RAYE announces ‘The Euphoric Sad Show’ UK and Irish headline tour

The Orb have announced a string of intimate tour dates across the UK, kicking off later this year.The 19-stop tour will see the duo revisit a pared-back version of their live act known as ‘Le Petit Orb’, which, according to the band, “not only provided a smaller unit to perform intimate shows but also spawned the album ‘Pomme Fritz’, considered to be an Orb classic by the cognoscenti”.

Foxing have announced a 15-date run of headline shows for the UK and Europe, set to kick off at Brighton venue Patterns on Wednesday May 4, 2022.A further seven shows will take place in the UK throughout the first two weeks of May, before the band hit the stage in Belgium for a one-off show at Brussels’ AB Club, and five cities in Germany.

Los Campesinos! have announced a string of UK shows set to take place in December – see the full list of dates below.The indie-pop band took to social media earlier today (September 14) to let fans know that they’ll be hitting the road later this year, taking in shows in Cardiff, London and Leeds.In their announcement, Los Campesinos! revealed that all venues will be fully accessible, have gender neutral facilities, and their low income fans are eligible for 10 per cent off tickets.Tickets go on

BBC series Luther will be returning to screens it has been announced – but this time in the format of a film. Netflix UK confirmed the news that Idris Elba will be back to reprise the role of iconic London detective, DCI John Luther, and will be joined by actors Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis, with filming beginning in November of this year.

Clairo has announced details of her UK and European tour which will take place early next year.The US artist will play in support of her July album ‘Sling’, which was the follow-up to her 2019 debut album ‘Immunity’.The eight-date tour includes five gigs in the UK, beginning in Bristol on January 10 at the O2 Academy.

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Alice Cooper and The Cult have announced details of a co-headlining UK arena tour that’s set to take place next summer.The two acts will hit the road in late May and early June next year for six arena shows.The tour is set to begin on May 23 with a show at the Swansea Arena, before the band play at The O2 in London two days later.Dates in Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham follow before the tour wraps up in Leeds at the First Direct Arena on June 1.Tickets for the tour are available here.MAY

The Horrors have announced they’ll headline a brief run of UK shows from late November.The band will play three shows as part of their ‘Metal Rain’ dates, kicking off at Bristol’s Marble Factory on November 25 and continuing on to Albert Hall in Manchester the following evening. They’ll wrap up at London’s Electric Ballroom on December 3.Supports on various shows will come from SCALPING, Giant Swan, PC World, DJ Proteus, Mandy and Indiana.

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supermarket has followed other rivals by giving hard-working staff two consecutive days off this Christmas as a ‘thank you’. The supermarket, which employs around 170,000 people in the UK said it made the decision to shut on December 25 and 26 after consulting staff and trade unions.

English pop star Dua Lipa dropped her earth-shaking sophomore album Future Nostalgia in March 2020, just as the pandemic was leaving the world's future very much in doubt. Now, with a vaccine available in North America (and a strict new policy from concert conglomerate Live Nation), pop stars like Lipa are able to start planning out tours again.

Coldplay and BTS have announced plans to release new joint single ‘My Universe’.The collaboration, which is out on September 24, features on Coldplay’s forthcoming album ‘Music of The Spheres‘.It was written by both bands and is sung in both English and Korean. ‘My Universe’ is available to pre-order here.This is the second single to be lifted from ‘Music Of The Spheres’ following Coldplay’s comeback hit ‘Higher Power‘, earlier this year.

Coldplay and BTS have announced their new collaborative single My Universe.

The Kid LAROI has announced his first ever headline world tour in 2022.The Aussie star is hitting the road for a mammoth jaunt which also includes a handful of UK and Ireland shows in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and Dublin.The ‘End Of The World Tour’ will kick off at on January 29 at Arizona’s Federal Theatre.

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It’s always great to see a new face appearing on RTÉ, and this autumn we’ll be seeing first-time TV presenter Reem El-Hassany take to our screens.

Placebo have announced an exclusive 2022 UK festival show.The group will be headlining Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering which will take place next May, 26-29 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire.They will top the bill alongside Patti Smith and The Flaming Lips and will give fans a “‘tantalising taste of some brand-new material.”Elsewhere on the line-up are Nova Twins, The Mission, Amy McDonald and Peter Hook and The Light; more acts still to be announced.Tickets for the festival go on sale at