Astley on the reactions of Morrissey and Johnny Marr, and what it means to play Glasto: "I know it’s sacrilege and they should hang the lot of us on the line for doing it, but I also just don’t care"
"We would be The Dukes Of Manchester. Write that down – that’s a fucking premise for a TV series, that"
"Just because you like The Cure doesn’t mean you have to fucking wear lipstick!"
The Chief on his new album, working with Johnny Marr and The Cure's Robert Smith, his thoughts on the AI-generated Oasis album, Britpop reunions, The 1975 and more
The track is the fifth and final song to be taken from Gallagher's upcoming new album
The former Smiths bandmates teamed up in New York while Marr was on tour with The Killers
Former bandmate Johnny Marr revealed that Rourke's death comes after a "lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer"
Tickets go on sale later this week
He describes it as “an art book, with stories of songs and sounds”
The Membranes frontman and author tells NME about his new book which traces the genre via The Doors, Bauhaus, The Cure and Nick Cave through to Billie Eilish and The 1975