Coldplay kick off eco-friendly ‘Music Of The Spheres’ world tour in Costa Rica

Coldplay have added new South American dates to their huge eco-friendly world tour for new album ‘Music For The Spheres’ – see the updated schedule below.The band’s 2022 world stadium tour comes with an emphasis on environmental sustainability, and began with a gig at the Estadio Nacional in the Costa Rican capital San Jose last month (March 18) – see what went down here.North American dates for the tour kick off later this month, with European dates beginning in July and UK dates in August, including six shows at London’s Wembley Stadium.The band have now announced that they’ll head back to South America in September and October, adding six more shows to the run.Coldplay will be joined by Camila Cabello and H.E.R.

Two friends missed a graduation party after their easyJet flight back to Manchester was cancelled - and their rebooked flight was hit by further delays.

Free Covid testing for most people in the UK ended this month as part of the government's plans to live with the virus. In England, lateral flow tests (LFTs) are no longer available for free, unless you are a patient in hospital, at high risk of getting seriously ill from coronavirus and eligible for Covid-19 treatments, or you work in an NHS or social care setting.

Heardle has tricked music fans around the world with today’s genius song selection in celebration of April Fools Day.Created off the back of Wordle‘s viral success, the daily music game launched last month and tasks players with guessing a classic track in as little time as possible. Fans get six tries overall, with each attempt or ‘skip’ revealing another portion of the tune.Per Headle‘s official website, the featured tracks are “plucked from a list of the most streamed songs in the past decade”, so music lovers have a decent chance of guessing them correctly.For today’s game (April 1) Heardle took inspiration from the undying ‘Rickroll’ meme that first took over the internet back in the mid-’00s.The prank baits unsuspecting victims with a hyperlink in disguise as something legit – for example: a news story, video or song relating to a subject matter that’s being discussed online. Upon clicking, the user is instead directed to the video for Rick Astley’s 1987 synth-pop anthem ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.Heardle fans soon took to Twitter this morning to report that the ‘Rickroll’ had infiltrated the game, with one calling the April Fools nod “outstanding”.“Wait.

Manic Street Preachers covered Madonna‘s ‘Borderline’ during their set at BBC 6 Music Festival last night (March 31) – watch below.As announced last week, the band kicked off this year’s festival by playing an exclusive, intimate show at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff. It marked their first-ever appearance at the famous Welsh venue, despite having been set to perform there back in 1990.Towards the end of their career-spanning 16-track set, the Manics debuted a rendition of Madonna’s 1984 single ‘Borderline’, which appeared on her self-titled debut studio album (1983).James Dean Bradfield and co.

The hit Disney movie Encanto will be getting two live performances at the 2022 Oscars!

From the smoke-congested maze of Small Heath's streets to the Aunt Polly's opulent suburban Tudor manor, the locations and properties that have featured in Peaky Blinders have kept fans coming back for more since it first aired in 2013.Though the BBC favourite was initially set in the inky terraces and deprived alleyways of 1919 Birmingham, as the show developed into six fully-fledged and multi award-winning series', the cast have moved to some of the most breathtaking filming locations that the UK has to offer. You may have been thinking – when observing Tommy Shelby angrily storming through the corridors of his illustrious country mansion – how much would some of these impressive or unusual properties cost you in 'today's money'? Well, after consulting with modern day Birmingham-based estate agent Barrows and Forrester, we're here to put you out of your misery...

The hit Disney movie Encanto will be getting two live performances at the 2022 Oscars!

The Hollywood treatment! Shaun White is continuing his retirement tour with an appearance at the 2022 Academy Awards — but Nina Dobrev won’t be his date.

Ed Meza @edmezavarWith its focus on Costa Rica, the Málaga Festival Industry Zone (MAFIZ) is showcasing the central American country’s bourgeoning film sector and talent with presentations of feature films, works in progress, projects in development and the country’s scenic locations and support opportunties.Costa Rican filmmakers and their projects are participating in MAFIZ’s various sections, including the Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (MAFF); Málaga Work in Progress; Málaga Talent and Hack Málaga.Nicole Chi’s documentary “Guián” and Daniel Ross Mix’s “El Zoológico de la Milla 70” (“70 Mile Zoo”) are the two Costa Rican projects taking part in the Work in Progress section. In “Guián,” Chi chronicles her own personal journey of discovery as she travels to China following the death of her grandmother Guián.

coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and to ease the current cost of living crisis in the UK.In a statement following the announcement, the Music Venue Trust said that it “warmly welcomes the Business Rates discount, which will maintain the 50 per cent Business Rates for grassroots music venues that the government announced pre-pandemic.”It continued: “However, with no action for businesses on energy bills, or NI liability, or VAT or any support for the sector to recover from the crisis, the outcome of the budget is that none of the extraordinary financial pressures being placed on venues have been mitigated or alleviated.“This budget has failed to respond to inflationary increases from rent, supplies, & services running in excess of 20% across the sector.

Zac Efron first made his name as a Hollywood heartthrob in High School Musical, but he’s still got fans--old and new--swooning over him every day.The 34-year-old was spotted at the beach over the weekend, showing off his super muscular physique while on vacation in Costa Rica. Wearing nothing but a pair of short blue swim trucks, the actor kept cool by wearing a baseball cap and a pair of black sunglasses.

Zac Efron looked as fit as ever when he hit up a beach in Costa Rica this week. Looking like his character, Matt Brody, in the 2017 movie, the 34-year-old actor was spotted shirtless, sporting a pair of blue swim trunks.An eyewitness tells ET that Efron was enjoying some downtime in Costa Rica with friends, and spent the day surfing.

Zac Efron, 34, couldn’t possibly get any hotter, right? Wrong! The hunky actor is soaking up the sun in Costa Rica with some friends and, thankfully, he has been wearing only a pair of board shorts while doing it. In photos here, Zac is seen multitasking in Central America — jogging, swimming and even taking some time to snap some photos of his own!