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like seriously i keep accidentally leaving my mug on top of my tower and its always lukewarm by the time i remember it ... wouldnt it be genius if cases came with a little heated pad or something for your coffee?? ngl obvs itd need safeties so you dont fry your pc but cmon thats the dream!! id pay extra for that feature tbh

also unrelated but does anyone know if those rtx 5000 series rumors are true??? i heard they might drop by q4 and im torn between upgrading now or waiting lol anyway back to coffee warmers lets make this happen people!!!

Jessie J has announced she is cancer-free, saying she “exhaled for the first time in a year” after receiving the news.

The singer revealed in June last year that she had been diagnosed with early breast cancer and she successfully underwent surgery shortly afterwards. Three months later, however, she cancelled a tour as she was scheduled for a further surgical procedure.

Last month, she posted a video on Instagram that showed her going for her annual health checkup after a breast MRI, and she captioned the post with the jubilant news: “RESULTS ARE IN AND I AM CANCER FREE!!”

“I sobbed for hours and then exhaled for the first time in a year,” she added.

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Jessie also brought the positive energy to her return to the Chinese singing competition Singer, the show that she won back in 2018. The hugely popular series is watched by over 100million viewers and Jessie gave passionate performances of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ and her own song ‘California’, from her recent album ‘Don’t Tease Me With A Good Time’.

Watch those performances here:



At the end of last year, Jessie shared a personal and emotional reflection on her challenging 2025, describing it as “one of the hardest but most magical years”.

“This year has been heavy and hard in many ways for all of us, for me personally one of the hardest but most magical years of my life,” she said at the time. “Personally and professionally. But all the sadness has come up this week, it’s the first time I’ve stopped (working and being in public in months) So I’m crying a lot. Writing shit down feeling really low tbh. The lowest I have felt in a while.”

Last September, Jessie made an emotional return to the stage alongside her two-year-old son at BBC Radio 2 in the Park, just 11 weeks after undergoing surgery. “I’m still very much in the recovery process,” she said at the time. “But I’m just so grateful to be here.”

Her sixth studio album ‘Don’t Tease Me With A Good Time’ was released in November, including the singles ‘No Secrets’, ‘Living My Best Life’, ‘H.A.P.P.Y.’ and ‘I’l Never Know Why’.

She also played at the Mighty Hoopla in London last month, and is set to take the stage at Victorious Festival in Portsmouth later this summer.

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Emma Ruth Rundle has announced her sixth album, These Killing Times, which will be out September 18 via her own Errant Child label. She made it with a full band and contributors include Marissa Nadler, regular collaborator Troy Zeigler, Jess Gowrie (Chelsea Wolfe, Mrs. Piss), Patrick Shiroishi, Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos), Gina Gleason (Baroness), Lukas Frank (Storefront Church) and Amelia Baker (Cinder Well).

The first single is “Powerless,” which opens the album and vacillates between gentle piano to raging rock. “This song was initially titled ‘Noam Chomsky is Dead to Me’ – as his relationship to Epstein and the billionaire class was being exposed – just another massively disappointing headline in a time where we are incessantly confronted with an onslaught of news and headlines which are endlessly demoralizing and dehumanizing,” Rundle says.

She continues: “This song – like most of the songs on These Killing Times – is a reaction to the horrors we are seeing laid bare on a daily basis – the clear and painful reality of the myriad injustices levied upon the working class people of earth – from climate collapse to genocide to the miscarriage of justice on a scale- the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetimes- the collapse of empire, the demise of democracy, the erosion of women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ rights and black rights, the attempt to dehumanize immigrants and people of color, the concentration camps in the USA – the list is so long I don’t think I can accurately cover it all here. With ‘Powerless’ – I invoke the hammer; both to destroy and to build – something better. I want people to know they are not alone – they are not insane – I wanted to name the thing that has been causing me so much mental, emotional and spiritual anguish. Sometimes singing – especially repeating phases – can work to fortify one’s self and I think that’s where the bridge of ‘Powerless’ comes in – I refuse to let my agency and resolve become corrupted or diluted by the powers that be and I want others to feel empowered too.”

You can watch the video below.

Emma Ruth Rundle will be on tour this fall with All Them Witches and dates include Asbury Park, NJ’s The Stone Pony on October 17.




These Killing Times:
1 – Powerless
2 – God’s Picture
3 – Anvil
4 – Catherine Wheel
5 – Don’t Delay Heaven
6 – Enough
7 – Human Kindness
8 – Oceans of Time

Emma Ruth Rundle Live Dates:
Jun 19-21: Cascading Midsummer
Oct 10: Chattanooga, TN – The Signal ~
Oct 11: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ~
Oct 12: Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club ~
Oct 13: Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall ~
Oct 14: Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre ~
Oct 15: Norfolk, VA – The NorVa ~
Oct 16: Harrisburg, PA – XL Live ~
Oct 17: Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony ~
Oct 18: Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall ~
Oct 19: Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace ~
Oct 20: South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground ~
Oct 21: Albany, NY – Empire Live ~
Oct 22: Buffalo, NY – Electric City ~
Oct 23: McKees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre ~
Oct 24: Indianapolis, IN – HI-FI Annex ~
Oct 25: Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection ~
Oct 26: Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom ~
Oct 27: Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue ~
Oct 28: Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s ~
Oct 29: Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theatre ~
Oct 30: Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s ~

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Pixies have announced reissues for their albums ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe Le Monde’, with unreleased new tracks.

• READ MORE: Pixies tell us about tackling zombies on their new album – and reunion advice for Oasis

The Boston indie legends are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and have already announced a reissue for their ‘Complete B-Sides: 1988-97′ compilation album, which will be out on June 26 and can be pre-ordered here.

The band are currently on a UK and European tour this summer, details of which you can find below, and now they have confirmed that their third and fourth albums will be getting the full reissue treatment too.

1990’s ’Bossanova’ and 1991’s ‘Trompe Le Monde’ have been remastered by Kevin Vanbergen, who has been working through the band’s tape archive to create new Dolby Atmos mixes and high-resolution masters.

For the first time, four new tracks will be released – ‘Go Man Go’, ‘Brackish Boy’, ‘Punk Loop’ and an alternate version of ‘Dig For Fire’ recorded by Steve Albini in late 1987 during the sessions for ‘Surfer Rosa’.





‘Go Man Go’ was written by Black Francis and Kim Deal and was recorded in the sessions for both ‘Bossanova’ and The Breeders’ ‘Last Splash’ but did not make the cut for either, while ‘Brackish Boy’ was later included on Frank Black’s eponymous debut solo album. ‘Punk Loop’ emerged from the 1991 ‘Trompe Le Monde’ sessions.

The reissues will be available on CD, digital and standard black vinyl formats, as well as a limited-edition oxblood vinyl package for ‘Bossanova’, with a 16-page, 10” replica of the original UK booklet, and a sky blue vinyl for ‘Trompe Le Monde’. Both will come with 7” singles containing the bonus tracks. Pre-order each format here.

Pixies’ UK and European headline tour is already underway, with dates still to come in Germany, Italy, Netherlands and more. See all of the dates here and find any remaining tickets here.


Later this month, they will play a huge UK outdoor gig at On The Mount at Wasing, while festival dates include a headlining slot at Bearded Theory, an appearance at NOS Alive in Portugal, and a spot at the 10th anniversary edition of Mad Cool in Madrid. Find tickets here.

Their ninth and latest studio album, ‘The Night The Zombies Came’, was released in 2024. Speaking to NME around that time, the group discussed the possibility of performing more of their classic albums in full on tour after doing so with ‘Trompe le Monde’ and ‘Bossanova’.

“As a fan, I love those things,” said Joey Santiago. “We went to ‘Aja’, the Steely Dan show. It’s incredible knowing that it’s going to be all of ‘Aja’ and right behind me were all the drummers – Danny [Carey] from Tool, Josh Freese, Pat Wilson were all behind me watching it.

“I’m just saying Steely Dan’s cool…The only thing about doing it in order is that Charles and I have to switch guitars. So there’s a lot of that going on, so it disrupts the show a little bit. But we like doing it.”

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Underscores has hit out at Houston venue Meow Wolf hours before a gig there, describing them as “misogynistic”.

• READ MORE: Underscores: the hyperpop satirist refusing to regress

The hyperpop musician and former NME Cover star, real name April Harper Grey, is currently on the road in the US in support of her third studio album ‘U’, which was released in March.

On Saturday night, the tour arrived in Houston for a show at Meow Wolf, but before the show, she took to her Instagram Stories to explain to fans that she would not be able to bring her normal level of production to the venue for reasons that she said we beyond her control.

“Full disclosure,” she wrote. “We won’t have full production tonight as the venue can’t accommodate it. They’ve honestly been very difficult to work with and have either been rude, misogynistic to my team or just don’t know what’s going on.”

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“Still doing the show as planned but wanted to apologise in advance,” she continued. “I’ll make sure to come back to Houston next time with full production.”

In a later post, she clarified that the “general venue staff” had been “very nice” and “accommodating” to her, and said the problems had been coming from “upper management”.

NME has contacted Meow Wolf for comment.

Underscores is also coming to the UK and Europe later this year, with shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Manchester in November. Find the full list of dates here and find any remaining tickets here.

Underscores spoke to NME’s Alex Rigotti in March, discussing how the fascination with fame expressed in her music led to self-monitoring own life. “I’ve always scrutinised myself like I was famous,” she said. “I’ve always been like, ‘someone’s gonna pick my life apart to pieces someday, so I need to prepare for that’. But obviously some of that is some mental shit.”

‘U’ received a five-star review from NME, with writer Otis Robinson concluding: “More Black Mirror than Twin Peaks, ‘U’ is an intimate hyperpop record portraying snowballing isolation, a digital-age pop star’s yearning under the limelight of the techno-infused Anthropocene.”

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ok so i was listening to the radio earlier and heard like three songs in a row that mentioned time or watches and it got me thinking... why is time such a big theme in music? like sure its universal and all but its not like anyone is actually listening to the lyrics about it right? or maybe they are and im just not paying attention. anyway i feel like analog watches get a bad rep in modern stuff cause everyone assumes youre either a hipster or old if you wear one but honestly theyre just better like sure your phone tells time too but its not the same vibe. also it feels weird that so many songs lean on metaphors about time running out or ticking clocks when half the time (ha) its just filler lyrics. ngl idk maybe im overthinking it but next time you hear a song about time just think about how many people are actually wearing a watch while they listen probably not many...

Before its shortened Saturday, the 2026 edition of Governors Ball kicked off Friday (6/5) at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Lorde, returning to the festival for the first time since 2017 (when she played a little earlier in the afternoon), closed out the night, beginning her set with the live debut of an unreleased song. She ended her set with “Ribs,” coming down offstage to sing right to fans at the barricade. Friday at Governors Ball also featured Baby Keem, Katseye, The Beths, Pierce the Veil, Turnover, The Dare, King Princess, Confidence Man, Audrey Hobert, and more. See photos (most are by Toby Tenenbaum, Turnover photos are by Charles Reagan and Lorde photos are by Okaynicolita, Roger Ho, and Charles Regan) below.

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Audrey Hobert (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

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Audrey Hobert (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

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Audrey Hobert (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Confidence Man (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Confidence Man (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Confidence Man (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Confidence Man (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

photo by Toby Tenenbaum

photo by Toby Tenenbaum

King Princess (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

King Princess (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Dare (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Dare (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Dare (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Dare (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Dare (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

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Turnover (photo by Charles Reagan)

Turnover (photo by Charles Reagan)

Pierce the Veil (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Pierce the Veil (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Pierce the Veil (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Pierce the Veil (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Pierce the Veil (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Pierce the Veil (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

photo by Toby Tenenbaum

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The Beths (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Beths (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Beths (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Beths (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

The Beths (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

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Katseye (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

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Baby Keem (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

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Baby Keem (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Baby Keem (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Baby Keem (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Baby Keem (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Baby Keem (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

Lorde (photo by Okay Nicolita)

Lorde (photo by Roger Ho)

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Gorillaz were introduced at Primavera Sound by Palestinian activist Aarab Barghouti, the son of imprisoned politician Marwan Barghouti.

• READ MORE: Gorillaz – ‘The Mountain’ review: a world-building ode to death and starting over

Damon Albarn and co. played on the Barcelona festival’s Estrella Damm stage on Saturday night (June 6) and invited Barghouti to give a speech to open their set.

The activist’s father has served as an elected legislator in Palestine and has been tipped as a potential future leader, but he has been imprisoned by Israel since 2002 after being convicted on charges related to deadly attacks during the Second Intifada. He has consistently denied responsibility for those attacks and rejected the legitimacy of the Israeli court that tried him.

At Primavera, Aarab Barghouti said from the stage: “My father is one of 10,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, but for millions of Palestinians he represents something that Israel cannot imprison: hope.”

Gorillaz were introduced at Primavera Sound by Aarab Barghouti, a Palestinian activist and son of imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti.

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“Hope that Palestinian children will grow up in peace,” he continued. “Freedom won in South Africa, in Ireland, and in Algeria, because people like you refused to look away, refused to give up. So keep fighting for Palestine, for Gaza, and for justice.”

Massive Attack were scheduled to play at Primavera on Thursday night (June 4) but their set was one of those cancelled due to extreme weather.

The group’s Robert Del Naja posted an image of himself with Barghouti backstage at the festival, however, and noted: “The one moment of light during the Primavera storm was sharing time with our guest Arab Barghouti, who we’d invited to speak on behalf of his father Marwan to appeal for his release.”

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Albarn has been outspoken on Palestinian rights consistently in recent years and appeared at the Together For Palestine show in London last September, organised by Brian Eno. He played a medley of Palestinian traditional songs with the London Arab Orchestra and the Juzour Dance Collective, while Gorillaz later played ‘Damascus’, which went on to be included on their recent album ‘The Mountain’.

In other Gorillaz news, they recently announced their first ever shows in India, to take place in January 2027. The country’s musical and spiritual traditions were huge influences on ‘The Mountain’.

Albarn also confirmed he is scoring Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI movie about the founders of ChatGPT, titled Artificial. Speaking about the technology, he said: “Once it becomes easy, it’s meaningless. In a way, it’s the things you don’t see or hear that make it art. It’s a weird intuition that the listener has that picks up on the journey that the artist has been through to make that particular thing with the tone of the voice, etc. You can’t replace that.”

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Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten joined Kneecap for a performance of ‘Better Way To Live’ at Primavera Sound – watch below.

• READ MORE: Chilli Jesson and Carlos O’Connell tell us about ‘Dead Dads Club’, fatherhood and losing a parent, and Fontaines D.C.’s 2026 plans

The Belfast rap trio played on the Occident Stage at the Barcelona festival at 1am on Saturday night (June 6) and brought out their friend and collaborator Chatten for a rendition of the 2023 single together.

Released as the lead track from Kneecap’s debut album ‘Fine Art’, ‘Better Way To Live’ is, in the band’s words, about “finding that little spark of joy in the monotony”, and Chatten reprised his guest vocals for the festival appearance.

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While on site at the Parc del Fòrum, Chatten made the most of the music on offer and was spotted rocking out during The Cure’s two-and-a-half hour set on Thursday night (June 4), their first live show in more than 18 months.

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Chatten and Kneecap have played ‘Better Way To Live’ live together before, including on Ireland’s Late Late Show in February 2024, during Kneecap’s Glastonbury 2024 set on the Peace Stage, in London’s Finsbury Park last summer and in Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park a few weeks later.

Chatten has consistently defended Kneecap during their legal battles in recent years too, describing the terror charge against Mo Chara “a witch hunt” last year. “That’s fairly plain to see to anyone who has a discerning eye,” he said. “I stand by their side, and I’m totally unafraid to do so. I think all of us are.”

His bandmate Deego told NME last year that he agreed with that take, saying: “I think it’s amazing what they stand up for…I think that it is a witch hunt. They’re trying to make an example of them, clearly.”



Fontaines are making their live return with three shows in Spain this summer, ahead of their headline slots at Reading & Leeds and Electric Picnic. Their first shows since last August will be in Cadiz, Alicante and Pamplona in August and you can find any remaining tickets here.

Kneecap, meanwhile, released their second album ‘Fenian’ last month and entered the chart at Number Two, the highest ever UK chart position for an Irish language album. They have donated all earnings from the album’s sales to charities supporting the Palestinian people and Irish community groups.

The album was given a four-and-a-half-star review from NME, which read: “Put all the rage-bait headlines aside and what you’re left with is a solid, progressive and fearless album from a group that could just as easily be dicking around instead of making music that matters. In that sense at least, their day has come.”

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Bruce Springsteen was joined by Bon Jovi, Public Enemy and others at a star-studded New Jersey event – see footage below.

• READ MORE: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ review: a bruising boss of a biopic

The two-day concert series was thrown for the opening of the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey this week (June 4 and 5). The institution officially opens on June 13.

The shows celebrated 250 years of American music, with the first night focusing on pioneering artists such as Robert Johnson, Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams, while the second saw performances of songs by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Dion and Public Enemy.

The latter two artists were on hand, as were Darlene Love, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne, Nils Lofgren and Gary Clark Jr., while Little Steven’s Disciples of Soul served as the house band.



Springsteen covered Presley’s ‘Jailhouse Rock’ and ‘Burnin’ Love’ and joined Sheryl Crow for Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released’ and Gary Clark Jr. for Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland’s ‘Further Up The Road’. Jon Bon Jovi then took to the stage for a version of Chuck Berry’s ‘Johnny B. Goode’, his first time singing in his home state since 2018.



Bon Jovi, Jackson Browne and Public Enemy joined forces for a rendition of Eddie Floyd’s ‘Raise Your Hand’, while Springsteen brought the show to a close with a solo version of ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’.

“My God,” Springsteen told the crowd. “At 19, I was on this campus…not going to school. But played here on the steps over at the big building they have over there. If you had told me then, in 1969, that anything like this would ever, ever occur, I would’ve said, ‘You are out of your fuckin’ mind, my friend’.”


Springsteen has playing on his ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’ tour in recent months, using his time on stage to mount criticisms of the Donald Trump regime. It was prompted by the killing of two Minneapolis citizens by ICE agents earlier in the year, with the Boss saying that US citizens are “living through some very dark times” as the “American values that have sustained us for 250 years are being challenged as never before”.

In response, Trump has labelled Springsteen as a “pushy, obnoxious JERK” and a “dried out prune of a rocker”, although the musician took a principled stand in the wake of a recent assassination attempt on the President.

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