Being a Brit is usually a rather sad affair when you're watching the Eurovision Song Contest, especially in recent years.
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George Michael talks about fame and his legacy in the new trailer for “George Michael Freedom Uncut”.
A number of stars, including Stevie Wonder, Sir Elton John, Ricky Gervais, Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Tracey Emin, Liam Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Jean Paul Gaultier, James Corden, Tony Bennett, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and Tatjana Patitz, sing the praises of Michael in the clip.
The late singer passed away at age 53 on Christmas Day in 2016.
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Michael says of fame in the clip, “I can’t really explain how overwhelming that kind of hysteria can be… I remember thinking, I really don’t know if I’ll ever do this again.”
He later adds, “I want to leave songs, I believe I can leave songs, that will mean something to other generations.”
The “deeply autobiographical feature documentary” is “a poignant and moving tribute to the legacy of one of Britain’s greatest performers, in his final work George Michael reclaims the narrative of his career, personal life, and controversies in collaboration with co-director, producer and friend David Austin,” a description reads.
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This feature-length documentary will be released as a global cinema event on Wednesday, June 22, just ahead of Michael’s birthday on June 25.
Michael’s third studio album Older will also be re-released on vinyl on Friday, July 8, as part of a box set, which also includes an Upper vinyl, an essay recounting stories behind the album, and previously unseen photos.
Being a Brit is usually a rather sad affair when you're watching the Eurovision Song Contest, especially in recent years.
perform the track Space Man at the grand final in Turin, Italy, tonight. He co-wrote the song with Grammy-winning songwriter Amy Wadge, who has previously worked with Ed Sheeran, and Max Wolfgang. He began singing as a child, and was inspired to pursue a career in music after seeing the Canadian rock band Sum 41.
Paolo Nutini has announced details of his new album ‘Last Night In The Bittersweet’ and shared two new songs – listen to ‘Lose It’ and ‘Through The Echoes’ below.The new LP, which is the Scottish artist’s fourth studio album, will serve as the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Caustic Love’.Nutini’s ‘Last Night In The Bittersweet’ is released on July 1 via Atlantic Records. Written by Nutini (with some select co-write contributions from members of his band), the record was produced by the artist alongside Dani Castelar and Gavin Fitzjohn.Nutini has previewed ‘Last Night In The Bittersweet’ today (May 12) with two new singles.You can see the tracklist for Nutini’s ‘Last Night In The Bittersweet’ as well as its album artwork below.
Liam Gallagher has spoken out about his time working with Eric Cantona on the video for the 2019 track ‘Once’ in an exclusive clip shared with NME – you can watch it above.Adopting a hilarious impression of the cult football hero in the clip from the forthcoming one-hour Sky special called Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours At Rockfield which is due to air later this month, the former Oasis frontman recalled the first time he met the ex-Manchester United star, in a video you can watch above.“I met him at a club in Paris with two mates who were United fans and had a drink with him and he turned round and went ‘Are you one of the Gallagher boys?’ I said: ‘I am’,” Gallagher said.“And then ‘Once’ came out and I seen him on Instagram, listening to it saying it was his favourite song so I got someone to call him and went ‘Wouldn’t he be great to be in the video?’ I don’t like doing videos but we asked him would he be in it and he said yeah.“So I said, ‘How much fucking money do you want to be in it?’ and he went ‘I do not want nothing.’ So I went, ‘Right let us know what fucking flight you want’ [and he goes] ‘I will get my own flight’.
Ricky Gervais has slammed Piers Morgan for his interview with an official Taliban spokesman on TalkTV show Uncensored.
Kasabian have announced details of a surprise warm-up show in Aberdeen this month.Last week, the band announced details of their first new album since the departure of former frontman Tom Meighan.Having dropped the first taster of their new direction with the single ‘ALYGATYR‘ last year, the band – consisting of chief songwriter Serge Pizzorno, bassist Chris Edwards, drummer Ian Matthews and guitarist Tim Carter (following the departure of Meighan after he was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend-now-wife in 2020) – the group shared new single ‘SCRIPTVRE’ last week.Ahead of the band’s tour this summer, they’ve now also announced that they’re playing the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen on May 27, with tickets on general sale at 10am on May 13.Kasabian will also pay dates in Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and France. You can get remaining tickets for France and Netherlands here and Belgium and Germany here.
Hit show The Office graced British TV screens 20 years ago, starting off as an instant cult classic before growing to become one of the most successful international comedies of the last two decades. Created by unknowns at the time Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the half an hour ‘mockumentary’ followed a group of awkward, yet hilarious, co-workers at the Slough branch of the Wernham Hogg paper company.
Christopher Vourlias “Million Dollar Pigeons,” which had its world premiere this week at Hot Docs, follows a colorful cast of pigeon masters from far and wide who compete in the most lucrative pigeon races on the planet. Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer, and speaks to the director, Irish filmmaker Gavin Fitzgerald.The third documentary feature from Fitzgerald, the film enters the world of the passionate “pigeon fanciers” who put their reputations and livelihoods at stake in pursuit of ever-growing prize purses.
Netflix has set May 24 for the premiere of Supernature, Emmy winner Ricky Gervais’ second stand-up special for the streamer.
The stars are stepping out for the 2022 Prince’s Trust Gala!
Deadline reported on Thursday.Corden, 43, officially took over the desk chair at Los Angeles’ Studio 56 in March 2015.“It’s been it’s a really hard decision to leave because I’m so immensely proud of the show. I’m thrilled to be extending [for a year],” Corden said in a statement.
Liam Gallagher has said that being a solo artist is “boring as fuck” and that he would “much rather be in a band”.Speaking in a new interview, the former Oasis and Beady Eye frontman – who for the past six years has been enjoying huge solo success – has revealed that he’s not a fan of recording and working on songs written for him by other people.“It’s boring as fuck, to be fair,” the ‘Everything’s Electric’ singer told MOJO (via Radio X). “It ain’t what it’s meant to be.”He continued: “I’d much rather be in a band, all bashing it out together.