Independent Venue Week has officially begun its 2026 edition, launching a seven-day programme featuring more than 700 shows across the UK. Running from John O’Groats to Falmouth, the annual initiative ...

Following a breakout 2025, the artist returns with a project rooted in acceptance, connection and personal growth. To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to ...

Boiler room sets have become a cultural phenomenon, drawing in electronic and techno music fans from around the world to experience exclusive performances from some of the most talented DJs and ...

The shiny new Elizabeth Line opened in May 2022. To mark the occasion, we decided to take every London Tube line to create the definitive ranking of the London Underground.

Big Special return with new single ‘Dragged Up A Hill (and thrown down the other side)’, a track that focuses on Joe Hickin’s stark, unvarnished vocal delivery and shows a more reflective side to the ...

As Sudan become the latest nation to demand repatriation of valuable objects, Alexander Adams looks at some other claims have been made for artefacts in British museums. Sudan has joined the list of ...

Chuck Berry rarely spoke in superlatives, but when he did, his praise carried the weight of rock ’n’ roll history. It’s safe to say that listeners often take for granted the amount of painstaking hard ...

Gia Ford has shared new single ‘I Guess My Time Has Come’ via Chrysalis Records, the Sheffield-born singer’s first release since ‘How Do I Reply?’ earlier this year. The track traces the arc of ...

Flea’s Honora arrives with a premise that could easily have tipped into pretentious indulgence. A rock star turns 60, returns to an instrument from his youth, brings in a serious group of players, and ...

Many successful bands have featured brothers. Whether it be The Kinks, Van Halen, Pantera or Oasis, there’s something largely indescribable but immensely powerful about the brotherly bond that has ...

The heyday of classic rock has given us some of the wildest stories ever told. It was the era of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, and that cliche did not come into being without a considerable body of ...

For decades, UK rap and rock music have evolved alongside each other, connected by a shared anti-establishment agenda and explosive live energy, but rarely joined together into cohesive and powerful ...