Anticipation is reaching fever pitch for Longitude 2015 in HP Towers and we've decided to share it, and a host of big interviews, with you this fortnight.
Ahead of the July 17 – 19 festival, alt-J open up about everything from Miley Cyrus and Amy Winehouse to cricket with Mumford & Sons and completing the bucket list. We also profile their fellow headliners Hozier and The Chemical Brothers. In addition, we catch up with a raft of artists on the mouthwatering bill, including Wolf Alice, Everything Everything and Young Fathers, and pick the Irish acts and up-and-coming artists that you really shouldn't miss.
Elsewhere in the issue, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes talks about becoming an "overnight" sensation with their Boys & Girls debut and how they've expanded their sonic horizons with no consideration for chart placings with the follow-up, Sound & Color.
Beloved thesp Richard E. Grant has gone into the perfume business. He swings by Dublin to tell us about his new fragrance, Jack, and reminisce about his film work, including, of course, that immortal role in Withnail & I.
The Hot Press interview is Senator David Norris' first since the same-sex marriage referendum. The national treasure discusses his long
battle for gay rights.
Frontlines contains a follow-up report on the fallout from Aodhan O Riordain’s interview in the last edition of Hot Press, in which the minister called for the decriminalisation of drugs.
Add in reviews of new offerings from The Frames. Neil Young, Jason Derulo and James Taylor, and live reports from some of the biggest gigs so far this summer, and you have the start of a jam-packed issue.
That's the new Hot Press (Longitude cover), on sale tomorrow, Thursday July 9

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