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Queens Of The Stone Age announce vinyl and audio release of ‘Alive In The Catacombs’

Queens Of The Stone Age are releasing the audio from ‘Alive in The Catacombs’, the concert documentary capturing their performance in the catacombs of Paris last year. The recordings will arrive on streaming this Friday (June 13) via Matador Records. In addition, the band will also release the audio on a limited vinyl edition, for which only 5,000 copies will be made. Advertisement The vinyl edition contains an exclusive 24-page booklet of behind the scenes photos taken by long-time collaborator Andreas Neumann. Housed in a gatefold jacket with foil print inside and out, each copy will be individually stamped and numbered. The vinyl can be pre-ordered here ahead of the release on August 22. During the performance, which took place without an audience, the band was joined by a three-piece string section, using chains and chopsticks as makeshift percussion instruments. Every song was recorded live in a complete take with no overdubs or edits. The tracklist is: ‘Running Joke/Paper Machete’‘Kalopsia’‘Villains of Circumstance’‘Suture Up Your Future’‘I Never Came’ Recommended The film Alive in The Catacombs came out last week and follows the band’s performance in the Paris Catacombs in July 2024. The Catacombs – where the remains of more than six million people are… Read More →

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Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts – Talkin To The Trees

WHEN Neil Young cut short last summer’s tour with Crazy Horse – owing, it later transpired, to exhaustion – you could have been forgiven for thinking that one of music’s most restless and hyper-productive artists would finally be forced to slow down. As if. Just a few months later, Young unveiled the Chrome Hearts, a new band who perhaps coincidentally share the same initials as their illustrious forebears. Ostensibly pulled together to honour existing commitments at last autumn’s Farm Aid 2024 and Harvest Moon Gathering benefit, the Chrome Hearts have since become Young’s latest creative allies – rescuing him from a period of writer’s block to produce Talkin To The Trees and, soon, his first world tour for six years. THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE Advertisement ‘New’ band? Well, the Chrome Hearts comprise guitarist Micah Nelson, organist Spooner Oldham, bassist Corey McCormick and drummer Anthony LoGerfo. Oldham, of course, is a veteran of Young’s bands, whose credits include (tellingly, as we shall discover) the Stray Gators lineup who recorded Harvest Moon. As members… Read More →

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Watch Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney cover The Beatles

Bruce Springsteen was joined by Paul McCartney at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium on Saturday [June 7], as part of Springsteen’s Land of Hope and Dreams tour. The pair performed The Beatles‘ “Can’t Buy Me Love” and the Leiber-Stoller song “Kansas City“, which they recorded for Beatles for Sale. You can watch the footage below. THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE It’s not the first time Springsteen and McCartney have appeared together onstage. McCartney joined Springsteen and The E Street Band in 2012 at London’s Hyde Park to play “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Twist And Shout” – but the PA was switched off as the show had run over curfew. Springsteen performed with Paul McCartney at Glastonbury in 2022.

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TWICE announce Asia and Australian leg of 2025 world tour

TWICE have announced the first leg of their upcoming 2025 world tour – see the current list of dates and cities below. READ MORE: TWICE – ‘Strategy’ review: ending the year on yet another high Yesterday (June 8), the K-pop group took to social media to announce their ‘This Is For’ world tour, which is due to kick off in July. It will see them perform through to December, and currently includes numerous stops across Asia and Australia. Advertisement The tour will kick off with two two dates in South Korea, followed by stops in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Macau, Bulacan, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong and Bangkok. More tour dates for North America and Europe are expected to be revealed soon. TWICE’s 2025 ‘This Is For’ tour dates are: JULY19 – Incheon, South Korea – Inspire Arena20 – Incheon, South Korea – Inspire Arena26 – Osaka, Japan – Kyocera Dome Osaka27 – Osaka, Japan – Kyocera Dome Osaka AUGUST23 – Aichi, Japan – Vantelin Dome Nagoya24 – Aichi, Japan – Vantelin Dome Nagoya30 – Fukuoka, Japan – Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka31 – Fukuoka, Japan – Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka SEPTEMBER16 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome17 – Tokyo, Japan… Read More →

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Fontaines D.C. show “free Palestine” message at Primavera Sound and accuse Israel of genocide: “Use your voice”

Fontaines D.C. displayed signs calling for a “free Palestine” and accused Israel of genocide during their set at Primavera Sound 2025. The Dublin band played at the Parc Del Forum festival in Barcelona on Saturday night (June 7) and during ‘I Love You’ from 2022’s ‘Skinty Fia‘ near the end of the set, a giant Palestinian flag was projected onto the screen behind them and the words “free Palestine” appeared on the screens to the side of the stage. Advertisement Frontman Grian Chatten echoed the sentiment during the set, and as they brought the concert to a close with ‘Starburster’ from 2024’s ‘Romance’, another message appeared reading: “Israel is committing genocide – use your voice”. Check out clips and images of the messages here: fontaines dc speaking on palestine at primavera festival in front of 100k people. use your voice!!! pic.twitter.com/wdOOFkL8LP — kiki ✮⋆˙ (@sehaniine) June 8, 2025 Fontaines DC at Primavera just now 👏👏👏👏👏🇵🇸🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/0CH7OawPCT — Daniel Lambert (@dlLambo) June 7, 2025 this is so important pic.twitter.com/FtCTmTKFCz — carla★ saw tmc🇵🇸 (@inmys1eep) June 7, 2025 THIS IS HOW YOU USE YOUR PLATFORM!!!!!!!!!!! FONTAINES DC EVERYBODY!!!!!! 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/BKY8W400sY — julss ⭒ PRIMAVERA WEEK (@manicjulss) June 7, 2025 Recommended The band… Read More →

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Watch Paul McCartney join Bruce Springsteen on stage in Liverpool to cover The Beatles

Paul McCartney joined Bruce Springsteen on stage in Liverpool tonight to play a version of The Beatles’ ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ – watch below. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen live in London: the heartland hero remains firmly at his majestic peak The Boss played the second of two shows at Anfield, the home of Liverpool FC, on Saturday night (June 7) and during his encore, he welcomed the Beatles legend onto the stage. Advertisement Returning the favour after Springsteen appeared during McCartney’s huge Glastonbury set in 2022, the two icons played ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, from 1964’s ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, and followed it with the classic rock’n’roll song ‘Kansas City’, made famous in 1955 by Little Richard. Check out fan-captured footage of the moment here: Bruce Springsteen just brought out Paul McCartney at Anfield!!!!! pic.twitter.com/vPZA8fMKmy — Stuart Daynes (@stuartdaynes) June 7, 2025 Not many days you get to say you’ve seen Sir Paul McCartney perform with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 🤩 Kinda makes up for the rugby today 😅 pic.twitter.com/Y2lrhZ42qv — Nicholas Waite (@NicholasWaite17) June 7, 2025 McCartney turned up at Springsteen #Springsteen #McCartney pic.twitter.com/Q7dwTF8ck9 — Lambanana (@Lambanana1) June 7, 2025 Recommended [embedded content] Bruce Springsteen played: ‘Ghosts’ ‘Land… Read More →

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Billy Joel attempted suicide twice after affair with his best friend’s wife

Billy Joel has revealed that he attempted to take his own life twice after having an affair with his best friend’s wife. The singer-songwriter spoke about the ordeal in his new two-part documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which premiered earlier this week and is set to air on HBO this summer. Advertisement As reported by People, the documentary sees Joel recount the fact that in the early 1970s, while he was in the hard rock band Attila alongside his best friend at the time Jon Small, he developed a romantic relationship with Small’s wife Elizabeth Weber. “I felt very, very guilty about it,” Joel said in the doc. “They had a child. I felt like a homewrecker. I was just in love with a woman, and I got punched in the nose, which I deserved. Jon was very upset. I was very upset.” [embedded content] Attila soon split up and Joel, who had been living with Small and Weber, found himself homeless. “I had no place to live,” he continued. “I was sleeping in laundromats and I was depressed, I think to the point of almost being psychotic. So I figured, ‘That’s it. I don’t want to live… Read More →

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Watch Paramore’s Hayley Williams join Turnstile for ‘Seein’ Stars’

Paramore‘s Hayley Williams joined Turnstile on stage for ‘Seein’ Stars’ during the encore of their album release show for roughly 9000 people at New York City’s Under The K Bridge Park. Read More: The NME Big Read – Turnstile: “When the stars align for things to happen, we follow them” The show, which saw Turnstile play 24 songs, included their newly released track ‘Seein’ Stars’ in the encore, which Williams features in. Advertisement As the band began playing the song during the encore, the lights dimmed as Yates started the opening verse. Around a minute into the track, he shouted “Hayley!” before Williams appeared on stage to accompany Turnstile – and she was met with roaring cheers. [embedded content] ‘Seein’ Stars’, which also features guest vocals from Blood Orange’s Devonté Hynes, was released alongside ‘Birds’ back in April. Both songs were combined in a new video directed by the band’s own Brendan Yates and Pat McCrory. Other tracks from the album, including ‘I CARE’ and ‘NEVER ENOUGH’, were played in the New York show. Full setlist of Turnstile’s show at Under The K Bridge Park ‘NEVER ENOUGH’‘T.L.C. (TURNSTILE LOVE CONNECTION)’‘ENDLESS’‘Come Back for More / Fazed Out’‘Keep It Moving’‘Pushing Me Away’‘FLY AGAIN’‘I CARE’‘DULL’‘DON’T PLAY’‘Real Thing’‘Big… Read More →

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Watch Sabrina Carpenter hitchhike across the US in new video for “song of the summer” ‘Manchild’ 

Sabrina Carpenter has shared the ’70s-inspired music video for new single ‘Manchild’. Check it out below. The new track marks the first from the pop star in 2025, following on from her dominating the charts last year with singles including ‘Espresso’, ‘Please, Please, Please’ and ‘Taste’. Advertisement Written alongside frequent collaborator Amy Allen and hit producer Jack Antonoff, the track captures a feel-good energy for the summer, and blends influences from country. The lyrics see her unapologetically call out inept men and the music video sees her hitchhike across the US at sunset, casting them aside one by one. “Why so sexy if so dumb?/ And how survive the Earth so long?/ If I’m not there, it won’t get done/ I choose to blame your mom,” she sings, building up to the euphoric chorus. “Man-child, Why you always come a-running to me?/ Fuck my life, Won’t you let an innocent woman be?” Check it out below, along with the video directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, which sees Carpenter square-dance in a dingy bar, open fire on the highway, bathe with piglets and more. [embedded content] Recommended In a post on Instagram, the singer shared a series of behind-the-scenes… Read More →

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IDLES dedicate Primavera Sound set to Palestine: “Viva Palestina!”

IDLES and frontman Joe Talbot have dedicated their Primavera Sound Festival 2025 set to Palestine. The Bristol band – who have long been vocal supporters of Palestine in the Israel-Gaza war – displayed a strong showing of support at Primavera Sound on Thursday (June 5) in Barcelona. Advertisement Talbot kicked off the band’s set by yelling “Free Palestine!” right at the start of their opening number ‘Colossus’, and the band dedicated the entirety of their set to Palestine. Elsewhere during their performance, Talbot led minutes-long chants of “Viva Palestina!”, which translates to “long live Palestine”. He at one point also asked the audience “Donde esta las Palestinas? (Where are the Palestinans?)” The vocalist also wore a white t-shirt with a watermelon emblem, a symbol of support for Palestine. The back of his shirt read: “You’ll never walk alone.” The band’s full set can be seen below. [embedded content] Recommended During the band’s performance of ‘Divide and Conquer’, Talbot weaved chants of “Free free Palestine” into the opening riff. “This song is an anti-fascist song. It’s dedicated to the people of Palestine,” he said, introducing the tune – check it out from the 26-minute mark above. Ok the ‘Viva Palestina’ chant… Read More →

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Talking Heads celebrate 50th anniversary with new ‘Psycho Killer’ video starring Saoirse Ronan: “This video makes the song better”

Talking Heads have premiered the first ever music video for their iconic hit ‘Psycho Killer’ starring Saoirse Ronan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their live debut. READ MORE: Talking Heads: every album ranked in order of greatness The band had been teasing an announcement via a brief clip of the moon at night and the sun emerging from behind the clouds, which they said would arrive today (June 5). Fans had been hoping they were teasing a reunion, but it ended up being different from what they were anticipating. Advertisement The video coincides with the 50th anniversary of the band’s live debut, where they opened for the Ramones at CBGB on June 5, 1975. Directed by Mike Mills, the video shows a young woman (Ronan) moving through her daily routine in her bedroom, kitchen, office and car, each day becoming a different version of herself. At points, she veers from content to furious to numb, sometimes spiraling into sudden outbursts or silences. Check it out below: [embedded content] “This video makes the song better- We LOVE what this video is NOT – it’s not literal, creepy, bloody, physically violent or obvious,” the band said in a press release. Recommended Mills added:… Read More →

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Sly & The Family Stone preview ‘unearthed’ 1967 live album

A rare live recording of Sly & The Family Stone, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967, is being released on Friday, July 18 on CD, LP and as a digital download. You can hear “I Gotta Go Now / Funky Broadway” from the album below. Advertisement THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 is the earliest live recording of the original Family Stone line-up, a full year before their chart breakthrough with “Dance To The Music”. Sly & The Family Stone served as the house band at Redwood City, CA’s Winchester Cathedral from December 16, 1966, to April 28, 1967. Advertisement The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 was recorded in the early hours of March 26, 1967, by Sly & The Family Stone’s first manager, Rich Romanello. After signing to Epic Records later that year, Romanello put the 7-inch analog tapes into storage where they sat for thirty-five years. The reels were rediscovered in 2002 by Sly & The Family Stone archivists Edwin and Arno Konings and restored by co-producer… Read More →

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Cate Le Bon announces new album, Michelangelo Dying

Cate Le Bon returns with a new studio album, Michelangelo Dying, which is released by Mexican Summer on September 26. You can hear “Heaven is no feeling” below. Advertisement THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE [embedded content] The tracklisting for Michelangelo Dying is: JeromeLove UnrehearsedMothers of RichesIs It Worth It (Happy Birthday)?Pieces of My HeartAbout TimeHeaven Is No FeelingBody As A RiverRide (feat. John Cale)I Know What’s Nice Advertisement Cate Le Bon will also tour the album…. Thursday, October 9 – Cardiff, UK @ Llais, Wales Millennium CentreFriday, October 10 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Saturday, October 11 – Leeds, UK @ Howard Assembly Rooms Monday, October 13 – Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke’s Tuesday, October 14 – York, UK @ The Crescent Wednesday, October 15 – Gateshead, UK @ Glasshouse Friday, October 17 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk Thursday, November 6 – Madrid, ES @ MonFriday, November 7 – Barcelona, ES @ Paral·lel 62 Sunday, November 9 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Monday, November 10 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg Wednesday, November 12 -Berlin, DE @ Säälchen Thursday, November 13 – Hamburg,… Read More →

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Rock It From The Tombs

As Queens Of The Stone Age release a new stripped-down concert film, Josh Homme recounts his “near-life experience” in the Paris catacombs… “About 18 years ago, I was trying to go to the catacombs on a day off in Paris, and the line was three hours long. So the un-humble beginnings [of this performance] was like, ‘How do we cut this line?’ Perhaps the greatest gift of playing in a band is that it gives us access to such incredible locations and situations. There’s no end to the juicy stories about the catacombs. There’s been talk of secret meetings and late night raves, but we’re the first people to legally play there. It feels really good for me to do something legal! Advertisement THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE “The catacombs is the star of the show, so all the decisions we made were about respecting the space. First of all, you can’t plug anything in – we had an electric piano that was hooked to a car battery. The floors were wet in… Read More →

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The 5th New Music Playlist Of 2025

A lot to dig into here, as usual. The return of Big Thief and Cate Le Bon are both pretty big deals in our world, but there’s an unexpected treat from Pavement (which reminded me of an old office conversation about favourite covers of “Whitchitai-To“; I think the Supremes version won…), the Al Jardine x Neil Young hook up, ambient Americana from the Barry Walker Unit, psych jams from Bitch Magnet offshoot We Contain Multitudes… plus more from Uncut office favourites including S.G. Goodman, Case Oats and Eve Adams. THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE Advertisement BIG THIEF“Incomprehensible” PAVEMENT“Whitchitai-To” [embedded content] CASE OATS“Bitter Root Lake” Advertisement AL JARDINE“My Plane Leaves Tomorrow (Au Revoir)” [embedded content] CATE LE BON“Heaven Is No Feeling” THOM YORKE“Dialing In” [embedded content] BARRY WALKER UNIT“High In The Hummocks” MARISSA NADLER“New Radiations” [embedded content] EVE ADAMS“Nowhere Now” SUPERCHUNK“Is It Making You Feel Something” [embedded content] DRUGDEALER + WEYES BLOOD“Real Thing” CHAMELEONS“Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing” [embedded content] NILÜFER YANYA“Where To Look” PATTY GRIFFIN“Back At The Start” [embedded content] WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES“Atkins”… Read More →

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Marc Ribot – My Life In Music

Tom Waits’ go-to guitarist on his journey through blues, punk, jazz and beyond: “The musicians are caught up in a ritual”… THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE Advertisement WILSON PICKETT“Land Of 1000 Dances”ATLANTIC, 1966“…Midnight Hour” was one of the first three tunes I learned with my junior high school band, which was called, by the way, Love Gun. We were very ambitious 15-year-olds! Wilson’s music, in particular “Land Of 1000 Dances”, worked to get people into a dancing frenzy. It’s about dancing, it’s self-referential. But there’s something about it that transcends itself. On Horses, Patti Smith quotes an entire verse of “Land Of 1000 Dances”, and she was also somebody who’s aiming for this ritual hallelujah. That said, Wilson Pickett was not a nice man. I toured with him for a month in 1982 and I witnessed him and his bodyguard being violent with members of the band. I escaped through my ability to play country music licks on guitar. ALBERT AYLERLive At Slug’s SaloonESP-DISK, 1982The Lounge Lizards, the band I was working with… Read More →

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Ethel Cain “hunted down” synthesisers from ‘Twin Peaks’ for sprawling new song ‘Nettles’

Ethel Cain has released the sprawling eight-minute single ‘Nettles’, which features synthesisers that she tracked down from a composer on Twin Peaks. ‘Nettles’ features on her upcoming second album, ‘Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You’, which she announced earlier this year. The forthcoming record will serve as a prequel to ‘Preacher’s Daughter’, and was preceded by this year’s ‘Perverts’ EP. Advertisement ‘Nettles’ is a banjo-led eight-minute epic that sees her chronicle “a dream of losing the one you love, asking them to reassure you that it won’t come true and to dream, instead, of all the time you’ll have together as you grow old side by side.” Listen to Ethel Cain’s ‘Nettles’ below. [embedded content] Besides laying down vocals and the banjo, Cain also plays synthesisers, piano, electric, acoustic and bass guitars on the track. The song is also a tip of the hat to late director David Lynch‘s beloved series Twin Peaks. On one of her art-focused accounts, Cain explained that bits of ‘Nettles’ was inspired by Twin Peaks, and that she hunted down the specific synthesisers that composer Angelo Badalamenti used to record the show’s classic theme song. The synthesisers are also seeming used elsewhere on the upcoming album…. Read More →

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SAULT confirm second ever live headline show, amidst Little Simz legal drama

SAULT have announced their second ever live headline show for later in 2025 amid member Inflo’s current legal battle with Little Simz. READ MORE: SAULT – ‘Nine’ review: anonymous British collective weave tales of hope and pain The show will take place in London on August 15. A link in their Instagram bio directs fans to a page where they can sign up to ‘be the first in line’. Advertisement The mysterious collective only played their first headline show at London’s Drumsheds in December 2023, playing the album ‘Acts Of Faith’ for the first and only time. They have teased a world tour, but it has not yet materialised. According to a social media post, the shows were to showcase their album ‘5’ in New York, ‘Black’ in Los Angeles, ‘Untitled (Rise)’ in Canada, ‘11’ in Germany, ‘Air’ in Paris and ‘Earth’ in Africa at some point. SAULT have never officially confirmed their bandmembers; however, producer Inflo is generally regarded as the leader, with Cleo Sol, Kid Sister, Chronixx and more providing uncredited vocals. The show announcement follows Simz suing Inflo – who produced her albums ‘GREY Area’, Mercury winner ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ and ‘No Thank You’ – in March. Recommended The suit saw… Read More →

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Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)

After 2010’s The Age Of Adz, on which Sufjan Stevens ditched his signature indie-folk banjo and recorders for glitchy beatscapes and experimental pop, Carrie & Lowell landed as a hushed and heartbreakingly raw excavation of the darkness that enveloped him following his mother Carrie’s death in 2012. Its songs, attempts to make sense of her troubled life and their relationship, are among the most forlorn in his catalogue. They’re also some of the loveliest. THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE Advertisement In the decade since its release the album has lost none of its soulful resonance or soft-glowing beauty. It’s now been updated with seven bonus tracks and a new essay in which Stevens addresses both his mother’s historical anguish and his own. That knot involves his inheritance of her depression as well as the vulnerability that overwhelmed him after her passing. He also passes harsh judgement on his creative response at the time, describing his attempt to map his memories of Carrie using music as “foolhardy” and the result as “a hot mess”…. Read More →

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Pulp – More

Do you remember the first time? Isn’t that the question that’s implied in every reunion tour, comeback album or immersive holographic experience? This summer you have the opportunity to see Oasis, AC/DC, ELO and 5ive for maybe the last time, each offering the promise that they’ll recapture something of their elusive 20th-century magic and the slim chance they might transport you fleetingly back to your long lost youth. THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE Advertisement You can’t blame audiences for seeking nostalgia, nor can you begrudge musicians the chance to enjoy a late career victory lap and one last payday, but unsentimentally you can count the number of bands who have reformed to significant artistic effect on the fingers of one hand. Madness with The Liberty Of Norton Folgate? The Specials with Encore? Suede with their bruised midlife quartet? It’s an exclusive club that Pulp now join with some aplomb on More, their eighth and perhaps finest album. It should be no surprise that they’ve taken their own sweet time in delivering their masterpiece…. Read More →

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Billy Joel shares health update, insists: “I’m not dying”

Billy Joel has shared an update on his health, insisting that he is “not dying”. The singer-songwriter and pianist, 76, cancelled his entire touring plans last month, after being diagnosed with a brain disorder called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH). Advertisement In an accompanying statement, Joel shared that his condition had been “exacerbated by recent concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision and balance”. Now, Joel’s friend Howard Stern has relayed a brief message from the artist on his SiriusXM radio programme, The Howard Stern Radio Show. “I saw Billy Joel two weeks ago, we had dinner together,” host Stern told his listeners. “He’s doing fine. He does have issues, but he said, ‘Yeah, you can tell people: I’m not dying’. You know, he wants people to know that. “He just… he’s gotta deal with some medical stuff, but it was delightful. We had a great time with the wives, we had a great conversation. I was telling him I’m enjoying playing classical music on the guitar. He lit up, because that’s what he’s into.” Stern added: “It was his birthday [on May 9], I even brought out the guitar and sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him.” You can watch the… Read More →