Brit Beat: U.K. Festivals Roar Back as 200,000 Attend Reading and Leeds; Is Simon Cowell Reviving ‘The X Factor’?

Preview in new tab“The Batman” cometh! As one of the most anticipated films to release in 2022, the DC Comics movie will be soaring into theaters on Friday, March 4. With decades of previous adaptations in film and television, many actors have donned the cape and cowl — most recently portrayed by Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton and Christian Bale.

Russian-born model Irina Shayk shared her support for Ukraine on Monday via Instagram. Shayk, 36, shared a photo of a black and white peace sign on her personal Instagram account as Russia continues to invade Ukraine. "No To War," she wrote, adding prayer and broken heart emojis.

Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ has won Best Song In The World at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The title track of the New Zealand pop star’s latest album, ‘Solar Power’ beat out nine other nominated songs by the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI, BTS and more.The award for Best Song In The World was presented by Natalie Imbruglia and Bastille’s Dan Smith.Lorde accepted the honour in appropriately summery ‘Solar Power’ fashion – via a video filmed from a pool. Watch her full speech above.“Hi, NME! I’ve heard I’ve just been awarded the best song in the world and I’m really grateful for that,” she said.Lorde also gave props to her fellow nominees, particularly Isle of Wight duo Wet Leg: “Big fan of all the songs in this category, especially ‘Chaise Longue’ by Wet Leg.

Table Manners has won Best Podcast at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The show, hosted by singer Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie, beat out Disgraceland, Grounded With Louis Theroux, Songs To Live By and Wheel Of Misfortune for the win.“Thank you so much,” the Wares said in a statement of their win, who praised the “amazing guests” of Table Manners for the podcast’s success.“This is the first NME award I’ve ever been up for, I’ve only had four fucking albums and it takes my 70-year-old mother,” added Jessie.Launched in 2017 and now in its 13th season, Table Manners becomes the second podcast to snag a win at the NME Awards. The category, introduced in 2020, was last won by George The Poet’s Have You Heard George’s Podcast?.The BandLab NME Awards 2022 returns to the O2 Academy Brixton and is co-hosted by Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr.The ongoing ceremony, which celebrates the most brilliant people in music and pop culture right, saw performances from Sam Fender, Griff and Sigrid and more.

Braveheart and commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars, has died today at the age of 84.His daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the 2017 feature documentary Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies, wrote on social media: “With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd, Jr. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family.“Words cannot express how deeply he will be missed.

Olivia Rodrigo has won Best New Act In The World Supported By CanO Water at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The US singer-songwriter came out on top among the international slate of nominees, which included Bad Boy Chiller Crew, BERWYN, Bree Runway, Wet Leg and Yard Act. Dublin band Inhaler, Nigerian singer Tems, King Stingray from Australia and Shye of Singapore were also nominated in the same category.The gong was presented by It’s A Sin actor Nathaniel Curtis and Love Island presenter Laura Whitmore.

TRNSMT later on this month will not have to show proof of vaccination, organisers have confirmed. The Scottish Government recently announced that people attending large-scale events will need to show a certificate showing that they have been vaccinated.

TRNSMT. The last time TRNSMT took place was in 2019 and many of us are keen to get back to Glasgow Green to watch all our favourite acts from The Courteeners, Liam Gallagher and Snow Patrol.

Liam Gallagher says his voice for Glasgow's TRNSMT festival will be 'biblical' as he looks forward to the event. Liam will join other headliners Courteneers and The Chemical Brothers at the Scottish festival in Glasgow Green next week and took to Twitter to have chat with fans about it following his appearance at Reading festival this week.

TRNSMT is back and bigger than ever. With headlining performances from Oasis legend Liam Gallagher, Courteeners and many more, fans are rearing to get back into the crowd.

Reading & Leeds Festival 2022 will be released later today (September 1).While there is still no news about who will be playing the 2022 events, organiser Melvin Benn has told NME that “three of the six headliners are in place”, adding that “some of them have guitars” and one of them has definitely headlined before.“We started as a rock festival but we didn’t stay there,” said Benn. “We will always intend to be relevant to an incredible audience.

Liam Gallagher took photos with members of the Reading Festival crowd this weekend to use on his new album cover.Gallagher headlined the Main Stage East at Reading on Sunday night (August 29) following a bill-topping set at Leeds Festival on Friday (August 27).TikTok user @samuelhannam22 posted a video on the social media platform after the festival that showed them and other festival-goers having their photos taken with the star by an official photographer.“So I met Liam Gallagher at Reading Festival and am on his next album cover, this is how it happened,” they subtitled the video.

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has told NME that three of the six headliners for 2022’s event have been booked, as well as hinting at what the line-up could look like and reflecting on safely putting on a festival in the time of COVID-19.This weekend saw R+L 2021 headlined by Liam Gallagher, Post Malone, Stormzy, Disclosure, Biffy Clyro and Catfish + The Bottlemen, with other huge performances from the likes of Slowthai, Wolf Alice, Gerry Cinnamon, Sigrid, Baebadoobee, Yungblud, AJ Tracey, Girl In Red and many more.Having organised the coronavirus pilot shows of Download Festival, Latitude 2021 and Blossoms’ Sefton Park gig, the Festival Republic boss said that he was confident and relieved knowing that Reading & Leeds was able to go

Reading & Leeds Festival organisers have confirmed that a 20-year-old woman has died in hospital after being rushed from the Reading event this past weekend.Festival Republic released a statement saying the woman, who had a “pre-existing condition”, passed away on Friday night (August 27) at Royal Berkshire Hospital.“It is with deep sadness that Festival Republic confirms there has been a death at Royal Berkshire Hospital,” the statement read, via BBC.“A 20-year-old festival-goer with a pre-existing condition tragically passed away on Friday evening.“Her family was with her when she died.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A desperate dealer tried to smuggle drugs into Leeds Festival by pitching his tent over the spot where he had previously buried a mountain of cocaine.After bypassing security he paced out where he had hidden his stash and set up camp above it.He then cut a hole in the bottom of his tent, dug up the drugs and began cutting them into individual wraps under the canvas.But neighbouring campers complained about a powerful metallic floral smell which seeped out as he mixed the cocaine with chemicals to sell on.Security guards burst in on his pop-up cocaine factory and he was arrested before he could flog a single ounce of the drug at the festival which featured performances by Liam Gallagher,

Cruz Beckham is loved-up after being spotted holding hands with a girl at Reading Festival.The 16-year-old attended the festival at Richfield Avenue this weekend to watch some of music’s biggest names perform, including Liam Gallagher and Stormzy.However, he wasn’t alone, as he was seen with a female companion who beamed as they interlocked fingers and explored the festival.Wearing a blue and red waterproof coat, a British festival essential even in August, and checked trousers, Cruz looked effortlessly cool as he gazed into the eyes of his love interest.He also seems to have inherited mum Victoria’s fashionista genes as he accessorised with silver jewellery.The son of footballing legend David Beckham sported a freshly-buzzed haircut, now

Jake Bugg and Pa Salieu have been confirmed for Reading Festival today (August 29).The final day of Reading & Leeds kicked off this afternoon, with the southern edition of the event set to see huge sets from Blossoms, Yungblud, Holly Humberstone, Girl In Red and more.Now, Coventry rapper Pa Salieu has confirmed news of a secret set on the BBC Introducing Stage at 16:25, while Jake Bugg, whose new album ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ arrived last week (August 20), will take over the Festival Republic Stage at 16:35.Check out the rest of the stage times for Reading & Leeds 2021 here.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Leeds Festival revellers have ditched their wellies as the Bank Holiday sun has luckily arrived.Music lovers have been layering on suncream and snapping selfies in bikinis as West Yorkshire sees temperatures exceed 20C.The pleasant weather is expected to last the entire weekend, with highs of 18C tomorrow and no rain in sight until Tuesday.Although the sold-out event only kicked off yesterday - eager festival-goers were spotted arriving at the Bramham Park site on Wednesday and Thursday to secure the best camping spots.Ex-Oasis star Liam Gallagher entertained the masses on the main stage last night, with Stormzy headline tonight and Post Malone on Sunday.

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Liam Gallagher dedicated ‘Live Forever’ to late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts at Leeds Festival last night (August 27) – watch footage below.Watts, who has appeared on every album in the legendary band’s discography to date, sadly died aged 80 earlier this week, prompting tributes to pour in from across the music world.During his headline set at the festival, Gallagher took time to remember Watts, telling the crowd: “He’s probably having a great time up there somewhere.”Then, as Liam and his band performed the Oasis classic, photos of Watts were shared on the big screen.Watch the performance below:Liam Gallagher dedicated Live Forever to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts."He's probably having a great time up there somewhere."

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!The return of festivals has been a huge relief to music fans across the UK after all festivals were forced to be cancelled last year due to the pandemic.There was speculation for months if festivals would be able to return in time for this summer but with the rollout of the vaccine program, many of them were given the green light to go ahead.This summer has already seen festivals making their come back with Latitude, Boardmasters, and Beautiful Days being just some of the popular festivals that went ahead.This weekend, Leeds Festival returns between August 27 to August 29 at the iconic Bramham Park.The sold-out festival has an impressive line with the likes of Stormzy, Wolf Alice, Biffy