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Saturday Night Live UK debuts with surprise guest appearances

Saturday Night Live UK premiered its first episode, hosted by American actress and comedian Tina Fey. The show featured surprise guest appearances from Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, TV presenter Graham Norton, and Canadian actor Michael Cera. The opening sketch saw cast member George Fouracres as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer…

The Independent UK

Tina Fey makes Epstein Files joke as Mary Poppins in new Saturday Night Live UK trailer

‘We’re not in them, we’re just going to do jokes about them’, comedian Ania Magliano told the SNL legend in the sketch

The Independent UK

Wolf Alice frontwoman Ellie Rowsell: Working with Harry Styles was a ‘pleasure’

The 33-year-old singer is credited with contributing backing vocals on Styles’ latest single, titled Aperture.

Evening Standard

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“I cut my finger and got blood on the fretboard. It felt like the guitar had chosen me”: Deftones are fans. Wet Leg invited them on tour. Meet Mary in the Junkyard, the classically rooted alt-rockers making mind-bending indie with Elliott Smith’s tunings

London songwriter Clari Freeman-Taylor explains the eureka moment of moving to electric from classical guitar, her blood-sealed bond with a new Epiphone, and why she keeps leaving pedalboards on Lime bikes

Guitar World

Rhian Teasdale thought that Wet Leg's initial success was a 'freak incident'

Wet Leg vocalist Rhian Teasdale never expected the band's second album Moisturizer to match the success of their eponymous debut record.

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“It’s the first time I’ve ever used a Floyd Rose. It felt very scary for me”: Wet Leg are one of indie rock’s hottest acts – but their guitarist has been accidentally channeling Bon Jovi with her axe of choice

Lead guitarist Hester Chambers is taking a cue from vocalist and rhythm guitarist Rhian Teasdale by opting for an off-kilter guitar for the genre

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“I saw one of their pedals and thought, ‘That’s the sound I’ve been thinking about for 10 years!’” Meet Coach Party, the UK indie-rockers dialing in Tokai Teles, Amazon tremolos and secrets from Queens of the Stone Age’s pedalboards

The Isle of Wight quartet discuss Josh Homme’s hospitality, giving lessons to Wet Leg and their sticky yet therapeutic second album, Caramel –and share an exclusive live performance of Still Hurts

Guitar World

The Cure, Lewis Capaldi and Calvin Harris to headline Isle Of Wight Festival

The event next summer will also feature the Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, The Last Dinner Party, Wet Leg, and Teddy Swims.

Evening Standard

Laneway festival 2026: Chappell Roan leads lineup featuring Wet Leg, Wolf Alice and PinkPantheress

The first full Australian tour for the US pop star marks the latest coup for the festival, whose 2025 iteration was headlined by Charli xcx

The Guardian - AU

Indie rock band announced as headline act for Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations

Indie rock band Wet Leg have been announced as Edinburgh’s Hogmanay headline act this year with tickets on sale next week.

The National (Scotland)

Indie rockers Wet Leg set to headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay festivities

The band from the Isle of Wight will play at the Ross Bandstand in the city’s West Princes Street Gardens.

Evening Standard

Green Man 2025 review – CMAT has her crowning moment in a weekend full of highlights

5/5 Festival set in the Brecon Beacons achieves that nebulous, indefinable intersection where people, music and nature coalesce

The Independent UK

Wilderness Festival review: Glorious and scenic – an endless cycle of wandering, sunbathing and drinking

4/5 Wet Leg, Supergrass and Orbital steal the show at Britain’s bougiest festival – but bag searches and VIP areas mean it’s never a wholly relaxed affair

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Guitar World

“Nuno Bettencourt isn’t the only one keeping Eddie Van Halen’s fire burning – the most underrated guitarist on the planet just gave him a run for his money”: July 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks

New cuts from Deftones, Big Wreck, Wet Leg, Eric Gales and more...

Guitar World

“Championing the artists who are redefining the role of guitar in music and culture”: Fender Next previously touted Wet Leg, Phoebe Bridgers and IDLES as ‘Ones to Watch’ – find out which artists were handpicked for its class of 2025

UK's Lambrini Girls, Chicago's Horsegirl, Paris' Oracle Sisters and Wuhan's Chinese Football are among this year's picks

MusicRadar

“Time to blast riffs and throw a TV out a hotel window”: IDLES, Wet Leg and Sam Fender all graduated from the Fender Next programme – meet its Class of 2025, ft. Horsegirl, Lambrini Girls, Man/Woman/Chainsaw and more

The Fender Next class of 2025 has been announced and you've got hopecore, punk-rock and the future sound of Chicago indie-rock right here

Guitar World

“Something that really blows my mind is that before Wet Leg, Rhian didn’t know how to play guitar”: Wet Leg are one of the hottest indie bands on the planet – but leader Rhian Teasdale couldn’t play guitar until she started the band

Wet Leg have just dropped their highly-anticipated sophomore album, moisturizer, following a lauded performance at Glastonbury Festival

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The Guardian - UK

Wet Leg: Moisturizer review – Doritos, Davina McCall and dumb fun from British indie’s big breakout band

After winning multiple Grammys and Brits, the Isle of Wight band explore love and sexuality on their second LP – but there’s still room for some barbed put-downs

Evening Standard

Wet Leg singer says Bob Vylan and Kneecap Glastonbury reaction is ‘messed up’

Rhian Teasdale says she feels it is ‘powerful’ for artists to speak up.

Evening Standard

The 1975 to headline Glastonbury Festival amid rumours of Lorde secret set

This year’s line-up features a number of acts listed as TBA, as well as a mysterious act called Patchwork, which will take to the Pyramid Stage.

Evening Standard

The substance and silliness of Sports Team

After being robbed at gunpoint last year, indie’s funniest band are back with a joyous new record, encouraging fans to paintball them and leading the rebirth of smart guitar music

Evening Standard

The Ultimate Festival Guide 2025: which one is right for you?

From the motherlode of Glasto to the wellness at Wilderness and Charli xcx’s Lido takeover, here’s your guide to the best events in an unmissable summer of music

Evening Standard

Wet Leg at O2 Academy Brixton review: the millennial cult you want to join

4/5 The indie rockers are playing to their strengths as they tease their new album

BANG Premier

Wet Leg star Rhian Teasdale: I was completely naive about the music industry

Music star Rhian Teasdale has confessed to being "naive" about the pressures of fame and success.

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