Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag still has a number of injury worries heading into Thursday night's Europa League match against Sheriff Tiraspol.
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Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has hailed The 1975 as “one of the most extraordinary things to happen to the festival”.The Manchester band will headline the dual event this weekend, having stepped in at the last minute to replace Rage Against The Machine. Matty Healy and co.
first topped the bill at R&L back in 2019.During a new interview with Music Week, Festival Republic managing director Benn has spoken about the process of booking The 1975 and acknowledged the disappointment from those who’d been hoping to see Rage.“I’m shocked we got The 1975 booked so quickly,” Benn told the outlet. “I mean we have a close relationship with [the band’s manager and Dirty Hit boss] Jamie Oborne and [agent] Matt Bates who represent them.”He continued: “And Matty and the band have been Reading Festival fans since, frankly, they were really too young to be here.
We’d also been talking to them about arena shows. And they are touring in Japan at the moment, so they had a show ready to go.”Benn went on to say that Reading & Leeds booker Jon Mac “probably went 48 hours without sleep” in an effort to secure ’75 for this year’s festivals.He added: “And, look, we know The 1975 are a very different band to Rage, but you don’t really get much of a level of choice when a band cancels 10 days before a gig.“Of course we will miss Rage, but I think having The 1975 is one of the most extraordinary things to happen to the festival.”Elsewhere in the chat, Benn addressed the criticism from some rock fans who aren’t too happy about R&L’s shift to incorporating a wider breadth of genres in recent years.“Well, nothing stands still.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag still has a number of injury worries heading into Thursday night's Europa League match against Sheriff Tiraspol.
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The 1975 have added two extra dates to their recently-announced 2023 UK and Ireland tour – find details below and get your tickets here.The January 2023 tour dates were announced last week alongside new song ‘I’m In Love With You’, and will take place off the back of the band’s imminent fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’.The UK and Ireland leg of The 1975’s ‘At Their Very Best’ tour will kick off on January 8, 2023 in Brighton and run until January 30 in Belfast.After tickets went on sale on Friday (September 9), two new dates in London and Cardiff were then added for the tour.
Spending time with girlfriend Gemma Owen's famous footballing father Michael Owen must have rubbed off on Love Island's Luca Bish. The 23 year old former fishmonger has just signed to non-league football and will play for Sussex outfit Hailsham Town, marking his return to the sport.The football team posted a picture of Luca to their Twitter, saying that they were "delighted" at their new arrival.The post read: “Delighted to announce a new arrival at The Beaconsfield.
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Love Island star Luca Bish has been snapped alongside girlfriend Gemma Owen and her famous dad Michael Owen for the first time. Luca, 23, who recently revealed his new career move, was pictured with the father and daughter alongside staff at Manor House Stables and their racing horses, Brad the Brief, Flaming Rib and Dubawi Legend as they prepared for Saturday’s Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock Park. Luca and Gemma, 19, were all smiles as they posed with former footballer Michael, 42, in the first snap of Gemma’s dad and new boyfriend together.
here. View the full tour itinerary below.The 1975’s fifth studio album is set to arrive on October 14 via Dirty Hit, and the band has already offered previews of the new release with singles ‘Part Of The Band’ and ‘Happiness’, the latter song they performed at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals.JANUARY 8 – Brighton – The Brighton Center 9 – Bournemouth – Bournemouth International Center 10 – Exeter – Westpoint Arena 12 – London – The O2 15 – Birmingham – Resorts World Arena 16 – Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena 19 – Glasgow – SSE Hydro 20 – Manchester – Manchester Arena 22 – Nottingham – Motorpoint Arena 23 – Leeds – First Direct Arena 25 – Newcastle – Utilita Arena 26- Liverpool – M&S Bank Arena 29 – Dublin – 3Arena 30 – Belfast – The SSE ArenaLast week, The 1975 replaced Rage Against The Machine as headliners for this year’s Reading and Leeds.
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The 1975 have said that news about an upcoming UK tour will arrive in the coming week.The 1975 are gearing up to release their fifth studio album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which is set to arrive on October 14 via Dirty Hit. They’ve already previewed the record with the singles ‘Part Of The Band’ and ‘Happiness’.Now, taking to Instagram, the band gave an update about when fans can expect to hear more about a UK tour.Matty Healy and co said: “UK tour news, 1 week” and asked fans to sign up via a link here.You can see the post below:A post shared by The1975 (@the1975)Meanwhile, the Manchester band will headline Reading & Leeds festival this weekend, having stepped in at the last minute to replace Rage Against The Machine.
The 1975 performed their 2020 song ‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’ live for the first time in Osaka, Japan last night (August 21) – you can watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.The four-piece made their live return at Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo on Saturday (August 20), where they performed a new song titled ‘I’m In Love With You’.The band then moved on to Osaka last night to play the second leg of Summer Sonic. During their 18-song set, The 1975 performed ‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’ – which featured on their fourth studio album ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ – live for the first time.You can watch fan-shot footage of the debut performance of ‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’ below.You can see The 1975’s Osaka setlist below (via setlist.fm).‘If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)’‘Love Me’‘Chocolate’‘Me & You Together Song’‘TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME’‘It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)’‘Paris’‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’‘Happiness’‘Robbers’‘A Change Of Heart’‘I’m In Love With You’‘Somebody Else’‘Love It If We Made It’‘People’‘The Sound’‘Sex’‘Give Yourself A Try’The 1975 will headline Reading & Leeds Festival this weekend.
Love Island finalist Gemma Owen has reunited with her fellow Islanders for the first time since the ITV show ended. The 19-year-old and her beau Luca Bish, 23, caught up with their series eight contestants in London after missing out on previous get-togethers.