68 m. ago Kylie Minogue’s Tension Tour proves she’s one of the greatest pop stars of all time

Now comfortably settled into living legend status, Minogue blasts her way through condensed, clubbier takes on classic pop hits as her Tension Tour lands in the UK

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22 h. ago Olly Murs CANCELS Manchester AO Arena show tonight hours after walking off stage

Olly Murs has said he is "deeply sorry" to fans

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24 h. ago AD FEATURE: Jason Derulo to stop off in Manchester on 2026 UK arena tour whilst Jade announces exciting solo shows

Popular artists like Wolf Alice and Red Rum Club are also set to wow audiences across the city

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42 h. ago How Manchester remembered the victims of the Arena attack eight years on

The anniversary of the Manchester Arena terrorist attack took place today

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48 h. ago Ariana Grande posts tribute to Manchester on anniversary of Arena bombing

The singer posted a subtle tribute to the city, where a suicide bomber killed 22 people after her performance at the Manchester Arena

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50 h. ago Andy Burnham issues tribute to Arena bombing victims eight years after tragedy

The Greater Manchester mayor posted a tribute eight years after the bombing in which 22 people were killed

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53 h. ago Remembering the 22: How Manchester will remember Arena bombing victims eight years on

The anniversary of the Manchester Arena terrorist attack on Thursday will be marked with quiet reflection

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53 h. ago Eight years after Manchester arena tragedy, 'the pain is as present as it was on day one'

22 innocents were killed and hundreds were hurt when the bomb went off at 10.31pm on May 22, 2017

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53 h. ago Meet the hospital 'miracle worker' who saved life and limb after the Manchester Arena attack

Lisa Roussos only survived thanks to vascular surgeon Mark Welch

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4 d. ago Kylie Minogue is shiny pop perfection in Manchester AO Arena return

It's utterly joyful shiny pop perfection - just like the woman herself. And if you've got a ticket, you're in for a treat, writes Dianne Bourne

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4 d. ago Kylie Minogue in pictures at triumphant AO Arena Manchester return

Pop princess Kylie Minogue made a triumphant return to Manchester's AO Arena for a record-breaking 32nd time - our photographer captured her entrance

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4 d. ago Bruce Springsteen, Kylie Minogue and Manchester City fans issued warning

The three major events will all be taking place in Manchester tomorrow evening

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6 d. ago No further action on Arena bomb suspect, but bomber's parents, brother and drug dealer pal are still being hunted

EXCLUSIVE: The CPS decided to take no further action against Mohammed Soliman, known as 'Little Mohammed'

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7 d. ago Kylie Minogue review – house, techno doom metal? This is a thrilling reinvention of a pop deity

OVO Hydro, GlasgowHer Tension world tour reaches the UK, and it’s the work of a relaxed but inherently flamboyant singer with a bold new vision for her back catalogueThe lights go down in Glasgow, and Kylie Minogue ascends from underneath the stage like a pop deity: head-to-toe in electric blue PVC, sitting in the centre of a giant neon diamond. After acclaimed runs in Australia and the US, she’s kicking off the UK leg of her Tension tour, celebrating an era that started two years ago with lead single Padam Padam – a phenomenon everywhere from gay clubs to TikTok – and continued with her equally hook-filled albums Tension and Tension II.In contrast to some recent over-complicated arena tour concepts from the likes of Katy Perry, the Tension show is admirably straightforward after Kylie’s big entrance, allowing her to remain the focus at all times. She races through hits – some condensed into medleys – at an astonishing pace; from 1991’s What Do I Have To Do, to Good As Gone from Ten...

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7 d. ago Kylie Minogue ahead of Glasgow OVO Hydro gig soaks up some Scottish sunshine

Kylie Minogue's 2025 Tension Tour will continue in Glasgow's OVO Hydro tonight, Friday May 16.

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7 d. ago Legendary US rocker, 75, shocks onlookers as he's spotted sunbathing in Manchester before arena gig

The American icon, 75, was seen stretched out on the balcony of a city centre hotel, making the most of the rare UK sunshine.

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7 d. ago Add to playlist: underground pop star Neggy Gemmy and the week’s best new tracks

Aggressive, hedonistic and seductive – often in the span of the same song – the independent LA-based singer-songwriter spans shoegaze, vaporwave and capital-P popFrom Los Angeles via VirginiaRecommended if you like PinkPantheress, Kylie Minogue, Daniel Lopatin’s Chuck Person aliasUp next Album She Comes from Nowhere, released 20 JuneNeggy Gemmy has quietly spent the past decade building one of the strongest catalogues in underground pop. Born Lindsey French – and previously known as Negative Gemini – Neggy Gemmy’s music spans coldwave, shoegaze, trance, vaporwave and capital-P pop; her records can be icily aggressive or hedonistic and seductive, often in the span of the same song. Although her work is always distinctive, she’s also canny with iconoclastic references. On 2016’s Body Work, she sampled Britney Spears’ Everytime one song before her own masterpiece of emotional desolation, the breakbeat ballad You Never Knew; the highlight from her underrated 2023 club odyssey CBD Reiki ...

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8 d. ago AD FEATURE: Lorde to perform Manchester arena show this autumn

Don’t miss the chance to catch some huge names live on stage in 2025

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8 d. ago Inquiry into how Manchester Arena plotter was able to attack prison officers

Hashem Abedi was able to carry out the violent attack on four prison officers using boiling oil and homemade weapons

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9 d. ago Bruce Springsteen in furious rant about Donald Trump as he kicks off UK tour

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band performed at the Co-Op Live arena in Manchester as part of his 2025 Land of Hope and Dreams Tour and made a number of furious speeches

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