The Ultimate Guide to Apple Music Festival 10

Since 2007, Apple Music Festival has made it its mission to bring massive artists to an intimate and iconic corner of London – and the line-up for its 10th anniversary, at the Roundhouse in Camden, is the best yet…

Red Nose Day

Shawn Crahan – AKA Slipknot’s Clown – talks killer clowns and his directorial debut

A Letter From Lana

Back in September, we optimistically emailed Lana Del Rey a bunch of questions about life, love, Twin Peaks, Courtney Love and “intergalactic possibilities”. Three months later the answers turned up. Interrogation by Al Horner. Introduction by Dan Stubbs.

Bowie - The Man Who Changed The World

On Monday January 11, it was announced that one of the greatest talents music has ever seen was dead. Mark Beaumont celebrates the magnificence of David Bowie.

Kanye West - Making A Masterpiece

In 2013, Kanye West became a father. In 2014, he got married. In 2015, he announced he’d be running for President. Now he’s calling his brand-new LP “the greatest album of all time”. Larry Bartleet asks how he got there.

Idris Elba: How to Win at Everything!

Actor, DJ, musician and all-round righteous badass, Idris Elba makes doing everything look easy. As The Jungle Book, in which he plays tiger Shere Khan, opens in cinemas, he tells Olly Richards about the secrets to his success.

Rihanna: Pop's Biggest Rebel

Rihanna is more than a superstar. She's the ultimate icon of the digital age. She's had more Number One singles in 10 years than Madonna has managed in three decades, and she's now the First Lady of the new free NME. Peter Robinson went to LA to hang out with pop's biggest rebel.

Why The Big Bang Theory Is The New Friends

The Big Bang Theory is the biggest show in the solar system. With the cliffhanger-charged ninth season set to drop on September 21, Joe Madden tots up the parallels between the Central Perk gang and the Cheesecake Factory crew.

Sound track of my Life

Adventurer, man of the great outdoors

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

It’s been four years since London Grammar’s hugeselling and aptly titled debut album ‘If You Wait’. Now, as 2017 promises world domination for the trio, they talk about the long journey to album number two

Good News Hunting

Telly funnyman Russell Howard has just kicked off a massive world tour that puts him firmly in comedy’s premier league. He tells Larry Bartleet why he’s not yet demanding Weetabix from strangers

Under The Skin

Kat Von D on tattooing Lemmy, Dave Grohl and Lady Gaga.

family guy

south london rapper loyle carner has woven music by his late stepfather into his debut album – and it might just have you in tears,

Taylor Swift - Queen Of Everything

What's it like to rule the pop universe, boss corporations around and sell record-breaking numbers of albums, all while the internet scrutinises your every move? Dan Stubbs meets the world's biggest and politest superstar to find out.

Gimme Shelter

Bands 4 Refugees put together a one-off supergroup to raise awareness of the refugee crisis at the VO5 NME Awards 2017. Kevin EG Perry joined Olly Alexander, Charli XCX and the gang as magic was made.

Party Like It's 1975

Teen brothers Brian The Lemon and Michael D’Addario Twigs are all about Queen, Tom Do Hollywood Petty, spandex jumpsuits, vintage synths and genuinely great hair.

Life after death

An album of Bowie songs sung by the cast of the epic Lazarus musical, featuring three brand new songs written by the great man himself

Songs About Sex

Swedish singer Tove Lo writes top tunes about chasing all kinds of rushes. Get into it!

Different Strokes

Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi has formed a new band and made an album. The result is hard, heavy, dirty – and mighty fine

Lo and Behold

Leonie Cooper meets Tove Lo, the ballsy pop sensation who won’t be happy until “women can be naked the way men can”

“People Know We're Not Bulls**tters”

As the Courteeners prepare to take new album ‘Mapping The Rendezvous’ out on the road, Liam Fray talks humility, humanity, and why people love them so much.

Rags to riches

After years on the fringes of the UK hip-hop scene, Rory Graham – AKA Rag’n’Bone Man – has struck gold with his massive hit ‘Human’. Hamish MacBain finds the Brighton bluesman adjusting to a new life in the spotlight

Duvet day

Ever-reliable Mancunians serve up another album that’s as warming as the morning’s fourth whisky

Through The Looking Glass

Glass Animals have the indie single of the summer in ‘life itself’. as they prepare to release second album ‘how To Be a human Being’, Larry Bartleet gives you nine things you might not have known about the latest great band to come out of oxford.

Robot wars

Next week, iconic manga Ghost In The Shell hits cinemas in a blockbuster film adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson as the cyborg superagent taking on cyberterrorists. She tells us about the human story behind the robotic action.

The First Family of Grime

Hattie Collins and Olivia Rose’s essential new book This Is Grime is the first major work on the scene. in this exclusive extract the Adenuga siblings – Beats 1 presenter Julie and MCs Skepta and JMe – discuss their upbringings on tottenham’s Meridian Walk estate and the early days of Boy Better Know.

They Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing…

…but this week, the ever-humble Pet Shop Boys take a rare moment to celebrate their success, just for the VO5 NME Awards 2017. Mark Beaumont meets the recipients of our 2017 Godlike Genius Award

No Joke

Kurupt FM have burst the confines of their sitcom People Just Do Nothing to become big on the grime scene and a must-see festival act. “it’s insane,” they tell Sam Richards as series three airs

Braving the storm

Stormzy’s debut album ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’ is the most talked-about of the year. Andrew Trendell looks at how the Croydon grime star used his sky-rocketing profile to shine a light on mental health

Return of the Kings

Kings Of Leon, the hardest-partying band of the noughties, have spent the last three years cutting down on the boozing, organising food festivals and fixing their shattered relationships. With seventh album ‘Walls’ ready to go, Mark Beaumont heads to Nashville to hear how the Followills became a family again.