Roads around a South Manchester estate which were resurfaced for 'no apparent reason' are now in a worse condition than before, residents say.
08.04.2022 - 16:03 / nme.com
Blossoms have revealed how their unlikely feud with Johnny Marr over forming a Smiths covers band was put to bed.Last year, the band teamed up with Rick Astley to cover The Smiths. While playing a gig in London, they invited Astley on stage to perform ‘Panic’ and ‘This Charming Man’.The artists subsequently announced two Smiths covers shows in Manchester and London the following month, with Blossoms becoming Astley’s backing band for a full set of theirs and fans’ most-loved Smiths songs.At the time, Marr gave her verdict on the covers, writing on Twitter: “This is both funny and horrible at the same time”. He also added: “Well, I met The Blossoms a few weeks ago and they elected to not mention it.
Nice.”He later told NME about his thoughts on the stunt and surrounding drama, saying: “I didn’t ask for that, but sometimes stuff like that happens when you’re in the public eye. There was an M.O. there that just wasn’t very cool – but I’ve dealt with it.
I think I’m a pretty reasonable person, and I’ve dealt with it.”Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story, the band were asked about the influence of The Smiths and Marr on their new album ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’. “Well, we’ve made no secrets about our love for them…” frontman Tom Ogden said referring to their collaboration with Astley.On the cover band fall-out, drummer Joe Donovan continued: “I mean, we were expecting the opposite. It is what it is – you can understand both sides.
Roads around a South Manchester estate which were resurfaced for 'no apparent reason' are now in a worse condition than before, residents say.
Johnny Depp’s sensational defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard slogs on, some social media sleuths have already declared a victor — and believe the defense may have as well in the latest bizarre conspiracy theory surrounding the case.Cultish Depp fans on TikTok are sharing now-viral footage of the “Lone Ranger” star during the flop film’s 2013 premiere in London — which appears to show a familiar-looking, camera-toting tourist gazing at Depp from behind a red carpet barricade. TikTok detectives have declared the starstruck gal bears a striking resemblance to none other than Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredhehoft.The embattled ex-lovers, who married and divorced between 2015 and 2016, have reunited in court as Depp, 58, accuses Heard, 35, of damaging his public reputation, and thus his career, when she wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post alluding to alleged domestic abuses he’d caused.
Justin Bieber has dropped a music video for the new song ‘I Feel Funny’ – which doubles as a teaser for a different single featuring Don Toliver.The short track – and its accompanying music video – arrived on Wednesday (April 27). The video, directed by Lyrical Lemonade’s Cole Bennett on his phone, sees Bieber wearing an orange ski mask and playfully dancing around the set of a different music video.
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British singer Tom Grennan is in the hospital after being attacked and robbed in New York City following a performance on Thursday night. Grennan was "the victim of an unprovoked attack and robbery outside a bar in Manhattan" in the early morning hours Thursday after he performed at the Bowery Ballroom on April 20, his manager confirmed in a statement. The 26-year-old performer suffered injuries to his jaw and ear, his manager John Dawkins of Various Artists Management said. "Tom is currently in hospital being assessed by doctors for his injuries which include a ruptured Ear, torn Ear-Drum and issue with his previously fractured jaw," the statement shared to the singer's official Twitter account reads.
Johnny Depp began last week in a courtroom in northern Virginia, pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of celebrity enablers and hangers-on.Depp is suing his ex-wife, Amber Heard, for $50 million for describing herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse” in a 2018 Washington Post opinion piece. That revived allegations she made when the couple divorced in 2016 — about which they had each promised to remain silent — and in Depp’s view the public characterization could not go unchallenged.But after Depp lost a similar case in London in 2020, his public reputation — and career — are in tatters.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez are mourning the loss of their baby boy.
New details have come out about Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s intense first week in court…
A jury in Virginia is scheduled to hear opening statements Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Depp says Heard libeled him when she wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." Depp is never mentioned by name, but he says the article implicates him nonetheless because it refers to past accusations Heard made when she sought a restraining order against him. Depp denies the abuse allegations.
an op-ed published in The Washington Post in December 2018. While Depp wasn’t named in the article, he claims in his lawsuit that it implied he abused her, which he says negatively impacted his career.Depp and Heard married in 2015 but split in May 2016, when Heard sought a domestic violence restraining order against him and accused him of abusing her.
Police are investigating an incident in which Cristiano Ronaldo knocked a phone out of a fan’s hand after losing a Premier League game on Saturday.
Forty-six days on, the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues. More than 10 million people have fled their homes, according to the United Nations, while another 6.5 million are thought to be displaced inside the war-torn country itself.
Amber Heard has celebrated her daughter’s first birthday as she marked “the greatest year”. The Aquaman actress shared the surprise news she had become a mother last July when she revealed she wanted to have a child “on my own terms”. She said she had named her daughter Oonagh Paige Heard and she was born on April 8.
A mix-up at a travel agents led to a Cheadle couple being forced to spend the night in a Barbados bus stop because they were unable to board their flight home.
Two football hooligans have been banned from watching Manchester City play for FOUR years after they were both involved in violent disorder at TWO games. Callum Wright, 25, and Cameron Bradley, 21, were both identified on CCTV footage getting violent by throwing items or punching opposing fans.