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Travis Scott’s hard seltzer discontinued by manufacturer

Doja Cat tests positive for COVID-19, pulls out of iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour

Travis Scott dropped from Coachella 2022 line-up, according to reports

Watch Rick Ross and Jazmine Sullivan perform ‘Outlawz’ on ‘The Tonight Show’

Beach Bunny, Soccer Mommy and more announced for 2022 Mission Creek Festival

Broken Social Scene announce new rarities collection

ALBUM REVIEWS

Juice WRLD – ‘Fighting Demons’ review: posthumous album deepens rapper’s narrative

Alicia Keys – ‘KEYS’ review: an intriguing concept, but not a top-tier project

Rick Ross – ‘Richer Than I Ever Been’ review: rap don sticks to the formula, with satisfying results

Neil Young & Crazy Horse – ‘Barn’ review: rugged and rural beauty, with a sense of hope

FEATURES

The best (and worst) new Christmas songs of 2021 – ranked!

‘Succession’ and the humiliation of Shiv Roy – what happened to the least sociopathic sibling?

“Kill the twink!”: how ‘Chucky’ cements the murderous doll’s legacy as a queer ally

Inside St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein’s surrealist meta-doc ‘The Nowhere Inn’

The 2022 Reading & Leeds Festival line-up promises brilliantly curated eclecticism

Lancey Foux: “I wish the UK acknowledged rap the same way they do punk”

GIG REVIEWS

Kanye West and Drake live in Los Angeles: titans unite for a near-religious experience

Manic Street Preachers live in London: potent missives bring life to the party

Wizkid live in London: a celebratory victory lap for the Afrobeats star

Headie One live in London: a star-studded run through the greatest hits

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Inside St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein’s surrealist meta-doc ‘The Nowhere Inn’

Sam Fender on winning NME’s Album of the Year for ‘Seventeen Going Under’: “It means the world to me”

The 50 best albums of 2021

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Jamie Cullum

ArrDee: “cheeky chappy” rapper transforming TikTok success into chart-climbing hits

EVERGLOW on their comeback: “We want to take over and lead the world”

THE BIG READ

The 50 best albums of 2021

Willow: “Humans have never been good at accepting that people are different”

Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre”

Summer Walker: “I’m a vulnerable, open person. I’m really emotional and shit”

MORE NEWS

My Chemical Romance add new dates to 2023 Australian tour

The Darkness announce details of 2022 North American tour

The piano that “started rock n’ roll” goes up for sale

The Streets have cancelled their 2022 tour

Recording Academy chair speaks out about Kacey Musgraves’ ineligibility for Grammy

ABBA open up about recent Grammy nomination

Watch Years & Years’ fantasy-themed new video for ‘Sweet Talker’

‘Book Of Boba Fett’ is like ‘The Godfather’, says show’s star Ming-Na Wen

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

ArrDee: “cheeky chappy” rapper transforming TikTok success into chart-climbing hits

No Rome: “Shoegaze R&B” master designing a new world of invention and unity

Wet Leg announce debut album and share two new songs ‘Too Late Now’ and ‘Oh No’

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Belgian electro-pop duo laughing in the face of everything

FILM & TV NEWS

‘Book Of Boba Fett’ is like ‘The Godfather’, says show’s star Ming-Na Wen

Watch Miley Cyrus become a living Christmas card in ‘SNL’ sketch

New ‘Fantastic Beasts’ teaser sees first glimpse of Mads Mikkelsen as Grindelwald

See Slipknot’s Corey Taylor star in the trailer for new horror ‘Rucker’

Watch Billie Eilish perform ‘Happier Than Ever’ and ‘Male Fantasy’ on ‘SNL’

Cillian Murphy remembers ‘Peaky Blinders’ co-star Helen McCrory in new tribute

‘West Side Story’ takes just £3.5million on opening day

Watch Billie Eilish direct a “hip-hop nativity” in ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story’ review: salacious spin-off swaps facts for farce

‘Landscapers’ review: true crime serialism grounded by powerhouse performances

‘Don’t Look Up’ review: searing satire with a worthy message

‘Licorice Pizza’ review: a sunny slice of California life topped with Alana Haim

GAMING NEWS

‘Escape From Tarkov’ 12.12 patch notes – the wipe, Lighthouse, new enemies and more

‘Scorn’ has received an updated release window and is “75 per cent complete”