In one of the most intriguing musical collaborations of the year, indie stars Franz Ferdinand are to team up with new wave legends Sparks for a joint album to be released in the summer. Rumours...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd April 2015
Warner Bros. has announced plans for a new Biblical movie project involving a host of A-list actors. Hugh Jackman is to take the lead role in Apostle Paul, in which he will play the early...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd April 2015
In a quiet week on the US Billboard 200, Kendrick Lamar’s new album To Pimp A Butterfly spends a second week in the Number One spot. The rapper’s third album sold more than double the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd April 2015
Following the sudden emergence of an unheard “solo track” online yesterday, ex-One Direction member Zayn Malik has suffered a decline in his social media following. After British producer Naughty Boy tweeted a link to a...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd April 2015
Royal Mail is marking April Fool’s Day by creating a set of stamps featuring some of Britain’s most treasured comedians, including the Monty Python team and The Two Ronnies. The stamps went on sale on...
News posted in Bizarre / Weird Wonderful on 2nd April 2015
The worlds of pop music and soap operas collide with news that Sarah Harding, a former member of Girls Aloud, is to make some guest appearances in ‘Coronation Street’. The 33 year old singer will...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st April 2015
The much-anticipated Comedy Central roast of Justin Bieber, as expected, drew strong viewing figures when it was broadcast on Monday evening. With ratings of 4.4 million from 10pm to midnight, it was the night’s top-rated...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st April 2015
The nominations for the 42nd Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday (March 31st). They were unveiled live on CBS’s ‘The Talk’, a show which ended up receiving seven nominations including Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st April 2015
Though the departure of Zayn Malik has broken the hearts of millions of their fans around the world and dominated the headlines, One Direction are seemingly already preparing for life as a four-piece with the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 1st April 2015
In one of the more random celebrity stories, Russell Crowe claims that for a long time he used to be on the receiving end of pranks pulled by the late pop legend Michael Jackson. In...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 1st April 2015
Following the runaway success of Disney’s live action remake of Cinderella, classic animation revivals are all the rage at the minute, and the studio is banking on repeating those successes with the announcement that they...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st April 2015
Contrary to reports doing the rounds, the ‘new’ Zayn Malik track ‘I Won’t Mind’ that emerged online following his departure from pop stars One Direction is actually no such thing. Fans might have been understandably...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 1st April 2015
Fox’s successful comedy ‘New Girl’ has been given the green light for a fifth season, the network announced on Tuesday. The renewal was reported by the LA Times, and the news means that the Zooey...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st March 2015
The biggest music news of the last few days has been the launch of the subscription-only streaming service Tidal, and the stars have been lining up to give their differing opinions on the controversial business...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 31st March 2015
Classic albums by the likes of The Doors, Radiohead and Lauryn Hill have been immortalised by being selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress. Variety reported the Library’s selections...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th March 2015
Awkward interview everybody! Gather round! Cinderella actress Cate Blanchett endured a rather pointless series of questions that had little or nothing to do with her role in the Disney blockbuster, ending with her losing her...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th March 2015
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon revealed that he agreed to record the new Blur album partly out of guilt left over from his original departure from the band in 2002. Coxon left the group during the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th March 2015
Celine Dion has opened up about her husband’s health battle, describing the moment she learned that his throat cancer had returned in 2013 for a third time, fifteen years after he had last finished fighting...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th March 2015
Hip hop sensation Kendrick Lamar has stormed to Number 1 in the US Billboard 200 Albums chart with his third album To Pimp A Butterfly. It clocked up over 363,000 equivalent sales (totalling physical, track...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th March 2015
After his Facebook rage about the lack of baby changing facilities in men’s restrooms went viral a couple of weeks ago, Ashton Kutcher has decided to take his protest to the next level by creating...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th March 2015
On the same day it was announced that he had been sacked by the BBC after a ‘fracas’ with a ‘Top Gear’ producer, things could be about to get even worse for Jeremy Clarkson. Sky...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th March 2015
One Direction have confirmed that Zayn Malik has left the band, an announcement that’s sure to break the hearts of millions of teenagers around the world. Zayn explained that reason he was leaving was to...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th March 2015
This year’s Record Store Day will feature the opening of the smallest record shop in the world. According to the NME, a tiny pop-up venue will be temporarily open for one day in London. The...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th March 2015
He may not have been able to secure the services of Will Smith, but director Roland Emmerich has at least manage to secure the services of Smith’s on-screen wife Vivica A. Fox to reprise her...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th March 2015
Muse have revealed a few more details about their new album Drones, including the meaning behind the title and the themes of the record. The group’s new single ‘Dead Inside’ made its worldwide radio debut...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th March 2015
Iggy Azalea has revealed that underwent surgery to get breast implants. The ‘Fancy’ rapper made the revelation in an interview for the April edition of Vogue magazine. The Australian-born star decided that she “wasn’t into...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25th March 2015
On the eve of the release of his latest movie Get Hard, Will Ferrell has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The unveiling ceremony took place on Tuesday on Hollywood...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25th March 2015
A copyright lawsuit against Seth Macfarlane concerning the inspiration for the movie Ted has been dismissed. On Monday (March 23rd), a Los Angeles federal judge ruled that Macfarlane had not copied an animated bear named...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25th March 2015
Lil’ Chris, the young rock star who launched a brief singing career having found success in the reality show ‘Rock School’, has died at the age of 24. On Tuesday, Suffolk Police stated to the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 24th March 2015
It may have suffered the loss of Jessica Lange from its cast recently, but the new season of FX’s ‘American Horror Story’ is continuing to build a pretty impressive looking new roll call with the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th March 2015
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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