March 1 is gearing up to be one of the biggest days on the 2024 cultural calendar so far – with both Liam Gallagher & John Squire's eagerly anticipated collaborative album, and Denis Villeneuve's star-studded Dune: Part Two, set to be unleashed on the exact same day. So, what better to celebrate the releases than to put both the Mancunian music icons and the stars of the blockbuster film on the cover of our brand new, flip-cover issue of Hot Press – out now!

First up...

Liam Gallagher & John Squire are in scintillating form as they discuss first meetings, shared loves and the thrill of working together on their imminent, all-guitars-blazing collaborative record – hatched after two riotous nights at Knebworth...

Meanwhile, on the flip-cover...

Austin Butler and Stellan Skarsgård discuss their roles in one of the year’s most hotly awaited movies, blockbuster sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two. Plus, Paul Nolan reflects on the Dune film and literary phenomenon

Elsewhere in the issue, you can look forward to:

From prestigious rising star awards, to a chart-topping debut album, few other acts have captured the attention of the music world as rapidly, or as powerfully, as The Last Dinner Party. Across two conversations, spaced five months apart, the London band discuss origins, friendship, “insane dresses”, supporting Hozier, covering Sinéad O’Connor, and exploring queerness through Catholic imagery...

The Last Dinner Party

With a masterful new Libertines album, All Quiet On The Esplanade, on the way and their friendship closer than ever, these are good times for Carl Barât and Pete Doherty. Trips to Jamaica, maritime misadventures, Shane MacGowan, The Wolfe Tones and Fontaines D.C. are all discussed when Stuart Clark tracks them down to their Margate layer...

In a fascinating, if uncomfortable, interview, Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yury Anatoliyevich Filatov attempts to justify the war in Ukraine and also gives Jason O’Toole his thoughts on Alexei Navalny, NATO, LGBTQ rights and punk dissidents Pussy Riot...

As she returns with her most unflinchingly personal album to date, Paloma Faith discusses break-ups in the public eye, feminism, prioritising happiness, Maverick Sabre, and The Glorification Of Sadness...

Conservative MPs beware, Cherym are on a pop-punk mission to cut through the Culture Wars bullshit. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Lyra McKee, Sinéad O’Connor, James McClean and debut album Take It Or Leave It are all up for discussion when they meet Hot Press...

Cherym. Credit: @ycontrolphoto

As he makes his long-awaited return with What Happened To The Beach?, English singer-songwriter Declan McKenna talks Irish gigs, “strange” LA, co-writing with CMAT, and trusting in himself as an artist...

Donegal sibling folk group The Henry Girls discuss their stunning new album, A Time To Grow...

On the eve of his debut album, Navan's Oisin Leech enchants Will Russell with tales of busking the backstreets of Naples, constructing a studio on Malin Head, and receiving a rather wonderful invite from Gaz Coombes...

Ferdia Lennon discusses his exciting debut novel Glorious Exploits, in which a classical tale is reimagined with a couple of modern Dubs at its centre...

As she prepares to take on the titular role in Salome – coming to Dublin and Wexford in March – Olivier Award-nominated soprano Sinéad Campbell Wallace talks to Hot Press about the captivating, and deeply shocking, opera…

To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge, we're also bringing you an action-packed Irish language special – featuring top tips, interviews, recommendations and more, all geared towards those who want to embrace the language more in their everyday life.

And that's just for starters – with plenty more interviews, reviews, previews and news to feast on in this fantastic flip-cover special! 

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