A trail of rhinestone cowboy hats leads the way from Seven Sisters station to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, corner shops are pumping Beyoncé's back catalogue and a stampede of fans adorned with tassels and sequins march towards the show of...
ARLO PARKS – ‘DEVOTION’
The final single from her second album ‘My Soft Machine’ (out today) and one of Arlo Parks’ favourite songs she’s ever made, ‘Devotion’ is about “feeling so in love it’s almost like being ripped apart, there’s...
Glastonbury, as you’ll already know, is unlike any other festival in the world. Sprawling over 900 acres, with umpteen stages and literally hundreds of things going on at any one time, it’s a hedonistic, soul-nourishing ecosystem in and of...
The Great Escape is a multi-venue Brighton festival which acts as a showcase for some of Europe's most exciting new acts. Each May, the music industry descends on the south-coast city for panels, conferences, live gigs and after-parties all...
Anne Marie feat Shania Twain – 'UNHEALTHY'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrSQ2P4fep8
“My father says I should run away/but he don’t know that I just don’t know how,” Anne Marie sings in the opening moments of the song which talks about a love that everyone...
As long as there have been pop stars, there has been scandal about their sexuality. Whether they’ve got too much on show (or not enough), whether they’re hiding who they love (or talking about it too much), whether they’re...
On her debut album, Arlo Parks showcased a style of lyricism that felt to many like a wise and kindly friend. Released in the uncertainty of the pandemic, 'Collapsed In Sunbeams' was a talisman to the kind of young...
Taylor Swift might be standing on stage in the middle of a sold-out American football stadium, but, for the briefest moment, she sounds like any typical girl-next-door – sunny, warm and unassuming. Although the songs on tonight’s (May 12)...
The week's best new releases
If you grew up in the UK in the noughties, there is every chance that you might see Eurovision as a bit of a joke. Whilst it has always been a fun, colourful celebration of all things pop (and potent...