Damon Albarn announces one-off London solo show

Lorraine Kelly has watched the devastating crisis unfold in Ukraine. The presenter has been interviewing refugees and heard stories of bravery and sadness.

The little brother of a schoolgirl who was shot dead alongside her parents by Russian troops has now also died in hospital.

Naked Attraction contestant Dmitri was left feeling awkward after being stood up by the girl he picked out on the show.Dmitri described himself as a "tree-swinging Tarzan" seeking out his "Jungle Jane" when he appeared on the Channel 4 show on Wednesday."I'm looking for a girl that loves nature like me," Dmitri saidThe tree surgeon, who had a mullet and a moustache, told the girls he had been likened to Tiger King star Joe Exotic.One the show, love-seekers are shown different parts of nude bodies of potential suitors, and they vote them off one-by-one until they find one they want to date.The tree surgeon's choice was tattoo artist Lucy - and the pair arranged to go out on a dinner date.After being informed by the production team, a shocked Dmitri said: "‘What the f***? ‘Well, this is awkward, never been stood up." Lucy later explained her disappearing act by saying she didn't have a connection with the tree surgeon.She said that when she first met the nature enthusiast she thought he was "a really nice guy," but the initial spark was missing."I do feel bad about this decision, but I need to be true to myself," she added.But all was not lost for Dmitri as the production team fixed up a date for him with runner-up Katie.But Dmitri was unlucky in love for a second time - after saying he was "more than happy" with his date - she said he didn't want to see him again.Katie ruled out romance between the pair, saying there "absolutely no chance" anything would come of it.After the show viewers flooded to Twitter to tell how they found the situation embarrassing ."She pied him off," one person wroteAnother added: "Holy moly! @C4Naked. There was a twist.

Former England midfielder John Barnes believes Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford would be a "good fit" for Liverpool - but has rubbished the possibility of him sealing a move to Anfield.

Glastonbury announced their line-up for 2022 this morning (March 4).Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar have been announced as the final two headliners for this year’s Worthy Farm festival, joining Billie Eilish at the top of the bill.This morning’s announcement also confirmed a host of big names for Glastonbury 2022, including the likes of Lorde, Foals, Haim, IDLES, Sam Fender, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Megan Thee Stallion, Phoebe Bridgers, St. Vincent, Turnstile, Burna Boy, Caribou, Wolf Alice, Charli XCX, Elbow, Doja Cat, Fontaines D.C.

Gareth Taylor admits the choice to host the Continental Cup final at AFC Wimbledon is a strange one, as he prepares to take his Manchester City Women side to face Chelsea in the showpiece event on Sunday.

Mark Wright has revealed he is back living with his parents as he gives the latest tour of the nearly-finished mega-mansion.

Roger Taylor's stunning daughter left fans in awe after posting a risque snap to her 68,000 Instagram followers.

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Piers Morgan, 56, shared his concerns about young Ukrainian soldiers who were “off to war in Kyiv” in a touching social media post.The broadcaster compared the teenage volunteers to his own sons, as she stressed that they were “just kids”.In view of his 7.9 million followers, the former Good Morning Britain star shared a post on Twitter that featured a photo of four armed young men.The snap had been posted by BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen with the caption: “18 year old Ukrainian volunteers off to war in Kyiv.“Three days training and they will be on the front line.”Piers compared the young soldiers to his three sons, who are just in their twenties.He added in his retweet: “Three years younger than my youngest son.“Can’t even imagine it.

Love Island star Amy Hart has admitted in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk that comments from her fellow celebrities about freezing her eggs left her frustrated.Thankfully, Amy is thrilled with the end result, appearing on the brand-new episode of the Boots Taboo Talk podcast to discuss her fertility journey. Amy, 29, described in her interview with Express.co.uk how the one thing she’s always wanted to be is a mum. However, she also had to grapple with the reality that both her mother and grandmother had experienced early menopause.Self-described as “very independent”, Amy could never be certain that she would find the right person to settle down with before her body clock counted down to zero.With that in mind, the former Islander has since spent over £10,000 to have her eggs frozen so that, if needs be, she has the option to go it alone as a single parent. Amy is currently loved up with boyfriend Sam Rason whom she described as a “wonderful” and “patient” presence in her life. Last year, Amy opened up to the Loose Women about her egg freezing journey when she had just five eggs in the freezer at the time. While the ladies on the panel were understanding, the influencer has admitted that she has experienced unpleasant run-ins with celebs that do not share her views.She explained: “I remember being at a charity event and there were some 90’s pop stars there who I absolutely loved (I won’t say who).“And we were chatting away and told them that I had frozen my eggs.“The first thing they said - and everyone does this, but it's just this one that particularly sticks in my head…“‘Why are you doing that? You're so young!’“And I'm like, ‘Well, I’ve got early menopause in my family and that’s why I’m doing this.’“So

We're no strangers to Holly Willoughby pulling off various envious looks with her super stylist outfits on ITV's This Morning. On Wednesday's show the 41-year-old proved that denim was still in style as she wowed fans in a dreamy denim dress which was from Max Mara at Fenwicks.Taking to her Instagram ahead of the show, the mum-of-three posed up a storm as she shared her daily sneak peak with her 7.6 million followers.The gorgeous post was captioned with: "Morning Wednesday! Today on @thismorning we chat to the lovely @jvn about his new hair range and super excited to chat to Jill Halfpenny about her new thriller The Holiday… see you at 10am…" For all the latest celebrity news – including their style secrets! – sign up to the OK! Daily Newsletter.

David and Victoria Beckham have shared epic throwback snaps of their son Brooklyn as a baby to celebrate his 23rd birthday. Victoria, 47, who recently impressed her millions of Instagram followers with her gruelling workout, shared a photo of her and Brooklyn when he was a tot on holiday. In the photo, the now mum-of-four donned a black bikini and her iconic Posh Spice era short hairdo as a baby Brooklyn sat on her lap eating a banana.

Jacqueline Jossa has revealed she was forced to sell her house due to money struggles after leaving EastEnders. After starring as Lauren Branning on the BBC show for eight years, the 29 year old explained how life changed very quickly after she left the soap in 2018.

During this year’s Celebs Go Dating TOWIE star Chloe Brockett and Made in Chelsea’s Miles Nazaire hit it off.The pair’s romance began when Chloe, 21, admitted to wanting to ask Miles, 26, on a date after none of her previous ones worked out. Miles said: “There’s definitely something between Chloe and I, I’m not really sure what it is but I mean she is cute, we do get along, there’s a bit of a spark, so maybe we should go on a date." When recalling her decision to ask the reality hunk out, Chloe said: "I am the most confident person! I am like, 'hey want to go out with me?' He was obviously giving me the vibe that he wanted to go out so I thought I might as well just ask!" The pair’s first date was at an oyster restaurant with Miles admitting it ‘scared him’ to date someone also from the same industry.They ended their date with talk of a trip to Essex.The brunette beauty spoke to OK! about that trip to her hometown, remarking that there were ‘good vibes’ between the pair.

Coronation Street fans have been treated to an extra special reunion as Weatherfield favourites Katherine Kelly and Julie Hesmondhalgh met up years after they starred in the soap together. The actors, who played Becky McDonald and Hayley Cropper respectively, were all smiles as they hugged cheek to cheek for a sweet Instagram snap. Katherine, 42, shared the image of them catching up in a restaurant as she called the star, whose character was on the ITV soap for 16 years, "my favourite".

Emmerdale viewers thought they’d seen the back of serial killer Meena Jutla (Paige Sandhu) when she was arrested, charged with murder and taken into police custody. However, the former nurse appears to be more toxic than ever, as she continues to meddle in the rest of the villagers’ lives, including local vicar Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin).

Placebo have shared an emotive new song, ‘Happy Birthday In The Sky’ – listen to it below.It’s the final single to be released from the band’s upcoming new album ‘Never Let Me Go’, which arrives on March 25. It follows on from previous singles ‘Beautiful James‘, ‘Surrounded By Spies‘ and ‘Try Better Next Time‘.Speaking about the new single, Brian Molko said: “’Happy Birthday In The Sky’, for me, is one of the more heartbreaking moments on the album.

Damon Albarn will livestream his solo show at the Globe Theatre in London later this month.The sold-out gig will see the Blur frontman, his live band and a string quartet performing songs from Albarn’s forthcoming new album ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’, which is out on November 12 via Transgressive Records.“I love playing in the round and at the Globe you can see the moon too, marvellous,” Albarn said in a statement about the upcoming show.The live media platform Doors.Live will be streaming Albarn’s Globe show live on September 20, with the stream set to be available to watch in the UK, Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.The Albarn show will be available to watch live on the night and

APPOINTMENTSMusic rights tracking platform Utopia has hired Paul Gathercole, formerly Head of Analytics for Amazon Prime, as Chief Data Officer. “I am excited to get to work solving the biggest problems in the music industry together with the team at Utopia”, he says.

Damon Albarn has shared another taste of his forthcoming second solo album in the form of elegant new single ‘Particles’.The slow, tender new song will be the closing track of Albarn’s upcoming LP ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’, due to be released on November 12.According to a press release the song “originated in a chance conversation between Albarn and a fellow passenger on a plane bound for Reykjavik, one which covered the disruption of the pandemic and the acknowledgment that disruption is impossible to maintain as peace always prevails.”You can listen to ‘Particles’ below: As with preceding single ‘Polaris’, the song comes with an intimate solo piano live performance.