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Ayr Arts Guild are bringing the 36th Ayr Concert Series from next month with four concerts to be staged at Ayr Town Hall.

Xbox Game Pass will be welcoming another new day one release on its subscription service when Train Sim World 5 arrives onto Xbox Series X|S next month.There are already four big games confirmed for September on Game Pass, but Train World Sim 5, which has been going since 2017, will come as a free upgrade for existing owners of Train Sim World 4, for the first 30 days of its release on September 17.For those that don’t own the previous game, Train Sim World 5 will come at no extra cost if you’re already subscribed to Xbox Game Pass. The game will feature three playable routes: West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Milton Keynes, Frankfurt–Fulda Kinzigtalbahn line, and Los Angeles–San Bernardino.Otherwise Gematsu reports that the standard version will cost £39.99, the deluxe version will be £59.99, and the special edition will be £104.99.

Northern is bringing back the option to buy its cheapest tickets twelve weeks ahead of travel. After demand from customers, the travel company have increased the booking window for its Advance Purchase tickets.

The world of music is in mourning following the death of renowned singer Steve Davislim, who has sadly passed away at 57 after a long illness.The cause of the Australian's death remains unconfirmed, but his management released a heartfelt statement to their "dear friend" saying: "It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of our dear friend and great artist Steve Davislim. "Steve was a man of great humanity and keen intellect who possessed a voice of rare beauty and facility.

A rail firm has issued a plea to headteachers in a crackdown on ‘‘persistent, calculated fare evasion’ by students. Northern has written to the heads of 11 secondary schools and academies across the North of England.

Joe Hisaishi is currently midway through his ‘Music From the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki’ tour that will send him to arenas, concert halls and symphony centers all over North America from now until January 2025.Along the way, he’ll swing into New York City’s Madison Square Garden for three huge back-to-back-to-back shows from July 11-13.At all concerts, the 73-year-old maestro will perform cuts from classic films including but not limited to “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” “Ponyo,” “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Princess Mononoke” and “Spirited Away.”“Regardless of whether one knew each particular movie or not, the performance swept each viewer into a unique and fantastic world,” the Maryland Theatre Guide wrote in a rave review of the show.And if you want to see the beloved conductor bring his classic scores to life with accompanying footage of each motion picture, tickets for all 16 remaining U.S. shows on his 2024-25 tour can be secured as soon as today.Prices start at $78 before fees on Vivid Seats at the time of publication.Other shows have seats ranging anywhere from $80 to $1,293 before fees.Curious how much tickets cost for the Hisaishi concert closest to you?For more information, we’ve got everything you need to know and more about Joe Hisaishi’s 2024-25 ‘Music From the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki’ tour below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found here.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Logan “Stan” Garner, a train coordinator for movie and TV productions who often played a train conductor on film, died May 20 in Arizona. He was 83. Born in Pasadena, he lived in Southern California until moving to Arizona in 2007.

World-renowned violinist and conductor André Rieu has announced a major UK and Ireland tour - featuring a big show at Manchester’s Co-op Live.

A man was arrested at Manchester Victoria after he told a teenager on a train he would 'stab him' if he didn't give him his phone.

Katcy Stephan Ben Schnetzer has joined the cast of the upcoming Lily James-led film inspired by the story of Bumble founder and former CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, from 20th Century Studios and Ethea Entertainment. Schnetzer recently completed the film “The Yellow Tie,” a biopic on the famed Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache. He plays the young version of the legendary classical music conductor, with John Malkovich co-starring as the older version.

Ania Trzebiatowska has compiled an eclectic selection of fiction and non-fiction titles for the third annual Sands International Film Festival, which kicked off Friday evening in St Andrews, Scotland. 

You could become a train driver with an eventual salary of £54,000 - with no prior experience needed.

Jon Burlingame Taking an old film score and dropping it into a new film is “like wearing somebody else’s underwear,” veteran composer Earle Hagenused to say. Hagen, the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning composer of such classic themes as “The Andy Griffith Show,” “The Dick VanDyke Show” and “The Mod Squad,” would have been appalled by the musical choices in Netflix’s “May December.” A scene from that film, with Julianne Moore opening her refrigerator door to a melodramatic piano cue, has gone viral. It’s a funny moment if you don’t recognize that music.

Stuart Miller When George C. Wolfe was casting his civil rights movie “Rustin,” he got Colman Domingo for the titular Bayard Rustin, and then added Michael Potts and Glynn Turman in smaller, but crucial roles. “It was wonderful the way he got the band back together,” says Turman, who plays labor leader A.

Bradley Cooper has his priorities straight! And that means putting work on hold to be there for his little girl!

Former UTA agent Jed Baker launched his podcast company Starglow Media earlier this summer and now he’s launching his first original series.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer In “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper disappears into the role of legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, one of the most consequential American figures in classical music.

Bradley Cooper made his directorial debut with A Star Is Born in 2018, and he returned to the directors seat for his new movie Maestro.

Jon Burlingame The greatest film score of 2023 isn’t eligible for an Academy Award. That’s because Leonard Bernstein composed it between 1944 and 1977, multiple pieces that collectively form the musical backdrop of “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s film about the 20th century American composer-conductor. The classical excerpts functioning as dramatic score include Bernstein’s ballets “Fancy Free” and “Facsimile,” parts of his Broadway scores for “West Side Story” and “Candide,” his opera “A Quiet Place,” music for the film “On the Waterfront,” portions of his second and third symphonies as well as his “Mass” and “Chichester Psalms.” “I think of the score as the co-star of the film,” says the composer’s oldest daughter, Jamie Bernstein.

When train driver Mark Haigh thinks about the moment somebody took their own life by stepping in front of his cab he says it 'breaks my heart'. Mark had worked for Northern for four years when was at the controls of a service that hit and killed a man in West Yorkshire in 2022.

A 2019 film chronicling the incredible life of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been added to Netflix.