Independent Venue Week has officially begun its 2026 edition, launching a seven-day programme featuring more than 700 shows across the UK. Running from John O’Groats to Falmouth, the annual initiative ...

Following a breakout 2025, the artist returns with a project rooted in acceptance, connection and personal growth. To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to ...

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The shiny new Elizabeth Line opened in May 2022. To mark the occasion, we decided to take every London Tube line to create the definitive ranking of the London Underground.

Despite masterpieces by Korn and Deftones, nu metal became a dirty word when it oversaturated the mainstream and failed to emotionally evolve. So what brought the genre back for its renaissance? Metal ...

Big Special return with new single ‘Dragged Up A Hill (and thrown down the other side)’, a track that focuses on Joe Hickin’s stark, unvarnished vocal delivery and shows a more reflective side to the ...

Fishtank Live evokes the Stanford Prison Experiment, but instead, we, the viewers, pay to control contestants in a monitored house. It is day 25, approaching 9 am, and Airsoft Fatty is asleep ...

Boiler room sets have become a cultural phenomenon, drawing in electronic and techno music fans from around the world to experience exclusive performances from some of the most talented DJs and ...

25 years ago, James Cameron released one of the biggest films of all time. Even in 2023, Titanic still feels unbeatable. Released back in cinemas in 3D this week, we look at all the things that have ...

Flea’s Honora arrives with a premise that could easily have tipped into pretentious indulgence. A rock star turns 60, returns to an instrument from his youth, brings in a serious group of players, and ...

Black Sabbath were the masters of heavy music and heavy living. Not only did they conceive a dark, pulsating answer to the optimism of the hippie movement, but they were adept at pushing their lives ...

As Sudan become the latest nation to demand repatriation of valuable objects, Alexander Adams looks at some other claims have been made for artefacts in British museums. Sudan has joined the list of ...