Frank Turner to attempt to break record for most shows played in 24 hours for Music Venue Trust

BBC, Mark Davyd (CEO of the Music Venue Trust) said he was to meet with the Co-Op Live once the venue was up and running. The meeting comes amongst the furore with Co-Op Live’s executive director Gary Roden, who suggested some grassroots venues were “poorly run” whilst discussing the case for a £1 ticket levy to preserve them.Davyd later criticised Roden’s comments, pointing out the average age of the artists booked to play at the venue was 52: “The average length of time it takes for a British artist to be booked to headline the Coop Live Arena from the date of the release of their first album is 30 (THIRTY) years.

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Alien Ant Farm have announced a joint headline tour with CKY, which will come with a £1 ticket levy to help support grassroots venues. Find ticket details below.The announcement of the upcoming 2024 shows comes on the heels of California nu-metal band sharing ‘~mAntras~’ last week – marking their first new album in nearly a decade.Set to kick off towards the beginning of November, the shows will see frontman Dryden Mitchell and co.

Frank Turner has announced the details of his 3000th gig, which will be held at London’s Alexandra Palace – find out more below.The musician took to social media to share the incredible achievement, writing: “Holy cow. It’s actually happening.”Carter’s 3000th show will take place on February 22, 2025, where Ally Pally will host over 10,000 potential concertgoers.To access pre-sale tickets, you can pre-order an album in any format from Turner’s web store until May 1, 11:59pm BST.

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Queen of Tears, starring Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won, has set a new viewership record for tvN.Queen of Tears, which aired its finale yesterday (April 28), has achieved record viewership numbers for South Korean cable network tvN, with its finale episode clinching a 24.9 per cent viewership rating, per Korea JoongAng Daily.The final episode of Queen of Tears surpasses a previous record held by the popular K-drama Crash Landing On You, which peaked at 21.7 per cent viewership rating with its finale on tvN back in 2020.The figure also places Queen of Tears as the third highest viewed cable K-drama of all-time in South Korean, only beaten by the 2020 series The World of the Married (with 28.4 per cent) and Reborn Rich (with 26.9 per cent). Both those shows aired on the cable network JTBC.Queen of Tears also notably marked the acting comeback of Kim Soo-hyun, whose last project was 2021’s One Ordinary Day.

.On April 26, the shared two photos of their new haircut by celebrity stylist Amber Maynard, demonstrating just how versatile a short, choppy bob can truly be. In the first snap, Lovato wore their hair pushed back and tucked behind their ears, almost like a mullet pixie cut.In the next shot, however, Lovato cosigned the for a daintier look, opting for a side part in a subtle nod to the Camp Rock star's signature look from 2009.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The Monte-Carlo Television Festival will present its International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent to British actor Simone Ashley at its opening ceremony on June 14. The award recognizes the “exceptional rising talent of an actor who has elevated the bar of excellence to international acclaim.” Ashley is known for portraying Kate Sharma, the female lead of Season 2 of the Netflix series “Bridgerton.” She reprises her role in Season 3, which premieres next month.

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The Roundup: Punishment, the fourth film in the blockbuster Korean franchise, has set a new all-time opening day presales record in its home market. Releasing there today, the crime actioner that stars and is executive produced by Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee), had amassed over 834,000 ticket reservations as of Wednesday morning local time, accounting for 95.5% of all sales, according to local reports. 

Frank Turner has announced a UK headlining tour set to begin later this summer.Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls will kick off the tour at Glastonbury on June 28 where they are set to perform on the Avalon stage. They will then make their way across the UK with stops in Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Southampton, Birmingham, Nottingham, Cardiff, Oxford and Norwich.

NME that comments made by Manchester’s Co-Op Live Arena about grassroots venues are “disrespectful and disingenuous”.Earlier this week, the executive director of the major new 23,500 capacity venue said that some smaller venues in the UK are “poorly run” and dismissed calls for a £1 ticket levy on all gigs arena-sized and above.Gary Roden told the BBC he believes the levy is “too simplistic”, and says it should fall on the government rather than major arenas to support the live music ecosystem.“If the conversation stops being ‘Give me a quid’ and quite aggressive – if it changed to be, ‘What can we do together to help?’, that’s where I think we start to get into that apprenticeship conversation and all those different things that we want to work through,” he said.In response, Mark Davyd, CEO of the Music Venue Trust, has told NME that he believes Roden’s comments are “disrespectful and disingenuous”, while also highlighting the irony of making such “ill-judged, unnecessary and misleading” remarks on the week that their own venue was forced to postpone their own launch, due to a number of logistical problems.“It is regrettable that the owners of Co-Op Live have consistently declined invitations to engage properly in the discussion about the future of the UK’s live music ecosystem so that the team there could have a full understanding of the challenges and issues facing the grassroots music sector, venues, artists and promoters,” Davyd said.“This lack of willingness to play a role in that ecosystem unfortunately leads them to make ill-judged and poorly considered comments about the sector’s approach to the discussions, the professionalism of the people running the venues, the possibility for [Co-Op Live commercial partner]

BBC recently, where he discussed the proposed £1 ticket levy on all gigs arena-sized and above, to help secure the future of grassroots venues and artists.Roden said that he was “very aware it’s a hot topic”, and that he was “embracing the conversation”, but that he believed the levy was “too simplistic”.The report suggests that he thinks support should come directly from the government, and added that while he acknowledges the financial pressures on small venues, he thinks some of them are poorly run.“If the conversation stops being ‘Give me a quid’ and quite aggressive – if it changed to be, ‘What can we do together to help?’, that’s where I think we start to get into that apprenticeship conversation and all those different things that we want to work through,” he said.“We’ve got a list of ideas that we’re currently forming, and I think once we’ve been open six months or a year, we’ll be really able to add something very significant to the grassroots system in Manchester.”2/521.7% of all the shows will be performed by artists over retirement age. 8.6% of all the shows will be performed by artists under the age of 30.

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Faithless have announced their return to the live stage after eight years, and teased that new music is on the way. Check out the newly announced shows below.Announced today (April 19), the band have announced a new run of live shows, set to take place across the UK and Europe later this summer.

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Glastonbury 2024 line-up, including Caity Baser, Lulu, Frank Turner and Skindred.Last month, the iconic Worthy Farm festival shared its official 2024 line-up for Glastonbury – with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA being confirmed as headlining the iconic Pyramid Stage this summer, while Shania Twain will perform in the legends slot on the Sunday instalment.Now, following the main announcement, the organisers have begun counting down the weeks to this year’s edition by gradually announcing the artists playing at other stages around the site.This kicked off last week with news of new artists set to headline the Acoustic Stage later this summer, and now Glastonbury has shared details of its Field Of Avalon line-up.Announced this morning on the festival’s official X/Twitter page, the full bill for the stage has been shared, with performances from Baby Queen, Skindred, Frank Turner and Lulu all being locked in.For Lulu, the announcement comes following speculation of an upcoming Glasto slot that emerged last week. According to an anonymous source at the time, the 75-year-old singer would be playing at the festival to close off her ongoing ‘Champagne For Lulu’ farewell tour.

Lisa Armstrong took to social media with a bold statement just hours after showing rare public support for her ex-husband Ant McPartlin. Earlier, as the final episode of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway was set to air, she joined in with fans' reactions to the show's latest offering.