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Ahead of the exhilarating second series of his BBC action thriller

NME remembers the influential and beloved artists who left us this year

Robert Del Naja and long-term collaborator Mark Donne told NME about the live music industry slowly waking up to the climate crisis, why the band turned down the opportunity to play Coachella 2025 and plans to work with Billie Eilish on her 2025 European tour

It’s a lost art, but music with cans really puts you in the groove

Musical genius who quite literally changed the world

Don't miss 'We Live In Time', the funniest and most affecting romcom in cinemas soon

Pop fandom reached a tipping point of toxicity this year – fuelled by the allure of social media virality and the monetisation of parasocial obsession

At first, the south Londoner dominated the alté world – but now, with a softer Afro-R&B sound and renewed TikTok fame, is he still “alté’s renaissance man”?

As the masked metallers' anniversary tour hits the UK, the founding member tells NME about the "beautiful" dynamic of the current line-up, how "the days of great music have come and gone" and we're awash with "horrible bands right now", and when fans can expect lost album ‘Look Outside Your Window’

Dom Harrison tells NME about the impact of this year’s inaugural event, overcoming queues and logistical issues, how “cultivator” David Bowie inspired him to curate a genre-defying line-up, plans to take the festival worldwide in 2026, and the “self-reclamation” that is central to his next album