Emo/punk titans My Chemical Romance graduate from the realms of alternative rock into a fully fledged stadium band with a seminal sell-out show at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium.
Knocked Loose and friends put on yet another beautiful display of vicious hardcore sets, treating Electric Bristol to one of the most hectic and vicious nights of music to take place within its four walls.
The Offspring lead a memorable ode to the spirit of punk rock at Crystal Palace Park that true to its word, remains incendiary and rebellious
Kneecap returned to the Belly of the Beast for their biggest ever festival headlining slot as part of Crystal Palace Park Series; creating a memorable (nearly) all-Irish Glastonbury featuring the likes of Madra Salach, Gurriers and The Mary Wallopers.
Two Canadian titans of Alexisonfire and Billy Talent descend on Wembley Arena to celebrate their iconic albums on what was the hottest June day on record.
The beloved hitmaker delights a buzzing Guildhall Square with a joyous evening of vibrant soul-pop.
McFly ensure that the new British Airways ARC is ready for take off.
Download has welcomed some colossal headliners over the years, but few arrivals have carried quite the same weight as Linkin Park’s return.
The All-American Rejects made a welcome return to London after 14 years away with a blistering showcase of old and new at the Kentish Town Forum.
Kamasi Washington brings his uniquely fearless movement to the Royal Festival Hall as part of Harry Styles’s Meltdown Festival.
Primavera Sound 2026 was not a perfect festival, but it never is and there lays its magic.
Los Campesinos! celebrate two decades of the band with their Vicennial Cringe tour. We went along to Project House to join in the celebrations.
Slam Dunk’s 20th anniversary delivered pretty much everything you could want from the festival (besides maybe a reappearance from Fall Out Boy!), as blistering heat, relentless nostalgia, chaotic pits, emotional singalongs, and enough pyro to probably concern local authorities combined into one hell of a day.
Neighbourhood Weekender returned to Warrington once again over Bank Holiday weekend, with thousands of music fans descending on the town for two days that turned Victoria Park into a three-stage celebration of indie, pop and everything in between.
It's May, it's a bank holiday weekend, it's time for the scene's biggest day of the year. For the twentieth year, the greatest gathering of punks, emos, metalheads and thrashers have returned to Yorkshire for the greatest and most sentimental event of the calendar.
Desertfest provides a heaven for any stoner rock fans with some of the best curated music in the entire scene; featuring mammoth headline sets from newly tipped metal icons Green Lung and old guard Clutch; you’ll rarely see the Roundhouse bouncier.
Twenty years ago, the very first edition of The Great Escape festival was held in Brighton, kickstarting two decades of unrivalled musical discovery. We returned to catch the next wave of artists in ascension.
Love Rarely bring an intense emo math rock set to Highbury/Islington’s Grace that shows they’re ready for bigger things; with excellent support from the likes of Sunday Best – we’ve just witnessed the first London headline of the next great hardcore band
Dundalk shoegazers Just Mustard are as mesmerising as ever, playing a sold-out show at London’s Electric Brixton on Wednesday night.
2026’s Brick Lane Jazz Festival, we found joyously rich cultural expression living and breathing in a defiant act of community, a conversation that’s still being written.
If there’s a band that you cannot miss live at the moment; removed and devoid from the algorithm, Prostitute is that show.
Ronker, Test Plan and The Sad Season combine for a brilliant post-hardcore evening at the Lexington with one statement: you want loud music: you’ve come to the right place.
ANOHNI brings her Wilderness tour to the Barbican to deliver the most spellbinding, purely magical set you’ll see in a lifetime.
Blending 90s nostalgia with a 'fuck work' attitude, The Prodigy’s latest crusade is a laser-drenched masterclass in how to honor a legend without ever slowing the tempo.
Irish band Basht bring a sweltering, electric energy to a packed-out MOTH Club in London on Friday evening.
Sydney hardcore monolith SPEED tear holes through the fabric of the Bristol hardcore scene as they amaze with their killer riffs and beautiful humility.
The legend of the art rock scene herself Kim Gordon delivers a rage against artificial intelligence and a celebration of self-identity at 02 Shepherd’s Bush, with excellent support from rising Brighton outfit Lonnie Gunn.
One day like this a year would see me right: Elbow began 2026’s program of Teenage Cancer Trust shows at the Royal Albert Hall with a glorious debut gig at the historical concert hall.
I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby! CMAT takes over a sold-out Ally Pally with a riotous, shenanigan-ridden performance for her biggest headline show to date.
