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“Clara Bow” is the 16th track on Taylor Swift‘s new album The Tortured Poets Department and the real-life subject’s family is reacting to the song.

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Self Esteem has dropped the sonic new cover of Jimmy Cliff’s ‘You Can Get It If You Really Want’, shared as part of the This Town soundtrack. Check it out below.The song was shared by the Sheffield singer as part of the new BBC series which aired over the Easter weekend, and takes place in the ’80s UK, amid the two-tone ska revival.Originally released back in 1995, the song was first shared by Jimmy Cliff as part of his album ‘Many Rivers To Cross’.“Persecution you must fear/ Win or lose you got to get your share/ You’ve got your mind set on a dream/ You can get it though hard it may seem now,” Self Esteem, real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor sings in the verse, putting a modern, dance spin on the original track.Check out both the original and the new Self Esteem cover below.The first two episodes of This Town aired over Easter weekend, with Self Esteem’s reimagining of ‘You Can Get It If You Really Want’ being played from the soundtrack, as well as Ray Laurél’s new version of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’.The series “celebrates a thrilling evolution of sound, spirit and UK culture” and is set against the melting-pot scene of the Midlands in the 1980s.

A brand new series starts tonight on BBC and it features some cast members who you may recognise from popular TV shows. This Town will premiere on BBC One on Easter Sunday (March 31) and is created and written by Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight.

Michelle Dockery is back in another period drama – but she has swapped 1920s high society for the two-tone music scene of the 80s. In BBC drama This Town – from the pen of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight – Michelle plays Estella, a mother and singer who never hit the big time, due to her difficult relationship with alcohol. Against a background of social unrest and IRA terrorist threats, a group of young people harness the power of music to escape their grim reality.

Death in Paradise's schedule replacement has been confirmed, with a new BBC series set to air in the show's slot.The thirteenth series of Death in Paradise came to an emotional close on Sunday, 24 March, with DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little) sailing off into the sunset with Florence Cassell (Joséphine Jobert). Fans were left devastated to see another series of the hit BBC drama conclude, but it's now been revealed that a new show will be launching to fill the void.The programme, titled This Town, will air on BBC One on Sundays at 9pm.

Downton Abbey's Lady Mary, played by Michelle Dockery, is all set to surprise her fans with a tough new look in the creator of Peaky Blinders' latest series. As Lady Mary, she was the picture of elegance, but now, nine years after Downton Abbey finished, she's coming back to our screens as Estella Quinn, a much more rough-around-the-edges character, in This Town. Estella has a hard life; she's been kicked out of Birmingham by the IRA and her husband who uses guns.

Cillian Murphy is set to return for the Peaky Blinders movie, the creator confirmsThe movie is set to begin filming at Digbeth Loc Studios in September, and will be set during the Second World War.Speaking to BirminghamWorld at the premiere of his new BBC show, This Town, Steven Knight confirmed that the Irish actor would reprise his role of Tommy Shelby in the feature film.Knight said about Murphy: “He is definitely returning for it. We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth.”This news comes after Murphy shared his enthusiasm for the project earlier this month, telling the Irish Star: “I have always said that if Knight delivers a script that I know he can deliver, because he is such a phenomenal writer, I’ll be there.”Murphy, 47, did however mention that his character may have aged, adding: “If we want to watch 50-year-old Tommy Shelby, I will be there.

George Galloway is considering standing against Andy Burnham, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. The new Rochdale MP who won a by-election two weeks ago is now looking at running to be Greater Manchester's mayor.

A 20-year Mancunian story is coming to an end. It’s a story that’s taken a corner of the city from drained canals and derelict warehousing to being one of the 'world’s coolest neighbourhoods', home to thousands of people and a thriving social scene. That story is the regeneration of Ancoats.

"You look gorgeous" he says, attempting his best Manchester accent, "This is Manchester United".

The Denver Broncos are releasing Russell Wilson.

Rihanna just performed one of her first full concert sets in years and it was at a private wedding in India!

Roku has released the first trailer for The Spiderwick Chronicles, ahead of the fantasy series’ April launch.

The BBC has unveiled its biggest drama slate in years featuring a TV version of James Graham play Dear England starring Joseph Fiennes from The Crown producer Left Bank, Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood‘s debut writing project and a Rebecca Hall-starrer from Poor Things maker Element.

Richard Hawley has announced his 10th studio album ‘In This City They Call You Love’ – listen to new single ‘Two For His Heels’ below.The Sheffield singer-songwriter is due to release the 12-track record on May 31 via BMG, following on from 2019’s ‘Further’. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.To preview the forthcoming collection, Hawley has today (February 21) shared an atmospheric and cinematic song in the form ‘Two For His Heels’, which is “about a deal that goes wrong”.The single serves as the opener to ‘In This City…’, and presents a “low blues rumble reminiscent of Link Wray and Duane Eddy”.Per a press release, the album’s title comes from ‘People’ – an upcoming song about Sheffield’s “proud industrial past and the enduring determination of its citizens”.“I’ve made three albums where I had the title before I’d even begun to record, where I had an agenda,” Hawley explained. “One was ‘Truelove’s Gutter’.

Nicholas Pinnock (The Book of Clarence) has been set for the male lead in Peacock‘s limited series suspense thriller Long Bright River, Deadline has learned. He’s set to star opposite Amanda Seyfried, who will also serve as executive producer.

EXCLUSIVE: Independent Artist Group has signed Nicholas Pinnock, one of the stars of TriStar/Legendary’s The Book of Clarence, for representation.

Paving slabs from Albert Square will be re-used at the newest park to come to the city — which will mark the end of Ancoats’ regeneration.

Frank Skinner, Caroline Rhea and Elaine C Smith are among those on the line-up for a comedy festival in the “funniest city in the world”, organisers have announced.

EXCLUSIVE: Ethan Embry (Grace and Frankie) and Margarita Levieva (The Deuce) are in production in Pittsburgh on The Gymnast, a new indie marking the narrative feature debut of writer-director Charlotte Glynn. Starring alongside them is newcomer Britney Wheeler, a gymnast from upstate New York, who was discovered after a nationwide casting search.