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NMEScenesWatch Gracie Abrams channel ‘Romeo + Juliet’ for performances of ‘Hit The Wall’ and ‘Here You Come, There You Go’ on ‘SNL’ Gracie Abrams performed two songs on Saturday Night Live last night (October 31), paying tribute to Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film Romeo + Juliet with a pair of Halloween costumes.

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NMEScenesTurnstile turned down the chance to tour with Metallica Turnstile turned down an invitation to tour with Metallica , according to frontman James Hetfield .

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NMEScenesDeep Purple postpone shows after Ian Gillan hospitalised following “medical emergency” Deep Purple have been forced to postpone two concerts in Germany after frontman Ian Gillan was hospitalised following a “medical emergency”.

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NMEScenesHere’s how your favourite musicians and actors dressed up for Halloween 2026 Musicians and actors have been showing off their Halloween costumes over the weekend, with everyone from Harry Styles and Lily Allen to Janelle Monáe and Zendaya getting involved.

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NMEScenesWatch Harry Styles recreate his 2010 ‘X Factor’ audition with Stevie Wonder cover at ‘Harryween’ show Harry Styles has recreated his original X Factor audition, performing Stevie Wonder ‘s ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ while dressed as his 16-year-old self – watch footage below.

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NMEScenes“Blue dot fever”: Lily Allen dresses up as Ticketmaster unsold seat map for Halloween Lily Allen has poked fun at the ticket sales controversy surrounding her recent US tour by dressing up as a Ticketmaster seating map full of unsold tickets for Halloween.

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NMEScenesGreta Thunberg, Paloma Faith and Nemahsis join Macklemore at London ‘Free Palestine’ tour finale Macklemore was joined by Greta Thunberg , Paloma Faith and Nemahsis as his sold-out ‘Free Palestine Tour’ concluded in London last night (October 30).

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NMEScenesMy Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way reveals plans to make new album in 2027 and return to touring in 2028 My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has revealed that the band want to record a new album in 2027, and hinted that they hope to return to the stage in 2028.

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NMEScenesBillie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers and more star in My Chemical Romance’s short film ‘Prelude To The End’ My Chemical Romance have released a new animated short film, ‘Prelude To The End’, featuring voice contributions from Billie Eilish , Phoebe Bridgers and others – watch below.

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NMEScenesDIIV share hook-laden single ‘Dare Me’ and announce massive 2027 world tour DIIV have shared their new single ‘Dare Me’ and announced an extensive 2027 world tour, including six shows in the UK and Ireland – check out the dates and listen below.

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.