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BBC launch huge Oasis coverage ahead of reunion gigs with entire night of music
Wales Online
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June 19, 2025
Whether or not you managed to get tickets, you may want to get your Oasis fix before the reunion tour kicks off in a couple of weeks time. Now, the BBC have decided to be incredibly generous and broadcast a night of Gallagher best bits on...
Famous singer narrowly avoids prison while 'music promoter' is jailed over drugs
MyLondon
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June 19, 2025
A Jamaican dancehall artist, with appearances on the BBC and a track with Nicki Minaj, has narrowly avoided prison over a drug dealing scheme. Annette Lawrence, 37, known by her stage name Lisa Mercedez, rose to fame in the 2000s, collaborating...
UK tourists in Spain warned of £2,500 fine for little known drinking rule
Chronicle Live
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June 19, 2025
People planning to go to Spain on holiday this year are being warned about possible fines for breaching local rules and regulations. Tourists risk being fined up to £2,500 for one drinking error in particular. Members of the public who organise...
Wirral's Miles Kane confirms details of new album and Black Keys dates
Wirral Globe
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Sunlight In The Shadows comes out on October 17 on Easy Eye Sound with Miles also announcing a new single Love Is Cruel taken from the forthcoming album. Miles, from Meols, is best known as a solo artist and the co-frontman of the Last Shadow...
Did David Brent want to be a reality TV star in The Office UK? Explained
Sportskeeda
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June 19, 2025
For two seasons and a Christmas special, The Office UK had a mockumentary crew diligently follow the dull and monotonous lives of employees at Wernhamm Hogg, a fictional paper company in Slough, United Kingdom. The premise is rather idiosyncratic:...
The UK’s most glorious riverside pubs where you can stay the night
The Times
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You can’t beat sitting riverside on a sunny day, soothed by the sound of the water and the occasional quack or splosh of a paddle from a passing kayaker, with a cool fizz or local ale in hand. These inns have delightful outdoor spaces and lovely...
Derry artist Sister Ghost records music video in California where two deserts meet
Derry Journal
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June 19, 2025
Derry artist Shannon O’Neill, also known as Sister Ghost, who has been playing in bands since the age of 12, is set to release her latest music video for her track ‘Drain You’ on June 20. Filmed in Joshua Tree, California, where two deserts meet,...
Rock Music Menu summer essentials: Best reading and more for the beach and beyond
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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June 19, 2025
The weather would lead us to believe it had well kicked off already, but this Friday marks the official start of summer. Some people love the heat, while others suffer in a swelter, waiting anxiously for that first fall leaf to drop. Whatever side...
Lil Wayne Reaches A New Career Low With His Latest Album
Forbes
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Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter VI debuts at No. 5 on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart but lands as ... More his lowest-peaking U.K. album on multiple other rankings. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Lil Wayne performs onstage during the 2025...
The UK's only female stand-up rapper makes her fringe debut with 'Forget Me Not'
Edinburgh Evening News
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June 19, 2025
Described by Angela Barnes as a “star in the making,” Amelia Hamilton (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2024) invites you to party at the end of the world from July 30 to August 24 at Pleasance Courtyard - The Attic at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe -...
Gary Barlow dramatically halts concert during iconic tune as he asks 'what's going on?'
The Mirror
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June 19, 2025
Gary Barlow stunned fans by dramatically halting a jam-packed concert in Scarborough. As the audience swayed and sang to his catalogue of huge hits, the Take That man abruptly paused after spotting something in the audience. Gary, 54, had been...
Famous folk singer pens protest song taking aim at Newry firm shipping in waste from England
Armagh I
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June 19, 2025
A famous folk singer has penned a protest song taking aim at the shipping of waste from an English council into a Northern Ireland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Rostrevor Action Respecting the Environment (RARE) member and renowned Irish...
My Chemical Romance Charts Its First Top 10 Album With A 20-Year-Old Release
Forbes
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My Chemical Romance’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge hits No. 1 on the U.K.’s Rock & Metal Albums ... More chart following its twentieth anniversary reissue. Ray Toro, Gerard Way, Frank Iero, Mikey Way and Bob Bryar of My Chemical Romance (Photo...
Dundalk IT student releases folk metal album with Aexylium
Louth Live
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June 19, 2025
Leandro Pessina, a Government of Ireland Scholar at DkIT completing a PhD on music and tourism in Louth has released a new album, ‘Myth of Mankind’, with the international folk metal band Aexylium on Rockshots Records. The album builds on the...
Love Kate Bush? Here’s your chance to recreate her ‘Wuthering Heights’ music video
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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June 19, 2025
English singer Kate Bush’s 1978 music video for her debut hit “Wuthering Heights” is being recreated in Dallas this weekend as part of “The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever.” Participants will gather in downtown’s Pacific Plaza on Saturday from 9...
This is astonishing. The story of the British Lion who was a Sunderland war hero
Sunderland Echo
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June 19, 2025
A Sunderland hero’s unique story has been revealed. He was one of the first British Lions to tour Australia. Excitement is growing for the Lions 2025 tour which starts with a game against Western Force in Perth on June 28. But Sunderland historian...
The pretty city with the UK's only 3-spire cathedral 20 minutes from beloved theme park
Daily Express
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June 19, 2025
It is famous for its three-spired medieval cathedral and was the birthplace of Samuel Johnson, the inventor and writer of the first authoritative English dictionary. Only a short hop from Birmingham, this vibrant and historic city, located in the...
Chart-topping artist RAYE to perform at Silverstone’s British GP
The Voice
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June 19, 2025
CHART-topping artist RAYE will perform at Silverstone during the British Grand Prix weekend. The singer will take to the stage on Friday, July 4 for her first UK outdoor performance of 2025. Having been featured on Escapism, Prada and You Don’t...
‘God bless Pat McDonagh’ – First Supermacs lands in the UK
IrishCentral
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June 19, 2025
Unfortunately, it isn’t a permanent shop, but there WAS a Supermac’s food truck among other food and drink stalls at the Download Festival over the weekend. The British Music Festival took place from Wednesday, June 11 to Sunday, June 16 at...
Shifty review – If you hate Margaret Thatcher you’ll love this oddball run through the decline of Britain
The Irish News
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June 19, 2025
Humans have a deep desire to find meaning in the world around them. We find it troubling that events can be random and often unconnected, thus why conspiracy theories are so attractive to many. Conspiracy theory or not, filmmaker Adam Curtis has...