Idles

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Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival
Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

14, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM

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Idles: Tangk review – the Bristol firebrands change tack – with an album of love songs
There’s less seething, more singing as the Bristol band’s fifth album finds them evolving musically, artistically and emotionally

Kitty Empire

17, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM

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Idles: Tangk review – a return to joy as an act of resistance
It doesn’t all work, but there are plenty of smart, intriguing ideas as Idles prove they don’t just do howling fury

Alexis Petridis

15, Feb, 2024 @11:33 AM

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The return of Idles: ‘I don’t have to hide behind violence any more’
The outspoken British band have a new album full of love, but still feel anger towards a heartless government and a collapsing society

Jim Farber

13, Feb, 2024 @9:02 AM

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Let’s go round again: the ridiculous rise of fifth-anniversary vinyl reissues
With young fans craving vinyl copies of relatively recent releases, the industry is shortening the nostalgia cycle to almost nothing. But how long can this boom really last?

Shaad D'Souza

20, Apr, 2023 @6:28 AM

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Grammy awards 2023: who will win – and who should?
Will Adele’s Grammy dominion continue and Harry Styles steal more limelight? Or could Kendrick Lamar or Beyoncé finally take one of the headline prizes?

Shaad D'Souza and Laura Snapes

31, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

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‘Back to the Middle Ages’: Glastonbury stars rail against Roe v Wade decision
Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers and Idles are among the artists at the festival who have commented on the controversial supreme court decision

Josh Halliday

25, Jun, 2022 @12:17 AM

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‘Working class people are getting priced out’: cost-of-living crisis spreads to live music
Prices for big gigs such as Billie Eilish and Harry Styles are sky high – and a combination of Brexit, Covid and ticket touts means they aren’t likely to fall

Rhian Jones

07, Feb, 2022 @7:00 AM

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Idles review – like being punched and hugged at the same time
Galvanised by newly sober-sharp Joe Talbot, the impassioned Bristol band aim wider, higher and louder in a thrilling showcase of their latest album, Crawler

Dorian Lynskey

22, Jan, 2022 @2:00 PM

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Idles: Crawler review – thrilling, glass-gargling introspection
No holds are barred, and nothing is off-limits, as Joe Talbot goes deep on this expansive follow-up to last year’s Ultra Mono

Damien Morris

14, Nov, 2021 @1:00 PM

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The raging return of Idles: ‘We’ve always used violence as part of our vocabulary’
After scoring a No 1 in lockdown, the post-punk band’s singer Joe Talbot reflects on writing about car crashes, substance abuse and Rishi Sunak on their new album

Matt Mills

01, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM

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Idles review – primal howls and bullish power for the pits
Joe Talbot dominated the Bristol band’s post-lockdown homecoming with spring-loaded unpredictability

Huw Baines

05, Sep, 2021 @1:32 PM

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