Welcome to the last Uncut of 2025. But as we bid farewell to the old year, a new one beckons – in this instance, our annual preview showcasing many of the sure-to-be highlights of the next 12 months. You’ll find a slew of interviews with the likes of Courtney Barnett, Bill Callahan, Altın Gün, Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam, The Lemon Twigs’ Brian D’Addario, White Denim’s James Petralli, Buck Meek, Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle, The Delines’ Willy Vlautin and more, beginning on page 50. There are also reports on fresh stirrings from the Stones, Stevie Nicks, The Cure and Alabama Shakes. All of which, I hope, whets your appetite for new music in 2026.
Welcome to the last Uncut of 2025. But as we bid farewell to the old year, a new one beckons – in this instance, our annual preview showcasing many of the sure-to-be highlights of the next 12 months. You’ll find a slew of interviews with the likes of Courtney Barnett, Bill Callahan, Altın Gün, Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam, The Lemon Twigs’ Brian D’Addario, White Denim’s James Petralli, Buck Meek, Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle, The Delines’ Willy Vlautin and more, beginning on page 50. There are also reports on fresh stirrings from the Stones, Stevie Nicks, The Cure and Alabama Shakes. All of which, I hope, whets your appetite for new music in 2026.
Moving from the future to the past, I’d also like to give a warm welcome to this month’s debuting cover stars, The Damned, who next year celebrate their 50th anniversary. For our cover story, the band revisit their formative years – an opportunity for some quality larks, of course, but it’s also a warm tale of enduring camaraderie and a testament to the vision of their fallen co-founder, guitarist and songwriter Brian James. There’s plenty more inside, of course – from Laura Nyro to Dry Cleaning, Dionne Warwick to James, The Byrds to the Arctic Monkeys.
A quick, heartfelt thanks to everyone at Uncut for once again going above and beyond each month. To John, Marc, Tom P, Sam, Michael, Mick, Mike, Phil, Johnny, Tom M and Mark.
But for now, from all of us to all of you, have a peaceful Christmas and New Year. See you back here in early January.
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