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Islander Gemma Owen has told OK! she’s “so happy” with boyfriend Luca Bish, but their relationship is very much a long distance one. Chatting to us exclusively last week, the 19-year-old revealed that the couple, who were runners-up on Love Island, have no plans to live near each other. Gemma is with her family in Cheshire and Luca is in Brighton, but she says they are “kind of just making it work for us”.

Animal Collective have cancelled their forthcoming UK/European tour citing economic difficulties.The band were due to kick off their jaunt in Ireland on November 2 with further dates in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow and London before moving on to Europe.But this evening (October 10) the band issued a lengthy statement confirming that all tour dates have been cancelled and explained their reasons for doing so. You can view the statement in full below.“Friends, we are absolutely gutted to announce today that we are making the decision to cancel our UK/EU dates for this November.

Eurovision 2023 will take place in Liverpool, Graham Norton has announced. The 59 year old star, who does the BBC's commentary on the Song Contest, shared the news during Friday night's episode of The One Show and revealed that the event will take place on May 13 2023.

Sir Michael Caine has been snapped on the set of his new series, The Great Escaper, which tells the story of a war veteran's escape from a British care home. The 89 year old actor was pictured at Camber Sands, East Sussex, as he takes on the starring role of Bernard Jordan - the former navy officer who made headlines around the globe in 2014. The then-90 year old left the safety of The Pines care home in Hove, East Sussex, to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy, France.

Morrissey has performed his new song ‘Kerouac’s Crack’ for the first time in Blackpool. Watch a clip of the performance below.He debuted the track, which comes from his upcoming album, ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’, last night (September 28).

A series of train strike dates are planned throughout October over an ongoing dispute regarding jobs, pay, and working conditions.

You'd like to think that Emma Bunton would just be 'Emma' to her closest pals but it appears she's Baby Spice to everybody, including her nearest and deareast. The singer appeared on The One Show on Wednesday night (September 28) to promote her upcoming string of shows.

Sergio Gomez has not played much since joining Manchester City this summer, but he has revealed a quality of his that could help him find more first team minutes in the months and years ahead.

Nick Cave and his wife, fashion designer Susie, has gone on sale for £3. 25 million. The couple bought a maisonette in the house for £165,000 in 2002.

Luca Bish and Gemma Owen's romance has continued to go from strength to strength since leaving the Love Island villa, and it looks like the fishmonger has gained the seal of approval from the Owen family. Luca, 23, and Gemma, 19, who came in second place on the ITV2 dating show, have made their relationship official since jetting home from Mallorca and have been spending most of their time together.

Chloe Moriondo has shared her latest single ‘Cdbaby’ and announced a UK and European tour for 2023.The indie-pop artist will return next month with her third album ‘SUCKERPUNCH’, which follows 2021’s acclaimed ‘Blood Bunny’.‘Cdbaby’ marks the second track to be released from ‘SUCKERPUNCH’, following August’s ‘Fruity’, and finds Moriondo lacing the track with a drum’n’bass beat. “Now some songs make me sick to my stomach when I hear ‘em / How’d I let you ruin one of my favourite albums?” she asks on the song.“This is my baby and child,” the musician tweeted last week (September 17).

The 1975 are set to release a new single called ‘All I Need To Hear’ this week.The band will release their fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, on October 14 via Dirty Hit, which has been previewed so far by the singles ‘Part Of The Band’, ‘Happiness’ and ‘I’m In Love With You’.On Wednesday (September 21), they will give a fourth preview of the record in the shape of new single ‘All I Need To Hear’.Get all the details and pre-save the song below.The 1975 – All I Need To HearSeptember 21st 2022https://t.co/njz2uSaRYb pic.twitter.com/liBRTOqgCt— The 1975 (@the1975) September 16, 2022Following the announcement of the release of ‘All I Need To Hear’, fans are speculating that the new song is the track frontman Matty Healy debuted live last year while supporting Phoebe Bridgers at a Los Angeles gig.Hear the song, which features the lyric “all I need to hear,” below.In support of the new album, the band will tour the UK and Ireland in 2023, which they recently added new dates to – find full details of the tour below and get your tickets here.The UK and Ireland leg of The 1975’s ‘At Their Very Best’ tour will kick off on January 8, 2023 in Brighton and run until January 30 in Belfast.After tickets went on sale on September 9, two new dates in London and Cardiff were then added for the tour.

DJ Fatboy Slim has announced a national tour with two gigs in Manchester's O2 Victoria Warehouse in early 2023.

Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo has admitted it would be a “dream” to secure a move to Chelsea to renew ties with Graham Potter amid reports linking him with a potential Manchester United switch.

tickets will be available from here.The Swedish pop artist will hit the road in February 2023 in support of her fourth studio album ‘Hard’, which came out this June via RCA/Sony Music.Kicking off at Patterns in Brighton on February 2, the upcoming stint will also include stop-offs in Birmingham (February 3), Glasgow (4), Dublin (6) and Manchester (7).Styrke’s 2023 UK/Ireland tour will conclude with a performance at Lafayette in north London on February 9.Tickets are due to go on general sale at 10am BST this coming Thursday (September 15).

Gemma Owen has stunned her fans after sharing a glamorous look she wore for her debut red carpet appearance. The Love Island star, who came runner-up in the 2022 series with Luca Bish, attended the Mirror People's Pet Awards 2022 in what was her first run on a red carpet.

Weyes Blood has announced details of her new album ‘And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow’ and shared its first single, ‘It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody’.The California artist, real name Natalie Mering, will release the follow-up to ‘Titanic Rising’ on November 18 via Sub Pop.‘Titanic Rising’ was the first album of three in a special trilogy, which placed emphasis on the doom to come. ‘And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow’, meanwhile, is described as “a search for an escape hatch to liberate us from algorithms and ideological chaos”.“We’re in a fully functional shit show,” Mering says.

Actress Gwyneth Powell, who appeared in the BBC series Grange Hill, has died at the age of 76, her agent has said. Powell was best known for playing headmistress Bridget McClusky between 1981 and 1991 and also appeared in Channel 4 comedy show Man Down. Her representative Matthew Lacey said in a statement on behalf of the family that the actress died “after complications following a major operation for a perforated colon”.

The 1975 have added two extra dates to their recently-announced 2023 UK and Ireland tour – find details below and get your tickets here.The January 2023 tour dates were announced last week alongside new song ‘I’m In Love With You’, and will take place off the back of the band’s imminent fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’.The UK and Ireland leg of The 1975’s ‘At Their Very Best’ tour will kick off on January 8, 2023 in Brighton and run until January 30 in Belfast.After tickets went on sale on Friday (September 9), two new dates in London and Cardiff were then added for the tour.

Grammy winner's beau, Matthew, 47, looked dapper in a dark suit and button-up shirt as they held hands after the dinner date. The couple met in 2010 on the set of the film Burlesque where she starred alongside Cher, and have been engaged since Valentine's Day 2014 but are in no hurry to tie the knot. When asked about future wedding plans, the icon told E! News in 2015, ‘our love is secure enough that we don’t need a wedding to prove our commitment; we are enjoying our daughter, family, and our work for now.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Grandage gathered the cast of My Policeman for two weeks of rehearsals prior to the start of principal photography. The sessions included choreographing intimate moments involving actors Harry Styles (Don’t Worry Darling), Emma Corrin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) and David Dawson (The Last Kingdom), and Linus Roache (Homeland ), Gina McKee (Notting Hill) and Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince) who were playing the older versions of the younger actors.

Emma Bunton has shared details of a December UK tour that will be Christmas-themed alongside performances of her solo songs and Spice Girls hits.The Spice Girl, who released her fourth solo album ‘My Happy Place’ in 2019 after 13 years away, is revisiting the concept of a one-off festive show that she held at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2019.Bunton’s new tour will also be a festive celebration, and fans are promised that special guests will join the singer at points on stage.There are shows booked in Manchester, Brighton, York, Birmingham and London, where the tour will culminate at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on December 19. Tickets go on sale this Friday (September 9) at 10am BST.

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pic.twitter.com/gjdJ3u6G33— Regressive Left (@regressleft) September 6, 2022“We have 10 tickets to give away at each gig which will be on a first come first served basis. Your name will be put on the guestlist on the door.

Kula Shaker have announced a 2023 tour in support of their new album ‘1st Congregational Church Of Eternal Love And Free Hugs’ – find tickets here.The follow-up to 2016’s ‘K 2.0’ was released on June 10 via Strangefolk Records and was followed by a string of dates which saw the band return to touring for the first time since 2016.The band’s upcoming ‘Eternal Love Tour’ will include a headline show at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on December 8, where they plan to pay tribute to John Lennon.A press release notes that Kula Shaker have recorded a new cover of Lennon’s ‘Gimme Some Truth’ which they plan to release to coincide with the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire show. Tickets are already on sale here.Speaking about the gig, Kula Shaker frontman Crispian Mills said: “We only had time to play a handful of UK shows this summer so we wanted to wrap the year up with a special show in our hometown and chance to say thank you to our fans.”Elsewhere on the tour, the band will head to Edinburgh, Newcastle, Cambridge, Brighton and Bristol in January and February 2023.

Manchester United fans are all saying the same thing about Lisandro Martinez, with the defender dominating the club's official player of the month poll.

Charli XCX has postponed her gig in Brighton tonight (August 31) as part of the National Lottery and the Music Venue Trust’s Revive Live tour due to illness.The singer was due to play the Concorde 2 venue tonight for the fundraising tour, which was launched in 2020 in an effort to help UK grassroots venues survive post-COVID.In a statement yesterday (August 30), Charli said she was suffering from a stomach bug and would keep fans updated on her wellbeing ahead of the show.She said: “Guys I’ve had a stomach bug for the last 48 hours since I woke up the day after Reading fest. It’s been brutal.

Get the news you want straight to your inbox. Sign up for a Mirror newsletter here But he hadn't always planned to go into acting - and graduated from Brighton University with a degree in business management.

Three young Explorer Scouts who are heading for the adventure of a lifetime in South Korea were presented with flags by Bonnybridge councillor Billy Buchanan to show his support.

Fever 333 have announced details of a new UK and European headline tour for early 2023 – see the list of dates below and get tickets here.The news of the new gigs comes as the band play the Reading & Leeds festivals this weekend (August 26-28), which make up for their cancelled performances at the dual events in 2021.The new UK tour will begin on February 18 next year in Brighton, with gigs in Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and Birmingham to follow. The tour then wraps up at the Roundhouse in London on February 25.Speaking about the tour, vocalist Jason Aalon Butler said: “When regarding FEVER 333, more specifically – the live element of the project, there’s one thing we can rely on post pandemic and that is the fervor and support of our allies across the Atlantic.“We will be ushering in a new era of FEVER 333 on all fronts and I can’t wait introduce it in the territories that have held us down like none other.

Luca Bish has spoke out about meeting Gemma Owen's dad in a new interview, revealing that he thinks he's managed to win him over after recently meeting for the first time.The Love Island star, 23, came in second place on the hit ITV2 dating show alongside international dressage rider Gemma, 19, who is the daughter of former professional footballer Michael Owen. After recently meeting Michael, 42, in person, it seems that Luca is confident he's won the dad-of-four over and gained his seal of approval.

Drahla have returned today (August 22) with their new single ‘Under The Glass’, their first new music in three years.The new music comes alongside details of the band’s first UK tour since 2019, which kicks off in Brighton next month. It follows their debut album, ‘Useless Coordinates’.“‘Under the Glass’ represents a moment of creative reconnection, almost a sense of euphoria in the darkest moments – an awaited, yet slight, respite from reality,” the band said of their new material in a statement.“The song is a collage, reworking early ideas from 2020 with newer work – bridging the gap of time, in the literal sense as well as musically.”They added: “The lyrics are deliberately vague, using metaphor to interpret personal experience and emotion of loss and grief.”Listen to ‘Under The Glass’ below.Drahla’s UK tour takes in six dates in mid-September, including a London headline show on September 20 at the Bermondsey Social Club.Alongside the tour is the tagline: “992 days later, Drahla return to the stage,” nodding to their extended absence.See the tour dates below and pick up tickets here.SEPTEMBER 18 – Brighton, Komedia 19 – Bristol, Dareshack 20 – London, Bermondsey Social Club 21 – Oxford, The Port Mahon 22 – Manchester, Soup Kitchen 23 – Leeds, Wharf ChambersReviewing Drahla’s debut LP ‘Useless Coordinates’ upon its release in 2019, NME said: “Despite its monochrome aesthetics and jarring sonics, ‘Useless Coordinates’ steers clear of imitating the well-trodden past.“Drahla’s melodies are gnarled and resist locking together at all costs; warped pop songs emerge out of the gloom.

Their love blossomed around the Love Island firepit and they're going strong now they're back in the UK. Finalists Luca Bish and Gemma Owen and Andrew Le Page and Tasha Ghouri have been spending lots of time together since they left the famous TV villa almost three weeks ago, and the boys treated their ladies to a double date on Saturday.

Former Reds defender Jaap Stam says a new style of play and poor play from teammates is contributing to Harry Maguire’s loose form under Erik ten Hag at Manchester United.

Luca Bish has finally got round to visiting Gemma Owen's incredible family mansion in Cheshire.The 23 year old Love Island star has headed to North Wales to stay with Gemma, 19, after the pair enjoyed a few days down in London where they attended premieres and took part in interviews. Gemma visited Luca's family home in Brighton recently and now he's headed up north to visit the Owen family, including her famous father Michael, 42.

Gemma Owen was seen getting acquainted with Brighton surroundings as she met Luca Bish’s family there over the weekend.The 19 year old visited the Bish’s residence in the East Sussex county and was filmed by Luca, 23, becoming friendly with the horses next to the family’s garden during the trip. Gemma was seen in the video which was shared on Instagram Stories happily feeding one of the horses an apple, as Luca captioned: “@gemowen_1 making herself at home”.The visit comes after the Love Island runners-up recently returned from their holiday in the Algarve, Portugal, where Luca met Gemma’s family for the first time.