32 h. ago All the Stars at Gucci’s Intimate London Soirée Toasting Jannik Sinner

All the Stars at Gucci’s Intimate London Soirée Toasting Jannik Sinner  Vogue

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33 h. ago Burna Boy To Celebrate New Album At Intimate London And Birmingham Shows In July

Burna Boy To Celebrate New Album At Intimate London And Birmingham Shows In July  Stereoboard.com

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58 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne faces disappointing setback days before final Black Sabbath gig

The British rocker, 76, is due to take the stage at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5

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1 week ago J Hus review – rapper touched by genius can’t quite channel his energy

Royal Albert Hall, LondonAfter a cancelled arena tour, expectations are high for J Hus’s return – but for all his swagger and melody, he ends up falling short due to sound issues and a lack of visionJ Hus’s one-night-only show at the Royal Albert Hall, celebrating the five-year anniversary of his album Big Conspiracy, begins with the British rapper’s sister and collaborator iceè tgm reciting a poem in front of a black curtain. “It all starts with a question,” she posits. “What is the big conspiracy?” By the end, the show leaves even more unanswered questions.When the curtain falls, it reveals a small symphony orchestra placed behind live band the Compozers. Hus opens with force: Helicopter, Triumph, Fight for Your Right, Fortune Teller, Reckless, and No Denying come in quick succession. He spits with braggadocious swagger, jumping from a protruding platform into the throes of the adoring crowd standing in the stalls. Even looking up towards the gallery, the venue’s grandeur feels en...

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1 week ago Inside Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas' intimate date nights at exclusive London club as romance heats up

The pair taken their date nights to London and spent a number evenings together 'a couple of times over the past two months' at the ultra-exclusive, members-only club, Annabel's.

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2 w. ago Killing Heidi are back, 25 years on: ‘Growing up in rock’n’roll gives you a shitload of grit’

After a ‘quiet little break’ of 20 years, the band is back to celebrate their 2000 debut Reflector – then the fastest-selling Australian album in history• Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn 2022, Ella and Jesse Hooper, siblings and bandmates in Australian rock band Killing Heidi, lost both of their parents in the space of two weeks. Their father, Jeremy, died first after a shock cancer diagnosis and a quick decline; a fortnight later, their mother, Helen, passed away after a long struggle with breast cancer.The grieving siblings took the weekend off, then went straight back out on to the road. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Westlife fans 'sobbing' as band member Mark Feehily skips anniversary shows amid severe health issues

The band are planning new music, an album, and ‘special shows’ to celebrate their 25th anniversary

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2 w. ago Dido's REAL name revealed as noughties pop celebrates anniversary of her iconic debut album

She became a huge pop star in 1999, who went on to work with the likes of Eminem and Kendrick Lamar .

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2 w. ago Sharon Osbourne dropped band from Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final gig over dispute with manager

It remains a mystery which band are no longer playing the charity concert on July 5 at Birmingham's Villa Park as a result of the fallout with music mogul Sharon

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2 w. ago David Byrne: Talking Heads great announces eight UK performances for 2026

The celebrated musician is set to release his new album on September 5 2025 through Matador Records

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2 w. ago Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – an ambitious Indian panorama

In the first novel from the author of We Move, descendants of a proscribed intercaste marriage are connected across continents and centuriesGurnaik Johal’s first book, 2022’s We Move, demonstrated how rewarding it can be for a gifted young writer to ignore conventional wisdom. Writers who land in agents’ inboxes with collections of stories are invariably told to come back when they have a novel, and to write about what they know. Johal’s stories were set in a world he knows intimately – the immigrant communities of west London – but they moved between professions and generations with thrilling confidence.Saraswati is also populated by a large cast of diaspora Punjabis. But where Johal’s collection stood apart from the landscape it was published into, his first novel is a representative example of a ubiquitous 21st-century genre. That genre lacks a name – in 2012, Douglas Coupland proposed “translit”, which didn’t catch on then and certainly won’t now – but its features are all ...

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2 w. ago Alice Cooper original band reunion at intimate London venue be hosted by Sir Tim Rice

Alice Cooper original band reunion at intimate London venue be hosted by Sir Tim Rice  Gold Radio

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2 w. ago Original ALICE COOPER Group Announces Exclusive, Intimate London Event

Original ALICE COOPER Group Announces Exclusive, Intimate London Event  BLABBERMOUTH.NET

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3 w. ago Turnstile review – punk crossover quintet bring the heat to Brooklyn

Under the K Bridge, Brooklyn, New YorkOn the year’s hottest day, the band of the moment celebrated their new album with a buoyant live show featuring a surprise special guestIt’s only fitting that “Turnstile summer” – coined by Charli xcx herself – would kick off on Brooklyn’s hottest day yet. About 9,000 sweaty people crammed Under the K Bridge (yes, it’s literally under the Kosciuszko Bridge) on the 86F day to celebrate the release of the hardcore band’s new album, Never Enough.And there was plenty to celebrate for the Baltimore-based group, who have found themselves on the edge of the mainstream. Following their 2021 album Glow On, where frontman Brendan Yates traded in some screaming for singing over a blend of heavy riffs, soul and even dream pop, Turnstile has picked up three Grammy nominations, opened for Blink-182, received the aforementioned Charli xcx shoutout at Coachella and, this past week, found themselves on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show to promote Never Enough. Continu...

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3 w. ago 'Absolute robbery': Drake fans fume at '£500' tickets for Manchester and Birmingham shows

Drake will play two nights in Birmingham Utilita Arena before heading to Manchester Co-Op Live on July 25 and 26

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3 w. ago Drake announces UK and Europe 2025 tour with TWO Manchester dates

Drake will play Manchester's Co-op Live and Birmingham's Utilita Arena this July

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4 w. ago Oasis album with 'poor production' still divides fans two decades later

The album, which celebrates 20 years since its release this week, is still a source of debate among fans - with some arguing it's their best album since the 90s.

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4 w. ago One Oasis album still splits fans' opinions 20 years on from release

Oasis released their sixth studio album on this day 20 years ago - and it still splits fans on whether it is a quality release, with some fans calling it an underrated gem

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