Two people have been arrested for allegedly vandalising a painting of King Charles at the Portrait Gallery of Scotland during an environmental protest.
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Hot Chip have responded after Harry Styles briefly performed one of their songs during a live show.The pop star played a short amount of the band’s 2005 single ‘Over And Over’ during a recent show on his ongoing tour – and fan-captured footage of the moment was posted online.Now, the indie-electronic band have addressed the cover on their social media pages. They announced, jokingly, that the former One Direction star is the newest addition to their line-up.In the clip, Styles can be seen running back and forth across the stage, holding the Bi-sexual flag and singing the chorus to ‘Over And Over’.
Members of the audience are also shown on the screen behind him, laughing as he performs the brief interlude between songs.“Introducing the newest member of Hot Chip…” the band captioned the footage, re-posting it on Instagram.Fans also took to the comments to share their support. “Love the idea of ‘Over and Over’ being a coming out song,” one wrote, while another agreed, adding that they “would love” to see the two join forces for a collaboration.
Find the footage below.A post shared by Hot Chip (@hot.chip)Styles’ ties to Hot Chip extend further than his nod to the band onstage. The singer’s live drummer, Sarah Jones, is also a former member of the British synthpop band.
Two people have been arrested for allegedly vandalising a painting of King Charles at the Portrait Gallery of Scotland during an environmental protest.
James Corden is getting in on the fun for one last time.
Harry Styles closed out his ‘Love On Tour’ shows in Italy last night (July 22), closing the set with a new instrumental piano song.The singer has been on an extensive world tour behind his album ‘Harry’s House’ and the run of gigs came to an end on Saturday in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy.To close out the performance at the RCF Arena Campovolo, Styles performed a new song alone at the piano, so far without lyrics.See footage of the 10-minute performance below.At a recent show as part of ‘Love On Tour’, Harry Styles invited Wet Leg onstage for a rendition of their track ‘Wet Dream’.“It has been the most wonderful, wonderful tour, getting to watch them play every night,” he said to the audience, introducing the band. “They’re one of my favourite bands.
Harry Styles proves he has the ability to join the circus in his new music video for “Daylight”.
A starstruck Scots Harry Styles superfan has shared her chance encounter with the star as she queued to buy some of his official merchandise.
The summer of 2023 got a little crazy for Bryan Adams at his Salt Lake City concert earlier this month, when a fan ambushed the singer and took the stage and microphone by storm. Adams was performing his smash hit "Summer of '69" when an unruly concertgoer hopped on stage, prompting the Canadian rocker to move away from the microphone. "Bought it at the five and dime," a man sang commandingly into the microphone, much to Adams' bemusement. The crasher got to sing a few more lyrics before security men in red shirts rushed on stage and grabbed him on both sides. The man was escorted off-stage, and without missing a beat, Adams was able to hit his cue for the iconic line, "Was the summer of '69." Adams posted the ordeal to his Instagram – making fun of the bizarre nature of the act.
Harry Styles' Love On Tour shows may be ending but fans will still have a chance to see him all around the world — in wax! Madame Tussauds announced seven new wax figures in honor of the «Golden» singer that will be placed in London, New York, Hollywood, Amsterdam, Berlin, Singapore, Berlin and Sydney. Each figurine will pay homage to some of the 29-year-old entertainer's most iconic looks and will feature poses showing off the GRAMMY winner's personality. Six of the figurines went on display on Monday. In New York City, Styles' statue rocks the rainbow bodysuit from his headlining set at Coachella.
Naman Ramachandran Music tourism spending in the U.K. in 2022 was £6.6 billion ($8.6 billion), a report from industry body U.K. Music has revealed. In 2022 – the first full year of post-pandemic festivals, gigs and concerts in the U.K. – music tourists were lured by the return of major events such as Glastonbury, where headliners included Paul McCartney, and U.K. tours by top British artists, including Dua Lipa, Stormzy, Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran and Elton John, the report said. The key findings of U.K. Music’s 2022 “Here, There and Everywhere” report include: total number of music tourists attending live music events across the U.K. in 2022 was 14.4 million; total number of international music tourists in 2022 was 1.1 million; total number of domestic music tourists in 2022 was 13.3 million; and total employment sustained by music tourism in 2022 was 56,000.
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Sir Rod Stewart has helped to make a little girl’s dream come true after learning that she watches her mum go without food to feed her family.The legendary rocker said his 'heart broke' after reading the plight of schoolgirl Sophia McKenzie in the Daily Record. He has now offered to donate £2500 to help Sophia's mum Heather Griffiths with her financial struggles.
moment with Harry Styles following her run of wins at Wimbledon over the weekend at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England! On Friday, the Ukrainian athlete advanced during the Wimbledon finals, and had to change her original plans to see the pop star perform in Vienna.«Hey guys, I was supposed to go to see my fav @harrystyles concert in Vienna tomorrow...but Wimbledon changed my plans.
Harry Styles' rumored girlfriend, Taylor Russell, was spotted in a VIP section checking out the singer's concert in Vienna, Austria, over the weekend.In photos obtained by the actress was spotted hanging out in a special section during Styles' concert on Saturday, enjoying the show enthusiastically.The outlet reports that Russell — who was first romantically linked to Styles last month — was dancing to Styles' songs throughout his show.After Saturday's show, fans were stirred into a frenzy on Sunday when videos surfaced show Styles and Russell walking hand-in-hand through the streets of Vienna.The pair went around town incognito, with Russell rocking black pants and a white T-shirt while Styles wore dark shades and a blue windbreaker with khaki shorts.TAYLOR RUSSELL AND HARRY STYLES?!!$&;?$+($!$??_;! pic.twitter.com/22PjXgoYI9Harry Styles and Taylor Russell spotted in Vienna. pic.twitter.com/39MyreKYIBIt's worth noting that one reason Styles might have been wearing shades is that his concert on Saturday was notable for more reasons than just having his supposed girlfriend in the audience.Styles also became the latest singer to get pelted with objects hurled on stage by fans during a performance.
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Marta Balaga Polish helmer Agnieszka Smoczyńska fought for Tamara Lawrance to be a part of “The Silent Twins,” she said at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. “We had two options: [hire] one actress who plays both characters, but there is no chemistry, or find actual twins, which was not possible. We had Letitia Wright, who was this amazing actress and ‘Black Panther’ star, and then we found Tamara,” she said. The story was inspired by real-life identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons, who only communicated with each other. “They are not that similar, so what do you do? You make a decision. And I knew she was the one, because it was all about this tension between them.”
Harry Styles invited three Ukrainian refugees to attend his concert when he performed in Poland last weekend.The ex-One Direction singer is currently on the latest European leg of his ‘Love on Tour’ shows, which stopped at Warsaw’s PGE Narodowy Stadium on Sunday (July 2).At the show, the ‘As It Was’ star teamed up with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to invite three Ukrainian refugees to attend the show.
Drake has hit out at Childish Gambino‘s 2018 hit song ‘This Is America’, labelling it as “overrated and over-awarded”.During the ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour with 21 Savage in Chicago on July 5, Drake performed ‘Headlines’, during which news headliners flashed across the LED screen behind him, recounting some of the biggest headlines about the rapper.One headliner read: “The overrated and over awarded hit song ‘This Is America’ was originally a Drake diss record”.Footage of the moment was captured by a concertgoer and was later posted onto Twitter by HipHopDX – watch the clip below.Drake shades Childish Gambino's "This Is America" following diss song confession https://t.co/52WCdDsvQr pic.twitter.com/XayOQF3xj5— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) July 6, 2023The shade comes after Childish Gambino – aka Donald Glover – revealed earlier this year that the track was initially meant to be a Drake diss track before it became the political juggernaut that was released.“[It] was a funny way of like doing [a Drake diss],” he explained, “but then I was like, ‘This shit sounds kind of hard, though.’ So I was like, ‘Let me play with it,’” Gambino told GQ in April.Ultimately, the track evolved from a Drake diss to “reflect the culture of 2018”: “To me, culture is just compression of information, So I was like, ‘All of it just needs to be compressed into this moment.’ So what was happening needed to feel like it could only be happening right now.”Drake most recently kicked off the ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour with 21 Savage – find details and buy tickets here. Ahead of the tour’s kick-off, the rapper revealed that he had gotten high before his ‘Degrassi’ audition, and said he thinks “maybe I’m still high, maybe I’m in some coma.
An eight-year-old schoolgirl has died after a Land Rover ploughed into a primary school in London.
Official Charts Company‘s rundown of the 40 biggest tracks of the past six months is Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’, the lead single from the singer’s eighth album ‘Endless Summer Vacation’.The track gave Cyrus her first UK chart-topper in almost a decade, and achieved a 10-week stay at Number One.‘Flowers’ shifted 1.2million UK chart units overall since its release in January, according to data obtained by the Official Charts Company. The single racked up more than 147million streams and in excess of 80,000 downloads, making it the most-streamed and most-downloaded song of 2023 so far.Additionally, ‘Flowers’ claimed the biggest week of any track this year – pushing 126,000 chart units during its second week at Number One.Cyrus also scored the longest-running UK Number One by a female artist, equalling the 10-week stint of Whitney Houston‘s ‘I Will Always Love You’ and Rihanna‘s ‘Umbrella’.Coming in at Number Two on the Official Charts Company‘s biggest songs of 2023 so far is ‘Escapism’ by RAYE. The 070 Shake-featuring single gave the London singer her first UK Number One in January.RAYE told NME at the time that the feat felt like the “ultimate validation” as an independent artist.
Prince Harry skipped his father King Charles' Scottish Coronation and instead attended a fourth of July parade in the US which he took his daughter Princess Lilibet along to.
A bid to transform one of Ayrshire’s oldest railway tunnels into a stunning mural has been given a major cash boost.