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After a memorable visit to the City of Light for the Paris Olympics, Céline Dion is keeping sports fans entertained in the Steel City.

Queens Of The Stone Age are headlining Sheffield’s Rock N Roll Circus 2025 – find all the details below.Last week, the Josh Homme-fronted band began teasing an upcoming huge gig in Sheffield after they shared a photograph of Ecclesall Road in the Steel City showing a poster for the city’s edition of the Rock N Roll Circus festival.Now, it’s been revealed that they’re set to headline the festival on August 27, which takes place at Don Valley Bowl, as one of only two shows they’ll play in the UK in 2025.Also announced today (February 17), they’ll be joined on the line-up by Viagra Boys, Fat Dog, The Bug Club and So Good.Of Queens Of The Stone Age’s addition to the festival’s line-up, organiser Ali O’Reilly said: “We’re taking Rock N Roll Circus to the next level in 2025. Bringing a band such as Queens of the Stone Age to Sheffield is a huge moment for us and we can’t wait to welcome them to the Big Top in August.“They are the perfect act to open our celebrations and fit everything that our brand is trying to achieve,” she continued.

Queens Of The Stone Age appear to be teasing a huge show in Sheffield – find all the details below.Last night (February 13), the Josh Homme-fronted band shared a photograph of Ecclesall Road in the Steel City. It shows a poster for the Sheffield edition of the Rock N Roll Circus festival, which is due to take place at Don Valley Bowl this August.The name of the upcoming event is displayed above the title of QOTSA’s classic 2002 single ‘No One Knows’, which is intertwined with a red snake.

Paul Heaton has announced a huge show in Sheffield with Lightning Seeds and Shed Seven – find all the details below.The singer-songwriter and former Housemartins frontman will headline the city’s Bramall Lane stadium – home to his beloved Sheffield United FC – on Sunday May 25, 2025, marking one of his biggest solo headline gigs to date.Heaton is set to perform on stage alongside his live band and special guest singer Rianne Downey. Support will come from Lightning Seeds and Shed Seven.Per a press release, the upcoming concert has “huge personal significance” to Heaton – who has supported Sheffield United since he was a boy, and also lived in the Steel City during his childhood.A post shared by Paul Heaton (@paulheatonofficial)Tickets go on general sale at 9:30am BST this Friday (October 11), priced at £39.50 (plus booking fees) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Courteeners have announced an intimate warm-up show ahead of their scheduled UK festival appearances this summer – find all the details below.The Manchester band are due to headline Lytham Festival in Lancashire on Friday July 5, with The Kooks and Nieve Ella also on the line-up. It is billed as Liam Fray and co’s only north of England date of the summer.They’ll then perform at TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow on Saturday July 13, appearing on the bill alongside the likes of Liam Gallagher and Calvin Harris.Now, Courteeners have confirmed that they’ll play a “special warm-up show” at the 1,500-capacity Sheffield Octagon on Thursday July 4.Tickets for the Steel City gig go on general sale at 9am BST this Friday (June 7) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Check out the announcement post below.Courteeners will play a special warm up show ahead of their headline Lytham Festival performance at Sheffield Octagon on Thursday 4th July.

Reverend & The Makers have joined a campaign to save UK steel – describing it as being at the core of Sheffield’s heritage.The indie rock band, who formed in Sheffield, showed their support for the movement by pledging their support to Unite – a union which is campaigning for a just transition for the steel industry and a boost to jobs.Taking to social media, frontman Jon McClure called on his fans and the general public to join the campaign, and highlighted the ways in which the movement is particularly important for his Sheffield hometown.“I think we’ve got to do everything we can to safeguard the industry because it provides so many jobs and is also literally Sheffield’s heritage,” he said in a clip shared on X/Twitter. “It’s the thing Sheffield was founded upon and influences in so many ways the music that has come from the city.”In the footage, the singer is seen talking directly to the camera, encouraging support for the campaign.

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Taylor Swift's two-day, sold-out concerts in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Speaking from inside the Steelers locker room, Pickett admitted to missing Swift's show as he and his fiancée, Amy Paternoster, are nearing their wedding day. The 25-year-old added that he hopes the '22' singer can forgive him for missing out on her popular 'Eras Tour' to answer love's call.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer HBO and Max chief Casey Bloys thinks AI has no place in the creative process at his brands. “Two things to keep in mind when I say this: One is, remember I grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which is Steel Town,” Bloys, the chairman and CEO of HBO and Max content, told Variety co-editor-in-chief Cynthia Littleton during a keynote conversation Wednesday at the Variety TV FYC Fest. “So I am very, very aware of what happens when a company does not think about the future or is not aware of the future. But also, I’ve been at HBO for 19 years and I have never tested a pilot to decide whether to pick it up or not. We just don’t use all of the things other places do, it’s just not something we do. So my take on AI, the idea that AI would be involved in any sort of development or the creative process in the kinds of shows that I do, or we do, at HBO, that’s not something I want to be a part of.

Manchester City youngster James McAtee believes the prospect of imminent promotion to the Premier League supports his summer decision to turn down La Liga interest and join Sheffield United.

On-form Josh Windass inspired the blue side of the Steel City as his brilliant double ended Newcastle's FA Cup dream for another season.

Working Men’s Club have announced a new remix EP, called ‘The Steel City’, which will see producers from Sheffield reimagine tracks from the band’s ‘Fear Fear’ album.The EP will be released exclusively through Sheffield independent record store Bear Tree as a limited-edition bonus CD alongside the new album, which arrives on July 15.Working Men’s Club frontman and songwriter Syd Minsky Sargeant has become immersed in the city’s musical community since recording their self-titled debut album there. The group’s guitarist Mairead O’Connor is also originally from Sheffield.Among the producers enlisted for the new EP are Toddla T, who tackled ‘Money Is Mine’; Charla Green, who re-worked the title track; and the band’s longtime collaborator and producer, Ross Orton, who took on ‘Ploys’.

Arctic Monkeys have shared their support for iconic Sheffield venue, The Leadmill, after the venue announced it was facing threat of closure next year due to its landlord issuing a notice of eviction.First opening its doors in 1980, the club hosted early shows from the High Green, Sheffield born band, as well as gigs from Kings Of Leon and The Killers.

Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon and The Killers, and remains popular with live music fans and clubbers in the Steel City.However, today (March 31) saw the venue – which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year – issuing a statement on its website explaining that it is being forced out of business.“Today we have received some devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close,” the statement began.“Since 1980 The Leadmill has spent millions of pounds on what was a derelict warehouse, transforming it into one of the U.K’s most respected venues where countless acts from across the globe have performed over the years,” it continued.The team then asked people to show their support by “sharing this news and sharing your best memories that we can gather to help show them reasons why #WeCantLoseLeadmill”.They signed off the statement with contact info for those wanting to know more about the situation.Today we have received some devastating news that in 1 year's time, our Landlord is evicting us and forcing us to close.Please show your support by sharing this news & sending us your best memories that we can gather to help display all the reasons why #WeCantLoseLeadmill pic.twitter.com/6pVKaTFJ4U— The Leadmill (@Leadmill) March 31, 2022Since the news broke, a number of musicians, gig-goers and friends of the venue have taken to social media to react to the news, with many calling to save the venue, and using the hashtag #WeCantLoseLeadmill to bring awareness to the news.“Such a brilliant venue. Let’s do all we can to stop The @Leadmill from closing,” Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess tweeted, while The Subways wrote: “IN WHAT WORLD IS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN? Unacceptable.

Premier League as he gets set to depart Sheffield United.But the former Celtic striker believes the 53-year-old would be the perfect man to revolutionize the Parkhead side as they continue their search for a next boss. Wilder has been a smash-hit with the Blades during a brilliant five years in the Steel City but is set to become a free agent with United cut adrift after a nightmare second season in the top tier of English football.

Around 55 people who were attending a wedding reception have been forced to live on a rooftop all together after the lockdown was announced.