Transgressive Records announce more 20th anniversary celebrations at Glastonbury, Latitude and beyond

One of Scotland’s highest paid college principals has been awarded a lucrative new pay deal while cost cutting and refusing to pay striking staff.

Glastonbury festival is back for another year, taking place in Somerset between June 26 and June 30. Some 200,000 attendees will descend on Worthy Farm to see a selection of the world's best music artists.

Paolo Nutini will take to the stage of Paisley Town Hall on Tuesday, August 6, for a very special gig in aid of two charities.

Andrew Rannells was planning on reprising his role as Jim Bakker in the new Broadway musical Tammy Faye, but he dropped out after contract negotiations fell through.

Bowling For Soup have announced a 20th anniversary UK tour of their album ‘A Hangover You Don’t Deserve’, set to kick off next year.The band – comprised of Jaret Reddick, Chris Burney, Gary Wiseman and Rob Felicetti – will embark in early 2025 with a show on February 5 at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. From there, they will make stops in Edinburgh, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Plymouth, Swansea, Nottingham, and Brighton.

NHS hospitals in Greater Manchester have paid out more than £181m in damages over cerebral palsy claims in the last 11 years. The figures come as one of the region’s hospital trusts will pay out nearly £30m after ‘accepting their negligence led to a baby girl suffering catastrophic injuries’ in court last week, according to a family’s lawyers.

After 20 years MIA, the D.E.B.S. (Discipline, Energy, Beauty, Strength) are back together again and teasing a potential (not-so-secret) mission.

Nathy Peluso has announced a tour to support her new album ‘Grasa’ that will cover the UK, Europe and the US in 2025. See the full list of dates below.The Argentine-Spanish singer released her second album ‘Grasa’ on May 24 via Sony Music Latin and 5020 Records.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media has signed a global distribution deal with ADA in anticipation of her upcoming sophomore album “Infinite Icon,” releasing on September 6.

Fontaines D.C. have announced a handful of intimate UK album launch shows for their forthcoming LP ‘Romance‘.The Dublin band – comprised of Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III, and Tom Coll – took to their official social media accounts to share a list of intimate live shows in collaboration with select record shops.They will be playing at Kingston’s Pryzim with Banquet Records, Liverpool’s Content with Rough Trade and Newcastle’s Bolier Shop with Reflex.Tickets to the shows are set to go on sale this Friday (June 21) at 10am local time.

Dozens of Orange Walks are planned to take place in Glasgow next month with 30 road closures in place.

Love Island star Harriett Blackmore has made no secret of her celebrity connections. Speaking ahead of her Love Island entrance, she said: "Being a bit of an 'it girl' in Brighton, I’ve done personal shopping for the rapper Arrdee and one of my best friends is Saffron Barker the YouTuber." Harriett and YouTuber Saffron, 23, have been close friends for a number of years, with Harriett making a handful of appearances in Saffron's online videos.

Interpol have apologised for inadvertently copying another artist’s work for the poster for their forthcoming ‘Antics’ 20th anniversary tour.The tour poster resembles a painting by New York-based mural and studio artist Tony Sjöman, which he produced on commission. While not an exact replica, the noticeable similarities between the two led to a friend of Sjöman angrily pointing it out.“At first when I saw this amazing new tour poster from @interpol I jumped at the idea of my friend getting such a cool project to work on… as I reached out to @rubinartnyc / @tonysjoman with a picture he said where did you find this? I pointed him to the post and he let me know they flat out stole this artwork and repurposed it for their own marketing… they didn’t reach out, they didn’t ask for permission,” Sjöman’s friend wrote on Instagram.“As an art supporter and as a licensing professional… I am beyond disbelief they would do this.

EXCLUSIVE: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the filmmaking duo behind BAFTA-nominated Nick Cave pic 20,000 Days on Earth, have just wrapped filming a new performance film dubbed The Extraordinary Miss Flower. The project brings to life the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio. 

A pensioner has been hit by a car and seriously injured in Edinburgh. The crash, involving a red Vauxhall Corsa, happened on Woodhall Road, Colinton, at the junction with Dreghorn Loan shortly after 3.44pm on Tuesday June 18.

A man has died and two people have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a horror van crash in Moray.

The King and Queen took part in the annual Garter Day service at Windsor Castle, marking the start of a busy summer for the royals. Charles and Camilla led other members of the Royal family at the traditional celebration commemorating the ancient Order of the Garter on Monday, 17 June. This comes just two days after the Trooping the Colour ceremony where Catherine the Princess of Wales made he first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer.

Gordon Cox Theater Editor There were a whole lot of sure things heading into the 2024 Tony Awards ceremony — “Stereophonic,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” Daniel Radcliffe. But this year’s full list of winners had room for some unexpected twists and turns, too. You want snubs? You want surprises? Find ’em right here.

Enter Shikari have spoken out after Barclays Bank withdrew from sponsoring Download, Latitude and Isle Of Wight festivals following an artist boycott.A number of bands had dropped out of the Donington Park festival in protest at their commercial partnership with Barclays, including Pest Control, Scowl, Speed and Zulu.Pest Control wrote that they “would not take part in an event whose sponsor profits from facilitating a genocide”, while Scowl added they were boycotting due to “Barclays Bank sponsorship of the event and Barclays’ connection to Israel and the genocide Israel is committing in Palestine.”And now, it appears that Barclays have withdrawn their sponsorship of Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight Festivals, with the bank no longer being listed on their official websites.In a response shared with NME, Latitude confirmed the news, saying: “Following discussion with artists, we have agreed with Barclays that they will step back from sponsorship of Latitude Festival.”NME have also contacted Download Festival for comment.Enter Shikari, who are set to play the main stage at Download this weekend, have responded to the news with a lengthy social media post, which read: “There has been mounting pressure for bands to drop out of Download festival due to the involvement of Barclays Bank.”A post shared by enter: shikari (@entershikari)“We have been in talks with Download themselves, expressing our serious objection at Barclays involvement. We have considered all options, and along with other artists have been working tirelessly on this.”“We don’t believe in rushed reactions and always want the best outcome for all involved.

The soundtrack for the second half of Bridgerton‘s third season is filled to bursting with reimagined versions of iconic pop hits.