Sleaford Mods share new single ‘So Trendy’ featuring Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell

A boy was rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in Oldham last night - with a man arrested on the scene.

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Graeme Park has set up a charity crowdfund to help fund research into the rare cancer that claimed the life of his 18-year-old son. Oliver Park died last week, after losing his battle with sarcoma, a type of cancer which begins in the bones and then spreads to the soft tissues.

Alexander Ludwig is putting his body on display to recreate the maternity photo shoot that his wife Lauren recently did!

Carlos Alcaraz hits some tennis balls ahead of his match with USA’s top tennis player Taylor Fritz during the Miami Open tournament on Thursday (March 30) held at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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Sophia Scorziello editor The big winners at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards included “A League of Their Own,” “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Bros.” The honors were handed out Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills during a ceremony hosted by comedian and “Fire Island” star Margaret Cho. Christina Aguilera received the Advocate for Change award, which was introduced by Michael Anderson, a survivor of last November’s Club Q shooting in Colorado. Puerto Rican rapper-singer Bad Bunny received the Vanguard award, presented by Ricky Martin, and actor Jeremy Pope received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, presented by his “The Inspection” co-star Gabrielle Union.

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Brit Award winner Lewis Capaldi has every reason to feel on top of the world - he hit number one across the globe with Someone You Loved, has six million followers on Instagram, and is beloved by fans, critics and musicians alike. So it might come as a surprise to hear him say: “I’m not confident in my abilities as a songwriter and I think that’s got worse the more successful I’ve got.” Glaswegian singer Lewis, 26, shared his Tourette’s diagnosis in 2022 and in Netflix documentary Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now, he opens up on his mental and physical health struggles.

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Thailand’s government has doubled the cap on its production incentive to THB150M ($4.4M), while an increase in the cash rebate it offers to 30% is also being considered.

A former teacher who worked at a school in east Manchester has been banned from teaching indefinitely after headbutting a teenager in the face. Craig Embrey, who was employed by Connell Co-op College at the time, was under the influence of alcohol when he assaulted the 16-year-old in January 2020, according to a report by the Teaching Regulation Agency published last week.

These images show the terrifying weapons seized by police as disputes in the criminal underworld spilled out in the streets in two gangland shootings. Aaron Gray opened fire at a taxi office in Eccles before shooting at a house in Whitefield two months later.

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Furious Ancoats residents have put up SPIKES up to stop ‘disgraceful’ parking outside their houses.

Kate Hudson is opening up about rising to fame in the early 2000s and how the media affected her life in a negative way.

Paris Texas, a duo spinning the last decade or so of underground rap into their own sound, are back with their first new song of the year. “PANIC!!!” follows their 2021 full-length Boy Anonymous and last year's one-off single "cyanide." The relatively quiet release schedule makes it all the more appropriate that Paris Texas would return with both barrels blazing.

Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson has shared another edition of his Late Night With Jason talk show, featuring Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten.The Nottingham duo released new album ‘UK Grim’ this week, and to celebrate, they shared a new episode of their Instagram stream, which launched in lockdown and sees Williamson interview a fellow singer.For the new episode, Chatten called in from Australia, jokingly referring to Williamson as singing in “Trafford Mods,” and saying he’d like it Down Under because he could “do what you want to do without being hassled [by] fans.”Other recent episodes feature guests including actor Spencer Jones and Robbie Williams, the latter of whom appeared on the show not long after its inception in the 2020 COVID lockdown.Watch the new episode of Late Night With Jason with Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten below.A post shared by Sleaford Mods (@sleaford_mods)In 2020, Williamson praised Robbie Williams‘ “brilliant” appearance on Late Night With Jason.The former Take That singer appeared in the ninth instalment of Williamson’s ongoing Instagram series last month, donning medieval chainmail and showing off a bandaged up thumb to the camera.Speaking to NME for this week’s edition of Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, the Mods frontman was quizzed on what items Williams was holding during the broadcast.Having guessed correctly, (“an ice pole, and an ornament with two blokes on it”), the musician said: “But he didn’t say a lot, did he? So I was confused about that.

Jane’s Addiction showcased their first new song in 10 years, earlier this week.The band debuted new ballad ‘True Love’, which you can listen to below, at the end of their show at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Sunday (March 5).Announcing the track, frontman Perry Farrell told the crowd: “We want to give you something very special, we’re gonna leave you with a brand new song no one’s ever heard, you guys will hear it first.”The band last released a single in 2013 with ‘Another Soulmate’ and their last album – ‘The Great Escape Artist’ – came out in 2011.During the show they played a host of tracks from their back catalogue including ‘Whores’, ‘Ocean Size’ and ‘Been Caught Stealing’.Meanwhile, Farrell recently featured on Sleaford Mods‘ new single ‘So Trendy’, from the duo’s new album, ‘UK Grim’, which is released this Friday (March 10).The track is described in press material as “an insistent electro mirror on a world obsessed by looking into their phones and manipulating the visual echoes coming back”.Sleaford Mods’ vocalist Jason Williamson explained of the link-up with Farrell. “Perry got in touch and said he wanted to work with us.

Sleaford Mods have discussed their experience with ageism in the music industry and the significance of them hitting a peak in their popularity in middle age.Vocalist Jason Williamson, who is 52, admitted in a new interview with The Guardian that he had “a bit of a crisis” regarding his age when live music resumed.“The thing of, ‘I’m too old to do this now’, when we started playing live again, I had a bit of a crisis about,” says Williamson. “All our contemporaries are 25 years younger, most of them, and you get quite a lot of ageism. But what can I say to them? I was doing the same thing 20 years ago.”“You can question yourself and that’s important,” added multi-instrumentalist Andrew Fearn, who is 51, “but more important is the reality.

Sleaford Mods have announced details of a new UK and Ireland tour set to take place later this year.The Nottingham duo will hit the in November in support of their new album, ‘UK Grim’, which arrives next week.Sleaford Mods will kick off the tour in Birmingham on November 22 before travelling to Glasgow, Dublin, Leeds, Manchester, and Bristol. The run will then conclude in London with a massive headline show at the 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace on December 2.A SMarmy pre-sale will open at 10am GMT on March 8, with fans able to gain access by pre-ordering ‘UK Grim’ from the band’s website before Wednesday.