First councillors announced in 2022 Perth and Kinross Council election

Coheed & Cambria will return to the UK and Europe this October, announcing a 13-date run of shows that they’ll co-headline with Thrice.The tour will kick off in Bristol on Friday October 14, when the respective prog-rockers and post-hardcore outfit take to the stage at the O2 Academy. They’ll follow it up with shows at Academy venues in Birmingham, London and Manchester, before rolling on to Nottingham for a gig at Rock City. A date in Glasgow will wrap up the UK stint on Thursday October 20, before Coheed & Cambria and Thrice start their European jaunt in the Belgian city of Antwerp.

Paolo Nutini has announced details of a new UK and European tour – get your tickets here and see the full list of dates below.The Scottish artist returned last week with two new songs and news of his fourth studio album ‘Last Night In The Bittersweet’, the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Caustic Love’.Nutini has now announced a UK and European tour in support of the LP, with a pair of live dates in Ireland in August joining a run of dates that run from September through to November.The tour will visit the UK from October 22-November 1, with gigs in Manchester, London, Birmingham, Hull, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.Fans who pre-order ‘Last Night In The Bittersweet’ by 3pm on Monday (May 23) will receive exclusive access to a pre-sale for tour tickets, which opens at 9am on Tuesday (May 24).

Burna Boy has announced that he’ll be heading out on a tour of North America this summer – get tickets here.Hitting the road in support of his forthcoming album ‘Love, Damini’, the Nigerian Afrobeats star has added a string of US and Canadian dates to his previously announced tour, which includes dates in Europe and the UK.Kicking off on July 17, Burna Boy’s North American tour leg will kick off in Bridgetown, Barbados. It will continue through the summer with stops in Chicago, Houston and more before the finale in Atlanta, GA on July 31.The tour announcement follows Burna Boy’s appearance at last weekend’s Billboard Music Awards, where he performed new single ‘Last Last’ and ‘Kilometre’, both taken from the forthcoming ‘Love Damini’,due for release on July 1.Tickets for Burna Boy’s North American tour go on sale Friday (May 20) at 12pm local time – get them here.

Eurovision entry Sam Ryder has announced details of a new 2022 London show.Ryder came second during the weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, with Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra winning the event with a massive 631 points. It was the UK’s best performance result since 1997.Viral TikTok sensation Ryder went into the competition as the bookmakers second-favourite to win with his song ‘Space Man’.He will now play brand-new London venue Outernet in London on November 24.

Epik High have announced an Asia Pacific tour that so far spans five stops in Southeast Asia and Australia.This July, the Korean hip-hop group will head to Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, Bangkok and Jakarta for the Epik High Is Here Tour, they announced today (May 14). A tour poster hints at four more stops that have yet to be revealed.The tour will kick off in Singapore on July 9 then head to Australia for stops in Melbourne (July 11) and Sydney (July 12).

(G)I-DLE have announced a 2022 world tour that will take the Korean girl group to North America, Asia and more.The group took to social media on Wednesday (May 11) to announce the tour, titled ‘Just Me ( )I-DLE’. The tour, which so far runs from June to October, will see the group perform in the United States, Mexico, Chile, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and Singapore.

Perth and Kinross Council's SNP group has secured the support needed to form a minority administration.

The Charlatans have announced they will embark on a run of Australian and New Zealand shows later this year to mark their 32nd anniversary.They’ll be making the trip down this October for six shows, kicking off with one show in Auckland, New Zealand, on Thursday 6. They’ll then head to Australia, playing Sydney on Saturday 8, continuing through Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne before wrapping up in Perth on Saturday 15.The band will play a number of songs from across their career, with ‘The Only One I Know’, ‘Jesus Hairdo’, ‘Can’t Get Out Of Bed’, ‘One To Another’, ‘Love is The Key’, ‘Blackened Blue Eyes’ and more appearing on their setlist.

Harry Styles has announced a North American tour behind his upcoming third studio album Harry's House. "Love On Tour 2022" will span 32 nights in a handful of cities: Toronto, New York, Austin, Chicago, and Los Angeles will get shows, with a massive 10 gigs planned for Madison Square Garden. Registration for Ticketmaster's Verified Fan Presale is open now.

Love Island 2022 teasers are here. The much-loved dating show will return to our screens this summer, as more singletons hope to find love in the villa.

Independent candidate Ann Ritchie won a stunning victory in elections to Falkirk Council, topping the poll in the Bo'ness and Blackness ward with 2262 first preference votes.

Voters in Greater Manchester took to the polls in the local council elections today (Thursday, May 5).

Voters in Calderdale, Yorkshire, have had their say in the 2022 local elections.

Voters in Burnley have had their say in the 2022 local elections.

Voters in Kirklees have had their say in the 2022 local elections.

Voters in Preston have had their say in the 2022 local elections.

There was a steady stream of voters throughout the day at polling stations across the Falkirk Council area on Thursday.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLive Nation Entertainment posted the best first quarter in its history this year, according to financial results released Thursday for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.“Momentum has picked up for all of our businesses over the course of the first quarter, and as a result, we delivered financial performance that greatly surpassed our previous expectations, with operating income of $27 million and [adjusted operating income] of $209 million,” CEO Michael Rapino said in a statement accompanying the results. “Artists are back on the road and fan demand has never been stronger, a reflection that live events remain a clear priority for consumers as our social lives restart.”The company’s AOI of $209 million topped the previous record, Q1 of 2019, by $94 million, and was $361 million better than 2021 — when the industry had not yet begun to emerge from the pandemic — with a boost of $269 million in ticketing, $66 million in sponsorship and $26 million in concerts.

Tove Lo has announced details of a UK and European tour which will take place later this year.The Sweden-born, Los Angeles-based artist will return with new music later today (May 3) in the form of ‘No One Dies From Love’, which will premiere along with an Alaska-directed music video at 6:30pm UK time.Accompanying the new single, Lo has now confirmed a host of UK, Ireland and European headline tour dates for October and November.“I’m so happy I feel CRAZY to announce my headline tour in the UK and Europe this autumn,” Lo said in a statement. “We had to cut our tour there short in March of 2020, which meant missing out on seeing most of your beautiful faces.

Those elected as councillors on May 5 will make decisions on behalf of residents about vital local services including roads, parks, schools and planning.