The Holiday Film In Concert is coming to Manchester this Christmas - here's how to get tickets

Guesthouses across the north have swept up at this year’s AA B&B awards. Bed and breakfasts in Lancashire, Cumbria and North Wales all scooped awards which celebrate the very best of Britain’s B&Bs.

The 1975 have stepped into the breach to replace Lewis Capaldi in his headline slots at the Leeds and Reading Festivals. The Wilmslow lads, who are good friends with Capaldi, announced the news to their fans late last night, while on stage at the TRNSMT Festival in the Scottish singer’s hometown of Glasgow.

Music fans still have time to buy a ticket for Scotland’s biggest festival, which begins on Friday.

“Hotel California.”Legendary classic rockers The Eagles just announced their farewell ‘Long Goodbye Tour’ with special guest Steely Dan that will take flight Thursday, Sept. 7 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.They’ll also swoop into Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Saturday, Sept.

Official Charts Company‘s rundown of the 40 biggest tracks of the past six months is Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’, the lead single from the singer’s eighth album ‘Endless Summer Vacation’.The track gave Cyrus her first UK chart-topper in almost a decade, and achieved a 10-week stay at Number One.‘Flowers’ shifted 1.2million UK chart units overall since its release in January, according to data obtained by the Official Charts Company. The single racked up more than 147million streams and in excess of 80,000 downloads, making it the most-streamed and most-downloaded song of 2023 so far.Additionally, ‘Flowers’ claimed the biggest week of any track this year – pushing 126,000 chart units during its second week at Number One.Cyrus also scored the longest-running UK Number One by a female artist, equalling the 10-week stint of Whitney Houston‘s ‘I Will Always Love You’ and Rihanna‘s ‘Umbrella’.Coming in at Number Two on the Official Charts Company‘s biggest songs of 2023 so far is ‘Escapism’ by RAYE. The 070 Shake-featuring single gave the London singer her first UK Number One in January.RAYE told NME at the time that the feat felt like the “ultimate validation” as an independent artist.

As tensions rise in Hollywood over an imminent update on SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations with the studios, thousands of miles east, the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary is gearing up for its annual influx of industry insiders, curious film fans, and stars.

Fresh from their Glastonbury debut last weekend, The Lathums are coming back to Manchester for what is set to be an incredible homecoming gig for the Wigan band at this year's Sounds of the City at Castlefield Bowl.

Later this week, Castlefield Bowl will welcome thousands of music fans for the 2023 edition of Sounds of the City. Every year, the open-air music series brings together some of the biggest names in rock, indie and pop - and this year is no exception.

Pop superstar Lewis Capaldi has made an emotional announcement to fans cancelling ALL touring commitments for the "foreseeable future" to get his "mental and physical health in order". Lewis performed at Glastonbury at the weekend and was hailed "brave" for battling through with voice issues and supported by the crowds.

Foo Fighters have announced the dates for their 'Everything or Nothing at All' UK tour which will hit UK shores next summer.

Maisie Peters is casting a spell over the Official Albums Chart this week, with The Good Witch on track to become her first Number 1. 

While performing at Glastonbury on Saturday, singer Lewis Capaldi made headlines when he headed to The Pyramid Stage to perform his back catalogue of ballads. However, towards the end of his set, Lewis, who was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome last year, could be seen struggling with his vocals. Speaking to the crowd, 26 year old Lewis said: “I'm going to be honest everybody, but I'm starting to lose my voice up here, but we're going to keep going and we're going to go until the end.

Award-winning rock band Muse have annnounced a string of new UK and Ireland arena dates, including Manchester, in the Autumn. The band will continue their massive Will Of The People World tour with a date at Manchester AO Arena.

Readers of the Manchester Evening News have had their say on the growth of the city following the launch of an artistic project designed to act as a cautionary tale for the future.

Montana Brown has given birth to her first child with fiancé Mark O'Connor.The former Love Island star announced the news on Instagram with a sweet photo of the newborn. Captioning the snap, she shared the name of her baby born, writing: "Welcome to the world Jude Isaiah O’Connor we’re so smitten with you little man 23.06.23" The new parents no doubt put a lot of thought into their little one's name, which according to Nameberry, is a unisex name of Latin origin which means "praised".The tot's namesakes include Saint Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, actor Jude Law, and The Beatles hit song Hey Jude.

Canadian filmmaker James Cameron, who directed the critically acclaimed ‘Titanic’, is talking about the recent Titan submersible tragedy.

A medieval disease is making a comeback across England - and our map shows the infections diagnosed near you as areas of Greater Manchester have some of the highest rates outside of London.

Coldplay have made it back home.

Glastonbury 2023 will take place next week (June 21-25) and plans for live TV, radio and online broadcasts from the festival have been confirmed.The 51st edition of the Worthy Farm event will be headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John, with the latter performing his final-ever UK show. Elsewhere, the likes of Phoenix, Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, Maggie Rogers, Nova Twins, Queens Of The Stone Age, Manic Street Preachers, Lana Del Rey, and more will perform.Tickets for Glastonbury 2023 sold out in under an hour, but if you didn’t get your hands on one, you can still enjoy the festival from the comfort of your home.

“I love you Hans,” a voice echoed across the AO Arena before the room fell into total darkness.