Idles on if they could headline Glastonbury or Reading & Leeds in future

Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA will headline this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

Naman Ramachandran Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA are among the headliners at this year’s Glastonbury music festival. The iconic British festival returns to Somerset’s Worthy Farm from June 26-30. Dua Lipa makes her Pyramid Stage debut as the festival’s Friday night headliner, on a bill also featuring Glastonbury veterans LCD Soundsystem and PJ Harvey.

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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued a money-saving message for parents ahead of the Easter holidays.

Bobby Power's family have recalled their heartache at watching cancer kill the popular dad-of-three without 'any treatment whatsoever'. The former United youth footballer from north Manchester, who starred in There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, died aged 40 after battling pancreatic cancer.

The royal family are feeling the effects of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s exit in 2020 hard right now!

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Allen, star of Home Improvement and Last Man Standing, is returning to ABC with a new multi-camera sitcom. The network has handed a pilot order to a family comedy headlined by the veteran actor-comedian.

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Allen, star of Home Improvement and Last Man Standing, is returning to ABC with a new multi-camera sitcom. The network has handed a pilot order to a family comedy headlined by the veteran actor-comedian.

He hopes to show his “fun, caring and devilish” side on Celebrity Big Brother and not the “villain” he is portrayed as but Gary Goldsmith caught viewers' eyes for the first time for the wrong reasons as he entered the iconic house.

Glastonbury 2024.SZA is tipped as the latest artist speculated to be heading to Worthy Farm later this year, after fans pieced together clues from her upcoming shows.Rumours around the American singer-songwriter come following her being announced as one of the headline acts for this year’s BST Hyde Park series. She’ll join the previously-announced artists Shania Twain, Andrea Bocelli, Robbie Williams, Stray Kids, Kylie Minogue and Kings Of Leon at the London event.The ‘Snooze’ singer is set to be in the UK to headline the show on June 29, meaning that she will also be in the country when the Worthy Farm festival takes place between June 26 and June 30.“SZA at Glastonbury festival,” wrote one user on X/Twitter.

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IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has revealed how a jigsaw puzzle helped them land a support slot with the Foo Fighters.The opportunity came back in 2017 when IDLES had just released their debut LP ‘Brutalism‘. They found out that they were on a shortlist of bands who could potentially open for Dave Grohl and co at their show at the O2 Arena in London.“They had a shortlist of five to ten bands, I think,” Talbot said while appearing as a guest on SPIN’s Lipp Service podcast.He continued: “And apparently… they pick the bands themselves; they had the shortlist.

Idles frontman Joe Talbot has shared the three tracks he recommends to help get kids to sleep at bedtime.READ MORE: Idles’ Joe Talbot: “I find love fascinating and empowering”The recommendation came as the singer-songwriter appeared on CBeebies’ Bedtime Stories as the latest musician to take part in the children’s series.For the episode, which aired last week (February 20), the Idles frontman read the rhyming picture book Under The Love Umbrella, which was written by Davina Bell and illustrated by Alison Colpoys.Elsewhere in the episode, he also shared the three tracks he personally recommends to help kids – and their parents – drift off.“Hello. I’m Joe from Idles, and these are my song choices to soothe your little ones,” he said to introduce the segment.For his first choice, Talbot recommended the 1998 song ‘Tezeta’ by Mulatu Astatke.

Kaiser Chief’s ‘I Predict A Riot’ following their victory over Leicester yesterday (February 23) in the Championship.A post from Leeds United’s official social media account on X/Twitter captured the moment following the club’s victory over Leicester in a video that’s now been viewed over two million times since the post appeared yesterday evening after the game.An unexpected comeback in the final 10 minutes of the match saw Leeds pull off a 3-1 win, having trailed behind the Championship leaders since the 15th minute of the game and a goal from Wout Faes.Subsequent goals from Connor Roberts, Archie Gray and Patrick Bamford secured victory for Leeds at Elland Road, something that resulted in Leeds fans bouncing up and down as they belted out the Kaiser Chief’s classic. The win means the team move just six points behind Leicester, who are the current league leaders.The band’s frontman Ricky Wilson is a Leeds fan, and the band also reacted to the fans on social media, sharing Leeds United’s post with some high-five emojis.

There are two types of couples. There are the ones who have to be apart all the time, and it drives a geographical wedge between them — until eventually they’re not into it anymore. And there’s the couples for whom distance makes the heart grow fonder. The ones who make the effort to be together no matter what.

Idles’ new album ‘Tangk’ has gone straight in at Number One on the Official UK Album Chart.The Bristol quintet’s fifth LP was released last Friday (February 16) and marks their second Number One album following 2020’s ‘Ultra Mono’. Altogether, 85 per cent of its opening week sales were in a physical format.‘TANGK’ has also topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, as well as the Official Record Store Chart, making it the week’s best-selling album in UK independent record shops.“Thank you very much to all of you that’ve supported us, bought our album and got us to Number 1. It’s a beautiful feeling,” the band told Official Charts.

IDLES has opened up about some key life – and coffee – lessons learnt from LCD Soundsystem.In NME‘s most recent In Conversation series, we sat down with frontman Joe Talbot to discuss his experiences touring and working with LCD Soundsystem. James Murphy and Nancy Whang of the band recently teamed up with Talbot to feature on the song ‘Dancer‘ from the freshly released album ‘TANGK’. The two bands have also previously performed IDLES song ‘Rottweiler’ on stage.Talbot spoke to NME about collaborating with the acclaimed electro-punk group, and whether they fit in with IDLES’ own punk sound: “I think most musicians want the same thing.

Idles frontman Joe Talbot has become the latest musician to appear on CBeebies Bedtime Stories – check out the video below.Talbot read the rhyming picture book Under The Love Umbrella, which was written by Davina Bell and illustrated by Alison Colpoys, on yesterday’s edition (February 20) of the BBC children’s series.“Hello, I’m Joe,” the frontman said to introduce his reading. “I’m a musician and I love being a musician. I love it because I get to make music with my friends.

Idles‘ Joe Talbot is set to be the latest musical star to read for CBeebies’ Bedtime Stories.The frontman will read ‘Under the Love Umbrella’ written by Davina Bell and illustrated by Alison Colpoys, which follows four children as they navigate the world under their love umbrellas.He’s the latest star to read a bedtime story, joining musicians who have previously lent their voices including Dave Grohl, Dolly Parton, Harry Styles, Elton John and more.Talbot’s story will air today (February 20) at 6:50pm GMT on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer.“It’s an honour to announce that I am reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story,” said the artist in a statement. “I can NOT express how much I love reading to my kid so this was a welcome twist in an already beautiful career.

Idles showed solidarity with the people of Palestine during the launch show for new album ‘Tangk‘ at Brixton Electric in London last night (Friday February 16). See footage, the setlist and more from the gig below.The gig was a special ‘out-store’ event hosted by Rough Trade for fans who had pre-ordered the album – released yesterday – and saw the band showcase nine songs from ‘Tangk’ alongside a run of fan favourites.Several times during the night, frontman Joe Talbot voiced his support for the people of Gaza suffering as a result of the war with Israel.