This hotel offers both ‘Daily Nuts’ and ‘Nighttime Nuts’ but it’s 6pm so I’m not sure which is appropriate. Might wait an hour. #huangzhou #riderwatch

True fusion cuisine. Shanghai #riderwatch

Suede themed chocolate ring from the #Zurich promoter. #riderwatch

Mambo Kids and Classic Bimbo live at #laussane🇨🇭 Les Docks #riderwatch

This edit is entirely fueled by room service and minibar beers

Final book edits are Zeno’s Arrow made flesh
Day 1. Did fully half of everything outstanding. Great progress
Day 2. Half the remainder done. Storming along
Day 3. Got another half done
Day 4. Another half down. Not long now
Day 5…..
Day 6….. hang on a minute…

We’re playing Porto’s Super Bock Arena tonight, our first be-peacocked venue since Stockholm’s Grona Lund in 2016 (peacock picture included for identification)

The famous sweet table. Bilbao #riderwatch

Aptly named, stew-flavoured snack and a rare potato-flavoured crisp.
Brussels #tiderwatch

Thank you Copenhagen. You’ve always felt like a second home to Suede but last week’s gig was a truly special one. Tusind tak.

Trying to book a restaurant in Paris for my day off and huge respect to French restaurant websites. Menus? Not a chance. Online booking? Of course not. And a bonus mark to the ‘change language’ button which simply shrugs at you and simply redelivers every single page in French. Paris, never change

Fabulous shot by Matti Hirvonen from Helsinki’s Ice Hall, shortly before I ascended to heaven…

Very early days, but the Stockholm #riderwatch crisp flavours are going to take some beating

iPhone spellcheck, I am never trying to type Lindon, NEVER…

‘Back again like a bad penny’

Is there any song where more people get the lyrics wrong than Sister Sledge’s He’s The Greatest Dancer? I think not…
#Iwonderwhy

Touring in 2026: only realising you’ve played a venue before when its Wi-Fi connects automatically

Having the fabulous Feast Catering on the road with us means fewer random backstage snacks but Helsinki Ice Hall doesn’t disappoint. Day One #riderwatch

Very niche bass player problem: after two weeks of touring my fingers are so calloused that touchscreens don’t work any more

New country alert: Hello Bulgaria

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ILLIT (아일릿) 'NOT CUTE ANYMORE’ Official MV YouTube video by HYBE LABELS

Huh. K-Pop newbie in which Suede vinyl is a signifier of edginess. So 2025

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In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived

The Stanley Donwood/Thom Yorke/Radiohead exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum is fantastic. Lots of detail on the working process, sketches and trial runs, and the finished work looks beautiful at scale. Inspiring stuff

New toys for 2026

If you get a chance to see the Patti Smith 50th anniversary of Horses show just go. Absolutely magical night: no light show, no backdrop, no stacks of amps, just five phenomenal musicians and one of the greatest records of all time

An Evening with M. L. Rio at Hoxton Hall | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with M. L. Rio at Hoxton Hall today.

And then talking to ML Rio about her fantastic new rock ‘n’ roll road trip novel, Hot Wax

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Mike Joyce: In Conversation + Signing Tickets | £29 | 9 Nov @ Rough Trade East London, London | DICE Rough Trade East is very excited to present an in-conversation event and signing from Mike Joyce, hosted by Mat Osman. This unique event celebrates the relea...

Two book events where I’m going to be Qing rather than Aing. Firstly, talking to Smiths drummer and all-round good guy Mike Joyce about his upcoming memoir…

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Feels like they’re not really trying…

Busan #riderwatch

Silver Lady followed by Don’t it Make my Brown Eyes Blue. I’m done

In a cab that’s playing a Spotify more-like-Dr Hook radio playlist and I’ve never experienced such a Proustian rush at 9am before