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LATEST NEWS

Slayer and Exodus guitarist Gary Holt tests positive for the coronavirus

Michael Jackson once owned alligators that died in a fire at Joe Exotic’s zoo

Listen to Kings Of Leon’s timely new song ‘Going Nowhere’

Foo Fighters share rescheduled dates for 25th anniversary van tour

Drake’s next single ‘Toosie Slide’ is coming this week

Watch Jack Black make his TikTok debut with 30-second ‘Quarantine Dance’

ALBUM REVIEWS

Jessie Reyez – ‘Before Love Came To Kill Us’ review: a heart-wrenching, ferocious and unfiltered debut

Skepta, Chip & Young Adz – ‘Insomnia’ review: three UK rap greats team up to celebrate their scene

Pearl Jam – ‘Gigaton’ review: one of the biggest rock bands in the world return to semi-brilliance

Waxahatchee – ‘Saint Cloud’ review: Katie Crutchfield embraces her Americana idols with stunning results

FEATURES

Boxing, murder and barcodes: the podcasts your favourite musicians are listening to in lockdown

Izzy Camina: Meet the rising techno-pop star bringing nihilism to the club

From Gorillaz to The Last Shadow Puppets: the 10 best side projects in indie

Riz Ahmed on being an actor, activist and rapper: “Representation stretches culture – it might even heal people”

Mark, My Words: artists, don’t delay your new albums – music is an emergency service

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Wendy James, Transvision Vamp

GIG REVIEWS

Yungblud live on YouTube: all-singing and dancing livestreamed gig does social distancing with style

Morrissey live in London: the faithful defy lockdown to grudgingly admire a set of career oddities

Sink Ya Teeth live in Manchester: a rapturous display from a band who don’t ever want the party to end

Orlando Weeks live in London: former Maccabees frontman wows with meditative new material

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Rita Ora: “Men don’t get asked how old they are all the time”

Empress Of: “My new album is a little miracle that happened in the chaos of a bunch of shit”

Riz Ahmed on being an actor, activist and rapper: “Representation stretches culture – it might even heal people”

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Wendy James, Transvision Vamp

Tim Burgess on listening parties with Oasis’ Bonehead and Blur’s Dave Rowntree: “They’re a distraction”

Mongolian metallers The Hu: ‘We want to become one of the legendary bands’

THE BIG READ

Blossoms: “We might be uncool, but so are ABBA and everyone loves them”

Rina Sawayama: “I need to get some rock’n’roll lessons from Matty Healy”

Tory Lanez: “Words are so powerful. Death and life is in the power of your tongue”

The Big Read – Porridge Radio: “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world”

NME Awards 2020

All the incredible photos from The 1975’s stunning performance at the NME Awards 2020

See all the performances from the NME Awards 2020 – in beautiful photos

Check out these pics of FKA Twigs’ spine-tingling performance at the NME Awards 2020

All the wild photos from Yungblud’s flamboyant performance at the NME Awards 2020

The Big Moon say festival bosses not working towards gender balanced line-ups are “full of shit”

Tom Grennan calls his upcoming second album a “thank you note”

The Cure’s Robert Smith on their “two new albums and an hour of noise”

Fontaines D.C. talk to us about their new album – and speak the power of youth in Ireland

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

From Pop Smoke to Fivio Foreign: the best New York drill songs

Izzy Camina: Meet the rising techno-pop star bringing nihilism to the club

What’s Your Band Called, Mate? Get to know Mealtime

NME’s best albums of 2020… so far

FILM & TV NEWS

Michael Jackson once owned alligators that died in a fire at Joe Exotic’s zoo

Russell Crowe is helping Johnny Vegas to bring vulnerable people in St Helens self-isolation supplies

Normal People: new trailer, photos and confirmed release date for Sally Rooney BBC adaptation

Matt Lucas to release ‘Thank You Baked Potato’ song for FeedNHS campaign

‘Riverdale’ sets revised April return date amidst coronavirus shutdown

New ‘Westworld’ trailer teases the return of the Man in Black

An iconic Britney Spears performance features ‘Tiger King’s Doc Antle

Kevin Smith reveals which My Chemical Romance song he’d turn into a movie

FILM REVIEWS

‘The Perfect Candidate’ review: a subtle message movie from one of the world’s most important filmmakers

‘Vivarium’ review: surrealist parable about domestic confinement may cut too close to home

‘Radioactive’ review: Rosamund Pike plays Marie Curie in a meticulous biopic about the awesome power of science

‘The Platform’ review: a shocking, must-see fable for days of panic buying and isolation