LF SYSTEM secure second week as UK's Number 1 single with Afraid To Feel as George Ezra, Burna Boy and more climb

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LF SYSTEM have done it – locking in a straight month at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their breakthrough single Afraid To Feel.

Central Cee makes a Top 5 debut this week as he secures this week’s highest new entry on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Doja.

Two dancers were injured at a Cantopop concert in Hong Kong after a massive video screen suspended above the stage fell onto performers below. The concert on Thursday, by boy band called Mirror, was the fourth of a series of 12 scheduled concerts by the band held at the Hong Kong Coliseum. According to the Associated Press, two performers were injured onstage and three other female audience members were also reported as injured, police said.

Barack Obama has shared his summer playlist for 2021, featuring tracks by the likes of Wet Leg, Burna Boy, Harry Styles, Sampa The Great, and more.The former president of the US began sharing his recommendations for music, books and films and TV shows during his time in the White House and has continued the tradition since.Posting his latest playlist earlier today (July 26), Obama wrote: “Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies – it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together.”The list includes Wet Leg’s ‘Angelica’, Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’, Maggie Rogers’ ‘That’s Where I Am’ and Sampa The Great’s ‘Energy’. In terms of older tracks, Obama selected the likes of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’, Miles Davis’ ‘Blue In Green’ and Aretha Franklin’s ‘Save Me’.

George Ezra could mount a challenge for Number 1 this week, with folk-pop track Green Green Grass so far up to a brand new peak of Number 2 on the Official Chart: First Look.

LF SYSTEM have secured a third consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Afraid To Feel.  

Kalvin Phillips has responded to social media comments from George Ezra after revealing he sang one of the pop artist's ballads during his Manchester City ‘initiation test’.

James Blunt is set to star in a new feature documentary, which has been described as Spinal Tap meets Alan Partridge.The new project comes from Lorton Entertainment, who previously produced the BBC film Bros: After The Screaming Stops, the Oasis documentary Supersonic and the soon-to-be-released George Ezra film End-To-End.The upcoming documentary was filmed on the road during Blunt’s 2022 Greatest Hit Tour, and will explore the singer’s backstory, from his time in the British Army to recording the biggest-selling album of the noughties.The official synopsis reads: “This the story of an ageing, British popstar, still fighting for relevance some seventeen years after his star momentarily twinkled. No one has a more extraordinary story than James Blunt.

George Ezra documentary End To End – check it out below.The documentary follows the singer-songwriter’s 1,200 mile walk across the UK in 2021, starting at the most southerly point of England, Land’s End, and ending at the northern tip of Scotland, John O’Groats.Along the way, Ezra meets with musicians and reflects on his relationship with music following months of isolation. The film also features acoustic performances and tracks from his third album, ‘Gold Rush Kid’.End To End will be released in UK and Irish cinemas for one day only on August 29.

George Ezra has added three new arenas to his upcoming Gold Rush Kid Tour for 2023.

George Ezra has announced details of three new arena shows for 2023 in London and Ireland – see details below and find tickets here.The news comes off the back of the songwriter’s massive London gig at Finsbury Park, which took place last night (July 17).As already announced, Ezra will take recent third album ‘Gold Rush Kid’ out on a UK arena tour later this year, and three dates have now been added for early 2023.The songwriter will play Dublin’s 3Arena on March 8, heading to Killarney for a gig at the INEC Arena two days later.On March 13, he will then end the short extension to the tour with a London show at The O2. Australian dates also follow at the end of this year.See George Ezra’s new and existing tour dates below.

Harry Styles’ Harry’s House returns to the top of the Official Albums Chart this week, celebrating its fifth non-consecutive week at Number 1. 

Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush holds tight at Number 1 for a fifth consecutive week.

Yungblud has shared a new version of his recent single ‘Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today’.The original take on the track, which was released last month, was a short and upbeat pop-rock song.The latest version the artist (real name Dominic Harrison) has shared, dubbed the “sad version”, is much more downbeat than the original version and sees Yungblud strumming an acoustic guitar in a black and white video. You can view the clip below.In a press release, Yungblud previously explained that he wrote the song “to help me stand up”, declaring that, “To me, this song is what happiness feels like.

Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran have scored the biggest singles and albums in the UK in 2022 so far.Styles’ long running Number One hit ‘As It Was’ is the biggest single of the year beating Sheeran and Fireboy DML’s single ‘Peru’ into second place.The track, which has topped the charts for 10 weeks, racked up 95 million streams and was also the most physically purchased (11,000 units) and digitally downloaded (33,000 units) song of the year so far in the UK, according to the Official Charts Company.Meanwhile, ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ from the Disney movie Encanto came in at Number Three.It is the most-streamed track of the year to date in the UK with 110 million streams overall, including 36 million video streams, the most for any song so far in 2022.The best singles of 2022 so far are:1. Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’2. Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran – ’Peru’3. Encanto soundtrack – ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’4. Ed Sheeran – ‘Bad Habits’5. Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott – ‘Where Are You Now’6. Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’7. Cat Burns – ‘Go’8. Glass Animals – ‘Heat Waves’9. Belters Only featuring Jazzy – ‘Make Me Feel Good’10. Dave – ‘Starlight’In the albums chart, Sheeran took the top spot with his 2021 album ‘=’ after clocking up 689,000 combined UK chart sales.

The tracklisting for the newest edition of NOW That's What I Call Music! has been revealed.