Jordan Bassett, Author at NME

The Dare – ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ review: an effective if uninventive throwback

The 20-something New Yorker wants to party like it’s 2006. The result is often well-observed but not particularly satisfying

MJ Lenderman on resisting the hype: “There’s a danger in believing your own myth”

The singer-songwriter, who’s tipped as the next big thing, talks community, Catholicism and his literary-minded new album ‘Manning Fireworks’

Liam Gallagher live at Reading Festival 2024: the start of a new chapter for Oasis?

The frontman gives the people almost everything they want… with perhaps a little left for next year

Reading Festival 2024: Viagra Boys on new music, influencing Kings of Leon and beef with The Hives

Frontman Sebastian Murphy and bassist Henrik ‘Benke’ Höckert also talked to NME about working with Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson and headlining the Festival Republic stage

Fontaines D.C. live at Reading Festival 2024: a marker in their ascension to greatness

The band of the moment mix aching melancholia with ragged indie bangers. The result is magical

Courting cover Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ at Reading Festival 2024

The choice cover of the classic anthem comes after Liam fuelled rumours of an Oasis reunion at Leeds Festival

Reading Festival 2024: Denzel Curry talks ‘King of the Mischievous South, Vol. 2’ and cancelling his show with KoRn

Backstage at the festival, ahead of his set on the Chevron Stage, the Floridian rapper also teased his upcoming 'Hell Trials' comic

The Prodigy live at Reading Festival 2024: the carnival of mayhem marches on

The dance titans return to a festival that’s always felt like home, and are determined to honour the late, great Keith Flint

Reading Festival 2024: Kneecap denounce anti-immigration riots and “that far-right shite”

The Belfast rap trio also used their Main Stage performance to protest the British government’s involvement in the genocide in Gaza

‘City Of God: The Fight Rages On’ review: a bloody, belated return to the favela

It lacks the iconoclasm of the 2002 crime epic, but this sequel jostles with energy and new ideas