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Xbox Game Pass team confirms June 2026 titles
‘Final Fantasy 6’, ‘Jurassic World Evolution’ and more
Belle & Sebastian tell us about their Scotland World Cup anthem ‘It Only Takes One Lion’: “Who needs three? I wouldn’t know!”
Frontman Stuart Murdoch tells NME about penning the hymn-meets-disco banger for Scottish glory, hopes and dreams for the team, his boyhood obsession, and what's next for the band The post Belle & Sebastian tell us about their Scotland World Cup anthem ‘It Only Takes One Lion’: “Who needs three? I wo
Xbox Game Pass team confirms June 2026 titles
‘Final Fantasy 6’, ‘Jurassic World Evolution’ and more
ICE THOMPSON flips Kelis sample into a house bomb
Colombian-born, US-based DJ and producer ICE THOMPSON links with fellow Medellín artist Jose M on “Say Hey”, a stripped-back club cut that flips a classic ODB and Kelis vocal into something deeper, tougher and built squarely for late-night floors. For ICE THOMPSON, the release adds another chapter t
Reb Beach Recounts Bee Gees Collaboration
In the mid '80s, Reb Beach was Atlantic's go-to rock guy, ripping solos for Chaka Khan, learning from Marcus Miller, and being serenaded by the brothers Gibb
Lindsey Buckingham Recognizes His Style in Sam Fender Song
“The general kind of limits that the song puts on itself is very much like what we would do,” he says
Massive Attack Criticizes Palantir
“We need a much wider debate on the suitability of a company like this having such capture of our societal infrastructure”
Masters of the Universe Refuses to Take He-Man Seriously. (Good.)
A goofy Nicholas Galitzine stars as the '80s cartoon hero in the big-budget fantasy adventure. Masters of the Universe Refuses to Take He-Man Seriously. (Good.) Liz Shannon Miller
Bank of America is ‘Side by Side’ with Tomorrow’s Warriors
The 35th-birthday-year festivities continue for UK talent-development organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors – and now it has some big financial muscle joining the party: Bank of America. The latter is the partner for a new program called ‘Side by Side’ that will provide performance and mentoring opportun
Serato kicks off Pride Month with ‘Paradise’ on Apple Music
Pride Month got underway yesterday, and as ever we expect to see plenty of musical activations and brand partnerships celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and communities. Starting with electronic-music brand Serato and Apple Music. Serato’s ‘Paradise 2026’ campaign will be hosted on Apple Music, centred on e
“It did occur to me that the guitar part was very much something I would do”: Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham spots something familiar in a hit Sam Fender song
“The general kind of limits that the song puts on itself is very much like what we would do,” he says
"We got so bored with it, we didn’t even play it, which was a mistake": it’s the song everyone wants to hear": The Bluetones on their “sideways tribute” to Jimi Hendrix
Slight Return reached Number Two in early 1996
Gary Rossington reflects on Allen Collins and Lynyrd Skynyrd
“He should have known that so many people were influenced by him”
Reb Beach recalls Bee Gees classic recording session
In the mid '80s, Reb Beach was Atlantic's go-to rock guy, ripping solos for Chaka Khan, learning from Marcus Miller, and being serenaded by the brothers Gibb
‘Streets Of Rage’ is getting a live-action movie adaptation
The team behind the ‘Sonic’ movies are writing the script
Owain Rhys Davies Dies at 44
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to the Welsh star
Sophie Turner on Lara Croft Role
“‘Tomb Raider’ will be [my focus] for a while to come”
Paul McCartney on Songwriting Satisfaction
“Creative satisfaction is just writing a song – it’s still the same old satisfaction that it was"
Vanilla Ice on Playing for Anyone
As for whether he thought art should be separate from politics, he replied: “Heck yeah. They should never be in there”
With artists dropping out of Freedom 250 concerts, Vanilla Ice says he’d “play for anybody” including Putin and Iran
As for whether he thought art should be separate from politics, he replied: “Heck yeah. They should never be in there”