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Soundtrack Of My Life: Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth
Bass legend and new wave pioneer with a love of hula dancing, Tina Weymouth, on the songs that shaped her life → Read More
Ozzy Osbourne: a rock'n'roll showman like no other
The Prince Of Darkness has called time on his performing days → Read More
How Terry Hall and The Specials provided British culture with a much-needed wake-up call
The Specials frontman and singer died this week, aged 63. NME remembers the makings of a truly original band → Read More
Quotin’ Tarantino: the most controversial soundbites from his book tour so far
While promoting 'Cinema Speculation', filmmaker and author Quentin Tarantino has been letting loose on all manner of subjects → Read More
Quentin Tarantino soundtracks: ranked in order of greatness
From 'Kill Bill' to 'Reservoir Dogs', we've ranked the greatest Quentin Tarantino soundtracks, and their best moments too → Read More
Lias Saoudi: "I can no longer listen to Fat White Family"
The Fats frontman takes our Soundtrack Of My Life quiz → Read More
The celebrity death hoax is like life's encore
Rock'n'roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis was prematurely declared dead yesterday; at least he's appreciated during his time → Read More
Soundtrack Of My Life: Brian Blessed
Actor, mountaineer and possessor of the loudest voice in showbiz, Brian Blessed; also, he says he's immortal → Read More
First look: Róisín Murphy’s acting debut in Netflix fantasy ‘The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself’
Meet Mercury, a powerful witch in the new TV series 'The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself', played by Roisin Murphy. → Read More
Soundtrack Of My Life: Courtney Marie Andrews
Alt. country storyteller Courtney Marie Andrews tells NME about the songs that have changed her life, for better or worse → Read More
‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song’ review: dissecting pop’s most-beloved ballad
Dissecting one of pop's most beloved ballads, new documentary 'Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song' is a must-watch for music fans → Read More
How Brazil's Rock in Rio capped off festival season in style
Coldplay, Green Day and Dua Lipa were on the bill, but the storied shindig really impressed by treating its punters with maximum respect → Read More
Flight Of The Conchords' Bret McKenzie on ditching comedy songs
'Flight Of The Conchords' favourite Bret McKenzie has gone serious. He tells us why that doesn't have to mean his new tunes are less fun → Read More
The story of Sziget Festival 2022 – in stunning photos
Here's the story of what went down at this year's huge, vibrant six-day party across Budapest's Óbuda Island → Read More
Arctic Monkeys at Sziget Festival 2022: a career-spanning showcase tees up the next era
As they ramp up towards a new phase, the Sheffield band treat festival-goers to surefire hits, powered by an invigorated spirit → Read More
Sziget Festival 2022: the weirdest and most wonderful moments on the festival's fringes
At the Budapest festival there's delightfully bizarre and daring activities and installations at every turn → Read More
The Darkness' Justin Hawkins has finally found his true calling: as one of the best YouTubers ever
Whatever you reckon to his band, TV commissioners should take note of the frontman's sideline as a truly hilarious commentator → Read More
Now Beyoncé’s pruned ‘Renaissance’ post-release, here are the albums I’d like to be updated too
Bey removed an ableist phrase and a contentious sample of Kelis' 'Milkshake' – could we apply the technique to more trivial musical matters? → Read More
Soundtrack Of My Life: Vernon Kay – from Metallica to L7
Metallica-mad radio and telly personality, Vernon Kay, surprise participant in that infamous tampon-tastic L7 Reading moment → Read More
“Down with Profitstock!”: ‘Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99’ shows festivals at their exploitative worst
The organisers of this '90s bash cared about just one thing: your money. Here's why we should pay attention to 'Trainwreck: Woodstock '99' → Read More