The Collected Works of Kevin EG Perry

After four records as a rapper, Machine Gun Kelly – real name Colson Baker – has reinvented himself as a pop-punk star. I meet him in Los Angeles to talk about making the biggest guitar album of the year, how falling for Megan Fox changed his life, and shooting his own “pop-punk Grease” musical. (NME) Continue reading →

The Afrobeats star on joining protesters against police brutality in the Nigerian capital Abuja – and how his song ‘FEM’ has become an unlikely protest anthem. (NME) Continue reading →

The hip-hop icon talks to me about the failure to prosecute Breonna Taylor’s killers, why he doesn’t rate ‘The Wire’ and how the Beastie Boys granted his birthday wish on new album ‘What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?’ (NME) Continue reading →

29 years after bowing out as the air guitar-wielding heroes, Bill and Ted are back to save the universe again. (NME) Continue reading →

The Band leader on getting booed with Bob Dylan, writing folk-rock classic ‘The Weight’ and new documentary ‘Once Were Brothers’. (NME) Continue reading →

Burning Man may not be happening this year, but BAFTA-winner Gerry Fox’s new film ‘Art On Fire’ provides a shot of inspiration for these troubled times. (NME) Continue reading →

His new album features Coldplay’s Chris Martin singing about colonialism, and the African Giant has much to say about the UK Afrobeats chart. Just don’t ask him about Beyoncé. (NME) Continue reading →

The hip-hop iconoclasts rhapsodise on Black Lives Matter, grapple with late-stage capitalism and talk up their “audacious” fourth album. (NME) Continue reading →

Tech has recreated Glasto’s most hedonistic party – but is it any match for the real thing? (NME) Continue reading →

Two weeks before America erupted in protest over the homicide of a Black man by a White police officer, the rapper who taught the world to say “fuck the police” told us about his 30 year journey from ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and ‘AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted’ to ‘Boyz n the Hood’, ‘Friday’ and new music biz comedy ‘The High Note’. (NME) Continue reading →

The fruitful friendship gave us two classic, soon-to-be-reissued albums, ‘The Idiot’ and ‘Lust For Life’, which still inspire bands such as Shame and The Murder Capital. (NME) Continue reading →

The grunge survivor on his scorching new memoir, hanging out with Kurt Cobain and, of course, that feud with Liam Gallagher. (NME) Continue reading →

With Blink-182’s Travis Barker on drums and the approval of Courtney Love and Krist Novoselić, this COVID-19 charity gig rocked and raised funds. (NME) Continue reading →

The film-of-the-live-show-of-the-book-on-the-band. (NME) Continue reading →

The four-piece have racked up over 70 million YouTube views with their unique combination of heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing. (NME) Continue reading →

Death, faith healing and heartbreak – how the Canadian streaming giant turned sorrow into solace on his upcoming album ‘The New Toronto 3’. (NME) Continue reading →

Action icon Vin Diesel talks me through some of his greatest on-screen moments – from ‘Saving Private Ryan’ to Paul Walker’s last ride in ‘Furious 7’. (NME) Continue reading →

Icons don’t come much bigger, bolder or defiantly rock’n’roll than Ozzy Osbourne. I meet him at his lavish Los Angeles estate to talk about the influence of Lemmy, Post Malone’s role in his new record ‘Ordinary Man’ and lots and lots of drugs. (NME) Continue reading →

Green Day have spent three decades not giving a fuck – but what’s the key to their longevity? I join the band in their tiny Oakland rehearsal room to talk inspiring Billie Eilish, blistering new album ‘Father Of All Motherfuckers’ and maybe meeting Donald Trump. (NME) Continue reading →

The Los Angeles Convention Center hosted ‘Let’s Go Crazy: A Grammys Salute to Prince’. (NME) Continue reading →

The pair discuss their intense new film and The Weeknd’s pivotal part. (NME) Continue reading →

Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear reunited for a charity show at the Hollywood Palladium. (NME) Continue reading →

The band played their first show in over seven years at the Shrine Auditorium. (NME) Continue reading →

The ultimate guide to the 100 essential albums of the 2010s, picked, ranked and dissected by NME experts. (NME) Continue reading →

The indie auteur on the genius of David Bowie, the magic of Randy Newman and his new Netflix divorce drama ‘Marriage Story’. (NME) Continue reading →