7 d. ago The Mary Wallopers announce 5 gigs at Glasgow Barrowlands after music festival controversy

Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers will take to the Glasgow Barrowlands' stage for a five-night run this December

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9 d. ago Chris Martin makes heartwarming gesture to young autistic fan at Coldplay’s Wembley show

Coldplay made a young autistic DJ’s dreams come true by bringing him up on stage at Wembley Stadium during the band’s first of ten shows at the huge London venue.

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1 week ago The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard reveals why Rebel Wilson joined the band on stage and admits they only rehearsed an hour before

The musician, 40, left fans shocked when he welcomed the Australian actress, 45, on stage to sing a rendition of Gangsta's Paradise on Friday.

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1 week ago The Kooks frontman, Luke Pritchard, says Reading set felt like a ‘homecoming’

The Brighton-formed band is known for their hit songs Naive, She Moves In Her Own Way, and Junk Of The Heart (Happy).

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1 week ago Major Hollywood star joins The Kooks on Reading stage in last

Hollywood star Rebel Wilson joined The Kooks on stage at Reading Festival for a surprise performance on Friday, 22 August.

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1 week ago Rebel Wilson says surprise performance with The Kooks was planned overnight

The Australian actres joined the rock band during their Friday set at Reading Festival.

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1 week ago Irish band are hauled off stage at UK festival after starting pro

An Irish folk music band were pulled off stage at a UK festival after starting a pro-Palestine chant.

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1 week ago Rebel Wilson surprises fans at Reading Festival as she joins The Kooks on stage for Gangsta's Paradise cover

The Australian actress, 45, was welcomed on stage by frontman Luke Pritchard, with the crowd going wild.

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1 week ago England get the party started on a night that shows just how big this World Cup could be | Andy Bull

Electric atmosphere in Sunderland and at the stadium proves women’s tournament has grown up quicker than anyone ever expectedIt was quiet at Sunderland station on Friday afternoon, and quiet all the way up Union and South Streets and quiet all the way along to Keel Square, where the World Cup was hidden, waiting around the corner like a surprise party. There three, four, five thousand or more were bouncing up and down while a stout lad with Spandex trousers, a sequined jacket and serious pipes was belting out the opening notes of We Will Rock You on the big stage while his band thrashed away behind him. If everywhere else around town was empty, it was because everyone was here. It was a hell of a way to start a World Cup.“Let’s show them how we do it in the north-east!” shouted out the Mackem Mercury as he set a carnival parade off marching over the bridge towards the Stadium of Light for the kick-off. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Festivalgoers stunned as Rebel Wilson joins The Kooks for bizarre 90s rap cover

The Hollywood actress made an unlikely cameo at Reading Festival on Friday

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1 week ago Kneecap rapper Mo Chara due in court today as police issue warning to fans

Demonstrations in support of the Belfast-born rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh — who performs under the stage name Mo Chara in the band Kneecap — have been organised outside the court

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2 w. ago Gorillaz fans have only just realised there's a pun in band's iconic stage name

Gorillaz fans are just clocking onto the joke behind the band's name almost three decades after they released their first song, after being confused by how they came up with the moniker

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2 w. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Vicky Pattison suffers painful health issue days into rehearsals and admits 'it's hard'

The Geordie Shore icon said "I feel like I've been hit by a car" as she said she's in a lot of pain just days into the gruelling practice routines.

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2 w. ago My Cultural Awakening: Years & Years helped me accept my bisexual identity

Olly Alexander’s stage presence and his band’s lyrics pulled together the two sides of my nature, and accept my desire for menI first discovered Olly Alexander, of Years & Years, by accident. I was teaching English as a foreign language in South Korea, and I showed a video of a BBC Glastonbury roundup on the projector as part of the lesson. I remember glimpsing an incredibly cute blond guy on stage, and being transfixed. I knew immediately that he was gay because the way he moved was unashamedly fluid and graceful. He was doing a pirouette.The clip was so short there wasn’t even a mention of the name of the band, so I had to do some detective work. I Googled something ridiculous like “bleached hair gay man Glastonbury 2015” and trawled through hundreds of search results until I found him. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oasis fan, 30, dies hours before concert after falling ill in hotel room

An Oasis fan died just hours before the band took to the stage at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, it has been confirmed, after he flew in from Italy

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3 w. ago 'Oasis vibes in the area' as Gallagher brothers mania hits Edinburgh and Liam gives four

The Burnage band took to the stage in Edinburgh last night following sold-out shows in Cardiff, London and Manchester

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3 w. ago Noel Gallagher's daughter Anais pays tribute to one football team at latest Oasis gig

Anais Gallagher, the daughter of Oasis legend Noel Gallagher, was in the crowd at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Friday evening as the band took to the stage for the first of three sold-out gigs in Scotland

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3 w. ago Star of Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut threatens legal action over ‘false and seriously defamatory’ Instagram claims

Concerns notice issued to Wilson by lawyers for Charlotte MacInnes joins disputes playing out globally over Pitch Perfect actor’s film, The DebGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnother dispute has been added to the sprawling legal saga surrounding Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut, The Deb, with the film’s lead actor issuing a notice to Wilson threatening legal action against her in Australia.Lawyers representing Charlotte MacInnes issued the concerns notice to Rebel Wilson, indicating their intentions to sue for defamation in Western Australia. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man gets up on stage for impromptu performance with band, then people realise who it is

An unexpected appearance from a legendary performer who has won Grammy Awards and Oscars has stunned members of the public, who were thrilled when they realised who it was

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