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Editor’s Pick

Know Your Place: Women in British and Irish Sport

Live reviews

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Live review

Defected at Drumsheds: House Music, Heat and a Former IKEA

27 September 2026

Duran Duran performing at BST Hyde Park 2026

Live review

Style, synths and summer air: Duran Duran shine at BST Hyde Park 2026

8 July 2026

Sport

Know Your Place: Women in British and Irish Sport

Sport

Know Your Place: Women in British and Irish Sport

24 September 2026

Know Your Place: Classism in British and Irish sport7 September 2026↗ Why Ireland’s football problem has never really been about football26 August 2026↗

Albums & EPs

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Album review

Master Peace Delivers Anuva Masterpiece with if i don’t love you, who will ?

1 October 2026

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Album review

Bloc Party Revise Their Sound on Anatomy of A Brief Romance

11 September 2026

Features & previews

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Preview

Defected returns to Drumsheds for the AW26/27 season

29 August 2026

FeatureThirty Years On: Nobody’s Forgotten “Remember Me”17 August 2026↗ PreviewThe only way is All Points East: previewing Twenty One Pilots’ UK exclusive1 August 2026↗ PreviewEverything you need to know about the Savannah Music Festival 202421 February 2024↗ PreviewEverything you need to know about Field Day 202316 August 2023↗

Highwire Series

Recurring stories, built to be followed.

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Know Your Place

Know Your Place: Women in British and Irish Sport

24 September 2026Explore series ↗

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Second Billing

Second Billing: Audionasties play like they’re already headlining

7 May 2024Explore series ↗

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New Music Radar

New Music Radar: 9 New Singles to Hear This September

9 September 2026Explore series ↗

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Short Circuit

Peach PRC makes ‘Teenage Losers’ sound strangely triumphant

18 September 2026 Explore series ↗

Interviews

Conversations with the artists and people behind the music.

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Interview

EXTRA LIFE: Charlie Looker’s art-prog brainchild returns to the fray

23 January 2023

Sofia Gillani’s emotions in music: creativity is young (and female)3 February 2022↗little luna and the healing of our inner child25 October 2021↗

News

The latest music stories, announcements and developments.

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News

HMLTD announce third album FANGS and new ‘ÜberGöth’ era

15 September 2026

Oasis announce 38-date Live ’27 tour with 11 Etihad shows and Knebworth return15 September 2026↗Kim Petras joins Madonna on stage for The Celebration Tour Finale in Miami10 April 2024↗