Patti Smith and Arlo Parks among artists announced for Manchester International Festival

Patti Smith has spoken of her forthcoming “special” concerts marking Bob Dylan‘s 80th birthday, while recalling the first time she met the legendary artist.As announced back in March, Smith will take to the stage at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park’s outdoor Spring Festival in Tivoli, New York for a pair of live performances on May 22/23 – two days before Dylan’s milestone birthday (on May 24).Appearing alongside her longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan, she will perform “original songs and poetry as well as

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Truck Festival has announced its second batch of names for its 2021 edition, with Everything Everything and Arlo Parks leading the way.Also announced for the Oxfordshire festival are Swim Deep, Billy Nomates, Jaws, Oscar Lang, Only The Poets, and others.The festival, which takes place July 22-25, has also announced its day and stage splits.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMavis Stapes will receive the Icon Award and Black Pumas, Arlo Parks and Fantastic Negrito are among the performers at the 10th Anniversary A2IM Libera Awards, presented by Merlin and streaming exclusively on  A2IM’s official YouTube channel on June 17, beginning at 6 p.m.

Arlo Parks has revealed that she plans to spend much of this year working on a new material, while also sharing a wide and varied range of inspirations.

Arlo Parks delivered an emotive performance at last night’s BRIT Awards – you can watch it below.Parks, who won the first award of the night for Breakthrough Artist, later delivered a stunning performance of ‘Hope’ on a stage surrounded by sunflowers.

Little Mix, Dua Lipa, Arlo Parks, HAIM and Billie Eilish were among the winners at the female-dominated Brit Awards. The event, which featured an audience of 4,000 people including 2,500 key workers, marked the return of live music to London’s O2 Arena after more than a year.

BRIT Awards 2021 at London's the 02 Arena on Tuesday. The singer, 20, rocked a sharp red suit which boasted a checked pattern throughout the material and styled her statement ensemble with a smart white shirt.

Collapsed in Sunbeams. Dua Lipa is fresh off her success at the Grammy Awards, where she won Best Pop Vocal album for 2020’s Future Nostalgia, while Celeste achieved a No 1 this year for her debut, Not Your Muse.

Arlo Parks has performed a piano cover of Frank Ocean‘s ‘Ivy’ for her recent piano session on BBC Radio 1’s Chillest Show.The musician appeared on the program yesterday (May 9) for her intimate, stripped-back rendition of Ocean’s 2016 track, lifted from his album ‘Blonde’.Without the spacious production elements of the original, Parks’ version is slower and sadder, carried by her breathy vocals and gentle piano.Watch it below.Speaking to host Sian Eleri prior to the performance, Parks touched on

Will Smith has shared a rare family photo on Instagram, celebrating his younger brother and sister’s 50th birthdays.“My little brother & sister are 50 today!” wrote Smith in the caption, accompanied by a photo of himself arm in arm with Harry and Ellen, his twin siblings.

Arlo Parks has rescheduled her upcoming UK and Ireland headline tour.The London artist had been hoping to play live in support of her January-released debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ later this month, but the current coronavirus-enforced restrictions on large-scale gatherings have forced a rethink of the touring plans.“It’s with a heavy heart that I’m having to postpone my original May & June UK/EU tour to September,” Parks said in a statement on her Twitter this afternoon (May 7) about the

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Iceland Airwaves festival has added nearly 30 new acts to its 2021 edition, including Arlo Parks and Bartees Strange.The festival, which cancelled its 2020 edition due to COVID-19 concerns last August, will now return to Reykjavík this November.The likes of Metronomy, Daði Freyr and Dry Cleaning were announced to be playing the festival last year, and more artists have now joined the line-up.Iceland Airwaves will take place across Reykjavík on the weekend of November 3-6, 2021.

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