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Eurovision 2022: Ukraine beats Sam Ryder into second at hope-filled pop bash

As expected, an outpouring of viewer support for the Ukrainian people proved decisive

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LATEST NEWS

Pro-Russian hackers attempted to interfere with Eurovision votes

Jarvis Cocker is on a quest to find woman who inspired Pulp’s ‘Common People’

Matt Bellamy says Muse’s ‘Will Of The People’ is “a greatest hits album – of new songs”

Iggy Pop pays tribute to guitarist and David Bowie collaborator Ricky Gardiner

Lisa Marie Presley praises “spectacular” ‘Elvis’ biopic

Wanda Sykes “still traumatised” by Will Smith Oscars slap

ALBUM REVIEWS

Kevin Morby – ‘This Is A Photograph’ review: heart-bursting, life-affirming beauty

The Smile – ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’: free and easy Radiohead side-project

Florence + The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ review: the triumphant sound of a singer reborn

The Black Keys – ‘Dropout Boogie’ review: down-the-line rock destined for good times

FEATURES

Joan Jett: “Ted Nugent’s criticism? It’s what I’ve dealt with my whole life – being written off”

A new study says music fans care the most about climate change. Now we need an anthem

Warpaint on their healing new album: “We’re a family – I feel like these are my sisters”

Warren Ellis on nearly 30 years with Nick Cave: “I’m there for him, whatever he wants”

‘Heartstopper’ stars Kit Connor and Joe Locke answer your burning questions

“It’s the ultimate battle of the bands!” – why Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition is more vital than ever

GIG REVIEWS

Piri and Tommy Villiers live at The Great Escape: banging bedroom beats from a couple in perfect harmony

ArrDee live at The Great Escape: euphoric homecoming for Brighton’s boy wonder

Eurovision 2022: Ukraine beats Sam Ryder into second at hope-filled pop bash

Priya Ragu live at The Great Escape: a floor-shaking party starter

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Abby Roberts: “People think they know the full picture of my life from a 15-second TikTok”

Finn Askew on playing his first-ever international gigs: “To be shown love in a country that is not mine is so beautiful”

Crawlers at The Great Escape 2022: “I made unintelligible noises when I found out we’d be supporting My Chemical Romance”

Cat Burns at The Great Escape 2022: “My brain can’t compute the success of ‘Go’ – it’s mind-boggling”

Vivienne Westwood: “Oasis? I heard it in a taxi once and thought: ‘Is that it?’”

Eurovision 2022: Team behind Sam Ryder say “you can’t blame politics – we have a winning formula”

THE BIG READ

Tomorrow X Together: “Our fans are always there by our side. That’s why they’re our heroes”

Arcade Fire: “‘WE’ connects the dots between everything we’ve ever done”

Kehlani: “I’m really in a lighter, more mature, happy, fun space”

Fontaines D.C.: “People are looking to me for answers. What the fuck do I know?”

MORE NEWS

Sum 41 announce ‘Does This Look All Killer No Filler’ UK/European tour with Simple Plan

Matt Helders on Arctic Monkeys’ new album: “It’s never gonna be like ‘R U Mine?’ and all that stuff again”

Watch Steve Martin make fart jokes with Selena Gomez on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Vivienne Westwood: “Once Sex Pistols folded, John Lydon didn’t have any more ideas”

Netflix suggests employees should quit if they’re offended by its content

Coldplay, The Cure and more to take part in charity DrumathonLIVE 2022

Harry Styles to read new CBeebies ‘Bedtime Story’ later this month

Check out the full catalogue for Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood’s ‘Test Specimens’ art exhibition

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Priya Ragu live at The Great Escape: a floor-shaking party starter

Momma live at The Great Escape: Brooklyn indie upstarts are the real deal

MICHELLE live at The Great Escape: an ecstatic, joyful celebration of friendship

BĘÃTFÓØT live at The Great Escape: an onslaught of frenetic freak-rave

FILM & TV NEWS

Lisa Marie Presley praises “spectacular” ‘Elvis’ biopic

Wanda Sykes “still traumatised” by Will Smith Oscars slap

Watch Steve Martin make fart jokes with Selena Gomez on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Vivienne Westwood: “Once Sex Pistols folded, John Lydon didn’t have any more ideas”

Netflix suggests employees should quit if they’re offended by its content

Michelle Yeoh says she teased Jackie Chan for rejecting ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ role: “Your loss, my bro”

‘Resident Evil’: watch the first teaser trailers for new live-action series

Post Malone joined by Fleet Foxes and Roddy Ricch for ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Men’ review: bloodthirsty folk-horror oddity that’s not for the squeamish

‘This Much I Know To Be True’ review: an engrossing and intimate portrait of Nick Cave

‘Our Father’ review: real-life tragedy is reduced to a salacious bit of bin-juice bingeing

‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’ review: a head-spinning, high-energy adventure

GAMING NEWS

‘Genshin Impact’ developer reveals latest character Doushin Shikanoin

‘Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ rated in South Korea

‘Gears Of War’ might be getting a “‘Master Chief Collection’-type treatment”

A ‘Pokémon’-style RPG creator is currently in development

A ‘Portal’ Nintendo 64 demake can be played by fans right now

‘Kingdom Hearts’ on Switch now has a “server congestion” warning

‘Fortnite’ icon series adds YouTuber Ali A skins and events to the battle royale

‘Starfield’ release date, latest news and everything we know

GAME REVIEWS

‘Stellaris: Overlord’ review: an exciting, if unessential expansion for the sci-fi strategy masterpiece

‘Soundfall’ review: a musical celebration

‘Rogue Legacy 2’ review: a triumph of procedural game design

‘Trek To Yomi’ review: a stylish, spiritual slice of samurai action