Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh gives away free Europa final ticket to Rangers fan

My Chemical Romance played the second night of their comeback UK and Ireland tour last night (May 17), adding a host of fan favourites and rarities to their setlist.The band kicked off their run of live dates on Monday night (May 16) at the Eden Project in Cornwall, marking their first UK show in 11 years.Last night’s second gig at the Eden Sessions featured a 22-track setlist, with MCR opening the show with their new single ‘The Foundations Of Decay’.The band played the songs ‘Cemetery Drive’ and ‘The Only Hope For Me Is You’ last night for the first time since 2012, while ‘The Ghost of You’ received its first live rendition since 2011.CEMETERY DRIVE #MCREDEN pic.twitter.com/bwS6g4c2RN— b.

The Smile began their debut European tour this week (March 16), debuting a new song called ‘Friend Of A Friend’ – check out footage, setlist, ticket details for the rest of the tour and more below.The band – comprising Thom Yorke, his Radiohead bandmate Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – formed last year and released their debut album, ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ last week.After making their live debut at Glastonbury’s Live At Worthy Farm livestream last summer, The Smile played their first proper live shows with a three-gig run within 12 hours at London’s Magazine venue last month.Their full UK and European tour began in Zagreb, Croatia on Monday, and saw tracks from ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ performed alongside the brand new cut ‘Friend Of A Friend’.‘Friend Of A Friend’ saw Yorke at the guitar with Greenwood playing melancholy chords at the piano. Behind them, Skinner played free and loose jazz drums.See footage of the new song, the band’s full setlist, remaining tour dates and ticket details below.‘Pana-vision’‘The Smoke’‘Speech Bubbles’‘Thin Thing’‘Open The Floodgates’‘Free In The Knowledge’‘A Hairdryer’‘Waving A White Flag’‘We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings’‘Skrting On The Surface’‘The Same’‘The Opposite’‘You Will Never Work in Television Again’‘Friend Of A Friend’‘Just Eyes and Mouth’‘Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses’See the band’s remaining UK and European tour dates below.

3 min read Funding has been committed to help establish a long-awaited Australian LGBTIQA+ museum to be based in Sydney.

In a historic first, a majority of local councils in Victoria raised the rainbow flag on Tuesday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Discrimination Against Intersex People and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).According to the Victorian Pride Lobby, a record 68 of the 79 local councils in Victoria flew the rainbow flag “from town halls, libraries, and even courthouses”. During the October 2020 council elections, around 270 candidates had signed the Lobby’s Rainbow Pledge and made a commitment to support the issues of the LGBTQI+ community.“We’re proud to again be flying the rainbow pride flag today to mark IDAHOBIT day,” said Wellington Shire Council CEO David Morcom in a post on . “We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer with our people and the community at the heart of what we do. Organisations who don’t promote and celebrate diversity in all forms are missing out.

Tomorrow X Together have opened up about how they draw inspiration from their real-life experiences for their music.Speaking to J-14 Magazine about their latest release, ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’, the group talked about how early adulthood has influenced the stories they tell through their music.“I think we’re at that age where we’re faced with reality and limits as to what we can do and achieve,” member Taehyun explained. “We have heard from our friends around us that they feel this way.”“I think these emotions [can] be felt by practically anyone in the process of growing up, so we incorporated these stories into the songs in our new mini-album,” he addedElsewhere in the interview, TXT also spoke about the emotions that inspired the creative process behind their latest record.

Sunderland will take on Wycombe Wanderers in the League One play-off final this weekend to decide the final team to make it to the Championship this season to join Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United.

A huge number of Rangers fans have arrived in Seville for the Europa League final which will take place tonight.

Five Germans have been arrested in Seville after scenes of carnage saw Eintracht Frankfurt ultras try to attack Rangers fans.

The southbound on-slip to the Erskine Bridge will be closed overnight for three weeks as active travel improvements are made to the route.

This is the moment a handful of jubilant Rangers supporters had a rooftop sing-off with Eintracht Frankfurt fans in Seville last night.

Oasis‘ Liam and Noel Gallagher that led to the band’s break-up has sold at auction for £325,000.The red Gibson ES-355 guitar was broken backstage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in August 2009, where the band notoriously cancelled their set at the last minute after Noel left the band with immediate effect.It was announced last month that the guitar would be going up for auction, with a starting price of €150,000 (£125,000). Auctioneers were predicting that the item could go for as much as €500,000 (£415,000), but in the end it sold for €385,500 (£325,000).The auction was held by the Artpèges gallery, with founder Jonathan Berg saying that the guitar represented “a cult moment” in modern musical history, adding: “Things had been brewing for a while between the two brothers.

People claiming certain benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) may be eligible for a Budgeting Loan to help pay for essential products or services which they would otherwise be unable to afford due to their current circumstances.

A dad branded 'extremely stupid' gave his teenage daughter drugs in what a judge called 'a complete inversion of the parent-child relationship'. A court was told the 45-year-old believed the 15-year-old would be 'safer' taking them with him, rather than with her friends.

A company boss caught speeding at 119mph in his luxury brand new BMW moaned he would be unable to afford to get taxis to his local gym if he was banned from driving.

It won't be long until thousands of runners take to the city streets to compete in the Great Manchester Run 2022.

A nursery has passed its recent inspection in flying colours receiving a mark of very good.

Unloved have announced their new album, ‘The Pink Album’, will be out later this year. They’ve also released new single ‘Mother’s Been A Bad Girl’, which you may well recognise from the heavy rotation it had in the latest (and final) series of ‘Killing Eve’.“In my head, ‘Mother’s Been A Bad Girl’ is a tale of duality, searching for authenticity”, says frontwoman Jade Vincent.

Warner Classics has announced a plan to get a new recording of ‘God Save The Queen’ to number one to coincide with the Queen’s upcoming platinum jubilee celebrations.By which we mean the British national anthem, not a Sex Pistols cover. Though it will be released on the same day as the limited edition vinyl re-releases of the Sex Pistols track that caused plenty of controversy around Queen Liz’s silver jubilee celebrations back in 1977.Appearing on this new recording of the actual national anthem will be Sarah Brightman, Alfie Boe, the NHS Voices Of Care Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

DIGITAL & D2F SERVICESMusic NFT marketplace Serenade has announced a “significant new investment” as well as “plans to expand its global operations”, in particular by launching a dedicated office in the US. The new round of finance will provide AUS$6 million to fuel that expansion. A brand refresh is also planned, while upgrades to the marketplace itself will increase what is possible for artists and fans alike.————————————————–RELEASESCraig David will release his new album, ‘22’, on 30 Sep.

Anthony Joshua has been slammed for asking for a free burger at McDonald’s despite being worth £115million.The heavyweight boxer went through the drive-thru to treat son JJ, six. The 32-year-old - nicknamed AJ - chatted to the worker at the window.

John Mayer stopped his concert mid-show over the weekend after a fan seemingly invited him to a hotel room. The pop star was on stage in Long Island on May 7 in the middle of his Sob Rock tour when he pointed out that someone made "a makeshift sign on their iPhone" that read "Room 2307." "That's all it said. That's all the information I was supplied with," he added, according to Page Six.The Grammy winner then had a whimsical take on the situation."In the back of my mind I was thinking I'd have to go to every local hotel — I'd assume it would be a hotel — knocking on the door of 2307 until I found the person who had the sign '2307,'" he said.