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Noah Kahan has announced a huge show in Cardiff – scheduled for the same weekend as Glastonbury 2025. Find all the details below.The Grammy-nominated folk-pop star is due to perform at the inaugural edition of the Blackweir Live concert series in the Welsh capital on Friday June 27.It was previously confirmed that Kings Of Leon would be topping the bill at the event on the Sunday (June 29), with support coming from Courteeners.Tickets for Kahan’s Cardiff gig go on general sale at 9:30am GMT next Friday (February 28) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Zachary Levi appeared on “The Megyn Kelly Show” to promote his new movie, “The Unbreakable Boy,” and said he was “at peace” when he made the decision last year to publicly support Donald Trump for president. The “Shazam” actor originally endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Daniel Kyri‘s Darren Ritter was notably absent in the latest episode of Chicago Fire this week.

The Lemon Twigs‘ Brian D’Addario has shared his amorous new single ‘Till The Morning’ from his debut solo album of the same name.The romantic track is reminiscent of early Kinks tracks with a blend of The Beatles and Bob Dylan sounds. The song features a prominent bass line, a retro-sounding piano and D’Addario singing: “Your lips they surround me in a halo of dreams / They show me things my eyes never could’ve seen  / Like the tombstone raider who shined on Gallali / Whose candle burnt brightly till the morning,” discussing beautiful moments within a relationship.Directed by his brother and Lemon Twigs bandmate, Michael D’Addario, ‘Till The Morning’s accompanying video sees Brian playing the guitar and singing the song in a park surrounded by foliage.Speaking about the song in a press release, Brian shared: “It’s a love song having to do with those fleeting moments when you grasp something real, amidst all the noise and propaganda.

Paul Simon has announced an extensive 2025 North American tour, seven years after he retired from playing live.The legendary singer-songwriter will play a long string of dates across the continent, kicking off in New Orleans’ Saenger Theater on April 4. Runs of five shows in New York’s Beacon Theater and Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall are included in the run, which finally concludes in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall on August 3.Tickets for the ‘A Quiet Celebration’ tour go on sale at 10am local time on Thursday (February 20), and you will be able to get yours here.Tickets for sale on Friday at https://t.co/kdNRIh23Vr pic.twitter.com/XhJdGwky37— Paul Simon (@PaulSimonMusic) February 18, 2025Simon played what at the time was described as his final ever concert in September 2018 in Queens, New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

The View co-hosts are reacting to the controversial Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary sketch, “Black Jeopardy.”

Mumford & Sons have shared their latest single ‘Malibu’ from the forthcoming album ‘Rushmere’, explaining that the song “just felt like us”.The soft and delicate track opens with a folksy guitar riff as frontman Marcus Mumford‘s warm vocals take over the chorus of: “You are all I want / You’re all I need / And I’ll find peace beneath the shadow of your wings“.Speaking about the track in a press release, the frontman said: “‘Malibu’ was the first song we wrote when we got back together in Los Angeles in January 2023. The song just felt like us, and the process of recording it with Dave [Cobb] captured it on record in a way that made us feel it had to open RUSHMERE.

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At least two individuals are feared dead following a horrific crash in a tunnel that resulted in an explosion. The "ugly" incident involved multiple vehicles, including a tractor, colliding in a tunnel in Green River, Wyoming.

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of ContentMort Lewis was a veteran music manager whose client list included Simon and Garfunkel, Dave Brubeck and the the popular folk outfit the Brothers Four. At the time of this interview, in late 2015, Lewis was representing Art Garfunkel, capping off a career that had begun in the 1940s. Variety first noted Lewis in 1959 during Brubeck’s controversial tour of Southern colleges.Variety credits you with standing up to segregationists in 1959 who would only book Dave Brubeck’s jazz combo if they dropped their black bass player, jazz legend Eugene Wright.We had booked 10 dates in the South at $1,000 per night (for 10 nights), $10,000 was a lot of money in 1959.

Ellise Shafer Timothée Chalamet opened up about how playing Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown” influenced his own experience with fame and activism, saying that he learned from the folk legend to “be wary of any savior-like figures.” During a packed press conference at Berlin Film Festival on Friday, Chalamet was asked about how Dylan — who penned several iconic protest songs — has influenced his view on political issues like war and the rise of the far-right. Though the moderator redirected the question to the film as “opposed to a personal political point of view,” Chalamet said: “I don’t think that’s necessarily a political question.” He continued, “I think it’s in the nature of his music, the warnings against cult-like figures.

Timothée Chalamet’s guitar instructor – has opened up about teaching the actor how to play like Bob Dylan.Chalamet starred as the iconic singer-songwriter in the 2024 film A Complete Unknown, which portrays Dylan through his early days as a folk musician until his renowned switch to electrical instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.For the role, the Oscar-nominated actor – who earned his nod in the Best Actor category at this year’s ceremony – not only had to learn the folk legend’s voice and mannerisms, but also had to learn Dylan’s intricate, idiosyncratic guitar style.In an interview with MusicRadar, seasoned guitarist Larry Saltzman opened up about how he taught Chalamet how to play the guitar just like Dylan, breaking down his complex playing techniques.“It happened organically,” Saltzman told the outlet. “First, I had a script, which was essential.

Liam McGrandles has thanked Celtic fans for their support after he pulled the plug on a Parkhead gig after facing "vile" abuse on social media.

Ezra Furman has announced her 10th studio album ‘Goodbye Small Head’ with new single ‘Grand Mal’, as well as sharing details of a UK and North American tour. Find all the details below.The Chicago-born singer-songwriter is due to release the 12-track record on May 16 via Bella Union, following on from 2022’s ‘All Of Us Flames’.

Joan Baez “said lovely things” to her over her portrayal of Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown.Barbaro played the legendary folk singer in the film alongside Timothée Chalamet who played Dylan. Barbaro has earned much praise for her performance as Baez, which has been lauded by critics and fans alike and recently, it was announced that Barbaro also earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal. Speaking to Variety, Barbaro revealed that Baez left her a voicemail after watching the film saying she expressed a “wonderful kindness to me.”She explained: “We’d had some correspondence, and she told me she planned on watching it over the break with a group of friends, but I didn’t know the day; I would have had a panic attack.

Expect plenty of bells, sticks and folk music in Stockport this spring as the town prepares to host more than 1,000 Morris dancers as part of a huge one-day celebration.

Singer Liam McGrandles has pulled the plug on tonight's gig at Celtic Park after being drowned with toxic social media abuse.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Sean Bean has joined the upcoming “Robin Hood” series at MGM+, Variety has learned. Bean will star alongside previously announced series lead Jack Patten, who will play the titular outlaw folk hero. Bean will star as the notorious Sheriff of Nottingham.

also doing press for A Complete Unknown and nobody told me about it? Because this suede jacket, big scarf, newsboy cap look is giving pure 1960s Bob Dylan. Or perhaps Joan Baez. Not that I’m mad at any of it.

Bob Dylan has announced a raft of additional dates for the upcoming leg of his ongoing ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ tour – see the full list below.At the end of January, Dylan announced his first tour dates for 2025, including shows in Tulsa, Wichita, Green Bay and Mankato.Now, he has unveiled a much lengthier list of dates for the next seven months, which also include a number of shows as part of the 2025 instalment of the ‘Outlaw Music Festival’ tour, where he will play alongside Willie Nelson, Billy Strings and others.In all, the shows will see Dylan on the road until mid-September. Tickets for all shows are on sale now, and you can find yours here.MARCH 25 – Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Theater 26 – Little Rock, AR @ Robinson Center 28 – Springfield, MO @ Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts 29 – Wichita, KS @ Century II Concert Hall 30 – Topeka, KS @ Topeka Performing Arts Center APRIL 01 – Omaha, NE @ Orpheum Theater 02 – Sioux City, IA @ Orpheum Theatre 04 – Mankato, MN @ Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center 05 – Eau Claire, WI @ The Sonnentag Center 06 – Green Bay, WI @ The Weidner – Cofrin Family Hall 08 – Davenport, IA @ Adler Theatre 09 – Peoria, IL @ Prairie Home Alliance Theater 11 – West Lafayette, IN @ Purdue University – Elliott Hall of Music 12 – Fort Wayne, IN @ The Embassy Theatre 14 – South Bend, IN @ The Morris Performing Arts Center 16 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Western Michigan State University – Miller Auditorium 17 – Toledo, OH @ Stranahan Theater 19 – Youngstown, OH @ Powers Auditorium at DeYor Performing Arts Center 21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center for the Performing Arts 22 – Williamsport, PA @ Community Arts Center MAY 13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre * 15 – Chula Vista, CA @ North

Obviously there’s nonstop talk about Angelina Jolie‘s acrimonious relationship with her most recent ex-husband. But it’s rare we hear anything about the status with her first husband.