Goodbye 2018 12 Months of ‘18: July, August & September

The Quality Streets have been scoffed, the Baileys is on hand and us lot at DIY HQ are getting all misty-eyed and reflective looking back on the last twelve months. And what a twelve months it’s been for music! So, in true end-of-year fashion, we’re running through some of 2018’s biggest highlights, along with a handful of our own favourites.

Let’s not forget: just as summer was coming to its toasty heights - remember that heatwave?! - football fever had swept the nation, no thanks to Jordan Pickford’s penalty-saving skills. So while The Killers returned to play a tiny post-TRNSMT show at Glasgow’s King Tuts, George Ezra was encouraging his own fans to stop listening to ‘Shotgun’ in favour of that World Cup classic, ‘Three Lions’. And - in summer 2018 - it once again hit the top spot in the UK Singles Charts. What a time to be alive!

Remind yourself of some of the other big moments from July, August and September - including the release of BODEGA’s brilliant debut, the sheer brilliance of IDLES’ new album and this year’s edition of the Hyundai Mercury Prize - now