Bright Eyes cancel all remaining tour dates for 2024

Princess Diana was told Mohammad Al-Fayed was “sleazy” before she holidayed at his villa in the South of France in the summer of 1997, and embarked on a fateful romance with his son Dodi.

Another Sky have cancelled their upcoming UK tour.In August, the band revealed that their UK tour, slated to take place this year, would be postponed to 2025 “due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control”. In a statement at the time, they wrote: “We’re working hard on securing new dates and will let you know as soon as we can.

Hozier and Pantera are among the artists proving popular with gardeners.According to a new study by First Saturday Lime Study which dug into the intersection of music and gardening, both the Irish singer-songwriter and US heavy metal band dominate Spotify gardening playlists as the most featured artists.The study analysed over 76,000 songs from Spotify playlists and surveyed 1,000 Americans before discovering some surprise revelations.Hozier’s ‘Too Sweet’ was the top song to feature on gardening playlists, followed by ‘Here Comes The Sun’ by The Beatles and ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ by Chappell Roan.Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, meanwhile, were the top artists appearing on homesteading – meaning someone who lives self-sufficiently, usually by growing their own food – playlists on Spotify.But it was Noah Kahan‘s ‘Stick Season’ that came out as the top song on homesteading playlists.Among other findings was that 62 per cent of gardeners and homesteaders listen to music while doing so, while 56 said that listening to metal while gardening actually helps to reduces stress.However listening to heavy metal apparently does come with some potential risks, with one finding revealing that 20 per cent of people who listen to that genre of music while gardening accidentally kill their plants.Similarly, nearly one in four people who listen to EDM while gardening (23 per cent) reported a low yield of crops.Elsewhere, it was rap/hip-hop and pop that came out as the top genres on gardening playlists on Spotify, while country and pop came out on top for homesteading playlists.As for the song of the summer among gardeners and homesteaders, Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’ secured that honour.Another recent study found that metal proved

Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins played “a big part” in Jane’s Addiction getting back together, according to the band’s longtime music tech.The band recently reunited with their original line-up – comprising Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins and Eric Avery – and played a run of UK and European shows together earlier this year before embarking on a North American tour in August.This summer also saw the alt-rockers release their first new music in 34 years with ‘Imminent Redemption’.However, the newly reformed group made headlines earlier this month after apparent tensions came to a head when Farrell shoved Navarro mid-performance during a show in Boston, ending the set abruptly.Jane’s Addiction subsequently cancelled their remaining dates and confirmed a hiatus, citing the frontman’s “mental health difficulties”.Now, in a new podcast episode of Rare Form Radio, Dan Cleary – the band’s guitar and bass tech of 17 years – spoke to host Todd Newman – who has been close friends with Navarro for 30 years – about the incident and recent tensions in the band.Early on in their conversation, he opened up about the band’s rocky return on the road, before revealing: “Taylor Hawkins was a big part of getting this thing back together again.“Obviously, before he passed away, it was his kind of dream to see these guys do this one more time the right way.”After the drummer’s death, Farrell posted a moving video tribute to Hawkins, in which he called the musician his “best friend”.Farrell performed with Foo Fighters at their final show on March 20, joining Hawkins and co.

Machine Gun Kelly has said he’s “not in a haze anymore” after staying sober for one year.Last month, MGK announced that he was one year “completely sober” and said he’d been to rehab for the first time in 2023. “I didn’t tell anybody outside of the [people] closest to me,” he explained.Now, in a new interview with People, the rapper and singer (real name Colson Baker) has shared how looking at himself from an outsider’s perspective helped him to stay sober. “I had to zoom out and take a look at myself from a holistic perspective,” he told the magazine.

Marta Balaga Finland’s Fireframe Studios has boarded upcoming Arctic thriller “The Ice.” Developed in collaboration with Nordisk Film Production, it’s based on the successful novel by Norwegian writer John Kåre Raake, also behind movies “The Wave” and “The Quake,” and series “The Fortress.” Filming is scheduled for next year. The story plays out at one of Earth’s most inhospitable places, the North Pole, with the team teasing “The Ice” as a “highlight for thrill-seeking audience, combining high concept with tense political conflicts.” As well as “ice-cold thrills and warm human drama.” “It’s an ideal co-production for Fireframe.

Jamie Lang Irish director John Crowley (“Boy A,” “Brooklyn”) and his “We Live in Time” actor Andrew Garfield hosted the last of this year’s star-studded San Sebastian press conferences for their Official Selection player, which will close the 72nd edition of the festival this evening. Also starring Florence Pugh, “We Live in Time,” written by acclaimed playwright Nick Payne (“The Crown”), is the time-twisted love story of Almut and Tobias.

British former TV presenter Phillip Schofield has said that he “came very close to ending his life” after he exited his high-profile role on ITV’s  This Morning

Thousands of Oasis fans were left disappointed when they were unable to get tickets to the band’s much-feted reunion gigs scheduled for next summer across the UK, but they could have the next best thing – hearing the band perform on a live album of the event. 

Rupert Everett has revealed he asked Ridley Scott for a role in the upcoming Gladiator II, but to no avail.

Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical centre in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has killed at least eight people.

A Co-op shop in Rochdale is taped off by police this morning after a car smashed into a wall of the building.

This holiday season, shoppers can grab a great deal on the Yankee Candle Advent Calendar, now available at Boots for £11 after cashback, thanks to TopCashback's limited-time offer. Usually priced at £26, this advent calendar becomes an unbeatable Christmas bargain when combined with the cashback offer for new TopCashback members.

Misinformation on social media is putting women off the contraceptive pill who are then risking unwanted pregnancies, according to the NHS.

A woman was rushed to hospital after being hit by car in Inverness yesterday.

Luis Palma has been told he must be “missing something” and that he should be fearful at Celtic as fellow Honduran former Hoops star Emilio Izaguirre told of the incredible lengths he went to at Parkhead.

Police have launched a probe following an attempted murder in Greenock this morning.

Scottish Conservative leader, Russell Findlay, has announced that his newly appointed deputy will "play a key role" in transforming the party. Mr Findlay, who recently succeeded Douglas Ross as the party's leader, has chosen MSP Rachael Hamilton for the position.

The King has marked the 25th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament, saying it has more than “thrived”.

Phillip Schofield has shockingly revealed his version of how he exited This Morning last year, and it is a different version to the original story – that he voluntarily chose to resign from the daytime show.The 62 year old TV star waved goodbye to the ITV morning programme in May 2023 after whispers of a falling out with his once-close friend and co-host Holly Willoughby. After much hearsay, Phillip also confessed to having an unwise relationship with a younger male colleague, though he stressed it wasn't illegal.

Fashion designer Jeff Banks, 81, who won a huge following as the presenter of BBC’s The Clothes Show from 1986 to 2000, has split from his girlfriend of two years, Hannah Beech, 39. Jeff and Hannah had been in a relationship since 2022 after meeting when the designer was inspecting his Jeff & Co designs at a store in Liverpool, near where Hannah’s father lives. It has been reported that Jeff and Hannah had been living at his home in Henley-on-Thames since July 2023, but that Hannah has “moved into a caravan to rebuild her life” following the break-up of the relationship this summer.