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Indie rock legends return with UK tour after three year hiatus

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The Independent UK · Apr 13

The Strokes announce UK arena tour for their first return in three years

The iconic indie rock group will play London, Newcastle and Manchester in October

The Independent UK · Apr 13

The Strokes announce London O2 Arena gig in first UK dates in three years

The Strokes will perform at The O2 on October 6

Evening Standard · Apr 13

Geese review: Time to believe the hype — this is the most exciting band in the world right now

5/5 The hottest show in town showed exactly why the world is going crazy for Geese

Evening Standard · Mar 26

May-a: ‘I was not in a good place – no one’s in a good place when they get a neck tattoo’

She’s just 24, but Maya Cumming has won the Hottest 100, survived LA, played with Cyndi Lauper – and is only now releasing her first album, which ‘was driven by spite’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4

From the rubble to the ritz: The story behind Arctic Monkeys’ earth-quaking debut album

IN FOCUS: Twenty years since the Sheffield band released ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, it remains the bedrock of contemporary British guitar music. Mark Beaumont speaks to producers Alan Smyth and Jim Abbiss about the making of a cultural H-bomb

The Independent UK · Jan 23

“He phoned me up at seven in the morning and played about ten seconds of the EP over the phone. That was the moment”: Twenty-five years ago, five rowdy New Yorkers released a three-song EP that changed the course of rock’n’roll

The Manhattan quintet whose emergence in 2001 opened the floodgates for a whole new generation of guitar bands

Louder · Jan 17

New music for 2026: The top 10 bands and solo artists you need to hear

2026 CULTURE GUIDE: Riot grrrl rock is back, the Irish folk revival reigns supreme, and Gen Z’s answer to The Strokes has arrived. Our music editor Roisin O’Connor shares her expert tips for a 2026 of sonic joy

The Independent UK · Jan 7

2026 is set to be the Year of Geese

COMMENT: The Brooklyn indie-rockers have been dubbed ‘Gen Z’s first great rock band’ following their incessantly raved-about fourth album ‘Getting Killed’. Louis Chilton explains what all the honking is about

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2025

“I turned into a Strat player. I never thought I would”: Danielle Haim on her guitarist-for-hire days with Julian Casablancas, I Quit energy and Haim’s historic Grammy nomination

From their first gig at a Jewish deli to selling out arenas, Haim have been on quite a journey since their 2013 debut album – and made history as the first all-female band ever to be nominated in the Grammys’ Best Rock Album category

Guitar World · Dec 11, 2025