Poppie Platt

Idles: ignore the Tory-bashing – this is Britain’s most riotously exciting band At times, the Bristolian punks’ gig felt like a centrist-dad convention. But behind the Corbynite posturing is viscerally thrilling music

Went to Idles at Ally Pally on Friday night and it’s safe to say my review rubbed (some of) the Telegraph readers up the wrong way…

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BBC Sound of 2025: Chappell Roan, Doechii, Ezra Collective and more make longlist The list has a track record of picking music's next big things, from Adele to The Last Dinner Party.

So the BBC Sound of 2025 list is made up almost completely of successful, established artists. Lazy and doing a disservice to all the genuinely new, great bands and singers out there www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How Wicked became this year’s Barbie From dolls to road signs and an interactive Christmas tree, the Wicked marketing machine is becoming as big as Barbie’s. Was it necessary?

Wrote about Wicked’s mega marketing machine - toys, giant Christmas trees, squash and costumes and Starbucks! - for the Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/wick...