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Netflix's Too Much star Daisy Bevan is spitting image of BBC star mum and iconic British family

Netflix's Too Much star Daisy Bevan is spitting image of BBC star mum and iconic British family

Lena Dunham finally returned to our screens today with her latest Netflix comedy-drama Too Much - a semi-biographical love story starring Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe. Loosely based on the story of how Lena ended up with her British musician...

‘Winged Victory’: Folk musician Willi Carlisle opens up about his new album

‘Winged Victory’: Folk musician Willi Carlisle opens up about his new album

Katy Henriksen NWA Democrat-Gazette Although folk singer Willi Carlisle now considers Kansas City home, it was a move to Fayetteville to study poetry at the University of Arkansas that really kickstarted his trajectory as a masterful storyteller...

Music acts performing at Emirates Old Trafford this summer revealed

Music acts performing at Emirates Old Trafford this summer revealed

Manchester Originals has revealed the line-up for The Hundred 2025, marking the 30-day countdown to the start of the tournament. The fifth instalment of the cricket tournament will commence on August 6, and will feature four match days. There will...

Opportunities for drug diversion improvements demonstrated in the UK

Opportunities for drug diversion improvements demonstrated in the UK

Global perspectives on drug diversion webinar Lto R: Darren Nicholas, the Assistant Director of criminal justice services at Cranstoun; host Alex Hogan from Uniting; Jason Harwin retired Chief Police Officer; Jason Kew Senior Practice lead at The...

Scheduling Clash Sparks Tension Between Wally Seck Concert and Gambian Cultural Weekend in Birmingham

Scheduling Clash Sparks Tension Between Wally Seck Concert and Gambian Cultural Weekend in Birmingham

- Advertisement - Written by: Campeh Bi The Birmingham Cultural Weekend, organised by the Campeh Bi group in collaboration with Manding Entertainment Ltd to promote Gambian culture and foster community cohesion, is set to take place on 19 and 20...

Doechii insists she was 'right' to call out President Donald Trump after LA protests to ICE raids as she poses for stunning British Vogue shoot

Doechii insists she was 'right' to call out President Donald Trump after LA protests to ICE raids as she poses for stunning British Vogue shoot

Doechii has declared she was 'right' to call out President Donald Trump for his protests crackdown, after being praised by fans for her impassioned speech at the BET Awards. The rapper, 26, used her acceptance speech at the ceremony to address the...

Die Spitz announce new album Something to Consume

Die Spitz announce new album Something to Consume

Die Spitz were born and raised in Austin, making a name for themselves through ferocious live shows that fall somewhere between punk, metal, and alt-rock. They just announced their debut album, Something to Consume, which was produced by Will Yip...

Stunning pictures as UB40 and Soul II Soul wow music lovers Mouth of the Tyne Festival

Stunning pictures as UB40 and Soul II Soul wow music lovers Mouth of the Tyne Festival

Reggae legends UB40 were joined by Soul II Soul at Tynemouth Priory on a sunny first evening of the annual Mouth of the Tyne Festival. The band - famed for tunes like Red, Red Wine - gave crowds at the tip of North Tyneside an evening to remember...

On This Day in 2000, Coldplay Introduced Themselves to the World With Their Debut Album

On This Day in 2000, Coldplay Introduced Themselves to the World With Their Debut Album

Before the pop boom of 2010, rock bands were still major forces in the music industry. Though, as current events show us, bands are not the most popular musical acts anymore. Well, there is still one band that continues to sell out stadiums and...

Bob Dylan Will Hit the UK and Ireland for a String of Shows This Fall

Bob Dylan Will Hit the UK and Ireland for a String of Shows This Fall

Releasing his self-titled album in 1962, Bob Dylan went on to become the poet laureate of folk-rock music. More than six decades later, the 84-year-old legend is still full of surprises, recently playing one of his signature songs live for the...

UK joining Eutelsat’s €1.5bn capital increase

UK joining Eutelsat’s €1.5bn capital increase

Eutelsat has announced that the UK is to participate in the contemplated capital increase announced by Eutelsat on June 19th. This additional participation from another key reference shareholder will increase the total amount to be raised to €1.5...

Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists

Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists

More than 30,000 people a year in England and Wales could die from heat-related causes by the 2070s, scientists have warned. A new study calculates that heat mortality could rise more than fiftyfold in 50 years because of climate heating....

Deftones Announce New Album Private Music, Share New Song “My Mind Is a Mountain”: Listen

Deftones Announce New Album Private Music, Share New Song “My Mind Is a Mountain”: Listen

Deftones are coming back with their first studio album in nearly five years: Private Music arrives August 22 (via Reprise/Warner). Its lead single, “My Mind Is a Mountain,” is out now, and you can listen to it below. Private Music follows...

Bob Vylan Singer Asks UK Crowd to Stop “Death to the IDF” Chant Amid Police Investigation

Bob Vylan Singer Asks UK Crowd to Stop “Death to the IDF” Chant Amid Police Investigation

On Wednesday night, July 9, British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan played their first show in England since their controversial set at Glastonbury where frontman Bobby Vylan led the crowd in a chant of “Death, death to the IDF.” The gig took place at the...

Bob Dylan announces UK and Ireland tour with two Glasgow dates

Bob Dylan announces UK and Ireland tour with two Glasgow dates

The shows will be phone-free, and people will be asked to put their phones in a Yondr pouch, which closes automatically when in the venue and unlocks in the venue’s concourse. It comes amid a surge in interest in the Hurricane singer’s career,...

The Musicians Who Were Conspicuously Absent from Live Aid

The Musicians Who Were Conspicuously Absent from Live Aid

News And why they weren't there. Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, all of whom were conspicuously absent from Live Aid (Getty Images) This story is part of our continuing coverage in honor of Live Aid Week in...

Cultural Manifesto: Joel Frederiksen on fusing the songs of Leonard Cohen with music of the French Renaissance

Cultural Manifesto: Joel Frederiksen on fusing the songs of Leonard Cohen with music of the French Renaissance

July 09, 2025 Listen to an interview with the vocalist and lute player Joel Frederiksen. He’ll be performing in Indiana with the Ensemble Phoenix Munich on July 11th and 13th as part of the Indianapolis Early Music Festival. Joel Frederiksen is...

Sam Russo unveils new single, announces UK album release shows

Sam Russo unveils new single, announces UK album release shows

Sam Russo has just shared a brand-new single and video, Gator Lodge. The track is taken from his forthcoming album Hold You Hard, which is due out on August 8. The musician promises that it will “take you to some of the places my music has taken...

Black Sabbath Practiced Two Extra Songs for Their ‘Back To The Beginning’ Concert That They Didn’t Play

Black Sabbath Practiced Two Extra Songs for Their ‘Back To The Beginning’ Concert That They Didn’t Play

The original lineup of Black Sabbath took the stage for the final time over the weekend, playing a handful of their iconic songs to a sold-out crowd in their hometown of Birmingham, England. Turns out, however, the band didn’t play every song...

British popstar hot off her Glastonbury gig reveals she was once BANNED from all Sainsbury's stores across the UK over shoplifting

British popstar hot off her Glastonbury gig reveals she was once BANNED from all Sainsbury's stores across the UK over shoplifting

Brit popstar PinkPantheress has revealed she was once banned from all Sainsbury's stores across the UK for shoplifting. The singer-songwriter, 24 - whose real name Victoria Beverley Walker - wowed crowds at Glastonbury just last month. But while...

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