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I think she’s just too big at this point though - I don’t even think she’d headline Radio 1’s Big Weekend anymore. And would probably be listed in The Sun article, as they’re usually correct with entertainment news. The wording to me suggests that the group is HUNTR/X.

Not a chance Taylor Swift is there.

Ho ho ho!

Two Wembley Stadium dates were announced and went on sale this week, with lots of demand for tickets. I presume you could get a pre-sale code with the album.

Each week, 8 new releases are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner which will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter of the year, and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2025. Last week's results: Mumford & Sons & Hozier - Rubber Band Man [5] Hayley Williams - Good Ol' Days [2] Poppy - Unravel [2] Foo Fighters - Asking For A Friend [1] Bad Omens - Dying To Love [0] The Neighbourhood - Private [0] Sports Team - Medium Machine [0] The Wombats - X-Rated [0] Total votes: 10 Here are this week's contenders: The Cribs - A Point Too Hard To Make The Enemy - Not Going Your Way Florence + The Machine - Sympathy Magic Inhaler - Hole In The Ground Lankum - Ghost Town Oklou - what's good Pale Waves - Zombie ROSALÍA (feat. Björk & Yves Tumor) - Berghain 2025 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners Week 1: N/A Week 2: Ethel Cain – Amber Waves Week 3: Mumford & Sons – Rushmere Week 4: Nova Twins – Monsters Week 5: SOFIA ISELLA – Dog's Dinner Week 6: Oklou – blade bird Week 7: Sam Fender – Remember My Name Week 8: Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young Week 9: Doves - A Drop In The Ocean Week 10: Black Country, New Road – Happy Birthday Week 11: Sleep Token – Emergence Week 12: SOFT PLAY (feat. Kate Nash) – Slushy Week 13: Linkin Park - Up From The Bottom Week 14: Wet Leg - catch these fists Week 15: Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on Week 16: Lana Del Rey – Bluebird Week 17: Lorde – What Was That Week 18: Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart Week 19: Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia Week 20: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom Week 21: Pulp - Got to Have Love Week 22: Pendulum - Save The Cat Week 23: Ethel Cain - Nettles Week 24: Twenty One Pilots - The Contract Week 25: Muse - Unravelling Week 26: Lorde - Shapeshifter Week 27: Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes Week 28: Wolf Alice - The Sofa Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever? Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula Week 40: Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day Week 41: Of Monsters and Men - Fruit Bat Week 42: Sam Fender (feat. Elton John) - Talk to You Week 43: Mumford & Sons & Hozier - Rubber Band Man

Here it is!

I don’t think 5SOS are old enough to be the surprise throwback act, it’ll be someone from the 2000s I imagine

Just in time for Halloween... a fantastic cover of The Specials' Ghost Town is out now.

+30: Beatles - Now And Then +29: Nothing But Thieves - Welcome to the DCC +28: Morgan Wallen - Last Night +27: Luke Combs - Fast Car +26: Post Malone - Chemical +25: Nothing But Thieves - Overcome +24: Killers - Your Side Of Town +23: Linkin Park - Lost +22: Noah Kahan - Stick Season +21: Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything +20: Harry Styles - Satellite +19: Jungle - Back on 74 +18: Cher - DJ Play a Christmas Song +17: Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters +16: Purple Disco Machine, Duke Dumont & Nothing but Thieves - Something On My Mind +15: Fat Dog - King of the Slugs +14: Everything Everything - Cold Reactor +13: Avril Lavigne & Yungblud - I'm A Mess +12: MGMT - Mother Nature +11: Royston Club - 52 +10: Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? +9: Blur - The Heights +8: Chemical Brothers (feat. Halo Maud) - Live Again +7: Fred Again.. & Obongjayar - Adore U +6: Jeff Rosenstock - Doubt +5: Lankum - Go Dig My Grave +4: JVKE - Golden Hour

Last day to vote!

New single ‘A Kiss From A Mother’ is out on 5th November.

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/no-rap-songs-hot-100-top-40-first-time-since-1990-1236100625/ Quite an interesting article - and very surprising! It's interesting that aside from a couple of big hitters, it's similarly declined in both the UK & US over the last few years. The US scene definitely has felt very stale over the last few years, it feels like the big names from the 2015-18 trap wave are still the ones at the top.

Wow! New album 'Prizefighter' is out on 13th Feb. Co-produced by Aaron Dessner Tracklist: Here (with Chris Stapleton) Rubber Band Man (with Hozier) The Banjo Song Run Together Conversation With My Son (Gangsters & Angels) Alleycat Prizefighter Begin Again Icarus (with Gigi Perez) Stay Badlands (with Gracie Abrams) Shadow Of A Man I'll Tell You Everything Clover

New single out on 5th November! I imagine a new album will release next year. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQZN-BPjMgI/

I really liked the celeb specials they had a few years ago, I hope this lives up to them.