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Rage Against The Machine have announced details of a huge outdoor summer show in Edinburgh.The returning four-piece will play the gig two days before the first of their two headline dates at Reading & Leeds Festival on August 26 (Leeds) and 28.RATM will perform live at the Royal Highland Showgrounds on August 24 as an extension of Edinburgh’s Connect Music Festival, which will also welcome sets from Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers and The National from August 26-28.RATM will be supported on August 24 by Run The Jewels, Nova Twins and The Last Internationale.A post shared by Connect Music Festival (@connectfestsco)Tickets for the Edinburgh show go on general sale at 9am tomorrow (April 23), and you’ll be able to buy them from here.Nova Twins said in a tweet this afternoon (April 22) that they were “beyond honoured to join this legendary line-up” in Edinburgh.We’re supporting Rage Against The Machine!!!!! ❤️‍

Natasha Lyonne and Chloe Sevigny step out in their stunning looks for the season two premiere of Russian Doll held at The Bowery Hotel on Tuesday night (April 19) in New York City.

Billboard Music Awards are bringing your favorites to the stage! The first set of performers for this year's award show were announced on April 19, including Megan Thee Stallion and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.Megan Thee Stallion is set to make her Billboard Music Award debut at the event, which takes place at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15. In addition to her performance, the 27-year-old rapper is also a finalist for Top Rap Female Artist, the same category she won the Billboard Music Award for in 2021.The Red Hot Chili Peppers, meanwhile, are making their BBMAs comeback after 23 years.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFormat, a new festival merging the worlds of music, art and technology, will hold its premiere event on September 23-25, 2022, on the private Sugar Creek Airstrip in Bentonville, Arkansas.The three-day event will feature more than 50 music artists, including Rüfüs Du Sol, Phoenix, Khruangbin, Beach House, The War On Drugs, Nile Rodgers & Chic, the Flaming Lips, Jungle, and Herbie Hancock — along with integrated performances, installations, and art experiences from world-renowned artists including Doug Aitken, Nick Cave (NOTE: not the singer Nick Cave), Jacolby Satterwhite, Pia Camil, Marinella Senatore, Maurizio Cattelan’s Toiletpaper Magazine, John Gerrard in collaboration with Richie Hawtin, Justin Lowe & Jonah Freeman, Sissel Tolaas, Charlap Hyman & Herrero, and many more. Tickets will go on sale Friday, April 22 at www.format-festival.com.

Sziget Festival has announced a new wave of acts for its 2022 edition – check out the updated line-up below.The event is due to take place in Budapest, Hungary between August 10-15, with Arctic Monkeys, Dua Lipa and Kings Of Leon among this year’s headliners. Back in February, organisers added Tame Impala, Justin Bieber and Sam Fender to the bill.Today (April 14) a string of performers were confirmed for Sziget’s brand new Samsung Colosseum open-air stage.

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Download Festival has announced major site improvements for its forthcoming 2022 event.Among the changes at the bash, which is due to take place from June 10-12 at full capacity for the first time in three years, is the decision to move The Village closer to The Arena, which will also now be located on hard-standing ground.The move also means it will be located just minutes away from the Access Campsite with fans now able to go freely from their camp to The Village without leaving solid ground.Other improvements include a new Circular Camping option, offering clean, upcycled tents and camping equipment which will ensure that even punters in the furthest campsites will be able to reach their tents from The Arena in just 25 minutes (down from almost an hour in previous years).Alongside new locations for all campsites, the new Castle Donington Bypass has made the addition of an East Car Park possible for the very first time.The event has also made improvements to its environmental outlook by partnering with Trees For Cities in a bid to cut CO2 emissions in terms of audience travel.An additional £1 car park pass donation will fund tree-planting projects in both Derbyshire county and Leicestershire county in the coming planting seasons.Download is also ramping up its late-night entertainment with more DJs taking to The Dog House stage each night from Wednesday (June 8), including BBC Radio 1’s Daniel P Carter.

Jack White and Halsey, as well as Foals, Bonobo, Fontaines D.C. and more.This marks the return of international artists to Fuji Rock Festival following a 2021 edition comprising an all-Japanese line-up.

Joseph Patel criticized Will Smith and Chris Rock for the events that led up to "Summer of Soul" winning the Oscar for best documentary feature Sunday night. The "Summer of Soul" producer accused Smith of robbing the category of its moment after he slapped Rock on stage before the comedian announced the award. "It robbed the category of its moment," the producer wrote in since-deleted tweets, People magazine noted.

LOS ANGELES -- Will Smith’s slap seen ’round the world at the Oscars was clearly a crime, legal experts say, but the chances of prosecution are slim and even if convicted he’d likely face little more than a slap of his own — on the wrist.Smith left millions of witnesses stunned Sunday when he marched onto the stage of the Dolby Theatre and smacked Chris Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who was sitting with the actor in the front row.The Los Angeles Police Department has said it was aware of the incident but was not investigating because Rock declined to file a police report.While police could technically open an investigation based on the Academy Awards broadcast, they wouldn't do so without Rock’s participation, said defense lawyer Alan Jackson, a former Los Angeles County prosecutor who oversaw high-profile cases.“Would they ever in a practical world do that when Chris Rock is saying, ’I won’t cooperate with a criminal investigation?' Not in a million years,” Jackson said. “LAPD is probably breathing a relative sigh of relief that they don’t have to get involved with two high-profile actors duking it out on a world stage.”The Los Angeles city attorney’s office, which prosecutes misdemeanor crimes, declined to comment, but said it couldn't bring charges without a police referral.“If he’s going to be charged, I can’t speak to what the charge would be,” spokesman Rob Wilcox said.News of celebrities in trouble has been a fixture in LA since Hollywood's early days, and questions frequently arise about whether the rich and powerful receive a different brand of justice.“The celebrity thing is coming into play, unfortunately,” said former LA District Attorney Steve Cooley.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBlue Note New York has announced the 11th Annual Sony Presents Blue Note Jazz Festival. The festival kicks off on June 1 with a free show in Washington Square Park headlined by Robert Glasper — who performed on the Oscars Sunday night — in association with Washington Square Park Conservancy.Taking place at major venues across New York City, including Blue Note New York, Sony Hall, The Town Hall, and SummerStage in Central Park, this year’s festival features performances from George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Chris Botti, Charles Lloyd, Macy Gray, Kenny G, Al Di Meola, Madeleine Peyroux, Dave Holland & Kenny Barron, Robert Cray, Kenny Garrett, José James, Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott), Bilal, DOMi & JD Beck, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Theo Croker and so many more legends, with a major headliner announcement on April 26.

Sunday's shocking turn of events at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face is all anyone was talking about on social media, and proved to be rich comedic fodder for late-night talk show hosts.One host who had particular insight into how wild the night must have truly been was Jimmy Kimmel — who famously hosted the Oscars ceremony in 2017, during which the wrong Best Picture winner was announced, with presenters mistakenly naming instead of the real winner, «I'm a little bummed because now I've hosted only the second craziest Oscars of all time! I only had three years to enjoy that,» Kimmel quipped during his opening monologue.«A lot of my friends have been texting me asking what I would have done if I was host.

Following Sunday’s shocking turn of events at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face is all anyone was talking about on social media, and proved to be rich comedic fodder for late night talk show hosts.

Sunday's shocking turn of events at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face is all anyone was talking about on social media, and proved to be rich comedic fodder for late night talk show hosts.One host who had particular insight into how wild the night must have truly been was Jimmy Kimmel — who famously hosted the Oscars ceremony in 2017, during which the wrong Best Picture winner was announced, with presenters mistakenly naming instead of the real winner, «I'm a little bummed because now I've hosted only the second craziest Oscars of all time! I only had three years to enjoy that,» Kimmel quipped during his opening monologue.«A lot of my friends have been texting me asking what I would have done if I was host.

safety in New York City’s transit system to care about Will Smith smacking Chris Rock — or to weigh in on Kyrie Irving slapping around COVID-19 vaccine mandates.During an unrelated press conference, Adams was asked for his thoughts on the scene-stealing moment of Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards when Smith, who later won the Oscar for Best Actor, slapped Rock in the face while on stage in retaliation for the comedian’s “G.I. Jane” joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.“I was in the subway station last night.

LIVE – Updated at 13:26This year’s Oscars featured shocks, sighs and surprises – but all anyone will care about is a slap. The Academy Awards took place on Sunday night (27 March), with films including The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza and Coda battling it out in the big categories. The biggest story of the night had almost nothing to do with the awards: a shocking altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock sparked by a joke about Smith’s wife Jada.