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Björk has released a fantastical animated music video for her new single, ‘Victimhood’.The clip, directed by Gabríela Friðriksdóttir & Pierre-Alain Giraud, premiered during the Icelandic singer’s ‘Cornucopia’ tour stop in Lisbon on Friday (September 1).Speaking about the video, Friðriksdóttir said: “I was absolutely fascinated by the song. I couldn’t forget it, I had some dreams about it too. It was a deep connection from the first time I heard it.

Madonna is back in action!

The 1975 have announced a 2024 UK and European ‘Still At Their Very Best’ tour – find all the details below and buy tickets here.The newly announced dates – which includes two nights at London’s O2 – are set to be the band’s biggest European shows to date and will signal the end of the ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ era.The 1975 will kick off the 2024 ‘Still At Their Very Best’ tour at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on February 9, before going on to perform at London’s O2 on February 12 and 13, followed by dates in Manchester (18) and Birmingham (21).A European run will then follow in Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Milan and many more, before they wrap up at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany on March 22.Tickets for the UK and European tour will be available to purchase via an exclusive fan presale, which you can sign up for here, on Wednesday, September 6 at 10am BST. General sale will then go live on Friday, September 8 at 10am BST from here.The 1975.

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Florence Welch has disclosed that she recently underwent emergency surgery which “saved [her] life.” Welch revealed the news in an Instagram post explaining the recent cancellation of two Florence and the Machine festival dates in Europe. The band were forced to pull out of Zurich Open Air Festival and and Rock En Seine, both of which were due to take place this past weekend, on "medical advice." In a follow-up post shared on Sunday, Welch revealed a little more information as to why the shows were affected, stating that she underwent the surgery "for reasons I don't really feel strong enough to go into yet." Read Next: Ethel Cain joins Florence + The Machine on “Morning Elvis” "I’m so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple shows," she wrote.

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Florence Welch is getting candid with fans about a recent medical emergency that led to the cancellation of several recent shows.Just days after the Florence and The Machine frontwoman announced she would need to nix a number of forthcoming gigs, Welch took to Instagram on Sunday to share something of an explanation.«I’m so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple of shows,» Welch wrote. «My feet are fine, I had to have emergency surgery for reasons I don’t really feel strong enough to go into yet, but it saved my life.»While Welch opted not to get into the specifics of what surgery she underwent or what necessitated the emergency surgery, she assured fans she'll «back to close out the in Lisbon and Malaga.

Florence Welch has revealed how she underwent emergency surgery, which “saved her life”.

McKinley Franklin editor Florence Welch revealed she had to undergo life-saving emergency surgery after canceling several concerts six days earlier. In a statement posted to Instagram on Sunday, Welch explained that she didn’t “really feel strong enough” to tell fans about her medical condition that led to the past few Florence + the Machine shows being canceled, including performances at the Zurich Openair and Rock en Seine festivals. “I’m so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple of shows,” she wrote.

Florence Welch is opening up about why she had to cancel a handful of concerts.

Florence Welch told fans today that she recently had life-saving surgery. The medical issue was revealed six days after canceling a series of gigs.

Madonna is back in action after she was hospitalized for a bacterial infection in June. As she gets back into the swing of things, she’s had the support of her family, who was there for her while she was in the hospital.

Much-loved vocalist Florence Welch has opened up on the life-saving surgery she was forced to undergo last week after having no choice but to cancel some of the shows of her Dance Fever tour.The Florence and The Machine frontwoman explained to her 2.2 million Instagram followers today (Sunday 27 August) that she'd gone under the knife for a health concern she wishes to keep private for the time-being. In the post, the continued: "I'm so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple of shows.

Florence + The Machine‘s Florence Welch has revealed that she has undergone “emergency surgery” that “saved my life”.The band had to cancel a pair of recent shows at the Zurich Open Air and Rock en Seine festivals “on medical advice,” and Welch has now explained the reasons to fans on Instagram.“I’m so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple of shows,” she wrote, explaining that it is unrelated to a broken foot that caused the postponement of a UK tour at the turn of the year.“My feet are fine, I had to have emergency surgery for reasons I don’t really feel strong enough to go into yet but it saved my life.”Welch went on to add that she will go ahead with the final two shows of the band’s world tour behind 2022 album ‘Dance Fever’ in Lisbon and Malaga next week (September 1-2).“Suffice to say I wish the songs were less accurate in their predictions,” she added. “But creativity is a way of coping, mythology is way of making sense.

Travellers at Manchester Airport have branded the hub as 'the most disgusting airport experience' after the toilets were left in a 'unsanitary' and 'potentially dangerous' state.

Louis Saha has passionately defended Manchester United playmaker Bruno Fernandes amid question marks over his performance levels and leadership credentials.

Madonna has recently celebrated her 65th birthday, telling fans that it feels “great to be alive” in light of her recent time in hospital.The update comes following the pop icon’s recent stay in the intensive care unit, after contracting a serious bacterial infection. Following the news, the 64-year-old pop star was forced to postpone several shows due to health concerns.Now, the singer has shared an update on social media showing her celebrating her 65th birthday with friends and family, confirming that she has almost fully bounced back after the incident left her family “preparing for the worst”.Taking to her official Instagram page on Friday (August 18), Madonna – real name Madonna Louise Ciccone – shared a montage of clips from her birthday celebrations, which were held in Portugal.“It’s great to be Alive………… ..

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Former Manchester United player Alan Smith has revealed how the 'close attention' paid to Cristiano Ronaldo during training sessions after he first joined the club helped shape the player who would go on to win five Ballon d'Or awards.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent LOCARNO — Brazil’s Pandora Filmes, one of the country’s premier independent distributors, has secured Brazilian distribution rights to “Tomorrow’s Rain”(“Amanhã Já Não Chove”), a Portuguese portrait of bourgeois malaise which was brought onto the market last weekend at the Locarno Festival’s Match Me! Pandora Filmes’ distribution slate takes in “Parasite,” “The Man Who Sold His Skin,” and “R.M.N.” Set up at Lisbon’s Omaja and Brazil’s Capuri, which cut the deal with Pandora, “Tomorrow Rain” marks the fiction feature debut of Portuguese director-producer Bernardo Lopes at Omaja, a 2021 Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Award winner for his short “Moço.” Produced by Lopes and Eduardo Rezende, “Tomorrow’s Rain”will star José Pimentão, who played Ramiro in Netflix’s “1899,” and João Nunes Monteiro, a Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Award winner best actor award winner for “Mosquito” in 2021 and best supporting actor winner last year for “The Tsugua Diaries.” Written by Lopes and Francisco Mira Godinho, who together co-wrote and co-directed TV mini-series “Lugar 54,” an Omaja production for Portuguese public broadcaster RTP, “Tomorrow’s Rain” depicts one summer day in the life of a crumbling family at the peak of the Portuguese financial crisis of 2012. “‘Tomorrow’s Rain’ is a feature fiction family drama that makes an urgent portrayal of a marginalized southern Portuguese region during the 2012 financial crisis, from the POV of a decadent bourgeois family that suffers from a tumor in the form of a secret, consuming them until the day of their inevitable end,” Lopes told Variety.

Leonor Teles questions the stability of both. “Baan” (Thai for home) reimagines the world of a lovelorn person coming to terms with her own loneliness through a quasi-magical shift between Bangkok and Lisbon. Part of Locarno’s main competition, “Baan” follows a young woman named L.

Israeli-French telecoms and media mogul Patrick Drahi took the unusual step of directly addressing investors and analysts at a quarterly results call for Altice International on Monday in a bid to calm jitters over a corruption probe shaking its Portuguese subsidiary.

With the summer holidays now in full swing, more and more people will be taking advantage of the free time by travelling to warmer climates.

With the British summer turning out to be nothing more than a very damp squib, you might be dreaming of a sunny holiday to escape all the rain. While destination opportunities may seem endless, trips abroad can prove quite costly, especially when you start to add up the price of flights, hotels, food, and tourist attractions.

Former Loose Women star Saira Khan has shown off her "unfiltered" body to encourage women to look at themselves more "positively." The 53-year-old posed in a bikini, in sunny Lisbon, with no makeup on embracing her "marks, scars, wrinkles and aging." Saira posted the stunning picture to her 102,000 followers on Instagram, in the hopes of sending a message of body positivity. She also marked the relaunch of her skin care brand SAIRA skin which aims to help women embrace their natural beauty and build confidence.

A starstruck Scots Harry Styles superfan has shared her chance encounter with the star as she queued to buy some of his official merchandise.

Depeche Mode have announced extra UK and European dates to their 2024 tour– find all the details below.Last week, the band announced a new leg of gigs as part of their world tour behind last year’s ‘Memento Mori’ LP.Now, they’ve added a second date at London’s The O2 on January 24, 2024, and a third gig in Cologne on April 8.Having played at London’s Twickenham Stadium last month as part of a wider European tour, Depeche Mode will return to the UK for further gigs on Birmingham (January 24), Manchester (29) and Glasgow (31) as well as the two London shows.See the full updated tour schedule below and buy tickets here.A post shared by Depeche Mode (@depechemode)A post shared by Depeche Mode (@depechemode)JANUARY 202422 – London, The O224 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena27 – London, The O229 – Manchester, AO Arena31 – Glasgow, OVO HydroFEBRUARY 20243 – Dublin, 3Arena6 – Antwerp, Sportpaleis8 – Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome10 – Copenhagen, Royal Arena13 – Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena15 – Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena17 – Hamburg, Barclays Arena20 – Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena22 – Prague, O2 Arena24 – Prague, O2 Arena27 – Lodz, Atlas Arena29 – Lodz, Atlas ArenaMARCH 20243 – Paris, Accor Arena5 – Paris, Accor Arena7 – Munich, Olympiahalle12 – Madrid, Wizink Centre14 – Madrid, Wizink Centre16 – Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi19 – Lisbon, Altice Arena21 – Bilbao, BEC23 – Torino, Pala Alpitour26 – Budapest, MVM Dome28 – Milan, Mediolanum Forum30 – Milan, Mediolanum ForumAPRIL 20243 – Cologne, Lanxess Arena5 – Cologne, Lanxess Arena8 – Cologne, Lanxess ArenaDepeche Mode kicked off their 2023 ‘Memento Mori’ world tour in Sacramento, California back in March. They’re currently out on the road in Europe, with that stint due to wrap up next month.

Rina Sawayama appeared to call out The 1975’s Matty Healy again during her set at NOS Alive.The singer was mid-way through her performance at the Lisbon-based festival when she addressed the crowd and pushed for an apology from “some people” who get away with making sexist and racist comments.“So I was thinking a lot about apologies,” she began, speaking to the crowd towards the end of her track ‘STFU’. “It’s just funny how some people get away with not apologising ever… For saying some racist shit.

Depeche Mode have announced new UK, Ireland and European tour dates for 2024 – find all the details below.The duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – are due to hit the road once again early next year in support of their 15th and most recent album, ‘Memento Mori’, which came out in March.Having played at London’s Twickenham Stadium last month as part of a wider European tour, Depeche Mode will return to the capital for a concert at The O2 on January 22, 2024. Further gigs are scheduled for Birmingham (January 24), Manchester (29) and Glasgow (31).The band will then head to Dublin on February 3 before returning to Europe for concerts in numerous cities, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon and Budapest.

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