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Keo are leading the midweek UK album chart with ‘Put A Smile On For Me’
Keo’s debut album is currently at No.1 in the midweek UK album chart, ahead of Friday’s final reveal.
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Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.
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Welly’s new single ‘Skinny Boy’, produced by Ed Buller, is out now via Submarine Cat Records.
Brick Lane Jazz Festival will return to East London from 22nd-25th April 2027, with Emma-Jean Thackray and MRCY leading its first wave of acts.
Rachel Chinouriri’s third preview of ‘I Think I Spoke Too Soon’ was written with Lucy Dacus, while UK in-store shows will follow the album’s release.
Cruz Beckham has shared a photo of his mum Victoria singing into a microphone, though neither has confirmed a new collaboration.
Belfast artist and producer cosign will release ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ on 6th November via Our House Online.
Lime Garden’s new single ‘Moving Target’ arrives with a Wonk Pop Airways video featuring Antony Szmierek.
CMAT is set for her third US talk-show appearance, promoting ‘EURO-COUNTRY’ with Jordan Klepper hosting.
Leeds four-piece L’OBJECTIF return with their first new music of 2026, out now via Dance To The Radio.
La Roux will take forthcoming album ‘Old Flames’ across North America, the UK and Europe, ending with a London show at Electric Brixton.
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‘Violins’ catches Blondshell’s Sabrina Teitelbaum learning to relinquish control while making some of her most assured music yet.
UCHE YARA played a stadium with Bilderbuch before her first official single. Now, after two EPs and a lot of figuring things out on stage, she’s ready to let her debut album ‘BODYSCANNER’ do the talking.
Girl In The Year Above have two (now three!) original songs out, more than 50 waiting in the wings and every intention of becoming absolutely massive. After a whirlwind introduction, Jennifer Ball is learning to enjoy the ridiculousness of it all.
A debut album. Two escapes to Berlin. And a duo ready to go massive. Wasia Project find their way through the dark with 'Nocturne'.
Last autumn, a band that doesn’t exist overtook HOLDING ABSENCE on Spotify. They were already tearing up their own rulebook, building a robot mascot and making an album about human connection. Lucas Woodland explains why ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ means so much to them.
Spanish beer brand’s music project SON Estrella Galicia looked at how Britain treats its small venues, liked what they saw, and took the idea home. Now they're bringing it back to Hackney, in a pub, a vintage shop, a record store and a hairdresser's. Soundhood's Gabriela Cárdenas and Nacho Ruiz explain.
Slayyyter’s 2026 rise brought a long-built internet-pop audience into festival tents, charts and a larger touring cycle.
‘Violins’ catches Blondshell’s Sabrina Teitelbaum learning to relinquish control while making some of her most assured music yet.
UCHE YARA played a stadium with Bilderbuch before her first official single. Now, after two EPs and a lot of figuring things out on stage, she’s ready to let her debut album ‘BODYSCANNER’ do the talking.
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards averaged 8.43 million viewers across CBS and MTV, up 51% on last year’s ceremony.
The Avalanches will play Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney next February and March, with HAAi joining the east coast dates.
Phoebe Bridgers brought Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus out at Barclays Center for performances of ‘Not Strong Enough’ and ‘Cool About It’.
‘Violins’ catches Blondshell’s Sabrina Teitelbaum learning to relinquish control while making some of her most assured music yet.
DIIV brought Charli xcx's 'Playboy Bunny' and five live debuts to São Paulo's Balaclava Fest.
John Mayer will play six Las Vegas Sphere shows next April, including John Mayer Trio performances with Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan.
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What carries the record is the sheer confidence of it.
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Reading Festival, Reading
Keo’s debut album is out now, alongside new single ‘Be Happy’ and a sold-out O2 Academy Brixton headline show.
Florence Road returned to Ohana Festival after Eddie Vedder supplied equipment and lent Lily Aron his own guitar.
Taylor Swift’s expanded ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is out now, adding ‘Patient Zero’, ‘Cleveland!’, ‘Pink Clouding’ and ‘Babylon’.
Stella Lefty has left Disruptor Management as ‘Boston’ spends a second week at Number One on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
Rachel Chinouriri brought a new album preview and a debut favourite to ‘SNL UK’ as Amelia Dimoldenberg hosted.
Madonna and Charli xcx’s new collaboration, produced with Andrew Watt, Cirkut and Stuart Price, is out now.
Lizzy McAlpine will take ‘Angel’ across the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand in 2027.
Save Us’ ‘Last Of Me’ is the latest track from debut album ‘Death To Something’, due on 16th October.
RAYE will top the bill at Belgium’s Werchter Boutique on Saturday 26th June 2027, with tickets on sale on Friday.
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'Dune: Part Three' comes to ODEON early on 15th December
'Dune: Part Three' comes to ODEON early on 15th December
Girl In The Year Above have two (now three!) original songs out, more than 50 waiting in the wings and every intention of becoming absolutely massive. After a whirlwind introduction, Jennifer Ball is learning to enjoy the ridiculousness of it all.
The new track builds on a melody from the hidden track on Placebo’s 1996 debut as their 30th-anniversary tour gets underway.
UCHE YARA played a stadium with Bilderbuch before her first official single. Now, after two EPs and a lot of figuring things out on stage, she’s ready to let her debut album ‘BODYSCANNER’ do the talking.
The Avalanches will play Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney next February and March, with HAAi joining the east coast dates.
Closer 'I Wish' is, as is tradition on her albums, a lullaby to her younger self, on which she reflects on pulling through a hard time alone.
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