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Bake Off contestant Tom was left in tears after a “humiliating” biscuit week showstopper, but a dramatic turnaround saw him crowned Star Baker despite fears his chances were over.
For Pedro Gariani, music has always been about more than the dancefloor. The Brazilian DJ, producer and curator has built his sound around the meeting point between house, club culture and the rich musical traditions of his home country, from samba…
Johny-Five (pictured above) and Tom Fool’s (pictured below) “Menace” works because it starts lighter than its title suggests. The first stretch has that roller energy that can sit comfortably in a DJ set without immediately giving away where it is…
Lana Crow’s “Rise and Shine” is built around a deceptively simple request: give me a smile. That can sound almost too light on paper, the kind of phrase that risks drifting into greeting-card optimism if the song doesn’t earn it. But Crow is not…
TCL’s Prime Big Deal Days offer on the A300L 4K QLED Designer Series Art TV is built around a pretty clear idea: the best TV in a room is often the one that does not look like a black rectangle when it is off. From October 6 to October 7, TCL is…
Bob Sinclar, MEDUZA, Sasha, Claptone, Franky Rizardo and Dennis Cruz lead the first lineup announcement for March 17–21, 2027. Most destination festivals ask a fixed venue to carry the entire weekend. SXM Festival takes another approach, spreading…
The A639 Thwaite Gate has been closed in both directions
The visual for the collaboration with Lykke Li was filmed on 25 phones at a house party
Running from Bishopthorpe Palace in York through Castleford and on to Wakefield Trinity, Sir Kevin Sinfield’s final 7 in 7 ultra-marathon challenge reaches West Yorkshire today to raise vital funds for Motor Neurone Disease charities
‘You all brought something that made it stronger’
A survival town-builder can easily push music toward utility: give the player something pleasant, stay out of the way, loop cleanly, and avoid becoming irritating after the hundredth hour. Steve Pardo’s score for Farthest Frontier sounds like it…
Loopmasters acquiring Jamahook makes sense because the hardest part of using samples in 2026 is rarely finding enough of them. It is finding the right one before the idea dies. Loopcloud already sits on a huge amount of material, with Loopmasters…
Dressed as an aircraft marshall, Dolla debuted a high-energy rework of Minogue’s ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’
Fusing medieval plainchant, custom synthesisers, and a radical exploration of neurodivergence, artist Nwando Ebizie discusses bringing her multi-sensory opera Ecstasy of the Virtues to the Howard Assembly Room
Leeds nightlife entered a massive new era on Friday night as 2,500-capacity superclub Mint XL officially opened its doors inside the former PRYZM site at the Merrion Centre
Spitfire Audio’s Phoenix feels like the kind of instrument that starts from a simple question and then refuses to answer it simply. What happens when you take BT’s private archive of vintage synthesizer, sampler, cassette, and vinyl material, place…
It’s rare for fans of electronic music to find themselves seeing one of their favorite artists outside of the settings of nightclubs, music festivals, dive bars, or venues meant for things like rock concerts. On Friday, September 25th, 2026, a crowd…
“Singing is very far out of my comfort zone, but I am excited to try new things and grow/learn,” the Dutch star shared
Local police are reportedly using drones fitted with infrared cameras to detect private events
The latest and greatest DJs, producers and MCs rising to the top this month. From acid-tinted techno and trance to spellbinding ambient dub, feel-good house and incisive UK rap, here’s September 2026’s list of upcoming talent you should be keeping…
The first Finsbury Park show next July sold out within an hour of pre-sale going live this morning, with a second date promptly added
Jemma Bolt and LoopDeeLoop join Urbana Recordings with ‘Love Drug’, a disco tinged house cut already backed by Carl Cox.
Featuring club imagery taken by Mark McNulty as part of his new book, In Clubland: 35 Summers of Love, the projections will be available to view until October 2
Venues must also ensure that staff members have overdose training amid a rising number of fentanyl-linked fatalities in the state
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