Simple Plan announce 2024 UK tour with State Champs and Mayday Parade

John Whaite has admitted that he was unfaithful to his fiancé with "soap stars and celebrities" after finding fame, amid his confession that he and his partner briefly split shortly after he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021.

Pendulum have announced an arena tour of the UK set for Spring 2024 – check out the complete list of tour dates below.The band took to social media yesterday (August 14) to announce the tour, which will see Rob Swire and co. take on Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, London and Glasgow between March 24 and March 31.Check out the full list of venues and dates below.A post shared by Pendulum (@pendulum)Tickets will go on sale this week, with pre-sales going live on Wednesday (August 16) and general tickets being made available on Friday (August 18) via Live Nation.

EastEnders has been working on a storyline that will see Shane Richie’s character Alfie Moon diagnosed with prostate cancer.The BBC said the storyline will “follow Alfie and those around him as he discovers and comes to terms with his diagnosis” and has been working with the support of Prostate Cancer UK and Macmillan Cancer Support to ensure it is an “authentic story”. Ahead of filming, Shane was introduced to one of Prostate Cancer UK’s supporters affected by the disease, which “gave him the opportunity to understand what it’s like to experience the disease first-hand”, the charity said.

Hands up if you remember Dick and Dom? They were the British comedy dynamic duo made up of Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood who brightened up every child's morning on telly in the 90s and through the early noughties.They were one of the most popular celeb tag teams, only second to Ant and Dec, with their hit BBC show Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow. But these days and after celebrating 20 years in the business last year, we don't see much of the pair on screen anymore.The pair enjoy living out their lives behind DJ decks as they travel worldwide playing drum and bass sets at festivals including Glastonbury and aboard cruise ships.

TV presenter Anne Diamond has opened up about a terrifying accident that happened while she was on holiday with her family in the US. Anne, who has hosted shows such as Good Morning Britan and Good Morning with Anne and Nick, alongside Nick Owen was a panelist on GB News today, August 11.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said the planned split of Lionsgate and Starz will take place in the first quarter of 2024, a change from the prior outlook for early fall of this year.

Expect a mixed bag of weather in Greater Manchester this week - with sunshine and showers forecast.

Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) head Kate Taylor has put together what she describes as an “eclectic and lively” mix of titles for her first year at the helm. 

Morrissey has announced new 2023 tour dates in Asia and Australia – see the full list of dates below.The former Smiths frontman has just finished a UK and Ireland headline tour, and will head back out on the road in November.The gigs will begin on November 9 in Singapore, with gigs then taking place in Thailand, Japan and more.Morrissey will then hit Australia and New Zealand for seven gigs, ending up in Auckland in mid-December.See the full list of gigs below. Ticket details can be found here.NOVEMBER 20239 – Singapore, Star Theater16 – Chek Lap Kok, Asia World Expo18 – Bangkok, Samyan Hall22 – Jakarta, Istora Senayan28 – Tokyo, Toyosu PitDECEMBER 20231 – Perth, Concert Hall4 – Melbourne, Palais Theater5 – Melbourne, Palais Theater8 – Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Music Hall10 – Sydney, State Theater11 – Sydney, State Theater14 – Auckland, The CivicLast month, Morrissey cancelled his scheduled sold-out gig in Nottingham at the last minute.“Due to unforeseen circumstances, Morrissey’s show at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall will not be going ahead tonight,” read a tweet from Gigs And Tours, the official website of promoters SJM Concerts.“Ticket holders are asked to hold onto their tickets and a further announcement will be made in due course.”Elsewhere, the singer wrote a scathing critique of the music industry’s response to the death of Sinead O’Connor.In a blog post titled ‘You Know I Couldn’t Last’, Morrissey criticised the wider industry’s response to her death, arguing that it was hypocritical when they “hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you”.“She had only so much ‘self’ to give,” he began.

You might be asking, where has British filmmaker Andrew Haigh been, and the answer is right here and under your nose. While he hasn’t made a feature-length film since 2017’s English coming-of-age movie, “Lean On Pete,” starring Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny and Travis Fimmel, he was right back on it in 2021 with The BBC miniseries “The North Water” starring Colin Farrell, Jack O’Connell and Stephen Graham.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag It's never easy when a couple splits and in 2023, it seems that more celebrities than ever are parting ways. From Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez to Taylor Swift and Matty Healy, it truly has been a summer of break-ups. Relationship expert Tina Wilson says celebrities face particular strains when it comes to keeping a marriage alive.

Giggs has released his first single of the year ‘Mandem’ from his upcoming sixth album ‘Zero Tolerance’, featuring Diddy. Check out the video below.The ‘Peckham Landlord’ hasn’t put out much solo music since his 2020 second mixtape ‘Now Or Never’, which featured Meek Mill, Ray BLK and Ghetts, but last year hopped on Aitch’s ‘Just Coz’ and Tion Wayne’s ‘Suffer’.Today (August 4), Giggs dropped ‘Mandem’ and its accompanying music video.

Sam Ryder and Mae Muller, has announced that it will not be selecting the UK’s entry for Eurovision 2024.The management company, which is also behind artists including Lana Del Rey and Ellie Goulding, has helped the BBC select the UK representatives for the past two years at Eurovision. However, the team has now confirmed that it will be stepping down from the role ahead of next year’s instalment.Headed by Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, the company was responsible for choosing Sam Ryder as the contestant for 2022 and Mae Muller as the entry earlier this year.Ryder fell just shy of the winning position last year, coming second place to Ukraine with his song ‘Space Man’.

Skindred have announced some UK shows for 2024, including their biggest-ever show at Wembley Arena.The ragga-metallers will be coming to Wembley on March 15, with shows in Manchester and Birmingham on March 14 and 16 respectively.“Standing on that stage is a mark of sheer hard work. We have stood upon that stage supporting many truly great acts,” said frontman Benji Webbe in a press release.

The mortgage market was sent into a frenzy last month after the Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates. Following a meeting in June, the Bank hiked the base rate up to 5 percent - which is the highest rate since 2008.

Miles Kane has announced details of a UK headline tour for 2024 behind his new album – see dates below and buy tickets here.The singer will release new album ‘One Man Band’ on August 4, and head out on a short run of acoustic dates to mark the release.Early next year, he will then kick off a full UK tour at Leeds’ O2 Academy on January 25, with the tour then running until early February where it ends with a London gig at Electric Ballroom on February 9.See the full list of dates below. Tickets go on sale on August 2 at 10am BST and you can buy yours here.JANUARY 202425 – Leeds, O2 Academy26 – Bristol, O2 Academy27 – Birmingham, O2 Institute29 – Oxford, O2 Academy30 – Nottingham, Rock City‌FEBRUARY 20241 – Glasgow, SWG3 Galvanizers2 – Newcastle, NX3 – Manchester, O2 Ritz5 – Cambridge, Junction6 – Southampton, Engine Rooms8 – Brighton, Concorde 29 – London, Electric BallroomSpeaking to NME‘s Liberty Dunworth in April, Kane said his upcoming album captures the energy and essence of his earlier work: “There was a conscious effort that I wanted to make it super upbeat.

Amanda Holden appears to have baffled her fans as she posed alongside her rarely-seen husband. The Britain's Got Talent judge said last week that she was enjoying an idyllic getaway with her beau Chris Hughes as she shared a new bikini snap to social media.

EXCLUSIVE: UK broadcaster ITV will “closely monitor” productions from under-fire TV chief James Martin going forwards.

Squid have teamed up with Tim Key to record the audio of Paul Ewen’s story Lessons, which is available to listen to now.The story was first featured on a pamphlet inside vinyl copies of the band’s new album ‘O Monolith’, which came out last month, while Squid guitarist Anton Pearson has written accompanying music for the audio read by UK poet, screenwriter and comedian Key, which is free to listen to on Bandcamp and YouTube.“We’ve loved working with these two people we really admire,” Pearson said of the release in a press statement.You can listen to the new audio recording below.Elaborating on the collaboration, Pearson said: “John Fahey’s story insert to his 1967 album ‘The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death’, inspired the project, and after reading and listening to Paul Ewen’s amazing work (London Pub Reviews, How to be a Public Author) and talking to him, we found he had a great understanding of our work and exciting ideas for the project.“He said he wanted to write a story about an out of touch geography teacher and it doesn’t get much more exciting than THAT! Similarly, Tim seems to have an amazing grasp of Paul’s humour and his delivery takes it to another level, as is the case on the pub reviews series.”A post shared by Squid (@squidbanduk)Pearson continued: “I went to see Tim on his Mulberry tour and loved it so was very excited to have him involved. It was fun writing some music for the audiobook, I used stems from the album for some of it and built other bits from scratch.

Explosions In The Sky have announced their first album in seven years and a world tour kicking off later this year.‘End’ is set for release on September 15 via Bella Union, and the announcement arrives with first single ‘Ten Billion People’. You can pre-order/pre-save the new record here.Alongside new music, the Texas band have also announced ‘The End Tour’, which will see them tour the US in September before visiting 26 cities across the UK and Europe from November.The tour kicks off in Houston on September 25, visiting cities including Nashville, Chicago, Philadelphia and more, before finishing up in New York on October 5.