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Miles Kane performed ‘Colour Of The Trap’ with Blossoms‘ Tom Ogden in Manchester last night (May 26) – see the moment below.Kane was appearing at Manchester’s Albert Hall concert venue when he was joined on stage by Ogden, just towards the show’s encore.The pair also covered ‘Standing Next To Me’, a song from Kane’s Alex Turner-featuring side-project, The Last Shadow Puppets.Elsewhere, Kane did a cover of The Beatles‘ ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ and of Ike and Tina Turner’s ‘Nutbush City Limits’ with Brooke Combe, who was providing support for Kane ahead of his headline slot.Check out footage of the gig, along with the full set list, here:This was a lot of fun! Big ❤️ to @MilesKaneMusic for having me X https://t.co/7Qo4J1Zhtq— B L O S S O M S (@BlossomsBand) May 26, 2022Manchester just perfect! Shout out Tom from @BlossomsBand x all the love to you all pic.twitter.com/8nKKZT9GAJ— Miles Kane (@MilesKaneMusic) May 26, 2022Miles Kane at Albert Hall => Great gig. Forgot home many good tunes he has.

Bonobo‘s Royal Albert Hall residency last week saw the musician being joined by the organist Anna Lapwood for the song ‘Otomo’ – you can watch Lapwood’s own footage of the moment below.Bonobo, AKA musician and producer Simon Green, played five consecutive nights at the iconic London venue last week (May 16-20), marking the first residency by an electronic artist at the Hall.During the final show of the residency on Friday (May 20), Lapwood, who is an associate artist of the Royal Albert Hall, joined Green for a performance of the latter’s ‘Otomo’, with Lapwood playing the venue’s grand pipe organ.As Lapwood has since explained in a viral TikTok post about the unexpected collaboration, she was approached by members of Bonobo’s live band while practising on the Albert Hall organ following their gig on Thursday (May 19).“At 1am on Friday morning I was practising at the Royal Albert Hall,” Lapwood wrote. “Two people shouted up from the stage, ‘Play the Toccata!’ I did, and invited them to come and have a look at the organ.“Well, cut a long story short, turns out they were Bonobo’s band.

Dua Lipa, Craig David and One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson are among the well-known acts taking to stages across Manchester this April. And there are still limited tickets available for last-minute gig goers to snap up.

They recently announced their comeback - without Kerry Katona - and Atomic Kitten gave fans a taste of what's to come. The girl band's Natasha Gay and Liz McClarnon rolled back the years for a live performance in Manchester for St Patrick's Day.

BAFTA 2022 Film Awards are taking place amid Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. And Millie Mackintosh showed solidarity with war-torn Ukraine as she wore a blue and yellow ribbon as she graced the red carpet at London's Albert Hall on Sunday. The Made in Chelsea star, 32, was the picture of elegance in a stunning blush one-shoulder gown, which featured a dramatic puff sleeve and a large bow cascading down her pencil skirt.

Rina Sawayama has been honoured at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 with a win for Best Live Act Supported By Grolsch.INSERT GUEST PRESENTER INFO AND QUOTES HERE IF POSSIBLESawayama – who is also due to perform at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 – pipped fellow nominees Megan Thee Stallion, IDLES, Tomorrow x Together and more to the win.Presented the award by Monroe Bergdorf and Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Sawayama said “I can’t believe I’m getting a middle finger, this is so sick.” She went on to share “story time” telling the attendees, “when I was 15, I posted an ad in the back of NME trying to get some bandmates.”She went on to joke that she ended up with a drummer and guitarist she wasn’t exactly pleased with.She added: “It’s so fucking crazy that now I’m getting this. Thank you so much to anyone who helps me with live shows, thank you everyone here.

Modest Mouse have announced details of three special UK headline shows that they’ll play in July.The band will tour this summer in support of their seventh album ‘The Golden Casket’, which was released in June 2021.Modest Mouse will head to the UK for a string of tour dates in July, with three headline shows set to take place in London, Glasgow and Manchester following a run of European gigs.“We’re very lucky to get to be here, on any trip,” Modest Mouse lead singer and guitarist Isaac Brock said of the announcement. “Whatever this is and whatever we all are, it’s kind of beautiful that we get to do it.”A post shared by Modest Mouse (@modestmouse)You can see details of Modest Mouse’s upcoming UK tour dates below, with tickets set to go on sale on Friday (March 4) from here.July18 – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London20 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow21 – Albert Hall, ManchesterModest Mouse were also announced as part of the line-up for Latitude 2022 earlier today (March 1), with Foals, Lewis Capaldi and Snow Patrol headlining.The band are already set to perform at a number of European festivals, including Roskilde, Rock Werchter and Mad Cool Festival, this summer.

Gang Of Youths have shared a final preview of their imminent new album – listen to the monstrous ‘Spirit Boy’ below.The Sydney band, who are now based in London, returned last year with their EP ‘Total Serene’ and are set to release their third studio album, ‘Angel In Realtime’, on Friday (February 25).‘Spirit Boy’ follows singles ‘In The Wake Of Your Leave’, ‘The Angel Of 8th Ave.’, ‘Unison’, ‘The Man Himself’ and ‘Tend The Garden’ in previewing the new album.Speaking of ‘Spirit Boy’ in a statement, Gang Of Youths frontman Dave Le’aupepe said: “We were fortunate to have Shane McLean, an outstanding musician and Taonga Pūoro facilitator, write and perform a spoken verse in Te Reo Māori. A wonderful Māori woman performed ‘rongoā’ on me — a sacred healing practice.“It was a transformative experience, and I’m still not quite sure why.

must be submitted via a London Music Hub here (each London Music Hub may submit up to three acts for consideration). All entrants must be in years 10-13 of the academic year 2021/2022.A shortlist of acts will be invited to a live audition in the Hall’s Elgar Room this July.Lucy Noble, Artistic Director of the Royal Albert Hall, said: “We couldn’t be more excited to launch this opportunity for aspiring young musicians, and would like to encourage as many people as possible to apply.

The Teenage Cancer Trust has announced details of its 2022 season of shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the charity’s first run of fundraising concerts since 2019, after COVID-19 caused the cancellation of its 2020 and 2021 programmes. They will run from 21-27 Mar.On the line-up this year are Don Broco, Yungblud, Madness, Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran, plus there’s an acoustic show from the band who played the charity’s first ever Albert Hall fundraiser back in 2000, that being The Who.

Gang Of Youths have rescheduled their 2022 European tour – but have assured fans that their UK dates will go ahead.Writing on Instagram, the band said: “It is with extreme sadness and frustration that we have to announce the postponement of our upcoming European dates.“The covid rules still in place across parts of Europe will make the March run untenable. We’re going to reschedule everything except for our shows in the UK and Ireland.”They continued: “The good news is we’ve been able to upgrade most of the rooms so shows that were previously…sold out are back up.“All tickets will remain valid for the new dates/venues so you don’t need to do anything if you’re already holding.

Killing Joke have announced the release of a new EP, ‘Lord Of Chaos’ – you can listen to its title track below.The London post-punk stalwarts’ upcoming release will be their first new material in seven years, following their most recent album, 2015’s ‘Pylon’.In addition to announcing the new LP, the band – comprising Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Geordie Walker, and Youth – shared the title track, which continues in a similar vein to their last full-length: a heavy, industrial sound, with haunting vocals and driving guitar and bass.“Flash points everywhere/ And everybody’s scared/ Complex systems failure/ And the lord of chaos is in,” Coleman sings on the song’s fiery chorus.You can check out the new track below:‘Lord Of Chaos’ arrives on March 25. You can pre-order/pre-save it here – see the tracklisting below.1. ‘Lord Of Chaos’2. ‘Total’3. ‘Big Buzz’ (Motorcade Mix)4. ‘Delete In Dub’ (Youth’s Disco 45 Dystopian Dub)Killing Joke are also gearing up to head out on their ‘Honour The Fire Tour’ this spring, marking their first UK tour in over three years.The band will visit Nottingham, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, London and more.

Some of Manchester’s best-known restaurants are uniting for a city-wide fundraising takeover in memory of much-loved hospitality king Tim Bacon.

Radiohead side-project The Smile have announced a UK and European tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The trio – comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – released their debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’ and its follow-up ‘The Smoke’ earlier this month.The Smile then took to the stage for three gigs at the Magazine venue in London over the weekend (January 29/30), with each performance being live-streamed online.Today (February 1) it’s been confirmed that the band will hit the road this spring for a run of European headline shows. Kicking off in Zagreb on May 16, the tour also includes appearances in Vienna (May 17), Prague (19), Berlin (20), Stockholm (23), Oslo (24) and Amsterdam (27).Yorke and co.

The Coral have announced the six acts that will be supporting them across their upcoming UK tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album.Supporting The Coral at various shows on their twelve-date UK tour are Cut Glass Kids, Marvin Powell, The Dream Machine, Louis Croft, Rianne Downey and Brooke Combe. The run starts March 3 in Sheffield and ends with a pair of Liverpool shows on March 25 and 26.

The Smile, the side project of Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, have released their new single ‘The Smoke’ – you can hear the track below.The song is the follow-up to the trio’s debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’, which arrived earlier this month.A lyric video for ‘The Smoke’ has been released today (January 27) to accompany the new track, with the clip being created by the BAFTA-winning writer and director Mark Jenkin.You can listen to The Smile’s ‘The Smoke’ below.The Smile’s three sold-out live shows in London this weekend (January 29-30) will be livestreamed online to a global audience.The livestreams, which will be directed by the award-winning Paul Dugdale and produced by Driift, will be available to watch at home and in select independent venues and cinemas across the UK, US and Europe.The Smoke (more on that later) at production rehearsals for this weekend… pic.twitter.com/WXJNhkLbsq— The Smile (@thesmiletheband) January 27, 2022You can find further information about the livestreams and screenings by heading here, and see this weekend’s broadcast schedule below.BROADCAST #1: London – 8pm Sat. / New York – 3pm Sat. / Los Angeles – 12pm Sat. / Sydney – 7am Sun. / Tokyo – 5am Sun.BROADCAST #2: London – 1am Sun. / New York – 8pm Sat. / Los Angeles – 5pm Sat. / Sydney – 12pm Sun. / Tokyo – 10am Sun.BROADCAST #3: London – 11am Sun. / New York – 6am Sun. / Los Angeles – 3am Sun. / Sydney – 10pm Sun. / Tokyo – 8pm Sun. Yorke performed The Smile’s ‘Free In The Knowledge’ at the Royal Albert Hall back in October as part of the Letters Live event, footage of which was released last month.

Warpaint have announced that they will return with new album ‘Radiate Like This’ – their first album for six years – in May. New single ‘Champion’ is out now, alongside the announcement of a string of UK and Ireland tour dates.In the time since their 2016 album ‘Head’s Up’, the four members of the band have been kept busy with other commitments in their personal lives, but eventually they decided that they still wanted to find a way to work together.Unable to physically get into the same room at the same time to record – due to the pandemic, as much as anything else – they recorded alone, passing round tracks and adding new layers separately.“I was saying the other day that we should’ve called **this album ‘Exquisite Corpse’”, jokes the band’s Emily Kokal, referencing both the parlour game and the title of the group’s debut EP.The new single, the band say, is about “being a champion to oneself and for others.

Jamie Webster has announced details of his biggest headline UK and Ireland tour this year.The musician will kick off his tour on November 5 in Bristol before embarking on dates in Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Belfast and Dublin. The tour will conclude with a hometown gig in Liverpool.Tickets for these new dates will go on general sale at 10am on January 28; a pre-sale will be available from January 26.

MORE: 18 of the hottest celebrity parties in NovemberFrom Cirque du Soleil to movie launches, see which of our favourite celebrities have caught our attention here in the UK and across the pond.Pippa Middleton made a rare public appearance on 14 January as she headed out on a date night with husband James Matthews. The pair arrived at the Albert Hall hand-in-hand as they joined a whole host of stars to watch the first viewing of Cirque du Soleil's Luzia.The supermodel hosted an intimate dinner to celebrate Bianca Saunders PFW debut of her AW22 collection at Paris' Soho House during Paris Fashion Week, pictured here with Creative Director and Designer Bianca.MORE: New mum Naomi Campbell celebrates special occasion with star-studded photoEarlier this week, the actress appeared to be in great spirits as she attended a drinks reception ahead of the World Premiere of the English National Ballet's "Raymonda" by Tamara Rojo.Keep clicking for more pictures...Roundhouse's In The Round Festival is back and they kicked off their series of one-off gigs performed on the venue's circular stage with Emeli Sandé.MORE: Naughty Boy's sweet relationship with Emeli Sandé revealedTilda Swinton was among the guests who headed to the Memoria screening at ICA at the start of the month.The BGT judges looked picture perfect when they reunited for the first round of the Britain's Got Talent auditions.

No Time to Die. Originally slated to open in early 2020, Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 became the first high-profile release to announce a major Covid-related postponement.

TLC have announced a new pair of UK tour dates for summer 2022.The long-running pop group, made up of Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, were already set to perform in London on June 28 next year after their O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire gig was rescheduled.TLC will now perform in Birmingham and Manchester in June 2022, with dates scheduled for Birmingham’s O2 Academy on June 14 and at Manchester’s Albert Hall on June 15.You can see TLC’s upcoming UK headline tour dates below.June

Kojey Radical has announced that he’ll be heading out on the road for a pair of UK shows next year.The rapper – real name Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah – will perform at Manchester’s Albert Hall on April 6, followed by a gig on April 7 at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.The shows will be in support of his upcoming new album ‘Reasons To Smile’, which is set to be released on March 4 next year via Asylum/Atlantic.

Bolton’s Albert Halls is finally able to take bank card payments at its bars after frustrated theatregoers were previously limited to using cash.

Morrissey had kind words for Blossoms and Rick Astley‘s joint shows covering old The Smiths classics.The singer, who fronted the band between 1982 and 1987, said that he was grateful for the acts’ tributes to his former band.

Blossoms and Rick Astley performed the first of two one-off Smiths cover shows last night (October 8) at Manchester’s Albert Hall – you can see footage below.Billed as ‘The Songs Of The Smiths’, the gig saw Blossoms become Astley’s backing band for a full set of theirs and fans’ most-loved Smiths songs, including ‘This Charming Man’, ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’ and ‘What Difference Does It Make?’“The Smiths have always meant so much to Blossoms, with even their rainiest songs complete with

Declan McKenna has postponed his planned gig in Manchester tonight (September 14), the second consecutive show that he’s been forced to reschedule this week.The artist is currently in the middle of his already-rescheduled UK tour in support of his second album ‘Zeros’.McKenna had been due to play two nights at Manchester’s Albert Hall yesterday evening and tonight (September 13-14), but he postponed last night’s gig after testing positive for coronavirus.Saying that he was “beyond devastated” to

Blossoms and Rick Astley have announced they’ll be teaming up for a pair of shows that will celebrate the songs of The Smiths.It comes after Blossoms surprised fans during the first of three nights at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum last night (September 13) by inviting Astley on stage to run through a selection of Smiths covers.Taking place at Manchester’s Albert Hall on October 8 and London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on October 9, the shows will see Blossoms become Astley’s backing band for a full

The unconventional 74th BAFTAs are underway, with the primary Brit film awards being handed out across two evenings. Today, the craft categories are being recognized, and Noel Clarke will be picking up the Outstanding Contribution to Cinema prize. A total of nine awards will be handed out tonight, primarily in the craft categories. Scroll down for winners so far and refresh this page for updates as they come in.

The unconventional 2021 BAFTAs get underway shortly, with the primary Brit film awards being handed out across two evenings this year. Today, the craft categories will be recognized, while Noel Clarke will be picking up the Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema prize. Refresh this page for updates as they come in.

Albert Hall, Chetham's Library, The Stoller Hall, and The Met in Bury, among others.A spokesman for Level said the money would allow the venue to continue providing 'unforgettable clubbing experiences' for the people of Bolton."All of us at Level Nightclub are incredibly grateful to have been accepted for the Culture Recovery Fund," a statement from the club reads."The fund was introduced in August in order to support cultural organisations that were financially stable before Covid-19, but were

a new #NoMoreNoShows campaign launched to encourage people to cancel bookings they can't make. Benches are mostly booked up, but limited walk-ins will be accepted on the night.The Albert Hall will be one of the first live performance spaces to open up again in Greater Manchester.Theatres, music venues and other entertainment hubs are allowed to welcome back live audiences from August 1.

A string of iconic Manchester music venues have written to the government demanding a cash injection for the industry before it goes under.The likes of the Deaf Institute, the Albert Hall, Band on the Wall, Yes, Factory 251 and many, many more from across Greater Manchester have co-signed a letter demanding the government provide a £50m package immediately.The cash would prevent mass permanent closures, with around 90pc of venues in the UK warning they might be forced to shut forever as a result

Canadian singer Bryan Adams' Instagram tirade hinting at China stirred up a storm on the internet. The singer was scheduled to play a series of shows at London’s Albert Hall starting on Monday night. However, the Coronavirus outbreak resulted in the 60-year-old's tour being called off. Expressing his displeasure, Bryan Adams took to Instagram and wrote a lengthy caption ranting about China which is considered to be the epicenter of the COVID-19 virus.