Black Music Action Coalition, Live Nation Create Live-Music Career Course and Paid Internship Program

The moment Colson Smith revealed to his Coronation Street co-stars Jack P Shepherd and Ben Price that he'll be taking part in Celebrity Big Brother has been revealed as part of the trio's podcast.

Janey Godley opened up about living with her terminal cancer diagnosis and how she's taking steps to make things easier for her family.

REM, Amy Winehouse, Florence & The Machine, Adele, The Killers and Nick Cave. It was also the venue for Kings Of Leon’s first UK show in 2006.The former Edwardian dance hall has been used as a music venue since 2001, when it was restored by its current owners, Charlie Raworth and Emma Hutchinson.Now, Bush Hall has confirmed its future as a music establishment is under threat and they are four months away from “making a hideous decision” about whether to cease hosting live music events.

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The 23,500-capacity arena is scheduled to open its doors on Tuesday, April 23 when Peter Kay will play the first of two consecutive stand-up dates there.Liam Gallagher, Take That, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo and Keane are among the acts who have been announced to perform at Co-Op Live in the coming months. It’ll also stage the 2024 MTV European Music Awards later this year.The new venue, which is the UK’s largest indoor arena, is located opposite Manchester’s Etihad Stadium, and features a “unique bowl design” that will bring fans “closer to the artist than at other arenas of equivalent size”, according to a spokesperson.Recently, Co-Op Live and the existing, 21-000 capacity AO Arena in the city came to blows in a licensing row.

here – Davyd outlines the negative consequences that will come from the new budget.“The gross profit from the entire sector in Wales in 2023 was £119,000. The proposed fall in rates relief creates a new additional cost of £127,000,” it reads.

Ariana Grande is opening up about what inspired her to release her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, which is set to drop on March 8.

Thania Garcia Willie Nelson and Family are set to play the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival Tour with headliners Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, John Mellencamp, Brittney Spencer, Celisse and Southern Avenue. Billy Strings will also join the tour for one show at The Gorge in Seattle. In a statement, Nelson said, “This year’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour promises to be the biggest and best yet with this lineup of legendary artists.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The bruising battle over royalties between Universal Music Group and TikTok entered a new and more severe stage in the early hours of Tuesday as songs published by UMG began to be removed from the platform. The standoff, which began earlier this month, initially saw recordings owned by UMG removed from the platform, but now is extending to a much larger number of songs by including those published by the company.

The fashion brand Karen Millen brings back a stirring sense of nostalgia for me. At 17, I had my first retail job and I remember visiting the nearby store. I was captivated by the figure-hugging pencil dresses I couldn’t afford, I aspired to be that girl.

A Coronation Street star has admitted she's 'gutted' as Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald's marriage came crashing down. As viewers of the ITV soap know, Tracy has been having an affair with retired footballer Tommy Orpington.

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Despite earning a hefty salary, Anne Hegerty still lives in a Housing Association flat. The 65 year old TV star, also known as The Governess on the hit Bradley Walsh-hosted ITV show The Chase, revealed the surprising fact on the How To Be 60 with Kaye Adams and Karen MacKenzie podcast last year. She said: "I live in a Housing Association flat.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter For the first time since 2018, Rick Grimes and Michonne will be back together onscreen. “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live” is now the seventh series in the zombie survival franchise overall and the third spinoff to feature main characters from the mothership show after “The Walking Dead: Dead City” and “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.” The show was originally planned as a series of movies, which were announced as soon as Rick Grimes actor Andrew Lincoln departed the main show in 2018.

Jessica Kiang The shortest distance between two points is popularly believed to be a straight line. But if one of those points is the chin, cheekbone or torso of some sneering and/or psychotic Korean gangster, the shortest route is actually the arc described by either one of Korean megastar Don Lee‘s fists, here playing the fists of Detective Ma, protagonist of the ludicrously watchable “Roundup” series.

its end-of-year report yesterday (February 22). It stated that live music soared worldwide over those 12 months “from clubs to stadiums”, with 145million fans attending over 50,000 events (up 20 per cent from 2022).Ticketmaster sold 620million tickets, a 13 per cent increase from the previous year.

Cillian Murphy very nearly pursued a career as a musician.At the age of 19, the Oppenheimer star teamed up with his brother, Páidi, to form their own band: The Sons of Mr Green Genes, named after the Frank Zappa tune from his 1969 album ‘Hot Rats’.Now, in the afterglow of Oppenheimer‘s success (and his BAFTA Best Actor win), a video of Murphy talking about the band’s unique sound, and the importance of live music, has resurfaced on social media. You can watch it above.“It came from the whole spirit of jazz, which is the freedom to express yourself on your instrument, which has been lost,” a teenage Murphy said of the band’s style.The actor then explained how “it can be argued through the ’80s and through the early ’90s [bands were] playing to a pop formula.”“This is the freedom to go a bit further,” he continued.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Live Nation had another record year in 2023 as multiple superstar acts toured the world and live entertainment returned in earnest after the pandemic shut it down for nearly all of 2020 and 2021. The world’s largest live-entertainment company saw revenue of $22.7 billion, up 36% from 2022, pointing to record attendance, ticket sales and sponsorships. Adjusted operating income was $1.86 billion, up 32% year-over-year.

Mark Ronson has recruited some huge names from the rock world to help push for Foreigner to be inducted into the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.The producer – famed for his work with Amy Winehouse and on the Barbie soundtrack – has a close connection to the band, with the guitarist Mick Jones being his stepfather.The rockers earned their first nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, despite being eligible since 2002.Now, following the nominations being announced for this year’s instalment, he has made a push to have the band inducted into the Cleveland Hall, and recruited some huge names to help build support.“Everything that made me want to be a record producer came from being in the studio watching Foreigner make records,” he wrote in a new Instagram update.“I’m still completely in awe of the sound of those first five albums. Guitars with swagger and bite.

A new food and drink festival is coming to Greater Manchester this May featuring a weekend of gastronomic delights, live entertainment, cooking demonstrations and family fun.