4 h. ago Why the return of Radiohead will climax one of the greatest ever years for live music

Radiohead are playing four shows in London in November - can they steal the thunder of Oasis in a vintage year for gigs?

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8 h. ago Taylor Swift and Charli XCX tours help drive record year for UK live music

Total consumer spending on the sector reached £6.7 billion in 2024, industry body Live said.

Society

9 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Eras tour helps fuel UK consumer spending on live music to record £6.7bn high

Report from Live shows spending £2bn higher than before Covid-19 shutdowns, although grassroots venues are still closing at an increasing rateUK consumer spending on live music events reached a record-breaking total of £6.68bn in 2024, up 9.5% on the previous year, fuelled in part by Taylor Swift’s blockbuster Eras tour.The report from Live (Live music Industry Venues and Entertainment), the recently formed body advocating for the British music industry’s interests before government, signals a full-bodied return from the effects of Covid-19. The figures are 28.2% higher than in 2022, when live music more or less resumed after the pandemic, and more than £2bn more than in 2019, the last fully functioning year for live music prior to the shutdown. Continue reading...

Economics

52 h. ago Glasgow to hold 'world’s smallest whisky festival' with live music and DJs

The Gate in Glasgow will host a two-day whisky festival with tastings, live music and DJs on September 27–28, with tickets from £25 to £40.

Culture

60 h. ago Addison Rae live at O2 Brixton Academy: 'live show rookie delivers short set of pure pop'

Pop’s newest star makes her move into live performance with a short but sweet show in Brixton

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7 d. ago Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged – live: Selena Gomez message resurfaces after engagement news

Pop superstar was proposed to by the guy on the Chiefs with a ring he designed himself, with photos showing them celebrating in a lavish floral setting

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7 d. ago Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged – live: Meghan, William and Kate, and Trump lead reactions to engagement news

Pop superstar was proposed to by the guy on the Chiefs with a ring he designed himself, with photos showing them celebrating in a lavish floral setting

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7 d. ago Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged – live: Meghan, Prince and Princess of Wales and Trump react to engagement news

Pop superstar was proposed to by the guy on the Chiefs with a ring he designed himself, with photos showing them celebrating in a lavish floral setting

Politics

7 d. ago Grieving sister finishes album three years after sibling's tragic death

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The Paisley woman's death sent shockwaves across the Scottish live music community.

Events

1 week ago Manchester Pride 2025 LIVE Sunday updates as Nelly Furtado and Olly Alexander headline festival

It's another big day at Manchester Pride 2025

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1 week ago Manchester Pride Parade 2025 LIVE as thousands head to the city centre for huge celebration

The Manchester Pride Parade will take place today alongside big name performances across the city

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1 week ago Earl Sweatshirt: Live Laugh Love review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Tan Cressida/Warner Records)With a sunlit disposition and paeans to his daughter, the mood turns lighter on the US MC’s sixth album – but the glitching, crashing beats are as esoteric as everThe launch party for Earl Sweatshirt’s sixth album was, by all accounts, a confounding affair. Some attenders came away convinced that Live Laugh Love contained guest appearances not merely by Vince Staples, but actor/rapper Donald Glover and comedian Dave Chappelle (it doesn’t, although all three contributed to a fanzine produced for the event). At one juncture, the DJ announced the arrival of “my brother, Earl Sweatshirt” before the appearance of someone who was visibly not Earl Sweatshirt – he was Asian, and apparently goes under the winning stage name Gary Underpants – performing a succession of Earl Sweatshirt songs. In the aftermath, at least one online music title didn’t seem sure whether it actually was a launch party for a new album or “an elaborate prank”: would a man whose grim world...

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1 week ago Kneecap press on with European tour despite Hungary ban and cancelled gigs

Rap trio will face intense scrutiny from French authorities when they play Rock en Seine festival on SundayThe Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap are ploughing ahead with their European tour despite a ban on entering Hungary, the cancellation of a string of concerts in Austria and Germany, and the intense scrutiny of authorities in France.The Irish-language group will this Sunday play in front an expected 40,000 spectators at the Rock en Seine festival west of Paris, one of France’s biggest live music events of the year, just days after one of their members appeared at a London court on a terrorism charge. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oasis tease FOURTH live single as brothers wrap up UK and Ireland leg of reunion tour

Fans say Liam sounds 'better than ever' in newly released clip

Society

2 w. ago North Lanarkshire Council’s arts development team and Coatbridge's Summerlee Museum announce Music in the Museum return

This vibrant programme of live music events is designed to support creative health, community connection and cultural celebration.

Culture

2 w. ago Vienna announced as host city for Eurovision song contest 2026

Final of 70th edition of competition to be held on 16 May at the Wiener Stadthalle, Austria’s largest indoor arenaVienna has been chosen to host the Eurovision song contest 2026, the world’s biggest live televised music event, Austria’s public broadcaster announced, with the final set for 16 May.Austria’s JJ won this year’s competition, held in Basel in Switzerland, with his song Wasted Love, which blends techno beats with operatic vocals – making his home country the 2026 host. Continue reading...

Culture

2 w. ago Eurovision, the world's largest live music event, to take place in Vienna next year

Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Vienna

Politics

2 w. ago Manchester United v Arsenal buildup and Ipswich v Southampton updates – matchday live

Latest news from Premier League opening weekend Get in touch! Share your thoughts in an email to JohnOur man in Manchester, Jamie Jackson, is here to answer your questions on United, as he prepares for Manchester United against Arsenal. City questions welcome, too. And whatever else you fancy. JJ is an expert on house music, too.Email in at Matchday.live@theguardian.comLooked at coldly, Grealish’s career has mapped an almost perfect arc. A kid shows talent, joins his local club, prospers, leaves them for a giant, wins trophies, has one outstanding season, and then, as he approaches 30, he drops down again joining another of England’s slumbering giants. How else should a career look? You would probably want that third phase to start two or three years later but that aside, this is pretty much the model. Had he stayed at Villa, there would have been corners of the internet mocking him for his lack of ambition and lack of medals, as happened with Harry Kane before he left Tottenham for...

Sport

2 w. ago Buildup to Manchester United v Arsenal, Chelsea v Crystal Palace and more – matchday live

Latest news from Premier League opening weekend Get in touch! Share your thoughts in an email to JohnOur man in Manchester, Jamie Jackson, is here to answer your questions on United, as he prepares for Manchester United against Arsenal. City questions welcome, too. And whatever else you fancy. JJ is an expert on house music, too.Email in at Matchday.live@theguardian.comLooked at coldly, Grealish’s career has mapped an almost perfect arc. A kid shows talent, joins his local club, prospers, leaves them for a giant, wins trophies, has one outstanding season, and then, as he approaches 30, he drops down again joining another of England’s slumbering giants. How else should a career look? You would probably want that third phase to start two or three years later but that aside, this is pretty much the model. Had he stayed at Villa, there would have been corners of the internet mocking him for his lack of ambition and lack of medals, as happened with Harry Kane before he left Tottenham for...

Sport

2 w. ago Mac DeMarco: ‘People use AI to write lyrics now. Give me a break’

The sometime poster boy for slacker rock talks to Kevin E G Perry about quitting drinking and smoking, starting his new album over again and why young artists should embrace the messiness of human imperfection

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