Little Simz marries charisma with class for the finale of Meltdown Festival at London’s Southbank Centre
Open-hearted vulnerability shines through Simz for this grand hometown show.
26th June 2025
Reviews
Frankie Cosmos - Different Talking
4 Stars
Packed with chilled, short songs, which reinforce its diary-like feel.
25th June 2025
Pig Pen - Mental Madness
2-5 Stars
A formidable attempt, but often feels like the band struggle to find an identity of their own.
25th June 2025
Pop starlet Dua Lipa brings smash hits and powerhouse pyro to huge hometown show at London’s Wembley Stadium
This highlight reel of her decade-spanning career celebrates an artist at the top of her game.
23rd June 2025
Bob Vylan and Mermaid Chunky top Ipswich’s daring celebration of new music at Brighten The Corners 2025
Master Peace, Mandrake Handshake, SILVERWINGKILLER, BLACK FONDU, The Orchestra (For Now) and Y also shine at city’s genre-spanning two-dayer.
18th June 2025
HAIM - I quit
4-5 Stars
Their ‘fuck it’ attitude is nothing short of palpable.
18th June 2025
Florence Road - Fall Back
4 Stars
Teetering on the edge of something truly brilliant.
18th June 2025
Loyle Carner - hopefully !
4 Stars
As moving as it is musically satisfying.
18th June 2025
UNIVERSITY - McCartney, It’ll Be OK
4 Stars
A venture beyond the conventional consideration of ‘progressive’.
18th June 2025
Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon
3 Stars
A little more cohesion wouldn’t have gone amiss.
18th June 2025
Charli xcx revives the spirit of brat summer for a hedonistic LIDO headline set
The year of the brat may be over, but Charli’s time as a festival headliner is only just beginning.
16th June 2025
Pulp marry party and poignance at their O2 Arena debut for a start-to-finish masterclass in performance
A shining example of how to grow old(er) not necessarily gracefully, but gloriously.
15th June 2025
Beyoncé brings all the bells, whistles & Stetsons to London leg of her ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour
Split into seven separate acts and featuring 40 songs and many snippets aside, her show is entertainment on a massive scale.
14th June 2025
Dance-punk pioneers LCD Soundsystem return to the capital for a vital, invigorating victory lap
This returning residency is an aptly celebratory, joyous lesson in the indispensable art of a great night out.
13th June 2025
Pip Blom - Grip
4 Stars
A band at their most self-assured — and perhaps their most restless, too.
12th June 2025
Nxdia - I Promise No One’s Watching
3-5 Stars
Bringing the belligerent punk-pop of Charli xcx’s ‘Sucker’ era to a post-Billie and Olivia landscape.
12th June 2025
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island
4 Stars
A joyous ten-track delight.
12th June 2025
Robbie Williams ushers in ‘Britpop’ summer and embraces his old self at huge London Emirates show
‘Cringe’ be damned, tonight Robbie is not only very much relevant, but (whisper it) cool at that.
11th June 2025
Pulp - More
4 Stars
A band returning as evolutions, not imitations, of their past selves.
5th June 2025
Little Simz - Lotus
5 Stars
Her legacy as an all-time great has never been more assured.
5th June 2025
Turnstile - NEVER ENOUGH
5 Stars
A vital, exhilarating offering, sure to catapult them further out of the hardcore scene and ever closer to mainstream musical lore.
5th June 2025
Lifeguard - Ripped and Torn
2-5 Stars
A few tears at the seams.
5th June 2025
Finn Wolfhard - Happy Birthday
3-5 Stars
Proof that the young actor and musician is no one trick pony.
5th June 2025
McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive!
4 Stars
A dense and colour-splattered concoction.
5th June 2025
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.