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Kendrick Lamar has shared a new diss track.

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Gracie Abrams has laid out plans for her second studio album.

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Slipknot have announced the North American leg of their Here Comes The Pain Tour.

Alien Ant Farm and CKY have scheduled an autumn co-headline UK and European tour.

Missy Elliott has added extra dates to her debut headline tour, Out Of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience.

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Jon Hopkins has announced a new album.

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System Of A Down's Serj Tankian has announced a solo EP.

Kamasi Washington has shared another single ahead of the release of his new album.

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Nightwish have announced their 10th studio album.

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Orlando Weeks has laid out plans for a new album.

The full line-up for Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard is here.

Ludovico Einaudi will play five London shows next summer.

Myles Kennedy has announced a winter UK tour.

Mike and the Mechanics have announced the Looking Back - Living The Years Tour.

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Deep Purple have shared a new single, Portable Door.

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Frank Turner has announced his 3000th gig.

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Olivia Rodrigo occupies an interesting spot in our collective consciousness — she is both young and of the moment but also a keen observer and interpolator of classic tropes from the past four decades of pop music. It’s a heady mix that has made the California native one of the biggest stars on Earth, capable of internet-shattering virality seconds after talking about Bikini Kill with someone from a broadsheet newspaper. Basically, she’s an ideal candidate for the latest edition of Blueprints, our ongoing series that pulls apart the backstories of interesting writers to see what makes them tick.

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However you choose to label them — ​​electroclash, bloghaus, indie sleaze, French touch — Justice remain one of the most celebrated electronic acts this side of the millennium thanks to the way they have managed to bridge the gap between being indie favourites and huge stars. 

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Full of Hell are a restless creative force. Across more than 30 releases — including five LPs — the Maryland noisemakers’ pulverising approach to grindcore has continued to expand and warp. With their sixth album ‘Coagulated Bliss’, they further cement their status as modern extreme music legends.

Russ will bring his It Was You All Along Tour to the UK and Europe later this year.