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Love Island fans across the world were left baffled earlier this year when it was announced that 2019 contestant Chris Taylor had bagged a role in this year's global blockbuster hit, Barbie, alongside A-list stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. And in yet another unexpected plot twist, rumours are already swirling that ex-islander Maura Higgins has herself managed to land a major movie role of her own! Love Island 2019 star - who also happens to be the ex-girlfriend of Hollywood newcomer Chris - is understood to have already started work in Belfast on a brand new movie titled, The Spin.

Travis Barker returned to Blink-182‘s European tour last night (September 8) after he was forced to fly home from the band’s UK and Ireland tour.The drummer returned for the band’s first show back in Antwerp in Belgium days after his wife Kourtney Kardashian underwent “life-threatening emergency surgery” for their unborn baby.Ahead of the show, Barker took to Instagram to post a video of himself, captioned: “1st day of tour,” which showed him walking to greet fans with a pair of drumsticks.He then handed his sticks to a delighted fan. You can view footage below.A post shared by travisbarker (@travisbarker)Barker also posted a host of pictures of the city and himself to his Instagram Story, which included a selfie of him before he headed to the stage.Footage of the drummer performing was also posted by fans from the gig to social media as the band performed tracks from their back catalogue.At one point, Barker performed on a raised platform while he played drums on ‘Bored To Death’.

Blink-182 is postponing several shows in Europe due to a family emergency.

Blink-182 have announced that they are cancelling a number of their upcoming shows in the UK and Ireland due to “an urgent family matter”.The run of UK tour dates was due to kick off today (September 1) with a show in Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, and see them later play in Belfast and Dublin next week (September 4 -5). However, according to a new update on the band’s X/Twitter page, all upcoming September tour dates will now be rescheduled as drummer Travis Barker has been forced to return home.“Due to an urgent family matter, Travis has had to return home to the States,” the post read.

A woman whisked her pal away for an overseas birthday treat and it cost a fraction of the price of a train ticket to London. Rebecca Kellett, 37, surprised her pal Lauren Priest, 31, with an overseas trip to Northern Ireland.

The Killers have today (August 25) released their new single, ‘Your Side Of Town’ – listen to the synth-filled track below.The song comes after the band teased an ambiguous new black and white video featuring a dancer dressed in carnival-style attire in the desert earlier this week (August 31).Produced by The Killers with Stuart Price and Shawn Everett, the new single sees the band experiment with new sounds, tapping into the synth-heavy music that inspired them. “And yet, somehow, it feels completely our own,” the band wrote on social media earlier this week.Listen to The Killers’ new song ‘Your Side of Town’ below.‘Your Side of Town’ marks the band’s first single of the year, as well as their first release since last year’s standalone single ‘boy’.The Killers’ last album, ‘Pressure Machine‘, came out in 2021.

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has announced a new Channel 4 comedy show.The new eight-part series, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast will follow childhood friends Saoirse, Robyn and Dara in their 30s, who become embroiled in a mystery after attending the wake of a former classmate.A synopsis adds: “When the women each receive an email informing them of the death of Greta, an old classmate they were once very close with, there’s clearly some unspoken, unfinished business. The friends decide to attend Greta’s wake and discover all may not be quite as it seems.

Arctic Monkeys have announced a run of arena shows in Ireland for 2023 – you can find all the details below.The Sheffield band are due to play three headline gigs at the 3Arena in Dublin on October 15, 17 and 19. Additionally, they’ll take to the stage at the SSE Arena in Belfast on October 16.Miles Kane is set to appear as a “special guest” support act at each of the new dates, which will bring AM’s ‘The Car’ world tour to a close.The Monkeys were forced to cancel a concert at Marlay Park in Dublin earlier this summer after frontman Alex Turner came down with acute laryngitis.Per a press release, previous ticketholders for the original date will be sent a unique access code and given 72-hour priority pre-sale access to buy tickets, starting at 9am BST this Friday (August 25).All remaining tickets will be made available at 9am BST next Tuesday (August 29) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Ellise Shafer “Derry Girls” creator Lisa McGee has set her next series at Channel 4, a comedy thriller titled “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast.” Written and created by McGee, “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast” is an eight-part series following longtime friends Saoirse, Robyn and Dara, who are now in their late 30s. According to character descriptions, Saoirse is a “successful writer with a compulsion to hit the self-destruct button,” Robyn is a “sweary, stressed out mother of three young boys” and Dara is the “full-time carer of an elderly parent, who hasn’t managed to move out of her teenage bedroom.” The description continues, “When the women each receive an email informing them of the death of Greta, an old classmate they were once very close with, there’s clearly some unspoken, unfinished business.

Lisa McGee, the creator of triple-BAFTA-winner Derry Girls, has set her next project for Channel 4 and Hat Trick Productions.

Naman Ramachandran World Productions (“Vigil,” “Line of Duty”) is producing a new season of hit series “Showtrial” for BBC One and iPlayer. Writer and creator Ben Richards (“The Diplomat”) returns for the series. In the show, when high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer – a serving policeman.

Roman Kemp has presented lots of TV shows from The Hot Desk to Britain Get Singing, The Brit Awards, and of course he is the stalwart of The Capital Breakfast Show. Now, Roman’s turning his hand to quiz shows but admits his first day filming was ‘horrendous’. 30-year-old Roman joins Blue Peter presenter Sarah Greene for the new BBC daytime quiz show, The Finish Line.

Christopher Vourlias To step inside Sarajevo’s Apollo cinema 30 years ago, you first had to find the door. The streets of the Bosnian capital were pitch black. Power cuts brought on by a crippling siege, which started in 1992 when Bosnian Serb forces surrounded the city, left the town plunged in darkness.

There was a surprise guest at the Jonas Brothers Yankee Stadium concert Sunday night. Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon made an unexpected appearance, joining the Jonas Brothers onstage and leading the crowd in a sing-along version of The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside.”

Robert Pattinson’s success early in his career.Appearing alongside his Heart Of Stone co-stars Gal Gadot and Alia Bhatt in an interview with Wired, Dornan reflected on his long-time friendship with Pattinson.“I’ve known Rob forever, he’s a really good friend,” Dornan said. “I love him.

The Streets have added two new live dates to their 2023 headline tour – find all the details below.The Mike Skinner-led group are due to hit the road this autumn in support of their sixth full-length album ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’, which comes out on October 20.Last month, The Streets announced a run of UK shows in support of the upcoming record. Skinner and co.

Fans are expected to line an Irish coastal road to bid farewell to Sinead O’Connor ahead of her funeral on Tuesday.

Sinéad O’Connor‘s funeral is set to be held in Ireland tomorrow (August 8).Fans of the late singer, who died at the age of 56 last month, have been invited to say a “last goodbye” and line a route along the seafront in Bray, County Wicklow, with the funeral procession due to pass the house where O’Connor previously lived for 15 years.The cortege will begin at the Harbour Bar end of Strand Road and continue to the other end of Strand Road, with a private burial ceremony to follow.A statement issued yesterday (August 6) on behalf of O’Connor’s family encouraged people to line Bray’s seafront from 10.30am.“Sinead loved living in Bray and the people in it.

The funeral of Sinéad O'Connor is being held on Tuesday and mourners have been invited to line the seafront where she lived.

Skindred have announced some UK shows for 2024, including their biggest-ever show at Wembley Arena.The ragga-metallers will be coming to Wembley on March 15, with shows in Manchester and Birmingham on March 14 and 16 respectively.“Standing on that stage is a mark of sheer hard work. We have stood upon that stage supporting many truly great acts,” said frontman Benji Webbe in a press release.

Wilco have announced plans to release their 13th studio album ‘Cousin’ and shared new single ‘Evicted’ – which you can listen to below.The record, which has been produced by Cate Le Bon, will be released on September 29 on dBpm Records.“It’s this feeling of being in it and out of it at the same time,” said frontman Jeff Tweedy of the new album.He added of the new single, which you can listen to below: “I guess I was trying to write from the point of view of someone struggling to make an argument for themself in the face of overwhelming evidence that they deserve to be locked out of someone’s heart. Self-inflicted wounds still hurt and in my experience they’re almost impossible to fully recover from.”‘Cousin’ marks the first time Wilco have handed the reins over to a producer outside their immediate circle of collaborators since 2007’s ‘Sky Blue Sky’.“The amazing thing about Wilco is they can be anything,” Le Bon added.

Judi Dench is opening up about the eye condition that is making it more difficult for her on the set and read her scripts.

When Warren McCoubrey moved to Manchester from Belfast in 1998, the city, generally, was radically different — only one Metrolink line was in operation. Unsurprisingly, a lot has happened in the past quarter of a century.

Widowed Danielle Patton, 44, never expected to find love again after the tragic loss of her first husband, Russell - let alone with one of his closest friends. Originally from Colorado, Danielle met Russell at university in Belfast, married him and settled in Northern Ireland and went on to have three children. But tragedy struck one Monday morning in 2013 when he didn’t return home.

Manchester United fans welcomed Andre Onana to the club last week but the goalkeeper's arrival was by no means the surprise of the week.

EXCLUSIVE: Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has penned an ITV drama about a doctor in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic starring Joanne Froggatt.

A devastated mum has been given a terminal diagnosis just months after telling her children that she was cancer free.

A man has been arrested attempting to flee the country after buying trainers with suspected counterfeit notes in Manchester.

The Darkness have announced a new UK and Ireland tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Permission To Land’.The new string of tour dates come following the band’s support slot for Guns N’ Roses at London’s BST Hyde Park, and sees them schedule shows for Glasgow, Manchester, London, Dublin and more.Set to kick off with a show in Belfast on December 2, the tour will consist of nine shows and follows on from previously announced dates across Europe and North America. General on-sale for the newly-announced shows starts this Friday (July 7) at 9am BST — visit here to purchase tickets and find a full list of upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates below.The tour will mark 20 years since Justin Hawkins and co.

The Prince of Wales has taken the next leap forward in shining a light on the homelessness problem that plagues the UK with the launch of Homewards.The project, which has taken two years to put together, is a five-year locally led programme which will demonstrate that together it is possible to end homelessness: making it 'rare, brief, and unrepeated'.To get Homewards off to a flying start, Prince William embarked on a 48-hour tour of the UK where he visited six flagship locations which will be the first to benefit from the scheme. These areas are Lambeth in South London, Bournemouth, Newport, Belfast, Aberdeen and Sheffield.