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Billie Eilish officially released two surprise songs on Thursday, the previously heard «TV» that she performed live on tour last month, and a brand new tune, «The 30th.» Both releases come from Eilish's new two-track EP,, which is now available across all digital streaming platforms. «Finneas and I really wanted these to be yours as soon as possible,» Eilish said in a statement. «So here they are!»Fans first heard «TV» as an unreleased track performed at the Manchester stop of Eilish's Happier Than Ever tour on June 7.

Billie Eilish is back with new music.

Billie Eilish has shared two new singles, “TV” and “The 30th.” Both went live on digital streaming platforms today at noon without warning, packaged as an extremely short EP titled Guitar Songs. True to the project’s title, both are acoustic, singer-songwriter cuts. “TV” was teased six weeks ago when Eilish played it at a UK stop on her sold-out, ongoing Happier Than Ever tour.

Billie Eilish has released a two-track collection called ‘Guitar Songs’ featuring ‘TV’ and ‘The 30th’. Listen to both new songs below.Eilish previously premiered ‘TV’ live during her Manchester gig last month where she performed the acoustic track on stage with her brother Finneas.“Finneas and I really wanted these to be yours as soon as possible,” she told fans of the surprise release. “So here they are!! Performing ‘TV’ on tour was such a highlight for us too, so we took the audio from the first night we played it in Manchester and put it in the song.Billie added: “I get shivers every time I hear it.

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Olivia Rodrigo had a surprise for fans at a dive bar in Manchester, U.K., on Sunday night.

Olivia Rodrigo made a surprise intimate performance in Manchester last night (July 3) following her huge gig in the city – see footage below.The star was playing a show at the Apollo in the city last night as part of her UK/European tour behind debut album ‘Sour’, and after the show she headed to the tiny Bunny Jackson’s bar for a special performance.Between scheduled performances at the bar, Rodrigo reportedly asked those playing the gig if she and her band could play a song herself.She then proceeded to head through a rendition of Natalie Imbruglia’s 1997 hit ‘Torn’.One Twitter user who was playing Bunny Jackson’s last night shared footage on Twitter of Rodrigo’s performance, writing: “Why yes Olivia Rodrigo, of course you can turn up at Bunny Jacksons on a bloody Sunday evening and play a song for a laugh before our 3rd set.”See footage below.Why yes Olivia Rodrigo, of course you can turn up at Bunny Jacksons on a bloody Sunday evening and play a song for a laugh before our 3rd set. pic.twitter.com/mpMbpkRlLq— OJB (@Oliver_james) July 4, 2022THIS IS SO RANDOM.

Singer-songwriter Jamie T has announced a UK tour for November this year - including a date at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse . Tickets go on general sale next Friday, July 8, but there’s a way you can get presale tickets two days earlier than everyone else.

Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish and Finneas are some of the acts added to a special TV programme that aims to raise awareness about and funds for Ukraine.NBC’s Ukraine: Answering he Call airs this Sunday (July 3) with appearances from a range of entertainment guests including Alicia Keys, Jon Batiste, Kristen Bell, Brandi Carlile and Julianne Moore. Sheryl Crow is another fresh addition.The show, which also airs on US channels MSNBC and CNBC, is an hour-long event that will give viewers the chance to help families by donating to the International Rescue Committee, an organisation that helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives.Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky will address Americans during the special and will encourage them to use their voices to fight for peace.

Liam Gallagher praised her hit comedy series Motherland when the pair crossed paths at one of his recent shows.Co-written by Horgan, the BAFTA-winning sitcom follows a group of middle-class mums in west London as they attempt to navigate their chaotic lives and deal with primary school politics.It stars the likes of Anna Maxwell Martin (who plays Julia), Lucy Punch (Amanda) and Diane Morgan (Liz).During a new interview with NME, Horgan remembered receiving some unexpected love for the show while standing side-of-stage at Gallagher’s gig at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium this month.“I went to see Liam Gallagher play and as he was coming onstage, he came over to me and said, [imitating his northern accent] “‘Motherland! Fucking genius!” she explained.“And I thought: ‘What the fuck?!’ That was the last thing I expected. First of all, I never expect people to know me from Motherland, because I’m behind the scenes writing and secondly, I never thought Liam Gallagher would fit into its demographic.”Horgan continued: “I always thought it would be mums in Green Park who watched it, so I absolutely fucking loved that.”Motherland premiered on BBC Two back in 2016, and returned for its third and latest season in May 2021.

A$AP Rocky was so late to arrive at a recent show in Manchester where he was scheduled to provide support for headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers that the band ended up performing before him.Signs at the concert at Old Trafford, Manchester informed those in attendance that A$AP Rocky would close the performance following an opening set by Thundercat, Clout reports. Red Hot Chili Peppers would go on next to play their set before the rapper closed the show with a 20-minute set, which some users on social media found amusing.One Twitter user wrote, “So some dude called A$AP rocky was supposed to support Red Hot Chilli Peppers and arrived late to the gig so had to perform after them.

The past few weeks have seen Manchester host a variety of different musical events across the city.

Glastonbury is back for the first time in two years, returning to its home at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Kicking off on Wednesday (22 June), the iconic festival is well underway, brimming with exciting live performances.

Ed Sheeran suffered a guitar fail live on stage in front of 60,000 fans as the 'battery pack died' preventing him to performing during his Manchester show on Monday.  The singer, 31, was performing at the Etihad Stadium in front of 60,000 fans when his guitar suddenly malfunctioned and stopped working.

Tributes have been over the past week to a number of much loved people who have passed away in Greater Manchester.

Aitch has announced a pool party that will take place at this year’s Ibiza Rocks.The Manchester rapper will hold the party, deemed ‘Aitch20’, on August 9 from 2-10pm.You can see the full details of the event, and view ticket packages, here:A post shared by Ibiza Rocks (@ibizarocks)Last month, Aitch shared his latest single ‘1989’, featuring Shaun Ryder.The track sees Aitch rapping over a sample of The Stone Roses‘ ‘Fools Gold’.It is taken from Aitch’s forthcoming debut album ‘Close To Home’, which will be released on August 19 via Capitol. The record has been described as “a love letter to the city which shaped him”.Speaking to NME earlier this year, Aitch said he was “a proud Mancunian” and that his upcoming album will be “100,000 per cent a proper Manchester album,” that leans into the city’s proud musical heritage.Meanwhile, he recently said that he would pay £7million to Liam Gallagher if he would feature on his next album.Aitch also reiterated his plans to NME on the red carpet of the BRIT Awards 2022, where he told us of his plans to meet Gallagher at the ceremony and talk him into a collaboration.Asked how he’d go about starting up a conversation with the former Oasis frontman, the 22-year-old replied: “I’ll just say, ‘Why are [you] not on my album yet?’ See how it goes from there.”Speaking to NME recently, Gallagher responded saying that he won’t be appearing on his album, adding: “He ain’t got seven million fucking quid – he ain’t got fucking seven fucking quid, never mind fucking seven million.”He continued: “Listen, I don’t do that – that’s not for me, man.