Dua Lipa Co-Signs the Strawberry Red Color Trend and a Key Spring 2026 Denim Craze It girls are obsessed with this shade. Marie Claire · May 24
“I lost my virginity to Talk Show Host... I lost my virginity to the intro of Talk Show Host”: Harry Styles pays a very personal tribute to Thom Yorke as the Radiohead frontman is honoured at the Ivor Novello awards There were also wins for Jacob Alon, Lola Young and Kae Tempest MusicRadar · May 22
Scottish singer-songwriter Jacob Alon wins big at Ivor Novello awards Musician wins rising star and best song musically and lyrically, continuing their success after Brit award win and Mercury prize nomination The Guardian - UK · May 21
'We have decided to give all our earnings from these sales away': Kneecap to donate profits from new album Fenian to charity Kneecap will donate all of the profits from their new album Fenian to charity, with The Palestine Solidarity Campaign in London and Glór na Móna and Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich in Belfast set to benefit. BANG Premier · May 9
Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest review – painfully earnest tale of trauma and transition An ex-offender searches for meaning and beauty in the second novel from the spoken-word performer The Guardian - UK · Apr 28
New Kneecap song Irish Goodbye 'confronts reality' of rapper's mother's suicide Móglaí Bap wrote the new Kneepcap song as he struggled to "confront the reality" of his mother's suicide. BANG Premier · Apr 28
Singing truth to power: The best protest songs of the past 10 years Musicians have always harnessed the power of music to protest war, inequality and oppression, in the aim of promoting positive change. Euronews Culture delves into the best protest songs of the last decade. Euronews · Apr 20
Kae Tempest on creativity and his gender transition: ‘I’m just glad to be alive’ Ten years after his debut novel, the poet and musician has written a follow-up exploring self-discovery and a life lived on the edge. He talks about sexuality, pronouns and drawing strength from the literature he loves The Guardian - UK · Apr 18
Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell, Lily Allen and Olivia Dean lead nominations as The Ivors unveil 2026 shortlist The winners will be unveiled at a star-studded ceremony on May 21 in London. BANG Premier · Mar 25
Ivor Novello award nominees reflect gender disparity in British and Irish songwriters, with twice as many men as women Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and Kae Tempest lead this year’s Ivors, with two nominations each The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
Olly Alexander: ‘Trans Mission sends a bold and loud message that we stand with the trans community’ All-star lineup of musicians, actors, authors and allies will gather at Wembley Arena to show support and raise funds for the trans community The Independent UK · Mar 9
‘It’s 10,000 people saying – we’re with you’: inside Trans Mission, a night of solidarity and joy for a community under stress Olly Alexander and Glyn Fussell’s starry, Live Aid-inspired shindig – featuring Christine and the Queens, Kae Tempest and Munroe Bergdorf – is a show of unity in a dark time for trans people The Guardian - UK · Mar 6
‘Some artists thought it was too political’: can Jarvis, Damon, Olivia Rodrigo and Arctic Monkeys reboot the biggest charity album of the 90s? Oasis, Macca and Radiohead made Help a smash for War Child in 1995. A new reboot packs comparable star power – and was partially produced from a hospital bed The Guardian - UK · Jan 23
Urthboy AKA Tim Levinson: ‘My most chaotic gig? There’s a lot where it’s pretty good knowing we didn’t die’ The Herd emcee on the highs and lows of noughties touring, the perfect protest song, and his cringeworthy encounter with a hero The Guardian - AU · Jan 17
The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025 Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2025 Hit and myth: Bacchae brings into view the National’s history of revamping Greek tragedies Following in the footsteps of Peter Hall and Katie Mitchell, Indhu Rubasingham directs an ancient epic at the National Theatre. Bacchae reveals the virtues and vices of creating a new play from old
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025 Richard Branson and Kanya King among first recipients of Ivors Academy Honours The accolades aim to recognise those who champion musicians and help to build a ‘stronger, fairer and more inclusive’ music industry.
Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025 Kae Tempest to be honoured by Ivors Academy for impactful songwriting The songwriter and poet will be celebrated for inspiring cultural change.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2025 From Jurassic World Rebirth to Kae Tempest: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead There’s another dino crisis as the cold-blooded megafranchise roars on, and the rapper-poet returns with a hugely personal new album
Louder · Jul 4, 2025 "A reintroduction to the artist as his truest self." Kae Tempest's fifth album Self Titled cements his status as one of the most essential voices in UK music Kae Tempest's follow-up to 2022's acclaimed The Line Is A Curve is another hard-hitting, incisive triumph
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025 Kae Tempest: Self Titled review – the rhythms in his lyrics are still so distinct Despair runs through the Londoner’s fifth album but, in what is essentially a love letter to the trans community, his home town and partner, a strange beauty breaks through
The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025 On Self Titled, Kae Tempest delivers power and truth in his weary clarity 4/5 Some tracks tend to border on prosaic, but others sparkle with Tempest’s cheeky wit
MusicRadar · May 30, 2025 “If it was my piano, I’d chop it up and use it for kindling”: The ‘not great’ instrument that created Adele’s Set Fire to the Rain Fraser T Smith reveals the gear behind his work with Adele, Kano, Dave, Kae Tempest and more
MusicRadar · May 2, 2025 “When I started I didn't really know what a producer was. I just thought artists would produce themselves, because that's what I would have done”: Adele, Stormzy and Kae Tempest collaborator Fraser T Smith on the shifting definition of a ‘producer’ The award-winning producer on his Future Utopia project and the need to be a ‘Swiss Army knife’ in the studio
The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025 Kae Tempest review – a brave, intimate set where the personal is political The laser-focused spoken-word performer returns to the musical stage with new tracks focusing on their identity – but wider concerns are never far away