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Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights

Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March

The Guardian - UK

Sam Fender wins Mercury prize: ‘Geordie Springsteen’ is voice of a UK ravaged by industrial decline

The Mercury prize almost always produces surprises – among them, Gomez not The Verve in 1998, and English Teacher not Charlie XCX in 2024 – but perhaps the biggest surprise is that the prize has survived for so many years. That it has been won this year by Sam Fender…

The Conversation

Sam Fender wins 2025 Mercury prize for his album People Watching

Geordie singer-songwriter’s album reached No 1 on the UK album chart, and led to a series of stadium-sized concerts this summer

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Mercury nominee CMAT: Irish music success comes from ‘generation of trauma’

The singer is nominated alongside fellow Irish act Fontaines DC at the event in Newcastle.

Evening Standard

FKA twigs, Sam Fender, Pulp and Wolf Alice lead performers for 2025 Mercury Prize

The shortlisted artists set to perform at the Mercury Prize have been unveiled.

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Laneway festival 2026: Chappell Roan leads lineup featuring Wet Leg, Wolf Alice and PinkPantheress

The first full Australian tour for the US pop star marks the latest coup for the festival, whose 2025 iteration was headlined by Charli xcx

The Guardian - AU

Wolf Alice, Iron Maiden, Nova Twins and Architects named Album Champions for National Album Day 2025

National Album Day returns on October 18, with this year's theme set as rock music.

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Klipsch The One Plus review

The Klipsch The One Plus Bluetooth speaker is my favorite yet, and the booming bass blew me away (literally).

Tom’s Guide

Mercury Prize 2025 shortlist revealed: Key takeaways and who should win

Who's nominated? Who's broken records? Who should win this year's coveted Mercury Prize? Here's the lowdown on this year's Mercury Prize contenders.

Euronews

CMAT, Pulp and PinkPantheress among Mercury prize shortlist light on new names

Only two debut albums – among them the ‘token’ jazz release – feature among this year’s list of nominations for the coveted UK and Irish music prize

The Guardian - UK

Wolf Alice top UK albums chart with latest offering The Clearing

Their fourth studio album also sits atop the official vinyl albums chart this week.

Evening Standard

"A timeless record oozing with confidence." Wolf Alice serve up one of the essential albums of 2025 with brilliant, bold fourth album The Clearing

"It’s impossible to define Wolf Alice by genre or time period"

Louder

Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

England's oldest psychiatric institution exhibits patient's waking dreams, while Julia Ducournau's paranoia-infused body horror 'Alpha' arrives in French cinemas. Here are this week's cultural highlights.

Euronews

Scuffle reportedly breaks out at Royal Opera House after Palestine flag unfurled

A performer unfurled an ‘unauthorised’ Palestine flag on the closing night of an 11-night run of Il Trovatore on Saturday.

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What Hi-Fi?

7 tracks we've been using in our test rooms over the past month

Muse's latest alongside Wolf Alice wonderfulness and some tasty Tunng

What Hi-Fi?

11 Glastonbury 2025 artists and tracks you need to hear ahead of this week's festival

Key tracks to indulge in before Worthy Farm awakens

The Independent UK

Glastonbury 2025: Full lineup and stage times today including Rod Stewart and Olivia Rodrigo

Fans can now work out any clashes between sets, and which stages their favourite artists are playing

Evening Standard

They did what? The biggest clashes at Glastonbury this year

Yes, of course Charli xcx and Doechii are clashing

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Louder

"Prime Minister, what will you choose? Complicity in war crimes, or the courage to act?" Wolf Alice, Massive Attack, Primal Scream join actors, artists, directors, doctors and TV personalities urging Keir Starmer to take action to ease suffering in Gaza

"The world is watching and history will not forget."

International Business Times UK

Glastonbury 2025 Complete Line-up Released After Leak: Confirmed Performers And Where To Score Tickets

Glastonbury 2025 has officially revealed its complete lineup, featuring three major headlining acts across the festival's main nights.

MusicRadar

“Sometimes people need a mix engineer, or a recording engineer, or a producer, or a guitarist – or sometimes all of those things”: Amy Sergeant on her professional studio career and her approach to mix engineering in the modern industry

The winner of 2024’s Rising Star accolade at the Music Producer’s Guild Awards, Amy Sergeant balances many production roles alongside being an in-studio creative asset

Louder

10 alternative Christmas anthems to soundtrack your festive season and drown out Wham! and Mariah Carey

Because all we want for Christmas is an escape from 24/7 seasonal schmaltz

The Independent UK

Marilyn Manson: A timeline of the allegations against the embattled heavy metal star

Controversial artist is accused of abuse by more than a dozen women

My Imperfect Life

What's on the 'Heartstopper' season 2 soundtrack? (Yes, there's Taylor Swift)

You're going to fall for the 'Heartstopper' season 2 soundtrack—and Nick and Charlie, of course

Evening Standard

The best new music acts to catch this festival season from Lambrini Girls to Meekz and Coach Party

All of our top picks to catch live now, before they’re absolutely massive

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