Glastonbury announces full 2024 lineup, adding James, Tems, Squeeze and more
Femi Kuti, Seasick Steve and Birmingham Royal Ballet among other artists added as festival announces full range of stage times
March 2024
‘Don’t say: what if we did this reggae style?’ The huge yet humble lives of unofficial band members
From Manic Street Preachers to Simple Minds, few bands are complete without their full-time touring players. They discuss the peaks and practicalities of life on the sidelines
January 2024
The Vaccines: Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations review – high-octane sonic euphoria
The indie rockers’ sixth album offers more of the same boisterous widescreen anthems and big singable choruses – but with some subtler lyrical depths
October 2023
‘I’ve been waiting all my life to shed light on them’: musicians on their unsung home-town heroes
From gigs in sketchy Toronto buildings to Punjabi folk in Birmingham, musicians including Mogwai, Nakhane and Cornershop champion the local acts who never hit the big time
September 2021
‘A summer of love!’ Musicians on the awesome, tearful return of gigs
From Sleaford Mods in London to Mogwai in France, bands and performers talk about the strange and wonderful experience of returning to the stage after 16 months of deprivation
June 2019
Glastonbury 2019: Friday with Stormzy, George Ezra and Sheryl Crow – as it happened
Crow rocked the main stage, Ezra blasted us with charisma and Stormzy made Glastonbury history – all on the first big night of this year’s festival
August 2018
Reading and Leeds festival review – glittery GCSE blowout has most diverse lineup yet
From Dua Lipa’s choreographed pop to Kendrick Lamar’s rap blitzkreig, R&L expanded beyond the indie faithful – but Sex on Fire still got the biggest singalong
July 2018
Latitude festival – teenage fans bring energy to middle-class kingdom
Big names like the Killers, alt-J and a surprise Liam Gallagher flounder, but there’s buried treasure from Nao, IAMDDB and Octavian lower down the bill
June 2018
Best albums of 2018 so far
Lily Allen dished on her divorce, Arctic Monkeys found their inner crooners, Cardi B earned her stripes, Pusha T teamed up with Kanye West and the Vaccines made an unexpected classic
March 2018
The Vaccines: Combat Sports review – instinctive, top-drawer garage rock
October 2015
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The Vaccines: watch their video for Give Me a Sign
The Vaccines have dipped a toe into the world of the power ballad – and created a video that casts them in the Spinal Tap tradition
July 2015
T in the Park review – untrammelled hedonism and unabashed sentimentality
The Prodigy and Kasabian may have harked back to the festival’s past glories, but, despite its relocation, it was the T in the Park crowd that made this the genuine article
June 2015
Insomnia, anxiety, break-ups … musicians on the dark side of touring
Long hours in vans and solitary hotel rooms. Screaming fans when you’re on stage, then back home to feed the cat. Musicians talk about the psychological dangers of life on tour
May 2015
The Vaccines: 'The Who at Glastonbury is such a safe booking'
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Five albums to try this week: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the Vaccines and more
The Vaccines: English Graffiti review – straightforward indie pleasures
The Vaccines: the music that inspired them, album by album
The Vaccines: English Graffiti review – high-octane dystopia with monster riffs
Album streams
The Vaccines – English Graffiti: exclusive album stream
March 2015
The Vaccines review – properly uproarious rock’n’roll
The guitar band broaden their palette in a raucous, supersized show
