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Sarah Julia’s debut album ‘The Fear That This Is Real’ shines in its true, nuanced portrayal of grief – devoid of bleakness and illuminated by a surprising amount of light. Within the album’s first line, “The strange thing about death is how life goes on” on ‘Bigger Picture’, they encapsulate the uncertainty that comes with losing someone you love.

@SarahJuliaMusic are on #NMETheCover: https://t.co/FcotkRRJMh

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“You have to up your game when people step into the room like @fontainesdublin"

@U2's Bono and The Edge sit down with NME to talk us through the secret to survival after 50 years, the “defiant joy” of new album ‘Carnaval de Luz’, America finally "waking up", and how their love of @geesebandnyc, @wolfalicemusic and Lambrini Girls keeps them on their toes https://t.co/Qr638vrlXt

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Check out our full interview with Bono and The Edge from @U2 here:

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We presented U2 with their “prophetic” NME cover from way back in 1992, as they look ahead to bringing back ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ next summer with “the history of showbusiness and shamanism, no less” with a little help from the “extraordinary” Wolf Alice

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It’s overhyped and overlong but Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary about convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is immersive, compelling and thought-provoking nonetheless

Read the full NME review of 'You Can See Everything' here: https://t.co/NpxnxZcqz5

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Watch @KingsOfLeon launch new album ‘O My Beloved’ and break out classic hits and rarities at intimate one-off London show

See photos, footage, the setlist and what went down at the band's intimate show at the newly opened British Airways ARC https://t.co/uFhOBUfWeL

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Think you know what to expect with a bunch of rowdy, hypersexualised teens planning a sinfully good halloween party? Think again. This is far smarter than simple slasher tropes.

Read the full NME review of 'The Body' here: https://t.co/dDqMZuqUw5

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.@SarahJuliaMusic, shot in Abcoude in October 26 exclusively for #NMETheCover

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.@BlocParty’s @keleokereke on recent racist and homophobic comments: “I don’t think me being visible means that I need to be subject to abuse... There has been a nastiness that I’ve never experienced before” https://t.co/LSYX4utgGU

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Netflix does not intend to remove Russell Brand stand-up special – but will hide it from subscribers https://t.co/ZYRq0OWNdr

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.@KamasiW and @leonbridges team up for swinging new Christmas single ‘Trying To Get There’ from @AppleTV’s ‘Snoopy Presents: 12 Days Of Snoopy’ https://t.co/94vfF4EOr0

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Twisted Teens, the year’s most prolific and unruly garage-punk band, are taking us all for a ride – through three exhilarating albums dropped in 2026 and, perhaps, with the colourful stories they rattle off in interviews.

Read the full #NMERadar: https://t.co/epMPTUWigF

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A new trial date has been set for Steven Tyler’s sexual assault case, and a fifth judge has been assigned to preside over the proceedings https://t.co/dsAFk0hEq2

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Johnny Depp says he “owes” fans for Hollywood return despite backlash https://t.co/iWj8fUg3Fm

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Bassvictim might have begun as a scrappy duo, but at their London show last week, the duo raised an army of 3,600 stomping teens for a rainbow-filled, calamitous show.

Read NME’s full 5-star review: https://t.co/hu1uIfY4p8

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.@coachella 2027 line-up revealed with @DUALIPA, @Madonna, @tameimpala, @sza, @robynkonichiwa, Phoebe Bridgers, @zaralarsson and more https://t.co/jTu59gFWgK

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Jonathan Ross says he’s “horrified” by Russell Brand and David Walliams, claims he was “genuinely unaware of their conduct” https://t.co/j0BtNUlFKc

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“I don’t believe necessarily in ‘great men of history’… There’s always people around them who are making things happen”

Morfydd Clark tells us how she’s approaching playing Cynthia Lennon in Sam Mendes’ Beatles biopics 🎸🍏

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#ChloeSlater covers a @samfendermusic classic as she brings her ‘Riot Youth’ tour to London ☄️

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Rather than leaning on songwriting as a way to unravel or fix their feelings, Sarah Julia look at it as a way to give them “a place” to live on. “It’s like they’re on a shelf, so you can look at them and know they’re there, and that it’s OK. It’s accepting that they’re a part of you as well, even if you don't want it to be,” Sarah says.

Read @SarahJuliaMusic’s full #NMETheCover story here: https://t.co/FcotkRRJMh

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That folk has found such an avid Gen Z audience is of little surprise to Sarah Julia, who theorise that young people are craving a sincerity the genre has offered since its inception. “Folk music can be very vulnerable; I think it helps people to do more inner work and be a bit more silent and introspective,” Sarah Nauta says.

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