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Sam Fender, Wet Leg, Self Esteem and more are all set to perform at next month’s 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony in London.Last month (July 26), the 12 albums that have been shortlisted for the Album Of The Year award were announced, including Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’, Little Simz’s ‘Sometimes I Might be Introvert’, Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’, Wet Leg’s self-titled album and Yard Act’s ‘The Overload’.Also on the shortlist are Self Esteem (‘Prioritise Pleasure’), Joy Crookes (‘Skin’), Kojey Radical (‘Reason To Smile’), Nova Twins (‘Supernova’), Fergus McCreadie (‘Forest Floor’), Gwenno (‘Tresor’) and Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler (‘For All Our Days That Tear The Heart’).11 of the 12 nominees have now been confirmed to perform live at the September 8 ceremony at London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith. Only Harry Styles is unable to attend, and will instead pre-record a special performance that will be broadcast at the ceremony.The 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony will be hosted by Lauren Laverne and broadcast on BBC Four from 9pm-10.15pm BST.

Naman Ramachandran Musician and actor David Bowie has topped a Sky Arts list celebrating the 50 most influential British artists of the last 50 years.Bowie was named most influential by judges as they commended his influence across the industry and ability to transcend a variety of mediums including music, film and fashion.A team of judges across music, film and TV, performing arts, literature and visual art were asked to create the list by TV channel Sky Arts in a celebration of British artists past and present and their influence on global culture. The 15-person judging panel, led by DJ, presenter and author Lauren Laverne, included MOBO Awards founder Kanya King, writer Bonnie Greer, film critic Ali Plumb and theater critic Lyn Gardner.

Kate Moss is one of the world’s most famous supermodels, and the biggest names in fashion. The Croydon-born beauty has graced countless magazine covers, as well as being the face of numerous high-profile campaigns. Moreover, she’s just given the most candid interview of her career to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs.

Kanye West during her recent appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.When asked by presenter Lauren Laverne what her desert island tracks would be, one of the choices was a track that West specially mixed for Moss. The pair have been friends for many years and West made reference to Moss on his 2007 track, ‘Stronger’.The version Moss shared is ‘Back to Life’ by West’s Sunday Service and Jazzie B.“I’ve had this specially mixed for today,” Moss said on the show.

Kate Moss is opening up about her experience during her Calvin Klein ad debut in 1992 with Mark Wahlberg, saying she «completely» felt objectified, but also «vulnerable» and scared.«During an appearance on BBC Radio 4's show, the 48-year-old model was asked by host Lauren Laverne about the famous campaign that launched her to stardom, and Moss said she „had not very good memories“ while recalling what it was like to work with the actor then known as the rapper Marky Mark.»He was very macho and it was all about him," she recalled. «He had a big entourage.

Kate Moss is looking back at one of her most famous photoshoots – the iconic Calvin Klein ad with Mark Wahlberg, which debuted in 1992.

A somber reflection. Kate Moss is opening up about the darker side of her modeling career.

Adele has rescheduled her cancelled Las Vegas shows and said she's "ecstatic" to finally confirm the new dates. The singer, 34, sparked backlash at the start of the year when she cancelled her Las Vegas residency at the last minute, with some fans already in Sin City ready to watch her perform. The Weekends With Adele shows had been due to run from January to April at The Colosseum venue inside the world famous Caesars Palace hotel.

Kate Moss has made it clear she wasn’t fond of working with Mark Wahlberg on that famous Calvin Klein photoshoot back in 1992.

Read more: Declan Donnelly announces birth of second child with adorable photo Lauren Laverne asked Adele about her memorable Glastonbury set, back in 2016, which she dedicated to her grandfather. "I don't remember much of it because it was such an overwhelming experience," she said. "But I imagined him there.

to support Johnny Depp in his libel trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, saying she had to “say [the] truth” about the actor. Moss, 48, testified to the Virginia courtroom in May via video link from Gloucestershire, refuting one of the accusations against Depp, who she was in a relationship with from 1994 to 1998. Speaking to Lauren Laverne on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs, she said: “I know the truth about Johnny.

Kate Moss has revealed how a photoshoot as a teenager helped to "sharpen my instincts", leaving her able to "tell a wrong 'un a mile away" - as she spoke about the dangers of the fashion industry. The British model was just 15 when she was working with a male photographer who asked her to take her top and bra off during a photoshoot for a bra catalogue. Now 48, she told BBC Desert Island Discs that she had taken her top off when asked, despite being "really shy then about my body".

Kate Moss has revealed how she ran away from a photographer when she was 15 after he told her to take her bra off. The 48-year-old supermodel recalled the disturbing underwear catalogue shoot 33 years ago on the latest edition of Desert Island Discs. Kate, 48, said: "He said, ‘Take your top off ‘ and I took my top off.

Kate Moss has said she felt she “had to tell the truth” in defence of her former partner Johnny Depp during his recent libel trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. Kate, 48, testified in defence of Johnny, 59, during his multimillion-dollar US lawsuit against Amber, 36, after the Aquaman actress mentioned a rumour that Kate was pushed down the stairs by Johnny while the two were in a relationship. Johnny won the lawsuit against Amber last month after a jury ruled her 2018 article in the Washington Post was defamatory.

Adele and Rich Paul are soaking up the sun! The couple was spotted on vacation in Italy.In new pictures, the “Hello” songstress sports a silk blue set and black shades, while Paul coordinates with his lady with a multi-colored sweater as they boarded a yacht.  The pair was all smiles as they made their way around Porto Cervo.

Adele is opening up about how her canceled Las Vegas residency impacted her. On Sunday, the singer spoke to BBC Radio 4’s "Desert Island Discs" where she reflected on her last-minute decision to call off her shows in Sin City earlier this year. "I definitely felt everyone’s disappointed, and I was devastated, and I was frightened about letting them down," the 34-year-old told host Lauren Laverne.

Adele welcomed her first child with then-husband Simon Konecki, and now she's opening up about her desire to have more kids someday. The 34-year-old singer dished on motherhood and all things that come with it while speaking to Lauren Laverne on the latest episode of BBC Sounds' .«I definitely would like a couple more kids,» Adele told Laverne.

Adele wants to lean even further into her beloved role as a mother — and expand her family!

Adele gave a personal look inside of her relationship with Rich Paul. During the latest episode of BBC Sounds' s, the 34-year-old shared the key piece of advice she gets from the sports agent that pushes her out of her comfort zone. While speaking with host Lauren Laverne, the “Water Under The Bridge” singer shared that she would spend years out of the spotlight, mastering how to be seen if she wants.

Adele has opened up about being forced to postpone her Weekends With Adele Las Vegas residency earlier this year.The singer was due to start the residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on January 21, marking her first shows since 2017, and it was scheduled to extend through to April. She announced the postponement a day before the residency’s planned opening night with a video, saying the show was simply not ready.“We’ve tried absolutely everything we can to put it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and COVID,” she explained at the time.In February, while appearing on The Graham Norton Show, she discussed how delays relating to COVID and equipment had meant that, if the gigs were to have taken place as scheduled, it “would have been a really half-arsed show, and I can’t do that”.Now, in a new interview with Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4, Adele elaborated on the last-minute postponement.

Thania Garcia Adele has shared that she felt like “a shell of a person for a couple months” after abruptly canceling her “Weekends With Adele” Las Vegas residency in January — just days before it was set to begin.In an interview with Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4, the singer says that she felt guilty about disappointing fans who had paid thousands of dollars to attend.“I just had to wait it out and just grieve it, I guess, just grieve the shows and get over the guilt, but it was brutal,” Adele shared.Adele first tearfully broke the news of the cancelations in a video posted on her Instagram, in which she told fans that dates would be rescheduled with additional information to come. She told BBC host Lauren Laverne that she felt she needed to deal with the backlash of the canceled event privately, admitting “the show was not good enough.

Adele is defending her decision to postpone her highly anticipated Las Vegas residency. In a new interview on BBC Radio 4 Sunday, the «Easy On Me» singer shared that she stands by her last-minute choice to call off her Sin City shows, despite being frightened to let her fans down.«I definitely felt everyone's disappointment, and I was devastated, and I was frightened about letting them down,» Adele told BBC's Lauren Laverne. «I thought I could pull it together and make it work, and I couldn't, and I stand by that decision.»At the end of the day, Adele said the show simply wasn't «good enough,» a sentiment she shared when initially postponing the residency back in January, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, a lack of time and delivery delays as factors that played a part in making the decision.«You can't buy me, you can't buy me for nothing,» she added.

postpone her Las Vegas residency earlier this year, telling BBC’s “Desert Island Discs” host Lauren Laverne on Friday that the backlash left her a “shell of a person.”Her January Instagram announcement that the Caesar’s Palace shows were not happening as planned was met with immediate outcry from ticketholders, and her tearful video was widely criticized.“I definitely felt everyone’s disappointment and I was devastated and I was frightened about letting them down,” she told Laverne of the last-minute decision to shelve the residency, which would have run from January through April.“I was a shell of a person for a couple of months. I just had to wait it out and just grieve it, I guess, just grieve the shows and get over the guilt, but it was brutal,” she continued, adding that the shows would be rescheduled “very, very soon.”She also told Laverne, “I thought I could pull it together and make it work and I couldn’t, and I stand by that decision.

Adele revealed the public reaction to her postponing her Las Vegas shows was so intense that it led to her feeling like a ‘shell of a person’ in the following months. At the beginning of the year, the Easy On Me hitmaker, 34, informed fans that she postponed a lucrative set of shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace after delays due to Covid meant it ‘wasn’t ready’.  While people sympathised with the fact that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continued to have an impact with services being delayed and crew coming down with the virus, many were disappointed the announcement came so late.

U2 frontman Bono has opened up about the moment in 2000 when he first learned that he has a half-brother.The singer spoke about the family discovery in a new interview with BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.“I have another brother, whom I love and adore, who I didn’t know I had,” he told host Lauren Laverne, before explaining that his mother Iris, who died in 1974, did not know her husband had had a child with another woman.“It’s a very close family,” Bono said. “And I could tell my father had a deep friendship with this gorgeous woman, who’s part of the family, and then they had a child.

Glastonbury Festival, describing it in glowing terms as “surely the best one yet”.The festival’s organiser shared a short statement on Instagram yesterday (June 27) following the conclusion of this year’s Worthy Farm event on Sunday (June 26), which was the first to be held since 2019 after Glastonbury’s 2020 and 2021 editions were both cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.In her post, which featured images of Sunday performers Kendrick Lamar, Diana Ross and Pet Shop Boys, Eavis wrote: “Sunday rounding off an incredible weekend… thank you to everyone who came here and made it so special. It surely was the best one yet!“A remarkable feat by all artists and crew, thank you to everybody who played a part and everyone who came and created such an amazing atmosphere of joy and love.

The U2 frontman has a half-brother he has not talked about before, who was born after his father had an affair while living at home in Dublin with Bono, his brother Norman and their mother. Bono describes the discovery, and tells how he finally resolved his difficult relationship with his late father, a postal worker Brendan “Bob” Hewson, in a candid radio interview in the runup to the publication of his memoir, Surrender. “I do have another who I love and adore,” he tells Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs this morning.

Billie Eilish headlining on Friday night. Still to come on the Pyramid stage is Sir Paul McCartney as part of the 50th anniversary lineup, before Kendrick Lamar closes on Sunday evening. It’ll come as no surprise that tickets are sold out – with an estimated two million festival goers registering at the time – but you can still enjoy the legends slot, and all other performances from the comfort of your sofa – no wellies or raincoat needed.

BBC Radio 6 Music host Lauren Laverne has announced the untimely death of her mother, Celia Gofton, and has understandably stepped away from covering this year’s Glastonbury for the network.Laverne shared the news on Instagram today (June 25), writing: “Yesterday I lost my Mam, Celia. She was the kindest, most compassionate and most tenacious person I have ever met.”Sharing more about Celia’s life, Laverne wrote: “She ran the only reggae club night in the NE and told me that being young in the ’60s felt like that line in Mr Tambourine Man ‘to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free’.”A post shared by Lauren Laverne (@laurenlaverne)Laverne went on to say that Celia was “looking forward” to watching Paul McCartney perform tonight at Glastonbury, referring him to “Paulie (as he was always known in our house – her favourite Beatle)”.“She’d been a fan ever since she saw him at the Sunderland Empire in 1963 (and later met him later with me – he was just lovely to her),” Laverne recalled.Laverne concluded the touching tribute by saying: “Mam, I love you forever.

Glastonbury 2022 got underway earlier today (June 22).The festival gates opened at Worthy Farm at 8am this morning, with festival organiser Eavis and her dad Michael on hand to welcome in the first ticketholders.Speaking to Lauren Laverne on her BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast Show today, Eavis reflected on the unusually long build-up to the 2022 festival after Glastonbury’s 2020 and 2021 editions were both cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.“I’m still recovering, because the build-up has just been so long,” she told Laverne. “We’ve never had a build-up as long as this, obviously.