Norton Grounds is a stunning 120-acre working farm estate and equestrian centre in the heart of the Cotswolds, blending centuries-old heritage with modern comfort, featuring 2 beautiful event barns, an all-weather tipi, the farmhouse family home, and 4 luxury self-catering holiday cottages, sleeping up to 20 guests, surrounded by stunning gardens, rolling arable farmland, ponds full of w…

With their debut EP Dress to Drive on the horizon, Afterdrive are stepping into an exciting new chapter. The band have been building a reputation for energetic live performances and a sound that refuses to sit neatly inside one genre.

Twenty years. It’s a long time in anyone’s book, but in music, where careers can come and go in the blink of an eye, it’s quite something. For Dan Gillespie-Sells, frontman of The Feeling, it’s a milestone that’s being celebrated in the best possible way: by getting back on the road and playing the album that started it all.

This Christmas, make unforgettable memories at Trentham as Winter Light Trail 2026 returns, transforming the beautiful estate into a dazzling winter wonderland! Expect glittering lights, festive delights and spectacular sights from Friday 20th November through to Sunday 3rd January 2027.

Tom Ogden’s songwriting has become noticeably more personal, drawing heavily on marriage, relationships and the small details that make up a shared life. Yet there is nothing overly grand about the subject matter. Instead, Blossoms find their material in arguments, car journeys, television nights and domestic routines, turning the stuff of everyday existence into bright, melodic indie-pop.

There has never been any sense of Vonda Shepard rushing to put out a record simply for the sake of having something new to say. Instead, she has always seemed more interested in maintaining the remarkable bond she has built with her live audience, whilst allowing herself the time and space to follow her own creative process. New music arrives when it is ready — and, on Nine Songs, that patience has once again paid off.

Killing Heidi was only the beginning. Hooper subsequently explored a folkier side with The Verses alongside Jesse, before embarking on a solo career that has seen her continually experiment with an array of genres and sonic landscapes. Overnight Success, her third solo album, finds her drawing all of those experiences together and planting herself firmly in the Americana and country sphere.

I remember when the BMW X5 was launched in 1999. It was the German manufacturer’s first foray into the world of the SUV. The emphasis was more on sporty on-road driving rather than off-road prowess. I must confess to coveting one, and once a year or two had passed, I did contemplate a second-hand purchase, but values remained strong.

The UK’s undisputed Queen of Cruising, Jane McDonald, has announced plans to set sail for one last time, inviting fans to join her for a week of luxury.

Sugababes have announced a run of major UK live shows for March, bringing their celebrated catalogue and new music to fans in Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Manchester.

Make October half-term one to remember with spooky thrills and short breaks at Alton Towers Resort Families looking to make the most of the October half-term can head to Alton Towers Resort for a fright-filled autumn adventure with Scarefest 2026, alongside a host of rides, attractions and immersive experiences for all ages.

There are some invitations that arrive in your inbox which you simply cannot turn down, and after our brilliant first experience of Alton Towers' Scarefest last September, being invited back for the launch of Scarefest 2026 was undoubtedly one of them.

Deja Vu are feeling very much on top of the world. The British-Venezuelan girl group – Elle Botterill, Carolina Diaz and Tyrece Lewis – admit that their current run of success feels surreal, particularly as they are touring alongside one of their biggest influences, the Pussycat Dolls. “We just can’t believe what’s actually going on. It’s insane,” they say. “It’s surreal, definitely.

There are albums you listen to, and there are albums that become attached to a particular version of yourself. For me, We Are Scientists' With Love & Squalor belongs firmly in the latter category.

For a debut, that is an exciting prospect. Put A Smile On For Me is compelling and refreshing, establishing Keo as a band with huge potential while already delivering enough evidence of that potential in the present. The Nirvana comparisons may have raised expectations before the record even arrived, but Keo have answered them in the best possible way: by sounding like themselves.

The Nashville singer-songwriter’s third studio album is a significant step forward from his first two records. Across 17 tracks, McNown expands the boundaries of his sound, moving beyond the more straightforward country foundations of his earlier work and into something considerably more fluid: part indie, part folk, part country, with flashes of pop that give the album a broader, more contemporary reach.

Twenty-five years on from Stuart Adamson’s death, Big Country returns in a new guise: Big Country Redux. The name is an appropriately reflective one for Eastworld, a ten-track collection that reaches back into the band’s archives to resurrect songs Adamson wrote or co-wrote with Bruce Watson and former bassist Tony Butler. Some will be familiar to long-standing fans through live performances, demos and lesser-known releases; others have spent decades waiting for the treatment they receive here.

There is something nocturnal about the album. Even when the music opens into the wide horizons of Americana, there are clouds gathering at the edges. Country, folk and rock mingle with more elusive textures, but nothing feels neatly contained. The songs drift, shimmer and bruise, carrying the weight of things remembered and things that perhaps cannot be forgotten. Rothman draws from the language of Americana without becoming bound by it, turning its familiar roads and landscapes into something stranger and more inward.

There is a particular magic to Carly Rae Jepsen that only really makes sense when you see her live. I caught her on her last UK tour, and she effortlessly proved herself to be one of the best pop performers I’ve seen: completely at ease on stage, utterly committed to the songs and capable of turning a roomful of people into one giant, euphoric chorus.

The multi-award-winning festival returns with four unforgettable days of live music, discovery, entertainment and shared summer memories. The Brit Fest, the multi-award-winning independent festival, has unveiled an outstanding main stage line-up for 2027, bringing together some of the most recognisable names in British music alongside exciting rising talent.

Hits Radio Live is back for 2026 — and this year’s line-up is packed with some of the biggest names in pop, dance and banging throwback tunes.

Leee John is tired. Not tired enough to stop, though. “I’m a little bit tired, I’m a little bit…” he laughs, reaching for a phrase. “I’m sounding like Donny and Marie now — I’m a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll.” He has just performed the night before and has been flying around the place, with the constant changes in weather beginning to catch up with him.

Liverpool four-piece east exchange. have spent the past year turning cramped rehearsal rooms, freezing warehouses and relentless touring into the foundations of something much bigger. Childhood friends united by a shared love of ’90s grunge and melodic alternative rock, the band have quickly built a reputation for raw, emotionally charged songs and an equally energetic live presence.

Mariah Carey, the elusive chanteuse and best-selling female artist of all time, will bring the magic of Christmas to the UK this winter, announcing three spectacular arena shows in Birmingham, London and Manchester.

Fancy Hagood has come a long way from the artist who first arrived on the scene under the name Who Is Fancy.

A new show, but one with many favourites from previous programmes, this was another enjoyable evening of music, humour and entertainment. The first half started with Rieu addressing the audience and reminding us that we were there to enjoy the music.

Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades Tracks: Basse Persuades, Different Religion ft. Model/Actriz, Let's Get Married, Orbit, Aftermath, REDLIGHTS, Neon Signs ft. Andrew Wyatt, Innocent Ways, Snow, Bass Persaudes Remixx ft.

In 2026, good news feels increasingly precious, so Team Dresch’s return is worth celebrating. Thirty years after their last full-length, the legendary queercore punks are back with Furthermore, out via Jealous Butcher Records on 18 September.

There are some interviews where you spend the first few minutes establishing a connection. Then there are the ones where, despite the years that have passed, you simply pick up where you left off. My history with Clark Datchler goes back to the Johnny Hates Jazz comeback campaign.

The long-awaited debut album from the Nashville duo finally brings together the eight tracks from 2024’s Country With Heart (Part One) with its newly completed Part Two, creating a fuller picture of Trey Smith and Jennifer Fielder’s musical partnership. Having recently returned from a UK tour that included appearances at Long Road and the British Country Music Festival, alongside a sold-out London headline show at St Pancras Old Church, it is increasingly obvious just how much affection there is for this pair.

Appleton Side By Side Tracks: Ready To Begin, Falling Into You, Strange Kinda Paradise, Monster Label: Appleton Recordings Back in 2002, after the dissolution of All Saints, sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton decided not to take the solo route. Instead, they paired up and released the driven anthem Fantasy.

There is something about Alex Warren’s music that feels deeply personal while somehow remaining universally relatable. His songs have an unusual ability to sit beside you in the messier corners of life, offering neither easy answers nor polished clichés, but the comforting sense that somebody else understands. On WILDCHILD, that quality develops into something particularly affecting: an endearing, emotionally charged and remarkably honest pop record about surviving the past, finding connection in the present and learning to embrace the life that remains.

For London-based alt-soul artist Levina, Invincible Summer is more than just a new album. Written over the course of two years, the record charts a deeply personal and musical journey through disconnection, self-discovery and, ultimately, a return to connection.

Having started to tease the release back in April with the impressive shimmer of Upside Down, it was immediately apparent that Natalie has not lost sight of the slight alternative pop leanings that produced her biggest hits to date, but that she is not afraid either of playing the pure pop game. Subsequent singles, Algorithm and Just Drive, both built on this. Natalie Imbruglia has not lost sight of who she is as an artist, it is clear from these singles that she is simply ready to fully embrace the pop label with all her heart.

Having cited The Beatles, The Stone Roses and David Bowie as key influences, it is clear that Beckham is happy to wear these sounds within his own context, but at one stage does this EP try to simply emulate those artists? He rather marries his key influences with his own Britpop leanings to craft an EP that feels very much his own.

Stella Lefty has had a massive 2026. The breakout success of her Noah Kahan-interpolating single, Boston, has seen her achieve the longest-running ever #1 single on the UK country radio charts, but it has also seen her included on the prestigious Country Mount Rushmore for 20

There are interviews where you arrive with a notebook, a list of questions and a vague sense of professional composure. And then there are interviews where you are speaking to someone whose music has been part of your life for three decades. I was 13 when I first heard Vonda Shepard.

The Killers frontman’s connection with country runs deep, rooted in childhood journeys through Utah with his father, soundtracked by the likes of Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. That history gives the album an authenticity that goes beyond simply adding pedal steel and acoustic guitars to a rock record. Flowers understands the storytelling tradition at the heart of the country, using it to revisit memories, places and experiences while giving them his own unmistakable voice.