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The Lathums and Doves are currently in a tight race to become this week’s UK Number One on the Official Charts.The two bands are in an intense battle for the top spot with less than 500 chart units between Doves and The Lathums in the race for the Number One album (per Official Charts).The Lathums are currently in the lead with their LP ‘Matter Does Not Define‘. If they land that top spot, it would mark their third consecutive UK Number 1 album, following 2021’s ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be‘ and 2023’s ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More‘.Doves are not too far behind with ‘Constellations For The Lonely‘, their first album in five years.

The Vamps' drummer Tristan Evans is set to become a dad for the first time next year after his girlfriend Nikki Banner shared the exciting news that they're expecting on Instagram. In a sweet Instagram post, the couple - who went public with their relationship earlier this year after a romantic summer in London - were seen embracing in their garden, with Tristan wrapping his arms around Nikki.Their caption read: "Growing our love story, one tiny heartbeat at a time.

NME about his debut solo album ‘The Panic Years’, being inspired by the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age and Jack White, and hinted at what’s next for The Vamps. Check out our full interview below.The frontman has already released five singles from the record.

The stunning grounds of a Cheshire castle situated a little more than an hour away from Manchester is set to play host to a big family-friendly music festival next year.

Reading and Leeds has confirmed more podcast names for its new Aux stage line-up ahead of the festival’s return next week.The new stage was announced in May and is designed with the aim of showcasing “pioneering digital creators” and will, for the first time in R&L history, present a line-up of content creators in a bid to highlight “some of today’s most popular and culturally relevant personalities and providing a new platform in the live sector”. It will host live podcasts, interactive talks and livestreams, as well as tune into the current media landscape.The first names were confirmed in July, including Chunkz & Filly Show, The Useless Hotline, Bradley Simpson: Unplugged, Arthur Hill: Unplugged, Gym Girl’s Locker Room, Goes Without Saying Podcast, Dork: Down With Boring and Fan Girl Files.Now, more names have been added to the Aux line-up.

Reading & Leeds has announced more names for the Aux and Chevron stages, with just one month to go until this year’s festivals kick off.The twin-site event is due to take place between August 21-25, with Blink-182, Fred Again.. and Liam Gallagher all headlining.

Pulp‘s Jarvis Cocker has been confirmed as one of the keynote speakers of The Great Escape‘s newly revamped conference.The Brighton festival will be returning from May 15-18 and will play host to a raft of speakers from across the music industry.Cocker will be presenting a talk on May 18 called ‘Biophobia’, a a special climate-themed talk about getting to grips with nature. It will be presented by EarthPercent, the charity founded by Brian Eno to help the music industry support the most prominent organisations tackling the climate emergency.Meanwhile, Darcus Beese OBE will give the conference’s opening keynote conversation on May 15 in which he is set to reflect on his career as the UK’s first black record company CEO and his prestige as an A&R, having been responsible for signing and nurturing artists like Amy Winehouse, Florence and the Machine and U2.Another of the keynote speeches will be delivered by Tom Gray, Chair of the Ivors Academy and Labour Party prospective candidate for Brighton Pavilion, and Yolanda Brown OBE DL, musician, broadcaster and Chair of the BPI.

Kneecap, Lauren Mayberry, Wunderhorse, Lambrini Girls and more have been announced as performers for The Great Escape 2024.The annual Brighton festival featuring up-and-coming artists from across the world – taking place from May 15-18 this year – has added 150 new names to their line-up spanning pop, electronic, punk, rap and more.The latest additions include Soft Play (formerly known as Slaves), Bradley Simpson (frontman of The Vamps), Been Stellar, Fred Roberts, Love Fame Tragedy, Milk. and more.The festival has also released individual single-day and two-day tickets for fans who are unable to attend the entire weekend.

London’s O2 five years in a row. So what better time to sit down with James, Brad, Connor and Tristan to take a look back at the past 10 years of The Vamps?Take us back to 2012 – how did it all begin?Brad: ‘It all started when me and James met after he found me online. We met at my house in Birmingham and we started writing songs together and we just clicked. ‘We started doing covers of bands on YouTube, which started to get a bit of traction.

A 24-year-old man has admitted killing a pet dog by stabbing it several times with a screwdriver.

Vamps star Connor Ball has asked fans to petition for more Irn Bru in English shops.