Music Features
On the Road: breaking sound barriers as a female engineer
Sound engineer Beth Denton discusses weaving behind-the-scenes magic to make live music sound as good as it can, and making it as a female technician in a male-dominated field
Music News
5 albums you need to hear this week
With music from Overmono, Stray Kids, FLO, Man/Woman/Chainsaw and Keyside
Music News
Westside Cowboy, Jazzy and Sam Smith lead our Hot New Songs playlist
This week’s playlist update also sees new music added from Bonobo ft. Joy Crookes, The Mary Wallopers, Brooke Combe and more
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Watch Eddie Vedder busk in Dublin in honour of Glen Hansard
The Pearl Jam frontman performed in Hansard’s usual spot on Grafton Street alongside Murdo Mitchell and several other musicians
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Madonna pays tribute to producer William Orbit: ‘You were my ray of light’
“You pressed a magic button inside of me and I fell into a galaxy of unrealised dreams,” the singer writes of her longtime collaborator following his death at the age of 69
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See Charli XCX join The Strokes for ‘Take It or Leave It’ at Outside Lands
Fresh off their album sales battle — “She won. She won by a lot,” Julian Casablancas quipped — Friday night’s headliner at San Francisco fest makes surprise appearance during the band’s Saturday set
Music News
William Orbit, producer for Madonna and Blur, dies aged 69
“He will be greatly missed by us and by so many whose lives he touched through his music, friendship and kindness,” his family and friends said in a statement
Music Features
On the Road: breaking sound barriers as a female engineer
Sound engineer Beth Denton discusses weaving behind-the-scenes magic to make live music sound as good as it can, and making it as a female technician in a male-dominated field
Music News
Hear Madonna and Kylie Minogue team up for ‘Love Sensation (Afterhours Mix)’
The pop duo teased the track during a live performance in Amsterdam earlier this month
Features
‘They make the laws to chain us well’: Folk music fights for its rights
As of March 2026, Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan has served notice to record label Celtic Music to reclaim the rights to his music. Here, music historian Colin Harper, along with artists The Mary Wallopers, Barbara Dickson, Allan Taylor and Martin Simpson, discuss the impact of Gaughan’s fight for other elderly artists, and the protest at the heart of folk music’s continued legacy
On the Road: breaking sound barriers as a female engineer
Sound engineer Beth Denton discusses weaving behind-the-scenes magic to make live music sound as good as it can, and making it as a female technician in a male-dominated field
Overmono: ‘We’re absolute animals in the studio’
Recording on 1930s train announcement speakers. Breaking pedals on purpose. Cooking cymbals in the oven. The dance duo’s second album, ‘Pure Devotion’, sees the high-flying Welsh brothers go delightfully analogue
Nia Archives breaks free
For years, being Nia Archives came with a mission: champion jungle. Now, the poster girl for the genre’s renaissance is spreading her musical wings and being unapologetically herself
Film
Jared Leto Accused of Criminal Sexual Conduct by Four Women in BBC Documentary
The allegations were made in Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, which premiered Wednesday
Irish singer-songwriter and ‘Once’ star Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash
The singer passed away this morning (July 29) after a collision in Dublin.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s New Ali G Movie Locks in Title and Release Date
Ali G: Who Iz I? arrives in cinemas on October 23 as the actor’s directorial debut
Travis Scott Says He Was ‘Nervous as F’ to Act in ‘The Odyssey’
The rapper explained how he got the role of the Greek bard in Christopher Nolan’s latest epic during an interview on The Tonight Show
Thor Battles Doctor Doom, Reunites With Steve Rogers in New ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Trailer
“We’re going to need a miracle,” Chris Hemsworth proclaims in the new clip for the highly anticipated superhero flick
‘My Left Foot’ and ‘Home Alone 2’ star Brenda Fricker has died at the age of 81
The actress passed away at her home in Dublin.
Phoebe Bridgers ‘Lost Weekend’ review: an ambitious return that dissects love and loss with superb precision
The beloved singer and songwriter reemerges into the spotlight with an ambitious album that finds her exploring new ground to exhilarating effect
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds live in Brighton: Rock’s wild god triumphs at huge homecoming
Nick Cave returns to his adoptive hometown, bringing along Kylie Minogue, to deliver a joyful sermon with a mammoth career-spanning set
The Cribs live in London: Indie royalty offer up a glorious celebration in epic surroundings
On a sweltering evening in London, The Cribs prove right at home in the picturesque setting of Somerset House
David Byrne live in Halifax: a life-affirming tonic
Talking Heads classics and exuberant solo material make this a night filled with desperately needed optimism, in the stunning surroundings of the Piece Hall
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TV
Wildlife presenter and comedy legend Bill Oddie has died at the age of 85
Oddie’s agent hailed him as “Britain’s best-loved birder”.
Playlist Picks: Ania Magliano
The ‘SNL UK’ star’s picks see her discuss her renewed love for the radio and why The Dare is the ideal role model for modern masculinity
Edinburgh Fringe 2026: 12 must-see comedy shows
Ahead of the world’s biggest arts festival, here’s our must-see comedy shows at this year’s Fringe.
12 rising stars of comedy to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2026
With the Edinburgh Fringe upon us, here are our tips for the next big things to catch before they’re famous
Alice Oseman on ‘Heartstopper Volume 6’: ‘Hope, happiness and happy endings are possible’
After a decade of adoration for her graphic novel series-turned-TV show ‘Heartstopper’, Alice Oseman speaks to Rolling Stone UK about the emotional ending to Nick and Charlie’s ending
Larry David Calls Trump’s UFC Fight ‘a Travesty’: ‘I Was Embarrassed to be an American’
The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator debuts his new series, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, on June 26