Kiasmos announce first live shows in five years for UK and Europe in 2024

GOT7 singer BamBam has spoken out about the technical difficulties he faced during his performance at the 2024 Seoul Music Awards, saying he will “never go to award shows again”.This year’s Seoul Music Awards were held yesterday (January 2) at Bangkok’s Rajamangala Stadium, during which prizes were presented to winners and special performances were staged. The ceremony was also streamed live for global audiences to watch.As part of the performing line-up, GOT7 member BamBam took to the stage for a special mash-up of his solo singles ‘Pandora’, ‘Sour & Sweet’ and ‘Ribbon’.

Heart have played their first live shows together in almost half a decade around and on New Years Eve.The first date took place on December 27 at a more intimate venue, the Yaamava Theatre in Highland, California. The rock band then played two other arena shows in California and their hometown of Seattle on December 28 and 31 respectively.These were their first shows since 2019 and featured a career-spanning setlist including hits such as ‘Magic Man’, ‘Crazy On You’ and ‘Barracuda’.

Love Island finalist Paul Knops looks unrecognisable and completely different five years on from starring on the hit ITV2 dating show. Former reality star Paul found fame on the programme in 2018 when he finished in second place alongside Scottish beauty Laura Anderson. But things quickly turned sour when they decided to split and Paul accused the ex air hostess of moving on with Islander Max Morley "weeks" before he ended their romance.

“Each year, First Feature Competition is something truly special. We can’t wait to introduce these emerging talents to the world.”, she adds.

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Despite being settled and happy in Montecito, California, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reported to be thinking about a move to LA. The couple have suffered a number of setbacks this year after ending their Spotify contract early and being branded "biggest losers" of the year by The Hollywood Reporter. Omid Scobie's biography Endgame has also said to have caused a backlash for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Vended have announced a massive UK and European tour set to kick off in the spring of next year.The band, which includes Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor‘s son Griffin and Slipknot percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan’s son Simon among its bandmembers, will play the first show of their tour on April 25, 2024 at Turock in Essen, Germany.From there, they will make stops in cities including Hamburg, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Zurich, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Antwerp, Birmingham, Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Nottingham, Brighton and Swansea. The tour will wrap up on June 2, 2024 at Sub 89 in Reading.Bands Profiler and The Gloom In The Corner are set to serve as opening support for the shows.

Slipknot‘s former singer Anders Colsefni will play his first show with his band Painface in almost a decade next year – and Corey Taylor is going.The band will be performing at the Patio Nightclub in Las Vegas on January 27 and Taylor is set to watch it. He replaced Colsefni as Slipknot’s frontman in 1997.Painface have played sporadic shows since they reformed in 2010 but haven’t played a gig, they estimate, since 2015.Taylor took to X/Twitter to share his excitement for the show, writing: “Hope to see everyone at this show on Jan.

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U2 performed their cover of Darlene Love’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ for the first time in nearly 36 years at the Las Vegas Sphere this weekend.The Irish rock band performed the Christmas classic for the first time since 1987 during their show at the Sphere at The Venetian Resort on Friday (December 15).They last performed the track in December 1987 as they closed out the ‘Joshua Tree’ tour at the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.While performances from that gig featured on U2’s hybrid live/studio album ‘Rattle and Hum’, their version of ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ was not included.However, they did release a video filmed in November 1987 at the Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana before their concert there that night. It was also released in December 1987 with the charity compilation album ‘A Very Special Christmas’.They revived the track on Friday and, according to setlist.fm, rehearsed it during soundcheck in the day but did not print the song on the setlist.Watch the performance below.Back in October, U2 announced they were extending their residency at the Sphere, adding 11 extra dates to the run.

Basement, with three others set to be announced. JPEGMAFIA, meanwhile, will be performing on the Friday alongside Flatbush Zombies, The Garden, Redveil, Mavi and King Isis.The cross-genre line-up on the Saturday and Sunday, meanwhile, consists of the likes of Soccer Mommy, Show Me The Body, Poison The Well, Angel Du$t, Mannequin Pussy, Ceremony, Touché Amoré, Movements, Incendiary, Mindforce and more.This year’s festival will also indulge in some nostalgia with several bands playing their most renowned albums in full.

SAULT have finally played their first ever live show, and brought out Little Simz and Michael Kiwanuka to celebrate the occasion – watch everything that went down below.The mysterious collective, who are yet to reveal any of their names or faces, have steadily released music since their debut ‘5’ in 2019. SAULT have never officially confirmed their bandmembers; however, producer Inflo is generally regarded as the leader, with Cleo Sol, Kid Sister, Chronixx and more providing uncredited vocals.A few days ago, the collective confirmed a world tour as well the date of their first ever show, which was held at London’s new venue Drumsheds.

view includes litigation.Meghan McCain is slamming “The View” hosts for “slander” and threatening to take legal action after certain comments were made on Thursday morning’s episode. While discussing the recent authorization of the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, which allows House committee chairmen to build a case that he was improperly involved with his family’s foreign business dealings, the chat then focused on Hunter Biden.Earlier this month, Hunter was indicted on nine charges — including three felonies — partially for allegedly failing to pay more than $1 million in taxes while living an “extravagant” lifestyle over a four-year period, according to a 56-page indictment out of the Central District of California written by special counsel David Weiss.For their part, “The View” focused on Hunter’s penchant for influence peddling, or using his family name to gain power and earn favor especially in his business dealings.Co-host Ana Navarro then pointed out that influence peddling is the norm for prominent figures in D.C.“Look, did Hunter Biden influence-peddle on his last name? Yes, he did,” she said.

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Thai police have arrested an anti-junta activist today for defaming the monarchy in what human rights groups said was the first case of lese-majeste brought under Thailand's new king.

Electric Castle has announced the first acts for its 2024 festival – check out the line-up so far below.The event is set to host its 10th anniversary edition at Bánffy Castle in Transylvania, Romania between July 17-21. Tickets are on general sale now – you can buy yours here.Today (December 6), it’s been confirmed that Massive Attack, Bring Me The Horizon and Queens Of The Stone Age will headline Electric Castle next summer.They’re joined on the bill by Chase & Status (live), Khruangbin, Sleaford Mods, Bonobo (DJ set), Nina Kraviz, Eats Everything, Jayda G and more.

Big Thief‘s Adrianne Lenker has debuted a new single ‘Ruined’ and announced a 2024 UK and Europe tour.The track is set to become the lead single from Lenker’s forthcoming sixth solo album, which will land next year. No further details about the album have been revealed as of yet.‘Ruined’ sees Lenker move to the piano for the first time as she laments a conflicting romantic situation – “Can’t get enough of you/ You come around I’m ruined,” she sings.“This song has been a quiet beacon for me.

Massive Attack are set to perform their first live UK show in five years in 2024 with a summer climate action event in Bristol.The trip hop collective have announced Act 1.5, an all-day “large-scale climate action accelerator event” taking place August 25, 2024 at Clifton Downs in their hometown of Bristol, which will see Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall play their first concert on UK soil in five years.The event will mark 25 years of climate activism for the band, and it’s set to be the lowest carbon show of its size ever staged. Special guests are also due to be announced to join the line-up for the event.Fans can sign-up for pre-sale tickets here by entering the first half of their postcode when asked.

A dad-of-seven whose family are the last ones living in a now-derelict street has hit out at council chiefs who want to bulldoze his home. Demonique Wilson and his wife Thabo are locked in a bitter dispute with Salford town hall bosses over the value of his house which is set to be demolished to make way for a £250m regeneration project.