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CNN it has seen an increase in interest for tickets to the city, up 25% from last year at this same time. Meanwhile, Swift’s future tour stops, like Dublin and Madrid later this summer, are also in high demand, and bookings to Milan, Italy, and Munich, Germany, have seen a surge in demand of 45%, as Swifties live out their wildest dreams of seeing their favorite pop star live.Delta Air Lines, which is gearing up for its biggest summer of travel yet with newly added destinations and flights, told CNN that the airline is also seeing an increase in demand for international flights amid Swift’s tour.Since its kick-off, the record-breaking Eras Tour has spurred an increase in global concert tourism, dubbed the “Taylor Swift Economy” or “Swiftonomics,” as devout fans flock to cities around the world — wherever they can get their hands on the coveted tickets.For American fans unable to attend in their home country, cheaper ticket prices overseas became and alluring and attainable prospect.

All Points East have announced another wave of support acts for LCD Soundsystem‘s headline date at the festival – see the line-up below.The New York band are due to top the bill at Victoria Park in east London on Friday August 23, having previously headlined the event in 2018.Late last year, it was confirmed that James Murphy and co. would be joined at All Points East 2024 by Pixies, Floating Points, Jockstrap, Nation Of Language, Sofia Kourtesis and Eyedress.Today (May 21) organisers have added a host of new names to the line-up, with Joy (Anonymous), The Kills and new NewDad leading the list.The announcement also features Joe Goddard (Hot Chip), MSPAINT, Monobloc, Dove Ellis and Nick Ward.You can see the full line-up for LCD Soundsystem at All Points East 2024 below, and find any remaining tickets here.A post shared by Uber One presents All Points East (@allpointseastuk)Last month, Mitski was confirmed as the final headliner for this year’s edition of All Points East.

Girls Aloud hit the road on Friday, 17 May, for their first live tour in over a decade, kicking things off in Dublin before heading to Belfast, Manchester, and the rest of the UK. At Friday's debut show, there was a special moment between Nadine Coyle and Cheryl as they held hands, whilst performing alongside Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts, during a moving tribute to their former bandmate, Sarah Harding, who sadly passed away from breast cancer in September 2021. However, things haven't always been so rosey between Cheryl and Nadine, and when the band split in 2013, it seemed like a reunion was completely off the table.

Aer Lingus has announced new flights from Manchester Airport to Las Vegas via its Dublin hub, with returns starting from £569. The new route will launch on Friday, October 25, just in time for October half term.

Jet have announced their first UK and Ireland tour in 15 years in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their seminal 2003 debut album ‘Get Born’.The UK and Ireland tour marks the band’s return to the countries since 2009. It will kick off on October 3 at The Academy in Dublin.

Cheryl and Nadine Coyle left fans feeling emotional as they shared a sweet moment on stage while kicking off the Girls Aloud reunion tour this weekend, with the pair joining Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts to perform in Dublin.The band returned to the stage for the first time in 11 years for the first night of the tour, and paid tribute to their late bandmate Sarah Harding, who passed away from breast cancer in 2021, during the show. During the show, Sarah could be seen singing on screen in old footage, as her voice was heard singing their iconic hit The Promise.The four singers turned their backs to the audience to look up at the screen showing Sarah. And upon turning back to finish the song together, Nadine, 38, appeared emotional, with Cheryl, 40, touching her back in a show of support.

One of Ireland’s most celebrated businessmen, former rugby player Tony O’Reilly, has died aged 88, it has been announced.

Dogs Trust have issued a warning to pet owners to keep an eye on their beloved four legged friends and any signs of stress they may show.

flashed her breasts at the Irish oglers and later announced that she “thought the people of Dublin deserved to see two New York, homegrown potatoes”? Now, that’s what I call class.Not to be outdone, another jackass on the Ireland side held up a video clip of the 9/11 attacks. Such valuable cross-cultural connections, these are!All of this bad behavior was rude, obnoxious .

Wunderhorse will be heading out on tour for their biggest shows to date later this year.The news follows the announcement earlier this week of their second album, ‘Midas’, which will land on August 30 via Communion. The album has been preceded by the single ‘July’ and the title-track.They will be supporting the album with an extensive run of UK and Ireland dates in October.

Girls Aloud began their reunion tour in Dublin last night (May 17) with a setlist packed with their greatest hits – check out footage and the setlist below.The show marked the first time the girl group have performed together for 10 years, as well as their first reunion since the death of bandmate Sarah Harding, who passed away in 2021 due to breast cancer.Announced back in November, the initial run of fifteen dates sold out so fast, the band were ended up adding another fifteen shows.The first show of their reunion tour featured numerous tributes to Harding throughout, including during ‘The Promise’, where she appeared on a video screen singing her solo.

AC/DC kicked off their huge European stadium tour in Germany last night (May 17), marking their return to touring for the first time in 8 years.The tour, in support of their 2020 comeback record ‘Power Up’, began at the 62,000-capacity Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen and was the first featuring new bassist Chris Chaney, who is best known for his tenure in Jane’s Addiction. He replaced Cliff Williams after he retired from touring.Their setlist was almost identical to the one in their comeback gig at Power Trip Festival in October, albeit with the order of some of the songs changed.

Fans of Girls Aloud are suspecting there might be a little bit of tension brewing between the members as they prepare for their much-awaited comeback tour. Favourite pop stars Cheryl, Kimberley Walsh, Nicola Roberts, and Nadine Coyle all took to the stage at The Girls Aloud Show's debut show in Dublin last night. And Cheryl, who recently celebrated her 40th birthday, shared a fun pre-flight snap on Instagram, captioned: "Ready for take off." In the photo, however, she can be seen posing in front of bandmates Nicola, 38, and Kimberley, 42, with Nadine, also 38, spotted a bit distanced.

Nick Jonas is changing up his look in a big way!

Emmerdale star Amy Walsh has got her trip off to a good start as she ditched the UK with her actress sister as they rpepare to support their Girls Aloud star sibling Kimberley Walsh.

Alex Ritman Andrea Arnold’s initial inspiration for her Cannes competition entry “Bird” was perhaps not what many people might have been expecting. “A very long time ago, I had the image a tall, thin man with a long penis, standing on a roof,” she explained at the press conference for the film on Friday when asked about her initial visual prompt. “But I didn’t know if he was good or bad or what he was.” From this bizarre starting point, Arnold crafted a social realist drama about a family on the fringes of society living by British seaside and an unexpected visitor who becomes close to a young girl entering puberty.

Girls Aloud fans were quick to make the same quip as the group officially jetted off for the first show of their huge reunion tour. The much-anticipated tour, the Girls Aloud Show, will kick off on Friday night (May 17) in Dublin.

Brad Pitt reportedly based his Snatch performance off a character from 1990s British sitcom Father Ted.The Bullet Train star sat down with JOE back in 2019 alongside his Once Upon A Time In Hollywood co-star Margot Robbie, where he discussed taking on different accents in roles.Firstly discussing his Irish accent in The Devil’s Own, Pitt talked about playing a Northern Irish IRA member living in Belfast, saying: “That was probably more extreme.”He added: “But there is a real music to Northern Ireland that I click into, that I kind of adored.”Pitt then brought up his performance in Guy Ritchie’s 2000 crime comedy Snatch, in which he played an Irish Traveller named Mickey.Speaking on the role, Pitt said: “And I’m told my ‘Pikey’ – do we still use that word? – accent was pretty good.”He then explained: “Which is amazing, because I was going off a performance of a guest star on a Father Ted episode,” to which the interviewer and Robbie both responded: “Really?”Pitt explained: “Yes. And then a friend of mine, who said ‘I never can understand what they’re saying’.

Dermot O'Leary has announced he will be hosting a brand new show coming to ITV, with the This Morning presenter at the ready to dig his suitcase out for a new adventure in his homeland.

Dermot O'Leary is branching out from his This Morning gig with a brand new ITV role - and let's just say he'll be digging his suitcase out of storage! The TV presenter is heading to his home country for Dermot's Taste of Ireland - ITV1's latest travel series. Dermot, 50, is returning to his roots for a food tour, testing out Ireland's best kept delicious secrets.

You Me At Six appear to be teasing the UK venues they are set to play on their 2025 farewell UK tour.The band revealed earlier this year that they would be breaking up in 2025 after two decades together. At the time, they teased a run of gigs this year and next where they’d “say goodbye to fans”.The trek is due to kick off in Paris on November 15 ahead of further dates in Hamburg, Copenhagen, Berlin, Warsaw, Prague and other locations throughout that month.And although UK dates are yet to be confirmed, the band have teased a clip on their social media platforms showing various venues including Dublin Olympia, Glasgow Barrowlands, O2 Apollo Manchester, Nottingham Rock City, Cardiff Students’ Union and London’s OVO Arena Wembley.