Desertfest announces full line-up for 2022 festival

The Kooks have announced a special UK tour to mark the recent 15th anniversary of their debut album ‘Inside In/Inside Out’.The four-piece’s first LP was released in January 2006 and included such songs as ‘Naïve’, ‘She Moves in Her Own Way’ and ‘Ooh La’.The Kooks’ ‘Inside In/Inside Out’ 15th anniversary tour will kick off on January 31, 2022 in Newcastle and includes subsequent stops in Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff.The tour will conclude with a pair of dates at the O2 Academy Brixton in

Taskmaster has officially announced the latest line-up of contestants.Attempting to complete the challenges set by Greg Davies and Little Alex Horne will be Alan Davies (QI), Desiree Burch (Live At The Apollo), Guz Khan (Man Like Mobeen), Morgana Robinson (The Morgana Show) and Victoria Coren Mitchell (Only Connect).The new series of Taskmaster will air later this year, although a specific date has not been set yet.Taskmaster has aired for 95 episodes in the UK so far, with a further 40 still to

The Lightning Seeds was released 25 years ago today (May 20) as the official England team song for the Euros ’96.Remaining a classic a quarter-century on, the song reached Number One in the UK and topped the singles charts on three more occasions in the following 22 years, according to the Official Charts Company.It’s now been announced that a special 7″ version of ‘Three Lions’ will be released on June 4, featuring the original 1996 track on the A-Side and the 1998 World Cup version as the

Jade Bird has announced the release of her new album ‘Different Kinds of Light’.The British singer-songwriter’s second LP, which will follow on from her self-titled 2019 debut album, will be released on August 13 via Glassnote Records.Of the new album, which includes the previously released songs ‘Houdini’ and ‘Open Up The Heavens’, Bird said in a statement that ‘Different Kinds of Light’ “at its most basic is about falling in love, and at its most complex [is about] the chaos of trying to get

Last year’s presumed Eurovision winners Daði og Gagnamagnið from Iceland have been ruled out of performing live at this year’s competition, after a member of the band tested positive for COVID-19.The band had already been quarantined after a member of their team tested positive, but had been given the all clear on Tuesday to join Wednesday’s rehearsal and today’s semi-final.

LoneLady has shared new new single ‘Fear Colours’, along with details of new album ‘Former Things’ and an extensive UK and European tour.

Ellise Shafer administratorWomen won the night at the 2021 Brit Awards, with eight of the ceremony’s 11 trophies going to female artists, including Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Little Mix.Dua Lipa took home the most awards, winning both female solo artist and Mastercard album for her March 2020 release “Future Nostalgia.” Billie Eilish was crowned international female solo artist, while girl group Little Mix became the first female band to ever win the British group award.

Slowthai has announced details of his new one-day festival, Happyland.The event, billed in full as ‘Happyland – The Happiest Place in the Universe’ where “the policy is simple: No Smile, No Entry”, is set to take place at Northampton Cricket Ground on September 25.Happyland’s line-up has been curated by Slowthai himself, with each act “representing a different facet of the UK music scene in 2021”.Slowthai will headline the inaugural edition of Happyland, with sets from IDLES, Beabadoobee, Easy

Glass Animals have announced North American stops for their ‘Dreamland’ tour – and confirmed rescheduled EU dates for 2022.The band’s tour in support of 2020 album ‘Dreamland’ will now begin in the United States this August and hit pause in October after a stop in Santa Barbara, California. Glass Animals will then return to the UK to perform, and head back to North America in March 2022 for a month of shows.

Like many of viewers across the nation, Piers Morgan tuned in for the sixth, and possibly final, series finale of the hit BBC crime drama Line of Duty.

The Flaming Lips have announced a string of UK and Ireland tour dates that will kick off in 2022 after a tour of North America.The band took to social media earlier today (May 3) to announce they will be heading out on tour in support of their most recent album ‘American Head’.The tour will begin with a series of US dates in late 2021, before proceeding into 2022 with shows in the UK and Ireland, starting in Leeds on May 25 and ending in Ireland on July 22, with a stop at London’s O2 Kentish

Line of Duty star Martin Compston has reveaked he hides his broad Scottish accent by getting someone to record his lines for him to listen to in English while he prepares for a scene. While appearing on the Jonathon Ross Show alongside co-star Vicky McClure, Ellie Simmonds, Ashley Banjo and Paul Weller, the Scottish actor revealed that maintaining the English accent for his character DS Steve Arnott was a tough ask.

Charlotte Crosby has spoken out about how the UK lockdown has dampened her “wild sex life”.The former Geordie Shore star admitting that the couple used to create “fireworks” in the bedroom, but after moving in with her beau Liam Beaumont, their sex life has lost its sparkle. On her latest episode of her podcast, the 31-year-old former caught up with gal pals Holly Hagan and Sophie Kasaei, and opened up about her their intimacy issues.

If there were any doubts that Line Of Duty will go down in the history books as one of the UK’s most-adored drama series, those doubts will have been eviscerated by the show’s latest viewing figures.

Royal Blood have confirmed they’ll hit the road next year for their biggest UK tour to date.After teasing fans of the cities they’ll visit earlier this week, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher have now confirmed they’ll head out across March and April 2022 on a jaunt that will take in their biggest show to date at London’s O2 Arena.“Playing live is the DNA and sole purpose of our band,” said Royal Blood.  On stage with our fans is where we belong, and we cannot wait for this tour to be a reality!”You

A.D. Amorosi As far as “fifth Beatles” go, Klaus Voormann has forever been at the top of that elite list.