Bring Me The Horizon and Nova Twins among the winners at 2021 Heavy Music Awards

Ed Sheeran says that British awards ceremonies are just an excuse to get drunk and no one actually cares who wins. So pour yourself a large drink and occasionally glance at the rest of this story to make sure it’s still here.

Mark Sutherland Harry Styles, Bon Jovi and Tears For Fears were among the big winners on stage at the 2021 Ivor Novello Awards in London – but events off stage loomed large over proceedings.By coincidence the Awards, which honor excellence in songwriting and composition, took place on the same day as the Universal Music Group IPO.

The last 18 months may have decimated the live scene, but many people have sought comfort, distraction and even solace from recorded music - making the Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate songwriting, arguably more important than ever. Harry Styles, Lianne La Havas, Celeste, Goldfrapp and Dave were among the winners at this year's ceremony, which was held in London.

Sleaford Mods have announced details of the support acts for their forthcoming UK tour, including Dry Cleaning, Nova Twins and more.The Nottingham duo will head around the UK in November in support of recent album ‘Spare Ribs’, with the dates beginning in Manchester and running until early December with a final show in Brighton.At the shows, they’ll also be joined by the likes of Goat Girl, recent collaborator Billy Nomates, 4 Brown Girls Who Write, Warmduscher and more.See the full list of tour

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Los Angeles and London fizzed last night as A-list actors came together for the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards. Hosted by Soho House in the UK, ‘The Crown’ cast pulled focus.

Genesis‘ long-awaited reunion tour beginning in Birmingham tonight (September 20), Phil Collins has confirmed it will be the band’s last.Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins announced at the start of 2020 that they were reuniting for a tour called The Last Domino?’.

Michaela Coel is an Emmy winner!

Some of the lead stars from The Crown aren’t in Los Angeles for the 2021 Emmy Awards, but they’re still gathering to celebrate the big night!

Naman Ramachandran Producer and European Film Academy Chair Mike Downey is being honored with the Kristián Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest.The award will be presented at the opening of the festival on Friday by Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning British filmmaker Stephen Daldry.

Little Mix singer Jade Thirlwall has hit back at Noel Gallagher after the guitarist criticised the BRIT Awards for awarding the trio Best British Group earlier this year.Little Mix triumphed over The 1975, Bicep, Biffy Clyro and Young T & Bugsey at the ceremony back in May.Asked by The Sun the following month for his reaction to Little Mix’s win in the same BRITs category that Oasis won in 1996, Gallagher said: “Little Mix, with the greatest respect, are not in the same league as Oasis.

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Nova Twins have discussed the resurgence of rock and punk music at this summer’s festivals, saying rock i “having its moment again.”The duo were speaking to NME for a new Big Read cover feature following their sets at Reading & Leeds festivals last month, and discussed how rock and punk “deserves” to be at the forefront of the UK music scene.“Reading & Leeds is so prestigious and everyone talks about their memories of it, but when I was 16, I never did all of that stuff; I was just doing gigs,

Green Day have released an official version of their recent live cover of KISS’ ‘Rock And Roll All Nite’.The trio have just concluded the US leg of the ‘Hella Mega Tour’ with Fall Out Boy and Weezer, with the tour set to continue in the UK and Europe next summer.Green Day regularly covered ‘Rock And Roll All Nite’, which was originally released by KISS back in 1975, during their sets on the ‘Hella Mega Tour’, and the band have now released a live recording of the cover on streaming