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Laufey announces new album ‘A Matter Of Time’ with fiery single ‘Tough Luck’

Laufey has announced her highly anticipated third album, ‘A Matter Of Time’ – see all the details below. READ MORE: The Cover – Laufey is here to stay The Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and former NME The Cover star shared the news today (May 15), confirming that the record is due for release on August 22 via Vingolf Recordings/AWAL. Advertisement She’s also shared a new single, ‘Tough Luck’, along with an accompanying lyric video. She sings on the quickly ascending, fiery song about a relationship gone wrong: “Tough luck, my boy, your time is up / I’ll break it...
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Oasis reunion tour: Andy Bell confirms he’s part of band line-up

Andy Bell has confirmed that he will be part of the line-up for the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour this summer. READ MORE: Supersonic setlist: what Oasis need to play on their 2025 reunion tour The bassist performed with the Gallagher brothers from 1999 until their famously acrimonious break-up in 2009. He was then part of Liam‘s spin-off band Beady Eye. Advertisement Bell, who was also a member of Ride and Mantra of the Cosmos, confirmed his involvement in the tour in a new interview with Austrian newspaper Oe24. “I’m in and I’m really looking forward to it,” he said. “We’ll see each other...
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Foo Fighters to play first show of 2025 at the Singapore F1 Grand Prix

Foo Fighters are set to make their live return this October to headline the Singapore F1 Grand Prix concerts – find out more below. READ MORE: Foo Fighters live in Manchester: invincible and still untouchable Today (May 14), the Singapore Grand Prix announced its second wave of performers, confirming that Foo Fighters will headline day two of the three-day festivities on October 4. Previously announced to headline day one was K-pop superstar G-Dragon, while the Singapore Grand Prix shows are being closed out on Sunday by Elton John, despite claims of retiring from touring. Advertisement Foo Fighters wrote on Instagram...
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THE NONE talk tackling “growing up skint” on new single ‘At Hope’ and life after Bloc Party

THE NONE have spoken to NME about their politically-charged new single ‘At Hope’, what the future holds, and life after Bloc Party. Check it out below along with our interview with the band. The rising punks – comprised of Gordon Moakes (formerly Bloc Party and Young Legionnaire), vocalist Kai Whyte (Blue Ruth, Youth Man), guitarist Jim Beck (Cassels) and drummer Chris Francombe (Frauds) – made their debut earlier this year, winning online, grassroots and media support with their collapsing post-hardcore sound showcased across two EPs ‘Matter’ and ‘Care’. Advertisement Their latest taster comes in the form of relentless new single...
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Dua Lipa kicks off European ‘Radical Optimism’ tour with Spanish cover of Enrique Iglesias’ ‘Hero’

Dua Lipa has performed a Spanish cover of Enrique Iglesias’ iconic hit ‘Hero’ to kick off her European tour in Madrid – watch fan-shot footage of the cover below. READ MORE: Dua Lipa live at Glastonbury: a powerhouse performance to shut down the critics The ‘Houdini’ star has been making a habit of covering local music royalty during the Australia and New Zealand leg of her ‘Radical Optimism’ tour in recent months, and she’s seemingly committed to doing the same for her newly launched European run of shows. Advertisement On May 11, Dua Lipa took over the Movistar Arena in...
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Check out Orbital and Confidence Man’s dancefloor-dominating collab ‘Re-Lush’

Orbital and Confidence Man have joined forces for the dancefloor-ready collaboration ‘Re-Lush’ – check it out below. The new track draws influence from Orbital’s ‘Lush 3-1′ and ‘Lush 3-2′, originally released on the Hartnoll brothers’ ‘Brown Album’ from 1993. An expanded re-issue of that record is coming out on May 23 in 4CD and 4LP versions via London Records – see the full details for that release here and pre-order/pre-save it here. Advertisement ‘Re-Lush’ sees the two distinguished electronic duos working seamlessly alongside each other, with Confidence Man singer Janet Planet adding vocals over Sugar Bones’ infectiously hypnotic production,...
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Watch Pulp drummer Nick Banks play ‘Disco 2000’ with tribute band Pulp’d in Sheffield

Pulp drummer Nick Banks joined the tribute band Pulp’d for a version of ‘Disco 2000’ in Sheffield this week – watch footage below. Banks, a member of the Britpop greats since 1986, played along with the band at Fake Festival in the city’s Endcliffe Park on Saturday night (May 10), later posting a video of the performance on social media. Advertisement “Joined Pulp tribute band last night Pulp’d,” he wrote on Bluesky. “Had a blast!” The Jarvis Cocker stand-in introduced Banks to the stage, quipping: “Can you believe this? This is something quite special, it definitely makes Fake Festival...
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Watch Turnstile debut new ‘Never Enough’ songs live as they discuss “mad flavours” of new album

Turnstile debuted three songs from their upcoming album ‘Never Enough’ this weekend – check out the footage below. The Baltimore hardcore band played their first show of the year at Wyman Park Dell in their hometown on Saturday (May 10), where they performed ‘Never Enough’, ‘Seein’ Stars’ and ‘Birds’ for the first time in public. Advertisement Those are the three tracks that they have shared from the album so far. The follow-up to 2021’s breakout ‘Glow On’, the group’s fourth studio record will be released on June 6 and is available for pre-order/pre-save here. As the footage below shows,...
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V&A Museum to host exhibition on London’s lost music venues and it needs your help

London’s V&A Museum will host an exhibition on the city’s lost music venues next year – and it is looking for help from the general public. Working alongside the Music Venue Trust, the museum will show off the legacy of the city’s countless music venues that have shut down and it is calling on people to submit their “artefacts and music ephemera” to complete their collection. Advertisement The exhibition will launch in 2026 and Londoners have until May 31 this year to send in any items to this address from between 1988 and 2025 for consideration. “We’re proudly working...
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Elton John, Coldplay and Dua Lipa among 400 artists calling on UK government to change copyright laws amid AI threat

Elton John, Coldplay and Dua Lipa are among 400 artists to have called on the UK government to change copyright laws amid the threat from AI. Paul McCartney, Florence Welch, Kate Bush and Robbie Williams have also signed a letter asking for Keir Starmer to back proposals that would protect copyrighted artistic works from AI infringement. Advertisement On Monday (May 12), the House of Lords is scheduled to vote on an amendment to a bill that would require AI developers to disclose which copyrighted materials they have used to train their models. So far, Starmer’s government has expressed reservations...
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