Rock Werchter cancel 2021 edition and reveal dates for 2022

party chiefs. The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be joined by Anas Sarwar from Labour, Douglas Ross from the Scottish Conservatives, Willie Rennie from the Lib Dems and Lorna Slater of the Scottish Greens.

Beartooth have announced a number of UK and European live dates for next year.This morning’s tour news (March 29) follows on from last week’s announcement of the five-piece’s upcoming new album ‘Below’, which is set for release on June 25 via Red Bull Records.Beartooth will be joined by Motionless In White and Stray From The Path on ‘The Below Tour’, which includes dates in Birmingham, Manchester and London.“I’ve never been more excited for a tour in my life,” Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo

Kate Nash has urged the music industry to change after a slew of festival bills were announced in the last week with few non-male acts on the line-ups.Isle Of Wight, TRNSMT and more festivals announced their line-ups this week and were drastically dominated by male artists.Yesterday (March 26), Nash shared an article from the Guardian about the lack of women on festival bills in 2021 on her Instagram Story, captioning it: “Really fucking bummed about this to be honest.”She highlighted a quote

There’s a great axiom when it comes to success in Hollywood; a saying which remains true through good times and bad, even at a moment when streaming is stepping on theatrical’s feet, and that is “Talent rules.”

Wolf Alice have added new dates to their 2022 UK and Ireland tour due to demand – see the updated list of shows below.The January tour dates will come on the back of the band’s forthcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’ (out June 11 via Dirty Hit), which was previewed last month with first single ‘The Last Man On Earth’.After the band’s gigs at London’s Hammersmith Apollo and Glasgow’s Barrowlands sold out immediately after going on sale this morning (March 26), second shows have been added in both

coronavirus restrictions.The annual event cancelled its in-person 2020 edition in Dundee last March, being replaced with a “remote festival” held online in May.Now, it’s been announced that the 2021 edition of the festival will also be held online.

Eurovision Song Contest is set to be examined for “potential illegal statements” in its lyrics.The song, ‘Russian Woman’, is performed by the Tajikistan-born singer Manizha Sangin, who works under the name Manizha and is an activist for women’s rights.In the chorus of the song, which praises strength in Russian woman, Manizha sings: “Every Russian woman needs to know / You’re strong enough you’re gonna break the wall.” Ahead of this year’s event in the Netherlands in May, the Investigative

Dream Wife have announced a UK headline tour for 2022 – check out the dates below.The London trio, whose second album ‘So When You Gonna…’ arrived last July, had planned to hit the road next month but were forced to postpone the dates due to the coronavirus crisis.It’s now been confirmed that the shows will take place in March and April 2022.

Easter falls on Sunday, April 4 which means everyone in the UK can look forward to the upcoming bank holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday. The extended weekend from April 2nd to April 5th also means that normal financial transactions will be suspended and as a result, most benefit payments that fall on those dates are changing.

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Foals have rescheduled their forthcoming UK tour for a third time – see the new dates in full below.The Oxford group, who released their latest album ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt.2’ in October 2019, were originally due to hit the road in April last year.

“Wolfwalkers” director Tomm Moore and co-director Ross Stewart joined Carlos Bustamante to talk about the making of their animated folklore feature film, which they finished off in quarantine to get it ready in time for its premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.

Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Marling and Bicep promised.Set to take place over the weekend of March 26-28, this year’s festival will be digital-only due to the coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music in the UK.Nine brand new performances, as well as 18 sets from previous 6 Music Festivals (which will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from March 22), will be broadcast on BBC Sounds and iPlayer, with highlights being played on BBC Radio 6 Music across the weekend.

Field Day festival is returning to east London’s Victoria Park for its 2021 edition, organisers have confirmed.The festival, which was cancelled last summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, was most recently held at the Drumsheds in north London in 2019.

Eurovision 2021, despite being in line to do so following the 2020 event’s cancellation.In a statement shared on social media, the band said that there are many acts in Russia that deserve “the chance to be seen”.“We think that Russia has many talented and unique artists, each one of them deserves the chance to be seen out there,” the band wrote on Instagram.“Thanks to our Russian fans and all the international fans for showing support, it means the world to us!”A post shared by LITTLE BIG

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market had a successful 2021 online edition with the participation of 12,000 attendees from 131 countries. The industry event, which took place March 1-5, gathered 504 exhibitors — 215 of which were newcomers at EFM — from 60 countries.

Rock In Rio‘s 2021 Lisbon and Brazil festivals have both been cancelled.After the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of both events last year, the global health crisis has once again prompted Rock In Rio’s organisers to act.In a statement the organisers of the 2021 Lisbon edition of Rock In Rio explained that despite studying various scenarios, setting up task forces and rigorously discussing health and safety measures over the past 11 months, there are “no guarantees that in June the

Naman Ramachandran The 55th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has moved from early July, and will now take place Aug. 20-28, as the Czech Republic fights a surge in coronavirus infections.The festival was due to take place July 2-10, but the alarming COVID-19 situation has forced organizers to delay.

Michael Kiwanuka has postponed his planned UK headline tour for a second time – check out the new dates below.The London singer-songwriter was due to hit the road later this month in support of his Mercury Prize-winning third album, ‘KIWANUKA’. He had previously been forced to cancel a portion of his spring 2020 tour after being diagnosed with acute viral laryngitis.Taking to social media today (March 3), Kiwanuka confirmed that his UK tour will now take place in May 2022.