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Don’t miss these comedy acts at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
The choice can be overwhelming at the world's biggest performing arts festival – plan your visit with these essentials
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The 11 best Deftones songs
Why have a Top 10 when you can have one more? Here are our 11 favourite Deftones songs, ranked
Review
Fontaines D.C. and friends balance music and politics beautifully in Finsbury Park
The Dubliners were joined by Amyl and the Sniffers, Kneecap and more for their biggest headline show yet
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Cassandra Jenkins is a master of understated bliss
The 'Hard Drive' singer's headline show at Lantern Hall, Bristol is cosmic and cathartic
MJ Lenderman has the chops to quiet a rowdy Bristol
Americana's latest star boy kicked off his UK tour in the West Country with emotive force
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The 11 best Metallica songs
With the Metallica: M72 World Tour headed to the UK next summer, here are our 11 favourite Metallica songs, ranked
Armlock: “A lot of the lyrics are trying to search for spirituality”
Simon Lam and Hamish Mitchell of Armlock discuss the making of their emo-tinged indie rock ahead of The Great Escape 2025
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Will Ospreay never had a Plan B
Ahead the return of AEW this summer, The Aerial Assassin takes us through his journey to become a modern great
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The 11 best ABBA songs
Why have a Top 10 when you can have one more? We take on the mammoth task of ranking ABBA's best hits
The 11 best LCD Soundsystem songs
Why have a Top Ten when you can have one more? We rank the best LCD Soundsystem songs