Sports Team Archives

Music News

Watch Sports Team perform ‘Stations Of The Cross’ at The Oval in London

The song appears on the band's Mercury Prize-nominated debut album

Tom Skinner - 16th September 2020

Music News

Sports Team attempt to beat Pete Doherty’s time in Margate café breakfast challenge

"In hindsight probably didn't need the Yazoo"

Tom Skinner - 15th September 2020

Music News

2020 Mercury Prize winner to be announced live on ‘The One Show’

The coverage will begin on September 21

Rhian Daly - 7th September 2020

Music News

2020 Mercury Prize nominees to take part in Tim Burgess’ Twitter listening parties

The acts will join Burgess and their fans in listening to their nominated record together

Nick Reilly - 28th August 2020

Music News

Watch Sports Team play ‘Camel Crew’ live at The Oval

"First band to play The Oval since The Who in '72. Same vibe"

Alex Gallagher - 4th August 2020

Music News

Sports Team say they’re aiming to get a second album “out quick”

Alex Rice tells NME the band have "been in the studio for the past three weeks, cracking on with album two"

Ali Shutler - 31st July 2020

Music Interviews

“It’s bigger than anything else”: Mercury Prize nominees on why they’re gunning for glory

Georgia, Sports Team, Lanterns on the Lake and Porridge Radio tell NME why they're hoping to bag the biggest prize in British music.

Ali Shutler - 24th July 2020

Blogs

NME writers make their case for this year’s Mercury Prize nominees

Who should get the trophy?

Hannah Mylrea - 23rd July 2020

Features

The power of in-store gigs: why new bands need these vital opportunities

Thrilling performances at your local record shop are off for the foreseeable future – and that’s bad news for your new favourite bands

Rhys Buchanan - 21st July 2020

NME Blogs

The best debut albums (and EPs) of the year… so far!

Here's what 2020's brave new faces had to say for themselves

Thomas Smith - 30th June 2020