Madrid Showbiz Latest News and Updates

Succession planning is never easy. Especially at a club like Manchester United.

The 1975’s Matty Healy has teased that the band are planning on announcing some “weird” new UK headline shows.The frontman hinted to fans that a new tour is on the way during the band’s set at TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow yesterday (July 9). He also confirmed that the group have already designed a whole new show for upcoming appearances, and that it will see the members bring a slightly different approach than fans are used to.“Ladies and gentlemen, there is no stopping The 1975,” he declared towards the end of the set (via Reddit), addressing the crowd after performing ‘Love It If We Made It’.

Depeche Mode have announced new UK, Ireland and European tour dates for 2024 – find all the details below.The duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – are due to hit the road once again early next year in support of their 15th and most recent album, ‘Memento Mori’, which came out in March.Having played at London’s Twickenham Stadium last month as part of a wider European tour, Depeche Mode will return to the capital for a concert at The O2 on January 22, 2024. Further gigs are scheduled for Birmingham (January 24), Manchester (29) and Glasgow (31).The band will then head to Dublin on February 3 before returning to Europe for concerts in numerous cities, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon and Budapest.

Machine Gun Kelly covered Don Omar’s ‘Danza Kuduro’ and spoke Spanish to the crowd at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival this week.The pop-punk artist performed at day one of the Spanish festival on Thursday (July 6), where he surprised fans with a cover of the Puerto Rican reggaeton star’s 2010 hit.“Spain, thank you so much for welcoming me to your country. I can feel all the love here today,” MGK told the crowd in Spanish.“In return, I’d like to sing a song in your language with all of you.

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford joined Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and Nathan Ake at Calvin Harris' Ibiza concert this weekend.

A number of Manchester United supporters believe the club should try and sign Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix ahead of the summer transfer window closing in just under two months' time.

Mimi Webb has reflected on the immense momentum she has gathered since sharing her debut single three years ago, and revealed that she is already planning on mixing things up in her upcoming projects. Watch our video interview in full above.Before taking to the Ouigo stage on Thursday (July 6), for the opening night of Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival, Webb caught up with NME backstage to reflect on the response to her new album, ‘Amelia’.“It’s been mad…also just to see the growth of the fanbase and how fans are now becoming even more supportive,” she began, reflecting on the time since the release earlier this year.

David de Gea has confirmed he has left Manchester United after his contract expired last week.

Bombay Bicycle Club have announced a series of special UK karaoke events – find all the details below.The north London band will bring their ‘Karaoke Tour’ to Rough Trade record stores in London, Nottingham and Bristol next month.All four members of Bombay Bicycle Club will act as the house band, and are recruiting fans to join them on stage to sing, play guitar, play bass or drum along to tracks from their five studio albums to date.“Can you sing better than these four terrible singers?” the group wrote on social media today (July 4) to announce the trio of dates.“We’re the backing band; you’re the singers. We’ll be playing Bombay songs but may have a few indie disco staples up our sleeves.”In an accompanying video, the band can be seen in a karaoke booth letting loose to Blink-182‘s ‘All The Small Things’ and singing along to All Saints‘ ‘Pure Shores’.

Feid unleashed a vibrant green neon frenzy that left concertgoers craving more after his presentation at Madrid’s iconic WiZink Center.

Carlos Alberto Montaner, the beloved Cuban writer and journalist, died on June 30th. The news were shared by his family, who said that he spent his final moments surrounded by his loved ones. Talina Fernandez, iconic Mexican TV personality, dies at 78Talina Fernández’s funeral: celebrities attend private wake in Mexico cityThe author’s family shared a statement soon after his death.

Rauw Alejandro and the renowned producer Bizarrap unleashed their creative powers once again with the mind-blowing BZRP Music Session #56 from Argentina. These musical masterminds have been on a roll, churning out global hits and captivating audiences worldwide.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent During a masterclass at the Nouvelles Vagues Festival in Biarritz, France, Penélope Cruz revealed that she will soon make her directorial debut with a mystery documentary feature. Cruz, a guest of honor of this inaugural edition of Nouvelles Vagues, took part in a Q&A following the French premiere of “On the Fringe,” a commentary on Spain’s eviction crisis which she produced with Alvaro Longoria. Set over the course of 24 hours in a working class neighborhood of Madrid, the film follows several marginalized characters whose fates are intertwined as they struggle financially and face eviction. Cruz said she set up her production company, Moonlyon, with Laura Espeso (“The Good Boss”) and Spanish powerhouse Mediapro Studio in 2022 to pursue “meaningful” projects as a producer and director.

Carmen Sevilla, the Spanish-born actor who starred in the Oscar-nominated 1958 film Vengeance and played Mary Magdalene in Nicholas Ray’s 1961 Biblical epic King of Kings, died Tuesday of Alzheimer’s disease and pneumonia at a hospital in Madrid. She was 92.

“Favàritx,” “Border Station” and “Death in the Andes” won some of the biggest prizes on offer at the seventh edition of Conecta Fiction & Entertainment, the Spanish TV co-pro and networking forum which hit its final straights Wednesday evening with its now traditional prize awards ceremony.  The announcements were preceded by an exclusive premiere of “Time Zone,” a new entertainment format created by Spain’s Zeppelin and Endemol Shine Nederland, a Banijay company, which is set to bow on HBO Max on July 14.   Written by Zebina Guerra and Jorge Yúdice, “Wellborn Family,”  a comedy presented by Spain’s Fundación SGAE, walked off with the biggest award of the night,  a development contract at Spanish pubcaster RTVE. 

Monica Bellucci is happy in love.

Monica Bellucci confirmed her romance with Tim Burton after months speculation about their relationship — and it sounds like things are getting serious.

Mad Cool 2023 has announced a new batch of artists additions to this year’s festival line-up. Check them out below.M.I.A will be performing on Saturday, July 8, sharing the day with acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ava Max, Liam Gallagher, The Prodigy, The Rose and Years & Years. Her joining the bill comes after Janelle Monáe‘s cancellation of their festival slot alongside the cancellation of her European tour.Other acts that have been added include dEUS, Maxïmo Park, Velmondo, Teo Planell, and Black Maracas.

Taylor Swift has added a fifth stop at London’s Wembley Stadium to her ‘Eras’ tour.Following an extensive number of performances in the US, Swift announced earlier this week that she will be bring the show to the rest of the world and shared dates for 2024.A large number of UK dates were also announced for summer next year including stops in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Liverpool. Four dates in London were also added, which all take place in the capital’s Wembley Stadium.Now, due to overwhelming demand for the live shows, an extra stop has been added to the London tour dates on August 15.It follows previously announced dates in June (21–22) and August (16–17).Currently, the ongoing US leg of the ‘Eras’ tour is set to continue through North America until August 9 where it’ll conclude with the final of six shows at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium.From there, the pop star will venture over to Australia for five shows in Melbourne and Sydney before embarking on a mammoth number of European dates.These will start on May 9, 2024 with three back-to-back shows at the La Defense Arena in Paris before moving on to hit Stockholm, Lyon, Madrid and Lisbon.

Emiliano De Pablos Banijay’s Shine Iberia and Mexican studio Dopamine are joining forces with renowned Spanish composer Lucas Vidal (“Elite,” “Fast & Furious 6”) on musical interview travel series “Tu vida en 3 minutos” (“Your Life in 3 Minutes”). Created by Shine Iberia’s Begoña Marín in partnership with Dopamine’s writers-directors Xevi Aranda and Sebastián Reyes, “Your Life in 3 Minutes” is one of the four projects selected at Conecta Fiction & Entertainment 2023’s Pitch Feelgood Formats sidebar. The seventh edition of Conecta Fiction runs June 26-29 in Toledo, the capital of Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha. 

Amal Clooney wore a stunning golden jumpsuit at a conference in Madrid where she spoke about the future of the world.

Emiliano De Pablos The 7th edition of Spain’s Conecta Fiction & Entertainment, the Europe-Latin America TV and networking forum, will dedicate this year its countries focus to Poland and Mexico.  For the first time ever, the event will also host a Spanish Content Showcase, integrating a series of activities to highlight the freshest and most attractive contents and formats from top Spanish distributors. Conecta Fiction unspools June 26-29 for the second year running at the El Greco Palace of Congress in Toledo, the capital of Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha, just south of Madrid. 

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent High-flying Madrid-based Caballo Films, behind Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beasts” and “Riot Police” and Borja Soler’s “The Route,” has put into development a fiction series adaptation of Mabel Lozano’s prized same-titled non-fiction work. Shaping up as a deep drill-down into the growth of prostitution in Spain into large-scale organized crime, “El Proxeneta” packs a powerful talent package of creator-writers Isabel Peña, co-writer of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “As Bestas” and “Riot Police,” and Eduardo Villanueva, a co-scribe on “Riot Police” and producer on “Stockholm.”  Pilar Palomero, a Spanish Academy Goya best picture winner for “Schoolgirls,” will direct the series, her first TV work beyond one episode of “Venga Juan.”

Manchester United will reportedly need to pay Inter Milan €60m should they wish to sign Andre Onana this summer.

Georgina Rodríguez, the stunning girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo, set temperatures soaring as she set sail on a sun-drenched family vacation aboard a luxurious superyacht.The 29-year-old beauty looked sensational in a green bikini, as she cosied up to her handsome footballer beau, 38. Georgina showed off her tan in the stylish two-piece ensemble and completed her look with a pair of designer shades and added a touch of glamour with a diamond and ruby necklace. Meanwhile, Cristiano opted for monochrome Dolce & Gabbana swimming trunks, showcasing his chiseled physique as he went shirtless.The couple made the most of their time basking in the sun and dipping in the sea near Sardinia on the £5.5 million yacht, which boasts five luxurious cabins, six bathrooms, and a modern kitchen.

A.D. Amorosi While it is debatable that the life of the newly emancipated Britney Spears is a fairy tale at present, the singer’s catalog of hits surely has the feel of a fable with feminist-forward empowerment. That’s what writer Jon Hartmere and director-choreographers Keone and Mari Madrid use as the basis for “Once Upon a One More Time,” their Broadway twist on staid, storybook romanticism and tired male-centric tropes. With its giddy, surprisingly caustic script and rapier-fast score, this pop-musical course correction (authorized by Spears, post-conservatorship) is built for speed and social awareness. For the Madrids (known for their work with Justin Bieber and BTS) and Hartmere (who penned 2017’s cinematic dramedy “The Upside”), the goal of empowering women, crushing the patriarchy and rejecting servitude to Peter Pan-like princes is no easy task. First, we must get through a young girl’s bedtime readings of fairy tales filled with docile female leads who place their men on pedestals.

Bad Cinderella could have been the poison apple that killed off revisionist fairy tales once and for all, but Britney Spears and Once Upon A One More Time, the new Broadway musical opening tonight that brims with her hits and high spirits, has come along to deliver a happy ever after that’s as unexpected as it is enchanting. Smart, funny, splendid to look at and all with a beat you can dance to, this tribute to the Brothers Grimm, the sisters of the Second Wave and, not least, the indomitable Ms. Spears, is a delight.

celebrated makeup mogul Charlotte Tilbury’s 50th birthday in Sicily looking straight out of an Abba fever dream. Her movie star husband, , was there too.For the occasion, Amal wore her best disco-inspired ensemble, complete with a mirror-ball sequined dress and voluminous loose curls.

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has explained how he fully understands the significance of the MLS All-Stars game as he prepares for next month's clash with Arsenal.

Emiliano De Pablos French-Argentinian actress Anais Weill (“Emily in Paris,” “Black Box”) and Spain’s Dariam Coco (“Money Heist,” “Welcome to Eden”) are set to star in Spanish-U.K. sci-fi thriller series “Border Station.” Top Spanish indie producer-distributor Vertice 360 is teaming with Madrid’s Anacaona Productions and London-based Born Wild to co-produce the project, which is at development stage. The six-episode, one hour TV drama was created by Born Wild founder Anthony Alleyne (“Sunburn”). Anacaona’s Vianessa Castaños has been tapped to serve as showrunner and lead writer, alongside France-based author Geoff Dupuy-Holder (“Dark Sense”). 

Harry Potter star Emma Watson baffled fans with a gravity-defying Loewe mini-dress that she wore during a photoshoot for brother Alex's gin brand Renais. And earlier this month, Jennifer Lawrence walked the Madrid premiere for her new movie, No Hard Feelings, in another Loewe outfit, but this time it was constructed to look like it was two-dimensional when photographed from the front. But they're not the first A-listers to try on the trend for size.

Emiliano De Pablos The Larraín brothers’ indie company Fábula, producer of Oscar winning “A Fantastic Woman,” is preparing tragi-comic docudrama “Los guardaespaldas de Superman” (“Superman’s Bodyguards”). The four-episode, half-hour crime-adventure series, directed by Sebastián Radic (“Instrucciones para Mi Funeral”) and scripted by Rodrigo Bastidas and Rodrigo Muñoz, focuses on a trip Christopher Reeve’s made to Chile in 1987, under Pinochet’s dictatorship, to save the lives of 78 people under death threat. “Superman’s Bodyguards” is one of the five projects selected to form part of Pitch Docudrama, a showcase at Conecta Fiction 2023 edition, which takes place June 26-29 in Toledo, the capital of Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha, just south of Madrid.

Veneno” writer-director-creators Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo – popularly known as Los Javis – have dropped an international trailer for its sequel, “Vestida de Azul” (“Veneno 2: Dressed in Blue”)  sharing it in exclusivity with Variety. Sold to HBO Max for the U.S., where it aired to acclaim, “Veneno” was picked as one of Variety’s best international series in 2020.  This time round, Los Javis produce through Suma Content, the Madrid-based label they launched in 2021, where they also serve as its creative directors. The series is its fourth production after “Una navidad con Samantha Hudson,” a Christmas special, “Cardo,” and “Cardo 2.” An Atresplayer original series, “Vestidas de Azul” is produced for Atresmedia Television in collaboration with Suma Content. Atresmedia TV International Sales handles international distribution.  

Queen Rania and Queen Letizia are back together again!

quite a bit with her red carpet looks lately, serving refined elegance in London, nude minimalism in Madrid, and ballroom glamour in Cannes. And for the Berlin premiere of No Hard Feelings, the vibe is Boss Ass. JLaw walked the red carpet in Germany in a black Givenchy blazer dress with an intimidating amount of shoulder and scrunched up sleeves, so you know she means business. Layered under the blazer was a sheer, black turtleneck top, which takes the overall edginess down just a tad.

Rafael Nadal and Cristiano Ronaldo, has exciting news for food and sports enthusiasts alike. They will soon open a new Tatel location in Valencia, joining the existing restaurants in Ibiza, Beverly Hills, Doha, and Madrid.