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Emo supergroup L.S. Dunes announce UK tour for 2023
Emo supergroup L.S. Dunes have announced their first ever UK tour in January 2023. The band is set to play across four cities in the UK, alongside special guests which are yet to be announced. “UK Lost Souls – They said it wasn’t a good time to come visit but we say fUK the dollar and fUK the pound – let’s dance!” the band said in a statement. “We would NEVER leave our UK Lost Souls alone, so here we come. Mainland Europe – should we visit you also? If so where?” Advertisement L.S. Dunes – fronted by Circa Survive‘s...
Liam Gallagher backs “the king” Ian Brown amidst divisive solo tour without band
Liam Gallagher has shared his support for “the king” Ian Brown following the Stone Roses‘ singer’s decision to go solo. Gallagher took to social media to back Brown ahead of his homecoming show in Manchester last Friday (September 30). Fans of Brown had shared their anger last week after the singer performed a sold-out show in Leeds (September 25) without a band. Advertisement Brown began his first UK headline tour in a decade at the city’s O2 Academy, with dates running through the next two week and ending with a Brixton Academy show in London on October 7. Gallagher’s thread...
Ed Sheeran announces North American ‘Mathematics’ tour for 2023
Ed Sheeran has shared details of a North American tour for 2023 – see dates below including how to buy tickets. READ MORE: 50 things you didn’t know about Ed Sheeran The pop star will bring his ongoing ‘Mathematics’ world tour to the US and Canada next year, with support from Khalid, Dylan, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns, Maisie Peters and Russ on differing dates. It’s in support of his latest album, 2021’s ‘=‘ and will also hear him play songs from his back catalogue. Tickets go on general sale here next Friday (October 14) at 10am PT (6pm BST)....
Dizzee Rascal to celebrate 20 years of ‘Boy In Da Corner’ with gig at London’s The O2
Dizzee Rascal has announced a headline show at The O2 Arena in London next year. READ MORE: From the archives – Dizzee Rascal and the birth of grime: 10 years on The show on March 8, 2023 marks 20 years of his Mercury Prize-winning debut album, ‘Boy In Da Corner’, which was released in 2003. Tickets go on general sale here this Friday (October 7) at 10am BST. Advertisement Dizzee released his latest album, ‘E3 AF‘, in 2020. In a review of his seventh album, NME wrote: “Throughout his career, Dizzee Rascal has pushed boundaries and surpassed expectations. This...
Arctic Monkeys announce 2023 North American tour with Fontaines D.C.
Arctic Monkeys have shared details of a North American tour for 2023 with Fontaines D.C. on support – see dates below as well as how to purchase tickets. READ MORE: Arctic Monkeys’ new song ‘Body Paint’ is an ambitious, swaggering rock ballad The Sheffield band first head stateside next summer, kicking the tour off at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US on August 25. They wrap the tour at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum in California, US on September 29. Tickets go on general sale here this Friday (October 7) at 10am local time. Fans can also register for a verified...
Shania Twain “does plan” to collaborate with Harry Styles: “I’m going to hold Harry to that”
Shania Twain says she expects to collaborate with Harry Styles in the future. The claim comes after the pair teamed up earlier this year during Styles’ headline set at Coachella 2022 in April. During the cameo, Shania joined Styles on stage to perform her hits ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’ and ‘You’re Still The One’. Speaking to Extra, Twain said that she hopes that the onstage collaboration could lead to a studio-based link-up between the pair in the future. Advertisement While saying that the collaboration will “not on new album,” Twain said: “In the future, I would...
U2’s Bono announces ‘Stories Of Surrender’ worldwide book tour
U2‘s Bono has announced a worldwide book tour in support of his forthcoming memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story – find full details and tickets below. READ MORE: U2’s 10 best albums, ranked The 576-page volume is due to land on November 1 via publishing house Alfred A. Knopf (and in audiobook form via Penguin Random House) and, as its title implies, will explore the origins of 40 key songs in U2’s discography. Each chapter is named for the song it covers, with Bono’s life story weaved throughout the book. Next month, Bono will head out on a 14-city book tour...
Ian Brown dedicates Manchester gig to the late Paul Ryder
Ian Brown played a homecoming Manchester gig this weekend (September 30), and dedicated the set to late Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder. Brown is currently on his first UK headline tour in a decade, and played the O2 Victoria Warehouse in his hometown on Friday night. As reported by the Manchester Evening News, Brown told the crowd: “I just want to dedicate tonight’s set to one of the greatest human beings I ever met. Let’s hear it for Mr Paul Ryder.” Advertisement Ryder passed away on July 15 at the age of 58. In a statement, his surviving bandmates...
Russian rapper Walkie suspected to have taken own life after refusing to go to war
A rapper from Russia is believed to have taken his own life after he refused to be drawn into fighting in President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. READ MORE: ‘Am I depressed?’ – help and advice on mental health and what to do next Walkie, whose real name was Ivan Vitalievich Petunin, told fans in a Telegram video that he couldn’t “take the sin of murder on my soul” and that his final protest would be expressed by his death. According to the Daily Mail, Petunin’s body was found in the Russian city of Krasnodar on Friday (September 30)....Recent Posts
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