Next month our beloved Skunk Anansie take to the road and begin their upcoming UK & EU tour. Kicking off in Porto, Portugal on 28th February, Skin and the guys will be playing the hits and more on through March and April. To celebrate, the band have been back in in the studio and now […]

Hold onto your hats, y’all! Scissorhandz: The Musical, the campy, queer reimagining of Tim Burton’s cult classic, is slicing its way into the Southwark Playhouse Elephant, and Loverboy had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with the dazzling cast and creatives behind this electrifying production at iconic LGBTQ venue, The RVT, ahead of its London […]

Last night Loverboy’s Hannah Ford hit Bristol’s Hippodrome for the opening performance of the new UK & Ireland tour of the West End smash – & Juliet… Jam-packed with some of the biggest songs from arguably pop’s greatest producer, Max Martin, the show imagines an alternative universe where Shakespeare’s Juliet never took that fateful poison. […]

It’s been a whirlwind year for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 5 runner-up, Michael Marouli. Fresh off the runway, Michael has leapt into the world of scripted television with a guest appearance in the new Paramount+ romantic comedy series, The Road Trip, which premiered on December 26, 2024. Our roving reporter Taylor Trash caught up with Michael to […]

One of our favourite discoveries of last year was God’s Mom, fronted by singer/songwriter Bria Salmena as she explored folk music from her Calabrian heritage through the spectrum of electronica from Ballroom to Bass. It looks like we’ll be even bigger Salmena fans this year as she just revealed her plans for 2025 – namely the […]

A new artist for Loverboy in 2025, but one whose sound is rooted in the golden era of the psychedelic seventies, Neal Francis is here with new single, ‘What’s Left of Me.’ The Chicago singer/songwriter has already released two albums that look to that 70s funk, soul & rock blend and is now teaming up […]

Never let it be said that the British artiste Tom Aspaul does not like to surprise. Last year he told Loverboy that his new material would be about a woozy, pschedelic trip in a Swedish sauna. But latest single, ‘Bang Bang‘ actually takes direct inspiration from the on/off relationship of Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and […]

We’re officially at the half way point, with just six months to go until the next edition of Primavera Sound. Heading up 2025’s edition is the holy pop trinity of Charli XCX, Chappell Roan & Sabrina Carpenter coming to save the world. But Charli XCX has just announced that she is inviting Troye Sivan to […]

Storming forward from 2025’s starting blocks, and kicking out gleefully at anything that moves, Brighton-based Lambrini Girls have exactly the album to throw you forward into the new year with your fists swinging in Who Let The Dogs Out – out now via City Slang. Following their critically-acclaimed EP, ‘You’re Welcome’, which contained messages of anti-transphobia (‘Terf Wars’) […]