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Leeds indie band English Teacher win Mercury prize

The band take home the £25,000 prize for their debut album, This Could Be Texas, beating artists including Charli xcx and the Last Dinner Party

The Guardian - UK

“Brian May is my main influence for writing guitar parts. I like how melodic and catchy his playing is. It’s not trying to show off”: The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts on bringing jazz into pop, and how St. Vincent shaped her playing (and her gear)

Her band has the biggest-selling debut album in nearly a decade in her native UK, and secured tours with Hozier and Florence & The Machine. Guitarist Emily Roberts explains how her background in jazz, theater and a Queen tribute band inspired her evocative playing style

Guitar World

“It's very joyful, a bit sexy, a bit playful.” Watch The Last Dinner Party cover a classic Blondie single

Fast-rising UK indie-rockers The Last Dinner Party cover Blondie for Australian broadcaster triple j's Like A Version series

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The Mercury Prize nominees for 2024 have been revealed

Charli XCX, The Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons are amongst this year's nominees

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Mercury Prize 2024: Brat Summer continues as Charli XCX among shortlisted artists

Pop star receives her second nomination alongside artists including The Last Dinner Party, singer Cat Burns, rapper Ghetts and producer Nia Archives

The Independent UK

Mercury prize 2024: Charli xcx, the Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons among nominees

The British music industry’s award for outstanding albums features eight debuts, from the likes of Nia Archives and Barry Can’t Swim, as the prize fails to find a sponsor

The Guardian - UK

Roskilde festival review: A European knees-up that we Brits could learn from

Charli XCX, Overmono, and The Last Dinner Party were just a few highlights from this Danish festival staple

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“It wasn’t a conscious decision to invent our own scale! The idea was to do something inspired by Jeff Buckley... but we added a mandolin”: The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts is the jazz schooled Queen-inspired indie guitar hero you’ve been waiting for

Roberts reveals how their hit debut album was created, and how her unique approach to the instrument was shaped by jazz greats and one rock legend in particular…

Guitar World

Glastonbury 2024, the Saturday roundup: the celeb spots, the standouts, and not-so-secret sets

From buzzy band The Last Dinner Party levelling up to the Other Stage, to a not-so-secret Kasabian set, Saturday delivered in spades

Evening Standard

The Last Dinner Party review, Glastonbury 2024: Ambitious band deliver a thrilling set on the Other Stage

Relentless touring has honed them into a fine live act, bound together by the considerable prowess, poise and star wattage of frontwoman Abigail Morris

The Independent UK

Glastonbury live: Saturday with Coldplay, Little Simz, Orbital and more – as it happened

Cyndi Lauper, Jessie Ware, the Breeders and more performed on the second day at Worthy Farm, along with a secret set from Kasabian

The Guardian - UK

The Last Dinner Party point out discrepancy with ‘industry plant’ claims

Indie rock band takes aim at speculation around their authenticity

The Independent UK

“I spent an entire summer solidly trying to get inside Brian’s playing, hearing all the little details”: The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts on how a Brian May tribute gig radically changed her guitar playing

Before The Last Dinner Party, Emily Roberts took the role of Brian May in a Queen tribute band

Guitar World

Radio 1 Big Weekend 2024: how to watch online, schedule, full guide

Here's how to watch a 2024 Radio 1 Big Weekend live stream for free from anywhere, with The Last Dinner Party, Sabrina Carpenter and Charlie XCX at the festival at Luton's Stockwood Park.

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Evening Standard

BRITs 2024: Inside the Universal afterparty with Mel C and McFly

Music legends and rising stars were out in force to celebrate the biggest night of the year for British music

The Guardian - UK

The Last Dinner Party review – like watching firecrackers going off indoors

The British indie rock band demonstrate just why they’ve won every rising star award around in a gig of swashbuckling, musical bravura showcasing their newly released debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy

Evening Standard

The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy album review: at times, the excess proves exhausting

It's debut time for the buzzed-about band, but their big introduction doesn't always convince

The Guardian - UK

The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstasy review – the year’s most hyped band totally deliver

The five-piece ground their Sparks-like tendency towards excess and musical theatre with consistently well-written songs primed for festival singalongs

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What time are the Last Dinner Party on stage at London's Roundhouse?

Everything you need to know as the band prepare to take to the stage

Louder

"A unique and limitless artistic vision, totally redefining what a guitar band can do": The Last Dinner Party's dazzling debut Prelude To Ecstasy shows exactly why they're the most exciting new band in Britain

The Last Dinner Party's Prelude To Ecstasy is one of the most anticipated debut albums in recent memory. It does not disappoint

Louder

“It's the natural knee jerk reaction for some people when they see someone young and successful and female…”: The Last Dinner Party on overcoming online trolls to make the year’s most hotly-anticipated debut album

The London-based quintet release their debut album next month...

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Coachella 2024 tickets: How to see Lana Del Ray, Tyler, The Creator, Doja Cat, No Doubt and more

Want to experience Coachella in person this year? Tickets are selling fast to see Lana Del Ray, Tyler, The Creator, Doja Cat, No Doubt and more.

Evening Standard

The biggest and best albums to look forward to in 2024

From The Last Dinner Party to Jennifer Lopez, we pick the best upcoming releases to get excited about

The Independent UK

The Last Dinner Party named BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2024

London-based rock band beat several up-and-coming acts for the honour

Evening Standard

Who are The Last Dinner Party? Indie band win Brits Rising star award

The indie band follow in the footsteps of Florence and the Machine and Holly Humberstone

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