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NME toasted to a year of The Cover with a killer party in London – here’s what went down

All the action from the latest celebration of The Cover's first anniversary

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Baekhyun on new beginnings: “I think it’s a starting point to my solo career”

Dafne Keen on her Star Wars debut: “‘The Acolyte’ is about power and identity”

Pozer: meet the dexterous drill star making UK chart history

Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ review: doesn’t fold under pressure

Jodie Foster says she was “always shocked” by how frequently women had rape backstories in scripts

Music fans and artists hit back as Spotify CEO claims “the cost of creating content” is “close to zero”

Justin Chancellor reveals Tool got “frustrated” working on ‘Fear Inoculum’: “At one point we kind of threw it all away”

The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen gets bit by bat while opening for AC/DC

XG announce new dates for 2024 ‘The First Howl’ world tour

Valve says you can’t include your Steam account in a will

ALBUM REVIEWS

Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’ review: bombastic and brilliant

aespa – ‘Armageddon’ review: the girl group shine brightest at their most experimental

DIIV – ‘Frog In Boiling Water’ review: dense shoegaze ruminates on late-stage capitalism

Bat For Lashes – ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ review: spiralling symphonies written in the patient gaze of new motherhood

FEATURES

NME toasted to a year of The Cover with a killer party in London – here’s what went down

Dance music is a summer staple, but are we stuck in ‘stick season’?

Primavera Sound 2024: the essential sets to see

Why is Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ taking over Spotify algorithms?

Behind The Cover with Chappell Roan: “NME always has the cool girls”

DIIV tackle their existential crisis: “This album just feels so hard fought”

GIG REVIEWS

English Teacher live in London: art-rock champs keeping indie out of the swamp

Nicki Minaj live in London: ever-polarising rap iconoclast comes back fighting

Jane’s Addiction live in London: the alt-rock icons make an explosive return to the UK

Laufey live in London: an exquisite evening of pure musical excellence

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Griff on supporting Taylor Swift at Wembley: “Eight-year-old me wouldn’t believe this”

Teddy Swims: “I recently got to record a song with Will Smith – he’s the sweetest guy ever”

An afternoon in the passenger seat with suburban storyteller KiLLOWEN

Baekhyun on new beginnings: “I think it’s a starting point to my solo career”

Dafne Keen on her Star Wars debut: “‘The Acolyte’ is about power and identity”

Dylan: “I want to headline Wembley – playing there with Ed Sheeran gave me the hunger”

THE COVER

Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

Coco Jones is getting the second chance she deserves

Breakthrough rapper Songer on his life-changing year: “I’ve been pretty fearless”

MORE NEWS

Cardi B appears to diss Bia on ‘Wanna Be’ remix, Bia responds

Charli XCX debuts new song ‘Everything is romantic’ at Primavera Sound 2024

Steve Miller reacts to Eminem interpolating ‘Abracadabra’ in new song ‘Houdini’

Metallica release pro-shot ‘Master of Puppets’ footage with lightning in Munich

ABBA reunite to be honoured with Swedish knighthoods

Watch Adele tell off heckler for saying “Pride sucks” at Las Vegas residency: “Are you fucking stupid?”

Here’s how Liam Gallagher kicked off the Oasis ‘Definitely Maybe’ anniversary tour

Maya Hawke says she is “comfortable with not deserving” the life she has due to nepotism

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

How a surprise Fred Again.. collab helped I Am Roze find their voice

Mary In The Junkyard – ‘This Old House’ EP review: bewitching art-pop soars above the hype

Girl And Girl – ‘Call A Doctor’ review: brilliantly bonkers indie-rock from Brisbane

Chloe Slater: the firebrand songwriter that’s about to be everywhere

FILM & TV NEWS

‘Knives Out’ fans think they’ve already worked out ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ mystery

Maya Hawke says she is “comfortable with not deserving” the life she has due to nepotism

Podcast dedicated to Stephen King works announces “sudden” death of co-host Scott Wampler

‘3 Body Problem’ will return for two more seasons

When is ‘The Outlaws’ season three on TV?

Nicolas Cage horror movie ‘Longlegs’ gets rave reactions following surprise screening

These are the biggest movies of the year so far

‘Godzilla Minus One’ is now streaming on Netflix

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ review: another mighty, petrol-soaked masterpiece

‘Megalopolis’ review: as mad and memorable as everyone is saying

‘Bridgerton’ season three review: still sweet and seductive but the taste is growing stale

‘The Beach Boys’ review: re-telling the Californian lads’ not-always-sunny story

GAMING NEWS

Bungie warns ‘Destiny 2’ players about ‘The Final Shape’ spoilers after leak

‘Arena Breakout: Infinite’ says ‘Escape From Tarkov’ plagiarism claims are “untrue”

‘God Of War Ragnarok’ is coming to PC, but fans will need a PSN account

‘Silent Hill 2 Remake’ release date confirmed

‘MultiVersus’ relaunch attracts more than 114,000 players on Steam but reviews are mixed

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ is officially set to be a day one Xbox Game Pass release

Lego unveils official ‘The Legend Of Zelda’ set

‘League Of Legends’ reveals £400 bundle for players to “flex their fandom”

GAME REVIEWS

‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ review: doesn’t fold under pressure

‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’ review: great to look at – but otherwise disappointing

‘Sand Land’ review: a charming adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s legendary manga

‘Tales Of Kenzera: Zau’ review: a beautiful fusion of tragedy and adventure