
Watch Lola Young's blissed-out cover of The Cure's 'Close To Me'
"It’s just a great song. It’s an incredible song"

BRIT Awards 2025: Voting now open
The winners in five categories will be decided this year by fans in a BRITs WhatsApp chat

Here are all the nominees for the BRIT Awards 2025
Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, The Last Dinner Party, Ezra Collective, Myles Smith and The Cure all lead the way for nods ahead of the ceremony next month

Robert Smith announces he's leaving X/Twitter: "Time to go"
The Cure frontman has been deleting old posts over the last few months

The Cure, Jessie Ware, Scissor Sisters and more for Secret 7" 2025
The charity initiative will see 700 records auctioned up, each with a different sleeve design by an anonymous artist

Erol Alkan marks 18 years of Trash ending by sharing classic 2002 DJ set
The DJ ran the iconic London club night from 1997 to 2007

These were the UK's best-selling vinyl albums and singles of 2024
Taylor Swift, Oasis, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter had big years on the physical format

Robert Smith names two songs likely to feature on The Cure's next album
He hinted the album will contain songs they've played live before as well as "new stuff that no one's ever heard"

UK-recorded music consumption up nearly 10 per cent in 2024, physical sales see increase for the first time in 20 years
For the first time ever, women held half of the Top 20 albums' releases

Coheed And Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez releases covers album with songs by Taylor Swift and The Smiths
'Claudio Covers' is out now, ahead of the band's upcoming album 'The Father Of Make Believe', out in March