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Sam Fender after Sunday’s historic Carabao Cup win.Fender’s home team took home their first domestic trophy in 70 years on Sunday (March 16) after beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup. Thousands of fans headed to Wembley to see the club lift their first European Inter-City Fairs Cup since 1969 and first domestic trophy since their 1955 FA Cup victory.On the day, the ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ singer was on stage in Berlin, marking the occasion by switching up aspects of his live show to pay homage to his club.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Big changes are afoot in Panama’s film industry as a young, dynamic (and mostly female) team backed by its newish President José Raúl Mulino is spearheading new initiatives. Leading the charge is Vice Minister of Culture Arianne Benedetti, a filmmaker and former film commissioner for Panama who helped push for the country’s 2012 film law. “We’re focusing on improving incentives across the board – better incentives for infrastructure, labor, and even cash-back incentives,” said Benedetti.

EXCLUSIVE: The London Barbican Theatre’s scintillating production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, boasting an all-star ensemble led by Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke and Emma Corrin and directed by the estimable Berlin-based Thomas Ostermeier, is setting course for New York in 2026, multiple sources inform me.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The Mayhem Ball is already causing mayhem, with tickets to Lady Gaga‘s upcoming tour selling out faster than Little Monsters can snag them. However, there are plenty of ways to still buy tickets to Gaga’s next jaunt, which includes tour dates across North America, Europe and the U.K.

To celebrate its release in UK and Irish cinemas this week, the BFI has given us an exclusive clip from Four Mothers, a film looking at mother and...In cinemas from 18th October.Landing in UK and Irish cinemas next week.To celebrate the release of this week’s Only The River Flows, we have an exclusive clip to share from the feature....Check out this brand new clip from The Descent and Dog Soldiers filmmaker Neil Marshall’s new film, Duchess. This one is...Amazon MGM Studios has released a debut clip from Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Blink Twice.

Little Monsters all over the globe will be getting themselves ready for Lady Gaga's ticket sale today. The music icon will soon be embarking on her MAYHEM Ball UK tour - and tickets going on general sale today.

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear‘s management arm has signed writer and director Tim Fehlbaum for representation.

Ice Nine Kills have announced a UK and European tour with Creeper and The Devil Wears Prada.The metalcore Boston band will be hitting the road for their ‘A Work Of Art Tour’ this winter kicking off in Milan on November 19 with dates running through to December 12, when they will conclude their run with their biggest headline UK show to date at London’s OVO Arena Wembley.Creeper and The Devil Wears Prada will be supporting them on all the dates. Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (April 4) and can be purchased here for the UK.Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas said of the tour (via Stereogum): “We’ll be playing to more psychos across Europe than ever before, so we’ve sharpened our axes and dusted off our raincoats in preparation for the bloodiest gigs yet.

With nearly one-third of all Netflix viewing being registered for non-English titles, the streaming giant has just unlocked more language options for subscribers looking for both subtitles and dubbing.

Alex Ritman Rising screen star Deba Hekmat, who caught the eye of critics for her first lead role in buzzy British indie drama “Last Swim,” has signed with Olivia Bell Management in the U.K. The Kurdish-British model, actress and writer — who was born in Iran but moved to the U.K.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a 2025 UK and European orchestral tour.The Melbourne sextet is set to bring their ‘Phantom Island’ tour overseas later this year, with select dates played as rave sets and other dates as orchestral shows led by conductor/musical director Chad Kelly.They will play songs off their forthcoming album ‘Phantom Island’ (release date unknown), along with cuts from their wide catalogue. Rave sets will incorporate tracks from 2023’s ‘The Silver Cord’, the band’s pivot into electronic music, and they will modify other songs through a fully modular synthesis table.Meanwhile, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s orchestral shows include a date at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where they will perform with Covent Garden Sinfonia.Pre-sale commences at 10am on April 2, whilst general sale will follow at 10am on April 4 – find your tickets here and see tour dates below:OCTOBER31 – Aviva Studios – Manchester (rave set)NOVEMBER1 – Brixton Electric – London (rave set)2 – Brixton Electric – London (rave set)4 – Royal Albert Hall – London (with Covent Garden Sinfonia)5 – La Seine Musicale – Paris (with Orchestre Lamoureux)6 – 013 – Tilburg, NL (rave set)7 – Mainstage – Den Bosch, NL (with Sinfonia Rotterdam)9 – Inside Seaside Festival – Gdansk, PL (with The Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra)10 – Columbiahalle – Berlin (rave set)11 – SaSaZu – Prague (rave set)12 – Gasometer – Vienna (rave set)14 – Poolen – Copenhagen (rave set)15 – Gothenburg Film Studios – Gothenburg (rave set)The UK/EU tour will follow the band’s upcoming leg in the US, where they will tour with conductor and musical director Sarah Hicks.

Refused have announced their final ever UK and European shows as part of their 2025 farewell tour. See all the dates and ticket information below.The Swedish punk band confirmed news of their split in September last year, alongside a 25th-anniversary edition of their seminal third album ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’.It followed their first famous break up 1998, in the midst of their North American tour in support of ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’.

Lady Gaga has announced tour dates in support of her latest album, Mayhem. The Mayhem Ball will take Gaga to arenas across North America, Europe, and the U.K. with multiple nights in Seattle, New York, Miami, Toronto, Chicago, London, Stockholm, Milan, Barcelona, Berlin, and more.

's 2025 Mayhem Ball Tour has just been announced, and we're pleased to report that she's going global, with dozens of dates listed across the US and Europe.Less than a month following the release of her highly anticipated album , the "Abracadabra" singer has announced that she will be headed on a world tour that will see her gracing everywhere from New York to Toronto and all the way over to the EU in London, Berlin and Paris.In addition to her widely celebrated new album, the singer has no shortage of existing hits in her catalog—including all-time pop classics such as “Poker Face,” “Telephone,” and “Judas," to name a few.Through recessions, social movements, and pandemics, the pop star has always swooped in to deliver anthems that seem tailor-made for the worst of times. Here she comes again.Gaga announced the tour on March 26 via an Instagram post featuring the suitably vibey promo graphic for The Mayem Ball along with the caption, “I wasn’t planning to tour this year after my shows in Singapore, but the incredible response to the new album inspired me to keep things going."She continued, "It came together super quickly thanks to Arthur Fogel and the amazing team at Live Nation, who planned a global tour in just a few weeks.

Lady Gaga has shared details of a new tour, seeing her make stops across for the UK, Europe and North America. Find the details below.The dates are set to take place later this year, and will see the iconic singer break out new tracks from her recently shared studio album ‘Mayhem’.Dubbed ‘The MAYHEM Ball’, the latest dates follow the singer gearing up to play her first live shows in Singapore in over a decade, her first Mexico shows in 13 years and a monumental free show to over a million fans at Copacabana Beach in Rio.They’ll kick off with the North American leg, which begins in Las Vegas in July and moves into the rest of the US across August and mid-September.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin sales outfit M-Appeal has sealed further deals for Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner “Dreams,” as well as additional sales for “Sex” and “Love,” the other films in the director’s trilogy. “Dreams” follows Johanne, a young woman who documents her first love — an infatuation with her teacher — through intimate writing. When her mother and grandmother discover her work, their initial shock turns to recognition of its literary merit.

Little Monsters are rejoicing this afternoon after Lady Gaga announced dates for a UK 2025 tour - including a stop-off in Manchester. This afternoon, the Bad Romance singer, unveiled details of Mayhem Ball, which will be her first arena tour in seven years.

Ellise Shafer Lady Gaga is officially taking “Mayhem” on the road, revealing tour dates across North America, Europe and the U.K. Following Gaga’s previously announced spring shows in Mexico, Brazil and Singapore, the “Mayhem Ball” tour will see the pop star play cities including Las Vegas, Seattle, New York City, Miami, Toronto, Chicago, London, Paris, Berlin and more. The tour will kick off in Vegas in July and includes three dates at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and two at Chicago’s United Center.

There was some disgruntled chatter within parts of the German contingent at this year’s Berlinale about what had been perceived as a shortage of local projects in the festival’s main competition lineup. Much of that criticism was overblown, as German filmmakers were positively represented across the wider festival programme. On the ground in Berlin, it was also difficult to ignore the increased presence of a new and diverse generation of local artists. 

Naman Ramachandran Taiwan’s government-backed creative content agency TAICCA has struck a significant deal with European production powerhouse Federation Studios, it was announced Tuesday at Series Mania in Lille, France. The strategic alliance aims to establish a fast track for creative talent, producers, investors and distributors across both regions, potentially opening new avenues for Taiwanese content in Europe and vice versa.

The BBC and ZDF are teaming up to co-produce a “flirty,” darkly comic spy drama set in 1980s Berlin and created by Emma Moran, who wrote Disney+ series Extraordinary.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor U.K. network BBC and German broadcaster ZDF have teamed up to order darkly comedic Cold War thriller “Honey,” described as “tender and flirty, slick and dangerous,” from Sally Woodward Gentle’s Sid Gentle Films, best known for “Killing Eve.” Fifth Season is handling global distribution.