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6 Music stage at this year’s All Points East festival will feature performances from Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay, Sherelle and more.Returning to the Victoria Park festival as official broadcast partners, 6 Music has today (May 25) announced the line-up for its stage at the two-weekend event, taking place August 19-20 and August 25-28.Peterson along with fellow 6 Music presenters Mary Anne Hobbs, Tom Ravenscroft, AFRODEUTSCHE, Jamz Supernova and Don Letts will curate the stage; each presenter will also perform DJ sets themselves on the days they oversee.Acts performing on the stage across the two festival weekends include Benji B, Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy, LUXE, Nabihah Iqbal, Nia Archives, Planningtorock, Shy One, Tash LC & Mina and more.“After our hugely successful first year of welcoming BBC Radio 6 Music as All Points East’s broadcast partner in 2021, it’s brilliant to have them back hosting the 6 Music stage,” Jim King, CEO of European Festivals at AEG Presents, said in a press release.

Radiohead supergroup The Smile have been added as a support act to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds‘ show at London’s All Points East this summer.On August 28, Cave and his band will headline the final night of the Victoria Park festival, with the support bill also including Michael Kiwanuka, Sleaford Mods, Japanese Breakfast and more.Remaining in August but reverting to its double weekends format, All Points East takes place on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20 and then across the whole August bank holiday weekend from Thursday, August 25 to Sunday, August 28.Gorillaz headline as a UK festival exclusive on August 19, before APE Presents: Field Day returns on August 20 with The Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk.Tame Impala headline the following weekend (August 25), while The National take the top spot on August 26.

The time is almost upon us. After months of planning and waiting, Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 kicks off in just a few days, marking the ‘official’ move into festival season.

My Chemical Romance‘s run of comeback shows in Milton Keynes next week have been announced.The returning band will play at Stadium MK on May 19, 21 and 22 after kicking off their UK and Ireland tour at the Eden Project in Cornwall on Monday (May 16).The set times for the Milton Keynes shows have now been confirmed, with MCR set to perform from 20:55-22:25 on all three dates. Chief support acts Placebo will play from 19:20-20:20 across the three gigs.May 19 will feature Witch Fever (17:30-17:55) and Lost Alone (18:20-18:50) as support, while the May 21 gig will see performances from Cassyette (17:30-17:55) and Barns Courtney (18:20-18:50).The final MK date on May 22 will see Charlotte Sands (17:30-17:55) and Starcrawler (18:20-18:50) provide support to Placebo and MCR.Any remaining tickets for MCR’s MK gigs, as well as their other UK and Ireland dates this month, remain on sale here.

All Points East festival, with Kenny Beats, Self Esteem, Sherelle and more on the line-up.Ray-Ban X APE present The Summer Sessions will take place ahead of the main festival weekends between August 19-28, with shows scheduled for May, June and July.Sherelle will kick off the sessions on May 26 at Colour Factory in Hackney Wick, where she’ll be joined by LCY, Nia Archives and Foundation FM.On June 9, producer Kenny Beats and his Friends headlines Camden’s KOKO, featuring special guest Knucks and others.The series ends on July 14, where Self Esteem will be playing Earth at Hackney for an intimate set. This show is the final chance to catch her in London before All Points East.Tickets for all three shows will go on sale this Thursday (May 12) at 10am.

Some of Emmerdale and Coronation Street ’s biggest soap stars have joined forces this week as they took on a team of former professional football players in a charity match at Chorley FC’s Victoria Park training ground. Stars such as Corrie’s Andy Whyment and Alan Halsall, who play Kurt and Tyrone in the popular soap, teamed up with colleagues from Emmerdale including Sam Dingle actor James Hooton to try and raise money for the Rosemere Cancer Foundation and the Len Johnrose Trust. "For us as actors, we just kind of know that fear the crowd will turn up to see us type thing," said Alan.

Willow Kayne has released new single ‘Final Notice’ alongside a Human Traffic-inspired video – check it out below.‘Final Notice’ is the first new material Kayne has released since she dropped debut EP ‘Playground Antics’ earlier this year.The track is, according to a press release, “a love letter to the junglist stylings of her hometown of Bristol” and sees Kayne hitting back at those trying to control her art. “I won’t be a clone of your other projects,” she sings during the track before rolling her eyes at the suggestion she “post more, wear less and most importantly, don’t be yourself.”Elsewhere the video, which can be seen below, takes influence from 1999 coming-of-age drama Human Traffic and sees Kayne and her mates throwing a rave in a record shop.‘Final Notice’ is apparently the start of a new chapter for Kayne with more music on the way.Earlier this year, she released debut EP ‘Playground Antics’.

Courteeners have announced a one-off show in Middlesbrough set to take place later this month – get tickets here.Set to take place at Middlesbrough Empire on May 27, the show – which is the band’s first of 2022 – is being billed as a warm-up gig ahead of their headline set at Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 the following day (May 28).“UP THE FUCKIN’ BORO,” frontman Liam Fray wrote, announcing the gig on Twitter. “Little warm up.

There are some seriously good gigs lined up this month in Manchester, from ex-Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan and Queen + Adam Lambert, to some nostalgic acts like JoJo and Avril Lavigne.

Neighbourhood, once a multi-venue affair, has just announced the stages and order of acts ahead of the festival. Headliners this year include Manchester’s own Courteeners and Blossoms as well as big names such as Kasabian and Manic Street Preachers.

Strictly couple Janette Manrara and husband Aljaž Škorjanec will be on hand to provide entertainment for the hoards of people in attendance at this year's Southport Flower Show. Taking place at the beautiful Victoria Park, it's the largest independent flower show in the UK. The famous couple will put in an appearance on Friday, August 19 and complete two Q&As in the Garden Theatre at 12pm and 2pm.

As the weather cheers up and April begins, it’s a sign that better things are on the way.

A 'loving' and 'bubbly' mum found dead at a Stockport tower block had taken GHB in order to help her get to sleep, an inquest heard. Charlotte Ford, 35, was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of her flat in Offterton, which she shared with her partner of four years and their young son, last July.

As the clocks go forward this weekend, the change in season brings with it a return to festivals and plenty of concerts on the horizon.

My Chemical Romance have announced the acts that will support them on their upcoming UK tour – see the names below.The New Jersey emo rockers will hit the road in May for their long-awaited UK stadium tour, with shows set to take place in St. Austell, Milton Keynes, Warrington, Cardiff and Glasgow.

It’s clear spring is on the way - as we move further into March, the weather’s slowly on the rise.

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Wet Leg have shared a new track today (February 28) – listen to ‘Angelica’ below.The duo have also once again self-directed the video for their latest track, which is set on the Isle of Wight where the band are from.Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers say the song is about Teasdale’s oldest friend. It was recorded in Chambers’ living room by bandmate Joshua Mobaraki according to a press release.It goes on to describe the song as a mixture of “the absurd”, “the sardonic”, “social angst” and “a a trippy, synth-kissed journey through parties and regrets.”Speaking about the new song, Teasdale said: “It’s laced with disenchantment. Even though the chorus is ‘good times, all the time’.

Fair Day returned to Sydney’s Victoria Park on Sunday to kick off the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2022 season, after being cancelled last year due to COVID 19. The free all-day event featured performances, the popular Doggywood Pageant, specialty bars, and over 200 stalls from community, business, sports, political, government, religious and health groups.According to organisers, an estimated 35,000 people attended, making this one of the largest Fair Days on record. For the first time this year, the event featured a First Nations Circle, which included Aboriginal community and business tents. After missing out on connecting with family last year, the heat posed no barrier to all the hugging, strutting, and dancing.Image: Jeffrey Feng “After having a year off in 2021, you could really feel that the community had missed Fair Day,” Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras CEO Albert Kruger said.

Actor, model and socialite Christian Wilkins has slammed media coverage of his dress at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day event on Sunday.Trigger Warning: This story has details of homophobic media coverage and homophobic slurs, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Christian, son of veteran Channel Nine reporter Richard Wilkins, was dressed in a fabulous, pink halter neck mini dress for a Fair Day event at Victoria Park, Sydney. Christian Wilkins (left) calls out the Daily Telegraph’s homophobic headline (right).The experience was however marred, when on Monday Daily Telegraph’s Sydney Confidential section featured Christian’s photos with a homophobic headline.“Dude looks like a lady! Richard Wilkins’ flamboyant son Christian flaunts his VERY toned figure in a skin-tight pink mini dress with daring cut-outs”, the headline screamed. Christian, who came out as gay in public in March 2018 on the front cover of a magazine, did not mince his words when calling out the publication over its homophobic coverage.   A post shared by CHRISTIAN WILKINS (@theprincewilkins)In 2021, Christian had made his acting debut in the Stan Original series Eden, in an LGBTQI role, playing a twin named Leander. Christian has previously been a fashion correspondent for E News and starred in shows Dancing With The Stars and Filthy Rich and Homeless. In his coming out interview, Christian had said that he had “taken it upon myself to become the best damn gay I can be!”  A post shared by CHRISTIAN WILKINS (@theprincewilkins)Christian had in an interview said that he had never come

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