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NME: Hello Jill. You follow Oasis’ journey chronologically in the new book. Why was this important? Jill Furmanovsky: “Yes, the publishers agreed. I’d suggested it, and then they actually really took it to heart. They charted in the book all the shoots, and they were intensive shoots – especially ’95, ’96, ’97. Virtually everything that

For many musicians, the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap hit close to home because they’d lived out their own versions of the mishaps the fictional titular band struggled with in the movie. Over the years, we’ve collected dozens of Real-Life Spinal Tap Stories. Fittingly, many of themtakeplace onstage,with equipment failures and wardrobe malfunctions, but

Charli XCX has spoken about whether ‘Brat’ is officially over, claiming that it is “up to the world” when it ends. The musician dominated much of the summer of 2024 with her sixth album ‘Brat’, its accompanying remix record and the runaway cultural phenomenon that came with it, with the ubiquitous lime green cover filling

Max Richter has announced details of a seven-date European tour for early 2026 – see all the information below. The acclaimed German-British composer recently brought his celebrated ‘SLEEP’ show to London’s Alexandra Palace and now he has revealed that he will be back on the road in the new year, playing in six different countries.

Def Leppard have been honoured with a star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame. The Sheffield rock legends’ star was unveiled on October 9, when the band were also joined by Jon Bon Jovi, who inducted them at the ceremony. Bon Jovi professed, “I was a fan before I became a friend”, adding: “These guys were

Motley Crue kicked off their 2025 Las Vegas residency on Friday with a 13-song blitz through their biggest hits. It was the band’s first show in 11 months and took place the same day Vince Neil revealed that he suffered a stroke last Christmas. The singer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he had to

The Cure have confirmed they have recorded 13 songs for a new album and are working on the concert film of their Troxy show last year. Intrepid fans of the band have noticed that the bio section on their official website has been updated to bring it up to date with their 2025 activity, including

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Chrissie Hynde has shared a track-by-track guide to her star-studded new covers album, ‘Duets Special’, where she talks about how Brandon Flowers was the “perfect fit” for the project and more. Check it out exclusively onNME below. The new record from thePretenders frontwoman is set to arrive tomorrow (Friday October 17) via Parlophone (pre-order/pre-save here).

Dream Theater made arguably their first official long-form musical epic as a band when they released “A Change of Seasons” in September of 1995. But the 23-minute opus had actually been taking shape long before that. “‘A Change of Seasons’ waswritten originally in 1989 [and] was one of the first things we wrote after When

More tickets have been released for a Bob Dylan show in the UK next month, NME can exclusively share. Find all the details below. The legendary singer-songwriter is due to come to the UK in November, where he’s playing sold-out shows in Swansea, Leeds, Glasgow, Belfast, Killarney and Dublin as part of his 2025 ‘Rough

Sam Fender has spoken to Elton John about their collaboration ‘Talk To You’ and his plans for a new album. The singer-songwriter announced the new single earlier this week and it will be released tomorrow (October 17). John plays piano on the track and it is set to be included on the deluxe edition of

Daft Punk has announced the ‘Human After All Remixes’ 20th anniversary reissue and its first-ever vinyl format. The French house icons will celebrate the anniversary of their chart-topping third record by offering the remix album in vinyl for the first time ever. A limited 2xLP gatefold edition of the ‘Human After All Remixes’ will be

When Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi found themselves paying tribute to Joe Cocker and Leon Russell’s legendary Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, it was fitting. The concert film commemorating the 1970 outing is something that the pair had seen and not only did it draw them in as music fans, it sparked an idea that

Japanese Breakfast and Magdalena Bay teamed up to cover MGMT‘s ‘Time To Pretend’ – check out the footage below. READ MORE:Japanese Breakfast – ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’ review: a work of art The moment took place on Saturday night (October 4), during Japanese Breakfast’s set at Austin City Limits. It comes in support

John Lennon had a knack for stand-alone Top 40 songs: Five of his trips to Billboard’s main singles chart weren’t part of any original album. Included are songs that became incredibly well-known (“Instant Karma,” “Give Peace a Chance”), a seasonal favorite (“Happy Xmas”) and at least one Top 40 hit that’s now hardly heard at

Taylor Swift has responded to rumours that ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ is her last album. Swift released the record, her 12th studio album, on Friday (October 3), following up last year’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. Since the album came out, fans have been speculating that the singer may be considering retiring from music. It

In 1966, the Beatles famously stopped touring, despite being arguably the biggest musical act in the entire world with millions of fans who wanted nothing more than to see the Fab Four perform live. The decision to quit touring was made for a multitude of reasons, as the members of the Beatles explained in subsequent

NME’s latest star of The Cover, Sophia Stel, has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below. The introspective alt-pop musician is on this week’s (October 6) edition of The Cover, a weekly manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every

The best reissues, archival recordings, expanded box sets and deluxe editions from the past three months showcase a summer bounty. On the surface, the collections discussed belowappear to be a typical seasonal offering of anniversary sets, thematic compilations and vinyl-only releasesfirst issued during Record Store Day, now available in other formats. But dig a bit,