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The cast of influential, riotous Madchester biopic 24 Hour Party People have reunited for a special anniversary screening in Manchester. Released in 2002, comedy drama 24 Hour Party People tells the story of Manchester’s incredible music scene from the late ‘70s to early ‘90s through the eyes of Factory Records’ founder Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) who signed Happy Mondays and Joy Division among others. Last night (Tuesday October 6)  a special screening of 24 Hour Party People kicked off Manchester’s music and media industry conference Beyond The City followed by a Q&A featuring Coogan, director Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew…

Enter Shikari have dropped the optimistic new single ‘Higher Ground’ in a new surprise release – just days after announcing an upcoming hiatus. The new single arrives today (Wednesday October 7) and marks the first new music from the band since they surprise released their latest album ‘Lose Your Self’ earlier this year. Written around the same time as the songs on that album, ‘Higher Ground’ was put to one side and finished by Enter Shikari over the summer – and it captures the message of taking a step back from personal problems and opting to put forward more understanding…

“I’m so passionate about this!” Keath Ósk tells NME, clapping and rocking their clasped hands to their chest. The Filipino-Icelandic musician is in the middle of a spirited dissection of their music video ‘And The Hound’, a track from their debut album ‘Foreword’, in which they play two characters with conflicting feelings about a chair. One sits coolly and sings, while the other dances and resists the furniture, at one point terrified and crying when they find themself seated. The performance is neatly symbolic of Ósk’s relationship with their own platform and power. They began to release music as Yaelokre…

24 Hour Party People director Michael Winterbottom has spoken to NME about capturing the “attitude and spirit” of Factory Records with the cult-classic film, ahead of it returning to cinemas for its 24th anniversary. The riotous Madchester music biopic, originally released in 2002, hits the big screen again in UK and Ireland cinemas this Friday (October 9), fully remastered in 4K, after 100 independent cinemas screened it for free this week. It’ll then be available digitally and on 4K UHD disc on October 26.   Steve Coogan stars as charismatic Granada TV presenter Tony Wilson, who set up the iconic…

Jimmy Kimmel took aim at Donald Trump after the president invited Iran to bomb California. On Monday, Trump suggested that soaring costs are “a small price to pay” to ensure Iran doesn’t have a nuclear weapon. “It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, for keeping our country safe,” he said. “They could take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.” The right-wing media later claimed that it was a joke and the White House defended the comments are “not rooted…

The celebrity dancers performed to a variety of the pop star’s hits, including “Obsessed” and “Hero” Dancing With the Stars paid tribute to Mariah Carey with a series of performances set to the pop star’s hits. Carey welcomed the contestants to the show with an opening message, noting that she couldn’t wait to see “how these fabulous couples bring my songs to life.” “I wish I could be there tonight, but I’ll be watching and cheering you on from afar,” Carey added before the show’s opening number, which was set to “Heartbreaker.” During the themed show, the dancers performed to…

For decades, aspiring bands were given the same advice: If you want to get noticed, play as many shows as possible. But in the algorithm-driven era, does that wisdom hold up? Haywire would say yes. In 2024, the Boston punk band issued its debut LP, Conditioned for Demolition, and the For Better or for Worse EP, but it took until the following year, when they embarked on a grassroots DIY tour that hit all 50 states, for wider audiences to hop on board. As the tour trekked on, they added impromptu guerilla shows in unconventional, not-always-legal locations and viral footage…

Some anonymous electronic musicians, like Burial or the dub-techno artists on Chain Reaction, took a step back from the spotlight in service of letting their work stand on its own. But this is an album that’s apparently about the artist’s double life, and the questions that are bound to be at the forefront of any curious listener’s mind go unaddressed.The closest thing we get to an answer to how the artist feels about her double life can be found in the music itself, whose Disneyfied, occasionally GAS-like grandeur is streaked with ambivalence. Like Klein’s last album, the fantastic sleep with…

Victoria Monét ended the deluxe version of her breakout album, Jaguar II, with “The Greatest (Lovenotes Outro),” a montage of congratulatory voice notes from loved ones. Amid well wishes from aunties and a sweet message from Monét’s daughter Hazel (“Dear God, thank you for praying for my momma good”) are heaps of praise from collaborators. “It’s your moment for a long time coming,” gushed choreographer Sean Bankhead. “You got the game on lock.” If anyone deserved such a thorough gassing up on her own album, it’s Monét, who made the jump from secret-weapon songwriter for artists like Ariana Grande and…

Quavo has rarely sounded less inspired, which I should’ve expected when I saw the word-salad definition of QRÖMELIFE he posted to Twitter. “Its a LIFESTYLE We all got chromosomes,” he wrote. “You spend most of your life looking for what made u special not knowing u got it in you take a look at yourself nd realize when go thru challenges U are protected in this outter of layer of QRÖME.” I’m not sure of the connection between that statement and the album itself, where he can hardly scrape together any memorable lines or flows. It’s such a nothingburger that…