Bringing on Stormzy to 100,000 fans, working with stars as varied as Rihanna and J Hus… Chase & Status are the nonconformist masters of the rave and they’re not stopping with their new LP

Silent Hill: Townfall, the horror game franchise's inaugural first-person adventure, has you hiding in cupboards from marauding monsters

This Dutch-British singer-songwriter, a rising star in alt-folk, addressed her grief with lush music at this haunting London gig

Gruff Rhys, Guto Pryce and Bunf discuss Colombian adventures, lost chords, Welsh politics and what's next for Super Furry Animals at End Of The Road 2026

Plus Fat Dog, Madra Salach and June McDoom

The California garage-rocker breaks it down in Uncut's first End Of The Road Q&A

Plus Cardinals, Ty Segall and a secret show by Angine de Poitrine

It’s a big moment for nepo baby musicians, with Cruz Beckham, Gene Gallagher and Violet Grohl all on the circuit. Luckily, Grohl proved her vocal worth

As the man who ordered the rapper’s death is found guilty, it’s time to pay tribute again to a musician who critics rightly compared to Dylan or Lennon

It began as a small celebration of Caribbean culture — now the unity of old and new generations is pushing London’s biggest party ever forward

The former White Stripes frontman sang an impassioned verse of Jolene at his gig in Eventim Apollo, London, but also indulged in guitar god antics

The reclusive star also known as Shawn Carter brought his wife, Beyoncé, and a galaxy of A-listers to his three sensational shows in New York. Get ready for Jaymania

Ladysmith Black Mambazo made history with Paul Simon 40 years ago. Now they have teamed up with the Oxford folk band Stornaway to make music — and save an endangered bird

Ladysmith Black Mambazo made history with Paul Simon 40 years ago. Now they have teamed up with the Oxford folk band Stornaway to make music — and save an endangered bird

With the Roots playing house band at the first London outing of their annual Roots Picnic festival, Nas thrived in their jazz-rap hands in Crystal Palace Park

Often overlooked, this LP marked the moment The Beatles expanded their horizons, deepened their songwriting and began reshaping popular music

Syd Barrett's Floyd may feel very different from the band who made The Dark Side Of The Moon, but they have more in common than you think

Robert De Niro, Andy Warhol and Count Binface are AI’d into life around the superstar DJ, while Bastille collide with Bluey at this (very) broad musical event

Nick Cave storms this outdoor extravaganza at his former hometown Brighton for a day where the angels win out

Pop titans Duran Duran on reviving their edgy Halloween show for London, their jet-set reputation, how they’ve stayed together for 45 years — and retaining a teenage thrill for music

Splitting up with his wife left Muse frontman Matt Bellamy in a dark place. He survived by writing the most exposed, personal songs of his career — and looking to the stars, writes Mark Beaumont

Superstar septet’s Arirang spectacular delivers plenty of bang for its buck at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

The alt-rockers played London’s Finsbury Park in an ecstatic homecoming concert that showcased their wild command of clashing styles from dream pop to prog metal

The 71-year-old national treasure strutted on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in a blue blazer and golden shoes before delivering a ferocious concert

Nicole Scherzinger and Wainwright’s sister Martha were surprise guests at the Royal Albert Hall as the singer reimagined Garland’s 1961 Carnegie Hall performance — for the last time

The founding member of the hip-hop icons the Beastie Boys brought his low-key showcase tour to 26 Leake Street in London with songs from his new solo album

Back for a reunion tour, the Welsh cult heroes easily devour O2 Academy Brixton in their yeti gear

For his first London solo show, at Koko in London, the musician performed hazy avant jazz with the Radiohead frontman and Warren Ellis

Vast and highly entertaining

Simon’s last tour closed amid talk of retirement. But the success of 2023’s Seven Psalms has instigated a comeback, his now fragile voice lovingly shrouded by a big band

Madonna is back to claim her spot atop the pop totem poll with the help of that Coachella cameo and a new album which echoes her New York dance floor roots

For the opening night of their O2 Brixton Academy residency, the Brooklyn band mixed unreleased music with anthemic classics

They have titled their five-night run of shows at the Electric Ballroom Obscure, as they concentrate on everything but the pop smashes... which does leave it lacking something

At a sensational album launch at London’s Brixton Academy, Devon’s mightiest space rock trio proved they’re still a powerful pop metal unit

This Teenage Cancer Trust gig, part of a series curated by Robert Smith at the Royal Albert Hall, paired Placebo’s stripped-back elegance with Garbage’s industrial grunge and bubblegum hooks

Jarvis Cocker, Rufus Wainwright, Beth Orton, Anna Calvi and more took to the stage after a screening of the dramatised documentary Broken English

Music critic Mark Beaumont thinks Harry Styles' much-anticipated new album is full of lacklustre delivery, derivative sounds - and shortchanges his fans

Young Fathers, who are part of War Child’s star-studded new compilation, tell NME about the project and the importance of using your voice.

Their keyboardist had just popped the question, but that wasn’t all that was romantic about this gig as Chicago’s indie-soul favourites ended their UK tour at London’s Hackney Church

North London’s artrockers Sorry deal with a difficult venue for a patchy gig which sometimes finds the magic of their records

The frontwoman Karly Hartzman kicked off her shoes, swigged wine and swore at ICE agents on the sumptuous final night of the grunge band’s UK tour

Spiritualized obliterate EartH as part of the Brits Weeks gigs in aid of War Child

Amid political unrest and label pressure, Brian Wilson became consumed by his ambition to create a song that distilled a feeling of pure positivity, leading to what was, at the time, the most expensiv...

Tarsier Studios latest is another gorgeous, grotesque spooktacular

The Chicago alt-rocker ripped through her orchestral emo album Goodbye Small Head at this glorious north London gig

More than 100 artists gathered at London’s Koko to celebrate Burns Night and the Talking Heads singer in an evening of Scots poetry, supergroups and chaos

Twenty years since the Sheffield band released ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, it remains the bedrock of contemporary British guitar music. Mark Beaumont speaks to producers Alan Smyt...

The ex-Take That star is on track to score his 16th chart-topper this week, a record he has had in his sights for his entire career. But what does it mean?