“I’ve been in a band with Elton John since I was 13, but he only just found out,” Brandi Carlile joked in an interview with CBS last month. As a Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) superfan, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter from Washington (whose solo work has spanned everything from indie-folk to country-rock) has the British icon’s style embedded in […]
Convicted sex offender Gary Glitter has been declared bankrupt after failing to pay more than £500,000 to a woman he abused when she was 12, her lawyers have said. The disgraced pop star, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was convicted in 2015 of abusing the woman between 1975 and 1980, as well as two […]
Come this summer, Londoners will be able to witness Mogwai at their loudest in the great outdoors as they’re the latest act to be confirmed for South Facing Festival in Crystal Palace Park this summer. The Scottish post-rock band have been announced as headliners with Irish folk group Lankum also on the bill, with the concert taking place on August […]
Self Esteem is back, and has announced a huge UK & Ireland tour to take place at the end of this year. It will come after the release of her new album A Complicated Woman, with the tour taking the same name. Playing under the stage name Self Esteem, Rebecca Lucy Taylor will play two nights […]
Lady Gaga has just announced a string of UK shows as part of ‘The Mayhem Tour’, which include three nights in London towards the end of this year. Gaga will take to the O2 Arena on September 29 & 30 before playing again on October 2 and then heading over to Manchester for a date at the Co-op Live […]
London is a vibrant metropolis of 300 languages, where 200 museums house amazing finds and over 22,000 live music shows ring through the city every year. A cultural powerhouse, London’s diversity and youthful energy flow through streets rich in history and tradition. London’s arts and culture scene attracts millions of global visitors every year, so […]
From star-studded theatre to world-renowned museums – here are the very best things arriving in London next year A lot happened in 2024. There were elections, brat summers, and me-espressos by all, and here in London things were as busy as ever – with plenty of excellent food, art, theatre, music and more. But that’s done now. […]
St Patrick’s Day celebrations in central London are returning on Sunday. Organised by the mayor of London and the London Irish Centre, a parade featuring floats, marching bands, dance troupes and pageantry will travel from Hyde Park past Trafalgar Square and on to Whitehall. Paralympic cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy and Olympic boxer Kellie Harrington, who each […]
Two London museums are to receive government funding as part of a culture department funding award. The London Museum of Water and Steam in Brentford, west London, has been given £2.6m while the Foundling Museum in Camden, north-west London, will get £320,000. Natasha Irons, a Labour MP who sits on the culture committee, said the […]
Unions have signed an agreement with Bradford 2025 aimed at ensuring creative workers engaged in the programme will receive decent pay and conditions. Equity, the Musicians’ Union, Bectu, and Artists Union England welcomed the signing of a so-called memorandum of understanding for the UK City of Culture year. The deal guarantees that professional creative workers […]
