
NME announces ‘NME The Cover 2024–2025’ coffee table book, marking another year of championing emerging artists
It features bespoke artwork, interviews, and unreleased imagery and goes on sale next week

Primavera Sound Porto announces stacked 2026 line-up
The xx, Gorillaz, Massive Attack, KNEECAP, IDLES, Ethel Cain and more have been announced to play

Kneecap, Scissor Sisters, Madness, Skrillex lead massive Boomtown 2026 line-up
The festival has been “radically redesigned” to include “more space to breathe” and a more eco-friendly approach

Keir Starmer shares his love of Orange Juice and Northern soul
The Prime Minister was speaking in a new interview about his musical tastes and personal life

Primavera Sound share day splits for 2026 line-up
TV Girl and Sudan Archives have been added to the bill, and Lola Young will no longer be performing

Fontaines D.C. on the “witch hunt” against Kneecap and police’s handling of Palestine protests: “It’s a really crazy thing that you can’t say, ‘I don’t support genocide’”
The band’s bassist Deego shared his thoughts on the CPS appealing against Mo Chara’s terrorism charges being dropped at the 2025 Mercury Prize in Newcastle

Kneecap respond as CPS to appeal against decision to dismiss terror charge: "We will win again"
The case against rapper Mo Chara was thrown out last month

Richard Branson on signing Sex Pistols and the state of the music industry: "The more the establishment attacked us, the more we enjoyed it"
To celebrate his recent Ivors Honours win, Sir Richard spoke to NME about changing the music industry landscape, comparisons of Sex Pistols to Kneecap, and why "with Brexit, we took a shotgun and shot ourselves in both feet"

Kneecap announce 7" featuring B-side of Mo Chara's controversial Coachella speech on Israel
The "one-off" edition of 'H.O.O.D' is out early next year

Kneecap’s Mo Chara “absolutely” considering legal case against British state after terror charge dropped
The case against the rapper was thrown out on a technicality last week and declared "unlawful" and "null"