Ed Sheeran, Noel Gallagher, The Who, AC/DC, Depeche Mode donate to Teenage Cancer Trust auction

They may have been runners-up to Hear’Say in the Popstars TV, but Liberty X went on to have phenomenal chart success following the TV talent contest back in 2001.Together Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Michelle Heaton, Jessica Taylor and Kelli Young recorded three albums, scored ten consecutive top ten singles in the UK and sold three million records across the world.Their biggest hit, Just A Little, shot to number one in 2002 and the five-piece toured extensively, winning a huge army of fans across Europe as well as winning two Brit Awards for Best British Single and Best British Breakthrough Artist. The group called it a day and went their separate ways in 2007, reuniting occasionally for one-off shows.  After reforming for ITV2’s The Big Reunion in 2012, they went on an arena tour with fellow pop artists including Atomic Kitten, Five and B*Witched.

Uh oh. A childhood hero has been caught by the FBI for alleged fraud!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaScreen Media has acquired North American rights to “Code Name Banshee,” an upcoming action-thriller with Antonio Banderas and Jamie King. The film will receive a day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release in July.Directed by Jon Keeyes and written by Matthew Rogers, the duo behind “The Survivalist,” the film follows Caleb (Banderas), a former government assassin in hiding, who resurfaces when his protégé, the equally deadly killer known as Banshee (King), discovers a bounty has been placed on Caleb’s head.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWestEnd Films has closed a series of new deals on “Out of the Blue,” an upcoming thriller that brings together Neil LaBute and Diane Kruger.Rights for the film, which LaBute writes and directs, have gone to Australia and New Zealand (Kismet Movies), France (Metropolitan Filmexport), Germany (Koch Films), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Italy (Eagle Pictures), Middle East (Phoenicia Pictures) Israel (Forum Film), Poland (Galapagos Films), Greece (Spentzos Film), former Yugoslavia (Investacommerce) and Portugal (Nos Lusomundo). WestEnd is also sharing a moody first-look image.Kruger, best known for her performances in “Inglourious Basterds” and “Troy,” leads an ensemble that also includes Ray Nicholson (“Promising Young Woman”), Hank Azaria (“Love & Other Drugs”) and Chase Sui Wonders (“Genera+ion”).

BBC podcaster Deborah James choked back tears as she thanked everyone who has donated to her fundraiser – which has so far raised £2million and counting. The presenter, 40, said she felt “utterly loved” and was “absolutely mind blown” at the figure. Deborah launched the 'bowel babe' fund for Cancer Research UK this week, after heartbreakingly telling fans she has moved onto end-of-life care for her bowel cancer.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, The Chicks, SZA, Kacey Musgraves, Flume, Paramore and Lil Nas X all set to perform headline sets across the six-day festival. As it has for the past eight IRL editions, ACL ’22 will be held over two weekends in October. Each will feature a vastly different bill, though many acts – including the likes of Diplo, Wallows, The War On Drugs, Conan Gray, Spoon and Japanese Breakfast – will perform sets on both weekends.Other names appearing on both line-ups include Sofi Tukker, Omar Apollo, Arlo Parks, Pinkpantheress, Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats, The Midnight, Oliver Tree and Genesis Owusu. 39 names are down to perform exclusively during the first weekend, with standouts including Lil Durk, Carly Rae Jepsen, Rag ’N’ Bone Man, Slayyyter, James Blake, Manchester Orchestra and Muna.

Sharon Osbourne was just 18 when she first met Ozzy. It was 51 years ago and she was then called Sharon Levy. Working as a receptionist for her famous dad Don Arden, a music executive who had recently signed Ozzy's band Black Sabbath, she said she was shocked when the heavy metal rocker first came into her father's office.

Sharon Osbourne has shared a picture of herself in bed attached to a drip after catching Covid-19 from husband Ozzy.The former X-Factor judge, 69, flew back to Los Angeles after learning that her husband, 73, had been struck down with Covid-19 last week, but she ended up contracting the illness herself along with their daughter Kelly. Sharon has updated her fans with an image of herself hooked up to an IV whilst cosying up in bed with her pet dog Elvis. Sharon was worried about her husband Ozzy, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, when she headed home to LA to care for him and the reality TV star shared earlier this week that the whole household, including daughter Kelly, had contracted Covid-19.

Dave played a short snippet of Kanye West‘s track ‘Homecoming’ on piano during his recent gig in Chicago – you can watch a clip from the show below.The UK rapper and musician is currently on the North American leg of his ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ tour in support of his second studio album, which was released last year.During his show at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago last Friday (April 29), Dave paid homage to West – who grew up in Chicago – by performing a section of the latter’s ‘Homecoming’, which featured on West’s 2007 album ‘Graduation’, on the piano.The YouTuber and online personality Akademiks shared footage of Dave’s short cover on his Instagram yesterday (May 3), and you can watch it below.A post shared by DJ Akademiks (@akademiks)Dave’s North American tour continues in New York tonight (May 4) – you can find any remaining tickets here.Dave has been nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the 2022 Ivor Novello awards, which will take place later this month. He’s been nominated alongside the likes of Adele, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and RAYE.Dave’s recent performance at Coachella saw him invite another fan up on stage to rap ‘Thiago Silva’ with him.

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Blast from the past. Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler attended the Met Gala 2022 the same night he walked the red carpet with his girlfriend, Kaia Gerber.

Matthew McConaughey steps out with wife Camila Alves for the 10th Annual Mack, Jack & McConaughey Gala held at ACL Live over the weekend in Austin, Texas.

Noel Gallagher says he's been plagued by a sex-crazed female stalker who has followed him for years. The former Oasis guitarist, 54, says he's been harassed by the woman whenever he tours Europe, the Mirror reports.

Noel Gallagher has called Robbie Williams‘ hit song ‘Angels’ “Oasis by numbers”.Gallagher, who once referred to Williams as “the fat dancer from Take That” was discussing the track on ‘The Matt Morgan Podcast’.“I’ve heard it and thought, ‘I wish I’d written that,’” he said at first, adding: “‘Angels’ is Oasis by numbers. Add a fucking electric guitar on it and it would be.”The Gallagher brothers and Williams have had a long, ongoing feud, which first started in the mid-90s and escalated with Robbie challenging Liam to a boxing match.

Kehlani has criticised Noel Gallagher over his recent comments regarding authenticity in music.The Californian R&B artist sat down with NME for this week’s Big Read cover interview in which she talked about their third album ‘Blue Water Road’ (out today, April 29), becoming at peace with their sexual identity, and recalled appearing on American Idol back in 2011.Kehlani was 16 years old when their band PopLyfe auditioned for the aforementioned singing competition. The group came in at fourth place on that season, a feat that bolstered the star’s solo career thanks to the connections she made along the way.Explaining that she didn’t face much snobbery over those reality TV beginnings, Kehlani then spoke about Noel Gallagher recently dismissing Harry Styles as not a “real” musician owing to his X Factor and One Direction past.“That person – whoever that is – can kiss my ass,” Kehlani told NME.