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LATEST NEWS

Kim Dickens will return as ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ regular in season eight

Happy Mondays announce 2022 UK tour including Manchester homecoming shows

Tributes paid after country singer Stonewall Jackson dies aged 89

The Cure announce UK and European tour for 2022

Stephen Sondheim voted for ‘Team America’ to win Best Picture at the Oscars

Arlo Parks, Squid, Black Midi lead London Somerset House 2022 gig series

ALBUM REVIEWS

Tom Morello – ‘The Atlas Underground Flood’ review: he’s still raging against the machine

Gabriels – ‘Bloodline’ EP review: an increasingly captivating project

Arca – ‘Kick ii’, ‘Kick iii’, ‘Kick iiii’ & ‘Kick ‘iiiii’ review: a sprawling departure from definition

Various artists – ‘Essiebons Special 1973-1984’ review: a beautiful tribute to one of Ghana’s greats

FEATURES

10 legend-making Arctic Monkeys festival sets

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

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

Every song The Beatles play in Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’

TeeZee: visionary leading west Africa’s alté movement onto the world stage

10 song lyrics that honour the late, great Virgil Abloh

GIG REVIEWS

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

BTS live in LA: a euphoric return to live performance for the K-pop juggernauts

Sleaford Mods live in Nottingham: bewildering joy at duo’s first-ever headline arena show

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Starsailor’s James Walsh: “There’s a misconception we were a stop-gap before The Strokes”

Tears For Fears on how personal and political trauma shaped new album ‘The Tipping Point’

The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’ producer Gordon Raphael on his new ’00s indie book ‘The World Is Going To Love This’

Soundtrack Of My Life: Mo Gilligan

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – The Waterboys’ Mike Scott

Friends Like These: 347aidan and renforshort

THE BIG READ

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”

IDLES: “I wanted to be more than what we were becoming”

MORE NEWS

Duran Duran announce summer 2022 live shows alongside immersive three-day Ibiza events

Netflix confirms ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ release date and reveals new look at spin-off

Lana Del Rey wants to collaborate with Migos: “I love everything they do”

Sean Paul announces ‘Scorcha’ UK tour 2022 ahead of new album

Rihanna tells paparazzi that new music is coming “soon soon soon”

BIBI shows off her deadly charm in new ‘The Weekend’ music video

JennyLee shares Trentemøller-produced single ‘Tickles’ and B-side ‘Heart Tax’

NCT 127 unveil explosive music video for ‘Earthquake’

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

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

TeeZee: visionary leading west Africa’s alté movement onto the world stage

FILM & TV NEWS

Kim Dickens will return as ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ regular in season eight

Stephen Sondheim voted for ‘Team America’ to win Best Picture at the Oscars

Netflix confirms ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ release date and reveals new look at spin-off

Wi Ha-joon talks chemistry with ‘Bad And Crazy’ co-star Lee Dong-wook

Channel 4 boss says the station is not a “left-wing organisation”

HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ live-action TV series: cast, release date and everything we know so far

Things turn violent in new ‘Snowdrop’ teaser, starring BLACKPINK’s Jisoo

Watch the first teaser for ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Part One)’

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic

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

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: old-school zombie flick serves up sufficient scares

‘Freddie Mercury: The Final Act’ review: inside the rock god’s prejudice-defying curtain call

GAMING NEWS

Modernised ‘Panda’ GameCube controller made available on Kickstarter

New ‘Hot Wheels Unleashed’ content lets you race Batman vehicles

‘Battlefield 2042’ satisfaction surveys aim to find out what needs improving

Valkyrae wishes “creepy” viewers would stop sexualising her

‘Fortnite’ finally upgrades to Unreal Engine 5

HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ live-action TV series: cast, release date and everything we know so far

‘Fortnite’ Chapter 3 trailer shows new map and abilities

Charity bundle offers 60+ games for £5 to help tackle climate change

GAME REVIEWS

‘Halo Infinite’ review: the best AAA shooter of the year

‘Fights in Tight Spaces’ review: action-packed card brawler could be this year’s ‘Slay The Spire’

‘Chorus’ review: a cosmic odyssey with a personal touch

‘Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun – Aiko’s Choice’ review: a satisfying slice of murder sudoku