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Radio Free Alice aren’t short of ambition, and they’re not afraid to express it either: “There’s a lot of people who don’t want to say they wanna be a really big band and then not be a big band and feel awkward about it. We never felt that we had to pretend not to be ambitious because there’s too many people in our genre pretending not to be.”

Radio Free Alice are on #NMETheCover: https://t.co/uxOHLTbYmB

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Olivia Colman's Fisherwoman hires the local Basket Weaver to make her a boyfriend out of wicker in this weird, wooden romcom that's easily one of the oddest films of 2026

Read the full NME review of 'Wicker' here: https://t.co/FD6cembrsr

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Queens Of The Stone Age announce 2027 ‘Perfecth’ US tour with Pixies https://t.co/gkefNCWauB

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Get ready for another "pop punch to the face"

@jadethirlwall tells us about her “brave and bold” new music in the works, Reading & Leeds @OfficialRandL headline dreams and if we’ll see her at Glastonbury next year https://t.co/DGxKh2CyLt

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U2’s Bono hits out at Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts as “unconscionable”, says Republican Party has been “hijacked” https://t.co/4teu8jTZNR

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Check out the rest of our interview on what to expect from new material here: https://t.co/DGxKh2CyLt

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"Authenticity, being bold and ballsy, just doing what you want to do" – @jadethirlwall knows what makes a great album. Ahead of her smashing the @MercuryPrize with an epic performance of 'Angel Of My Dreams', NME caught up with her on the red carpet to talk about new material, dreams of headlining Reading & Leeds and the chances of seeing her at Glastonbury next year

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The Strokes and Phoebe Bridgers among musical guests for new episodes of ‘SNL’ https://t.co/QRAt3ItsyA

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.@marshmello and @awonderland perform at Pokémon Night Out at
London's @TheO2 this November

They tell us why it'll be a rave to remember: https://t.co/SKiooQ81FT

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Talking Heads announce first ever authorised book ‘New Feeling’ featuring unseen archive material, private photos, handwritten lyrics and more https://t.co/WDvRO2jcBc

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Panchiko follow up viral success with new album ‘Chimera’ and glitchy single ‘One Car Hits Another’

The Nottingham veterans will release their third record next April https://t.co/RfvZsgu6eC

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James Bond casting down to three actors, insider claims https://t.co/YSjtLbeIag

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We caught up with @welovepulp on the red carpet of the @MercuryPrize last where they were representing the mighty @WarChildUK 'Help 2' compilation. They're past winners themselves for the classic 'Different Class', but they still gave the prize money to War Child back then – despite @brianeno nearly throwing it in the bin

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Watch My Chemical Romance (@MCRofficial) bring out ‘Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ for ‘Teenagers’ at Hollywood Bowl, as they become the first band to play five consecutive nights at the venue https://t.co/dMh20X0U2j

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.@thecure’s @RobertSmith and @jordanrakei to be honoured at the 2026 Artist & Manager Awards, praised for their work looking after their audience and driving positive change https://t.co/Gox3rG9Dts

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Check out the full interview on what's next for Suede and touring with the Manics here: https://t.co/Mw1rsAB89z

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"The record we're making now is the third in a trilogy – it's going to be another punk-based record" – NME caught up with @suedeHQ on the red carpet of the @MercuryPrize 2026 where they told us about progress on the next album

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“These are songs of tribes and belonging”

@suedeHQ tell us about progress on their new “anarcho-punk” album, and tell us about what makes a great record and what it's like to tour with @Manics at the @mercuryprize 2026 https://t.co/Mw1rsABFZ7

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Watch @BrandonFlowers debut new solo song ‘Diamonds On Black Velvet’ – cut from @thekillers’ ‘Pressure Machine’ – is it set to feature on the sister record to ‘Thrasher’? https://t.co/NuNRHQyzqv

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First-ever fully authorised Fleetwood Mac documentary gets release date – watch the teaser here https://t.co/VpAJgvY7sG

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Fontaines D.C. (@fontainesdublin) kick off ‘Dopamine Chamber’ arena tour in Lisbon

They aired numerous cuts from their acclaimed new album, as well as some fan favourites and classics – watch and see the full setlist: https://t.co/Frdq1iGJFN