Frank Carter announces new card game ‘Halves’

Declan Donnelly has announced the arrival of his second child with wife Ali Astall. The TV star, 46, announced the birth of son Jack Anthony Alphonsus – with middle names honouring both his long-time co-host and his late father– after his birth on Saturday. It is thought baby Jack has been given the middle name Anthony in honour of the Geordie presenter’s TV sidekick Ant McPartlin.

Lizzo earns the biggest new album of the week in Ireland with her fourth studio album Special.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ is entering The Doll Factory.

New U.K. library-title-focused company Radiance Films has signed its first distribution deals with US production and distribution company MVD Entertainment and Elevation Sales for the UK and Ireland.

Metric have announced tour dates in the UK and Ireland next year, in support of recently released new album ‘Formentera’.“One of the high points of 2022 for us has been working on putting everything together for ‘The Doomscroller Tour’”, says frontwoman Emily Haines. “We’re crafting a setlist based on fan favourites, including deep cuts from [2005 album] ‘Live it Out’ and [2003 debut] ‘Old World [Underground]’, and it’s been wild to see how the new songs from ‘Formentera’ flow with the classics from [2009’] Fantasies’ and [2012’s] ‘Synthetica’”.“I’m really happy with the venues we chose”, she goes on.

George Ezra has announced details of three new arena shows for 2023 in London and Ireland – see details below and find tickets here.The news comes off the back of the songwriter’s massive London gig at Finsbury Park, which took place last night (July 17).As already announced, Ezra will take recent third album ‘Gold Rush Kid’ out on a UK arena tour later this year, and three dates have now been added for early 2023.The songwriter will play Dublin’s 3Arena on March 8, heading to Killarney for a gig at the INEC Arena two days later.On March 13, he will then end the short extension to the tour with a London show at The O2. Australian dates also follow at the end of this year.See George Ezra’s new and existing tour dates below.

Star Wars, James Bond and The Suicide Squad actors have united for a new film, inspired by true events in Black history. The Woman King tells the story of an all-female unit of warriors called the Agojie, who were the protectors of the African Kingdom of Dahomey back in the 1800s. In the film, a new generation of warriors are led by General Nanisca as they train to fight against a force that want to destroy their very way of life itself: an invasion of Europeans looking to expand their territory overseas and colonise the world.

Working Men’s Club have announced their biggest UK and Ireland headline tour to date – tickets will be available from here.The Yorkshire band are set to release their second studio album, ‘Fear Fear’, on July 15 via Heavenly Recordings. It’s already been previewed with the 2022 singles ‘Widow’, ‘Circumference’ and ‘Ploys’.Today (July 5), Working Men’s Club confirmed that they’ll be hitting the road in November for a string of nine UK/Ireland dates in support of their forthcoming record.They’ll be visiting Glasgow (November 18), Newcastle (19), Birmingham (20), Brighton (22), Bristol (23), Dublin (25), Manchester (26) and Cambridge (27) before ending the stint at the Forum Kentish Town in London on November 29.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (July 8) – you can purchase yours from here, and see the full live itinerary in the tweet below.Pleased to announce that we are going to be playing some shows in the UK and Ireland in November, tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am from https://t.co/OgRw68FCzuGlasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Dublin, Manchester, Cambridge and London, we’ll see you soon X pic.twitter.com/sIgREmZ8Q9— Working Mens Club (@work1ngmensclub) July 5, 2022Working Men’s Club are due to open for Primal Scream in Halifax on Friday night before playing various festivals, including Tramlines, Bluedot and Kendal Calling.

Frank Carter and Dean Richardson of Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have announced their latest creative endeavour – a card game. Called Halves, it’s described as “a word game for the ruthless” and “unfun for all the family”.The pair apparently devised the game on a flight to Ireland during their band’s first tour in 2016 and have been developing it ever since.

Love Island star Gemma Owen has opened up on her relationship with famous footballer dad Michael Owen, admitting it's "love-hate" as she giggled away with Ronan Keating's son Jack.The international dressage rider, who also revealed she knew bombshell Billy and claimed he was a "player", has kept her famous family on the down low for much of this year's series so far, and it was even shared by Ikenna Ekwonna that the grand reveal happened off-screen. But with a fellow famous child entering Casa Amor, it was the perfect opportunity for Gemma and 23 year old Jack to trade stories about their lives and privileged experiences growing up. Getting to know each other during a dip in the house of love swimming pool, while 19 year old Gemma's beau Luca Bish, 24, was back in the original villa, Gemma quizzed Jack: "So your dad was in..." "He was in Boyzone," the red-headed Irish bombshell replied easily.

Pusha T has added a number of UK and Ireland tour dates to his ongoing ‘It’s Almost Dry’ tour.The Virginia rapper is touring this year in support of his fourth studio album, which arrived back in April as the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Daytona’.After confirming a second set of US tour dates last week, Pusha has now announced four UK and Ireland gigs for December.Kicking off in Manchester on December 14, Pusha will then visit Birmingham (December 15) and Bristol (December 18) before the leg wraps up in Dublin on December 21.You can see the details of the dates below and find tickets here when they go on sale on Friday (July 1) at 10am.December14 – O2 Ritz, Manchester15 – O2 Institute, Birmingham18 – O2 Academy, Bristol21 – Academy, DublinPusha T will also perform at All Points East in London on August 19 on a line-up that includes Gorillaz, IDLES and Turnstile.Earlier this month, Pusha T and his brother No Malice reunited to perform live as Clipse for the first time in over a decade.The pair, who last performed live together in 2010, played a set as part of Pharrell‘s Something In The Water festival, appearing during a headline billing dubbed ‘Pharrell and Phriends’.Elsewhere, NFL star Tom Brady recently declared that Pusha T‘s recent LP ‘It’s Almost Dry’ is the “album of the year”.

READ MORE: Stephen Ferris feels Ulster star could move abroad after latest snub But that was only one of his Test starts for him in an injury-hit season and Ulster will be hopeful this latest setback does not hamper his prospects of being ready for the start of next term. Farrell was already dealing with the loss of hooker Rob Herring for the first Test of a series that begins in Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, with Niall Scannell already in New Zealand as back-up, while Mack Hansen is isolating after picking up Covid. In the All Blacks' camp, meanwhile, a third probable backs starter has picked up Covid with Will Jordan joining centres Jack Goodhue and David Havili on the sidelines, along with head coach Ian Foster and John Plumtree, hastening former Leinster and Ireland supremo Joe Schmidt into the set-up.

Bicep have released a new version of fan-favourite ‘Meli (I)’ called ‘Meli (II)’ and have unveiled details of a huge new London show.The new single is a 4×4 live-reworking of the beatless “Meli (I)” from their ‘Isles Deluxe’ release last year.Speaking about the re-working of the original track, the band said: “’Meli (I)’ was a beatless track on ‘Isles Deluxe’. Truth be told we just couldn’t get a drum version right in the studio throughout the pandemic, there were many failed demo versions whilst we were working on ‘Isles’, it just never felt like it worked.“We always knew there was room for this version though, hence naming the original ‘Meli (I)’. ‘Meli (II)’ was formed slowly on the road.

Rina Sawayama has shared ‘Catch Me In The Air’, the second single to be lifted from her forthcoming second album ‘Hold The Girl’.The singer’s latest, written with Oscar Scheller, Gracey, Clarence Clarity and Stuart Price, is a soaring pop cut written as a tribute to her mother, who raised her as a single parent. “I really wanted to write about this weird relationship with single parents,” she explained in a press release.

Love Island viewers called out Jacques O'Neill for seeming like he was trying to cause drama between established couple Gemma Owen and Luca Bish during the latest instalment. In an action-packed episode, Luca, 23, and Gemma, 19, hit a rocky patch when Dami Hope attempted to "read" the former's mind. He guessed the international dressage champion could have her head turned by another boy, and it would just take someone who the brunette beauty had incredible chemistry with.

They're currently residing in Majorca as they attempt to find love, but this year's Love Island stars also have incredible homes back in the UK and Ireland. The 2022 Love Island cast are currently living in a brand new villa over in Spain, and many were noticeably blown away when they arrived and took a tour of the sprawling property.

A new three-part documentary which covers the full story of Scotland's most famous beast is set to air on UK TV.