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Dafne Keen on her Star Wars debut: “‘The Acolyte’ is about power and identity”

The galaxy far, far away's newest face is a blockbuster franchise veteran

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How to get your copy of the NME Magazine May/June 2024 issue

Baekhyun on new beginnings: “I think it’s a starting point to my solo career”

Pozer: meet the dexterous drill star making UK chart history

Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ review: doesn’t fold under pressure

Glastonbury 2024: check out the full line-up and stage splits so far

Snow Patrol share ‘The Beginning’ and announce new album ‘The Forest Is The Path’ with 2025 UK and Ireland arena tour

D:Ream on being booked for Glastonbury and the return of ‘Things Can Only Get Better’

Dylan: “I want to headline Wembley – playing there with Ed Sheeran gave me the hunger”

BTS’ RM hits the streets of London in new music video for ‘Groin’

Valve says you can’t include your Steam account in a will

ALBUM REVIEWS

Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’ review: bombastic and brilliant

aespa – ‘Armageddon’ review: the girl group shine brightest at their most experimental

DIIV – ‘Frog In Boiling Water’ review: dense shoegaze ruminates on late-stage capitalism

Bat For Lashes – ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ review: spiralling symphonies written in the patient gaze of new motherhood

FEATURES

Primavera Sound 2024: the essential sets to see

Why is Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ taking over Spotify algorithms?

Behind The Cover with Chappell Roan: “NME always has the cool girls”

DIIV tackle their existential crisis: “This album just feels so hard fought”

Thundercat on the inspiration behind new material: “This time, there’s an air of just letting things be what they are”

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timeline

GIG REVIEWS

Nicki Minaj live in London: ever-polarising rap iconoclast comes back fighting

Jane’s Addiction live in London: the alt-rock icons make an explosive return to the UK

Laufey live in London: an exquisite evening of pure musical excellence

Elbow live in Manchester: a belated, but brilliant opening of the Co-Op Live

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

An afternoon in the passenger seat with suburban storyteller Killowen

Baekhyun on new beginnings: “I think it’s a starting point to my solo career”

Dafne Keen on her Star Wars debut: “‘The Acolyte’ is about power and identity”

Dylan: “I want to headline Wembley – playing there with Ed Sheeran gave me the hunger”

AJ Tracey on the General Election: “Anything but the Tories is ideal”

D:Ream on being booked for Glastonbury and the return of ‘Things Can Only Get Better’

THE COVER

Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

Coco Jones is getting the second chance she deserves

Breakthrough rapper Songer on his life-changing year: “I’ve been pretty fearless”

MORE NEWS

Switzerland Eurovision spokesperson denies winner considered pulling out of contest

Eric Clapton on Roger Waters’ political views: “It takes a lot of guts, and he suffers from it terribly”

Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy says woman in ‘Star Wars’ suffer more abuse because fan base is “male dominated”

BBC announces Glastonbury 2024 coverage plans

The Duke Spirit’s Liela Moss returns with brooding new single ‘Reward’

Court rules in favour of Min Hee-jin’s injunction to prevent HYBE from exercising voting rights

CMAT responds after BBC disable comments on Big Weekend video due to body-shaming: “I didn’t realise it was illegal to have a huge ass”

Here’s a list of music festivals taking place in Asia in 2024

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

How a surprise Fred Again.. collab helped I Am Roze find their voice

Mary In The Junkyard – ‘This Old House’ EP review: bewitching art-pop soars above the hype

Girl And Girl – ‘Call A Doctor’ review: brilliantly bonkers indie-rock from Brisbane

Chloe Slater: the firebrand songwriter that’s about to be everywhere

FILM & TV NEWS

ITV to air first general election leaders’ debate next week

Bill Skarsgård says it was “mean” to release Pennywise first-look photos due to ‘It’ criticism

Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy says woman in ‘Star Wars’ suffer more abuse because fan base is “male dominated”

The ‘Home Alone’ house is back on the market – and here’s how much it costs

‘Doctor Sleep’ and ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’ director to helm “radical” new ‘Exorcist’ film

Sul Kyung-gu, Kim Hee-ae face off in thrilling teaser for Netflix K-drama ‘The Whirlwind’

Glenn Close and Kerry Washington join cast of Knives Out sequel

Jodie Foster says she was “always shocked” by how frequently women had rape backstories in scripts

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ review: another mighty, petrol-soaked masterpiece

‘Megalopolis’ review: as mad and memorable as everyone is saying

‘Bridgerton’ season three review: still sweet and seductive but the taste is growing stale

‘The Beach Boys’ review: re-telling the Californian lads’ not-always-sunny story

GAMING NEWS

‘MultiVersus’ relaunch attracts more than 114,000 players on Steam but reviews are mixed

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ is officially set to be a day one Xbox Game Pass release

Lego unveils official ‘The Legend Of Zelda’ set

‘League Of Legends’ reveals £400 bundle for players to “flex their fandom”

Valve says you can’t include your Steam account in a will

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ trailer teases return of fan-favourite character

Konami announces ‘Silent Hill Transmission’ stream for this month

‘Rainbow Six Siege’ fans boo subscription service announcement

GAME REVIEWS

‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ review: doesn’t fold under pressure

‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’ review: great to look at – but otherwise disappointing

‘Sand Land’ review: a charming adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s legendary manga

‘Tales Of Kenzera: Zau’ review: a beautiful fusion of tragedy and adventure