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The Royal Ballet
24 July 2024

The Royal Ballet School Announces Regional Training Hub Partnership With Dance Base Scotland
The Royal Ballet School has teamed up with Dance Base Scotland to establish a regional training hub. The partnership will provide high-quality Royal Ballet School programmes in Scotland for young ...

Adrian Edmondson starred alongside Rik Mayall in the sitcom Bottom
12 April 2024

Adrian Edmondson reflects on losing co-star Rik Mayall 10 years on from his death
Adrian Edmonson still finds it "really weird" that Rik Mayall is no longer here. The 67-year-old star shot to fame alongside his fellow comedian - who died in 2014 at the ...

Family recreates Glastonbury in their garden after the festival was cancelled
22 June 2020

Family Recreates Glastonbury in Their Garden After the Festival Was Cancelled
A Worcestershire family have recreated Glastonbury in their garden after the coronavirus pandemic saw the festival cancelled. Fiona Rees, 50, husband Matt, 43, and 11-year-old son Dylan are huge fans ...

Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter ‘astonished’ to hear about statue campaign
22 June 2020

Dame Vera Lynn’s Daughter ‘Astonished’ to Hear About Statue Campaign
Dame Vera Lynn's daughter has said she was "absolutely astonished" to hear of a campaign to build a statue in her memory. The singer, who entertained troops with morale-boosting visits ...

The Specials star Lynval Golding says seeing BLM protests felt ‘great’
22 June 2020

The Specials Star Lynval Golding Says Seeing Blm Protests Felt ‘Great’
The Specials guitarist Lynval Golding has said it felt "great" to see so many young people out supporting the Black Lives Matter protests. The guitarist told The Big Issue magazine ...

Kate Garraway pens Father’s Day tribute to her husband amid Covid-19 battle
21 June 2020

Kate Garraway Pens Father’s Day Tribute to Her Husband Amid Covid-19 Battle
Kate Garraway has penned an emotional Father's Day tribute to her husband as he battles to recover from coronavirus. Derek Draper, 52, was taken to hospital at the end of ...

Eddie Redmayne backs motor neurone disease awareness campaign
21 June 2020

Eddie Redmayne Backs Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Campaign
Eddie Redmayne has thrown his support behind a campaign to raise awareness about motor neurone disease. The Oscar-winning actor praised a new video made for the Motor Neurone Disease Association ...

Tom Petty’s family hit out at Trump for using song in ‘campaign of hate’
21 June 2020

Tom Petty’S Family Hit out At Trump for Using Song in ‘Campaign of Hate’
The family of the late singer Tom Petty have hit out at Donald Trump for using his music for "a campaign of hate". In a statement issued on the singer's ...

Marvin Humes urges men to reach out to each other on Father’s Day
21 June 2020

Marvin Humes Urges Men to Reach out to Each Other on Father’S Day
Marvin Humes has urged men to reach out to their loved ones to check on their mental health on Father's Day. The JLS singer told Channel 4's Sunday Brunch that ...

Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged guitar fetches almost £5million at auction
21 June 2020

Kurt Cobain’S MTV Unplugged Guitar Fetches Almost £5Million At Auction
The guitar used by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during the band's famous MTV Unplugged in New York concert sold for a staggering 6 million dollars (about GBP 4.85 million) at ...

Guitar from Prince’s prime sells for huge sum at auction
20 June 2020

Guitar From Prince’S Prime Sells for Huge Sum At Auction
A custom guitar played by Prince at the height of his stardom in the 1980s and 1990s has sold for a staggering 563,500 US dollars (GBP 456,300) at auction. The ...

Major Lazer dance track named ‘biggest summer song of the decade’
20 June 2020

Major Lazer Dance Track Named ‘Biggest Summer Song of the Decade’
Major Lazer's Lean On has been named the biggest summer song of the last 10 years by a radio station. Kiss revealed that the song had been searched for more ...

Will Smith opens up on his ‘ultimate failure’
20 June 2020

Will Smith Opens Up on His ‘Ultimate Failure’
An emotional Will Smith described divorce from his first wife as his "ultimate failure". The Hollywood star, 51, sat down with his wife of 23 years Jada Pinkett Smith for ...

Beyonce releases surprise new song titled Black Parade
20 June 2020

Beyonce Releases Surprise New Song Titled Black Parade
Beyonce has delighted fans by releasing a surprise new song titled Black Parade, shortly after announcing a project by the same name to support black-owned businesses. The pop titan chose ...

Jean-Michel Jarre says virtual reality concert will be ‘like the Matrix’
20 June 2020

Jean-Michel Jarre Says Virtual Reality Concert Will Be ‘Like the Matrix’
French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre has said his upcoming virtual reality concert will be "like the Matrix". The 71-year-old, from Lyon, said it would go one step beyond the ...

Prince’s rare ‘Blue Angel’ guitar fetches huge price at auction
20 June 2020

Prince’S Rare ‘Blue Angel’ Guitar Fetches Huge Price At Auction
Prince's "Blue Angel" Cloud 2 guitar, used at the height of the revered rock star's career throughout the 1980s and 90s, has fetched 563,500 dollars (about GBP 456,000) at auction. ...

£50 million cash injection needed ‘to prevent mass closure of music venues’
19 June 2020

£50 Million Cash Injection Needed ‘To Prevent Mass Closure of Music Venues’
There will be mass closures of music venues unless the Government steps in to provide a GBP 50 million cash injection to the sector, a charity has said. The Music ...

Alicia Keys releases new song about lives cut short due to racism
19 June 2020

Alicia Keys Releases New Song About Lives Cut Short Due to Racism
Alicia Keys has released a new song about lives that have been cut short due to racism. The US singer's new track is titled Perfect Way To Die. The Grammy ...

Sofia Coppola reveals fate of Josh Hartnett’s wig from The Virgin Suicides
19 June 2020

Sofia Coppola Reveals Fate of Josh Hartnett’S Wig From the Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola has revealed that she still has the wig worn by Josh Hartnett in her directorial debut The Virgin Suicides, more than 20 years after the film was made. ...

Live Nation launches socially-distanced drive-in gig series
19 June 2020

Live Nation Launches Socially-Distanced Drive-In Gig Series
Dizzee Rascal, Kaiser Chiefs, Gary Numan and Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley will perform during a series of socially-distanced drive-in music concerts this summer. The programme will visit 12 venues, such ...

More than 450 films available to cinemas when they reopen
19 June 2020

More Than 450 Films Available to Cinemas when They Reopen
More than 450 films will be available to cinemas when they reopen to help them entice audiences back. The films have been collated by the Film Distributors' Association (FDA) in ...

Abandoned bus made famous by Into The Wild removed by Alaskan authorities
19 June 2020

Abandoned Bus Made Famous By Into the Wild Removed By Alaskan Authorities
A bus abandoned in the Alaskan wilderness and made famous by the book and film Into The Wild has been removed for public safety after tourists repeatedly had to be ...

Taylor Swift joins calls to make Juneteenth a national holiday in the US
19 June 2020

Taylor Swift Joins Calls to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday in the Us
Taylor Swift has joined calls for Juneteenth, the date which marks the official end of slavery in the US, to be made a national holiday. June 19 commemorates the day ...

Jamie Foxx shares update on long-awaited Mike Tyson biopic
19 June 2020

Jamie Foxx Shares Update on Long-Awaited Mike Tyson Biopic
Jamie Foxx has confirmed the long-awaited Mike Tyson biopic is still in the works. The Oscar-winning star, 52, is set to play the former heavyweight champion boxer in a film ...