diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
index 45e11a6f15..7691e4a901 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.News.Displays
 {
     public class FrontPageDisplay : CompositeDrawable
     {
+        public Action<GetNewsResponse> ResponseReceived;
+
         [Resolved]
         private IAPIProvider api { get; set; }
 
@@ -24,6 +27,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.News.Displays
         private GetNewsRequest request;
         private Cursor lastCursor;
 
+        private readonly int year;
+
+        public FrontPageDisplay(int year = 0)
+        {
+            this.year = year;
+        }
+
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
@@ -74,13 +84,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.News.Displays
         {
             request?.Cancel();
 
-            request = new GetNewsRequest(cursor: lastCursor);
+            request = new GetNewsRequest(year, lastCursor);
             request.Success += response => Schedule(() => onSuccess(response));
             api.PerformAsync(request);
         }
 
         private CancellationTokenSource cancellationToken;
 
+        private bool initialLoad = true;
+
         private void onSuccess(GetNewsResponse response)
         {
             cancellationToken?.Cancel();
@@ -101,6 +113,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.News.Displays
                 content.Add(loaded);
                 showMore.IsLoading = false;
                 showMore.Alpha = lastCursor == null ? 0 : 1;
+
+                if (initialLoad)
+                {
+                    ResponseReceived?.Invoke(response);
+                    initialLoad = false;
+                }
             }, (cancellationToken = new CancellationTokenSource()).Token);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/NewsOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/NewsOverlay.cs
index ddd328c860..d3f407fc0f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/NewsOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/NewsOverlay.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
         private readonly Container content;
         private readonly Container sidebarContainer;
+        private readonly NewsSidebar sidebar;
 
         public NewsOverlay()
             : base(OverlayColourScheme.Purple, false)
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                         sidebarContainer = new Container
                         {
                             AutoSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                            Child = new NewsSidebar()
+                            Child = sidebar = new NewsSidebar()
                         },
                         content = new Container
                         {
@@ -94,6 +95,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
             Show();
         }
 
+        public void ShowYear(int year)
+        {
+            showYear(year);
+            Show();
+        }
+
         public void ShowArticle(string slug)
         {
             article.Value = slug;
@@ -102,6 +109,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
         private CancellationTokenSource cancellationToken;
 
+        private void showYear(int year)
+        {
+            cancellationToken?.Cancel();
+            Loading.Show();
+
+            loadFrontPage(year);
+        }
+
         private void onArticleChanged(ValueChangedEvent<string> e)
         {
             cancellationToken?.Cancel();
@@ -109,13 +124,33 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
             if (e.NewValue == null)
             {
-                Header.SetFrontPage();
-                LoadDisplay(new FrontPageDisplay());
+                loadFrontPage();
                 return;
             }
 
-            Header.SetArticle(e.NewValue);
+            loadArticle(e.NewValue);
+        }
+
+        private void loadFrontPage(int year = 0)
+        {
+            Header.SetFrontPage();
+
+            var page = new FrontPageDisplay(year);
+            page.ResponseReceived += r =>
+            {
+                sidebar.Metadata.Value = r.SidebarMetadata;
+                Loading.Hide();
+            };
+            LoadDisplay(page);
+        }
+
+        private void loadArticle(string article)
+        {
+            Header.SetArticle(article);
+
+            // Temporary, should be handled by ArticleDisplay later
             LoadDisplay(Empty());
+            Loading.Hide();
         }
 
         protected void LoadDisplay(Drawable display)
@@ -124,7 +159,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
             LoadComponentAsync(display, loaded =>
             {
                 Child = loaded;
-                Loading.Hide();
             }, (cancellationToken = new CancellationTokenSource()).Token);
         }