DWP urges more people to claim bereavement benefit after new rule change for cohabiting couples

Boygenius – the trio of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker – have been added to this year’s Tibet House US benefit concert bill.The event, which is set to go ahead tomorrow night (March 1) in New York’s Carnegie Hall, will also see performances from composer and event artistic director Philip Glass, New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Tom Chapman, Laurie Anderson, Gogol Bordello, and Arooj Aftab.Uma Thurman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Arden Wohl will be the event’s honorary chairs. You can purchase tickets here.This will be the third time Bridgers has performed at the event after previously playing in 2020 and 2021.Last year’s line-up was a virtual edition due to the coronavirus pandemic and featured performances from Keanu Reeves, Patti Smith, and Anderson again.Boygenius, who formed for a self-titled EP in 2018 and will release debut album ‘The Record’ next month, will play two UK shows this summer.On August 20, they will play a massive outdoor London show at Gunnersbury Park, joined by MUNA and Ethel Cain, with the latter also playing with them two days later at Halifax’s Piece Hall.Tickets for the gigs go on sale from 10am GMT on Friday (March 3).

Neighbours fans can officially get excited as some more soap favourites will officially be returning to the revived show, set to premiere later this year. Fans of the long-running Aussie soap were left devastated when it was announced in February 2022 that Neighbours was coming to an end after a 37-year run, with a tear-jerking final episode aired on Channel 5 later that year.

Wu-Tang Clan and Nas have announced a sprawling world tour for this year, covering Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK and North America from May to October. The new run marks a continuation of the co-headlined ‘N.Y. State Of Mind’ tour – named for Nas’ 1994 ‘Illmatic’ cut – which initially hit the North American touring circuit over 25 dates last year.

Lily Allen has announced she will be taking a break from social media.The 37-year-old singer and actress is set to star in West End show The Pillowman later this year. Lily shared that she will be taking time away from social media with a post on Instagram on Saturday evening, writing: “I am going dark for a bit. “I have been finding it harder and harder to focus lately, because phone.

according to the Daily Mail. In the last 50 years, Ono has called the exclusive Dakota building — located on West 72nd Street and known as the first-ever luxury apartment building in America — her home. Lennon was shot outside, in the Dakota’s archway, on Dec.

While Prince William and wife Kate Middleton have been referred to as the Prince and Princess of Wales after his father assumed the title of King Charles III upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II, those titles haven’t actually been official — until now.

EXCLUSIVE: Following bidding wars in multiple territories, A24 has sold Past Lives, probably the year’s most critically acclaimed new film, to a raft of key territories.

Harry Styles will legally have to take part in New Zealand’s census because he is playing in Auckland on the day it is happening.Unlike in the UK, foreign visitors who are in New Zealand on the day of the census have to take part. The census, which is taken every five years, falls on March 7, the day Styles plays his only New Zealand show of his ‘Love On Tour’ world tour.A spokesperson for the New Zealand government’s census team told The Guardian that Styles would have to take part.

Paul Rudd ages like a fine wine — and so does his marriage to wife Julie Yaeger.

Coronation Street alumnus Adam Rickitt is still busy at work with his successful side business in Knutsford, Cheshire. Co-ran by his Good Morning Britain correspondent wife Katy, 'Dexter and Jones' is a craft beer/artisan gin/fine wine passion project for the part-time actor, who also popped up in Hollyoaks as Kyle Kelly a few years back.The 44 year old, sporting a long blonde mane of hair, was snapped loading some of their products out of the shop earlier today ahead of opening time. According to a website description, Dexter and Jones stocks "more than 450 different craft beers, 10 draft beers (which are ever changing), more than 150 small batch gins and more than 60 different wines.

Vanessa Feltz's ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu has been cast in a new London show as he begins to move on with his life after their unexpected split.The former couple, who were together for nearly 17 years, announced their split earlier this month.This Morning star Vanessa, 61, revealed she and Ben, 50, had called it quits after she allegedly discovered he'd been unfaithful during a tour of UK holiday parks with his music act Phats & Small. Now the dance music DJ is set to be putting the drama behind him as he's been cast in a brand new theatre production of Tony n' Tina's Wedding, which is based on the hit Broadway show.The opening night will take place on March 30, and Ben is said to be gearing up for rehearsals starting from next week.

TWICE have announced the ‘Ready To Be’ world tour with stops in South Korea, Australia, Japan and North America.The K-pop girl group will support their upcoming mini-album ‘Ready To Be’ by taking over arenas on the first part of their fifth world tour. It will kick off with two nights in Seoul in April before moving onto Sydney and Melbourne in Australia the following month.

Thania Garcia Chuck Jackson, a vocalist of the doo-wop group Del-Vikings and the singer in Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard’s “Any Day Now,” died on Feb. 16 in Atlanta. He was 85. News of his passing was confirmed in a Facebook post by Ady Croasdell of Ace Records’ Kent Records division, a UK label that had been reissuing his recordings. No cause of death was given. “There are confirmed reports that one of the very greatest soul singers of all time, Chuck Jackson, died on February 16th,” Croasdell wrote. “His 60s and 70s recordings are hugely important works, revered as much now as on release…His passing will be deeply felt around the world.”

The film world lost one of its most versatile cinematographers this week, with the death of British veteran Oliver Wood, aged 80. 

Clapping back. Rihanna did not hold back when social media users criticized her for referring to her son as “fine.”

APPOINTMENTSArmada Music has appointed two new General Managers, Dan Smith in New York and Ben Malone in London. Says Maykel Piron, CEO of the Amsterdam-headquartered dance music label: “We have been actively working the US and UK territories with our own teams and offices for a while now, and those teams have always been managed by the Dutch management team.

A bogus psychiatrist has been convicted of a "deliberate and wicked deception" after faking a medical degree certificate and working for a number of health trusts.

Meet Me In The Bathroom. Watch it exclusively on NME above.Finally hitting UK cinemas on March 10, Meet Me In The Bathroom is an immersive journey through the game-changing New York music scene of the early ’00s, following bands like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and LCD Soundsystem.Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the film tells the story of how a new generation of artists kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world – and is based upon rock journalist Lizzy Goodman’s celebrated 600-page oral history of the scene from 2017.The film version of the book, directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace – who made LCD Soundsystem‘s Shut Up And Play The Hits documentary and concert movie – features interviews, live footage and never before seen archive footage from those who spearheaded the scene.“What’s more important? A good sound or a good time?” Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs asks bandmate Nick Zinner in the clip.

Do The Right Thing filmmaker Spike Lee received a lengthy standing ovation as he cruised on stage at the BFI Southbank in London to receive the BFI’s Fellowship award Monday evening.

Name a better duo! Rihanna and ASAP Rocky are forces in fashion by themselves — but together they are a style movement.