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Fred Again.. has been spotted in the studio with Justin Bieber – find out more below.Last week (March 21), British musician Sekou shared a series of now-expired Instagram Stories revealing that he was in the studio with Justin Bieber. However, the core focus of the posts saw fellow British musician, DJ and producer Fred Again..

Lizzo has been tapped to portray rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe in an upcoming biopic – find out more below.Deadline Hollywood has reported that Amazon MGM Studios is developing Rosetta, an upcoming biopic based on the life and career of the legendary Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a gospel musician who broke boundaries and paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll music.Rosetta has yet to receive a release date, and a director has not been announced to helm the film. However, it has been revealed by Deadline that among the biopic’s producers are actor Forest Whitaker and Lizzo herself.Per Deadline, Rosetta will “capture a pivotal period in Thrape’s life — one of groundbreaking innovation, defiant passion and secret love.

Ethel Cain has announced her second album, ‘Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You’, and her biggest tour yet for 2025, which includes dates in the UK.The singer – real name Hayden Anhedönia – will be releasing her second full-length in August, which has been billed as a prequel to her 2022 debut album ‘Preacher’s Daughter’.Cain’s upcoming album is titled ‘Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You’, and its announcement coincides with her birthday today (March 24).“Before everything, there was you. 1986, the year everything changed forever,” Cain wrote on Instagram alongside the announcement.She will also be going on tour, which is set to be her biggest to date.

Lightning Seeds have extended their ‘Greatest Hits Tour’ into 2025 with a new 11-date run of UK shows in October.The tour followed the release of their ‘best of’ compilation ‘Tomorrow’s Here Today: 35 Years Of Lightning Seeds’, which was released last year. The initial 22 dates of the UK tour sold out, and now they have announced an additional 11 nights “due to overwhelming demand”.The new shows will kick off in Ipswich’s Corn Exchange on October 2 and will take in Bath, Northampton, York, Leicester, Holmfirth, Middlesbrough, Lincoln, Keele and Bournemouth, before rounding off the tour in Chesterfield on October 25.Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday (March 28) and you can find yours here.We’re pleased to announce that we will be extending our ‘Tomorrow’s Here Today: 35 Years Greatest Hits Tour’ with new dates this October.

Read more: Deer Shed Festival 2022 review: Yard Act and Self Esteem lead the New Yorkshire revolutionThe North Yorkshire-based music festival, which is taking place from July 25 to 28 at Baldersby Park, will be headlined by Wunderhorse and The Big Moon. Other names on the line-up for Deer Shed Festival 2025 are Moonchild Sanelly, Anthony Szmierek, Big Special and spoken word artist Kae Tempest.The festival has now announced the return of its ‘Apply to Play’ artist development programme, with new partners EMI North.

The One Show viewers were left gobsmacked during Mary Berry's landmark celebration on Monday (March 24).The beloved former Great British Bake Off judge marked her 90th birthday in style on the latest instalment of the BBC show, with presenters Alex Jones and Roman Kemp by her side. Roman kicked off the show, saying: "She's been the queen of home cooking for decades, from editing housewife magazine in the 60s to becoming a household name around the world as the star of the Great British Bake Off." The episode was filled with surprises for Mary, including unexpected visits from some of her past colleagues and heartfelt birthday wishes from famous faces.

Charlotte Hawkins certainly knows how to make a style statement, and she did just that on Friday's Good Morning Britain in her radiant orange lace midi dress. It wasn't long before Charlotte's Instagram fans were swooning over her vibrant outfit, with one eager follower asking: "Would love to know where the dress is from please?" Another chimed in saying: "Lovely ladies.

Gaumont, won Monday night the first annual Buyers Choice Award, marking the climax of Series Mani’s newest initiative, the Series Mania Buyers Upfront. A four-way Switzerland-France-Luxembourg-Belgium which also world premieres in main competition at Series Mania, Europe’s largest V Festival, “The Deal” prizes marks a triumph for pan-European co-production, the commercial strategy of the day in Europe.

And finally, the WWE has come back to Glasgow - at least that is how The Rock would say it.

The Lottery Winners are on course to secure their second UK Number One album with their new record ‘KOKO’.The group made headlines in 2023 when their third LP ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’ reached the summit on the Official UK Albums Chart, and now that record’s follow-up is primed to repeat the achievement.‘KOKO’ was released on Friday (March 21), and according to the Official Charts Company’s Chart Update on Monday (March 24), it is on course to become the band’s second chart-topper.It is projected to land the top spot, just ahead of veteran pop act Deacon Blue’s 11th album ‘The Great Western Road’ and Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s ‘I Said I Love You First’. The Horrors’ new album ‘Night Life’ also makes the Top Five, along with Sabrina Carpenter’s wildly successful ‘Short N’ Sweet’.Frontman Thom Rylance spoke to NME in December about feeling the pressure of having to repeat the chart success of ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’.

Dame Prue Leith has shared a rather shocking kitchen mishap from her past, revealing she once "stabbed" a colleague in what she calls a "shameful" accident.The beloved Great British Bake Off judge recounted the incident, explaining that at the time she was pregnant and felt "unbalanced" both "physically and mentally". Prue recalled the moment she was holding a "short, sharp knife" and lost her footing. In an attempt to catch herself, Prue ended up accidentally stabbing a chef.

Coronation Street's Joe Layton, who made history on the ITV soap just months ago, is set to bid farewell to his role. Joe, who portrays Mick Michaelis, joined the show only last month alongside his on-screen partner Lou.

Dua Lipa was joined by Vance Joy for a cover of ‘Riptide’ at her recent Melbourne show – watch footage of the moment below.The ‘Houdini’ singer wrapped up the Melbourne leg of her Australian tour by bringing out the ‘Don’t Fade‘ artist last night (March 23). It continued her run of covering Australian artists on the tour, after Troye Sivan had made a surprise appearance the night previous.“So this next song in the set is different every night,” Lipa told the crowd ahead of Sivan and her teaming up, explaining that she has been filling it with a song “by a local artist.”Sunday night’s “local artist” was Australian-born Joy, who performed his 2013 hit alongside Lipa, who called the track “quite possibly one of my favourite songs” as she introduced him.In turn, Joy later took to Instagram to say Lipa was a “legend” that left everyone “awe-struck and feeling the energy she was putting out.”Dua Lipa brings out Vance Joy to perform “Riptide” at the Radical Optimism Tour.

Mumford & Sons have added two extra dates to their upcoming UK arena tour after selling out all previous dates within two hours.Earlier this month, the band announced a 21-stop tour of the UK and Europe to support their new album ‘RUSHMERE’, which is set for release on March 28 via Island/Glassnote (pre-order/pre-save here).Those shows kick off at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm on November 6, with the UK dates starting with Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on December 2, followed by Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff and London.Now, two new dates have been added, with a date at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on November 29 and then Leeds’ First Direct Arena on November 30.

Ricky Gervais has debunked a rumour that he auditioned to replace Steve Carrell in The Office US.The comedian co-created the original British version of the show and starred as David Brent, the inspiration for Carell’s character Michael Scott in the American remake.However, Carell exited the show after season seven, and Gervais has now explained that he was in the mix to replace him, though never auditioned.“When they were recruiting for the new boss [eventually played by Will Ferrell], they said it’d be nice if I apply for the job [in character as Brent],” he told The Independent.“I don’t know if it ever got to NBC calling anyone or if it was more just press and the show’s fanbase. Then, when I wasn’t in it, people said, ‘Ricky auditioned and didn’t get the part’.

Performers working on in-house BBC TV productions are set to receive higher pay rates as the corporation has inked a new agreement with UK actors union Equity. 

EXCLUSIVE: BBC comedy Smoggie Queens, which was inspired by the success of RuPaul’s Drag Race, is coming back for another season.

Pete Doherty has reunited with his Babyshambles bandmates on stage for versions of ‘Albion’ and ‘Fuck Forever’ – see footage below.The band have been largely inactive since the 2014 reformation of The Libertines, but at a Doherty solo show in Watford’s Palace Theatre on Friday night (March 21), he was joined by bassist Drew McConnell and drummer Adam Ficek for a seven-song encore.The trio played ‘Albion’ and ‘Fuck Forever’ from their 2005 debut album ‘Down In Albion’, as well as The Libertines’ ‘What Katie Did’, ‘Time For Heroes’ and ‘Don’t Look Back Into The Sun’. They also played Doherty’s 2009 single ‘The Last Of The English Roses’ and rounded out the set with a cover of The Stone Roses classic ‘I Wanna Be Adored’.Watch fan-captured footage here:A post shared by Luisa Piccin (@lupi_gram)‘Suicide In The Trenches’ ‘Music When The Lights Go Out’ ‘Horrorshow’ ‘Night Of The Hunter’ ‘Pot Of Gold’ ‘Calvados’ ‘What A Waster’ ‘Felt Better Alive’ ‘Death On The Stairs’ ‘Sheepskin Tearaway’ ‘Ed Belly’ ‘Can’t Stand Me Now’ ‘The Boy Looked At Johnny’ ‘Run Run Run’ ‘Albion’ ‘The Last Of The English Roses’ ‘What Katie Did’ ‘Time For Heroes’ ‘Don’t Look Back Into The Sun’ ‘Fuck Forever’ ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ Doherty, McConnell and Ficek played a similar show together in Northampton last August, which was their first time playing together in a decade.

links to a suspected Chinese spy were brought up in court after a judge ruled that a letter of support from the duke’s aide must be released, the Times reports.Dominic Hampshire, Andrew’s former staffer, has been ordered to hand over a letter he wrote in support of Yang Tengbo — the former working royal’s business adviser who has been accused of being a Chinese spy.The letter was written by Hampshire after Tengbo appealed to reenter the UK following his ban due to his close relationship with Andrew.Judge Charles Bourne has also ruled that Andrew’s commercial links to Tengbo be disclosed, given that the duke was previously warned that the 50-year-old was a suspected spy, the court heard.The documents must be disclosed by April 4 unless any party applies for judicial review of the judgment by March 28, the outlet adds.Hampshire attempted to block the letter’s release, saying it contains “highly private, confidential and commercially sensitive information,” the court heard.The statement included details “about Mr. Hampshire’s work with the duke which might seem embarrassing or indiscreet, but they are not such as to give rise to the inference that a legal duty of confidentiality attaches to them,” Bourne said.Documents also contained information about Andrew that were already in the public domain, including “the negative impact of the duke’s 2019 Newsnight interview.”“Substantial parts of the witness statement contain material which cannot possibly be said to be confidential,” Bourne said, adding that two words in the statement should be redacted as they “contain information which must have been imparted to Mr.

Alesha Dixon and her long-term partner Azuka Ononye are reportedly still living together 'for the sake of the kids' following their shock split after 18 years together.The couple were together for almost two decades and welcomed children, Azura, 10, and Anaya, four, before going their separate ways last year. It's now reported that singer and Britain's Got Talent star Alesha, 46, and her former partner, 44, are are still living under the same roof as they navigate their lives post-split.

Chanel Williams, sister of The Vivienne, has spoken out about her brother's hidden battles prior to their untimely passing in a heartfelt chat with ITV. "We didn't know that struggle that was going on towards the end of his life," she revealed. "That stigma we need to break down." The Vivienne, crowned Drag Race UK champion, sadly died in January, and it was later confirmed by their manager and close friend Simon Jones this month that the cause was "from the effects of ketamine use causing a cardiac arrest".