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The last time film and TV star Ben Barnes was performing to an audience here in Manchester, it was 20 years ago and he was pretending to be in a rock band.

AC/DC fans were left fuming after a rush to secure Edinburgh AC/DC tickets “crashed” Ticketmaster. The legendary rockers announced a European tour earlier this week, which will conclude at Edinburgh Murrayfield on August 21.

Ellise Shafer Inhaler don’t mind if you call them a pop band. The Dublin-bred quartet — made up of singer and guitarist Eli Hewson, guitarist Josh Jenkinson, bassist Robert Keating and drummer Ryan McMahon — got their roots in the alt-rock scene, and embraced that sound with debut album “It Won’t Always Be Like This” and 2023’s “Cuts & Bruises.” But for their third full-length effort “Open Wide,” out today via Polydor Records, the band wanted to go a slightly different direction.

Liam Payne’s grieving girlfriend Kate Cassidy says the singer would have loved a One Direction reunion. The singer joined the hit group in 2010 when they were put together on The X Factor.

Manchester supergroup Oasis will be releasing a special remastered vinyl for Record Store Day. The band join the likes of Fred Again, Charli XCX, Gorillaz and Taylor Swift who are set to drop something for the hotly anticipated event this year.

Amanda Holden has opened up about a humorous disagreement she had with her husband Chris Hughes this week. Speaking on Heart Radio, the 53-year-old revealed that her spouse was left upset when he discovered she had put one of his clothing items in the wash.

Sweet Magnolias's Ty and Annie—or rather, #TyAnnie—finally got what they have for in the romantic drama's . (Warning: Spoilers ahead for all 10 episodes.)"Annie, I have loved you for as long as I can remember, and I always will,” Ty (Carson Rowland) passionately tells Annie (Anneliese Judge) before they share their first kiss.

The 50th anniversary of AC/DC's monumental debut album is being celebrated by the Royal Mail with the release of a set of eight stamps. The collection honours the band's "electrifying" live performances and featuring some of their most iconic album covers.

Inhaler have shared a new single called ‘Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)’ – you can listen to it below.The track serves as the final preview of the Dublin band’s third album ‘Open Wide’, which is due for release tomorrow (February 7) via Polydor (pre-order/pre-save here).“Billy, his eyes are like headlights/ Can’t see in the window/ Of his fast car/ She’s the stoplight/ Not turning red or green/ She’s gold and she’s honest/ Don’t justify the reason/ Or lie for a promise,” sings frontman Elijah Hewson in the groovy, ’80s-tinged track.Per a press release, the infectious and upbeat song “further showcases a band thrillingly coming into their own and taking their sound in audacious new directions”.‘Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)’ is accompanied by a lo-fi, VHS-style official lyric video. Tune in here:Inhaler’s latest offering follows the recent singles ‘Your House’, ‘Open Wide’ and ‘A Question Of You’.Speaking to NME last October, bassist Robert Keating explained how the group had entered new territory on their third record.He said: “While working with Tom Hull [Kid Harpoon], our producer for this album, we began thinking, ‘How can we make this a little different?’, which led us to try out different stuff and we eventually ended up doing the intro keyboard thing one day [on ‘Your House’], which re-informed the song and made us view it in a new way.“He also had the idea of trying to get the gospel singers in and that was just one of the songs where it worked really well.”Keating continued: “We’ve definitely gotten better at writing songs.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Black Sabbath have announced what is being billed as the “final” show by their original lineup — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — a benefit titled ‘Back to the Beginning’ in their hometown of Birmingham, England, taking place on July 5 at the city’s Villa Park. Also performing at “Back to the Beginning” will be Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon and a supergroup featuring Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Wolfgang Van Halen and Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, who will also act as musical director of the concert.

Black Sabbath have just announced one final gig with rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, as the band's original line up - completed by Tony Lommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward - will be coming together to play at Villa Park.

Pop-horror series Hysteria! will not be getting a second season.

Peacock is not proceeding with a second season of thriller drama Hysteria!, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes 3½ months after the eight-episode first season was released as a binge drop on October 18.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The Peacock horror thriller series “Hysteria!” has been canceled after just one season, Variety has learned exclusively. The show aired its one and only season at the streamer in October 2024.

Tool drummer Danny Carey has invented an exercise bike that he can also use for drumming practice.Carey’s exercise bike has a drum pad in place of where a screen might be, meaning he can drum along to music while he is working out.He demonstrated how it works in a video posted to YouTube shorts, playing snare rolls while pedalling on the bike.Check it out below:Last month Tool surprised fans in California last week by breaking out a surprise set at the Bass Magazine Awards, performing to celebrate bassist Justin Chancellor’s win of the Lifetime Achievement Award.At the intimate event, the band and performed two fan-favourite tracks. The first was ‘Schism’, taken from the 2001 album ‘Lateralus’, and this was followed by ‘Jambi’, which featured on the 2006 follow-up album ‘10,000 Days’.The surprise set at the Bass Magazine Awards last week comes ahead of the band gearing up to host the first instalment of their own festival, Tool In The Sand.Labelled as an “all-inclusive” experience, it is set to be held across three days in March in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively‘s A Simple Favor 2 has a new title, and more news about the film’s debut!

Big Thief have surprise-released Passional Relations, a new five-track EP, exclusively for sale on the indie-folk band's website. Proceeds from the sales will benefit charities and communities affects by the Los Angeles wildfires.

Reality TV star Kerry Katona has candidly shared her battles with being single, revealing "there are days I struggle" as she contemplates the idea of finding love once more. The mother of five spoke openly about her current status after her split from fiancé Ryan Mahoney late last year.

Squid have shared a glitchy new single called ‘Cro-Magnon Man’, check it out below.Shared today (February 4), the track marks the final single to be shared from their forthcoming album ‘Cowards’. It follows on from the dystopian lead track ‘Crispy Skin’ and the inward-looking follow-up ‘Building 650’.

Kerry Katona has claimed that she was offered an obscene amount of money to marry Peter Andre "just to shock people".

It's set to be a fantastic summer at Co-op Live in 2025 with Nine Inch Nails taking the stage for their Peel it Back Tour. Taking place on June 17, the industrial rock group will visit Manchester as part of its world tour, with the only other UK date taking place at London's O2.