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

Chappell Roan and collaborators tell us how the pop star’s Cover came together

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Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

Cover to Cover: NME faves on their fellow front-page stars

RM – ‘Right Place, Wrong Person’ review: an intriguing interrogation of feeling lost in life

‘Hit Man’ review: Richard Linklater’s screwball assassin comedy is serious fun

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

The Black Keys break silence after cancelling whole North American tour

Tony Iommi responds to Ozzy Osbourne’s plea to play one final Black Sabbath show

Sabrina Carpenter responds to BBC asking her to keep ‘Nonsense’ outro “PG” with cheeky Radio 1 Big Weekend performance

‘Springwatch’ host Chris Packham makes plea to Taylor Swift over private jet usage, says she “should be leading”

BLACKPINK’s Lisa’s ‘Money’ music video crosses 1billion views on YouTube

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ has officially been announced

ALBUM REVIEWS

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

Twenty One Pilots – ‘Clancy’ review: concept-heavy finale falls short

Wallows – ‘Model’ review: indie-pop that stays in the comfort zone

Billie Eilish – ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ review: bold, brilliant and somewhat brighter

FEATURES

Thundercat on the inspiration behind new material: “This time, there’s an air of just letting things be what they are”

TNA wrestler Joe Hendry on his theme song charting: “I’ve achieved both of my dreams in one”

Inside the tribute album to Talking Heads’ ‘Stop Making Sense’: “The music is just so striking”

A. G. Cook: “PC Music was called ‘futuristic’, but I’m interested in the present”

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timeline

How Kings of Leon got their swagger back: “We’re not ready to quit”

GIG REVIEWS

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

Elbow live in Manchester: a belated, but brilliant opening of the Co-Op Live

Olivia Rodrigo live in London: quite possibly 2024’s most fun tour

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Bat For Lashes on ‘The Dream Of Delphi’: “A cosmic, raw, maternal look at love”

CMAT: “The Irish have always been brilliant – but there is a lot of trauma”

Master Peace is “going crazy” with indie sleaze on “wild” second album

KT Tunstall: “Azealia Banks doesn’t say nice stuff about people that often”

Alt-J’s Joe Newman tells us about his “Americana, Motown, soul” influenced solo album

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

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

Johnny Wactor was protecting coworker when he was fatally shot, his brother says

James Blunt blames ‘Star Wars’ workload for Carrie Fisher’s drugs relapse

Coldplay’s Chris Martin gives lift to fan “struggling to walk” to Big Weekend gig

Judi Dench hints at retirement from acting on film after 60 years

The Antlers and Okkervil River announce joint 2024 UK and European tour

‘Queen of Tears’ star Kim Ji-won announces 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour

BTS’ RM hits the streets of London in new music video for ‘Groin’

Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde announces new memoir

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

Konami announces ‘Silent Hill Transmission’ stream for this month

Halle Berry remembers “important” role in ‘The Flintstones’ as “big step forward” for Black women

Johnny Wactor was protecting coworker when he was fatally shot, his brother says

James Blunt blames ‘Star Wars’ workload for Carrie Fisher’s drugs relapse

Judi Dench hints at retirement from acting on film after 60 years

‘Queen of Tears’ star Kim Ji-won announces 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour

Late actor Lee Sun-kyun’s final two films will premiere this year

Glen Powell says he “puked” after watching ‘Hidden Figures’ because he feared he’d “ruined” the film

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

Konami announces ‘Silent Hill Transmission’ stream for this month

‘Rainbow Six Siege’ fans boo subscription service announcement

Hell-hound Karanak is coming to ‘Total War: Warhammer 3’ for free

‘The Last Of Us’ director says AI will “revolutionize how content is being created”

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ has officially been announced

‘Nintendogs’-style idle game ‘Weyrdlets’ gets free demo

Early-access survival game ‘Nightingale’ gets new quality-of-life updates

All ‘Smash Bros.’ fighters have an equal chance of winning, creator Sakurai reveals

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