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Bobby Weir announces first London show for 22 years

Bobby Weir has announced a very special show with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, June 21, 2025. THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE The Grateful Dead co-founder will be joined by his Wolf Bros bandmates: Don Was on bass, along with Dead & Company‘s Jeff Chimenti on piano and Jay Lane on drums. This orchestral project debuted in America in 2022 with a sold-out four-night run at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where Weir and his bandmates performed with the National Symphony Orchestra. Tickets for the Royal Albert Hall performance will be available through a series of presales beginning Wednesday, April 2 at 2PM BST and the general on sale will follow on Friday, April 4 at 4PM BST. Fans can sign up for the artist presale here.

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Miley Cyrus announces another new single, ‘End Of The World’

Miley Cyrus has announced yet another new single – listen to a preview of ‘End Of The World’ below. Read More: Miley Cyrus – ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ review: a potent reclamation of power The singer is due to release her ninth album ‘Something Beautiful’ on May 30 via Columbia, and has already revealed its striking cover art. Cyrus serves as executive producer on the LP, alongside Shawn Everett (Kacey Musgraves, Alabama Shakes). Advertisement Earlier this week, Cyrus shared the dramatic and ominous first taste of the “bold” record with the dramatic and ominous ‘Prelude’. She then dropped the explosive title track shortly afterwards. Now, Cyrus has confirmed that she’ll release ‘End Of The World’ tomorrow (Thursday April 3). “Reinforcing the project’s immersive, operatic approach, these songs mark the beginning of a carefully structured journey,” a message read alongside a preview of the song’s official music video. “Each release following the sequence of the album and the film. ‘End Of The World’ will be released on April 3 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT [1am BST, April 4].” “Let’s pretend it’s not the end of the world,” Cyrus sings in the visuals, while laying down in front a drum kit. Tune in here:… Read More →

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Wet Leg announce new album ‘Moisturizer’ with thunderous single ‘Catch These Fists’

Wet Leg have announced full details of their new album ‘Moisturizer’ and shared comeback single ‘Catch These Fists’. The Isle Of Wight band will release the follow-up to their 2022 self-titled debut album on July 11 on various formats including a limited edition 3D gatefold cream coloured vinyl with a signed photo, picture disc vinyl, standard vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally. You can pre-order/pre-save the record here. Advertisement They have also shared the first taster from the album, ‘Catch These Fists’, a frenetic, catchy track which focuses on an “interaction with a belligerent man”. You can listen to it below. The video, which you can view below, was directed by the band and shot on the Isle Of Wight. It has nods to “Amercian director Ti West, Cameron Crowe and their own ‘Wet Dream’ video and is a suitably off-kilter introduction to moisturizer valley,” according to a press release. [embedded content] The album saw the band decamp to Southwold to write and record their LP with producer with Dan Carey, who worked on their debut. “We were just kind of having fun and exploring,” said Hester Chambers before Rhian Teasedale added: “We focused on: ‘Is this going to be fun… Read More →

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Inside our latest free Uncut CD: Small Faces’ Something Nice – rarities, live and exclusives!

Small Faces are the stars of our latest free CD, Something Nice, available with the May 2025 issue of Uncut. The 11-track album includes rarities, alternate takes and live cuts, including a set of tracks from the new deluxe edition of The Autumn Stone. Advertisement This slew of rare Small Faces goodies is largely pooled from Kenney Jones’s recently revived Nice Records. “I started the label in the ’90s to raise money for Ronnie Lane when he had multiple sclerosis,” Jones tells Uncut. “I put it to bed after he died, but have since thought, ‘No, I want to do something with this.’” The first Nice release was 2021’s Live 1966, an extraordinary document of Small Faces’ two sets at the Twenty Club in Mouscron, Belgium, selections from which comprise the first half of our CD. “It was one of the first gigs we’d ever done abroad,” recalls Jones. “We always loved jamming and that gig is really what the Small Faces were all about. You can hear why Led Zeppelin became big fans – Page and Plant in particular. The spirit of those early days never left us.” Also included are rare mixes, cuts from the newly expanded edition… Read More →

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‘The Beatles’ films: Fab Four cast revealed

The Beatles films have found their Fab Four – find out more below. At the end of Sony’s CinemaCon presentation on Monday night in the US (April 1 in the UK), director Sam Mendes took the stage to make a pair of blockbuster reveals for his four upcoming Beatles films. Advertisement After a year of speculation, Mendes has confirmed that the Fab Four will be portrayed by Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn. Dickinson will play John Lennon, Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Keoghan will play Ringo Starr and Quinn will play George Harrison. The film franchise is being titled The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, and in a shocking announcement, Mendes revealed that all four films will arrive in April 2028, though not at the same time. The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, directed by Sam Mendes. Harris Dickinson (John Lennon)Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney)Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr)Joseph Quinn (George Harrison) In theatres April 2028. #TheBeatlesFourFilmCinematicEvent pic.twitter.com/mREL0nPcfC — Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) April 1, 2025 Per a Deadline report, Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman said Mendes is planning for the four films being released in April 2028 to mark the first “bingeable moment in cinema”. Mendes has not… Read More →

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‘Black Mirror’ season seven episode details have been revealed

The episode details for the new season of Black Mirror have been revealed today (March 31) by Netflix – check them out below. Earlier this month (March 13), Netflix took to social media to reveal the new trailer for season seven of the hit show, and it featured clips of previously confirmed actors Peter Capaldi, Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) and Rashida Jones. Advertisement The series will return on April 10 with six new episodes. The cast for the new season was shared last year and along with Capaldi, Giamatti and Jones, it also includes Billy Magnussen (Road House), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean) and Cristin Milioti (The Penguin). Now, details of the show’s episodes have been shared, including synopses and cast members, as well as the writers and directors of each episode. The first episode, titled ‘Common People’, features Jones (Amanda), Chris O’Dowd (Mike), Tracee Ellis Ross (Gaynor) and has been written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Ally Pankiw. A synopsis of the episode says: “When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive – but at a cost…” [embedded content]… Read More →

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Sufjan Stevens announces 10th anniversary reissue of Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens has announced that a 10th anniversary deluxe reissue of Carrie & Lowell is coming via Asthmatic Kitty on May 30. THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE The double LP will include seven previously unreleased bonus tracks, a 40-page art book and a new essay by Stevens. Hear the previously unreleased “Mystery Of Love (Demo)” below. Taken from the original Carrie & Lowell album sessions, it was later re-worked and re-recorded for Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name: The bonus disc also includes demo versions of “Death With Dignity”, “Should Have Known Better”, “The Only Thing” and “Eugene”, as well as expansive outtakes of “Fourth Of July” and “Wallowa Lake Monster”. Pre-order Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition) here.

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Spiritualized, Barbican Hall, London, March 27

Things were very different in early 1995 when Spiritualized’s magnificent second album Pure Phase came out at the height of Britpop, reaching number 20 in the charts. But as Jason Pierce shows this evening, not much has changed in his world. Seven albums and 30 years later, J Spaceman’s vision remains essentially the same as he channels the heavy cosmic blues and raw Americana that has come to define the Spiritualized sound through a 15-piece ensemble for this special anniversary performance. Advertisement THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE This is the band’s second night at the Barbican as part of a run of shows this year celebrating Pure Phase, the Spiritualized album that tends to get overlooked in favour of its follow-up Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space, but which many fans consider to be the perfect distillation of Pierce’s musical genius. It moved the band on from their more delicate debut Lazer Guided Melodies by bringing in some of Pierce’s most immediate pop songs – “Medication”, “Lay Back In The Sun”… Read More →

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Kevin Cronin “disturbed and hurt” over being excluded from one-off REO Speedwagon reunion

Former REO Speedwagon frontman Kevin Cronin has expressed his disappointment on social media over the band’s forthcoming one-off reunion. The classic rock band will be honoured at a concert in Champaign, Illinois in June, where former members – co-founders Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer, along with long-serving bassist Bruce Hall and early members Terry Luttrell, Mike Murphy and Steve Scorfina – will reunite for a special celebration. Advertisement One former member that isn’t appearing is Cronin, who joined the band in 1972 and left the following year, before returning in 1976 and staying all the way to their 2024 farewell tour. Last September, REO Speedwagon announced that, though “heartbroken” to do so, they will cease touring at the end of the year, bringing an end to the beloved rock band due to “irreconcilable differences” between Cronin and Hall. Cronin had previously revealed that he “didn’t want to end REO Speedwagon… I just got outvoted and… have to stop calling it REO Speedwagon at the end of this year.” REO Speedwagon. Credit: Weston Rich/Billboard via Getty Images Since the band’s dissolution, Cronin has been touring with the Kevin Cronin Band. In a social media post promoting their shows on the 2026… Read More →

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When does ‘Marvel Rivals’ Season 1 end?

Marvel Rivals Season 1 has been a huge success, with four new characters, several maps, a tonne of limited time modes and events, and much more. However, Season 1 is almost over, and many are curious how long they have left to wrap challenges and the battle pass up. Thankfully, Marvel Rivals‘ battle pass’ for each season sticks around after the season concludes, so you can return to complete it later on. But here is how long you have left before the game switches to Season 2. When does ‘Marvel Rivals’ Season 1 end? Advertisement Marvel Rivals Season 1 ends on April 11, 2025, on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. This means Season 1 will have lasted around 3 months, which is how long all seasons in the game will last. The second half of Season 1 began on February 21, 2025, halfway through this period of three months. Therefore, you still have some time before Season 2 begins, which will be on the same day. [embedded content] While you will be able to complete all the battle pass pages in the future by selecting them in the menu, any Season 1 exclusive timed events will not return, so… Read More →

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Listen to Mr. Milchick’s marching band banger from ‘Severance’ season two finale

Mr. Milchick’s marching band song from the final episode of Severance season two has been shared. The track, which is called ‘The Ballad Of Ambrose And Gunnel’, saw the character played by Tramell Tillman, act as a drum major stylishly fronting Lumon’s Choreography & Merriment players to commemorate a major milestone in the Macrodata Refinement department. You can listen to it below. Advertisement The song is one of 18 that appears on the ‘Severance: Season 2 Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack’, which is composed by Theodore Shapiro who is responsible for the drama’s eerie title track. It comes after Tillman recently recreated his marching band performance at PaleyFest 2025. [embedded content] The actor led members of the University of Southern California marching band in a surprise performance at a live Q&A panel event at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, just hours after the show premiered its season 2 finale. What I love most about SEVERANCE is that it is technically a sci-fi show but embraces weirdness in such an idiosyncratic way to deliver truly unique moments like this. Also, give Tramell Tillman all the awards. That dude is one hell of a performer. pic.twitter.com/BxKHd9ulYP — Dan Marcus (@Danimalish) March 21, 2025… Read More →

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Camila Cabello was “hurt and felt shitty” over Charli XCX comparisons to ‘I Luv It’

Camila Cabello has admitted that she felt “hurt” by comparisons to Charli XCX and the negative reactions to her 2024 single ‘I Luv It’. READ MORE: Camila Cabello – ‘C,XOXO’ review: a party girl rebrand – and scrappy, intriguing earworms At the time, some Charli fans claimed that Cabello was trying to tap into the former’s style on 2017 song ‘I Got It’. Advertisement Charli even fanned the flames by mimicking a video Cabello posted to ‘I Luv It’ with her own ‘I Got It’ in the background. Now, Cabello has spoken about the comparisons in a new interview with Dork magazine. “It crushed me. I don’t know how other artists do it because the negative stuff really depresses me… It was a very weird, intense time, and I started dissociating, which has only happened very few times in my life,” she said. [embedded content] [embedded content] She continued: “In the beginning. I was hurt and felt shitty about the reaction but I feel like I’m open to hearing positive things like that now. I am still processing everything. Recommended “Even if nobody liked it, I’d still love this record because I only did what felt great to me. But knowing that… Read More →

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Here’s every song in ‘Novocaine’

Novocaine, the new action-thriller starring The Boys‘ Jack Quaid has arrived in cinemas, and we’re here to take you through its killer soundtrack. READ MORE: Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher talk horror, drunken karaoke and new robo-thriller ‘Companion’ Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, the film follows an unlikely hero in Nate (Quaid), a man who is incapable of feeling physical pain. His rare condition turns out to be an unexpected advantage, however, when the girl of his dreams is kidnapped and he must use his powers of numbness in the fight to rescue her. Advertisement Other cast members include Amber Midhunter, Ray Nicholson, Jason Batalon, and Matt Walsh. The film has generally been well received by critics and fans alike (currently sitting at 82 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes), with the high-adrenaline yet ironic soundtrack being a particular highlight. Every song in Novocaine [embedded content] From R.E.M. and Chappelle Roan to The Darkness and Richard Wagner, Novocaine’s soundtrack features an eclectic mix of high-tempo hits with an appropriate sprinkling of humour. Here’s every song that can be heard in the filmL: ‘Everybody Hurts’ – R.E.M. ‘Casual’ – Chappell Roan ‘So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings’ – Caroline Polachek… Read More →

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PS Plus May 2025 games – when will Essential, Extra, Premium games be announced

PS Plus in April had another good month after March with RoboCop: Rogue City being included in the lineup. But will the PS Plus May 2025 continue the streak of great months for the service? READ MORE: All 2025 game release dates for PS5, PS4, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch Here is a rundown of what we know about the PS Plus May 2025 games. PS Plus May 2025 Games Advertisement The PS Plus May 2025 Essential games will be announced on April 30, 2025, and be available from May 6, 2025. The PS Plus May 2025 Extra and Premium games will be announced on May 14, 2025, and be available on May 20, 2025. While we don’t know the official lineup yet, here are our best guesses for the Essential games. Credit: Deep Silver ‘Metal Eden’ – PS5 It has been a while since we have had a day one release for PS Plus, but Metal Eden makes a lot of sense. An advanced HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue the citizens’ COREs from the vast monolithic city MOEBIUS once a hopeful new home for humanity now turned into a deadly trap. Blast your way through the INTERNAL DEFENCE CORPS in cybernetic… Read More →

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The Who, Royal Albert Hall, London, March 27, 2025

It says a lot about Roger Daltrey’s support for the Teenage Cancer Trust that when The Who take the stage at the Royal Albert Hall it is the band’s first show for almost exactly a year – in fact, it’s their first since last year’s Teenage Cancer Trust show. And The Who will be back here again on Sunday to headline a second evening on behalf of the charity. Tonight, at least, Daltrey and Pete Townshend are in fine form, delivering a set packed with hits but also containing a great deal of warmth, humour and character. On the likes of “Love, Reign O’er Me”, “Behind Blue Eyes” and “5.15”, they don’t quite roll back the years, as much as embrace the reality of their age with a heartening defiance. Advertisement THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE The Who first played the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust a quarter of a century ago in 2000. On that occasion, they were joined by special guests including Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Eddie Vedder… Read More →

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The Smiths: “We wrote songs about our experiences”

From Uncut’s March 2015 issue [Take 214], how The Smith’s 1985 album Meat Is Murder provided a radical manifesto for troubled times, one overshadowed by the “violence, oppression and horror” of Margaret Thatcher. Uncut tracks down band members, intimate associates and contemporaries to tell the full story of a band at their closest and most adventurous… Advertisement The distance travelled by The Smiths in late 1984 can be measured, to some extent, in car journeys. En route with the rest of The Smiths from their respective homes in Manchester to Amazon Studios in Kirkby during the winter of 1984, Morrissey would sit at the back, to best enjoy the full benefit of the car’s central heating system. The vehicle – a 1970s white stretch Mercedes rented from R&O Van Hire, Salford – had once been used for weddings. Now it was being used for another type of celebration. The Smiths – along with their fledgling co-producer, Stephen Street – were heading to Amazon to record their second LP, Meat Is Murder. “We had a feeling the grown-ups had left the building and it was left to us to break some rules and have some fun,” Johnny Marr told Uncut. Despite… Read More →

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Watch Magdalena Bay’s sparkly cover of David Bowie’s ‘Ashes To Ashes’ for ‘Like A Version’

Magdalena Bay have covered David Bowie‘s ‘Ashes To Ashes’ for triple j‘s Like A Version series – check out the full performance below. READ MORE: Magdalena Bay – ‘Imaginal Disk’ review: a time capsule of post-internet existentialism Last night, Australia’s triple j shared the latest edition of their famed Like A Version series, in which musicians perform covers of other artists’ work, albeit with their own stylings. This time, Magdalena Bay have taken on the iconic David Bowie’s ‘Ashes To Ashes’ while in Australia for their tour of the continent earlier this month. Advertisement For the most part, Magdalena Bay’s take on ‘Ashes To Ashes’ remains largely true to the original, only really altering the song’s vocal range to suit that of singer Mica Tenenbaum. Check out Magdalena Bay’s cover of David Bowie’s ‘Ashes To Ashes’ below. [embedded content] Discussing their cover with triple j, Magdalena Bay’s Tenenbaum said: “It’s kind of one of our favourite songs, I would say”. Matthew Lewin chimed in to add: “Yeah, it’s up there for sure. It’s a great kind of weird, experimental pop song that we took a lot of inspiration from.” They also added that the song has never left their rotation, with… Read More →

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We tested the Pi6 earbuds and this is why you need them

In partnership with Bowers & Wilkins Wireless earbuds have only been around for a decade or so, but they’ve already become an essential part of modern life. And, as the way we live changes – more remote working, more travelling between side hustles – we expect more from our earbuds. They aren’t just for listening to music, though obviously that’s important; they’re also our way of communicating with co-workers when we’re on the hop. This is where Bowers & Wilkins’ new Pi6 True Wireless earbuds come in. They draw from the world-class tech that made Bowers & Wilkins’ previous headphones so popular, but deliver the same impeccable audio and call quality in a new, highly portable form. You’ll hardly believe these buds weigh just 7g each – about the same as a 2p coin. After giving them a thorough road test, here are five reasons why we’re convinced they’re the best buds on the market right now. CREDIT: Bowers & Wilkins The sound quality really is excellent Artists work hard to make sure their bops really pop – it’s not uncommon for a song to go through dozens of different mixes before the final version is signed off. So, why… Read More →

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Peggy Seeger: “Everything is interlaced”

From Uncut’s April 2021 issue [Take 287], the indomitable first lady of folk shares her whole story with Uncut: an epic 85-year odyssey that also involves Woody Guthrie, Ewan MacColl and Greenham Common Advertisement This morning, Peggy Seeger has been out in her garden in Oxfordshire to inspect the bird tables. These, she explains, have now been squirrel-proofed and she was keen to see how successfully they were working. “Connecting with nature is something you do a whole lot when you get old,” she says, with a typically commanding blue-eyed stare. “I’m not a mature citizen, I’m not vintage, I’m old. Bloody old. You’ll soon be joining the whole of nature’s system and learning to understand it is what I’m doing now. And it is magical. Absolutely magical.” A leading figure in the most politically radical stream of the UK folk revival, Seeger has not morphed into an earth mother. There are no dreamcatchers on her living room wall, no obvious crystals. However, the younger half-sister of Pete Seeger, and widow of Ewan MacColl, has a pleasingly cosmic outlook. “Everything is interlaced,” she explains. “No element of the earth, the galaxies, human thought, the natural systems – none of it… Read More →

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Laura Nyro: “A musical force of nature”

From Uncut’s May 2017 issue [Take 240], we salute the genius of “The Bronx Brontë”! Laura Snapes tracks down Nyro’s closest collaborators to uncover the true story of a revolutionary singer-songwriter and her own thwarted career… Advertisement There is an abiding image of Laura Nyro as the black sheep at the crowning of the counterculture. On June 17, 1967, the 19-year-old played Monterey. According to cousin and confidant Alan Merrill, the moment producer Lou Adler called and asked Nyro to play, “Her lips went blue from the shock.” Once she recovered, she started sketching costumes. Her outfit was a black dress that hung off one shoulder, forming a batwing beneath the other arm. A decade later, Kate Bush and Stevie Nicks would take this look mainstream. In ’67, Nyro came off as an earnest East Coaster in a field of flower children. Onstage at Monterey, Nyro would have preferred to perform at the piano, but there was little precedent for a young female artist playing her own songs, and the house band struggled with her complex charts. Certain she had heard the crowd booing, Nyro demanded that DA Pennebaker omit her performance from his documentary. When he reviewed the footage… Read More →

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Tobacco City – Horses

Lexi Goddard and Chris Coleslaw first met while working at the same café in Chicago, soon uniting to perform Neil Young covers and, in time, writing their own songs as Tobacco City. Debut EP “LSD” arrived in 2018, followed by 2021’s full-length Tobacco City, USA, an album that suggested their spiritual locus lay at some movable point between ’60s Bakersfield and the bleached expanse of the American Southwest. Echoes of Gram and Emmylou shaped their harmonies, while a supporting cast conjured up the kind of glazed psychedelic country so beloved of early Flying Burritos. Advertisement THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE i)Horses(i) is even more impressive. Smart, evocative and almost casually assured, it’s the sound of a band pooling their influences into something timeless, their unhurried songs as vivid as their lyrical depictions of carefree youth, weightless days and bitter experience. “Autumn” is a wry portrait of teenage life in smalltown America, where a dirty lakeshore breeze comes in from the water treatment plant, diner grease fills the air and there’s always someone running… Read More →