Gary Ryan, Author at NME

Emma Myers is getting the hang of fame: “‘Wednesday’ was a big, overnight change”

On fame, fandom and what's next for Netflix's teen goth hit

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo: “If Taylor Swift ever wants to make a rock album, I’d love to help out!”

In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, NME quizzes an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Weezer's Rivers Cuomo

Chilly Gonzales: “Drake is the one collaboration that felt surreal. It felt like I was going to meet Barack Obama”

This week: pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales takes the Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! quiz

From “Domino-ooh-hoo!” to Butterfield and De Niro’s bromance: the most annoying adverts on streaming platforms

Streaming platforms used to promise no ads. But those halcyon days are over

‘Camden’ review: Dua Lipa’s documentary is a love letter to endangered independent venues

Noel Gallagher, Little Simz and Boy George share their musical memories of the storied London borough

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! –New Kids on the Block

Which slacker-rock band covered New Kids on the Block’s ‘Step by Step’ on their 1990 EP ‘Favourite Spanish Dishes’? Jordan Knight: “I remember a band...

Elbow live in Manchester: a belated, but brilliant opening of the Co-Op Live

After three weeks of chaos and delays, tonight Elbow are the first act to play Co-Op Live, the UK’s biggest arena with a capacity...

Alien Ant Farm: “Metallica thought we were ballsy as hell!”

Your cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’ reached Number 3 on the UK Top 40 in 2001. Name either of the two tracks that...

Pet Shop Boys look back on Eminem’s diss track ‘Can-I-Bitch’: “He does it very humorously”

Eminem had previously joked about running the band over on the song from 2002

Pet Shop Boys – ‘Nonetheless’ review: still setting pop’s benchmark

The duo work with James Ford on this lush, impressive collection that continues upholds their status as pop greats