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Confidence Man: “Our live shows? It’s all the fun without any faff”

Light-up bras, champagne popping and heart-racing dance moves: the Aussie band’s gloriously fun live show makes for an unmissable night out. NME heads backstage on the year’s wildest tour

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‘Wednesday’: behind the screams on TV’s spookiest new spinoff

‘Sonic Frontiers’ review: slow and unsteady

Soundtrack Of My Life: Sarah Hyland

Steve Lacy: his stunning rise in 10 tracks

Wizkid – ‘More Love, Less Ego’ review: Afrobeats’ biggest star perfects his universal sound

LATEST NEWS

Listen to Rihanna’s new single ‘Born Again’ from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

Batman actor Kevin Conroy has died aged 66

Paul Cook on if Sex Pistols might ever reunite again

Julian Lennon says ‘Hey Jude’ is a “dark reminder” of his dad John leaving their family

BTS’ RM announces debut solo album ‘Indigo’

Matthew Perry was a “nightmare” to work with, says Elizabeth Hurley

ALBUM REVIEWS

Wizkid – ‘More Love, Less Ego’ review: Afrobeats’ biggest star perfects his universal sound

Drake and 21 Savage – ‘Her Loss’ review: exciting prospect marred by lazy songwriting

Bruce Springsteen – ‘Only The Strong Survive’ review: a joyful ode to the greatest soul songs

Louis Tomlinson – ‘Faith In The Future’ review: an assured step forward

FEATURES

Steve Lacy: his stunning rise in 10 tracks

Bruce Springsteen: every album ranked in order of greatness

How the understated Takeoff became the real superstar of Migos

Quentin Tarantino’s film soundtracks – ranked!

The 20 best worst characters on TV – ranked by how awful they are

“It’d be total cringe if we did that” – is Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus right about reunion albums?

GIG REVIEWS

Maggie Rogers live in London: feeling it all, together

Sigur Rós live in London: still the masters of swelling majesty

Christine and the Queens live in Paris: a surreal and fantastic voyage into Redcar’s world

Rema live in London: an immersive dance party from Afropop’s young king

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Soundtrack Of My Life: Sarah Hyland

What I learned about Selena Gomez from making a documentary of her life

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Sex Pistols’ Paul Cook

Confidence Man: “Our live shows? It’s all the fun without any faff”

‘Wednesday’: behind the screams on TV’s spookiest new spinoff

Download Festival boss on gender-balanced festival line-ups: “All festivals need to look at how diverse they are”

THE BIG READ

Confidence Man: “Our live shows? It’s all the fun without any faff”

Japanese Breakfast: “There’s freedom and creative growth in not having anything to prove”

Charli XCX: “I like playing games with pop music. I enjoy poking fun at it”

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: “If something is shit and no one likes it, you just put out another one the next month”

MORE NEWS

Brooklyn post-punks Dead Tooth crash a DIY show in their new video for ‘Sporty Boy’

Here’s why Daniel Kaluuya isn’t in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

Linda Cardellini says it’s been hinted Velma was gay for ages

Paul Cook on if Sex Pistols might ever reunite again

Watch ZZ Top perform with ridiculous 17-string bass

Confidence Man almost missed collab with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker due to unread Instagram DM

‘House Of The Dragon’ star Milly Alcock says she won’t do fantasy roles again

Hilary Duff rebukes virginity claims in “money grab” Aaron Carter memoir

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Homeward bound: the night Laufey became an Icelandic national treasure

Rema live in London: an immersive dance party from Afropop’s young king

Etta Marcus: London storyteller’s dark, brooding pop feels entirely otherworldly

Cassyette – ‘Sad Girl’ review: a bold, brilliant debut worth shouting about

FILM & TV NEWS

Lindsay Lohan wants to make Jamie Lee Curtis’ ‘Freaky Friday’ sequel idea a reality

‘State of Alabama vs Brittany Smith’ is called “powerful”, “sad” and “infuriating” on social media

Here’s why Daniel Kaluuya isn’t in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

Linda Cardellini says it’s been hinted Velma was gay for ages

‘House Of The Dragon’ star Milly Alcock says she won’t do fantasy roles again

Hilary Duff rebukes virginity claims in “money grab” Aaron Carter memoir

Belle And Sebastian postpone UK tour due to a “health issue”

Batman actor Kevin Conroy has died aged 66

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ review: a magical memorial to Chadwick Boseman

‘Mammals’ review: James Corden might be a muppet, but he makes great TV

‘Enola Holmes 2’ review: a twisty murder mystery that’s worth solving

‘The White Lotus’ season two review: the guests are still awful, the show still utterly addictive

GAMING NEWS

Here’s the ‘Moviedle’ answer and hints for today (November 12)

Comedy stick-figure game ‘Shadows Over Loathing’ gets surprise launch

‘Control 2’ is in development, but release will “take a while”

‘Final Fantasy 14’ reveals new quests and raids coming with patch 6.3

Batman actor Kevin Conroy has died aged 66

‘Two Point Campus’ to introduce mod support “very soon”

Nintendo has redesigned the Switch to be more energy efficient

Here’s your first look at Shoot House in ‘Modern Warfare 2’

GAME REVIEWS

‘Sonic Frontiers’ review: slow and unsteady

‘A Little to the Left’ review: household zen

‘God of War Ragnarok’ review: the Boy is back in town

‘Football Manager 2023’ review: parking the bus