Bloc Party announce intimate London show this month

The National have announced a special show in Manchester for this summer – tickets will be available from here.The band last performed in the UK as part of their ‘I Am Easy To Find’ tour in December 2019, and are set to return with appearances at All Points East in London and Connect Festival in Edinburgh this August.Last week, they confirmed a run of 2022 North American headline dates. “The last couple years have given us ample time for reflection and rejuvenation,” they wrote to announce the concerts.

April is here and that means there’s a whole slew of new releases headed to Hulu to meet your streaming needs.In the realm of original films, Hulu has the queer rom-com “Crush,” starring Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho, which debuts April 29. Meanwhile, new library arrivals this month include the Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt sci-fi mind-bender “Looper,” both “Shrek” and “Shrek 2,” and all four films in “The Twilight Saga.”April is also a big month for new TV shows on Hulu.

Father John Misty has announced plans to livestream his London show next week online.The singer/songwriter, real name Josh Tillman, will play the gig at the Barbican on April 7 in celebration of his new record ‘Chloë and the Next 20th Century’, which is set for release on April 8.Misty, who will be backed at the Barbican by Britten Sinfonia (a full orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley) in what will be his only European performance of 2022, will livestream the gig from 8pm UK time on YouTube.You can see further details about the livestream in the below Instagram post.A post shared by Father John Misty (@fatherjohnmisty)The artist will also perform a host of intimate in-store gigs next week – you can see his upcoming schedule below.April4 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (for Crash Records)8 – Pryzm, Kingston (for Banquet Records)9 – Rough Trade East, London10 – Chalk, Brighton (for Resident)11 – St George’s Church, Bristol (for Rough Trade)Misty has so far released three tracks from ‘Chloë and the Next 20th Century’: ‘Funny Girl’, ‘Q4’ and ‘Goodbye Mr Blue’.

Bloc Party played an intimate show at The Garage in London last night (March 30), where they debuted some of their new material – watch below.The show was announced earlier this month, with a press release stating that the London gig would provide “a special, intimate chance to hear the band’s new material” for the first time. The gig also marked the band’s first live show since 2019.Bloc Party’s sixth studio album ‘Alpha Games’ is out on April 29.

Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke has criticised the lack of punishment given to Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the “partygate” scandal at Downing Street.Earlier this year, a report by Sue Gray revealed that 16 separate alleged gatherings were being investigated in Number 10. Gray later concluded that some of these events “should not have been allowed to take place.”She went on to say “too little thought” was given to public health concerns and confirmed that the Metropolitan Police was investigating 12 of these events, on eight separate dates for alleged coronavirus rule-breaking.That included the 20 May 2020 “bring your own booze” event in Downing Street’s garden and the PM’s birthday on June 19, 2020.She went onto say “there were failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of No 10 and the Cabinet Office at different times.”Speaking about the scandal to NME, Okereke has criticised the response and lack of culpability for the alleged events.“Boris has been proved to lie to Parliament and nothing has happened,” he told NME.

The Avalanches have announced a new set of headline tour dates in the UK – you’ll be able to buy tickets here when they go on sale later this week.The Australian band will tour this summer in support of their 2020 album ‘We Will Always Love You’, and are already confirmed for a slot on The Park Stage at Glastonbury in June.The Avalanches will also play at a host of European festivals this summer, and they have now announced details of four headline UK shows in June.Gigs in Glasgow, Manchester, London and Brighton will take place ahead of their Glastonbury appearance on June 25.UK AND EUROPE! We are coming to spend the summer with you ☀️Tickets on sale:UK 31 MAR 1Oam GMTEU 1 APR 10am CETtheavalanches.comPosted by The Avalanches on Tuesday, March 29, 2022Tickets for The Avalanches’ UK tour dates go on sale on Thursday (March 31), and you’ll be able to buy them from here. You can see details of those gigs below.June20 – QMU, Glasgow21 – O2 Ritz, Manchester22 – Electric Brixton, London23 – Chalk, BrightonLast year The Avalanches reissued their 2000 debut album ‘Since I Left You’ to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Arcade Fire are set to perform a special livestream show in New Orleans, Louisiana this Friday (April 1).The Canadian band, who recently returned with the single ‘The Lightning I, II’, will play a live set as part of a “block party” event hosted by the US phone company AT&T.Per an official listing, fans will be able to “experience Arcade Fire from every angle with real-time, multi-camera views” via “the power of AT&T 5G”. Support comes from King Princess and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.Win Butler and co.

Genesis won’t turn it on again, staging what was billed as its final concert Saturday night at London’s 02 arena.

Hans Zimmer took time during his London gig earlier this week to pay tribute to a Ukrainian pianist who went viral for playing the Inception theme in a bomb shelter.Earlier this month, footage spread online of a young pianist named Alex, which saw the musician refusing to stop playing Zimmer’s theme song for the 2010 film even after air raid sirens began to sound in a subway station in Lviv, western Ukraine.“When bomb sirens began, police asked everyone to move inside the railway station,” photographer John Stanmeyer wrote on Instagram alongside footage of the incident. “Alex wouldn’t stop, playing his piano louder against the air raid warning. His friend joined with the most calming pink nails.

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum's "strong-willed" daughters used to get into fights at school. During an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Wednesday night, The Lost City stars recalled how they first met at the principal's office after their children, Laila Bullock, 10, and Everly Tatum, eight, "butted heads".

Working Men’s Club have announced a one-off London show for next week – find all the details below.The Yorkshire band are set to take to the stage at Corsica Studios in Elephant & Castle, London next Wednesday (March 30). A “limited” amount of tickets will go on sale at 10am GMT tomorrow (March 25) – buy yours here.You can check out the official gig poster in the tweet below.The announcement comes after Working Men’s Club recently returned with ‘Widow’, the first single from the group’s forthcoming second album ‘Fear Fear’, which comes out on July 15 via Heavenly.Last week saw the band play string of shows at SXSW 2022 in Austin, Texas.

Bloc Party have released their fourth single from upcoming sixth album ‘Alpha Games’ – check out the joyful if bittersweet ‘If We Get Caught’ below.According to vocalist Kele Okereke, “there are only two songs that I feel like have any tenderness on the record and ‘If We Get Caught’ is one of them.”“It’s really about recognising that the game is coming to an end and about trying to steal a moment of tenderness with your partner before the curtain comes crashing down. I think it’s about trying to find moments where you can really connect with someone amidst all of the chaos that’s going on in the world,” he added.Check out ‘If We Get Caught’ below.The track follows on from ‘The Girls Are Fighting’, ‘Sex Magik’ and 2021’s ‘Traps’.Speaking about the political slant to ‘Alpha Games’, Okereke said: “These last few years have felt like a morally bankrupt time.

Måneskin have announced a landmark headline show in London, set to take place next year. 

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are currently co-starring in “The Lost City”, and while this is their first project together the actors actually have some history pre-dating the movie, involving their children.

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are looking back on the one life event that reunited them again after first meeting at a birthday party years ago.

Channing Tatum isn't shy about praising his co-star! ET spoke with the 41-year-old actor on the set of his action comedy, , and he had nothing but kind words for the film's leading lady, Sandra Bullock.«It's very inspired by some of those movies that are supposed to be feel-good movies, but also be able to keep the stakes,» Tatum explained of the flick. «That's one thing that… I don't think anyone else in the industry does as well as Sandy does, really push tone, but still make you really, really care about her character.»Bullock stars in the film as Loretta Sage, a reclusive romance-adventure author who's spent her career writing about exotic places.

Placebo have announced details of a series of intimate album release shows to celebrate their new LP ‘Never Let Me Go’ – you can find tickets here.The duo’s first studio album since 2013’s ‘Loud Like Love’ is set to arrive on March 25, and will include the previously released singles ‘Beautiful James’, ‘Surrounded By Spies’, ‘Try Better Next Time’ and ‘Happy Birthday In The Sky’.Placebo have now announced that they will play five shows in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and London later this month in support of ‘Never Let Me Go’.The London date will take place at the end of the run at Islington Assembly Hall on March 31.PARIS – BERLIN – AMSTERDAM – BRUSSELS – LONDON – tickets now on sale for our intimate shows.