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News

UK & European dates added to An Evening with PinkPantheress tour

The 'Stateside' singer returns home in May with shows in London and Manchester

WTF is...?

WTF is… Midwest emo?

Next in our series of niche deep dives is this raw, twinkly and emotionally wrought sub-genre

SoyuzSoyuz

Interview

Soyuz: “We like to translate the album live, not replicate it”

Alex Chumak on the Minsk-via-Warsaw band's breakthrough album and taking it to the stage as they prepare for their headline show at London's The Jazz Cafe

Interview

Michael Spicer loves vaporwave

Get to know the sketch-loving satirist ahead of his new live show, Hope All's Well

Rosalia Berghain music videoRosalia Berghain music video

The best music videos of 2025

Jetskis, orchestras, zombies and football throwbacks – all of this from the artists keeping the music video art form thriving

News

Jimmy Eat World announce three huge UK shows to celebrate 25 years of Bleed American

The beloved Arizonan band will play the seminal album in full to UK audiences for the first time

The comedian Romesh RanganathanThe comedian Romesh Ranganathan

List

The A-Z of Romesh Ranganathan

An alphabetical biography of the sharp-tongued, travel loving comedian

Interview

Rachel Fairburn does not believe in ghosts

We get to know the Mancunian comic ahead of new character comedy show, Vexy Beasts, touring in 2026

Tommy Wa New MusicTommy Wa New Music

Interview

Tommy WÁ: “Connecting to an audience keeps me alive”

One of the year's most promising breakthroughs on how important a sense of community is to his impassioned style of folk music

Stage Times

Stage Times: McFly

From stadiums in Rio to being attacked by massive flies in Harrogate, the guitar-pop heroes look back at their gigging career