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Iconic cast members from the long-running Australian soap Neighbours are coming to Manchester next year to celebrate the show’s 40th anniversary.
Six stars from the soap’s history will take part in a special tour where they will share stories and the inside scoop from their time on the show in conversation with Sky News reporter, and self-proclaimed die-hard fan, Leah Boleto.
Neighbours – The 40th Anniversary Tour will take place across six dates in the UK, with stops in Birmingham, Newcastle, Cardiff, Glasgow, London and at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on February 18, 2025. Tickets will go on sale next week.
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The show, which has been running since 1985, has starred the likes of Margot Robbie, Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan over the years.
The soap was dramatically axed in March 2022 after production company Fremantle could not obtain a new UK broadcaster. However, following fury from fans, the show was revived thanks to a deal with Amazon. The soap is now available to watch here on Freevee, via Amazon Prime Video.
The stars taking part in the 2025 show have not yet been announced. As part of a Celebration tour last year, which included a performance in Manchester, the cast members taking part were Alan Fletcher, Jackie Woodburne, April Rose Pengilly, Ryan Moloney, Annie Jones and Stefan Dennis.
Speaking about the event, organisers teased: “Expect a new star line-up, new stories, and a brand-new reason to celebrate in the tour which will be hosted once again by Leah Boleto of Sky News - a huge fan of the longest-running drama series in Australian television history.
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Oasis have released an early live recording of ‘Supersonic’ to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the band’s iconic debut single.The newly unearthed performance took place at the Limelight in Belfast on 4 September 1994, and the band had discovered shortly before taking to the stage that night that their debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’ had reached Number One on the UK Albums Chart.Now, that version of ‘Supersonic’ can be heard on limited edition physical single formats, including a replica of the original 1994 CD single, which also includes the white label demo of ‘Columbia’, and an individually numbered pearl coloured 7” vinyl. The singles are available here.Check out ‘Supersonic (Live at the Limelight, Belfast, 1994)’ below:The studio version of ‘Supersonic’ was recorded in one day at the Pink Museum Studio in Liverpool in late 1993, and released as the band’s debut single on 11 April 1994.
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced that the 40th annual festival will take place in Santa Barbara, California, from February 4 through February 15.
For anyone who grew up in the 2000s, MAC Cosmetics was most likely your first foray into ‘grown up’ makeup. Whether you couldn’t live without your bullet-shaped lippy or had a makeup bag full of individual pan eyeshadows, MAC holds a special place in the hearts of all beauty fans. Apart from its tried and true classics, the brand is also known for its iconic collaborations over the years with one in particular proving to be still just as popular now as it was when it first came out.
Even though King Charles and Queen Camilla are celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, 9 April, the couple have been in one another's lives, on and off, for more than five decades. Their partnership is built on a thoroughly level playing field as they give one another all the love and support they need to tackle whatever life throws at them.
Dream Theater have announced details of a UK and European tour, celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band. Find ticket information below.Set to kick off in Autumn 2024, the new tour dates arrive following news back in October that drummer Mike Portnoy had rejoined the group.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have had a very difficult start to the year following the King's hospital admission for an enlarged prostate, and later with the announcement of his cancer diagnosis. Despite all their worries, the pair do have a milestone to look forward to as they prepare to celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, April 9. With a big celebration looking unlikely as the King continues to focus on his recovery, a former member of the couple's staff has opened up about what he expects the pair will get up to to mark the day and what gifts they may exchange.
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ABBA have marked the 50th anniversary of their Eurovision win with ‘Waterloo’ in a new statement today (April 6).50 years ago today, the Swedish icons, made up of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, won Eurovision after performing in the final of the competition at the Brighton Dome. In 2005, the track was chosen as the best song in Eurovision’s history as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the contest.In a new statement marking the historic occasion, the band said: “It’s slightly dizzying and deeply humbling to think that millions of you who saw us for the first time in the Eurovision final 1974 have passed our music on not only to one generation, but to several.“We see evidence of that every time one of us visits ABBA Voyage in London and it’s because of this we can celebrate the 50th Anniversary of that event in the knowledge that our songs still resonate around the world.”To further mark the occasion, Andersson has recorded a short piano piece called the ‘Piano Moment’ that will be experienced as if he were at the competition and playing live.
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