Mystery Jets announce socially distanced Christmas gig in London

Like many people this holiday season, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and their three daughters won’t be celebrating Christmas with their extended family.

Phoebe Bridgers and Dolly Parton were among a host of artists who performed at an online Christmas benefit gig for Cyndi Lauper over the weekend.The 10th annual event – Home For The Holidays – also saw the likes of Brittany Howard, King Princess, Kim Petras, Adam Lambert, Cher and Boy George perform virtually.Bridgers and her bandmate and collaborator Marshall Vore sang their cover of McCarthy Trenching’s ‘Christmas Song’ while Parton performed her own recent festive number ‘Christmas

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Bolton sent a piece of paper to 12 artists from different parts of the country, in order to create a socially distanced piece of artwork. Ken Bromley Art Supplies, in Horwich, enlisted the help of talented artists from each region of the UK to create the collaborative piece.

Bafta Scotland is being held tonight with Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwar and actress Glenda Jackson among those to be honoured. The ceremony, which included two outstanding contribution awards and a new audience award, was presented digitally.

The royal family have come together for their first full portrait of 2020. To close their royal train tour, which launched earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Windsor Castle to meet Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla, Countess Sophie and the Earl of Wessex, Princess Anne, and, of course, Queen Elizabeth II for a socially distanced holiday portrait.

Mystery Jets have surprised fans with the release of new covers album ‘Home Protests’ – which sees them putting their own spin on classics from the likes of Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman and Willy Mason.The new record also sees the London band extending the themes of their most recent record, ‘A Billion Heartbeats’, to cover a series of protest classics.As well as delivering their own take Mitchell’s ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, the album sees the Jets covering Newman’s ‘Short People’ and Mason’s

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe next edition of Sundance Film Festival will take place in Park City, Utah — and New York, and Ohio, and Tennessee, and Kansas, and California, and Florida.The 2021 festival, which runs from Jan. 28 through Feb.

2 Chainz and Juvenile were among the rappers to perform at a non-socially distanced birthday party for Lil Wayne’s daughter over the weekend in the US.On Sunday (29 November), Reginae Carter celebrated her 22nd birthday with a 1990s/2000s-themed party at the Republic Lounge nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia.However, footage shared on social media by Carter and her friends appeared to show a packed nightclub, with minimal social distancing in place and very few of the guests, including Lil Wayne,

Carrie Underwood is giving fans the gift of music this holiday season.

Pete Tong will return to The O2 Arena next month for a one-off livestream of his acclaimed Ibiza Classics show with the Heritage Orchestra.The show first debuted at the venue in December 2016 and has returned to huge crowds every year since – with the Heritage Orchestra putting a classical spin on a selection of rave classics.While no crowds will be present for this year’s event, fans can watch the performance on Saturday 19th December 2020 via LIVENow, which will mark the first music event at

Frank Turner has announced plans to play a post lockdown concert in London.The singer-songwriter will be performing at The Troubadour on December 3 in aid of Music Venue Trust’s Red List Campaign.The intimate gig, which is being sponsored by Fightback Lager, will be streamed live and made available on demand for 24 hours.

Covid-safe event will be hosted by Brandon Block who will also play a DJ set, and more special guests will be announced at a later date.Tickets are available in a pre-sale now (November 23) and go on general sale at 10am this Wednesday (November 25) via The London Palladium website.Ministry of Sound Classical launched in 2019 with The Annual Classical live show, celebrating the label’s dance music compilation ‘The Annual’.The work reimagined some of the biggest dance tracks from the ’90s