Report: Feist will donate proceeds from merch sales at Arcade Fire show in Dublin to domestic violence group

Garth Brooks is happy that there’s a lot less of him for fans to love after a weight loss of 50 lbs.

COVID-19 pandemic was no longer viable.A post shared by Jack Conte (@jackconte)“I take full responsibility for choosing that original path forward, and for the changes today, which will be very difficult for our team,” the CEO said. “In response to the changing environment, Patreon needs to change the way we operate.”You can read the full statement here, and see Conte’s message on Instagram above.Founded in 2013, the site has built a community of eight million members, and more than $3.5billion has been paid to creators since the company’s inception.During the early lockdowns, Patreon grew significantly due to creators seeking alternative revenue streams amid cancelled live tours and in-person events.Numerous well-known musicians use the service, which gives paying subscribers access to exclusive content via various monthly membership tiers (priced at either £1, £5 or £10, for example).

Aer Lingus has cancelled all UK flights scheduled to leave Dublin Airport after 2pm as an ongoing IT issue wreaks havoc.

Arcade Fire‘s show at London’s O2 tonight will go ahead tonight (September 8), despite the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II hours before.The Queen of the United Kingdom, who succeeded to the throne in 1952 aged 25, passed away today.“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” The Royal Family shared in a statement at 6:30pm BST. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”The news of Arcade Fire’s gig was shared via The O2’s social media.In a statement, they said: “The O2 is incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen and would like to extend its sincerest condolences to the Royal Family at this time of national mourning.

A hero sister babysitting her younger siblings died trying to save them in the Dublin machete attack. Lisa Cash, 18, and her eight-year-old twin siblings Christy and Chelsea Cawley were killed at their home in the early hours of Sunday (September 4), Birmingham Live reports.

Biig Piig has shared her latest single ‘Kerosene’ and announced details of a series of live shows in London and Dublin – you can listen to her new track below.The song follows on from the Irish artist’s June single ‘Fun’, which was subsequently remixed by Yuné Pinku.Biig Piig has shared ‘Kerosene’ today (September 6), which was written alongside her ‘Feels Right’ collaborators Zach Nahome and Maverick Sabre.“‘Kerosene’ is the first track off a wider project I’m working on,” the artist, real name Jess Smyth, explained in a statement. “It’s about wanting someone to rip my clothes off, and the tension of that relationship… my own hot girl summer anthem, tbh.”You can listen to Biig Piig’s ‘Kerosene’ below.Biig Piig has also announced a quartet of November shows in London and Dublin.

Ekin-Su fever has continued to spread in the weeks following the reality starlet’s Love island victory, with fans in Dublin being brought to tears upon meeting her. Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlua , 28, won the reality dating show Love island alongside now-boyfriend Davide Sanclimenti, 27. And while the pair have recently faced cheating rumours , the craze surrounding them only seems to have continued, with Ekin-Su being mobbed by fans upon arrival in Dublin, where she was opening a new BPerfect store.

Three members of the same family who were the victims of a horrific triple killing in Dublin have been named and pictured.

Harry Styles has added a fourth London show to his 2023 UK and Ireland headline tour.The ‘Harry’s House’ pop star recently extended his mammoth ‘Love On Tour’ into next year, having played a run of UK/Ireland and European shows this summer. He’s currently in the midst of New York residency ahead of further multi-night billings across North America.Last week, Styles announced that he’d be returning to these shores in May and June next year.

Singer-songwriter Feist has announced that she will no longer fulfil the support slot on Arcade Fire's world tour, after the band's frontman was accused of sexual misconduct.

Feist has pulled out of tour dates with Arcade Fire, saying that she “can’t continue” in light of sexual misconduct allegations made against the band’s frontman, Win Butler.In a statement posted on her website, she said that she had learned of the allegations against Butler last weekend as they were published by Pitchfork, and had already been in Dublin for the first show of the tour, leaving her without “any time to prepare for what was coming let alone a chance to decide not to fly across the ocean into the belly of this situation”.She found herself in circumstances, she says, where “to stay on tour would symbolise I was either defending or ignoring the harm caused by Win Butler and to leave would imply I was the judge and jury”.At the first show of the tour in Dublin on Tuesday, she performed but also announced that she would be donating all proceeds from merch sales to Women’s Aid Dublin.But now she has decided to leave the tour entirely, saying: “My experiences include the same experiences as the many people I have spoken to since the news broke on Saturday, and the many strangers whom I may only be able to reach with this letter, or not at all. We all have a story within a spectrum ranging from baseline toxic masculinity to pervasive misogyny to actually being physically, psychologically, emotionally or sexually assaulted.

Feist has left Arcade Fire's WE tour after sexual misconduct allegations against the band's frontman Win Butler emerged last weekend. The 46-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter, who was the indie rock band's opening act, announced that she had decided to exit the tour in a lengthy note that she posted to Instagram on Thursday, "At a pub in Dublin, after rehearsing with my band, I read the same headline you did.

Feist has left her tour with Arcade Fire, citing allegations of sexual misconduct levied by four people against frontman Win Butler. Read Leslie Feist’s full statement on leaving the tour below.Earlier this week, the Canadian band continued with their ‘WE’ tour – despite Butler facing allegations of sexual misconduct (all of which he has denied) – and began the UK leg in Dublin on August 30.

Feist will no longer perform on the remaining dates of her tour with Arcade Fire. The singer announced her cancellations on Thursday (September 1), two days after the beginning of the tour was rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct levied against Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler. Butler has denied the allegations and a source close to the band has said the tour would continue.

Arcade Fire will be without Feist on their world tour.

K.J. Yossman Neil Jordan’s “Marlowe,” which stars Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger, is set to close the San Sebastian Festival next month. It will be the film’s world premiere. Jordan, who is known for writing features including “The Crying Game” (for which he won an Oscar) and directing “Interview with the Vampire,” which featured Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, will be in attendance at the Kursaal Auditorium on Sept. 24 for the “Marlowe” premiere alongside the film’s stars. Based on John Banville’s novel “The Black Eyed Blonde,” “Marlowe” is set in 1930s Los Angeles where private eye Philip Marlowe (played by Neeson) is tasked with finding a beautiful heiress’s missing former lover. The character of Marlowe was originally created by Raymond Chandler almost a century ago.