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Biffy Clyro review – triumphant set marks a thunderous renewal

Biffy Clyro review – triumphant set marks a thunderous renewal

Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Coming off the back of a rough period, the Scottish band find reconnection, renewal and purpose in their singular mix of pop, rock and metal ‘With a little love, we can conquer all,” Simon Neil croons on Biffy Clyro’s opening song A Little Love, over its huge, infectious arena-rock chorus. It’s a line that feels like a mantra for the Scottish band 30 years and 10 albums in: they’re currently touring 2025’s Futique having come through a rough period. They experienced major burnout, band members fell out for the first time and founding member James Johnston pulled out of this tour due to mental health and addiction issues. But their new songs feel rooted in renewal, reconnection and newfound purpose. Neil pays tribute to his departed bandmate on the urgent and zippy Friendshipping, which is an ode to the importance of maintaining such relationships. Futique was recorded in Berlin; the band said that the ghosts of Bowie, Iggy and Nick Cave’s the Birthday Party “bled into the songs”. No such art-pop apparitions feel present tonight. Instead there’s a rousing pop sensibility to these new tracks. Goodbye is a slow-burn ballad that explodes into an arms-aloft anthem, while Shot One embodies the band’s knack for merging sugary melodies and meaty riffs – existing in the blurred middle ground between rock, pop and metal that they comfortably own. Continue reading...

A Musk megafan took aim at the quality of life in Britain and this A++ comeback really was taking no prisoners

A Musk megafan took aim at the quality of life in Britain and this A++ comeback really was taking no prisoners

Back in our day people used to wang on non-stop about the ‘special relationship’ between the UK and the US but right now, thanks mostly (almost entirely) to Trump’s return to the White House, the Atlantic has never felt wider, Maybe not in Downing Street, obviously, but definitely among people on the ground, not least […] The post A Musk megafan took aim at the quality of life in Britain and this A++ comeback really was taking no prisoners appeared first on The Poke .

Eleven central bank chiefs defend Fed’s Jerome Powell over DoJ investigation; oil hits two-month high as Trump threatens Iran’s trading partners – business live

Eleven central bank chiefs defend Fed’s Jerome Powell over DoJ investigation; oil hits two-month high as Trump threatens Iran’s trading partners – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade Global central bank officials are reportely planning to release a coordinated statement of support for US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, after America’s top central banker was threatened with a criminal indictment. Reuters is reporting that the statement, which is expected to contain the signatures of central bankers from around the world, will back Powell and stress the need for independent central banking. Continue reading...