3 h. ago Mike Peters dead aged 66: Frontman of Welsh band The Alarm who performed with Bob Dylan and U2 dies after blood cancer battle

Mike Peters, frontman of Welsh rock band The Alarm, has died from blood cancer aged 66, a spokesman for the charity he co-founded has announced.

Events

21 h. ago Kneecap is a ‘hate fest’ promoting division, says DUP leader

Gavin Robinson accused the band of performing in ‘a grotesque way’ and called them ‘totally inappropriate’.

Politics

24 h. ago Labour MP urges Glastonbury organisers to remove Kneecap from festival line

David Taylor said it would be ‘deeply troubling’ to see the band performing at the event after a member allegedly called for the death of Tory MPs.

Politics

30 h. ago Oasis fans make tour prediction about band's 'best live song'

Oasis fans have been debating the band's best ever live performance - but sadly for those who agree, it's unlikely to feature on the upcoming reunion tour setlist

Society

32 h. ago Oasis fans 'find band's best performance' – but don't expect it to be on tour

Oasis fans heading to see the group later this summer may be surprised to hear one of their 'best' live songs will likely not feature, as fans consider whether the deep cut will be performed

Politics

5 d. ago Oasis fans conned out of £2m in ticket scams for reunion tour

Scammers have pounced on the frenzy surrounding the band’s long-awaited reunion tour.

Economics

5 d. ago Definitely shady! Oasis fans lost more than £2million to ticket scams, Lloyds estimates

Oasis fans make up more than half (56%) of all reported concert ticket scams so far this year, according to Lloyds’ data, losing £436 on average

Economics

5 d. ago Oasis fans lose up to £1,700 each in 'biggest scam of the year'

Across the UK there are likely to have been at least 5,000 victims

Economics

5 d. ago Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII review – mesmerically peculiar portrait of band on cusp of greatness

Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason are space rock whippets in the burning Italian sun in this outrageously indulgent yet vivid and beguiling music documentaryHere they are: Pink Floyd in 1971, amazingly young, amazingly thin, like four space-rock whippets standing mysteriously on their hind legs in the burning Italian sun. Dave Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason are performing “live at Pompeii” in this mesmerically peculiar and outrageously indulgent music documentary from film-maker Adrian Maben, now on rerelease over half a century later, available on freakily large Imax screens undreamt of in the 70s. The music and the atmosphere are an irresistible fan-madeleine for those who can remember referring to them solemnly as “the Floyd” (ahem).The band are shown performing live in Pompeii’s ancient Roman amphitheatre in the late afternoon, but not to an audience as you might assume, but weirdly and almost haughtily alone. The banks of amplifiers are pounding out the mu...

Culture

5 d. ago Oasis reunion tour ticket scams cost fans more than £2m, Lloyds bank estimates

Victims include fans rushing to buy tickets at well over face value, data collected by Lloyds Banking Group suggestsOasis fans have collectively lost more than £2m to scams since tickets for its reunion tour went on sale last year, a major bank has estimated.Lloyds Banking Group based the calculation on the volume of fraud reports made by its own customers. Oasis fans make up more than half (56%) of all reported concert ticket scams so far this year, according to Lloyds’ data, losing £436 on average. Continue reading...

Economics

5 d. ago Oasis fan lost £1,700 in scam during scramble for reunion tour tickets

Many Oscar fans are paying well over face value in their desperation to attend one of the Britpop band’s reunion shows

Sport

5 d. ago Oasis fans have already lost £2m to ticket scams, major bank warns

Oasis fans have collectively lost over £2million to ticket scams, estimates from Lloyds bank show.

Events

5 d. ago Oasis fans scammed out of more than £2million by fraudsters amid scramble for gig tickets

Analysis by Lloyds bank suggests more than 5,000 Oasis fans could been duped into handing over money for fake concert tickets for the band's sold-out reunion tour losing more than the average scam

Economics

5 d. ago Oasis fans scammed out of £2 million as ticket fraud surges ahead of reunion tour

Avid Oasis fans have lost over £2 million to scams in the UK since tickets for the band’s highly anticipated reunion tour went on sale

Economics

5 d. ago The £2m nightmare that ruined the dreams of 1,000s of Oasis fans desperate to get into Heaton Park gigs

Liam and Noel Gallagher will be playing five nights at the Manchester concert venue in July

Economics

5 d. ago Oasis fans have lost more than £2m to ticket scams, Lloyds estimates

The bank also revealed scam victims are most likely to live in cities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle and Newport.

Economics

5 d. ago Oasis fans conned out of £2million to scams since reunion tickets went on sale

Lloyds bank has received more than 1,000 claims since tickets went on sale for the gigs this summer, with Oasis fans believed to have been scammed out of more than £2million

Economics

5 d. ago Oasis fans scammed out of more than £2million for reunion tour tickets

Lloyds Banking Group based the calculation on the volume of fraud reports made by its own customers and found that Oasis fans make up more than half of all reported concert ticket scams so far this year

Economics

6 d. ago Trans musician Bells Larsen was forced to cancel his US tour: ‘My livelihood has been robbed’

The Canadian singer-songwriter is releasing an album about his transition. Trump’s ‘dehumanizing’ new passport rules mean he won’t perform it for US fansBells Larsen knew that releasing a low-fi, folksy album about his transition as the Trump administration relentlessly attacked LGBTQ+ people would give it an inherently political edge. But the Canadian singer-songwriter did not expect to be caught in a bureaucratic nightmare while attempting to tour the US – and ultimately have to cancel that tour due to the gender marker in his passport.On 12 April, Larsen announced on Instagram that he was pulling out of concerts to promote the album in eight cities this spring: “To put it super plainly, because I’m trans (and have an M on my passport), I can’t tour in the States,” he wrote. Continue reading...

Society

6 d. ago Oasis fans estimated to have lost more than £2m to ticket scams

Fans have lost over £2 million trying to grab tickets for the long waited reunion tour says Lloyds, with Newport being a hotspot for scammers

Economics