Meet Ganga, The Tattoo Artist Behind Lil Uzi Vert’s New Full Body Tattoo

Meet Ganga, The Tattoo Artist Behind Lil Uzi Vert’s New Full Body Tattoo

Lil Uzi Vert recently appeared at the music festivals Summer Smash and Something In The Water with a bold new look. No, we’re not talking about his Kodak Black-esque haircut or those head-to-toe Balenciaga fits […]

An Aretha Franklin Impersonator Fooled Fans (Then Became A Star)

An Aretha Franklin Impersonator Fooled Fans (Then Became A Star)

This promoter, Lavell Hardy, initially hired Jones by telling her she’d be Aretha Franklin’s opening act. He then surprised her by presenting her as the actual queen of soul, and when Jones objected, he threatened […]

Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever review – warm, toothsome pop with icy blasts of angst | Indie

Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever

‘I feel the bones of how we used to be,” sings Sophie Allison on her third album as Soccer Mommy. It’s not a reference to her creative process – it’s the opening line of a […]

‘It stays mind-blowing’: Billie Eilish’s mum on her daughter making Glastonbury history | Glastonbury 2022

Billie Eilish, right, with her mother, Maggie Baird in a scene from Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry.

Headlining Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage – the most recognised festival platform in the world – has always been a career-defining moment. When 20-year-old Billie Eilish makes history as the youngest ever solo headliner on Friday, one […]

It’s Time to Let Aliens Lead, Once and for All

It’s Time to Let Aliens Lead, Once and for All

In June 1982, moviegoers were charmed and terrified, respectively, by two of the most celebrated alien movies ever: Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and John Carpenter’s The Thing. Forty years later, we’re celebrating their legacies. […]

Glastonbury festival welcomes back crowds amid rail strikes | Glastonbury festival

People queue for entry on the first day of the festival.

The Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has said she was overcome with emotion as the first of 200,000 people flooded into the festival for the first time in three years. Its return has long been anticipated […]

How to listen to new Beyoncé song, ‘Break My Soul,’ tonight

How to listen to new Beyoncé song, 'Break My Soul,' tonight

Stop everything: Beyoncé’s first song from her upcoming “Renaissance” album is dropping tonight. “Break My Soul” will be released at midnight Eastern time, which means West Coast listeners can hear it at 9 p.m. Pacific. […]

Ed Sheeran was the most-played artist of 2021 in the UK | Ed Sheeran

Little Mix on their farewell tour in April.

Ed Sheeran was the most-played artist in the UK last year according to new data from music licensing company PPL, which calculates usage by radio stations, TV channels and public locations that play recorded music […]

Bartees Strange: ‘Some days I feel like God; other days I feel like a snail’ | Music

Shrubber soul … Bartees Strange.

A minute in to recent single Hold the Line, Bartees Cox Jr – AKA Bartees Strange – tees up a wrenching slide-guitar solo. It is not caked in slacker scuzz, nor is it a knowing […]