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1. Albert Hammond Jr on The Strokes’ “intoxicatingly good” ‘Reality Awaits’: “It’s my favourite album we’ve ever done”

   Mary In The Junkyard announce 2026 UK, European and North American tour, share “calisthenic” single ‘New Muscles’

   National Album Day 2026 to celebrate music “Icons” with PinkPantheress, Max Richter and more

   Watch Hayley Williams bring out Jenny Lewis and Julien Baker at LA show

   Mitksi addresses “6-7” lyric in ‘Rules’: “I am 35 years old and I didn’t do that on purpose”

   D4vd’s ‘Arcane’ anthem ‘Remember Me’ pulled from streaming following murder charge

   Drake ‘freezes’ over Toronto’s CN Tower with ambitious ‘Iceman’ projection stunt

   UK government accused of “swelling the coffers of the Treasury” in raising money from LIVE Trust’s grassroots levy

   Muse share old-school epic new single ‘Hexagons’ from ‘The Wow! Signal’

   Paul McCartney doesn’t take selfies with fans as he doesn’t want to feel like a monkey: “It’s very important for me to just be me”