Life Is Beautiful Fest Sets 2-Day Event September 27-28; Justice, Peggy Gou, LCD Soundsystem Among Acts To Play In Vegas

Sophie Ellis-Bextor joined Peggy Gou to perform ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ at Glastonbury 2024 – watch the performance below.The moment took place during Peggy Gou’s set at the Park Stage at Worthy Farm on Saturday (June 29), the South Korean DJ – who became the first female DJ to headline the stage – wound the clock back to party with Ellis-Bextor, inviting the latter onstage to perform the cult classic track that recently went viral.Watch the performance below.Ellis-Bextor’s ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ – first released in 2001 – enjoyed a massive resurgence late last year and early this year thanks to its inclusion in a particularly infamous and cheeky scene from Saltburn.The 2024 edition of Glastonbury has now come to a close, with SZA turning in a four-star headlining showcase at the Pyramid Stage despite technical issues, while The National put on a five-star closing slot at the Other Stage.Over the weekend Kasabian rocked up to Woodsies for their not-so-secret set, Coldplay‘s electric headlining set on Saturday scored them a four-star review. Little Simz‘s Pyramid performance marked her bid as a future headliner, while Camila Cabello shone a chaotic performance.Most recently, festival organiser Emily Eavis confirmed last night (June 30) that Glastonbury will be taking a year off in 2026, and would next return in 2027 after its 2025 outing.Check back at NME for the latest Glastonbury 2024 news, reviews, interviews, photos, rumours and more.

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LCD Soundsystem have performed a euphoric set at this year’s edition of Glastonbury with the likes of Dave Grohl and Noel Gallagher watching side-stage.James Murphy and co took over the Pyramid Stage at the annual music festival, kicking off their set with their hits such as ‘Oh Baby’, ‘I Can Change’ and ‘On Repeat’.At the beginning of their set, the Foo Fighters frontman was spotted standing at the side of the stage watching the NYC band play to a massive crowd. This marks the third year in a row Grohl has appeared at the Worthy Farm music festival.Elsewhere in the side stage section, Gallagher was also spotted sporting thick black frames and his signature straight-faced look.

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Peggy Gou, Justice and LCD Soundsystem have been announced as headliners for a brand new event by the creators of Life Is Beautiful.Titled A Big Beautiful Block Party, the new two-day fest will make its way to Downtown Las Vegas on September 27 and 28. Other acts set to perform include the likes of Jamie XX, Jungle, James Blake, Thundercat, Toro y Moi, Badbadnotgood, Neil Frances, LP Giobbi, Empress Of, John Talabot, and Fifi.The festival will be comprised of two stages offering non-stop music from 5pm to 2am each day.

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Kelly Bensimon is calling things off with Scott Litner days before they were supposed to say “I do.”

Jack Dunn Las Vegas-based art and music festival Life is Beautiful will shift to a new format that aims to turn Sin City’s downtown into a “massive dance party.” Festival organizers on Tuesday unveiled plans for A Big Beautiful Block Party, described as a two-day “celebration of the culture, ideals and evolution of Downtown Las Vegas.” It’s set for Sept. 27-28. The EDM-focused block party format is designed to offer a more intimate experience than past iterations of the festival which included overlapping musical sets and multiple stages.

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McFly kicked off a storming Isle of Wight Festival performance in the sunshine this afternoon in front of 60,000 fans, before Green Day take to the stage tonight. However, star Danny Jones, 38, had to bring their set to an unexpected halt after forgetting a key part of the show the band had planned, leaving the crowd laughing by saying simply: "Oh s***." The popular group, who told fans they are celebrating 21 years as a band, were performing their hit Obviously, which finishes with the lingering words: "He's not good enough for her." Danny paused proceedings after the song saying: "Oh s***! I forgot to say when I do this we're going to hold it." He told the crowd, who are enjoying baking temperatures on the Isle of Wight this weekend: "Let me hear you one more time." The group - made up of Danny plus I'm A Celeb winner Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd - then restarted the end of the song, with the crowd singing along with the final part.The group arrived on the Isle of Wight this afternoon after catching the ferry over from the mainland, being pictured sitting alongside the ship's caption in an Instagram post captioned: "We're on our way." McFly were one of the big draws in an Isle of Wight line-up that included The Streets, Pet Shop Boys, Crowded House and The Prodigy.The festival is coming to a close tonight after a parade of bands that also included The Darkness, Keane, Blossoms, Simple Minds, Nothing But Thieves, Suede, Johnny Marr and Feeder.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent A raft of high-concept unscripted formats from the likes of Yes Yes Media, Keshet International and Fulwell 73 were informally presented this week at the first edition of the International Creative Alliance Days hosted by Satisfaction Group, the Paris-based outfit founded by entrepreneur and famed TV host Arthur Essebag. The two-day event brought together creatives and industry players who are either part of Satisfaction or doing business with the company, notably acquisition executives from M6, France Televisions and Amazon Prime Video, among others.

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Shaheem Reid Quavo was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at an event Tuesday declaring “Takeoff Day” in the city, in honor of the rapper’s nephew and bandmate in Migos, who was shot to death in 2022 during an altercation in which police said he was an “innocent bystander.” The event, which featured panel discussions about gun-violence prevention and a talk between Harris and Quavo, was held on what would have been Takeoff’s 30 th birthday. It was the inaugural Rocket Foundation Summit, named after Quavo’s foundation and held at the Carter Center in Atlanta. In the months after Takeoff’s death, Quavo began discussions about gun violence, particularly among the Black population, with community leaders, activists and Mayor Dickens as well as White House officials and the vice president.

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Swept Away, the new musical featuring the music of folk-rock band The Avett Brothers, will begin performances at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, October 29 with an opening set for Tuesday, November 19.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events “RuPaul’s Drag Race” powers on — literally. Season 16 stars Dawn, Mhi’Ya Iman Le’Paige, Morphine, Q, Plane Jane, Sapphira Cristál and winner Nymphia Wind performed the original song “Power” from the “Werq the World” episode at Monday’s Emmy FYC event at the Culver City Library. And only “Just for Variety” has the exclusive premiere of the performance.

A mum is battling for her life after suffering a horror collapse on holiday. Stephanie Williams had been enjoying a family trip to Spain when she became seriously ill hours before she was due to fly home to Wales.

Hard Life – formerly known as Easy Life‘s – new single ‘Tears’ is “disparaging and defamatory”.The Leicester indie band announced that they would be surrendering their band name after being sued by the conglomerate in October and being described as “brand thieves”, thereby avoiding a costly legal battle they said they could not afford. They played a London farewell gig under that moniker (which saw the sold-out KOKO crowd lead chants of “fuck EasyJet“) and released a final single, ‘Trust Exercises’.Their comeback single ‘Tears’ addresses the legal battle – “It’s a hard life, I can’t lie,” frontman Murray Matravers sings, “it’s been a rush, in the hard times, lucky I got friends that I trust. It was easy in my 20s now I gotta lawyer up, gimme air miles or a fair trial Stelios.”EasyGroup’s lawyers have taken issue with the lyric referencing owner Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, labelling it “disparaging and defamatory” and claiming it is a breach of the settlement made with the band.

Hard-Fi have responded to Easy Life‘s announcement that they have changed their name to Hard Life.The indie group spearheaded by frontman Murray Matravers said they were embroiled in a legal battle with the company (who owns easyJet) in October last year, finally conceding defeat a month later.After playing their final gig as Easy Life in London, which saw the sold-out KOKO crowd chant “fuck easyJet” in protest, the band have just unveiled their new name as Hard Life yesterday (June 11).Now, Hard-Fi have responded to the news on social media. Quoting NME‘s own interview with Matravers about the name change today (June 12), they’ve responded in jest: “Er… lads….”In our interview with Matravers, NME jokingly asked what Hard Life might do should they be sued by Hard-Fi, to which he responded: “Oh god.