Pete Tong Ibiza Classics and Sophie Ellis-Bextor are the first artists announced for 2026's Hampton Court Palace Festival.

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Knives have announced REGLITTER I, a reimagining of their debut album, out Nov. 19 via Marshall Records. On the LP, the Bristol punks revisited old tracks from GLITTER, which came out earlier this ...

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In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Hampton Court Palace Festival has announced the first acts for June 2026, including David Gray, OMD, Pete Tong and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

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Yet I felt many of TLOAS’s songs’ lyrical content did not show the same flow or evocative language that her previous pop records are still loved for.