Dazed • 8th December 2020

Debbie Harry: ‘Maybe sexual explicitness has come of age’

Debbie Harry doesn’t believe in harbouring regrets. “I have made many, many errors, but nobody leads a perfect life,” she reflects down the telephone from New York. “So, should I regret anything? No. It is a waste of time. It really is a waste of time.” Dial back to the turn of the 70s and the life that Harry led before fronting Blondie – prior to her image being burned onto the retina of popular culture – was colourful to say the least.

The Guardian • 12th January 2024

Liam Gallagher and John Squire on their psychedelic resurrection: ‘No kinky saucepot shenanigans!’

When Liam Gallagher first heard the songs John Squire had written for their new collaborative album, he had two thoughts: that they were “banging”, and that he instinctively knew how to sing them. After all, he’s been singing Squire’s songs since his early teens.

Dazed • 20th October 2020

Interview: Stevie Nicks is still dreaming

Stevie Nicks has had “a hell of a day”. Not only is it 3am at her home in Los Angeles when we first speak on the phone, the power has gone out in her house.

The Telegraph • 17th November 2021

The Doors: ‘Jim Morrison had a pretty tough Oedipus complex – it made him manic depressive’

Doors drummer John Densmore is pointing over his shoulder to two royal blue LA street signs situated next to his drumkit. The signs say Densmore Av and Morrison St. “You’re probably curious about that?” he says.

Dazed • 5th June 2023

Nick Cave on grief: ‘I want people to know that things get better’

Life has a way of presenting events so incomprehensible that they cannot be anticipated. In 2015, Nick Cave was confronted by a nightmare made real when the news came that his 15-year-old son Arthur had died.

NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM • 11th November 2019

Shakira on dark days, angry poetry and bounceback for the El Dorado Tour

In October 2017, Latin pop superstar Shakira was wrapping up five months of arduous rehearsals in preparation for her ‘El Dorado’ world tour when she suddenly felt a bit hoarse. A few days later, Shakira’s opening show in Cologne, Germany, was cancelled on advice of her doctors, who diagnosed her with strained vocal chords.

NME • 13th December 2024

Art Garfunkel tells us about reconciling with Paul Simon: "I burst into tears – and then there were hugs"

Art Garfunkel has opened up to NME about ending “years of detachment” from Paul Simon, recalled “the high point of [his] career” as part of the iconic duo, and discussed starting a new chapter with his recent collaborative album.

Ticketmaster UK • 25th May 2026

Five: Stage Times

“None of us ever wanted to be in a boyband,” declares Five’s Ritchie Neville. Beside him are bandmates Abz Love, Jason ‘J’ Brown, Sean Conlon and...

The Times • 2nd October 2022

Pixies’ Black Francis: ‘We’re starting to achieve some of that old-man muscle’

Black Francis, former champion of angry youth, is pondering the passing of the years. “You can’t fabricate naivety,” says the Pixies frontman, who formed the catechism for modern alt-rock in the late Eighties and early Nineties, inspiring a host of bands from Nirvana to Radiohead.

Variety • 16th March 2021

Kings of Leon Talk New Album, What’s Next and Why Solo Careers Are Unlikely

Sometimes you have to cut loose from the shackles of self-perception to really be free. Nearly two decades into their recorded career, Kings of Leon are a band now willing to let go of commercial concerns. “We’ll argue with the record label later if we don’t have the radio hit,” frontman and principal songwriter Caleb Followill tells Variety.

Little White Lies • 7th November 2019

Werner Herzog: ‘The demonisation of Russia is a mistake’

Across six decades, the protean talents of Werner Herzog have been exposed to many different modes of filmmaking. What he has not previously undertaken, however, is a project involving a political figure. That’s now changed thanks to Meeting Gorbachev.

Dazed • 6th September 2022

AURORA: ‘Online crucifixion is the modern witch burning’

Not long before the first of our two interviews with AURORA, the musician takes to Twitter to denounce societies’ sexualisation of women. “We get sexualised by the world, and yet shamed for being sexual,” her post begins.

Financial Times • 20th December 2024

FT Interview: Alex Gibney on Benjamin Netanyahu and The Bibi Files

NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM • 8th July 2020

Interview: Cate Blanchett and Dominic West on their hit refugee drama Stateless

Immigration is one of the most divisive topics in the world – guaranteed to blow up a quiet pub chat or turn a taxi trip sour. Everyone’s got an opinion, and regardless of where you stand, refugees need our help.

the Guardian • 18th September 2023

‘No one gave me the finger more than David Crosby!’ Legendary photographer Henry Diltz on shooting music’s giants

‘Sometimes,” says Henry Diltz, “the great picture is the one that happens before you set everything up.” The legendary music photographer, speaking from his home in north Hollywood, has taken shots that became stamped into the annals of rock history.

HeyUGuys • 17th November 2021

Mike Leigh Extended Interview - on Naked, All or Nothing, Vera Drake Blu-Ray & the BFI retrospective

Mike Leigh is interviewed by Greg Wetherall for the StudioCanal Blu-ray release of his films All or Nothing & Vera Drake.

Dazed • 31st May 2022

The Sex Pistols lift the lid on Danny Boyle’s hotly anticipated series

“We were all 19, 20 years old. Kids. Kids who basically didn’t have a fucking clue,” fizzes Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones down the line from his LA home. “We came along at the right time. We turned everything on its arse.”

Little White Lies • 26th February 2019

“Time is very cruel, only some films survive” – Béla Tarr on Sátántangó at 25

Béla Tarr is striding across the concourse of Berlin’s Savoy Hotel with a question forming on his lips. “Is this going to be a long interview, or a short one?” A moment’s hesitation is met by a quick answer. “Short one!” he teases, a wry twinkle in his 63-year-old eyes. He excuses himself briefly for a cigarette.

Huck Magazine • 27th October 2022

Ibeyi on loss, sisterhood and spirituality

At the tender age of 27, fraternal twins Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz – better known as the neo-soul duo Ibeyi – have been exposed to more than their fair share of grief. Their father passed away when they were just aged 11, and their sister followed a few years later.

NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM • 25th October 2018

Joan Jett interview: “…if the band asks me, that’s as close as I can maybe get to Kurt giving me the thumbs up” | NME

She has been an outspoken musical firebrand and an ever-present since punk’s nascent beginnings in the mid ‘70s. Firstly causing uproar in seminal teenage band the Runaways before transitioning into a successful solo career as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.