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The Queen had been vandalised just a short while after he had finished putting on the finishing touches.Vandals left a message taking a jab at the "inheritance tax" of the Royal Family as well as colouring in a tooth from the smiling mural of Her Majesty. READ MORE: Harry and Meghan 'ordered to apologise to royals' for infamous Oprah interview comments But the Somerset-based mural was not long up when vandals ruined the Queen's image, with black paint covering up the fresh piece from Gaden. The Kingston Road-based project now has "pay inheritance tax" emblazoned across the face of the Queen, with the vandalism criticised by Somerset Live editor David Shepherd.

A graffiti artist has spoken of his immense 'honour' to have created a stunning mural of the Queen at a pub named after Her Majesty, revealing one onlooker broke down in tears as he worked. Scott Wilcock, 35, who works under the name Snow Graffiti, created a mural with the words 'thanks for everything ma'am' on a wall at the Queens Arms pub in Audenshaw, Tameside.

A popular street artist has left pub goers in Bury stunned with a beautiful mural in honour of footballing legends from Manchester. Scott Wilcock decorated the side of the Coach and Horses in Whitefield with stars from the past and present - with a special addition of the England Women’s captain Leah Williamson holding the Euro 2022 trophy.

An appeal has been launched to find a new permanent site in Manchester’s Northern Quarter for a mural of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, which was painted over with an advert for Aitch’s debut album last month.Manchester councillor Pat Karney says that a new location for the artwork needs to be found because the owner of the building where it previously appeared now wants to use the walls for advertising. Which would explain the whole it being painted over by an Aitch ad thing.“It would be silly to put the mural back up there because it could be taken down again quite quickly and we’d go through the same routine”, Karney told BBC Radio Manchester yesterday.

Lily Moayeri About six weeks ago, locals and visitors to the famed intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street saw one of the bare walls in the area begin to show some shapes and colors. Over on Instagram, posing at the same spot, Los Angeles urban pop artist Tristan Eaton wrote on July 17, “My dream wall is finally happening!” On Aug. 25, the six-story mural, which adorns the south-facing side of the Aster club and hotel, had its official reveal in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The mural was created with spray paint and executed in Eaton’s signature collage style, which mixes pop art and traditional techniques. It’s a salute to Hollywood groundbreakers such as Judy Garland and Sidney Poitier, whose likenesses are the largest figurative elements of the work. Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft, and granddaughter, Vanessa Richards, were among the guests who attended the ribbon-cutting.

Aitch has said that he was “fuming” after he learned that a mural of Ian Curtis in Manchester had been painted over with an advert for his debut album, ‘Close To Home’, which came out last week.The rapper said that the first he heard about it was on Twitter, telling the BBC: “There was an outrage burst of like, ‘what’s Aitch doing putting his album over Ian’s mural?’, and then I was like, ‘oh god, what’s this?’ I don’t pick and choose where I put my billboards or album promo. I just wake up and drive past it, or see it on the internet, just like everyone else”.“I was fuming for Ian, and his people and what that mural stands for, and then I was fuming for myself, because I was having such a good week”, he went on.

Aitch has opened up about the recent row over an advert for his new album, which was painted over an Ian Curtis mural in Manchester.Last week, an advertisement for the rapper’s ‘Close To Home’ was placed over a much-loved mural of the late Joy Division frontman in the city’s Northern Quarter.The mural, based on a photo of Curtis that was taken by Philippe Carly, was painted by Manchester street artist Akse P19. It debuted in 2020 in collaboration with the music and mental health festival Headstock to raise awareness around mental health issues, and was supported by Manchester Council.In a tweet last week, Aitch said: “It’s come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork.

READ MORE:BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood admits to 'throwing a tantrum' as Jon Kay in disbeliefBut his new album, Close To Home, hasn’t been a complete hit with fans after the star issued an apology after business giants Amazon painted over the black and white mural of the Joy Division frontman to promote his new music.Fans of the artwork on Port Street in the Northern Quarter noticed the name Aitch had been painted in white on a clean black wall last week.Now the star has reassured fans that he is working with the original graffiti artist, Akse – who first painted the portrait back in 2020 – to replace the artwork.In an interview with the BBC newsreaders he confessed that he had no idea about the removal of the artwork until he found out days later on Twitter.He told viewers: “I don’t pick and choose where I put my billboards or album promo I just wake up and drive past it or see it on the internet just like everyone else.“So basically I’ve seen it straight away, I made a phone call, we spoke to Amazon, we spoke to the artist and we just put a stop to mine straight away.“We’re gonna get it restored or redone of the original artist.

Amazon have issued an apology after a mural dedicated to the iconic Ian Curtis was painted over to promote a new album by Manchester rapper, Aitch.

A stunning mural of local heroes and global icons at a school in Wigan has left children inspired. Olympian Keely Hodgkinson is the latest to be added to the wall of icons at Platt Bridge Community School following her efforts in the World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

Peter Hook has said that the uproar over a mural of his late Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis being painted over with an advert earlier this week should spur on the campaign to put in place some kind of permanent tribute to the singer in Manchester. And, while we’re at it, a permanent tribute for the boss of Joy Division’s label Factory Records, the late Tony Wilson, would be nice too.The Curtis mural on Manchester’s Port Street, which was unveiled in 2020 to raise mental health awareness, was replaced with an advert for Aitch’s debut album, ‘Close To Home’, earlier this week.

England Lionesses star Ella Toone has been captured in a stunning mural on the side of a pub in her hometown . The Union Arms in Tyldesley now have a wall dedicated to the striker who scored the opener in the Euros final at Wembley at the end of July.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorManchester rapper Aitch has apologized for painting over a mural of late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, apparently inadvertently, with an ad for his new album “Close to Home,” and promised to “get this [situation] fixed pronto.”As noted by Stereogum, the ad went up Wednesday in Manchester’s Northern Quarter on Port Street ahead of Aitch’s album’s release on Friday.“It’s come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork,” Aitch tweeted. “This is the first time I’ve heard of this, me and my team are getting this fixed pronto.

There was outrage in Manchester yesterday when a popular mural of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis was painted over with an advert for the debut album by fellow local musician Aitch.Unveiled in 2020, the painting of Curtis on Port Street in the city centre by artist Akse P19 was originally created to mark the start of the Manchester music and mental wellbeing festival Headstock that year. As well as paying tribute to Curtis, it also promoted mental health support service Shout and has subsequently become a popular landmark.So there was anger yesterday as a picture circulated on social media showing that the mural was being replaced by an advert for Aitch, apparently commissioned by Amazon Music.“Absolutely gutted to see our Ian Curtis mural painted over”, said Headstock on Twitter.

Rapper Aitch has said he had no idea the iconic Ian Curtis mural in the Northern Quarter would be painted over with his album artwork.

Aitch has promised that he and his team are attempting to make things right after a mural of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, which had been a fan-favourite landmark in his hometown of Manchester, was painted over with an advertisement for Aitch’s forthcoming debut album.Late on Tuesday (August 16), the rapper retweeted an image of the mural – located on Port Street in Manchester’s Northern Quarter – being painted over, saying he had been previously unaware of his album ad being put there. “I don’t just choose locations for billboards, this is the first time I’ve seen it myself.

Mancunians have been left outraged after the iconic Northern Quarter mural of musician Ian Curtis was painted over on Tuesday (August 16). The wall painting, on Port Street in the city centre, depicted a black and white portrait painting of the Stretford Joy Division frontman and was first unveiled back in 2020.

An iconic Scottish nightclub once dubbed the best in the country has been honoured in an artist's latest work. The Metro nightclub, previously known as The Metropolis, in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, was a hugely popular venue in the 1990s.

A new mural has been unveiled near St Mirren Park after being created by youngsters seeking to break the stigma around mental health.

A mural has been painted in Dundee in honour of UFC star Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett. The cage-fighter made an impassioned speech on Saturday night after a close friend committed suicide just hours before the bout.

Loose Women presenter set the record straight, explaining that “no one set Jamal’s mural alight”. Brenda, 53, took to Instagram this afternoon to share new information with her 113,000 followers. “Why must people speak on what they know NOTHING about?” she wrote.“Contrary to misinformed and unfactual social media posts, we would like to clarify that the simple explanation is…“No one set Jamal’s mural alight.” She continued: “Some candles got out of hand and the black smoke reached the bottom of the mural.“It was cleaned the very next morning and is as good as new.“Thank you for the concern,” she concluded with a blue heart emoji. Jama, who was a British music entrepreneur, DJ and founder of online music platform SB.TV, died in February aged 31.Jamal was also an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, a youth charity which helps young people set up their own businesses.In 2021, he set up Jamal Edwards Delve, a project aimed at refurbishing and reopening youth centres.Widely respected in the music industry, the young entrepreneur helped launch the careers of huge artists like Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Stormzy and Emeli Sandé.He was awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list in 2014 for his services to music.In her Instagram post, Jamal’s mum Brenda included a screenshot of the article that she described as “unfactual”, which showed a picture of the mural looking blackened by smoke.In the next photo, the mural was shown with its colour restored as a man dismounted a ladder after cleaning it.Brenda’s friends and followers took to the comments section to send her messages of support. Gina wrote: “Sorry these people have upset you my lovely x.” Lorni penned: “People thrive on gossip Brenda, nothing better to do.”David commented: “A