Nadine Shah explains decision not to play Glastonbury over low fee: “Sorry to break it to you but music is my job”

Paul Heaton has looked back on his first-ever festival experience, and described what it was like to perform at Glastonbury before The Housemartins had their huge breakthrough with 1986 single ‘Happy Hour’.The frontman spoke to The Glastonbury Free Press following the gates opening for the 2024 edition yesterday (June 26). In the interview, he reflected on what it was like to perform at the Worthy Park site at the start of his career, and named the newer artists he would enlist for his dream festival line-up.“The Housemartins did Glastonbury back in 1986.

suffering a head injury on June 23.As Sir Timothy, 69, departed the medical facility on Wednesday morning, press asked, “How’s your wife, Sir? Is she doing well?” according to a video shared on X (formerly Twitter) by ITV’s Chris Ship.“Recovering slowly, thank you,” he replied as he walked toward a car.“Do you expect her out today, Sir?” another inquired, to which Sir Timothy responded: “She’ll be out when she’s ready.”Sir Timothy offered similar comments regarding Princess Anne’s recovery following an earlier visit to his wife on June 25, according to another video shared by Ship.“She’s doing fine,” Sir Timothy remarked on Tuesday. “Slow but sure.”When asked if he’s taken anything from home to bring the princess royal, 73, he revealed, “Just a few little treats from home.”The retired Royal Navy officer told a well-wisher “she is recovering well, thank you,” according to Reuters.“We are both profoundly grateful to the medical team and hospital support staff for their expert care — and to the emergency services who were all so wonderful at the scene,” Sir Timothy expressed at the time.

Sean Penn is giving his take on straight actors playing roles of gay men, saying in a recent interview that he would not play Harvey Milk today.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sean Penn recently said in an interview with The New York Times that 2008’s “Milk” was “the last time I had a good time” on a film set, adding: “I went 15 years miserable on sets.” While Penn earned critical acclaim and his second Oscar for best actor thanks to his portrayal of the openly gay politician Harvey Milk, he told The Times he could not star in the film today as straight actors playing queer characters has become too hotly debated in Hollywood. “No.

Gabby Logan has apologised after the BBC showed a replay of the incident that saw Barnabas Varga taken to hospital.

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William Earl administrator Art the Clown is going literary, thanks to an upcoming novelization of “Terrifier 2.” Titan Books is partnering with Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting to bring the official movie novelization to fans on Oct. 29, during the theatrical run of the upcoming “Terrifier 3.” Tim Waggoner, who also wrote the “Halloween Kills” and “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” novelizations, penned the “Terrifier 2” novel.

on Instagram on Thursday to break the news to fans after much speculation ahead of the second half of the show’s 5th season.Costner revealed he’s shifting his focus on making his western movie “Horizon: An American Saga” in a video shared with his 1.5 million followers on the platform.“I just want to reach out and let you know that after this long year and a half of working on Horizon and doing all the things that that’s required,” he said in the clip. “Thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love, that I know you love.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Russell Crowe has no regrets when it comes to “The Lord of the Rings.” The Oscar-winning actor met director Peter Jackson to play the role of Aragorn in his film trilogy, but their conversation apparently turned off Crowe from wanting to move forward with the movies. Jackson’s “Rings” trilogy would go on to gross $2.9 billion worldwide and remains one of the most acclaimed film trilogies ever made. Still, Crowe knows it was the right call to let it pass.

Taylor Swift dusted off a cover as a surprise song during the June 14 performance of her Eras Tour in Liverpool!

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Gems and Playstation Productions feature adaptation of the Playstation game Until Dawn has set an ensemble of rising stars as Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo and Odessa A’Zion are set to star in the upcoming pic. David F. Sandberg is set to direct.

Neil Jordan‘s “Interview With the Vampire” film adaptation released in 1994, Tom Cruise was already a worldwide star. He had led the highly successful “Risky Business” and “Top Gun” and received an Oscar nomination for “Born on the Fourth of July.” But, not everyone was convinced he could play the titular vampire, Lestat de Lioncourt, and his casting caused a considerable amount of backlash among fans of Anne Rice’s original book. In an excerpt from his new memoir published in The Telegraph, director Jordan reflected on his decision to cast Cruise opposite Brad Pitt and the outrage that followed, recalling how he originally offered the role to Daniel Day-Lewis.

The White House Correspondents’ Association is objecting to the notion that reporters agreed to any restrictions on the types of questions they could ask of President Joe Biden at a press conference earlier today at the G7 summit in Italy.

SM Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against EXO singers Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin – also known as EXO-CBX – over the idols’ royalty fees.According to a report by Korea JoongAng Daily, SM Entertainment filed the civil suit on June 12 against EXO’s Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin to demand that they pay a 10 per cent royalty free that the trio have allegedly been evading for two months.“CBX’s nonsensical actions cannot be tolerated anymore,” SM Entertainment said of the trio’s alleged actions, per the news outlet. The K-pop agency also claims that the EXO singer had agreed to the 10 per cent royalty fee in a contract that was signed in June 2023, following a months-long dispute.INB100, the agency that manages the activities of Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin outside of EXO, alleged in a press conference that SM Entertainment had made “unfair” demands of the trio’s individual earnings.The trio’s representatives claimed that SM Entertainment had “defaulted on the 5.5 per cent album distribution fee it promised”, and as such, the EXO trio were not obliged to pay the 10 per cent royalty fee.Despite the ongoing row between EXO-CBX and SM Entertainment, both sides have maintained that the trio will continue to carry out their activities as members of EXO, per Soompi.SM Entertainment also confirmed that EXO are planning to release new music, adding that “there has been no further discussion about changes to the plan”.In a recent interview with NME, Baekhyun teased new EXO music, saying that “during winter, there will be something that’s coming up”.

Kneecap have discussed their reasons for not participating in the boycott of The Great Escape last month.Over 100 artists pulled out of the Brighton festival over its sponsorship by Barclays, which has been accused of financial ties to companies arming Israel. However, the bank claims it is “trading in shares of listed companies in response to client instruction or demand”.The Irish rap trio’s decision was caused some controversy online given that they have always taken a stand against what they call Israel’s “occupation and genocide” of Gaza.They helped to raise nearly £100,000 for a volunteer gym in the Aida Refugee Camp in Palestine and spoken publicly about it via social media and a message shared after a high-profile appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. They have also made headlines for ignoring Irish public broadcaster RTÉ’s requests to not wear pro-Palestine badges.Kneecap did participate in the boycott of SXSW (after the UK government withdrew arts funding to get them to get there; resulting in a legal battle) after discovering the US military was supporting the festival.

Bryan Cranston is responding to the rumors that he wasn’t the first choice for Walter White in Breaking Bad.

EXCLUSIVE: It’s a case of good news-bad news for The Last of Us fans who have been patiently waiting more than a year for new episodes of HBO‘s award-winning drama adaptation based on the acclaimed video game. When Season 2 finally arrives in 2025, it will be shorter than Season 1, consisting of seven episodes. But the good news is that a potential third season will be “significantly larger” and possibly bigger in scope, and there could very well be a Season 4 coming behind it according to series co-creators, executive producers, showrunners and directors Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. Plus, one of the Season 2 episodes will be “quite big” in length.

Anitta is taking over The National Language Museum!

Nadine Shaw has revealed that she will not be playing this year’s edition of Glastonbury due to it being “too expensive”.The musician took to her official X/Twitter account to share that despite the rumours of her allegedly playing the Worthy Farm festival, she will not be performing at all. “The rumours are untrue.

Ethan Shanfeld It’s been a month since Drake’s latest Kendrick Lamar diss, “The Heart Part 6,” but is his next musical move really a cover of “Hey There Delilah”? Late on Monday, the internet exploded with a version of the Plain White T’s moody 2005 hit sung in Caribbean patois in what sounds like Drake‘s voice (but these days, who knows?). The cover, titled “Wah Gwan Delilah” and filled with Toronto references and slang, was uploaded by SoundCloud user Snowd4y and claims to feature Drake.