Latest news
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Foals' Yannis Philippakis reveals all about his "run-in with a knife" at the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize
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Hyundai Mercury Prize 2019: Slowthai sticks Boris Johnson’s face on decapitated mannequin
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Georgia announces new album 'Seeking Thrills', shares pulsating synth pop track 'Never Let You Go'
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Billie Joe Armstrong says Donald Trump "gives me diarrhea", explains why Green Day won't reference him on new album
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Depeche Mode film 'SPIRITS in the Forest' featuring fan stories and concert clips to hit cinemas
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Ask Siri how old Bob Dylan is – apparently he died 11 years ago
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Massage therapist who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual assault dies before case goes to trial
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Tove Lo gets moody on mid-tempo new single 'Sweettalk My Heart'
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Unheard Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash sessions from 1969 to finally be released in new bootleg series
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Bow down! New Beyoncé waxwork replaces the Queen at Madame Tussauds
Album reviews
Features
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"We’re sweaty little music nerds" – an interview with Conjurer, Britain's greatest new metal band
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Hippies in bloomers, army bell tents and Stackridge – the story of the first ever Glastonbury Festival, by those who were there
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The Hyundai Mercury Prize 2019: from The 1975 to Little Simz, let's have a look at the nominees' chances, shall we?
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This week’s biggest vinyl releases to buy and pre-order: The 1975, Liam Gallagher and more
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Amazon has launched a new 'HD' streaming service. Does sound quality matter in music, though? Two NME writers duke it out
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The Cars' 10 best songs
Radar – new music
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Beabadoobee shows love for Pavement on new single ‘I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus’
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The Great Escape announces first 50 acts for 2020 and London showcase gigs
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“We’re not good at sticking to the rules”: Why Husky Loops want their music to capture your attention in 15-seconds or less
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Dry Cleaning: the London group uniting murky post-punk, Meghan Markle and really weird YouTube comments
More news
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"All a bit predictable": Sean Bean now rejects roles where his character dies on screen
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Giddy up! Rex Orange County announces new album 'Pony' and huge UK tour dates
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Soccer Mommy is "seduced by the devil" on feisty new single 'lucy'
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Tinie Tempah defends "authentic" Ed Sheeran after Wiley "culture vulture" drama
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Savages' Jehnny Beth launches new TV chat show featuring Primal Scream, IDLES and more
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Slowthai, Fredo, Mike Skinner and more to play special Warehouse Project show
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Royal Blood's Mike Kerr reveals who he thinks will win the Hyundai Mercury Prize
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JJ Abrams offers controversial twist with new Spider-Man comic book series
The Big Read
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The Big Read – Iggy Pop: "Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it"
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The Big Read – Lana Del Rey: "I give myself permission to have a lot of colours"
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The Big Read – Sheer Mag: "So much rock music is bad and meaningless"
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The Big Read – The 1975: "I feel more like I'm in a punk band than ever before"
Exclusive interviews
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Brittany Howard on how her late sister Jaime inspired her powerful solo album: "I feel like we did it together"
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"Ariana Grande just showed up in our living room" – Social House talk ‘Boyfriend’, their smash hit collaboration with the star
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Mykki Blanco interview: "These shows are a last hurrah to this era of my career"
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From the archive: March 1996, NME meets Keith Flint on the ‘Firestarter’ set – and witnesses the birth of an icon
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Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?! – Grant Nicholas, Feeder
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Korn's Jonathan Davis: "I have the remains of at least seven people in my house"
Film reviews
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NME at TIFF – 'Western Stars' review: inessential Springsteen concert movie that feels like a DVD extra with an attitude
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NME at TIFF – 'Waves' review: a soul-shattering ode to pain, mistakes and coming of age
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NME at TIFF – 'Lucy in the Sky' review: a deranged sci-fi drama with its head in the clouds
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NME at Venice Film Festival – 'The Truth' review: 'Shoplifters' director Hirokazu Kore-eda loses the golden touch
Horror
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'It Chapter Two' star Bill Skarsgård reveals ideas for a third film
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Watch the bloody opening title sequence of 'American Horror Story: 1984'
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Metallica's Kirk Hammett says he "absolutely" wants to direct a horror movie
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Rob Zombie on why he's revisiting his Firefly Clan: "They're vile people, but I want audiences to sympathise with them"
Opinion
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Mark, My Words: I want justice for the most criminally ignored album of all time
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How many remixes is TOO MANY remixes?
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The new 'Charlie's Angels' track should be the follow up to 'Independent Women'. So why does it fail the musical Bechdel test?
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Daniel Johnston's 13 best songs – wonderful tales of mortality, purity and... cartoon characters
Gig reviews
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Aphex Twin at Printworks, London: still one of the greatest electronic shows on earth
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Love Fame Tragedy at Moth Club: Murph Wombats's side-project is already a fully-formed pop act
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"I'll never apologise. They can suck my dick": Tyler, the Creator's first UK show since his ban was a defiant, confounding masterwork
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Muse's triumphant – and unlikely – arena show proves they were prophets all along
NME Radio
Columnists
Music news
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Rihanna has been hanging with BLACKPINK's Jennie, and fans want a collaboration
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WeWork boss Adam Neumann sacked staff and then treated them to Run-DMC performance to lift the mood
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J Hus says his life has fallen apart since he "stopped doing black magic"
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U2's Bono teams up with street artists for new campaign to fight AIDS
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Tool have "tons of material" for a new album, says drummer Danny Carey
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Metallica are now the “biggest all-time touring band”
Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?!
Photos
Video
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Here's what went down at The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival 2019
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Hayley Kiyoko: “Sometimes it's hard to find your people”
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Yungblud: "I suffer from anxiety and depression, and '13 Reasons Why' highlights a difficult subject"
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Greta Van Fleet on album number two: "what hasn't been done and how many rules can we break"
From the vault
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From the Vault – Siamese Animal Men: NME goes to Bangkok with Manic Street Preachers
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The Strokes Uncovered - Their First NME Feature
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From the archive: Arctic Monkeys talk ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ and life behind the mask in 2007
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From The NME Archive: Drake Talks Sex Tapes, FIFA and Dalston Nights Out
IT Chapter 2
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Did you notice this massive difference between the ending of 'IT: Chapter Two' and the one in Stephen King's novel?
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Black Honey's Izzy Bee Phillips takes on 'IT Chapter Two' clown Pennywise
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Wig out! Exploring music's obsession with clowns
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Creepy 'It: Chapter Two' poster features an unlikely nod to Oasis
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'It: Chapter 2' epic runtime is almost as long as 'Avengers: Endgame'
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‘It: Chapter Two’ - Release date, casting news, trailers and everything we know so far
The world famous NME Crossword
Quizzes
Must-see TV
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Lord Of The Rings TV series: everything we know so far
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'Peaky Blinders' Season 5 – release date, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know so far
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'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Season 14 - release date, trailers, cast and everything we know so far
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'Peaky Blinders' season 6 – everything we know so far
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'Euphoria' season 2 - release date, cast, trailers, and everything we know so far
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'Stranger Things' Season 3: release date, trailer, cast, plot, episode titles, theories and more
