Charli XCX has shared a snippet of her forthcoming new single ‘Good Ones’ – check out the clip below. MORE: The Big Read – Charli XCX: “People think I’m this person who parties every single day – but I’m a business woman” Set to...
Spotify has shared its most-streamed songs of the summer, with Olivio Rodrigo‘s ‘Good 4 U’ taking the top stop. The NME Big Read: Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” The streaming giant crunched the numbers on the...
Kanye West has revealed that his ‘DONDA’ listening party in Chicago tomorrow (August 26) won’t require proof of vaccination as a condition of entry. After premiering the album, which hasn’t yet got an official release, at two consecutive in-person events in Atlanta last month, Kanye...
Former Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has hailed The Rolling Stones‘ Charlie Watts as “possibly the most underrated of all the great rock’n’roll drummers”. READ MORE: Charlie Watts, 1941 – 2021: the ballast that kept The Rolling Stones tempered and on-track Mason took to social...
Dead & Company recreated Grateful Dead’s 1969 Woodstock set in full during a show held on the original festival site – watch the footage below. The US band – which consists of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann – took...
IDLES have announced that they’re set to play an afternoon headline set at next week’s Wide Awake festival in South London. The band will take to the stage at 1.30pm in Brockwell Park, before the likes of Daniel Avery and Black Midi play sets later in the...
By Max Freedman Indigo de Souza writes about thrilling moments of personal revelation as though finally cementing a long-fomenting, highly specific feeling is the ultimate emotional release. When she sings, “Now that everyone’s gone, I can tell you the truth / I don’t love...
The Bad Seeds are scattered. Past and present members – along with their leader, Nick Cave – are in different corners of the world: Brighton, Greece, Melbourne, Berlin and London. They are spending the summer apart, but have come together – remotely, at least...
A statue of Phil Lynott – who fronted Dublin rockers Thin Lizzy from their 1969 formation until their first breakup in 1983 – has been unveiled in the Staffordshire town of West Bromwich, where he was born. The new statue of Lynott was crowdfunded...
Over 1,000 music fans who attended last month’s Latitude Festival later tested positive for COVID-19, government figures say READ MORE: Latitude 2021 review: exhilarating headliners and breakthrough acts galore The event was held in Suffolk last month, the week after England dropped all restrictions...
