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One of the greatest New Years' parties in the world, this year's Edinburgh's Hogmanay just got that little bit more exciting with the confirmation of who will be headlining.

Neil Young, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo set to headline alongside many other acts like Charli XCX, Biffy Clyro and Noah Kahan.The festival will return to Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, from June 25 to 29 – with more names expected to be shared in the coming months.Now, Banks has shared her thoughts on this year’s Glastonbury line-up, slamming some of the choices and making comparisons between acts she thinks should and should not be on the bill.“In what world are The 1975 billed higher than Franz Ferdinand & The Libertines in England?” the post begins. “In what world is Charli xcx billed higher than the Deftones?? billed higher than Pink Pantheress? In the UK????”She then questioned the absence of names such as Central Cee, Honey Dijon, Basement Jaxx, and Shygirl.

Rylan Clark returned to his BBC Radio 2 show this weekend after taking some time out to perform in panto over the festive period, and it wasn't long before the presenter was grilled on his love life.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left with the same complaint as the penultimate week of the competition got underway. Saturday night's (December 7) live show marked the semi-final of the BBC One dance contest's 2024 series.

The BBC has commissioned an adaptation of journalist and campaigner Paris Lees’ memoirs.

Basement Jaxx have spoken about the time that bandmember Felix Buxton rugby tackled Prince Harry while he was dressed in a gorilla outfit onstage.Buxton recalled the incident in a new interview, sharing that the royal said the experience of being anonymous on stage like that was “one of the best moments of his life”.In the ’00s Basement Jaxx – completed by Simon Ratcliffe – would have guests wear head-to-toe monkey outfits to wear onstage when they performed their 2001 hit single ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ The song’s music video shows primates playing the track in a lab experiment that spirals out of control.Buxton told ABC radio show The J Files that Prince Harry was invited to guest as a dancing gorilla during their 2009 Wireless Festival set in London.“I think he was more interested in Dizzee Rascal [who was going to come perform [‘Lucky Star’] on our third album [‘Kish Kash’],” Buxton said of the prince.“Anyway, [I] met Harry before the show and said, ‘If you want to be a gorilla on stage, help yourself’.” Prince Harry agreed – and Buxton soon forgot that he’d even offered.Buxton added that a requirement of being a dancing gorilla was to not overdo it: “Often we say, can you try and get into the part of being a gorilla? Don’t try act like you’re on a stag do.”But Buxton claimed that the royal got a bit too excited. “[One gorilla] was doing this kind of silly disco dancing,” Buxton recalled.

T in the Park‘s legendary Slam Tent is to make a comeback at a new Edinburgh festival, organisers have confirmed.As The Scotsman reports, Edinburgh promoters Fly will team up with Slam DJ duo Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle for the three-day event, which will see the tent being revived at an undisclosed location just outside the capital in September.Tickets are set to go on week, with hopes that up to 5,000 fans will be able to witness the return of the tent – which previously played host to sets from the likes of Daft Punk, Carl Cox, Maya Jane Coles, Skream, Richie Hawtin, Basement Jaxx and The Chemical Brothers.This time around, organisers say that fans can expect a line-up of all-Scottish DJs after a five-year hiatus.“After a five-year