Rag’n’Bone Man and Arlo Parks lead Montreux Jazz Festival 2021 line-up

Melanie Sykes has revealed how she broke down in tears following a number of "insulting comments" made by Leigh Francis while in character.The TV presenter, 50, shared her experience working on the ITV game show Through The Keyhole in 2018 with his on-screen character Keith Lemon during a podcast with Lynne Franks on Saturday.The model claimed that his comedy through his character Keith Lemon "gives a voice to men in the street”, during the Frankly Speaking with Lynne Franks podcast in which she

Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James,” part of the Tribeca Film Festival, when the movie stopped with 40 minutes still to go.“We will now pause for 15 minutes to watch the fireworks,” an announcer said. Huh? Cannes has never shot off pyrotechnics during a Lars von Trier debut. (Perhaps they should.)The surprise display was Gov.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA2IM’s Libera Awards are the Grammys of independent music, the one time in the entire year that a huge percentage of that community gets (relatively) dressed up and gathers for a night of celebrating the indie sector’s wins and its continued vital importance to the global music world and economy.For obvious reasons, for the past two years the awards have been held virtually, but that didn’t stop the community from gathering around their laptops again to celebrate as

Playboi Carti, Architects, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Yachty and Princess Nokia on their bill for 2021.The festival has today (June 16) confirmed that Chase Atlantic, Wargasm, Finn Askew, BVDLVD and Macca Wiles have all joined the line-up for this year’s event.

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Metallica, Imagine Dragons, The Killers, Muse and Twenty One Pilots have all been confirmed for Mad Cool Festival 2022.The Madrid festival was forced to abandon its 2021 edition due to ongoing coronavirus concerns, but it will now return to the Spanish capital from July 6-9, 2022.Mad Cool’s new line-up sees a total of 104 artists across all genres, including a selection of returning names from previous editions.Other acts added to the line-up today (June 16) include St.

Arlo Parks leads the list of nominations for the 2021 AIM Awards, picking up four nods – see the full list below.This year’s ceremony for the Independent Music Awards will be held in London on August 25, and also sees the likes of Fontaines D.C.

Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz have been an unstoppable force in this year’s NBA playoffs, rolling through the first round in five games and now up 2-0 on the Clippers in the Western Conference semifinals.Mitchell dropped 37 points, 4 assists, and 3 rebounds in the Game 2 win and that has just been par for the course for him of late. He is also the first Jazz player to score 35 or more points in back-to-back playoff games.

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NBA.com reports.Jokić is also the first Denver Nugget to win the Most Valuable Player award.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the heels of the forthcoming Rolling Loud festivals in Miami and Los Angeles comes the three-day Rolling Loud New York 2021, taking place place October 28 – 30th at Citi Field with headliners Travis Scott, J.

Refresh for latest…: A year after they unveiled the lineup for what would have been the 73rd Cannes Film Festival, the organization’s President Pierre Lescure and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux are back on stage at Paris’ UGC Normandie cinema this morning to reveal the Official Selection for the 74th edition. (Scroll down for the full list as we update live.)

Here’s the first image from Aisha, the drama starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor that recently wrapped filming in Ireland. Cornerstone has boarded worldwide sales rights ahead of the Cannes virtual market this month.

Naman Ramachandran Cornerstone has acquired worldwide sales rights for Irish writer and director Frank Berry’s (“Michael Inside”) drama “Aisha” and will commence sales at the upcoming Cannes virtual market.The film, which has wrapped production in Ireland, stars Letitia Wright (“Small Axe”) and Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”). It charts the experiences of Aisha, a young Nigerian woman, as she seeks international protection in Ireland.

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Damon Albarn has joined the line-up for this year’s Manchester International Festival.The event will take place between July 1 and July 18, and will see its participating artists reflect on ideas such as love and human connection in a post-coronavirus world.

Bombay Bicycle Club, Caribou, Four Tet and Arlo Parks will play this year’s event.The Lincolnshire festival will return from August 26-29, promising an eclectic line-up that takes in all of the above acts.Other artists heading to Lost Village include Greentea Peng, Daniel Avery, David Rodigan, Honey Dijon and Jayda G.Elsewhere, the Boutique festival will take in comedy sets from the likes of Russell Kane, Rosie Jones and Ed Gamble.You can check out the line-up in full below.Hope for the return

Billy Nomates and Porridge Radio are among a raft of acts announced for the 2021 Visions Festival.The one day London new bands event, which will be held on Saturday, August 7 at The Oval in Hackney, will also see Manchester newcomers Porij, post-punk Leeds quartet Yard Act, Folly Group, Famous, Kai Kwasi, Wu-Lu, caroline, NiNE8 Collective, Flohio, Gaika, Falle Nioke, DJ and producer Grove, Martha Skye Murphy and Keyah/Blu all performing.Further acts will be announced in the coming weeks and