Madness announce 2023 UK arena tour with The Lightning Seeds

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Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery have joined forces to host a one-off free gig at the Eurovision Village in Liverpool, which is set to take place later this month.Scheduled for next Wednesday (May 10), the show is the latest instalment to the ongoing ‘United By Music Tour’ which features over 20 gigs at 20 music venues across the city.This marks the third time that the two organisations have joined forces, and follows a previously-announced series of shows taking place in Liverpool between May 8 and May 12, which all sold out within four minutes.Designed to both celebrate the city’s iconic music scene and support grassroots venues throughout the UK, the acts performing at Wednesday’s show include The Lightning Seeds, Girls Don’t Sync, Michael Aldag, and Miles Kane.The event will be hosted at the Eurovision Village at Liverpool’s Pier Head. However, the tickets will not be sold in advance, so those wanting to attend are advised to head down quickly on the day, as all 15,000 spaces will be given out for free on a first-come-first-served basis.

Enter Shikari have announced the dates of a UK tour in 2024 – including a number of arena shows – with plans to donate £1 from every ticket sold to the Music Venue Trust to support grassroots venues in each city they visit.“Grassroots music venues in the UK are under existential threat”, says frontman Rou Reynolds. “Every time we lose another one we lose a vital part of our culture”.“Bigger venues that benefit from the productive pipeline that grassroots venues provide need to support these smaller venues, as do the artists that have come up through them”, he adds.

Enter Shikari have announced a new 2024 tour, which will hit arenas around the UK in support of Music Venue Trust. Find ticket details below.Shared today (April 2), the upcoming tour will feature seven dates across the United Kingdom, taking place in early 2024.

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INFINITE has announced his 2023 Europe showcase tour.The K-pop idol recently revealed that he’s set to go on a six-show tour of Europe this year. The showcase tour will kick off at the Conway in London on June 23, followed by stops in Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin throughout the rest of the month.Lee Sung-jong’s tour will then continue into July for its final two shows, in Warsaw and Budapest on the 1st and 2nd of the month.According to a tweet from Lee’s official Twitter account, tickets for his ‘The One’ tour will go on sale April 28 at 12pm GMT.

Remembering a dance legend. After achieving success as a ballroom dancer, Len Goodman found fame as a TV judge on Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing With the Stars.

Suede have extended their ‘Autofiction’ tour due to “huge demand”.The band have announced several extra shows for December 2023 off the back of their sold-out tour that took place last month, during which they surprised fans in Manchester with a special setlist containing deep cuts from their debut self-titled album to celebrate its 30th anniversary.Suede will kick off the tour in Eastbourne before moving onto Lincoln, Portsmouth and Wolverhampton, and they will later sign off with two shows at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. One of the Brixton shows was postponed from March due to the venue’s closure following the incident at an Asake show in December 2022.Tickets will go on sale on Friday (April 28) at 9am.

Len Goodman has died. Jackie Gill, the manager for the former judge, confirmed the sad news to the on Monday morning.«It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78,» Gill said in the statement to the.

RIP Len Goodman, 78 – welder, dancer, judge, and devoted cricket & West Ham fan. Always had a laugh with Len, and swapped a few strong opinions.

Jurassic Park has been announced, marking 30 years since the release of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster.‘Jurassic Park In Concert’ is due to tour the UK, with John Williams’ score performed live by a full orchestra. The tour begins at the Manchester AO Arena on October 18, before continuing to the Birmingham Resorts World, Leeds First Direct Arena, Nottingham Motorpoint, and concluding at the Liverpool M&S Bank Arena on October 29.The tour follows a long line of Hollywood classics that have received the orchestral treatment, with the HD screening accompanied by a performance of Williams’ seminal score by the Hallé Orchestra, one of the UK’s top symphonic ensembles.The plot of Jurassic Park follows a group of scientists, invited to a newly opened theme park set on a remote island, with exhibits featuring recently revived dinosaurs after a scientific breakthrough.You can see full dates for the tour below.

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Madness will be heading to Manchester on their upcoming arena tour, it’s been confirmed. The ska icons will be stopping off in the city, at the AO, as part of their C’est La Vie 2023 UK tour.

Scared Of The Dark's Chris Eubank has quit the show after clashing with the other show stars in the Bunker. The 56 year old British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998, was seen on Tuesday night's episode failing to bond with the group and debating whether he wanted to continue with the show.

Hans Zimmer has announced a European and UK/Ireland tour for next year – find all the details below.The Oscar-winning film score composer and music producer is due to hit the road next March for a run of dates dubbed ‘The World Of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension’.The trek takes in 30 dates in 13 countries, with the UK and Ireland leg set to begin at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on April 6.Further gigs will take place at the AO Arena in Manchester (April 7), the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham (9), The O2 in London (10) and the 3Arena in Dublin (12).The European stop-offs include Lille, Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon, Madrid and Oslo.Tickets for the UK/Ireland dates go on general sale at 9am BST this Friday (April 21) – you’ll be able to purchase yours here.A post shared by The World Of Hans Zimmer (@worldofhanszimmer)Per a press release, Zimmer is “arranging a brand-new selection from his tremendously diverse collection of scores” for the upcoming concerts.“The audience will be taken on a unique musical journey that will immerse them in completely new dimensions,” it adds.Zimmer himself will not appear live on stage in ‘A New Dimension’, and is instead serving as the show’s curator and musical director.“My aspiration with this new show is to preserve the culture of the orchestra and allow audiences to rediscover the unique facets of orchestral music,” he explained in a statement.“There are many background stories I would love to tell and long-time companions and friends I would like to introduce.”Soundtrack conductor Gavin Greenaway – a long-time and trusted friend of Zimmer – will “continue to conjure the magic of the composer’s works for the audience, along with some of the most outstanding, renowned

Loose Women fans will be pleased to hear that the award-winning daytime show is hitting the road.

Jai Paul's performance at Coachella 2023 — his first live concert ever — won't be the English producer's only gig of the year, with four tour dates announced today (April 17) in New York City and London. The first shows in N.Y.C. take place next week at the Knockdown Center in Queens and Brooklyn Steel.

Gengahr have announced their upcoming fourth album ‘Red Sun Titans’ and shared new single ‘In The Moment’ along with details of a UK tour.‘In The Moment’ is the second single from the album, following the comeback track ‘The Ladder‘, which was released back in February.“‘In The Moment’ reflects upon the necessity to break away from our daily routine and create meaningful memories,” said frontman Felix Bushe. “As much as sunny days and laughter with friends, ‘In The Moment’ celebrates the late hours without inhibition, where dreams lead and tomorrow lingers.”Bushe also shared that new album ‘Red Sun Titans’ is a record “caught in between two worlds”, and “sits at that crossroads where the past is still in view and to be learned from, but the future is there for the taking.”‘Red Sun Titans’ is set for release on June 9 via Liberator Music. The album was produced by Matt Glasbey (alt-J, Coldplay) and Charlie Andrew (Wolf Alice, London Grammar, Bloc Party, all three alt-J albums).The LP follows 2020’s ‘Sanctuary’ which Bushe claimed to be their most intimate album yet sharing, “I got the chance to go down the rabbit hole and make my own experiences personal.”1. ‘Alkali’2. ‘Red Sun Titans’3. ‘From Beruit (Interlude)’4. ‘A Ladder’5. ‘In The Moment’6. ‘Heels To The Moon’7. ‘Floating In The Undercurrent (Interlude)’8. ‘White Lightning’9. ‘Suburbia’10. ‘In My Way’11. ‘The Interview’12. ‘Haunted Spaces (Interlude)’13. ‘Napoleon’14. ‘Collapse’The band will also embark on a UK headlining tour in support of the LP.

SZA has added two more London shows to her recently announced 2023 European tour – see the dates below and buy tickets here.Earlier this week, the singer announced new tour dates in the UK, Europe and US behind new album ‘SOS’. They follow a US arena tour that kicked off in February.In addition to the two initial London dates at The O2 on June 17 and 18, SZA has now announced that she will return to the venue on June 25 and 26 for two more gigs.The second leg of the tour will see the Grammy-winning R&B artist perform at arenas in Amsterdam, Paris, Zurich, Berlin and Cologne, before moving through the UK for gigs in Manchester and Glasgow ahead of the London residency.All European dates will take place throughout June and will end with one performance in Dublin’s 3Arena.

Depeche Mode have announced the acts that will be joining them as support on their upcoming ‘Memento Mori’ tour.Announced today (April 12), the band – which is comprised of Martin Gore and Dave Gahan – shared the five acts that will be joining them for their string of tour dates across the continent and the UK later this year.The update was shared on Instagram, where the iconic duo announced that Cold Cave and Young Fathers would be among the names joining them throughout their 34 upcoming shows.Other newly-announced artists joining them include Berlin-based band Hope, former Savages singer turned solo star Jehnny Beth and British trip-hop band Haelos.The European leg of the tour kicks off next month with two performances in the Netherlands, taking place on May 16 and May 18. From there, Depeche Mode will play a series of performances in countries including Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, the UK and Austria, before ending in Norway on August 11.A post shared by Depeche Mode (@depechemode)A performance at London’s Twickenham Stadium on June 17 is also featured in the upcoming shows.