White Lies forced to cancel Paris show after equipment detained over Brexit legislation

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are "not part of the community" in their new area of Montecito, California, according to some of their neighbours. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly rarely seen in public and instead keep to the grounds of their lavish £11million mansion estate – and it is said to have been that way ever since they moved north of Hollywood in 2020.The Royal couple, who share children Archie, two, and baby Lilibet, 11 months, keep themselves to themselves or are allegedly shuffled out of their home in blacked-out cars.The couple live among some of Santa Monica's most famous celebrities, in an area dubbed the "Cotswolds of California".

Emmerdale fans will no doubt be familiar with the dramatic storyline of Meena Jutla over the past few months. Viewers watched as the serial killer, played by Paige Sandhu, seemed to finally face justice this week after being sentenced to 75 years behind bars for the murders of Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tate and Ben Tucker.

Sparks performed an impromptu rendition of ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’ at a public piano at Paris Gare du Nord yesterday (April 20) – you can watch a clip of the moment below.The Mael brothers, who won Best Music Film at this year’s BandLab NME Awards for The Sparks Brothers, are currently on their rescheduled UK and European tour, which visited the UK and Ireland earlier this month.The morning after their gig at Casino de Paris in the French capital on Tuesday (April 19), Sparks performed a short version of ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’ at a public piano situated on the platforms at Paris’ Gare du Nord station.The duo are seen performing the song – with the help of one excitable fan who happens to be walking past – in a short clip that has since been shared on Sparks’ social media channels, which you can watch below.A post shared by S P A R K S (@sparks_official)Sparks’ European tour continues tonight (April 21) at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.The band will reissue five of their albums from 2000-2009 – 2000’s ‘Balls’, 2002’s ‘Lil’ Beethoven’, 2006’s ‘Hello Young Lovers’, 2008’s ‘Exotic Creatures of the Deep’ and 2009’s ‘The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman’ – on vinyl later this month and into next month.

Brexit rules for some music truckers following a number of tour cancellations and delays.Earlier this month, White Lies were forced to cancel the opening night of their 2022 European tour in Paris due to “Brexit legislation” seeing their equipment held up for two days.Since January of 2021, when the post-Brexit trade deal between the EU and the U.K. came into force, truckers in both regions are now subject to “cabotage rules”, which require haulers to return to the EU or the U.K.

A longstanding Coronation Street cast member has lost his role in the soap after taking a selfie with well-known TV presenter Andi Peters. Matthew Davidge, 54, worked on Coronation Street as an extra for 34 years, but has revealed how he lost his job after asking the Good Morning Britain host for a cheeky snap. Andi was filming for a competition when Matthew spotted him on set and asked for a picture, which he happily agreed to.

Brexit fuck-ups and a lack of government control” as they return to playing in Europe again as pandemic restrictions ease, artists, management and politicians have told NME.Now over one year on from the music industry essentially being handed a “No Deal Brexit” when the UK government failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew, artists are attempting to hit the road again after COVID previously prevented them from touring – only to find that themselves on the predicted “rocky road” for the first summer of playing shows in Europe post-Brexit.Just last week, White Lies were forced to cancel the opening night of their 2022 European tour in Paris due to “Brexit legislation” seeing their equipment held up for two days. Speaking to NME, drummer Jack Lawrence-Brown the situation as “incredibly frustrating”.“It’s tricky for us because we’ve been doing this for quite a while and to our minds, we were pretty well-prepared for what was to come,” he said.

Love Island winners Liam Reardon and Millie Court spent a weekend living it up during a romantic trip to Paris following rumours that the couple had secretly split up. Essex-born Millie, 24, and Welsh bricklayer Liam, 22, have proved all the naysayers wrong as they showed off they're just as loved-up as ever in the city of love. Ever since hopping across Europe, the couple were sharing tidbits from their outings and a glimpse into their swanky reality star lives.

With European touring getting properly going again following the relaxation of COVID restrictions, the UK music industry is now fully dealing with the realities of Brexit and the new bureaucracy touring musicians face. With the specific rules now different for British artists in each EU member state, the whole industry is very much on a learning curve, as new issues and bureaucratic delays regularly come up – often at the border – that need to be dealt with.White Lies were forced to call off a show in Paris last week after their equipment was delayed by Brexit nonsense.

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Avril Lavigne is engaged to singer Mod Sun after fourteen months of dating. Singer Mod Sun, real name Derek Ryan Smith, took to his Instagram to announce the exciting news as he shared a series of images from the romantic proposal in Paris. In the first image, the 35 year old can be seen on bended knee as he holds the delighted Canadian beauty's arm while asking her to marry him in front of the Eiffel Tower.