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Madonna and Charli xcx have released ‘Danceteria Afterhours’
Madonna and Charli xcx’s new collaboration, produced with Andrew Watt, Cirkut and Stuart Price, is out now.
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Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.
Lizzy McAlpine will take ‘Angel’ across the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand in 2027.
The three acts will play back-to-back at new London festival Embrace LDN next July.
Heidi Curtis’ ‘Summon’ EP arrives on 20th November via AWAL, with its title track out now.
British-Finnish artist otta has shared ‘BOWIE’, the second single from her forthcoming album ‘ASTRA’, due on 20th November.
Renny Conti has released ‘San Francisco, 2005’, the final single from ‘Split Second’, released today via Mom + Pop.
Prima Queen’s new single ‘Dirty Rascal’, produced with Oli Deakin, is out now via Submarine Cat Records.
Taylor Swift’s expanded ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ arrives on Friday 25th September with four new songs, including ‘Patient Zero’.
Blossoms have announced four intimate October shows to celebrate ‘Songs From The Wedding Cake’.
The eight-track collection arrives via Partisan Records on 4th December, led by its newly mixed title track.
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Girl In The Year Above have two (now three!) original songs out, more than 50 waiting in the wings and every intention of becoming absolutely massive. After a whirlwind introduction, Jennifer Ball is learning to enjoy the ridiculousness of it all.
A debut album. Two escapes to Berlin. And a duo ready to go massive. Wasia Project find their way through the dark with 'Nocturne'.
Last autumn, a band that doesn’t exist overtook HOLDING ABSENCE on Spotify. They were already tearing up their own rulebook, building a robot mascot and making an album about human connection. Lucas Woodland explains why ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ means so much to them.
Spanish beer brand’s music project SON Estrella Galicia looked at how Britain treats its small venues, liked what they saw, and took the idea home. Now they're bringing it back to Hackney, in a pub, a vintage shop, a record store and a hairdresser's. Soundhood's Gabriela Cárdenas and Nacho Ruiz explain.
Slayyyter’s 2026 rise brought a long-built internet-pop audience into festival tents, charts and a larger touring cycle.
The 2025 documentary approaches BTS through the people who organised, danced, campaigned and found community around the group.
A route through Chloe Qisha’s witty, emotionally unruly pop before her debut mixtape arrives.
Girl In The Year Above have two (now three!) original songs out, more than 50 waiting in the wings and every intention of becoming absolutely massive. After a whirlwind introduction, Jennifer Ball is learning to enjoy the ridiculousness of it all.
A debut album. Two escapes to Berlin. And a duo ready to go massive. Wasia Project find their way through the dark with 'Nocturne'.
Brazilian death metal band Crypta have returned with ‘A Portrait of Decay’, their first track to feature guitarist Victoria Villarreal.
Michael Bibi, WhoMadeWho, Shanti Celeste, Femi Koleoso and more will play Camden’s KOKO across autumn and winter.
The Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based artist returns with a new psych-pop single, handmade video and three release shows.
CHVRCHES are back with ‘Roses’, their first new music in three years, alongside competitions for intimate Glasgow and London shows.
RIP Magic will release their 12-track debut album ‘1,2,3’ on 30th October via section1, led by new single ‘Stadium Drive’.
Phoenix band Commoner will release their debut album ‘Former Self’ on 13th November via Pure Noise Records, alongside new singles ‘Cemetery Dogs’ and ‘Sirens A Block Away’.
Taylor Swift’s self-directed ‘Patient Zero’ video, featuring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell, will debut at the MTV VMAs on Sunday 27th September.
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Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Niall Horan played Liam Payne’s voice during ‘End of an Era’ at the Birmingham opening night of his Dinner Party Live on Tour.
The remastered edition arrives on 6th November with four bonus tracks, including a previously unreleased ‘Good Enough’ demo.
2hollis’ next album, ‘Pirouette’, will arrive via Interscope Records with hand-drawn artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.
The Finnish trio and Kalandra have expanded an instrumental theme from Remedy’s upcoming game into a full vocal track.
The Australian band’s latest track arrives ahead of third album ‘smile, you’re on camera.’
Taylor Swift’s new single ‘Patient Zero’ arrives on Friday 25th September, following a countdown on her website.
Girl In The Year Above have two (now three!) original songs out, more than 50 waiting in the wings and every intention of becoming absolutely massive. After a whirlwind introduction, Jennifer Ball is learning to enjoy the ridiculousness of it all.
Nine headline dates, including London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town, begin in Barcelona this November.
Macklemore’s Free Palestine Tour will visit Dublin, Paris and London this October, with concert proceeds supporting Palestinian humanitarian organisations.
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'Dune: Part Three' comes to ODEON early on 15th December
'Dune: Part Three' comes to ODEON early on 15th December
Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder and Caleb Hearon were reportedly among around 100 people detained in New York ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s United Nations address.
Last autumn, a band that doesn’t exist overtook HOLDING ABSENCE on Spotify. They were already tearing up their own rulebook, building a robot mascot and making an album about human connection. Lucas Woodland explains why ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ means so much to them.
Michael Bibi, WhoMadeWho, Shanti Celeste, Femi Koleoso and more will play Camden’s KOKO across autumn and winter.
Closer 'I Wish' is, as is tradition on her albums, a lullaby to her younger self, on which she reflects on pulling through a hard time alone.
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