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Slayer's return to the UK was chaotic but ultimately triumphant
By Rich Hobson published
Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and Hatebreed supported Slayer for their spectacular UK comeback

Kae Tempest's fifth album Self Titled cements his status as one of the most essential voices in UK music
By Vicky Greer published
Kae Tempest's follow-up to 2022's acclaimed The Line Is A Curve is another hard-hitting, incisive triumph

“The mixing of old and new is exemplary”: Tangerine Dream’s Coventry Cathedral 22
By Jeremy Allen published
An impressive account of the electronic pioneers’ return to the Midlands half a century after their legendary show

The Sisters Of Mercy's First And Last And Always gets a gimmicky 40th birthday makeover
By Alex Burrows published
The Sisters Of Mercy's landmark goth classic First And Last And Always, now a four-disc set on coloured vinyl

“Intoxicating beauty remains; she enchants in any era”: Judy Dyble’s Darkness To Light
By Johnny Sharp published
Clamshell collection assembles the original Fairport Convention singer’s trio of 21st-century career-reviving albums

Frank Zappa’s unaired TV special Cheaper Than Cheep is a recovered gem
By Jeremy Allen published
A nearly forgotten 1974 afternoon show, with an audience of 100 and a short-lived Mothers line-up, rises from the avant-prog titan’s basement

"If you're one of those self-satisfied old bores who thinks that music doesn't mean as much to younger generations as it does to you, you're flat-out wrong, and here's the proof." Olivia Rodrigo dazzles in the summer sun at BST Hyde Park
By Paul Brannigan published
Olivia Rodrigo thrills on the opening night of London's BST Hyde Park festival

The Prodigy unleash chaos at Worthy Farm with the heaviest, most intense set of Glastonbury 2025
By Liz Scarlett published
“I think we did Mr Flint proud”
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