UK government criticised for “unworkable” advice on reopening music venues

a £1.57 billion support package handed to the arts sector by the government yesterday (July 5).The bailout will provide music venues, independent cinemas, museums, galleries, theatres and heritage sites with emergency grants and loans.The money is the biggest one-off investment in UK culture ever, helping companies, venues and institutions to survive the coronavirus pandemic without going out of business.Announcing the new funds, Boris Johnson said: “From iconic theatre and musicals, mesmerising

Gigi Hadid has criticised British Vogue after the publication shared an article claiming Gigi Hadid was “disguising” her pregnancy.The 25-year-old model is pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Zayn Malik.Hadid has not yet publicly shared any photographs of her growing baby bump.Last week, British Vogue published an article with the headline “Gigi Hadid reveals how she disguises her pregnancy”.The article quoted Hadid’s comments from a recent Instagram Live in which she was asked why she

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe British government has announced an unprecedented £1.57BN ($2BN) rescue package for the country’s arts and culture venues, including independent cinemas and theatres.The lifeline comes amid growing panic that iconic British venues — such as Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and Dalston’s independent Rio Cinema — could go bust after their finances have been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.The government said thousands of organizations will be able to access

Liam Gallagher has criticised the UK government for its lack of support for grassroots music venues during the coronavirus pandemic.It comes after the #LetTheMusicPlay initiative was launched this week, asking the government for a £50 million cash injection to ensure venues are able to survive while traditional live music isn’t able to be held.Taking to Twitter, Gallagher shared an image being widely circulated this week, stating that the UK government bailed the Wetherspoons pub chain out with

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFunimation, a leading provider of anime content, plans to expand its streaming service to Brazil and Mexico this fall, offering select subtitled and dubbed anime series in Spanish and Portuguese.The company, an independent joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, already operates globally, with nine offices in six countries.

A string of iconic Manchester music venues have written to the government demanding a cash injection for the industry before it goes under.The likes of the Deaf Institute, the Albert Hall, Band on the Wall, Yes, Factory 251 and many, many more from across Greater Manchester have co-signed a letter demanding the government provide a £50m package immediately.The cash would prevent mass permanent closures, with around 90pc of venues in the UK warning they might be forced to shut forever as a result

first drive-in gigs were announced last month. The likes of Dizzee Rascal, The Streets and Kaiser Chiefs will all play shows this summer as part of the new concert series.

Jamie Foxx is going through a “process” to prepare for his role as Mike Tyson in the forthcoming biopic Finding Mike.The Oscar-winning actor has already begun to transform his body to match the former boxer’s physique, but Foxx’s former trainer-turned-stylist told Britain’s The Sun newspaper the journey is as much about his mental state as it is his physical strength.Explaining the star will need to go into a “dark hole” mentally to portray Tyson, Jack Manson insisted his pal has what it takes

Liam Gallagher has joined a host of big names in calling for government support to save's the UK's 'world leading' live music industry.

the Mirror reports.He told his Instagram followers: "I'm in Pelion on essential business trying to Covid-proof my property in view of the upcoming letting season."I need to set up distancing measures at the property because they're taking it very seriously here. "The Greeks are trying to stop bulk arrivals from the UK but they were quite happy to have me coming in."All they wanted to know where I was coming from and what I was doing.

coronavirus crisis, and confirmed new proposals that will allow developers to demolish and rebuild vacant and redundant commercial buildings if they are rebuilt as homes.Dubbed “project speed”, the proposals will also allow a wider range of commercial buildings to switch to housing without a planning application.However, the MVT claims that the regulations are a “replica” of the Permitted Development Rights, which allowed developers to close hundred of venues before the government eventually

coronavirus.Today (Tuesday June 23) saw Prime Minister Boris Johnson announce a further easing of lockdown measures from July 4, allowing for pubs, restaurants, hotels, and more businesses within the leisure industry to re-open as long as social distancing can be maintained.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorSTX has snapped up worldwide distribution rights to genre pic Run Rabbit Run, which will re-team Elisabeth Moss with The Handmaid’s Tale director Daina Reid.STXfilms will directly distribute in the U.S., UK and Ireland with STXinternational now aboard for international sales at the Cannes Virtual Market.

helped temporarily save 140 music venues from the threat of closure, as part of their Save Our Venues campaign.

We need a pronunciation lesson. Elon Musk and Grimes’ baby’s middle name is just as complicated as X Æ A-12. Well, because it’s almost exactly the same. According to X Æ A-12’s birth certificate, which was obtained by TMZ, the infant’s middle name is AE A-XII, so just a couple numerals different than his first.

Grimes and Elon Musk made a slight tweak to their newborn son X Æ A-12’s name on his birth certificate.The infant’s first name is X on the certificate, obtained by TMZ. His middle name is AE A-XII since birth names in California have to follow the English alphabet, excluding numbers and special signs.The “Delete Forever” singer, 32, gave birth to her first child and the entrepreneur’s sixth on May 4.

coronavirus.Over 400 grassroots music venues in the UK are at imminent risk of closing for good as a consequence of the ongoing health crisis, despite a campaign from the Music Venue Trust which has saved cultural 140 spaces so far.Trade body UK Music also predicts that the coronavirus shutdown will destroy a staggering £900 million of the estimated £1.1 billion that the UK’s live industry contributes to the economy each year.Now, Ms Moran has called on the government to provide a significant

TMZ, the couple had to make further alterations when they realised birth names must be limited to the English alphabet – no numbers or special signs – in the state of California.According to California’s rules on names, on birth certificates they must use “the 26 alphabetical letters of the English language” but can include some punctuation marks like apostrophes and dashes.Finally, they settled on X AE A-XII Musk, with first name X, middle name AE A-XII, and Musk as his surname.The couple

Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer have confirmed the rescheduled dates for their postponed ‘Hella Mega Tour’ in the UK and Ireland – you can see the full schedule below.The trio of US bands were forced to cancel the inaugural European leg of the stint in April due to the coronavirus outbreak, and they told fans last month that it would be taking place instead at some point across summer 2021.Today (June 10), it has been announced that the ‘Hella Mega Tour’ in UK and Ireland run will now kick