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Life lessons with Yungblud: ‘Social media is gonna fry your head. Have dinner with your mum instead’
Interview

Life lessons with Yungblud: ‘Social media is gonna fry your head. Have dinner with your mum instead’

Speaking exclusively to Big Issue, Yungblud discusses bringing the hips back to rock’n’roll, how Ozzy Osbourne’s death moved him to tears and using his influence to boost his local community

Yungblud’s Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized is making one London street sing again
Denmark Street

Yungblud’s Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized is making one London street sing again

The community space, fashion outlet and fan hub is helping make Denmark Street in Soho the place to be again

Inside the Big Issue: Yungblud is disrupting every boundary
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Inside the Big Issue: Yungblud is disrupting every boundary

You can read Yungblud’s full interview in this week’s Big Issue, on sale from street vendors now. It’s also in the Big Issue shop.

Yungblud on losing Ozzy Osbourne: ‘He was like Batman to me’
Yungblud

Yungblud on losing Ozzy Osbourne: ‘He was like Batman to me’

Rick Astley is glad he never gave up: ‘Doing new music again, I’ve gone back into my childhood’
Letter To My Younger Self

Rick Astley is glad he never gave up: ‘Doing new music again, I’ve gone back into my childhood’

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Ballet and opera are still thriving, but Timothée Chalamet wasn’t entirely wrong
Arts

Ballet and opera are still thriving, but Timothée Chalamet wasn’t entirely wrong

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all 
Music

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all 

Kneecap speak out: ‘Against our will, we were sucked into this carnival’
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Kneecap speak out: ‘Against our will, we were sucked into this carnival’

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
Book review

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

Inside the Big Issue: Exclusive interview with Kneecap after the chaos. What happened next?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Exclusive interview with Kneecap after the chaos. What happened next?

50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart’s volatile classic
Music

50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart’s volatile classic

Kneecap break silence on terror charges: ‘I can’t be completely responsible all the time’
Kneecap

Kneecap break silence on terror charges: ‘I can’t be completely responsible all the time’

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: ‘Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die’ 
Letter To My Younger Self

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: ‘Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die’ 

Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside
Punk

Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside

Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 
Music

Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 

Punk isn’t dead. Here’s where you can find it in 2026
Punk

Punk isn’t dead. Here’s where you can find it in 2026

In pictures: Celebrating the punk photography of Spike Waltzer
Exhibition

In pictures: Celebrating the punk photography of Spike Waltzer

Inside the Big Issue: 50 years of punk
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 50 years of punk

The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson: ‘My dad told me I can’t carry a tune’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson: ‘My dad told me I can’t carry a tune’

I love the freedom of freelancing. But you never get used to the instability
Sam Delaney

I love the freedom of freelancing. But you never get used to the instability

Hamnet composer Max Richter reveals his music’s secret ingredient
Music

Hamnet composer Max Richter reveals his music’s secret ingredient

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Moby: ‘Home was terrifying at times. My mom dated Hells Angels’
Letter To My Younger Self

Moby: ‘Home was terrifying at times. My mom dated Hells Angels’

I quit my job and gave myself a year to get my band signed. This is how it’s going
Music

I quit my job and gave myself a year to get my band signed. This is how it’s going

What Man On The Run director Morgan Neville learned from spending hours with Paul McCartney
Film

What Man On The Run director Morgan Neville learned from spending hours with Paul McCartney

Mumford & Sons: ‘I’m thrilled our music is being used for anti-ICE protest videos’
Interview

Mumford & Sons: ‘I’m thrilled our music is being used for anti-ICE protest videos’