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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has competed for Great Britain in the ‘veterans’ category at the ‘Circuit Européen’ fencing tournament in Faches-Thumesnil. READ MORE: Iron Maiden – ‘Senjutsu’ review: an imaginative instant classic  The musician won the first round 10/4 against Denmark’s Jeiner Simon and finished 13th in the overall standings out of 31 fencers in the category. Dickinson first started fencing as a teenager in school and has many other […]

A guilty plea has today (January 20) been entered by the teenager charged over the “savage and senseless” killings at a Taylor Swift dance party in Southport last summer. On July 29 last year, three children were killed in a knife attack that took place at a Swift-themed dance and yoga workshop on Hart Street in Southport. Six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar died […]

Former Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall – now known as JADE – has been announced as a headliner for this year’s Mighty Hoopla festival. READ MORE: Why we can’t afford to lose holiday camp festival weekenders like Mighty Hoopla JADE’s announcement completes an all-female line-up at this year’s edition of the LGBTQ+ focussed festival, following news of Kesha and Ciara being announced as headliners last October. JADE will appear at […]

Live Nation and Crew Nation have announced that they will be pledging $1million (£813,355) to help support those in the music industry affected by the LA wildfires. READ MORE: LA music community tell us about “tragic” impact of wildfires: “This will be felt for years” The devastating wildfires began on January 7, leaving more than 150,000 residents in Los Angeles forced to evacuate their homes. At time of writing, 27 […]

Toto‘s Steve Lukather has criticised Weezer for their ‘Africa’ cover, calling the circumstances surrounding it “weird”. READ MORE: Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo: “If Taylor Swift ever wants to make a rock album, I’d love to help out!” Weezer’s take on the karaoke classic came in 2018, following a fan-driven campaign beginning in December 2017, urging them to cover the track. After briefly trolling fans with a version of Toto’s ‘Roseanna’ instead, they […]

Village People have taken to the stage with Donald Trump at the latter’s inauguration rally to perform ‘Y.M.C.A.’. Check out footage of the moment below. READ MORE: Entertainment world reacts to Donald Trump’s 2024 US election win: “We are all totally fucked” The band made their appearance as part of the line-up for the Republican party leader’s second inauguration at the US Capitol today (January 20). At the event, which […]

Kid Rock has said that Donald Trump personally phoned him ahead of a victory rally this week to inquire whether the Secret Service had banned him from having strippers in his performance. READ MORE: Entertainment world reacts to Donald Trump’s 2024 US election win: “We are all totally fucked” The ‘All Summer Long’ singer is one of the performers at the inauguration event in Washington D.C, ahead of the official swearing-in […]

Villagers are set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the ‘Darling Arithmetic’ album with three acoustic live dates. Find out the details below. READ MORE: Villagers – ‘Fever Dreams’ review: woozy, psychedelic soul that conjures another world The album was first released back in April 2015, and came as the highly anticipated follow-up to the Mercury Prize-shortlisted ‘{Awayland}’. Written, recorded, produced and mixed by frontman Conor O’Brien in Malahide, the […]

Pete Doherty has offered to support Oasis for free in a bid to try and secure some tickets for his in-laws. READ MORE: Pete Doherty tells us about new solo album ‘Felt Better Alive’: “The Libertines are stark-raving mad not to want these songs” The Libertines and Babyshambles frontman discussed the upcoming reunion shows of the iconic Britpop band during a new interview with i Paper, and said that he […]