Music Features

The must-visit LGBTQ+ venues in the UK

Blockbuster tours from Beyoncé and Madonna have championed the LGBTQ+ community, and these spaces are keeping the celebration going

The Kinks on 60 years of sibling rivalry: “We’re just different animals”

One of Britain’s greatest bands are back with a sprawling compilation. As they tease new material, could this be the start of another chapter?

James Blunt: “Occasionally I looked at myself and thought, ‘I’d punch you in the face’”

As anyone who follows him on social media will know, James Blunt is a master of self-deprecation. He begins his riotously entertaining new memoir...

Bush’s Gavin Rossdale: “It was stupid having beef with Dave Grohl and Trent Reznor”

Name The Simpsons’ parody of Bush’s 1995 hit ‘Glycerine’ that Homer Simpson dedicates to his wife Marge. “’Listerine’? Oh wait! ‘Margerine’? ” CORRECT. It appears...

Big Skeez: “Music can motivate the South Sudanese youth. You’ve got a dream and you can chase it”

The Sydney-based Afrofusion artist talks about his debut mixtape ‘Work Don’t Stop’, his “most random” influences and reaching a new level of artistic confidence

Dua Lipa’s ‘Houdini’ hints at a Tame Impala-influenced era you won’t want to escape from

The first taste of the pop sensation’s hotly anticipated third album readies us for massive moves to come

How concert films became big business (again)

With Taylor Swift dominating the box office, a Beyoncé film on the way and Talking Heads classic ‘Stop Making Sense’ back in cinemas, Kevin EG Perry investigates why concert films are enjoying a renaissance

Celebrate Ausmusic T-Shirt Day with live music: here are 6 artists you can catch performing at CUB LIV LOUD 2023

Get involved with one of Aussie music’s favourite fundraising drives by getting to a gig

Johnny Marr: “Bangers? They’re not to be sniffed at”

As he releases his first ever solo Best Of compilation, the icon speaks to NME about finding his own voice, what Billie Eilish has in common with The Cure and the stars that haunt his guitars

ENOLA: “I chose music because life felt too fleeting”

The Melbourne artist’s searing post-punk and commanding live presence have made them one to watch. NME catches up with them to talk their debut EP ‘All Is Forgiven’
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