Many artists who took to the stage at last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival have seen a huge uplift on the UK’s Official Albums Chart this week and a boost to their catalogue’s sales and streams, according to new data.
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Billie Eilish will make history when she takes to the Pyramid Stage tonight as Glastonbury Festival’s youngest ever solo headliner.The Grammy-winning singer, 20, will perform alongside her brother and co-writer Finneas O’Connell.The US pop star made her Glastonbury debut in 2019 when she performed on the Other Stage and treated crowds to a string of tracks such as Bad Guy and You Should See Me In A Crown. In the weeks leading up to Glastonbury, Eilish has played a string of UK and European tour dates and also hosted a climate event, Overheated, at London’s O2 Arena.
She also topped the bill at Coachella in the US in April, bringing out guests Khalid and Damon Albarn for a set that thrilled fans and reviewers. The weather was set to be dry during her performance, despite the high chance of showers throughout the afternoon.
Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst told the PA news agency: “It’s going to be a fairly cloudy start to the morning, there is going to be a few showers around but on the light side generally so a bit of a cloudy damp start to the day but quite a warm start with temperatures around 16C. “It does look like it will get drier and brighter as the morning goes on.
“There will be a few glimmers of sunshine by the early afternoon but then it looks like into the early evening there is a band of rain that is coming from the west so around 4pm there will be some showery rain that will push eastwards across Glastonbury – but it should clear around about 7pm. “The rest of the evening should be dry, if we get any sunshine it will be around 19C but compared to today 24C it will be a cooler day.” On the day Eilish headlines Glastonbury, Sir Paul McCartney will be warming up for his Saturday headline slot by
.Many artists who took to the stage at last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival have seen a huge uplift on the UK’s Official Albums Chart this week and a boost to their catalogue’s sales and streams, according to new data.
Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish and Finneas are some of the acts added to a special TV programme that aims to raise awareness about and funds for Ukraine.NBC’s Ukraine: Answering he Call airs this Sunday (July 3) with appearances from a range of entertainment guests including Alicia Keys, Jon Batiste, Kristen Bell, Brandi Carlile and Julianne Moore. Sheryl Crow is another fresh addition.The show, which also airs on US channels MSNBC and CNBC, is an hour-long event that will give viewers the chance to help families by donating to the International Rescue Committee, an organisation that helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives.Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky will address Americans during the special and will encourage them to use their voices to fight for peace.
If you want to know which famous person Billie Eilish has made out with, too bad. On “The Late Late Show,” the singer proved she’d rather eat the most disgusting food James Corden could come up with than say if, or who, she may or may not have kissed.
The Academy has just unveiled the full of list of entertainers and creatives that they have invited to join the membership of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Billie Eilish put her stomach to the test while playing “Spill the Tea” with James Corden during the latest installment of “The Late Late Show”, filmed in the TV host’s London hometown.
Clayton Davis Anya Taylor-Joy, Billie Eilish, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan and Disney exec Dana Walden are among the 397 artists and executives invited to join the membership of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. If all of this year’s invitees accept membership, it will bring the total number of Academy members to 10,665, with 9,665 eligible to vote for the 95th Oscars set to take place on March 12, 2023.The 2022 class is 44% women, 37% belong to underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 50% are from 53 countries and territories outside the United States.
K.J. Yossman James Corden had a triumphant homecoming on Monday night as he taped the “The Late Late Show” in London, U.K., the first date in a week-long residence in Corden’s homeland.In addition to an enthusiastic local crowd that included Corden’s parents, his wife Julia and his two eldest children, as well as executive producer Ben Winston’s father Lord Robert Winston, Corden was joined in the makeshift studio by guests Billie Eilish and “Stranger Things'” David Harbour as well as Lizzo via a Carpool Karaoke episode pre-recorded in Los Angeles.It is the first time Corden has brought “The Late Late Show” to British shores since 2019 (a fact he referenced during his opening remarks when he asked the audience: “So, anything happened between now and then?”) and it will also be the last time, with the host due to step down from the gig next spring.
Kate Moss, Stella McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Bruce Springsteen, and Cara Delevingne looked to be having a ball at Glastonbury, and oh to be part of that iconic crew. The legends of fashion and music posed together in a totally star-studded snap after Bruce joined headliner Sir Paul McCartney for an epic performance. Noel, who also performed with his band the High Flying Birds, took a moment to appreciate his fellow musician, giving us an (almost) smile in the incredible snap posted to Stella’s Instagram.
Paul McCartney played a video of Johnny Depp during his three-hour Glastonbury set. The 80-year-old Beatle, who became the festival’s oldest solo headlining act, projected the video across the stage’s giant screens as he played My Valentine. The clip was taken from McCartney’s original music video for his 2012 song.
Billie Eilish made history on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Friday night. During her energetic set at Worthy Farm she treated the audience to a selection of hit songs from her two number-one albums including Bury A Friend, When The Party’s Over and Bag Guy.
Billie Eilish smiles on stage during her performance on day three of the 2022 Glastonbury Festival on Friday (June 24) in Glastonbury, England.
Billie Eilish called Friday - the day she headlined Glastonbury Festival - a "really dark day for women in the US" after the Supreme Court ended the country’s constitutional right to abortion.The 20-year-old singer’s comments come after it was announced that the US court decided to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade case that legalised abortion nationwide. During her set on the Pyramid Stage on Friday night, she spoke out against the ruling as she introduced her song Your Power, which explores people abusing their power.
Glastonbury Festival is already well underway, with thousands of festival-goers having headed down to Worthy Farm in Somerset on 22 and 23 June. The iconic festival has finally returned after three years with a line-up jam-packed with incredible musicians, including the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Diana Ross.
Billie Eilish will make history as she takes to the Pyramid Stage to headline the first major night of Glastonbury festival. No pressure, eh?The 20-year-old Grammy and Brit-Award winner will become the youngest ever solo headliner when she performs alongside her brother and co-writer Finneas O’Connell. The US pop star made her Worthy Farm debut in 2019 when she performed on the Other Stage and treated crowds to a string of tracks such as Bad Guy and You Should See Me In A Crown.
The Late Late Show With James Corden has announced a star-studded line-up for its upcoming week of UK-based episodes.Broadcasting from Freemasons’ Hall in London, the new batch of special episodes will air on Sky Comedy from Tuesday, June 28 to Friday, July 1.The esteemed guests appearing on the show include President Joe Biden, Vin Diesel (Fast And Furious), Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Ed Sheeran, Jamie Dornan (Belfast), John Boyega (Star Wars), David Harbour (Stranger Things), Alanis Morissette, Sam Smith and Tessa Thompson (Thor: Love and Thunder, Westworld).A description for one of the episodes reads: “James Corden immerses himself into the heart of American politics in his most prestigious ‘Take a Break’ segment yet when he fills in as the assistant to President of the United States Joe Biden, among other important duties.”While appearing as a guest on the show, Lizzo will also feature in a new addition of Carpool Karaoke.The upcoming episodes will mark Corden’s final season as the show’s host, with the presenter previously confirming that he’ll return to the UK full-time once he finishes in spring 2023 [via Variety].Corden first announced his decision to leave the chat show back in April this year.“This will be my last year hosting the show,” he said in a statement at the time. “When I started this journey, it was always going to be just that.
Billie Eilish has added another leg to her ‘Happier Than Ever’ world tour, announcing six tour dates in Asia this August.The shows, announced today (June 23), will mark Eilish’s first-ever headlining shows in the continent. The singer had previously performed in Singapore, Tokyo and Osaka in 2018 as part of the Laneway and Summer Sonic festivals respectively.The new dates will take Eilish to cities across the Philippines, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Japan.