We caught up with @welovepulp on the red carpet of the @MercuryPrize last where they were representing the mighty @WarChildUK 'Help 2' compilation. They're past winners themselves for the classic 'Different Class', but they still gave the prize money to War Child back then – despite @brianeno nearly throwing it in the bin #Pulp #MercuryPrize #MercuryPrize2026

"Authenticity, being bold and ballsy, just doing what you want to do" – @jadethirlwall knows what makes a great album. Ahead of her smashing the @MercuryPrize with an epic performance of 'Angel Of My Dreams', NME caught up with her on the red carpet to talk about new material, dreams of headlining Reading & Leeds and the chances of seeing her at Glastonbury next year #Jade #MercuryPrize2026 #AngelOfMyDreams

Get ready for another "pop punch to the face" @jadethirlwall tells us about her “brave and bold” new music in the works, Reading & Leeds @OfficialRandL headline dreams and if we’ll see her at Glastonbury next year nme.com/news/music/jade-inte…

"The record we're making now is the third in a trilogy – it's going to be another punk-based record" – NME caught up with @suedeHQ on the red carpet of the @MercuryPrize 2026 where they told us about progress on the next album

“These are songs of tribes and belonging” @suedeHQ tell us about progress on their new “anarcho-punk” album, and tell us about what makes a great record and what it's like to tour with @Manics at the @mercuryprize 2026 nme.com/news/music/suede-int…

Amidst all the hiss and the decay, Dublin’s finest @fontainesdublin have made something pure, honest and feeling while in exhilarating motion with album number five ‘Dopamine Chamber’. Now, you see who they are Read the full 5-star NME review: nme.com/reviews/album/fontai…

.@Johnny_Marr talks about his "emphatic, guitar-y, catchy, British indie" new solo album 'The Age Of Everything' #JohnnyMarr

.@Johnny_Marr on Fontaines D.C. and fighting “dodgy views”: “The current young generation are really switched on” The guitar icon spoke to NME about new solo album 'The Age Of Everything', his love of The Cure, hope for the future, and why PM Andy Burnham isn't forbidden from listening to The Smiths nme.com/news/music/johnny-ma…

“It was like a new beginning” Jarvis Cocker caught up with NME ahead of the London premiere of 'What Do You Do For An Encore?' – and his surprise birthday party – to tell us about Pulp's unique history and DNA of the band and what the future holds "That's the good thing about music – you don't know where it's going to take you, but hopefully it could take us somewhere good" nme.com/news/music/pulp-jarv…

“This island is full of song and music and mischief and we’re so proud to be Irish" @U2 celebrate 50th anniversary with concerts in Dublin and their former high school The band also paid tribute to “king busker” Glen Hansard See photos, footage and more from what went down as the rock legends returned to their former high school and played a surprise set from the balcony of Bewley’s Cafe on Grafton Street to mark 50 years since they formed nme.com/news/music/u2-dublin…

"Fizzy, nourishing, not too long" – what more could you want from a film? Here's @welovepulp's Jarvis Cocker telling NME about their new live movie and doc 'What Do You Do For An Encore?' #Pulp #JarvisCocker #WhatDoYouDoForAnEncore

.@gurriersband's live shows are in some ways "confrontational", says bassist Charlie McCarthy. “That fits this idea of what Gurriers is: it’s an extension of our anger. We’re ready to give that space to breathe and to exist.” Read #NMETheCover: nme.com/the-cover/gurriers-2…

With their fiery live shows and songs of pain, longing and rage, Dublin rockers @gurriersband want to be a band that matter – and nothing less. Read #NMETheCover: nme.com/the-cover/gurriers-2…

Watch @welovepulp play ‘Something Changed’ as Garth Jennings tells us about “celebratory” new film ‘What Do You Do For An Encore?’ See the band pay tribute to "fucking cool" Steve Mackey as the director talks us through the joyful vibe of the film, the Sheffield icons' inspiring history, and what the future might hold for Jarvis Cocker and co nme.com/news/music/pulp-inte…