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Stephen Ackroyd

Seattle, United Kingdom

Editor at Upset Magazine

Editor at Dork

Editor, @readdork. Big boss, @thebunkerpub. Music scribbling, print magazines, design, #mufc. Northerner in exile. I make stuff.

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  • 2 weeks ago | readdork.com | Stephen Ackroyd

    Somerset House have announced the support acts for their 2025 Summer Series, set to take place between 10th – 20th July at the London venue’s iconic courtyard. Peter Xan, Nell Mescal, The Halfway Kid, Gustaf, The Guest List, Nadia Rose, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Klein, Dennis Bovell, Kwake Bass, Charlie Dark, Natanya, and Pxssy Palace are among the artists joining previously announced headliners including Rizzle Kicks, St. Vincent, Giggs, Jacob Banks, Freya Ridings, and FLO.

  • 2 weeks ago | readdork.com | Stephen Ackroyd

    Arthur Hill has released new single ‘Appetite’, following news of his sold-out headline show at London’s O2 Brixton Academy. The London-based singer/songwriter’s latest track arrives after his debut EP ‘In The Middle of Somewhere’, which featured singles ‘Too Much Ain’t Enough’, ‘Late For The Reservation’, and ‘Hey Arthur’. Hill is set to embark on a European headline tour in May, followed by festival appearances across the summer and a UK headline tour titled ‘Stella Artour’ in November.

  • 2 weeks ago | readdork.com | Stephen Ackroyd

    Greenpeace have announced their full programme of activities for this year’s Glastonbury Festival, featuring an extensive lineup of live performances, art installations, and environmental activism. The environmental organisation’s field will host performances from Peter Doherty, Divorce, Miso Extra, Myd, Joshua Idehen, Mermaid Chunky, and Anna Erhard. DJ sets will come from Idris Elba, Wilkinson, DJ Flight, MPH, Riria, and Mandiextrous.

  • 3 weeks ago | readdork.com | Stephen Ackroyd

    There’s a heartbeat to Wolf Alice’s music that has always rattled through the bones. It’s felt from the first whispered lyric to the final erupting scream. Delicate one moment and devastating the next, their songs don’t play, they pulse, raw noise and rawer emotions swirling in a constant, breaking motion. To listen is to be swept into something alive, wild, and deeply elemental – simultaneously comforting and unsettling, intimate yet immense.

  • 3 weeks ago | readdork.com | Stephen Ackroyd

    Wolf Alice have announced their fourth studio album ‘The Clearing’, set for release on 29th August via RCA Records. The band have also shared new single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’. The new track, their first piece of music in three years, was written in Seven Sisters, North London, with the album recorded in Los Angeles alongside Grammy Award-winning producer Greg Kurstin. ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ features Ellie Rowsell exploring a different approach to her performance.

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Stephen Ackroyd
Stephen Ackroyd @stephenackroyd
30 Apr 25

Might as well do things properly.

Dork
Dork @readdork

Yep, we're throwing a month-long festival of pop nonsense to celebrate our 100th issue. Call it a Dork summer, or something. Get all the details and grab tickets from 10am BST tomorrow (1st May). https://t.co/W8Ts5AP1Ow https://t.co/DMN0Ta0uIm

Stephen Ackroyd
Stephen Ackroyd @stephenackroyd
30 Apr 25

RT @readdork: Yep, we're throwing a month-long festival of pop nonsense to celebrate our 100th issue. Call it a Dork summer, or something.…

Stephen Ackroyd
Stephen Ackroyd @stephenackroyd
30 Apr 25

RT @readdork: Introducing Dork 100, our month long 100th issue celebration featuring Sports Team, Antony Szmierek, Black Honey, Divorce, Co…