Joe Otterson TV ReporterEugenio Derbez’s upcoming Apple comedy series “Acapulco” has added four new cast members, with Richard Shepard now onboard to direct the pilot.Enrique Arrizon, Damian Alcázar, Camila Perez, and Raphael Alejandro will all star alongside Derbez in the half-hour series.
Tim Burgess launches ‘Listening Party’ earphones to support UK music venues
15.03.2021 - 11:32 / nme.com
Tim Burgess has launched his own new ‘Listening Party’ earphones to help raise money for UK grassroots music venues.Today, The Charlatans frontman has teamed up with Flare Audio to release his own headphones, with £5 from every pair sold donated to the Music Venue Trust.Launched back in March as the UK went into coronavirus-enforced lockdown, the regular listen-and-tweet-along online event of #TimsTwitterListeningParty sees bands and artists tweeting through a playback of one of their classic
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deadline.com
31.03.2021 / 18:40
‘Acapulco’: Enrique Arrizon, Damian Alcázar, Camila Perez & Raphael Alejandro Join Apple Comedy Series, Richard Shepard To Direct
Created by Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist creator Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman, Acapulco is a half-hour Spanish and English language comedy that centers on a young Mexican man named Maximo (Arrizon) whose dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at the hottest resort in Acapulco. But he soon realizes the gig is far more complicated than he ever imagined as all of his beliefs and morals start to be questioned.
officialcharts.com
30.03.2021 / 12:10
Tom Grennan scores the UK's biggest trending song with Little Bit Of Love
Tom Grennan lands the top trending song in the UK with Little Bit Of Love, which could become his first Top 10 on the Official Singles Chart this week.
nme.com
30.03.2021 / 00:13
War Child UK launches new record label with Virgin Music
‘Help’ was reissued in September 2020 and made available across streaming services for the first time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its release.
nme.com
23.03.2021 / 17:19
Music venues after a year of lockdown: “We’re not safe yet – we’re on the edge”
NME about their experience of being closed for a year during the coronavirus lockdown, and how they still need support to enter an uncertain future.Today (Tuesday, March 23) marks the one year anniversary of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing the strict measures of the first lockdown to tackle the spread of COVID-19.
nme.com
23.03.2021 / 12:30
Tim Burgess announces new book celebrating a year of his Listening Parties
Tim Burgess has announced a new book to celebrate one year of his Twitter Listening Parties.As the UK entered coronavirus lockdown a year ago today (March 23), Burgess launched the #TimsTwitterListeningParty series, which saw artists tweeting their way through the stories behind classic albums, with fans getting involved.The series has continued throughout the last year, featuring everyone from Oasis to Pulp, Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C.
completemusicupdate.com
17.03.2021 / 14:13
Skindred members sign new record deal in at-risk music venues
Skindred have announced that they have signed a new four album deal with Earache Records. Highlighting the precarious situation that many of the UK’s grassroots venues find themselves in because of COVID, each member of the band signed the new deal in an at-risk music venue.“We could not be more THRILLED to be signing Skindred”, says Earache Records MD Digby Pearson.
deadline.com
16.03.2021 / 14:53
Mob Drama ‘The Birthday Cake’, With Ewan McGregor, Shiloh Fernadez, Val Kilmer & Lorraine Bracco, Gets UK & Aus/NZ Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has acquired mob crime-drama The Birthday Cake for UK-Ireland and Australia/New Zealand.
officialcharts.com
15.03.2021 / 20:24
Tom Grennan on path towards first UK Number 1 album with Evering Road
Tom Grennan is heading for Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart with his new album Evering Road.
nme.com
12.03.2021 / 17:46
Music Venue Trust “delighted” as two more UK grassroots music venues are saved from permanent closure
#SaveOurVenues campaign is supporting a number of independent UK gig spaces that have suffered significant financial hardship during the coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music over the past year.These venues are also being represented by the fundraising campaign as they were either ineligible or unsuccessful in their application to receive full funding from the recent government-backed Cultural Recovery Fund.A ‘Red List’ of UK venues that are in danger of being closed forever due to