Culture Features
The 10 stand-out shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025
As the Edinburgh Fringe comes to a close, here's the top shows we saw this year
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Florence + The Machine announce 2026 ‘Everybody Scream’ UK and European tour
Florence Welch and her band will hit the road early next year
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7 albums you need to hear this week
With music from CMAT, Sabrina Carpenter, Blood Orange, Nova Twins, The Hives, Jehnny Beth and The Beaches
Music News
Maruja, Oliver Sim and Metronomy ft Sherelle lead our Hot New Songs playlist
Check out new music from Maruja, Oliver Sim, a brilliant Metronomy remix from Sherelle and so much more.
Music Features
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett on 25 years of Gorillaz: ‘If you have the ideas, then keep moving forward’
The brains behind the revolutionary, industry-shaping animated band discuss always staying one step ahead, and why their quarter-century celebrations are “retrospective, not nostalgic”
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Teen convicted of helping to plan terror attack at Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts
The 16-year-old boy, charged with preparing a serious act of violence, was given an 18-month suspended sentence under juvenile criminal law by a German court
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Kylie Minogue announces ‘Tension’ tour live album
And the digital version will land in a mere matter of weeks...
Music Features
Nova Twins: How a celestial awakening shaped the third album from the brightest duo in UK rock
Watching a solar eclipse the day before recording third album Parasites & Butterflies convinced the Nova Twins’ Amy Love and Georgia South of the power of their new record’s opposing themes of light and darkness, as they tell Rolling Stone UK
Music Album Reviews
CMAT ‘Euro-Country’ review: A (super)star is born
The third album from the self-proclaimed Dunboyne Diana marks the arrival of a true star.
Music News
Lana Del Rey talks swimming with Gators and pushing her country album to 2026
The singer-songwriter also revealed the one song she's written so far about her husband, Jeremy Dufrene, an airboat captain and alligator tour guide
Music Features
Meet runo plum, the Minnesota songwriter drawing from nature
The singer’s debut album, ‘patching’, is the first of a two-part project that picks apart personal upheaval through beauty and melody
Music Live Reviews
The Maccabees live at All Points East: an ‘indie carnival’ for the ages
In a well-publicised dustbowl at Victoria Park, noughties stars and the next generation brought an emotional end of summer celebration
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Kelly Osbourne slams wrestler Becky Lynch over Ozzy joke: ‘You disrespectful dirtbag’
“Birmingham would not piss on you if you were on fire,” Osbourne told the wrestler
Music Live Reviews
Coldplay live in London: A dazzling stadium spectacle
On the first of ten nights at Wembley Stadium, Coldplay effortlessly prove why this is the highest attended tour in rock history
Music Live Reviews
Bring Me The Horizon live at Leeds Festival: Britain’s biggest rock band deliver a homecoming for the ages
Britain's biggest rock band rise to the occasion with an almighty Yorkshire homecoming.
Music Live Reviews
Chappell Roan live at Leeds Festival: Pop’s biggest new star reigns supreme
Securing one of the weekend's biggest crowds, Chappell Roan proves why this Midwest Princess is making waves across the globe.
Music Features
Rolls-Royce swimming pool stunt prompts musical retrospective
Phantom embraced by artists from Marlene Dietrich, Elvis and Sir Elton John to John Lennon, Liberace and 50 Cent
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Hear Oasis share live ‘Bring It On Down’ recording from Edinburgh show
Live and direct from Murrayfield...
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Nell Mescal announces new EP ‘The Closest We’ll Get’
The Irish singer-songwriter has also shared the powerful new title track.
Music News
8 albums you need to hear this week
With music from Wolf Alice, Stray Kids, Mac DeMarco, Laufey, Deftones, Water From Your Eyes, Nourished By Time and Royel Otis