Barry Nicolson

The Stone Roses: The Full Story Of Spike Island, 30 Years On

30 years ago today, The Stones Roses played their legendary gig at Spike Island – but did it live up to the hype? NME speaks to the day's key players

Ian Curtis: why the enigmatic Joy Division frontman remains British indie’s greatest unknown pleasure

This piece originally appeared in NME, May 22 2010 Every year, millions of fans shuffle up the Boulevard de Belleville in Paris and chart a...

A Most Modern Tragedy: Why We’re All To Blame For The Death Of Amy Winehouse

It’s impossible to walk away from Amy, director Asif Kapadia’s controversial documentary about the life and death of Amy Winehouse, and not feel the...

The Killers at King Tuts, Glasgow: massive band, tiny venue, big chaos

The Killers followed last night’s TRNSMT headline set by making their return to Glasgow’s legendary King Tut’s Wah-Wah Hut. The surprise show was quietly...

Arctic Monkeys’ only UK festival performance of the summer is a tour de force of thrills

Last summer, when a sixth Arctic Monkeys LP was something universally anticipated and not the fanbase-dividing Rorschach test it ultimately turned out to be,...

Liam Gallagher is on top of the world in riotous TRNSMT headline set

Liam Gallagher’s headline set at Glasgow’s TRNSMT festival was brought to a standstill last night when one overzealous punter scaled the rigging by the...

Why you should definitely catch Metallica’s WorldWired tour

This week, Metallica’s WorldWired tour arrived in the UK for the band’s first major British shows since headlining 2015’s Reading & Leeds festivals -...

The Killers – ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ Review

The title fight between Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas that the standout track from The Killers’ fifth album is named after was one of...

Jake Bugg – ‘Hearts That Strain’ Review

Ever since Jake Bugg cast aside his co-writers and asserted full control over his music, he’s struggled to find much to say with it....

Wolf Alice: “There’s no grey areas any more; it’s literally a choice between good and evil”

,There’s a brief scene in On The Road, director Michael Winterbottom’s upcoming docu-drama hybrid set against the backdrop of Wolf Alice’s 2015 UK tour,...
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