrap. The twilight of an empire seems like a good enough jumping-off point when one is… Read More →

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Pie chart of gold! Neil Young’s European tour in stats

Now that the European leg of Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts’ Love Earth 2025 tour has come to a triumphant close, we’ve compiled a cornucopia of facts and figures about this historic jaunt. Advertisement This was Young’s 16th major European tour (of ten dates or more) and the final night in Paris marked his 322nd European show out of a lifetime total of 2634 gigs since the beginning of Buffalo Springfield. Number of shows on this tour: 13Number of countries visited: 10Longest show: 125 minutes (The Lake Stage, Montreux, Switzerland; BST Hyde Park, London)Largest (non-festival) attendance: 22,000 (Waldbühne, Berlin) Confoundingly, Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts didn’t play any songs from their only album together, 2025’s Talkin To The Trees. So which albums did they draw on most for the Love Earth 2025 European tour set lists? Advertisement Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)3: Cinnamon Girl, Down By The River, Cowgirl In The SandAfter The Gold Rush (1970)3: When You Dance, Southern Man, After The Gold RushHarvest (1972)3: The Needle & The Damage Done, Heart of Gold, Old ManRagged Glory (1990)3: Fuckin’ Up, Love & Only Love, Love To BurnZuma (1975)2: Cortez the Killer, Don’t Cry No TearsGreendale (2003)2:… Read More →

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Queens Of The Stone Age bring The Catacombs Tour to Europe

Earlier this year in Uncut, Joshua Homme exclusively recounted his “near-life experience” while recording the revelatory stripped-down Queens Of The Stone Age concert film, Alive In The Catacombs. Now, the band have announced the accompanying European tour, featuring “unique and intimate performances unlike any previous QOTSA tour”. See the full list of dates below: 18/10/25 – Milan, IT – Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber23/10/25 – Berlin, DE – Theater des Westens24/10/25 – Copenhagen, DK – DR Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen26/10/25 – Amsterdam, NL – Royal Theater Carré27/10/25 – Antwerp, BE – Queen Elisabeth Hall29/10/25 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall Tickets for The Catacombs Tour go on sale at 10am local time on Friday (July 18) from here. Appropriate dress is encouraged!

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Watch Bruno Mars make a surprise appearance for ‘APT.’ at BLACKPINK show in Los Angeles

Bruno Mars made a surprise appearance at BLACKPINK‘s recent Los Angeles concert to perform ‘APT.’ – watch fan-shot footage of the moment below. On Sunday (July 13), BLACKPINK performed their second show at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. To celebrate the occasion, Rosé brought out Bruno Mars to perform their hit collaboration ‘APT.’ to close out her short solo set mid-show. Rosé kicked off the song solo, performing the first verse and chorus on her own, before Mars was lifted onstage via a riser for his verse. The pair then shared a quick hug as confetti went off, and they ran across the stage while performing. Watch the moment below. ‘APT.’ was named one of NME’s best 50 songs of 2024 and one of NME’s best 25 K-pop songs of the year. The song also scored a glowing five-star review, with NME’s Rhian Daly writing: “Truthfully, Rosé has never sounded as good as she does here. There’s a power and confidence in her voice that far surpasses her past performances, and the vintage pop-rock riffs and attitude – which echo with elements of Toni Basil, Blondie and Joan Jett – feel sublimely suited to her as an artist. Addictive, flirty and a whole lot… Read More →

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Bob Vylan no longer supporting Gogol Bordello on European tour following Glastonbury controversy

Bob Vylan will no longer be supporting New York punks Gogol Bordello on their upcoming European tour, both bands have announced. Read More: Bob Vylan: “We’ve been screaming about these topics at the top of our lungs for years. Why has it taken this long?” The news, which Bob Vylan first shared on Instagram this afternoon (July 14), comes amid the fallout from their Glastonbury Festival set last month in which they voiced support for Palestine, criticised Israel and led the crowd in a chant calling for death to the Israel Defence Forces. Advertisement In response to Bob Vylan’s set, a music venue in Cologne, Germany announced that they would no longer be supporting Gogol Bordello there in the autumn. And now, both bands have announced that Bob Vylan will no longer be supporting them on the tour at all. The punk rap duo wrote in a statement: “Due to logistical complications, we have decided not to join our friends Gogol Bordello on their upcoming European tour. However, we will be heading to Europe in the coming months for both festivals and headline shows.” They then further hinted in their caption: “Keep posted for headline EU announcements soon👀.” For their part,… Read More →

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Joe Perry says Aerosmith are “talking about” reuniting to play together again

Joe Perry has revealed that Aerosmith are “talking about” the possibility of reuniting for one final concert together. The rock legends announced their abrupt retirement from touring in August last year after frontman Steven Tyler suffered a serious vocal cord injury. The band’s final live show was held as part of their ‘Peace Out’ tour, which began in 2023, but only saw the band play three shows. Advertisement Tyler did return to the stage for the first time in February for a charity event that saw him sing a number of Aerosmith classics, including ‘Walk This Way’, ‘Dream On’ and ‘Sweet Emotion’. That was followed by a similar event in April that saw Tyler and Perry reunite on stage for the first time in two years. Now, in a new interview on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation, Perry has raised the prospect of another full Aerosmith show somewhere down the line. “We’re talking about it,” he said. “I mean, except for like, anything on the calendar, we’re all alive and well, so, you know, we’ll just have to see, you know? I know there’s gotta be at least another Aerosmith gig, and I’m not looking forward to putting the set list… Read More →

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Don Letts and Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell appear in Lena Dunham’s ‘Too Much’

Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell and legendary DJ Don Letts are among the music figures to pop up in new Netflix comedy Too Much. The show has been created by Lena Dunham (Girls, Tiny Furniture) and her partner Luis Felber, with all 10 episodes arriving onto the streaming service last Thursday (July 10). Advertisement It stars Megan Stalter (Hacks) as New Yorker Jessica, who starts a new life in London after a completely disastrous breakup and finds a new connection with Felix, played by Will Sharpe (The White Lotus). Emily Ratajkowski, Richard E. Grant and Adele Exarchopoulos co-star. Viewers of the show may have noticed that a number of figures from the music world make appearances in the show, including Fontaines guitarist O’Connell as Eoin, who plays with Felix in the band The Feelers. In the show, The Feelers play songs by Attawalpa, the real-life band of co-creator Felber. Elsewhere, Don Letts, once of the band Big Audio Dynamite and longtime radio and live DJ, plays Jonah The Ox in multiple episodes, a London club MC, and the band Sleaze appear in one episode, playing their real-life single ‘Push Tuck’, which is out now. Rita Ora is also one of the… Read More →

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Metallica force US government to withdraw video featuring unauthorised use of ‘Enter Sandman’

Metallica have forced the US government to withdraw a social media video that made use of ‘Enter Sandman’ without authorisation. The Department of Defense sent out a post on X on Friday (July 11) that featured Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promoting the country’s military drone capabilities. The original version included the band’s classic 1991 track, but it did not remain online for long. Advertisement Metallica promptly issued a copyright notice, and the Department subsequently withdrew the video, posting a version without ‘Enter Sandman’ in its place. Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance @DOGE pic.twitter.com/esaQtswwDb — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) July 11, 2025 [embedded content] A Pentagon spokesperson said on Friday: “This afternoon, representatives from X reached out to DoD regarding a video posted to our social media page and asked that the video be removed due to a copyright issue with the song ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica. The video has been taken down, corrected, and re-uploaded to our page.” Metallica confirmed to Rolling Stone that the song had been used without their authorisation. Recommended The metal icons will be playing a string of stadium shows in the UK and Europe in 2026, including dates in Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff and… Read More →

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Watch Oasis’ huge fireworks finale at Manchester Heaton Park show

Oasis’ first show in Manchester concluded with a huge fireworks display on Friday night – see footage below. The Burnage band played the first of five enormous outdoors shows in front of around 80,000 fans at Heaton Park on July 11, their first show in their hometown since 2009. Advertisement Noel and Liam Gallagher walked out arm in arm at the start of their set, with Noel proclaiming: “This is the fucking place! This is it!” Liam shouted: “Oasis vibes in the area! Manchester vibes in the area!” A hits-packed two-hour set followed – see a full recap and setlist here – and at the climax, a spectacular fireworks display lit up the sky in northern Manchester. See footage of the celebrations here: The first dates of the blockbuster ‘Oasis Live ’25’ tour went down in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium last week, but with Heaton Park marking the first outdoors show the band have played, it was the first outing for the fireworks display. Fans travelled from across the globe to be at the show, queuing overnight to bag a good standing spot. Some who did not get into the venue were also seen singing and dancing along in the streets surrounding Heaton Park. Recommended… Read More →

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Neil Young, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Van Morrison – BST Hyde Park, London, July 11, 2025

“What a world we got, folks,” says Neil Young, before crashing into “Throw Your Hatred Down”, a 1995 anti-war song he surely hoped wouldn’t still be so horribly relevant today. Young doesn’t say much else for the duration of a gripping, intense, two-hour set, but his exasperation, anger and compassion are palpable in both his choice of songs and the way in which he plays them. Advertisement BST Hyde Park is very much the Wimbledon of music festivals, a place where it’s possible (for the right price) to watch the bands while sipping champagne on a shady terrace. With three headliners pushing 80 and temperatures into the thirties, a genteel afternoon is on the cards. But while Van Morrison doesn’t share Young’s world-changing zeal, he’s still buffeted by raging internal passions, despite having to perform from beneath a gazebo temporarily erected on the Great Oak Stage to protect him and his terrific band from the fierce afternoon sun. Lithe and dapper in purple sunglasses and a sky blue shirt to match the ribbon of his hat, lockdown gripes finally out of his system, Morrison seems like a man reborn. At the end of a show-stopping “Summertime In England”, he’s still… Read More →

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Maruja stand with Palestine on powerful new “song for peace”, ‘Saoirse’

Maruja have shared ‘Saoirse’, a powerful “song for peace” shared in solidarity with the people of Palestine. The new track is the latest preview of the Manchester jazz-punks’ forthcoming debut album and follows previous singles ‘Break the Tension’ and ‘Look Down On Us’. Advertisement After being hailed in the NME 100 as “creating an out-of-body experience where psych sounds meet rapid-fire truths and feral moshpits” at the start of the year, the band announced their new record, ‘Pain to Power’, back in May. You can pre-order/pre-save here. It’s set for release on September 12 via Music For Nations, with the latest offering from the forthcoming album seeing them urge listeners to “hold space in your mind for Palestine” and not look away from the “attempted erasure of a people”. “Saoirse means freedom, something we are witnessing being violently denied to the people of Palestine,” Maruja shared in a statement about the five-minute track, which you can check out below. [embedded content] “This is a song for peace, an outpouring of grief and a refusal to be numb to what we are seeing. Genocide. Man-made famine. An attempted erasure of a people. Like the olive tree, the Palestinian people have deep, resilient roots…. Read More →

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Damon Albarn “happy to concede defeat” in legendary Britpop rivalry: “Oasis won the battle, the war, the campaign, everything”

Damon Albarn has happily conceded defeat in the great battle between Oasis and Blur amid the Gallagher brothers’ massive reunion. READ MORE: Blur and Oasis’ big Britpop chart battle – the definitive story of what really happened The two groups went head-to-head in a legendary rivalry that ran throughout the height of Britpop in the 1990s, and has remained so infamous that last year it was revealed that a West End play based on the turbulent time was on the way. Advertisement The announcement of the theatre production came on the heels of both bands dominating headlines in 2024, with Blur sharing To The End – a documentary that followed their reunion and 2023 comeback album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’ – as well as their huge shows at London’s Wembley Stadium last summer. Oasis, meanwhile, shocked fans by announcing their long-awaited reconciliation and subsequent 2025 reunion tour dates, with Albarn telling The Sun his two-night stint at Wembley “will be dwarfed by their seven” in a new interview. Blur might’ve won the 1995 chart battle, but Albarn reckons the Gallagher brothers won the war, admitting: “Well, it was obvious, wasn’t it? I think we can officially say that Oasis won the battle, the war, the campaign, everything.” The Gorillaz… Read More →

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Every song on the ‘Too Much’ soundtrack 

Lena Dunham’s new romantic comedy series Too Much is on Netflix now, but what songs are on the soundtrack? Read on to find out. Dunham has created the show alongside her partner Luis Felber and all 10 episodes of the show were released onto Netflix on Thursday (July 10). Advertisement It stars Megan Stalter (Hacks) as New Yorker Jessica, who starts a new life in London after a completely disastrous breakup, and finds a new connection with Felix, played by Will Sharpe (The White Lotus). Emily Ratajkowski, Richard E. Grant and Adele Exarchopoulos co-star. Watch the trailer for Too Much here: [embedded content] In a three-star review of the show, NME wrote: “Too much then, overall? Maybe, but also not enough in terms of focus. With some judicious pruning – of subplots and supporting characters that don’t quite land – this show might have been vital instead of merely amiable.” Dunham does not appear in Too Much, but she has been keeping busy: she has also been working on a new romantic comedy film, Good Sex, which she has written and directed. The film, which currently has no release date, will star Natalie Portman as a successful couples’ therapist named Ally, who is… Read More →

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Oasis Live ’25: Liam Gallagher voices Manchester tram announcements ahead of Heaton Park homecoming gigs

Oasis is set to start their slew of Manchester dates of their Live ’25 tour tomorrow (July 11), and fans in Manchester should expect to hear Liam Gallagher’s voice announcing the stops on the city’s Metrolink trams. Liam and Noel Gallagher recently kicked off their highly anticipated tour in Cardiff last week (July 4 and 5) – playing their first live shows together in 16 years and bringing out both Cast and Richard Ashcroft as special guests. READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff: a supersonic reunion for a new generation Advertisement Now, the brothers are set to head back to Manchester for their first homecoming shows. This will see them play to around 80,000 each night at the huge Heaton Park venue, with gigs taking place on July 11, 12, 16, 19 and 20. As the Manchester Evening News reports, four different tram stop announcements, voiced by Liam, will be played at the Heaton Park stop on all concert dates. According to the outlet, Liam says, “The next stop is…. Heaton Parrrk,” before pausing and adding, “Off you go”. @manchesternews You’ll want the sound on for this one 🙌 Liam Gallagher has recorded some biblical tram announcements as @oasis take to the stage at Heaton Park 🎤 You’ll be… Read More →

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Bob Dylan announces 13 new UK and Ireland live shows

If you’re looking for immortality, Bob Dylan has extended his Rough And Rowdy Ways tour once again, with an additional 13 shows in the UK and Ireland this November. See below for the full list of dates: ● Fri 7th Nov: Brighton Centre, Brighton● Sun 9th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Mon 10th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Tues 11th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Thurs 13th Nov: Building Society Arena, Coventry● Fri 14th Nov: First Direct Arena, Leeds● Sun 16th Nov: Armadillo, Glasgow● Mon 17th Nov: Armadillo, Glasgow● Weds 19th Nov: Waterfront, Belfast● Thurs 20th Nov: Waterfront, Belfast● Sun 23rd Nov: INEC, Killarney● Mon 24th Nov: INEC, Killarney● Tues 25th Nov: 3Arena, Dublin Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday July 18 from here.

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Hear Ronnie Wood’s new song, “You’re So Fine”

Following his recent cameo with Rod Stewart at Glastonbury, BMG will release a new Ronnie Wood compilation entitled Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025 on on September 26. Advertisement It includes songs he co-wrote for The Rolling Stones, Faces and Jeff Beck Group, plus his various solo projects – including four brand new recordings, his first new solo material since 2010’s I Feel Like Playing. Listen to one of the new songs, “You’re So Fine” – an update of The Falcons’ 1959 US R&B hit, with additional vocals from Imelda May – below: [embedded content] Check out the CD tracklisting for Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025 below and pre-order here. CD1YOU’RE ON MY MIND (Ronnie Wood)THE BIRDS (1964) Advertisement THE GIRLS ARE NAKED (Pickett/Jones/Gardner/Ronnie Wood)THE CREATION (1968) PLYNTH (WATER DOWN THE DRAIN) (Nicky Hopkins/Ronnie Wood/Rod Stewart)JEFF BECK GROUP taken from Beck-Ola (1969) FLYING (Ronnie Lane/Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)FACES taken from First Step (1970) GASOLINE ALLEY (Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)ROD STEWART taken from Gasoline Alley (1970) HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME (Ronnie Lane/Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)FACES taken from Long Player (1971) EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY (Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)ROD STEWART taken from Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) MISS JUDY’S FARM (Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)STAY WITH ME… Read More →

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Ethel Cain issues personal response to resurfaced controversial social media posts

Ethel Cain has posted a lengthy and personal response to a slew of past controversial social media posts that have resurfaced online. Earlier this week, a group of screenshots of posts circulated online, originally highlighted by the X account @herweirdsilas that uses the name ‘Exposing’. The screenshots show a series of posts from 2017 and 2018 that Cain posted on the platform Curious Cat, including apparent posts in which she used offensive language and wore a T-shirt reading “LEGALIZE INCEST”. Advertisement Also among the posts are a drawing allegedly by Cain that some have described as child pornography, while another shows a poster she is said to have designed that parodied a real-life missing poster of a nine-year-old girl that was murdered. Cain has responded to the controversy with an emotional and personal statement via Google Docs on Wednesday (July 9) in which she admits to having sent the posts and apologises for some of the “shameful” content. She has also said that the people resurfacing the content are not seeking justice, but looking to “destroy” her. hacking ethel cain’s spotify in the middle of the night exactly a month before her new album release sounds a lot like an orchestrated hate… Read More →

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Bring Me The Horizon announce album of “lo-fi reworkings of our biggest tunes” – coming this week

Bring Me The Horizon have announced an album of lo-fi reworkings of some of their biggest songs will be released this week. The Sheffield metal band posted on X yesterday (July 8) that they have “collaborated with producers we love from the lofi scene to launch a new project where we’ve reworked BMTH songs and created lofi versions”. Advertisement They added that the tracks are designed for “chilling, focus, sleeping, zoning out…whatever u like”. coming soon pic.twitter.com/qxsXXKtITo — Bring Me The Horizon (@bmthofficial) July 8, 2025 They went on to reveal today (July 9) that the album will be titled ‘Lo-files’, featuring 23 retooled versions of their songs, and it will be available from Friday (July 11). Pre-save the album here. The band have also shared a number of slides on Instagram that give fans brief glimpses of the music that will be included on ‘Lo-files’, with atmospheric, ambient, gently percussive and wordless snippets of music included alongside photos and video clips of the band backstage at gigs and in rehearsal spaces. Browse those here: Recommended Bring Me The Horizon are set to headline Reading & Leeds 2025 next month, and Sykes told NME last December that they have “a few more songs” ready… Read More →