TRNSMT 2022 festival: Incredible line-up announced for Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Sitting on Santa’s lap! Meghan McCain, Jenna Cooper and more celebrities have taken their kids to visit with Saint Nick this year.

Paige Sandhu has been at the heart of one of 2021's most gripping soap storylines. As Emmerdale's murderous Meena she has killed off Andrea Tate (Anna Nightingale), Leanna Cavanagh (Mimi Slinger), and most recently Ben Tucker (Simon Lennon).

Sam Fender has revealed that he wants to get straight into working on his next album and that he hopes to head stateside to lay the tracks down.The singer-songwriter was speaking to NME after his second album, ‘Seventeen Going Under‘, was crowned Album Of The Year 2021 when he said that he will only take a small amount of time off at Christmas before going back into the studio.He explained that writing and recording music in itself is “chill time” for himself and his band, so once he’s had a bit

Penny Lancaster has revealed that she dresses up as ‘Lady Christmas' while wrapping her festive presents to keep her husband Rod Stewart happy.

being named as NME‘s Album Of The Year for ‘Seventeen Going Under‘, Sam Fender has now announced details of a huge London gig at Finsbury Park for summer 2022 – with some very special guests.To round off the huge success surrounding the North Shields’ singer-songwriter’s second album, Fender will be following in the footsteps of the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Queens Of The Stone Age, Pulp and Liam Gallagher by headlining Finsbury Park.The huge show on Friday July 15 will see him being joined by a

Emmerdale star Paige Sandhu has teased that her character Meena Jutla goes "too far" in explosive upcoming Christmas scenes. Only recently, Meena, who has already killed Leanna Cavanagh and Andrea Tate, murdered Ben Tucker in chilling scenes that aired on Thursday (25 November).

emerged tonight's episode could be the final regular show of the year. Next Friday (December 17) sees a celebrity special edition play, but with best bits from episodes of the year gone by.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs we all keep our fingers crossed for a full return to things like music conferences, the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) has announced a second round of showcasing artists invited to perform at the 36th annual event.

Holly Humberstone has been announced as the winner of this year’s BRITS Rising Star Award, after fending off competition from Bree Runway and Lola Young.The 21-year-old now follows in the hallowed footsteps of other artists who have won the prize, including the likes of Adele, Celeste, Florence & The Machine, Sam Fender, Ellie Goulding, and last year’s winner Griff.“I remember watching the BRITs with my parents each year and being totally awe struck by the artists coming together in what felt

Annie Live! is NBC’s 10th annual telecast of a Broadway musical (following The Wiz!, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Rent Live!). The show has gone through a variety of adaptations. First, the 2014 Annie film starring Quvenzhané Wallis and now Annie Live! starring Celina Smith in the titular role. So how does it stack up among the rest? Well, it’s somewhere in the middle with several positive elements and equally negative ones. 

Bastille and Enter Shikari set to perform.The Revive Live campaign was launched last summer in a bid to help UK grassroots venues survive post-coronavirus.

Sam Fender, Kasabian, Bombay Bicycle Club, Blossoms and The Kooks have been announced for next year’s Truck Festival.The Oxford bash makes its return at Hill Farm from July 22-24 in 2022 for its 25th anniversary, after three years away.This year, the festival was cancelled after the government failed to back up an insurance scheme for live events and it didn’t go ahead in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.Other acts on the bill include Sigrid, Easy Life, Sports Team, Inhaler, Kelis, Black

The nominations for 2022's BRIT Awards will be announced in an exclusive ceremony airing December 18. 

TRNSMT Festival 2022 has announced another wave of acts, including Sam Fender, Nile Rodgers & Chic and Self Esteem.The three-day festival will return to Glasgow Green between July 8 and July 10 with headline performances from Paolo Nutini, The Strokes and Lewis Capaldi.Today (November 25) organisers have confirmed that Sam Fender will appear in a special guest slot before Nutini on the Friday night (July 8).

BandLab NME Awards return for 2022, with Halsey, Sam Fender, Griff and Rina Sawayama in attendance at the wildest night in music.After a huge comeback in 2020 and a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, our Awards will return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 to celebrate the best in music and entertainment from around the globe.

Sam Fender will front a BBC Four documentary about Lindisfarne’s late frontman Alan Hull later this week.The film Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story will see Fender tracing the ’70s band’s history – who were famous for hits such as ‘Lady Eleanor’ and ‘Fog On The Tyne’ – through Hull.The documentary will also feature a number of celebrity talking heads including Sting, Elvis Costello, Mark Knopfler, Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart and Peter Gabriel.

Reading & Leeds organisers have announced that the festival will be announcing line-up news for its 2022 event early next month.“Are you ready for some #RandL22 lineup news? Coming early December!” the festival wrote on Twitter today (November 16), teasing an incoming announcement.It comes after Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn told NME back in August that three of the six headliners for next year’s event had already been booked.