Live music
Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026
Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026
The pop landscape is rapidly changing, so we asked experts how the next generation can best make themselves heard
‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’
‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’
There’s no Glastonbury this year. That’s opened the door for Everything at Once Festival to make the case to save under-threat music venues
The Molotovs: ‘We kind of created a scene from nothing’
The Molotovs: ‘We kind of created a scene from nothing’
They’re still in their teens, but siblings Issey and Mathew Cartlidge of The Molotovs know exactly where they want to be – and that’s not in a maths class
The Roundhouse’s ‘critically important’ role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026
The Roundhouse’s ‘critically important’ role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026
The Cribs: ‘It’s difficult for working-class people to get into music now – there’s so little money in it’
The Cribs: ‘It’s difficult for working-class people to get into music now – there’s so little money in it’
The brass band bringing the cracking tunes of Wallace & Gromit to life
The brass band bringing the cracking tunes of Wallace & Gromit to life
Oasis might’ve reformed for the money – but who can blame them?
Oasis might’ve reformed for the money – but who can blame them?
Before Oasis, Radio 1 were as likely to play a guitar band as they were a badger being strangled
Before Oasis, Radio 1 were as likely to play a guitar band as they were a badger being strangled
End of the Road founder on the secret to a good festival and the act you can’t afford to miss in 2025
End of the Road founder on the secret to a good festival and the act you can’t afford to miss in 2025
I couldn’t find a decent music festival – so I created my own
I couldn’t find a decent music festival – so I created my own
‘We get communities dancing’: How Bradford’s brass heritage still brings people together
‘We get communities dancing’: How Bradford’s brass heritage still brings people together
‘The record is a snapshot’: Inside Billy Mahonie’s unlikely comeback and the evolution of post-rock
‘The record is a snapshot’: Inside Billy Mahonie’s unlikely comeback and the evolution of post-rock
Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them
Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them
Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Bingo and karaoke with Barry from EastEnders: How the UK’s entertainment economy is changing
Bingo and karaoke with Barry from EastEnders: How the UK’s entertainment economy is changing
Husband and wife Big Issue vendors: ‘Just treat people how you want to be treated’
Husband and wife Big Issue vendors: ‘Just treat people how you want to be treated’
‘The Jazz Bar is too important to fail’ says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution
‘The Jazz Bar is too important to fail’ says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution
From 00s pop to cutting-edge electronica: Here’s the best UK music festivals in summer 2024
From 00s pop to cutting-edge electronica: Here’s the best UK music festivals in summer 2024
‘When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno’: Why is music so important to us?
‘When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno’: Why is music so important to us?
‘Against the odds’: How the Lubber Fiend made Newcastle’s music scene exciting again
‘Against the odds’: How the Lubber Fiend made Newcastle’s music scene exciting again
‘This is not the end’: Experimental arts venue Iklectik fights to survive after shock eviction
‘This is not the end’: Experimental arts venue Iklectik fights to survive after shock eviction
This grassroots venue brings ‘astonishing’ music and mental wellbeing to rural Wales
This grassroots venue brings ‘astonishing’ music and mental wellbeing to rural Wales
Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
