Micky Flanagan announces UK and Ireland comeback tour – here’s how to get tickets

Sleaford Mods have announced details of a new UK and Ireland tour set to take place later this year.The Nottingham duo will hit the in November in support of their new album, ‘UK Grim’, which arrives next week.Sleaford Mods will kick off the tour in Birmingham on November 22 before travelling to Glasgow, Dublin, Leeds, Manchester, and Bristol. The run will then conclude in London with a massive headline show at the 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace on December 2.A SMarmy pre-sale will open at 10am GMT on March 8, with fans able to gain access by pre-ordering ‘UK Grim’ from the band’s website before Wednesday.

Naman Ramachandran A rerelease of “Superman the Movie” will kick off a year-long 100th anniversary celebration of Warner Bros. Studios across the U.K. and Ireland, Warner Bros. Discovery has revealed. Warner Bros. was founded by Albert, Sam, Harry and Jack Warner and incorporated on Apr. 4, 1923. The “Superman” rerelease at BFI Southbank and BFI Imax in April will coincide with the 85th anniversary of the character. The rerelease of “The Exorcist” in September will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the horror classic. An Imax version of “Elf” will be released in November. In Ireland, a restored “Cool Hand Luke” screening kicked off the celebrations on Feb. 27, in partnership with the Dublin International Film Festival. The event also featured a Q&A with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lenny Abramson, discussing the impact of the film as a key influence on his career. 

Ashnikko has announced their debut album ‘WEEDKILLER’ and shared details of a huge world tour for 2023 – find all the details below.The album will be released on June 2 via Parlophone, and will be available to pre-order from today (March 2) at 6pm GMT from here.“My bioluminescent heart is glowing. My post-apocalyptic fae world is here for you to journey into,” Ashnikko shared in a statement.

Ed Sheeran has announced the release of his long-awaited new acoustic album - (Subtract), the final LP in his Mathematics era and more than a decade in the making.

Ed Sheeran has announced the release of his long-awaited new acoustic album - (Subtract), the final LP in his Mathematics era and more than a decade in the making.

Post Malone has announced a string of UK and Ireland shows for this spring – tickets will be available here.The rapper/singer is due to play two dates at The O2 in London (May 4, 6) before heading to Dublin (9), Glasgow (13) Birmingham (14) and Manchester (16) as part of the European leg of his ‘Twelve Carat Tour’. Support will come from Rae Sremmurd.Concerts have also been confirmed for Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Antwerp, Zurich, Cologne and Amsterdam.Tickets go on general sale at 12pm local time this Friday (March 3) – you’ll be able to purchase yours here.

Boyband JLS have announced they're coming back to the stage as they prepare for a huge comeback tour.The band, consisting of Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, JB Gill and Oritsé Williams, originally shot to fame when they finished second to Alexandra Burke on The X Factor in 2008.The band, whose hits include Beat Again, One Shot and Everybody In Love, later left their fans devastated when they announced they were going on a hiatus in 2013.They are now reuniting for a major arena tour which will see them perform some of their greatest hits but also a DJ battle between the band members. Sharing the news on Twitter, they wrote: “The suspense is over… We couldn’t be more excited to announce another UK and Ireland arena tour later this year.” The band continued: “[The] last time out was totally surreal and we’ve been eagerly awaiting the right time to do it all over again.

JLS have announced they will reuniting for a huge 15-date arena tour - and they're coming to Manchester.

Ava Max will play in Manchester this spring as part of her newly announced 2023 'On Tour (Finally)', the 'Sweet but Psycho' singer will kick off the first night of the 14-date tour at the O2 Ritz.

The 1975 have extended their ‘At Their Very Best’ 2023 summer tour, announcing new gigs in Ireland – find details below and buy tickets here.The band recently wrapped up a UK tour off the back of new album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, and have recently announced a number of gigs for this summer.On July 2, the band will play their biggest ever UK headline show at London’s Finsbury Park with a stacked supporting bill including Cigarettes After Sex, Bleachers, The Japanese House and American Football, with “many more” still to be announced.The month prior to the huge London gig, the band will head to Ireland for two huge outdoor gigs.On June 7 they’ll play Dublin’s St. Anne’s Park before heading to Cork’s Musgrave Park on June 13.Tickets for the new gigs go on sale at 9am GMT this Friday (February 24) and you can buy your tickets here.A post shared by The1975 (@the1975)Elsewhere this summer the band also play a show in Paris on July 12 and headline Manchester’s Parklife Festival alongside Aitch, The Prodigy, Fred again..

Placebo have announced details of a huge open-air gig in Margate for this summer – find details below and purchase tickets here.The gig comes as part of the Margate Summer Series and will take place at the Dreamland venue on June 9.Also playing the series are Bastille, UB40, Primal Scream and Happy Mondays among others between June and September.Placebo’s show comes as part of Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal’s recently rescheduled 2023 UK and Ireland tour, which came after the band were forced to postpone their remaining tour dates in December last year after frontman Molko lost his voice.The band had initially postponed a single show in Newcastle on December 2, sharing that Molko had ignored his doctor’s advice to “go home and shut up for a week” and that he risked permanently damaging his voice if the tour continued.The Margate show will fall between the tour opener in Newcastle (June 7) and their show at Birmingham’s O2 Academy (12).See the full list of dates below.JUNE 2023 7 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall 9 – Margate, Dreamland12 – Birmingham, O2 Academy15 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange24 – Glasgow, O2 Academy26 – Dublin, 3ArenaLast year, Placebo asked their fans to not film or take photos during the band’s live shows. “Dear Placebo fans, we would like to kindly ask you NOT to spend the concert filming or taking photos with your mobile phones,” they told fans.“It makes Placebo’s performance so much more difficult.

Pete Doherty has announced his first solo acoustic tour of the UK and Ireland in a decade – see ticket details and dates for ‘The Battered Songbook Tour’ below.The tour is set to begin in April and will feature career-spanning setlists incorporating songs from The Libertines, Babyshambles and Doherty’s solo projects.Of what to expect from the shows, a statement read: “Peter promises to take audiences on an unforgettable ride into his strange and fascinating world where nothing is as it seems and life itself is an intense euphoric dream. Friends and special guests are expected to join him on occasion across these seventeen dates.”‘The Battered Songbook Tour’ begins in Belfast on April 13, ending on May 5 with a huge London gig at the Royal Albert Hall.See the full list of dates below.

Carey Mulligan was incorrectly announced as the winner of the supporting actress award at the EE BAFTAs after a translation gaffe while deaf actor Troy Kotsur was presenting.The winner was first announced as Carey for She Said before Troy's translator made a correction and Kerry Condon was given the award for The Banshees Of Inisherin.The awkward moment was not aired by the BBC, who televised Sunday's ceremony slightly later. After her win was announced, Kerry said: “Thank you Martin [McDonagh] for this part, and thank you for all the parts you gave me throughout my career. You make me so proud to be an Irish woman.” She also thanked the “amazing cast” and her family as well as her horses and dogs.

Liam Neeson admitted that he is still uncomfortable with filming sex scenes despite shooting many over his decades-long career. During an interview with Vanity Fair, the 70-year-old actor shared his thoughts on "You" star Penn Badgley's recent revelation that he requested to film fewer intimate scenes for the fourth season of his hit Netflix psychological thriller series.

SAG-AFTRA announced on Friday that it has renewed the contract of National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland through June 2028, approving the new four-year contract during a meeting of the actors guild’s national board with 87% of the vote. “I am very excited to continue fighting for the members of SAG-AFTRA,” Crabtree-Ireland said.

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Pet Shop Boys have announced Greatest Hits show as part of this year’s Eden Sessions series in Cornwall.The synth-pop duo – aka Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe – are due to perform a two-hour career-spanning set at the Eden Project on June 28 as part of their UK and European ‘Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live’ tour.Rita Broe, managing director of Eden Sessions Ltd, said: “We are thrilled to announce that Pet Shop Boys will be bringing their acclaimed greatest hits tour to Eden.“Their stunning production set against the iconic backdrop of the Biomes will be a breathtaking and unique experience.”Tickets go on general sale at 5pm GMT next Monday (February 20) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.The 2023 Eden Sessions will also feature gigs from The War On Drugs (June 18), Jack Johnson (June 23) and Lionel Richie (June 7). You can find more information about the series here.You can see the full itinerary for the Pet Shop Boys’ previously-announced UK and Ireland tour below, and find any remaining tickets here.JUNE17 – OVO Arena Wembley, London19 – 3Arena, Dublin21 – P&J Live, Aberdeen23 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool24 – First Direct Arena, Leeds26 – Brighton Centre, Brighton28 – Eden Project, Cornwall – new dateLast month, Pet Shop Boys revealed that they would be releasing four previously-unreleased songs this spring to accompany the 2023 edition of their Annually book.

Ben Folds has announced that he will release new album ‘What Matters Most’ this summer, and will also be in the UK and Ireland for live shows in the autumn.“There’s a lifetime of craft and experience all focused into this one record”, he says. “Sonically, lyrically, emotionally, I don’t think it’s an album I could have made at any other point in my career”.“I come from the vinyl era, and this perhaps more than any record I’ve made is a true album”, he adds.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical’s early bid for the sci-fi thriller Simulant, currently in post-production, paid off for the company with US and UK/IRE distribution rights. Vertical will release the film on May 5th beginning with a DIRECTV On Demand exclusive followed by the day & date release on June 2nd. Myriad Pictures will be selling international distribution rights.

Vanessa Feltz is enjoying a “healing” trip to Ireland after breaking up with her partner of 16 years, Ben Ofoedu.The Talk TV presenter, who reportedly discovered her beau had been unfaithful on Christmas day, shared a video of her from Ballycotton beach in Cork, Ireland, as she enjoyed the fresh seaside breeze. A friend off screen asks the presenter “Feltzy, how are you feeling today?” Vanessa then responds, “I’m feeling fantastic, why wouldn’t I? I’m in my beloved East Cork.