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The Last Dinner Party have announced a UK and Ireland tour for 2024 – check out the details below.The British baroque-pop group will be playing 16 dates this autumn, including their biggest headline show to date at London’s Eventim Apollo in October.The tour will kick off at O2 City Hall in Newcastle on September 23, followed by dates in Leeds, Norwich, Birmingham, Dublin and more, before they wrap up in London on October 16.The tour will follow the band’s lengthy run of European and North American dates this year in support of debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’ (out February 2).Fans can pre-order the album before 5pm GMT next Tuesday (February 6) to access a pre-sale code for the tour. Pre-sale tickets will be live from 8am GMT on Wednesday (February 7), before general sale at 8am on Friday (February 9).

It's been 25 years since Kerry Katona catapulted to fame as part of girlband Atomic Kitten, and since then, she's made quite the name for herself when it comes to the small screen too - starring in a number of reality shows. But now, the mother-of-five has dreams of becoming an actress.Taking to her weekly column, Kerry, 43, shared her hopes of starring in a scripted comedy.

Marcus Rashford missed Manchester United's 4-2 FA Cup win over Newport County at Rodney Parade on Sunday.

Tributes have been paid to BBC broadcasting legend Walter Love, who has died at the age of 88.

Morrissey has cancelled his concerts commemorating the 20th anniversary of ‘You Are The Quarry’ due to “unforeseen circumstances”.The musician was scheduled to perform two shows in California celebrating the 2004 album, namely on January 26 at Anaheim, California’s Honda Center, and the following day, on January 27 at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.However, last night (January 25), the two venues took to X to announce that the shows will not proceed due to “unforeseen circumstances”, and that “tickets will be automatically refunded to purchasers”.pic.twitter.com/p6noCHTcpY— Honda Center (@HondaCenter) January 25, 2024pic.twitter.com/BHir1IQzrs— The Kia Forum (@thekiaforum) January 25, 2024Morrissey is noted to have a history of cancelling shows. Last April, he pulled the plug on his concert scheduled for London’s Crystal Palace on July 9, before announcing a tour of the UK and Ireland during the same month of the Crystal Palace show.

Heaven knows that thousands of Southern California Morrissey fans are miserable now.

Alex Ritman The 20th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival has landed one of Sundance’s most talked-about films for its opening night. “Love Lies Bleeding,” Rose Glass‘ queer romantic noir starring Kristen Stewart that earned critical acclaim in Park City, is set to raise the curtain on the event with its U.K.

Nadine Shah began a run of UK and European support slots with Depeche Mode last night (January 22), and has shared a new single called ‘Greatest Dancer’ – listen below.The singer-songwriter opened for the synth-pop duo at The O2 in London, which marked the first date of their ‘Memento Mori’ 2024 UK and Ireland tour.Per Setlist.FM, Shah treated the arena crowd to a six-track set that began with ‘Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love)’ from her 2020 album ‘Kitchen Sink’. She also played her 2023 single ‘Topless Mother’, which will appear on her upcoming fifth record ‘Filthy Underneath’.Shah performed ‘Trad’, ‘Fool’ and an unknown song too.

Depeche Mode kicked off the 2024 leg of their ‘Memento Mori’ tour at The O2 in London last night (Monday January 22). Check out photos, footage and the setlist below.Last night marked the first gig of the band’s lengthy run of arena shows in the UK, Ireland and Europe, touring in support of their 15th and most recent album ‘Memento Mori’ and marking their first date in the capital since their acclaimed show at London’s Twickenham Stadium last summer.Following a support slot from Nadine Shah, the band took to the stage to ‘Memento Mori’s atmospheric opener ‘My Cosmos Is Mine’ with an ambitious stage production repeating the light show and Anton Corbijn visuals from the stadium run.Frontman Dave Gahan, while animated in his dancing and showing off his white leather footwear during ‘Walking In My Shoes’, was sparing in his on-stage banter – aside from thanking London for their reception and paying tribute to the “angelic” vocals of bandmate Martin Gore who took the lead for a short acoustic segment.

Ghostpoet has described the new German culture strike as “misdirected”, while also declaring his support for Gaza.In recent weeks figures from the arts and entertainment industry have voiced their support for the Strike Germany movement in response to the government’s “use of McCarthyist policies that suppress freedom of expression” related to showing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.An open letter from the movement claims that Palestine solidarity protests have been “mislabeled as anti-Semitic and banned” while activist spaces are “raided by police, and violent arrests are frequent”.It adds that Strike Germany is a “call for international cultural workers to strike from German cultural institutions”.However, British artist Ghostpoet – real name Obaro Ejimiwe – has expressed scepticism over the strike’s “wave of blanket cancellations”.In an Instagram post shared last week, the Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter wrote that while he shares the anger over “Germany’s unforgivable support of Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians”, it will not “achieve the desired results”.A post shared by Ghostpoet (@ghostpoet)He added that the strike is “misdirected”, because many of the affected institutions are “spaces for dissent against these genocidal policies” but are the ones “paying the price for the government’s position”.Other shortcomings he claimed to be hindering the strike included that there was “no mutual aid plan” that would help provide financial, political, legal and logistical support to strikers, while also noting that arts and culture workers in Germany were “not a cohesive category”.He said most were freelancers whose income depended on exhibitions, gigs and events.“Ultimately, instead of bearing

The three Democrats running for California’s open Senate seat sought to define their differences at their first debate tonight, but the the real flashpoint was with the sole Republican on the stage, Steve Garvey, and where he stood on Donald Trump.

A man who showed off a gold belt buckle he picked up at auction stunned Antiques Roadshow experts with its size. But the guest was himself shocked as the buckle received a very impressive five-figure valuation on the US-version of the show. When asked where he picked it up, the man said: "I got it at an auction two or three years ago.

An Antiques Roadshow guest has been left stunned to discover the staggering value of two vases she purchased in a charity shop for just £2. In an episode that aired on January 21, folks from Derry, Northern Ireland, brought their treasures to Ebrington Square for valuation. One lady brought in two floral vases she'd bought for a quid each after negotiating the price down at a charity shop.

Eamonn Holmes was 'forced' to sell his beloved home in Belfast after losing two appeals against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).The 64 year old TV alum shared in a yet-to-be-aired interview that tax officials had ruled that he was a staff member when working for ITV. He insists that he was a freelancer and never received any sick pay, holiday pay, or shares in companies, however, HMRC ruled that he needed to pay ten years of backdated national insurance and tax payments.This led to Eamonn being faced with a reported bill of £250,000, leaving him with no choice but to sell his property in the Belmont area of Belfast.

Bring Me The Horizon brought out Yungblud for a rendition of ‘Obey’ at their first O2 show in London this weekend – see what went down below.The band were playing two gigs at the venue on Saturday (January 20) and Sunday (21) as part of their 2024 UK and Ireland arena tour.The band and Yungblud have performed ‘Obey’, from BMTH’s 2020 ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’ EP, live together a number of times, including at The O2 in 2021, and joined forces again at Saturday night’s show.Discussing ‘Obey’ in a 2020 NME cover story, Oli Sykes said of Yungblud: “He’s the kind of artist that rock needs – the kind of rock star that changes a scene. I love him; he lights up a room.“He’s the polar opposite to me.

Sunday Brunch hosts were forced to apologise after an actor swore on the live programme. Host Tim Lovejoy told viewers "we apologise for the bad language" after a guest dropped the f-bomb just minutes into the show.

“I’m just so grateful on what I got to infuse in the franchise, and that’s something I’ll be proud of forever,” Melissa Barrera told Deadline at Sundance tonight, indicating no bad blood after being severed from the Scream series by Spyglass Media last month.

Brooklyn Beckham will be launching a pop-up restaurant exclusively available on the Uber Eats app, later this month. The aspiring chef, 24, has created a selection of his favourite comfort food, which will be available in London for two days. Prices start at £10 and the menu includes popular dishes like Chicken Tikka Masala, Wagyu Bolognese, and a very special English Breakfast Sandwich.

The Motion Picture Association has renewed chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin‘s contract for another three-year term.

Dua Lipa has called for a ceasefire in Gaza and urged for world leaders to “take a stand” in a new interview.The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas has continued into the new year, with over 24,000 people now having died on both sides, 23,469 of them Palestinian and 1,200 Israeli.Last year, Lipa joined the likes of Michael Stipe and Cate Blanchett in signing an open letter to President Joe Biden calling for a ceasefire and “an end to the bombing of Gaza and the safe release of hostages”.Speaking to Rolling Stone about her upcoming new album, Lipa reaffirmed her stance on the conflict, saying: “My existence is kind of political, the fact that I lived in London because my parents left from the war,” she said. “I feel for people who have to leave their home.