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Album Reviews

Richard Hawley – ‘In This City They Call You Love’: Sheffield soul man sounds as inspired as ever

The songwriter captures a sense of aching beauty through vivid odes to the characters and architectural quirks of his hometown

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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

Green Day kick off ‘Saviors’ world tour with ‘Dookie’, ‘American Idiot’, the hits and epic stage show

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

Finneas hits out at Pitchfork’s review of new Billie Eilish album: “It’s their whole hater-ass bag”

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

NMIXX’s viral audio malfunction was “staged”, their label admits

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

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”

AJ Tracey on the General Election: “Anything but the Tories is ideal”

D:Ream on being booked for Glastonbury and the return of ‘Things Can Only Get Better’

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

Camila Cabello’s new album will have two Drake features

Yung Lean and Robyn team up for summer-ready remix of Charli XCX’s ‘360’

Germany’s MELT 2024 to be last ever due to “insurmountable changes in the festival landscape”

Green Day kick off ‘Saviors’ world tour with ‘Dookie’, ‘American Idiot’, the hits and epic stage show

Could The Who ever do an avatar show? Roger Daltrey responds

Paris Hilton announces details of second album ‘Infinite Icon’

Yungblud announces second stage line-up for BludFest

Jameela Jamil reveals how she “destroyed” her body with laxatives amid anorexia struggles

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

Jameela Jamil reveals how she “destroyed” her body with laxatives amid anorexia struggles

Ukrainian model sues over Cannes red carpet “assault”

Chris Evans criticised after clarifying “misinformation” about “bomb” photo

Chris Hemsworth set to star in ‘Transformers’ and ‘G.I. Joe’ crossover movie

Robert De Niro addresses Donald Trump’s guilty verdict: “Justice was served”

Jeremy Renner joins cast of ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

Apple TV+ announces premiere date for ‘Pachinko’ season two

Ryan Reynolds unveils suggestive popcorn bucket for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and playfully mocks ‘Dune’ sandworm design

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