Shania Twain announces huge UK and Ireland shows for 2024 – including first ever Wales show

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Netflix’s Indian slate for this year includes a feature film about a group of drunk young men who crash a wedding, and a series about a plane hijacking.

The best fish and chips takeaways and restaurants in the UK have been crowned at a prestigious award ceremony, and a number of Scottish chippies were recognised.

Olly Murs shares an exciting update about his wife Amelia's pregnancy as they get ready to welcome their first baby.The former star of The Voice UK and his wife are preparing for the arrival of their first little one later this year, after happily sharing the news last December.The couple, who got married in in a festival-themed three-day extravaganza in July 2023, recently posted on social media to tell their fans about growing their family this year.They captioned their sweet announcement post with "Baby Murs due 2024," and it showed proud dad-to-be Olly pointing at Amelia's growing bump. Now, with the due date getting closer, Olly has given his delighted fans another little update.

Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, boygenius and Raye all performed at last year’s event. A statement on social media from organisers read: “We’ve decided to take a break with Connect Music Festival in 2024 to take the time to build the next edition of the festival; to make sure it flourishes, evolves, and continues to offer wonderful experiences for fans.”The announcement comes in a year where many other grassroots festival events have also been cancelled by organisers. December saw Herefordshire’s Nozstock Hidden Valley announce that 2024 would be their final incarnation after 26 years due to “soaring costs” and financial risk”, while the fan favourite Shepton Mallet skating and music festival NASS announced that they wouldn’t be putting on an event this summer either as it was “just not economically feasible to continue”.Elsewhere, rising costs also cancelled Dumfries’ Doonhame Festival for 2024, Bluedot announced a year off for the land to “desperately” recover after being struck by heavy rain and cancellations last summer, Nottingham’s Splendour has been canned for this year due to planning delays from a financially-struggling city council, and Barn On The Farm shared that it would be taking a fallow year due to financial constraints.Standon Calling also recently announced its postponement due to a “very challenging climate”.

The Voice UK will return to screens later this year with three new faces set to appear on the coaching panel. Bosses of the hit ITV singing contest have announced today (February 21) that two brand new coaches will replace Olly Murs in a show 'first', whilst another will take over Anne-Marie's chair.

ITV’s The Voice will have a new look for the new series when it returns this year.

The Voice UK has announced its brand new panel of celebrity coaches following Anne-Marie and Olly Murs ' exits from the show.The pair were reportedly axed from The Voice UK last year. With two of the big red chairs now empty, ITV has revealed that Grammy Award winner LeAnn Rimes will be joining the panel.The US singer, 41, is best known for her hit Can't Fight the Moonlight and multiple music awards.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced details of a US tour, following the new-found success of ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’.The announcement that the British singer will be hitting the road for US tour dates comes following the resurgence of her 2001 hit, namely due to its feature in the infamous final scene of Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn.Since the film’s release at the end of 2023, it has become a viral hit on TikTok and even entered the Billboard Hot 100 – her first-ever song to chart in the US. It also climbed the UK single charts, peaking at Number Two last month.Now, Ellis-Bextor will be playing the song, as well as other hit tracks from her discography live later this spring, with seven performances scheduled across the US.The tour will kick off on May 30, with an opening show at August Hall in San Francisco, and continues the following night (31) with a stop at The Observatory North Park in San Diego.From there, the remainder of the live shows will run across the first half of June, with the first being held at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC (June 3), followed by scheduled dates in Boston and Philadelphia.The singer’s previously announced New York City show at Webster Hall is also included in the tour dates, set for June 6, although tickets for the gig have already sold out.

Tom Sandoval is getting some heat for what he said in a new interview.

Noel Gallagher has announced details of a huge Warwick Castle show with Johnny Marr and The Waeve – find all the information below.Back in December 2023, Gallagher announced he and the High Flying Birds were to embark on a summer tour. They will stop by Cardiff, Wigan, Halifax and London from July 2024.Now, the band has announced a further headline date at Warwick Castle on July 21. They will be supported by Johnny Marr and The Waeve (Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall).Tickets will go on general sale at 10am next Friday (February 23) – see all dates below and get yours here.

Mum-of-22 Sue Radford and her husband Noel are on a fun half-term holiday with their kids in a luxury £40,000 motorhome as the TV family enjoy their 24th trip in 25 months! The 22 Kids and Counting stars are spending school break in style, as Sue, 48, shared pictures of their cool mobile home on Instagram. It even has an extra special tent attached to accommodate the huge family. In one picture, their daughter Phoebe was fast asleep on a big bed.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Roku revenue came in above Wall Street forecasts for the fourth quarter of 2023 — and it touted new milestones of more than 80 million active accounts globally as of the end of last year and more than 100 billion hours streamed in 2023. But shares of the streaming platform and connected-TV ad provider fell as Roku warned of a “challenging” environment for media and entertainment spending for the rest of 2024.

Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) has revealed the stars who will be joining them for their 20th anniversary, including Viggo Mortensen and Maxine Peake.

Marta Balaga Films Boutique has reunited with “Green Border” director Agnieszka Holland on her Franz Kafka biopic “Franz,” currently in pre-production. Set to begin principal photography in April in the Czech Republic and Germany — during the centenary of the author’s death — the film has already been acquired for theatrical distribution by Bac Films Distribution (France), X Verleih (Germany), Bioskop (Czech Republic) and Kino Świat (Poland).

Bad Omens are teaming up with BABYMETAL for a huge show together later this summer.The bands will perform a co-headline date at France’s 11,000-capacity Zénith Toulouse Métropole on June 23. Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday (February 14) at 10am.The show will take place just after both bands perform at this summer’s Download Festival, which will return to Donington Park in Leicestershire from June 14 to 16.

Avril Lavigne has announced a show at Bedford Park this summer – her only headline performance in the south of England this year.The pop-punk star will be performing at the Bedford Summer Sessions on Saturday, June 29.She’ll join a summer line-up running across June and July that includes Tom Jones, James, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Jess Glynne and DJ Pete Tong’s Ibiza Classics.Weekend One passes are on sale now, which will get fans access to both Glynne and Lavigne, before general sale tickets for Lavigne go on sale Friday (February 16) at 9am GMT from here.Along with a number of other UK dates planned for the summer, Lavigne has announced details of a US greatest hits tour with support from All Time Low and Simple Plan.The 27-date tour will see Lavigne perform her biggest hits including ‘Complicated,’ ‘Sk8er Boi’ and ‘Girlfriend’.Back in October, Lavigne made a surprise appearance at When We Were Young festival to sing ‘Sk8er Boi’ with All Time Low.She first joined for ‘Fake As Hell’, her collaborative track with the band, before launching into a performance of her 2002 hit ‘Sk8er Boi’. She performed at the inaugural first weekend of 2022’s When We Were Young festival, before she had to drop out the following week due to “unforeseen circumstances”.The singer’s latest album, ‘Love Sux‘, came out in February of 2022, described by NME in a three-star review as “a modern update on early ’00s pop-punk”.

AC/DC have announced a huge UK and European stadium tour for 2024 – check out the dates below.The Australian rock legends will perform 21 dates in 10 countries this summer, which will mark their first tour in Europe for eight years.The ‘Power Up‘ tour – in support of their 2020 album of the same name – will kick off in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on May 17, followed by dates in Spain, Austria, Switzerland and more.The run also includes two dates at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 3 and 7, before they continue on to more mainland Europe dates. The tour will wrap up at Dublin’s Croke Park+ on August 17.General on sale times go live between 9-10am local time this Friday (February 16), dependant on the location.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the 15 nominees for its class of 2024 Saturday morning, with two-thirds of those nominated being up for election for the first time, ranging from pop superstars Mariah Carey and Cher to classic rockers Ozzy Osbourne and Peter Frampton to the late singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor. Also getting first-time nominations are Foreigner, Kool & the Gang, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis and Sade. The other nominees are returning to the ballot after previously having been put up for the honor: Mary J.

Maya Jama has achieved another significant milestone in her career by gracing the cover of British Vogue alongside 39 other influential women, including icons like Oprah Winfrey, Victoria Beckham, and Cindy Crawford. The shoot, marking the farewell cover of editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, featured the Love Island presenter clad in elegant black lingerie, exuding confidence and allure as she posed among A-list company.