Alex Rigotti
Alex Rigotti is the Radar Editor of NME. They've written for NME since 2020 and have gone on to write for other publications like The Quietus, DIY, Clash, DJ Mag, and more.
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Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien shares hypnotic new single ‘Incantations’ and announces UK ‘In Conversation’ events
The guitarist is due to release his solo album 'Blue Morpho' on May 22 via Transgressive

Sean Ono Lennon defends John and Yoko photo with maid from claims of “irony”
"To be ironic they would have to have protested the war while driving a tank. Now THAT would’ve been ironic..."

Smoking ban announced for people born after 2008 in the UK
The government intends to rein in smoking, one of the top causes of preventable death in the country

Duran Duran reunite with Nile Rodgers for ‘Free To Love’: “It’s disco for the 2020s”
The band also released a 'Top Of The Pops'-inspired video to accompany their first new music of 2026

Russell Brand admits to sleeping with a 16-year-old when he was 30: “I think it is exploitative”
“I recognize that my sexual conduct in the past was selfish and I did not apply enough consideration, barely any, I suppose, really, to how that sex was affecting other people”

D4vd collaborations with Laufey, Damiano David, Kali Uchis and more have been removed from streaming services
The singer was arrested two days ago for the first-degree murder of teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez

Netflix announces “intimate” Kylie Minogue documentary, shares first-look image
The three-part series is set to arrive soon

The Strokes add extra London O2 show to 2026 ‘Reality Awaits’ UK tour due to phenomenal demand
It will mark the band's first full tour in the UK in 20 years

Sex Pistols team up with Marshall for pink and yellow limited edition 50th anniversary amp stack ahead of Record Store Day
The 81 units are available to purchase worldwide now

Avril Lavigne shares faithful cover of Alanis Morissette’s ‘Ironic’ from ‘Mile End Kicks’ soundtrack
'Mile End Kicks' stars Barbie Ferreira as a young music critic writing a book on Morissette's seminal album 'Jagged Little Pill'

Petition launched to save London’s legendary Battery Studios from demolition
The Willesden studio – which was founded in 1967 as Morgan Studios – is currently under threat of demolition and redevelopment into flats

Anna’s Archive to pay $322million after losing court case for scraping “nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings” from Spotify
Warner, Sony and Universal will supposedly receive over $7million in damages, while Spotify is set to receive $300million