BBC reveal Sound Of 2025 longlist – featuring Chappell Roan after change to rules
English Teacher, Kneecap, Ezra Collective, Mk.gee and Doechii are also among the names the BBC are tipping for big things next year
NME announces ‘NME The Cover 2023–2024’ book, celebrating one year of championing emerging talent
Featured artists include The Last Dinner Party, Chappell Roan, ENHYPEN and more
Government back arena ticket levy to save grassroots music – but urgent deadline is needed to prevent "an even gloomier future"
"Major positive change is coming for the live music ecosystem," say the Music Venue Trust, as artists and leaders tell NME what needs to happen next with the industry pushed to enforce a levy urgently
Wide Awake Festival 2025 line-up: Kneecap to headline alongside CMAT, English Teacher, Daniel Avery and more
The event returns to London's Brockwell Park next May
L E M F R E C K crowned winner of Welsh Music Prize 2024
He beat off competition from Aleighcia Scott, Skindred, Gruff Rhys and more
Fontaines D.C. announce massive 2025 Manchester show at Wythenshawe Park
The Irish band will be joined on the bill by Kneecap and English Teacher
Watch English Teacher perform massive new song 'Billboards'
The Mercury-winners are currently on the road in North America
English Teacher add extra London show to 2024 UK winter tour due to phenomenal demand
It comes after they took home the prestigious Mercury Prize earlier this month
English Teacher's 'This Could Be Texas' re-enters UK top 40 following Mercury Prize win
'This Could Be Texas' saw a chart sales increase of over 1,000 per cent the week after their win
Franz Ferdinand return with 'Audacious' and tell us about new album 'The Human Fear'
Alex Kapranos tells us about the band feeling like the ultimate version of themselves, how pop music is growing "stale" and feeding people's "genuine desire for the rawness and the depth you can only get from a band"