Category: Music Interview

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Reading & Leeds boss: “We’ve booked three and a half headliners for 2023 so far”

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has confirmed to NME that “three and a half” out of six main stage…

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Welcome to Away From Home, the indie festival hosted by Louis Tomlinson

“iwas 16 when I went to my first festival,” Louis Tomlinson recalls towards the end of his headlining set in…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Yung Gravy

It was only five years ago that Motown fan, southern rap aficionado, and self-proclaimed “milf enthusiast” Yung Gravy was questioning…

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Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds talks Pendulum’s “killer” remix of ‘Sorry You’re Not A Winner’

Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds caught up with NME backstage at Reading 2022, telling us about Pendulum’s remix of their 2007…

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Fontaines D.C. talk “lighter” new material and Sam Fender’s epic McDonald’s order

Fontaines D.C.‘s Conor ‘Deego’ Deegan III caught up with NME backstage at Reading 2022, telling us that they might be…

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Poppy on her new EP ‘Stagger’: “I just feel like it’s a mini-chapter in my life”

Poppy caught up with NME at Reading Festival 2022 to tell us what to expect from her upcoming EP ‘Stagger’. Watch…

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Knucks on surprise Stormzy support slot: “I knew he would keep his word”

At Reading Festival 2022, there’s an array of the UK’s – and beyond – rap talent, and on Friday (August…

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Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley on working with Florence Welch: “She’s a real force of nature”

Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley spoke to NME backstage at Reading Festival 2022 about the “unbelievable” experience of working on Florence…

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Jamie Campbell Bower: “For a long time, I was afraid of the darkness in me, and I would run from it”

Jamie Campbell Bower: “For a long time, I was afraid of the darkness in me, and I would run from it”

This summer, the most recognisable person on TV doesn’t actually have a face. With his deep, booming voice and hideous…

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NOT THE TWOS: meet Kendrick Lamar’s new favourite artist and producer

NOT THE TWOS: meet Kendrick Lamar’s new favourite artist and producer

If you haven’t heard of NOT THE TWOS yet, you can be let off the hook. After all, Chicago producer…

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