City Belfast Showbiz Latest News and Updates

Veteran TV presenter Eamonn Holmes has leapt to the defence Brendan Rodgers as the Celtic boss comes under fire over his “good girl” comment to BBC Scotland reporter Jane Lewis.

Game Of Thrones prequel based on the Dunk and Egg short stories by George R. R.

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off directing and executive producing the first two episodes of FX’s Shōgun, Jonathan van Tulleken has been tapped to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of another high-profile limited series, Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099.

A new drama revealing the harrowing reality of what it was like for doctors and medical professionals during the first wave of the pandemic is being aired on ITV. The first episode of the three-part series will be shown on TV screens tonight (Monday, February 19) and follows acute medicine consultant Dr Abbey Henderson, played by Joanne Froggatt, as she struggles with her team to deal with the first wave of Covid-19 patients.

Therapy? have announced the 30th anniversary UK/IE tour for their seminal album ‘Troublegum’.The Northern Irish band are set to tour their acclaimed 1994 album this November. They will play ‘Troublegum’ in full, as well as “a host of other musical treats from around the same era of their recording career”.Frontman Andy Cairns says about their upcoming tour: “To mark the 30th anniversary of Troublegum we’ll be heading out on tour this year to celebrate with a set, but not just a perfunctory play-through, this will be based on Therapy? of 1994 and featuring songs from that era.“When we started out in County Antrim in 1989 we could never have foreseen this beast of punk metal noise being such a landmark record,” he continued.

Gladiators returned to BBC on Saturday night (February 10) with the last round of heats before the quarter finals. The iconic 90s game show made its much-anticipated return in January with a brand new batch of Gladiators set to take on the public.

Passengers were left stranded at Manchester Airport for hours after numerous flight delays this morning (February 9).

Long-running BBC crime drama Silent Witness is back for its 27th series - and so too are stars Emilia Fox and David Caves. The actors play dedicated forensic pathologists Nikki Fox and Jack Hodgson, partners in and out of the Lyell Centre.

. To be in a movie at Sundance is a major achievement; to then win a jury award is the cherry on top. But for Parker, it was also an important life lesson.The 19-year-old wasn’t able to accept the award in person (although she did record a video message) or celebrate with her costars and director.

Marcus Rashford missed Manchester United's 4-2 FA Cup win over Newport County at Rodney Parade on Sunday.

He could dish it out in the movie, but apparently couldn’t take it in real life.

Carlos Aguilar Bursting with unruly energy that practically escapes the confines of the screen, “Kneecap” is a riotous, drug-laced triumph in the name of freedom that bridges political substance and crowd-pleasing entertainment. The three members of the eponymous Irish rap group — Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh — play themselves in this liberally fictionalized reimagining of their origin story set in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Eamonn Holmes has come under fire after saying he was effectively "forced" to sell his second home in Belfast to pay an outstanding tax bill. The GB News presenter, 64, opened up about losing two appeals against HM Revenue and Customs in a yet-to-be-aired interview. Eamonn had insisted he was a freelancer while working at ITV, but HMRC ruled he was a staff member, therefore declaring he needed to pay ten years of backdated national insurance and tax payments.This led to Eamonn being faced with a reported bill of £250,000, leaving him with no choice but to sell his property in the Belmont area of Belfast.

Eamonn Holmes was 'forced' to sell his beloved home in Belfast after losing two appeals against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).The 64 year old TV alum shared in a yet-to-be-aired interview that tax officials had ruled that he was a staff member when working for ITV. He insists that he was a freelancer and never received any sick pay, holiday pay, or shares in companies, however, HMRC ruled that he needed to pay ten years of backdated national insurance and tax payments.This led to Eamonn being faced with a reported bill of £250,000, leaving him with no choice but to sell his property in the Belmont area of Belfast.

A BBC reporter was caught up in a 'terrifying' aborted landing attempt in the fierce Storm Isha winds.

A Manchester United midfielder has bucked the trend of usual post-career plans for professional footballers.

Jamie Dornan, star of BBC's The Tourist, has bravely opened up about the "worst year of his life", revealing the heartache he experienced when he lost his dad.The Fifty Shades of Grey actor, 41, spoke about the tragic time his father passed away from Covid and how he couldn't be there for him in his final moments, describing his emotions at the time as "pretty severe grief and shock". During his recent appearance on the Late Late Show with host Patrick Kielty, Jamie revealed: "It was an extremely difficult time in my life, which is a mad thing to say because we shot The Tourist that year and Belfast came out that year.

A man has been airlifted from the water following an incident on a Stena Line ferry.

Strictly Come Dancing star Angela Scanlon has joked she's 'absolutely furious' after reuniting with Carol Gu as they prepare to head out on tour. The pair were very much fan favourite couple during the BBC One dance contest's 2023 series at the end of last year.

Silent Witness star David Caves has returned to his beloved role as Jack Hodgson in the new series of the BBC crime drama. The series, which was first aired in 1996, follows a group of forensic scientists as they investigate ghastly crimes in a bid to catch those responsible. David, 44, has played the leading role of Jack since 2013 and in that time viewers have been invested in his romance with colleague Dr Nikki Alexander, played by Emilia Fox.

A Met Office map has shown the exact locations to be hit by a huge wave of snow next week. According to the UK precipitation map, wintry showers will begin to fall in parts of northern Scotland and Northern Ireland on Sunday (January 14.)

Videos of a dog's adorable meet and greet sessions with the postman and binmen have gone viral.

John Lennon – saying that he doesn’t see it as “my proudest moment”.An icon of the Belfast punk scene, Terri Hooley reminisced about some of the biggest moments of his life in a new interview with The Guardian, including his tumultuous encounter with The Beatles legend.In the discussion – done to help promote new biography Terri Hooley: Seventy-Five Revolutions by Stuart Bailie – the music industry veteran recalled how the encounter took place around 1970.Introduced to Lennon in London by friends of Oz Magazine, the musician mistook Hooley as a supporter of the IRA in his pre-pacifist days and offered to supply him with weapons. The mistake led to Hooley throwing a punch at the former Beatle – a move he now says he isn’t proud of.“He was stoned so it wasn’t my proudest moment,” he told the outlet, adding: “When I met Cynthia [Lennon’s first wife] and told her, she said, ‘You should have hit him harder!’”The response to the misunderstanding came from Hooley’s upbringing in Belfast’s troubled times and strong political outlook; which also led to him confronting Bob Dylan about his refusal to stop paying taxes to protest the Vietnam war.Hooley’s importance in the industry comes from his role in putting Belfast on the map for music – launching various counterculture magazines and pirate radio stations during times of conflict.

Vended have announced a massive UK and European tour set to kick off in the spring of next year.The band, which includes Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor‘s son Griffin and Slipknot percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan’s son Simon among its bandmembers, will play the first show of their tour on April 25, 2024 at Turock in Essen, Germany.From there, they will make stops in cities including Hamburg, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Zurich, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Antwerp, Birmingham, Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Nottingham, Brighton and Swansea. The tour will wrap up on June 2, 2024 at Sub 89 in Reading.Bands Profiler and The Gloom In The Corner are set to serve as opening support for the shows.

Bryan Adams has announced a series of outdoor UK shows for 2024, adding to his previously announced tour and Royal Albert Hall residency.The Canadian rock icon will be headlining a number of summer outdoor gigs in the UK, including Dreamland Margate’s Summer Series on June 13, Plymouth Summer Sessions (14) and Forest Live shows at Delamere Forest, Dalby Forest and Thetford Forest (16, 20, 21).The musician will also perform at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfodand on June 18 the Piece Hall in Halifax on June 23.Tickets for the Plymouth show, UK tour and London shows are on sale now, while general sale for the remaining dates starts Friday (December 15) from 9am GMT from here. Alternatively, fans can find pre-sale options between Tuesday-Wednesday (12-13) via the same link.The newly announced dates will extend the artist’s UK run for his global ‘So Happy It Hurts’ tour, which will see Adams visit Coventry (May 17), Sheffield (18) and Cardiff (19) directly after a residency at London’s Royal Albert Hall from May 13 to May 15, 2024.The tour also includes a show at Dublin’s 3Arena on May 21 and The SSE Arena in Belfast on May 22.A post shared by Bryan Adams (@bryanadams)The ‘Summer of ’69’ musician is due to perform one album in full each night at the iconic London venue – ’18 Til I Die’, ‘Reckless’ and ‘So Happy It Hurts’ – along with his greatest hits.“Our last visit to the Royal Albert Hall was such a great series of shows, it was a no-brainer to want to come back and do it again,” Adams said in a press statement.

Scots musical theatre teacher Stevie Doc has been crowned the winner of reality singing show Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream.

Creeper have announced an intimate run of UK dates set to kick off in spring next year.The handful of shows are in support of the band’s third LP ‘Sanguivore’ which was released back in October. Creeper will start the tour on March 15, 2024 at Dreamland in Margate.

The creator behind the Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon has given his verdict on the first two episodes of season two.

A.D. Amorosi Regarded for his wrenching, joyful lyricism as a bard of all things Irish, Shane MacGowan – the singer-songwriter known mostly for his work as frontman of the Celtic punk phenomenon the Pogues – was truly a tender poet of universal concern.

IDLES have announced a massive world tour and shared details of upcoming shows set for Spring 2024.The band shared the details for their 2024 European gigs previously, and have now announced a run of dates that will see them make stops in the US, UK, Ireland and Mexico.March 2024 will see IDLES make their way through Europe with stops in major cities such as Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Prague and more, before closing with remaining stops in Germany and Sweden. In May, the band will head out to the United States and play a handful of shows in Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, Oakland, San Fransisco, Houston, Dallas, Orlando, and New Orleans.From there, they will travel to the UK to play shows in Cardiff, Halifax, Margate and Cornwall during the month of July.