1 week ago Robbie William begs Oasis to let him entertain fans on their mega reunion tour

Rock DJ legend Robbie Williams was previously involved in a feud with Oasis stars Liam and Noel Gallagher, but now says he'd happily open for them on their world reunion tour

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1 week ago Robbie Williams begs Oasis to let him entertain fans on their mega reunion tour

Rock DJ legend Robbie Williams was previously involved in a feud with Oasis stars Liam and Noel Gallagher, but now says he'd happily open for them on their world reunion tour

Politics

1 week ago Rail passenger in court after 'dodging train fares 113 times'

Charles Brohiri, 28, has been charged with more than 100 counts of travelling without a ticket - and is accused of continuing to fare dodge despite being banned from going into any Thameslink station

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1 week ago Simon Calder’s six ways to fix Britain’s broken rail fare system

Train Talk: How to ease the pain for travellers and taxpayers

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1 week ago ‘Liam Gallagher is funnier than most standups!’: Is comedy the new rock’n’roll – or vice versa?

Oasis’s tour gobbled up Edinburgh audiences while fringe comics put on shows about Britpop and Arctic Monkeys. The music industry and the funny business could be more entwined than ever‘Comedy is the new rock’n’roll!” This line, variously attributed to a defunct listings mag, a member of the Comedy Store Players and Janet Street-Porter, became common currency in the 1990s, when comedy gatecrashed arenas with Newman and Baddiel’s maiden Wembley gig in 1993. Had the art of making people laugh eclipsed – in size, public enthusiasm, cultural cachet – the art of making people groove?It feels like a quaint conversation in light of the arrival of Oasis’s mega-tour in Edinburgh this month, which triggered panic among standups at the gazumping of their fringe audience. But has comedy returned to playing second fiddle to its sexier, better-loved big brother? Or are such distinctions meaningless in a cultural landscape unrecognisable from the 1990s? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bruges mayor expects Rangers invasion for Champions League showdown as Scots cops asked to help amid bus crisis

Dirk De Fauw has also warned that there's a law against travelling to the Jan Breydel Stadium without a ticket

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3 w. ago Oasis mega fan gets golden ticket from man who travelled from Malaysia

Dave Glynn feared that his golden ticket to see the iconic Manchester rockers was “too good to be true”, after he was promised tickets online by a complete stranger ‘Half the World Away.’

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4 w. ago British teenager boards flight to Italy without a ticket after losing parents in airport

It is still unclear how the 15-year-old boy passed through gate-check in security without a ticket

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