Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine talk ‘Poisoned Ascendancy’ tour and new music: “20 years is a long time to be making an impact”

Louis Walsh has been sticking the boot in to many a famous acquaintance during his time in the Celebrity Big Brother house, but when he branded Jedward "vile" it sparked a furious reaction. Jedward just happened to be watching the ITV reality series from close pal Gemma Collins ' house and the trio hit back with their own anecdotes about Louis. But as viewers might have guessed, there's a long history to the animosity between the Irish stars after their X Factor collaboration turned sour.

Leah Smith, who documented her four-year battle with a rare form of cancer on TikTok, died today, according to posts by her mother and boyfriend on the site. She was 22.

Following the success of its 2023 series, the critically-acclaimed hit drama Shetland has been recommissioned by the BBC for two new series. A Silverprint Pictures production (part of ITV Studios) for the BBC, the double series commission - Shetland’s ninth and tenth - will film in locations on the Shetland Isles and across Scotland in 2024 and 2025.

Ariana Grande wants the hate to stop.

Natalie Portman has officially divorced her husband of 11 years, choreographer Benjamin Millepied, after the couple announced their separation last year. Natalie, 42, filed for divorce last July.The couple met on the set of Natalie's film Black Swan and share two children together - a son Aleph, 12, and a daughter Amalia, 7.

Noel and Sue Radford, famous for being the UK's largest family, have confessed that fame is not their "comfort zones", maintaining they're 'shy' individuals. During a recent book signing in Manchester for their new offering titled The Radfords: Making Life Count, the couple were taken aback by how many fans came to meet them.

Taylor Swift’s concerts without tickets.The incidents took place last Monday (February 26), during the third of the pop icon’s six sold-out shows in the South East Asian city-state.According to reports by outlets including The Independent and BBC News, one man allegedly distracted security staff by talking to them, while another held onto a turnstile to let three fans in.A third man who was arrested is under investigation and has yet to be charged, Singapore police said in a statement on Tuesday (March 5).Singapore has some of the strictest laws in the world, and anyone convicted of cheating faces a sentence of up to three years in jail.The shows, held as part of Swift’s mammoth ‘Eras’ tour, were in particularly high demand when the pop icon visited Singapore, as they marked the only stop in the region. Tickets sold out months before the live shows took place.According to the various outlets, one of the three men that the group snuck into the show was Chinese influencer Yang Junhao, who alleged that he unknowingly bought fake tickets.“This is me after being told I bought fake tickets, and was brought out [of the concert] to be interrogated by the police,” he reportedly told his followers in a video posted to Douyin, China’s version of TikTok (via BBC).

A movie armourer has been found guilty of handing Alex Baldwin a good containing real bullets moments before Rust filmmaker Halyna Hutchins was shot dead.

NewJeans have teased that they potentially have a tour and new music on the way.NewJeans recently made an appearance at the Billboard Women in Music 2024 event in Los Angeles, where they took home the award for Group of the Year. It’s notably the first time the award has been given out since 2015, when Fifth Harmony won the trophy.Prior to the event, group were interviewed on the red carpet, where they were asked about potential touring plans.

Viggo Mortensen really puts the word multi-hyphenate to good use for his second directorial effort The Dead Don’t Hurt as he also wrote, co-stars in and composes the music for this distinctive Western film, which played at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this week after world premiering to critical acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival last year. 

Brent Delaney (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), “Brownie Mary”Harris McCabe (Los Angeles, CA), “Nat Cady’s Boys”J. Miller (Burbank, CA), “Slugger”c. Craig Patterson (Los Angeles, CA), “Tah”“The black sheep of the family comes back home to live with the most difficult matriarch in New Orleans.”Kayla Sun (Los Angeles, CA), “Boy, Girl, Fig”“Aden was born with a rare condition where he becomes invisible to people who love him.

CMAT has spoken to NME about the rising popularity of country music in the mainstream, as well as new music and plans to start a religion devoted to Kylie Minogue. Watch our interview above.Speaking to NME at the BRIT Awards 2024 – where the singer, real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, was nominated for International artist of the year – told us how the Australian pop icon inspired her as a child.“She is the love of my life and the most important woman.

James Blake has spoken out about the challenges that musicians face in getting paid fairly for their work in the TikTok age. The electronic musician posted a string of comments on his X/Twitter account on Sunday morning (March 3), taking the time to express his thoughts on the current financial state of the music industry, and what he perceives as the unreasonable obstacles facing musicians. Blake first responded to a post quoting him speaking about not making “a cent” on a recent viral TikTok hit.

Hans Zimmer continued to write more music for the sci-fi epic. He was told to stop, but Zimmer insisted he would carry on, so much so that director Denis Villeneuve would joke that the composer was locked in the studio. Except it wasn’t completely a joke.

New York Dolls’ David Johansen, John Lyon and more.The lawsuit was in an effort to regain control of the artists’ masters, and has finally come to a settlement after years of closely-watched class-action litigation against major record labels over copyright law’s termination right.Announced in court papers last week, the agreement between the music label and the musicians will resolve a case which saw artists accuse Sony of unfairly rejecting their efforts to invoke termination – a federal law that’s supposed to let authors take back control of their works decades after they sold them away.Per Reuters, Johansen, Lyon and Paul Collins sued Sony Music back in 2019, accusing the label of barring their termination notices for their music and proceeding to sell it without permission. The case had ben on pause for settlement since 2021.The musicians based their claims off of a part of the Copyrights Act.

Lizzy McAlpine recently announced she’s heading out on ‘The Older Tour’ in support of her upcoming album with the same name.The rapidly rising “ceilings” singer — who has collaborated with major stars like Noah Kahan, Niall Horan and Finneas — will headline at music halls, theatres, auditoriums, amphitheaters and festivals all over North America from April through August.Midway through the 18-concert run, McAlpine is scheduled to headline back-to-back nights at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, June 18 and Wednesday, June 19.“It’s gonna be frickin epic,” the 24-year-old shared on Instagram.As of now, tickets are available for all upcoming gigs.Some are quite cheap, too.At the time of publication, our team found some seats going for as low as $23 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows have tickets starting anywhere from $26 to $59 before fees.Want to catch McAlpine live this year?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about ‘The Older Tour’ below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event.On Aug.

DIIV are heading out on tour in support of their recently announced fourth album, Frog in Boiling Water. The band will play across North America starting on June 6 in Santa Cruz, California before making their way cross country through the summer and wrapping up in their hometown New York City on August 5 with a show at Brooklyn Paramount.

While Sue Radford could be forgiven for wanting to put her feet up once her 22 kids are all off her hands, the mother of the UK's largest family – stars of Channel 5's 22 Kids And Counting – has other ideas. Sue, who became a parent when she was just a young teenager, has revealed she would actually love to extend her brood and adopt. “We adore being surrounded by kids so I’d love to adopt or foster.

Tom Sandoval is speaking out about those eyebrow-raising comments he made.

It’s apology time.