Music

Bulgaria’s Dara has won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest with her song ‘Bangaranga’. The 70th edition of the show went down in Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle tonight (May 16), after Austria were victorious in the 2025 contest with JJ’s song ‘Wasted Love’. The event was not without controversy, with Israel’s participation once again proving to be divisive, and the country’s

Kiefer Sutherland has been forced to cancel the US leg of his tour due to “very low ticket sales”. The 24 actor is also a singer-songwriter and is preparing to release his fourth solo album ‘Grey’ on May 29 via Maple Creek Records, and had been due to take the record on tour around the US later this summer. However, on

The Donald Trump administration has shared an edited version of Drake’s ‘Iceman’ cover, immediately drawing backlash. READ MORE: Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timeline The Canadian rap star first started teasing new music just hours before last night’s (May 15) massive drop, which saw Drake catch fans off guard by sharing three full albums

KoRn’s Munky has said the band have written 40 songs for a new album, while addressing bassist Fieldy’s departure. The Bakersfield, California nu-metal band released their first new music in four years last month, ‘Reward The Scars’, which they created for the video game Diablo IV: Lord Of Hatred. They have also shared the gory animated video for the track. In a new interview with Rolling Stone

Perfume Genius has announced an extension to his ‘Duo Tour’, with new dates in North America and the UK. The musician – real name Mike Hadreas – played a string of shows earlier this year alongside his longtime collaborator and co-writer Alan Wyffels, and has now confirmed details of further dates to come. They will play six shows

Police shut down a 100-person illegal rave in an abandoned old Argos store in East London last weekend. The city’s Metropolitan Police have confirmed details of the crackdown on their Met Engage site, saying that they attended to complaints of loud music coming from the building on Sandringham Road in Dalston at 8am on Sunday (May 10).

Lizzo has hit out at “racist” and “fatphobic” algorithms for “destroying the music industry” and hampering her album promotion. The singer is preparing to release her third studio album ‘Bitch’ on June 5 (pre-order here) and so far she has shared the Meredith Brooks-sampling title track, as well as ‘Don’t Make Me Love U’. On Tuesday (May 12), she posted a

Some artists enter a room quietly. Others arrive like weather. Lyriqé does not simply perform music — she pours emotion into the atmosphere until the entire room changes temperature. There is something cinematic about her presence, something that feels suspended between heartbreak and power, elegance and fire. She carries the intensity of someone who has

Planningtorock has teamed up with Romy for a tender and personal new version of their track ‘The One’ – listen below. The Bolton-born, Tallinn-based electronic musician – aka Jam Rostron – first released the song on their second album ‘W’ in 2011, a record that NME described at the time as “a masterpiece of art-pop experimentalism”. For this new version, Rostron has enlisted Romy from The xx, with the original’s pizzicato strings being

Samsung have responded to the $15million lawsuit against them from Dua Lipa, rejecting the accusations. The pop star filed the lawsuit against the electronic manufacturer earlier this month, claiming that they used her image without permission to sell TVs. Her filing came in relation to the cardboard packaging of some of the brand’s TVs sold

The Great Escape have issued a statement after three women tragically died in the sea off the coast of Brighton. Today (Wednesday May 13) marks the first day of the festival of new music in Brighton, with one of its showcase events set to be the opening beach party tonight, presented by NME, with Angine De Poitrine headlining. Ahead of that performance, the

Foo Fighters played intimate versions of new songs and classics in their first ever Tiny Desk Concert – watch below. The band recently released their new album ‘Your Favorite Toy’ and earlier today (Wednesday May 13), they dropped by the NPR offices to play their first ever stripped-down set at the Tiny Desk. They played two tracks from

Adam Lambert has announced live shows in the UK, Europe and North America, celebrating the release of new solo album ‘ADAM’. The Grammy-nominated singer and current Queen vocalist announced his sixth record last week with the powerful single ‘Eat U Alive’. The album is set for release on July 10 on his own label and

Mystery Jets have returned after a six-year absence with the raucous single ‘Black Sage’ – check it out below. The Twickenham band last released a studio album in 2020 in the form of ‘A Billion Heartbeats’, their seventh LP, but it appears that they are embarking on a new era. ‘Black Sage’ is out now, via Fiction Records, and it has been made in

Duran Duran have said they will not play at Glastonbury unless they are one of the headliners. The new wave synthpop band have sold over 100 million records, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and won Grammy and Brit Awards, but they have never played at the Worthy Farm festival. In a new interview with The Sunday Times, frontman Simon Le Bon

Spotify has marked its 20th anniversary with a special, fully personalised look at the streamer’s entire music history. READ MORE: UPDATE: Spotify Wrapped 2025 launches – here’s how to see your top songs, artists, albums and more Entitled ‘Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s)’, it is much like the annual ‘Wrapped’ series but for your entire

An investigation has found that Israel’s government have orchestrated a “well-organised campaign” to use the Eurovision Song Contest as a “soft power” tool. The investigation was carried out by New York Times and claims that Israel carried out a state-backed influence campaign during past editions of Eurovision – fuelling speculation that the results were distorted

Fat Dog have dropped the playful, retro single ‘Go Fuck Urself’ – check it out below. The track is the first from the former NME Cover stars since they followed up their 2024 debut album ‘WOOF.’ with last summer’s two rowdy standalone singles, ‘Peace Song‘ and ‘Pray To That’. This time around, the South London

Oli Sykes has opened up about why Bring Me The Horizon invite fans to sing with them on stage, saying that the same experience happened to him when he was a teenager. The Sheffield metal giants have made a habit out of inviting fans on stage to perform with them at many of their shows

Deep Purple have announced their new album ‘Splat!’, with a world tour to follow later in the year. The legendary rock band, led by Ian Gillan, will release their 24th studio record, and their follow-up to 2024’s ‘=1’, on July 3 via earMUSIC, and you can pre-order/pre-save your copy here. ‘Splat!’ sees Deep Purple reuniting with the celebrated producer Bob Ezrin (KISS,

A piece of The Beatles’ local history in Liverpool looks set to be sold off for scrap after nobody came forward to re-home it. The mast of the ship the Salvor, used on the Mersey docks for decades, was used as the backdrop to the first ever official photograph of the Fab Four after Ringo Starr joined in

Sleep Token have surprise-released the instrumental version of their latest album ‘Even In Arcadia’ – listen below. The London masked metal band released their fourth studio album last May, and it went on to score them their first Number One on both the UK Albums chart and the US Billboard 200. ‘Caramel’ also became the band’s first-ever UK top 10 single. Now, they have shared

The Psychedelic Furs have cancelled their upcoming tours due to a “serious medical issue” in the band. The influential London post-punk band had recently announced an extensive North American tour for this summer, with support set to have come from Living Colour. Before that, there was due to be a string of shows in the US with support

An all-star band of late night talk show hosts have joined Abbey Romeo for covers of The White Stripes – watch below.  Romeo – the star of Netflix’s reality series Love On The Spectrum – appeared at the ‘Night Of Too Many Stars’ event for the Netflix Is A Joke festival on Thursday (May 7), and led a band made up of Conan O’Brien on

Boards Of Canada have released the first music from their comeback album ‘Inferno’ – check out ‘Introit’ and ‘Prophecy At 1420 MHz’ below. The Scottish electronic duo are preparing to release their fifth studio album on May 29 via Warp, an 18-track follow-up to 2013’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’. It is being released in multiple physical formats, as well as

Steven Knight’s upcoming “landmark” documentary on the Oasis reunion tour is set to stream on Disney+. The Peaky Blinders creator has overseen and is producing the film, which will document the Britpop giants’ return as they embarked on their huge Live ‘25 reunion tour. It will be directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelance, known for the LCD Soundsystem doc Shut Up And Play The Hits. Now,

Kneecap have scored the highest UK chart position for an Irish language album with their new album ’Fenian’ and will donate sales profits to charity. The West Belfast band’s second studio album was released on May 1, the follow-up to their celebrated debut ‘Fine Art’, and it features collaborations with Kae Tempest, Radie Peat and Fawzi. On

Paul McCartney has released his first ever duet with former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr. Check out the nostalgic ‘Home To Us’ below. The track is the second to be shared from Macca’s new album ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’,  which arrives on May 29 (pre-order here), following on from the powerful lead single ‘Days We