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Gene Gallagher’s Villanelle are ready to launch with “a genuine passion to bring back rock music”

With debut single 'Hinge' about to drop, the loud trio exclusively tell us about their hardcore fans, the Nirvana via Black Sabbath and Arctic Monkeys sound, and the inspiration of the Oasis Live '25 tour

Florence Road share breezy new single ‘Break The Girl’

Vocalist Lily Aron previously told NME the cathartic track came together in an hour, inspired by an emotional conversation that weighed on her mind

Dance-punks The Itch are creating their own party paradise

Simon Tyrie and Georgia Hardy just want to have fun, and with their unpredictable, playful new project, they’re building a whole new world of pleasure. As they tell NME, it’s all an electrifying reaction to the dissatisfactions of the music industry and modern life

Pozer looks to the future: “I want to be the figurehead in the UK”

Backstage at Reading 2025, the Croydon rapper reflected on a huge year and making history

TTSSFU is learning to embrace the chaos

It’s been a wild 18 months for Wigan’s Tasmin Stephens, from signing to Partisan Records to meeting Dave Grohl. The scuzzy alt-pop of her new EP ‘Blown’ is only going to take her higher

Reading & Leeds 2025: The most magical moments from summer’s last big party

From rock heroes to pop icons via the best new talent, R+L 25 proved to one for all time. Here are NME’s best bits from the year’s final major festival

Every Reading & Leeds poster since 1989

A look back at all the line-ups over the years

EMEREE is building her own dynamic R&B world layer by layer

The powerhouse Australian vocalist has made waves back home as both an artist and a producer to watch. Now, she’s taking her gorgeous R&B to the other side of the globe

Reading & Leeds 2025: 12 new acts you need to see

Headliners, step aside – these are the hottest emerging names who will descend on the UK’s favourite twin festivals next week

ADÉLA is relishing her role as pop’s newest provocateur

She missed out on a spot in KATSEYE – and trolls flocked to her comments after a behind-the-scenes documentary dropped – but ADÉLA is using the attention to become the straight-talking solo star of her dreams
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