The UK’s leading film critics will present Colman Domingo with the first ever Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at their upcoming awards ceremony.
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D-Block Europe have added two more London shows to their 2024 schedule, due to high demand.The London hip-hop duo had previously announced a one-off show to take place at the capital’s O2 Arena on February 4, and now two further dates at the same venue have been confirmed.DBE will play three straight nights at the arena, with the extra shows taking place on February 5 and 6. Tickets for all of the shows are available here.The collective recently announced the release of their third studio album, ‘Rolling Stone’, which will come out on January 12.
It will follow on from their previous LPs, 2020’s ‘The Blue Print: Us vs. Them’ and ‘Lap 5’ in 2022.In addition to those, they have released a series of mixtapes, most recently ‘DBE World’, which dropped this July and charted in the UK Top 10.The first single from ‘Rolling Stone’ has also been shared, in the form of the record’s opening track ‘I Need It Now’ – listen to the track above.In a three-star review of their second album ‘Lap 5’, NME wrote: “The Lewisham collective are truly in their stride when they can blend the more traditional hip-hop styles with suave melodies,” adding, “while this record as a whole doesn’t quite hit the heights of their mixtapes, their speedy work-rate ensures that the magic will be felt again soon enough.”D-Block Europe will play: FEBRUARY 4 – LONDON, O2 Arena
5 – LONDON, O2 Arena
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The UK’s leading film critics will present Colman Domingo with the first ever Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at their upcoming awards ceremony.
Boyz II Men have announced a brief run of UK shows for next spring – you can find all the details below.The US R&B group are due to head to these shores in April for a trio of concerts, kicking off with a date at the OVO Arena Wembley in London (April 20). From there, they’ll visit the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester (21) and Birmingham’s O2 Academy (24).At the London concert, Boyz II Men will be joined by special guest opening act Brian McKnight.The trio said in a joint statement: “We love the UK, our fans there always give us the most love, we’re excited to come back and get on stage and sing for and connect with our British fans! Y’all are so cool and we can’t wait!”Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT tomorrow (Thursday, December 21), with a Birmingham pre-sale now live for O2 Priority customers.
Beyoncé has announced international screenings of Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé. On Monday night (December 18), the BeyHive swarmed Beyoncé’s website after a list of countries was displayed, prompting fans to speculate an additional leg of ‘Renaissance’ tour dates.
Green Day have shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their recent single ‘Dilemma’.The song was recorded at RAK Studios in London with legendary producer Rob Cavallo and footage of them in the studio is intercut with scenes of them enjoying the sights of the capital.The song is the third preview of the trio’s 14th studio album ‘Saviors’ (out January 19), following on from recent tracks ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’ and ‘Look Ma, No Brains!’.“The masters at work in the studio,” reads the caption. “Just like that, Dilemma was born!!”Check it out below:“‘Dilemma’ was one of those songs that was kind of easy to write because it was so personal to me,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong explained in a statement when the track was released.“We’ve seen so many of our peers struggle with addiction and mental illness.
Manchester Piccadilly railway station has been named as the third busiest station outside of London in latest figures revealed by a rail regulator.
Charley Webb very nearly bumped into estranged husband Matthew Wolfenden's rumoured new girlfriend Heather Scott-Martin at a theatre production, in an awkward moment. Former Emmerdale star Charley, 35, and Matthew, 43, have called time on their five-year marriage and Matthew is now reportedly dating professional dancer and personal trainer Heather, with the pair being spotted on a cosy night out in London.The actor has also furiously denied any reports that he's been unfaithful to Charley.
the streamer’s freshman attempt at a stage play is a huge, insufferable embarrassment.Mega-fans of the TV series, like me, will be extremely disappointed by how the live show, which opened Thursday night at the Phoenix Theatre in London, epically fails to conjure the magic and small-town charm of the Duffer brothers’ popular creation. Three hours, plus an intermission.
here.Kiasmos return to the live stage for the first time in over five years. Headline performances announced for London and Berlin on May 29/31, and a headline slot at OPIA Festival in Utrecht on June 2, 2024.
EXCLUSIVE: The Stranger Things stage show, an unbelievably brilliant new blueprint for theatricality that premieres in London’s West End tonight, will be the first instalment in a trilogy exploring the dark underbelly of Hawkins, Indiana.
Netflix’s Stranger Things debuted in London’s West End this year – check out below for information on how to get tickets.Previews for Stranger Things: The First Shadow began in November at London’s Phoenix Theatre, with the show set to run officially from December until August 25, 2024.Set in Hawkins in 1959, the show serves as a prequel to the Netflix series and follows young versions of Jim Hopper, Bob Newby, Joyce Maldonado and Henry Creel, who later becomes Vecna.The play is directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader), from an original story by Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry.Tickets for all shows at the Phoenix Theatre until August 25, 2024 are available to be purchased here. Prices range from £20-£225 depending on your seat.Alternatively, there’s a lottery each week via app TodayTix where you can win up to two tickets, which could be placed on the front row, priced at £19.59.
Ethel Cain has announced her 2024 ‘The Childish Behaviour’ tour, with stops in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom.The alt-pop singer – who released her first album ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ in May last year, took to her official social media pages to share the handful of tour dates slated to commence in June 2024.Cain’s first show of the tour is set to Kick off on June 3 at Le Trianon in Paris, France. From there, the singer will head out to Amsterdam to play Paradiso on June 4 followed by a show at the Roundhouse in London on June 5.
Married At First Sight UK stars JJ Slater and Laura Vaughan have sparked rumours that they're dating, after posting cosy photographs on social media together. JJ, 30, and Laura, 35, both appeared on the 2023 series of MAFS on E4, but their marriages failed to work. JJ was originally paired with Bianca Petronzi while Laura married Arthur Poremba on the show.
Ellie Goulding has announced an orchestral show at London’s Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. The multi-platinum singer will take over the Royal Albert Hall with the orchestra on April 11, 2024, to perform classical rearrangements of tracks from her back catalogue, including cuts from her latest album, ‘Higher Than Heaven’, which she released in April.
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have announced plans for a huge outdoor gig in Wigan next year.
George Clooney and Amal Clooney hit the red carpet on a rainy Sunday (December 3) at the premiere of his new movie The Boys in the Boat held at Curzon Cinema Mayfair in London.
Emmerdale's beloved Matthew Wolfenden, known to many as David Metcalfe, might be taking a break from the soap world to spend quality time with his rumoured new love interest Heather Scott Martin.This comes after his split from former co-star and wife Charley Webb. Matthew, who has been a regular on Emmerdale since 2006, recently said goodbye to the show, leaving many fans heartbroken.
at the 1998 VMAs and at the O2 Silver Clef Awards in 2019) but it gained new momentum at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.There, wore a Miu Miu negligée which had been cut to reveal at least 75% of a pale blue bra beneath, Scarlett Johansson wore a Prada gown with a visible, spaghetti-strapped brassiere, and Cindy Bruna wore a polka-dot Vivienne Westwood dress that exposed two semi-circles of a corset.But what started as a subtle peekaboo moment is now a little . Back in October, Ana de Armas arrived at Louis Vuitton’s spring/summer 2024 show with her brocade shirt left wide open, revealing a satin bra beneath.And then – who is traditionally more of a conservative dresser – appeared at the We Dare to Dream premiere in London, dressed in an embellished Alexander McQueen pant suit with nothing but a criss-cross bralette underneath.Ana de Armas.Emma Watson.But it was who took this trend to its extreme: draped in a fuchsia Tony Ward dress that hung from the straps of a crystalline brassiere with an attitude of deliberate deshabillé at the Red Sea Film Festival on Thursday evening.Of course, Stone is no stranger to making these kinds of flirtatious statements.
Princess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton) and Prince William were two of the guests of honor at the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday (November 30) in London, England.
Beyonce and Blue Ivy shared a precious moment on the red carpet, and Tina Knowles is posting it for the world to see!
Emmerdale's Charley Webb was snapped looking downcast as she ditched her wedding ring following her split from Matthew Wolfenden. The actress stepped out on Thursday to run errands wearing a long camo coat with pink detailing and a black cap as she walked with her head down. She wore her blonde hair down and was focused on her phone as she walked.