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Dua Lipa brands some Britpop bands’ past behaviour as “obnoxious”

"It’s more like the music element, the aspect of it that I’m really connected to"

Glastonbury and Lana Del Rey tickets among freebees MPs declared in 2023

Other freebees include tickets to see Madonna and Blur

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

Coachella's line-up poster has been released and features big comebacks, huge headliners and reunions

These classic 1994 albums all turn 30 this year

1994 has an argument to be one of the greatest years in music history: Oasis, Blur, Nas, Hole, Beastie Boys and more all dominated

Artists on the challenges of 2023 and hopes for 2024: “I just want to see us getting paid for selling records”

Members of Blur, the band FKA Easy Life, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, plus Cherise and LVRA told NME at the recent of the FAC AGM how issues around payment, fairness, race, education and venues closing needed fixing for the year ahead

UK vinyl sales reach highest level since 1990

Albums by Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones and Lana Del Rey contributed to the surge in sales this year

The best albums of 2023

Here are 50 records from 2023 that encapsulated the full human experience and are worth treasuring and holding tightly.

Damon Albarn says it’s time to “wrap up” Blur again: “It’s too much for me”

“I’m not saying I won’t do it again, it was a beautiful success, but I’m not dwelling on the past"

The 50 best songs of 2023

As we approach the year's end, here’s a definitive list of the 50 best songs that truly made our 2023 at NME.
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