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‘Mean Girls’ review: high school musical reboot is no match for the original

This middling teen comedy can't quite make fetch (or itself) happen

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Dylan Llewellyn: “Before ‘Derry Girls’ was a really tough period for me”

Ericdoa – ‘DOA’ review: dials down the hyperpop without sacrificing vision

Coachella 2024: the big talking points from this year’s line-up

Rachel Chinouriri has finally come home

‘Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown’ review: a time-bending triumph

The Smile dismiss The Beatles’ influence and share advice for struggling creatives

Green Day: “If you’re finding your music via algorithms then that’s just lazy”

Sandwell District member and techno artist Silent Servant has died

Music world pays tribute after death of The Shangri-Las’ Mary Weiss

Park Seo-jun says ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ season two will be “much faster-paced”

First trailer for ‘Indiana Jones And The Great Circle’ puts players in the shoes of an “iconic hero”

ALBUM REVIEWS

Sleater-Kinney – ‘Little Rope’ review: an empowering journey into the dense fog of grief

Green Day – ‘Saviors’ review: their best work since ‘American Idiot’

Kali Uchis – ‘Orquídeas’ review: a fearless ambassador for Latin pop

The Vaccines – ‘Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations’ review: more of the same

FEATURES

The B-52s: “If someone’s ruining ‘Love Shack’ on karaoke, I’ll get up there and save it!”

Coachella 2024: the big talking points from this year’s line-up

The best TV shows to look forward to in 2024

Riot Games on Heartsteel: “The Baekhyun and Ezreal collaboration was a dream”

The brave new world of Lime Garden

Dylan Llewellyn: “Before ‘Derry Girls’ was a really tough period for me”

GIG REVIEWS

Bring Me The Horizon live in Cardiff: a band still at their best

Kagami live in London: Ryuichi Sakamoto’s posthumous mixed-reality gig is achingly beautiful

Sleep Token live in London: masked metallers soldier on through adversity

Johnny Marr live in Manchester: a stirring homecoming for one of the city’s proudest sons

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Neck Deep: “I don’t think we ever lost form”

The B-52s: “If someone’s ruining ‘Love Shack’ on karaoke, I’ll get up there and save it!”

Soundtrack Of My Life: Sheryl Crow

The brave new world of Lime Garden

Dylan Llewellyn: “Before ‘Derry Girls’ was a really tough period for me”

bby: the raucous new guitar band building an underground community

THE COVER

Rachel Chinouriri has finally come home

Logic1000: how motherhood and mental health inspired her “seismic” debut

The future is NewDad’s for the taking

MORE NEWS

Music world pays tribute after death of The Shangri-Las’ Mary Weiss

Vampire Weekend, Hozier, Noah Kahan to headline Hinterland Festival 2024

Rob Lowe messed up and texted Bradley Cooper about winning Golden Globe instead of Robert Downey Jr.

The Soft Moon’s Luis Vasquez dies, aged 44

SHERELLE announces “cheap and cheerful” UK and European tour

Alec Baldwin faces charges of involuntary manslaughter following ‘Rust’ shooting

Penélope Cruz refuses to give her children phones: “It’s so easy to be manipulated”

Lizzo teases new music: “The magic is back”

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

bby: the raucous new guitar band building an underground community

Sprints – ‘Letter To Self’ review: noise-rock ripe with melodrama

The brave new world of Lime Garden

Ericdoa – ‘DOA’ review: dials down the hyperpop without sacrificing vision

FILM & TV NEWS

Rob Lowe messed up and texted Bradley Cooper about winning Golden Globe instead of Robert Downey Jr.

Alec Baldwin faces charges of involuntary manslaughter following ‘Rust’ shooting

Penélope Cruz refuses to give her children phones: “It’s so easy to be manipulated”

Sofia Vergara sued by drug lord Griselda Blanco’s estate over Netflix show

‘Emily In Paris’ star Ashley Park says she nearly died from tonsillitis on New Year’s holiday

‘Modern Family’ star Ed O’Neill says he nearly joined friends in “organised crime”

‘American Nightmare’ ending explained: What happened to the “real-life Gone Girl”?

What films are on TV today (January 19)?

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Mean Girls’ review: high school musical reboot is no match for the original

‘Griselda’ review: don’t cross Sofia Vergara’s vicious Miami drug mama

‘True Detective: Night Country’ review: back to its brutal, unbeatable best

‘Poor Things’ review: Emma Stone’s oddball sex comedy will tickle your fancy

GAMING NEWS

‘Palworld’ will feature cross-platform play “as soon as possible”

New evidence suggests “King Of Donkey Kong’” didn’t cheat to achieve high-scores

Obsidian’s ‘Avowed’ reveals “flexible” combat system and release window in new deep-dive trailer

‘The Elder Scrolls: Online’ expansion ‘Gold Road’ coming in June

Watch viral NSFW ‘Saltburn’ scene get recreated in ‘Fortnite’

‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’ will be released later this year

First trailer for ‘Indiana Jones And The Great Circle’ puts players in the shoes of an “iconic hero”

‘The Elder Scrolls’ is getting a ‘Fallout Shelter’-style mobile game

GAME REVIEWS

‘The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered’ review: depressing, but worth it

‘Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown’ review: a time-bending triumph

‘Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora’ review: a stunning world let down by lacklustre action

‘Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader’ review: a sci-fi epic for ‘Baldur’s Gate’ fans