Irish rock band The Script have announced a UK and Ireland stadium tour will take place later this year. The rockers have also also confirmed a new album, 'Satellites', will be released in August.
04.05.2024 - 11:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Lord of the Rings stars were seen soaking up the Liverpool nightlife just before their scheduled appearance at Comic Con this weekend - amid news another celebrity has had to withdraw.
The Hollywood A-listers Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and Dom Monaghan were snapped during a get-together at the Smithdown Road eatery, Belzan in Liverpool.
Dom, who portrayed Merry in Peter Jackson's acclaimed film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings," uploaded an image of the group on Instagram.
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His caption for the post read: "3 hobbits and an elf and the CONVERSATION tonight was VAULTED."
Elijah Wood, known for his role as Frodo Baggins in the beloved fantasy saga, arrived in Liverpool yesterday and sent out a video greeting to his followers in anticipation of Comic Con. He said: "Hi, Elijah here, I am in Liverpool and I can't wait to see you all tomorrow at Comic Con."
He added: "It's a pretty massive reunion, I can't wait to see my fellow hobbit friends and other folks from Middle Earth as well. See you soon."
The celebrities were seen at the bistro on Friday evening, seemingly enjoying a selection of wines and spirits in preparation for today's Comic Con event.
Comic Con Liverpool this year promises a grand gathering of "The Lord of the Rings" cast, with Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd all confirmed to be in attendance. You can check out the complete roster of celebrities attending here.
However, the event has sadly seen another star pull out at last minute, which has caused some fans to fit out. It was announced in the early hours of today (Sat) that Bernard Hill is unable to
Irish rock band The Script have announced a UK and Ireland stadium tour will take place later this year. The rockers have also also confirmed a new album, 'Satellites', will be released in August.
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The Beatles‘ classic 1970 documentary film Let It Be was premiered in London earlier this week (May 7), before arriving on Disney+. Speaking at the press launch, creators explained how one of the most vital scenes – and significant moments in music history – never happened.The film was screened in front of an audience at the Curzon Mayfair which included original recording engineer Glyn Johns and Giles Martin (son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin, who remixed the music in Let It Be), Louis Theroux, James Bay, The Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie and Captain America and Indiana Jones actor Toby Jones.The documentary, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, was first released in cinemas 54 years ago and has been difficult to obtain since primarily because the original master tapes were stolen from Apple Corps shortly after the film was made.Speaking in a Q&A hosted by former Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman, Jonathan Clyde producer of the film and director of production at Apple Corps, said: “When we first started talking about [restoring] it with [head of Apple Corps] Neil Aspinall in 2000, he said rather unenthusiastically, ‘I suppose we’d better do something about Let It Be’.“But the problem was that the master sound, that’s 450 to 500, 15 minute reels of master sound from the 20-odd days of shooting, had been stolen from Apple [Corps] in the early ’70s.”He continued: “So in truth, there was not a lot we could do except whoever it was who pilched them was licensing them to bootleggers who were then bootlegging vinyl and CD box sets.
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Coronation Street’s Andy Whyment – better known as Kirk Sutherland in the hit ITV soap – has paid tribute to his former co-star Bernard Hill, following the acclaimed actor’s death on Sunday 5 May. Andy shared a photo of the pair on Instagram and wrote: “My first major speaking part was on a show called Once Upon a Time in the North.
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