Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025: Top picks for Liverpool
Calum Leslie Newsreader, BBC Newsbeat BBC Sam Fender is among the main highlights Radio 1’s Big Weekend is about to get going in Sefton Park, Liverpool. Each year the station…
Scorsese backed Indian film that got a nine-minute ovation at Cannes
Aseem Chhabra, Film Writer Cannes Dharma Productions Ghaywan’s new film Homebound received a nine-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival In 2010, Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan made a striking…
Olly Murs pulls plug on Glasgow Ovo Hydro show in stage walk-off
Catherine Lyst BBC Scotland News Getty Images Murs performed at the O2 in London earlier this month Olly Murs has pulled the plug on his show in Glasgow, after walking…
Kneecap holds gig after member charged with terror offence
Irish language hip-hop group Kneecap have performed in central London a day after one of their members was charged with a terror offence. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under…
Charli XCX wins songwriter of the year
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Charli XCX hit the big time with her sixth studio album, Brat, last summer A self-deprecating Charli XCX downplayed her talents as a songwriter,…
Kneecap at TRNSMT would need ‘significant’ police operation
Getty Images Móglaí Bap, Dj Provaí, and Mo Chara from the band Kneecap say they have faced a co-ordinated smear campaign Police Scotland have said that allowing rap group Kneecap…
Actor Timothy West ‘died peacefully’ after hospital stay
BBC Timothy West died in November at the age of 90 Actor Timothy West died “peacefully with his family around him” at a care home where he was being looked…
Glastonbury Festival glampers ticketless after company goes bust
Sammy Jenkins BBC News, West of England Getty Images Some festivalgoers had booked accommodation and tickets through Yurtel which has since appointed liquidators A number of Glastonbury glampers have been…
Metallica to play at Glasgow’s Hampden stadium during new UK tour
Metallica have announced a six-date run of shows in the UK and Ireland next summer as part of the band’s long-running M72 world tour. The metal icons will play at…
Pulp’s ‘rubbish’ riff that became a Britpop anthem
Simon Thake BBC News, Yorkshire Getty Images Jarvis Cocker said Common People was based on the changes he saw moving from Sheffield to London Thirty years ago today Pulp let…