Yard Act cancel tonight’s Newcastle show due to illness

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been forced to cancel the first big engagement of their Caribbean tour, following a village protest in Belize and claims of “colonialism”.

As schools, shops and businesses across the UK raise funds for Red Nose Day 2022, here’s what you need to know about Comic Relief – and when Red Nose Day beganEvery mid-March, people all over the UK don iconic red noses and take part in fundraising activities to raise money to help to end child poverty and hunger. The UK’s funny fundraising campaign, spearheaded by Comic Relief, sees Red Nose Day held every two years – with schools, businesses and celebrities raising money to help aid Comic Relief’s mission of tackling poverty in the UK and across the world.

EXCLUSIVE: CCH Pounder (NCIS: New Orleans, Avatar), The Crown star Jason Watkins and Killing Eve’s Fiona Shaw have rounded out the cast for Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming big-budget adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys.

Dermot O'Leary and his wife Dee Koppang looked gorgeous as they posed together at a glitzy party. The couple, who became parents in the summer of 2020, attended the British Vogue and Tiffany & Co. Fashion and Film Party at Annabel's – an elegant private club in London.

Government leaders are being urged to act now over fears that steep gas prices could lead to some food shortages.

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has issued an urgent warning to anybody whose home falls within council tax bands A-D, and has a message for those in the bands above.

A rally campaigning for a referendum on 'net zero' that was set to be held at Bolton Wanderers' stadium has been cancelled by the club.

Little Simz has won Best Solo Act From The UK at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2).The North London musician was up against Arlo Parks, Dave, Rina Sawayama and Sam Fender in the category. She accepted the award on the podium from Ghetts and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.“Can I just say – after the awful two years we had, you look beautiful tonight!” Khan said to the audience.

BERWYN has won Best New Act From The UK Supported By Music Venue Trust at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2).The Romford rapper beat fellow nominees Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Bree Runway, Wet Leg and Yard Act for the gong, which was presented to him by the Nova Twins on behalf of the award’s supporter and the BandLab NME Awards 2022’s charity partner Music Venue Trust.BERWYN took to the podium accompanied by his mother. “I didn’t prepare a speech, so I’m going to let my mum talk,” he joked. “She’s scared!”“I’ve never won an award before, so thank you for an award.

Yard Act have cancelled their scheduled performance in Edinburgh tonight (March 2) due to frontman James Smith’s continued illness.The band are currently on a headline tour of the UK in support of their debut studio album, ‘The Overload’, which was released on January 21.In a statement posted on social media yesterday (March 1), Smith told fans that he’d been “battling a sickness bug since Sunday” after performing a homecoming show in Leeds the previous night.As a result, Yard Act were forced to cancel their gig at Newcastle’s The Cluny last night.Smith’s statement added that he hoped the band would “be able to be back on the road” for tonight’s show at The Caves in Edinburgh. However, he’s since informed fans he’s still not well enough to perform and they’ve had to cancel.“Hi, James again.

The leader of a council which has been granted nearly £20m in government levelling up funding told a meeting that ‘levelling up is a lie’.

Yard Act and their support act Baba Ali covered LCD Soundsystem at a hometown show in Leeds this weekend (February 26) – see footage below.Yard Act are currently mid-way through huge run of UK tour dates on the back of debut album ‘The Overload’, which reached Number Two in the UK charts upon its release last week after a heated chart battle with Years & Years.On Saturday night, they played a hometown gig at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, and ended the show with a special cover.“We had to do something special for Leeds,” they told the crowd before tearing into a rendition of LCD Soundsystem’s early hit single ‘Daft Punk Is Playing At My House’.Check out footage of the performance below.Yard Act ending their set with a cover of LCD Soundsystem’s Daft Punk Is Playing At My House pic.twitter.com/b98iTNCS7m— tom skinner (@TomSkinner_) February 26, 2022Yard Act’s tour continues tomorrow (March 1) with a show at the Cluny in Newcastle, with dates running until the end of May. See the full list of dates below.MARCH 202201 – The Cluny, Newcastle02 – The Caves, Edinburgh03 – Mono, GlasgowAPRIL 202205 – Earth, LondonMAY 202211 – Trinity, Bristol18 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham19 – Zanzibar, Liverpool20 – Irish Centre, Leeds21 – Band on the Wall, Manchester22 – The Foundry, Sheffield27 – Arts Centre, NorwichReviewing the band’s London gig earlier this month, NME wrote: “Yard Act should rightly be congratulated on all their successes, and tonight is another one to add to the list.

Piers Morgan will be targeting the woke in his new talk show.

Piers Morgan vows to “cancel cancel culture” with his new TV talkshow and “take those ultra woke lunatics head on.”