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Thousands of Liam Gallagher fans are set to join ticketing queues on Friday as his new Definitely Maybe tour offficially goes on sale. There is set to be a ticket buying frenzy after Liam announced he would be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Oasis' debut album with a solo tour in 2024.

Becky Hill has shared details of a huge UK headline tour for next year. Find ticket details below.The 2024 run of dates marks the largest-ever headline shows for the British singer-songwriter, and spans across nine UK cities.Running through the course of October, the live shows kick off on October 12 with a show at the OVO Hydro venue in Glasgow, before continuing with a stop at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena the following day.From there, Hill will make stops at arenas in Nottingham, Leeds, Exeter and Birmingham, before playing shows at Manchester’s AO Arena and Cardiff’s Utilita Arena on October 20 and October 22 respectively.The tour will conclude with a final stop at the OVO Arena in Wembley, London on October 24.

Blink-182‘s latest tour announcement has led to speculation that the trio will headline next year’s Reading & Leeds festivals.Yesterday (October 18) the pop-punk trio confirmed the new dates for their postponed live shows in Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin, which formed part of their 2023 UK and Ireland tour.They are scheduled to perform at Belfast’s SSE Arena on August 26, followed by Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham on August 27 and the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on two nights, August 29 and 30.The brief run of concerts falls on the week after Reading & Leeds 2024 is due to take place, between Wednesday August 21 and Sunday August 25. Blink-182 currently don’t have any other gigs planned for that month, suggesting a return to R&L could be on the cards.Fans on social media have picked up on the potential significance of Blink’s Ireland dates, with one writing: “That’s them nailed on for Reading next year then.” Another X/Twitter user wrote: “So we’re all in agreement that Blink are playing Reading and Leeds[?]”Someone else commented: “Blink-182 are almost definitely playing Reading and Leeds and I will absolutely be there.” Elsewhere, a fan said the group “must be” one of the twin-site festival’s headliners next summer.

“Dancing With The Stars Live” will return to stages all over North America with special guest Julianne Hough appearing on select dates.As of now, the classic reality show turned thrilling live experience has 64 performances planned including five in New York and three in New Jersey.The five New York stops will take place at Brookville’s Tilles Center for Performing Arts on Jan. 16, White Plains’ The Westchester County Center on Jan. 17, Verona’s Turning Stone Resort Casino on Jan.

Skydance Animation has found a new home at Netflix, ending a lucrative distribution pact with Apple Studios. Skydance Animation, run by John Lasseter with president Holly Edwards, will now exclusively release its animated movies directly to Netflix in an arrangement that will span multiple years, with the studios’ existing slate also moving exclusively to the streamer.

Zach Bryan will have very few days off.The popular country singer recently extended his upcoming ‘The Quittin’ Time Tour’ that will send him to arenas and stadiums all over North America from March through December.As of now, the 27-year-old has a whopping 81 (!) gigs lined up next year; that’s 29 more than when the tour was announced back in late August.And if you’re a Zach Bryan fan based in NY or NJ, you’re in luck.In March, he’ll hit Buffalo, NY’s KeyBank Center on March 10, Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on March 14-15, Brooklyn, NY’s Barclays Center on March 27-28 and Elmont, NY’s UBS Arena on March 30-31.He’ll close the tour with an encore of back-to-back concerts at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Dec.

On Monday, Liam Gallagher delighted fans as he announced a new tour celebrating Oasis' seminal debut album Definitely Maybe would take place in 2024. The new tour will include three homecoming shows at the new Co-Op Live arena in Manchester.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola might have watched the England match through his fingers with so many of his players involved on Tuesday night. However, in the end, Guardiola pretty much got exactly what he wanted from the win over Italy.

Ocean Colour Scene, John Power of Cast and The La’s, Mark Chadwick of Levellers, Mark Morriss of The Bluetones and Saffron of Republica will join forces for an orchestral celebration of Britpop and are set to perform a selection of their hits and other iconic tracks from that era.The one-off run of shows will kick off on June 7 at the Eventim Apollo in London followed by the Symphony Hall in Birmingham on June 8 and will wrap up on June 9 at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.The general ticket sale will take place on Friday, October 20 at 10am. Visit here for ticketsSpeaking of the upcoming event in a press release, Fowler said: “Really looking forward to playing some of our hit songs with an orchestra at some of the country’s most beautiful venues and meeting up with faces from the past that we had great fun with”.Morriss added: “To have the opportunity to perform The Bluetones songs in this style, in these venues, is not something I ever dreamt would be possible.

Slash and Myles Kennedy and The Co-Conspirators have announced a 2024 world tour set to take place in January.The 32-date run titled ‘The River Is Rising – Rest of the World Tour ’24’ will see the rock icon travel across 21 countries. Kicking off on January 23 at the Pepsi Center WTC in Mexico City, they will then head to Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unexpectedly announced new producers for the 96th Academy Awards. It was believed that the 2023 production team of Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner would return to give the telecast consistency as it continues to rebound from a COVID pandemic ratings plunge.

The Criterion Collection always kicks off its releases for a new calendar year with a couple of big titles. And 2024 starts off very strong for the boutique DVD series, with Danny Boyle‘s “Trainspotting” leading the way.

Barry’s back in the Big Apple.On April 17-21, 2024, Barry Manilow will perform five back-to-back gigs at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.Over the course of his storied career, the 80-year-old singer has performed at the venue 39 times; this upcoming mini-residency will be his first gigs at Radio City since he played five sold out shows there in June 2023.At all shows, fans can expect to hear Manilow’s classic hits like “Mandy,” “I Write the Songs,” “Looks Like We Made It,” “Can’t Smile Without You,” “Copacabana (At the Copa)” and many, many more. According to SetList.FM, he regularly plays at least 17 or 18 songs at all concerts.Need tickets to see the Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner live next spring? You can scoop them up as early as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Oct.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Drew and Jonathan Scott are building up more (intellectual) property at HGTV. The massively popular home-reno and real estate siblings have set two new series with their longtime Warner Bros.

Mitski has shared details of an upcoming tour of the UK and Europe in 2024 – find ticket details below.The new live shows come in support of the American artist’s latest album ‘The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We’. Released via Dead Oceans, the LP marks her seventh studio album and hears the singer return to more analogue and organic roots.Since the release Mitski has gone on to play various acoustic performances of the record in cities across North America, the UK and Europe.

Jada Pinkett-Smith has revealed that her popular web show Red Table Talk will be returning next year.The Facebook Watch Original show saw Pinkett-Smith, her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris and daughter Willow Smith discuss various topics such as love and relationships, sometimes with a special guest. The show was recently cancelled in April this year after Facebook decided to cancel all their original shows.Per The Daily Mail, during a Q&A session with fans on a livestream event, the actress and musician confirmed that “The Red Table is coming back? and that her family were “in the works of a situation right now” with a return likely for “next year.”Pinkett-Smith explained: “We could not do the Red Table while I was writing this book and while Willow was on her music journey.

Bring Me The Horizon have announced a 2024 Australian tour with Sleep Token as support next spring.Oli Sykes and Co. will be heading down under in April 2024 for four dates.

Sam Hunt is headed back to the outskirts.The popular country singer just announced his 17-concert arena ‘Outskirts Tour’ with special guests Brett Young and Lily Rose from February through April.‘Outskirts’ will be a bit of a victory lap for the 38-year-old Hunt; in summer 2023, he toured with Young and Rose on his ‘Summer On The Outskirts Tour.’“I sat back for the last three months and enjoyed every second of the time I got to spend with these wonderful people,” he shared on Instagram about the summer run of shows.And if you want to enjoy every second with Hunt, Young and Rose on their next run of shows, you can grab tickets to catch him live in 2024 as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Oct.

Manic Street Preachers and Suede have added an Eden Sessions show to their joint 2024 UK and Ireland tour – find out how to get tickets below.The bands, who toured Europe together in 1993 before recreating the line-up for a North American tour in 2022, recently announced a joint UK and Ireland tour for next year. Both acts head to Japan, Singapore and Taiwan this winter for other shared dates.Today (October 16) the Manics and Suede have revealed a fresh date for the tour, which sees them stop by Cornwall to play the Eden Sessions on June 29, 2024.

Jaden Thompson The ATX TV Festival has opened submissions for its annual “The Pitch Competition Presented by Canva,” offering undiscovered TV writers the chance to have their original concepts and scripts considered by acclaimed writers, producers and executives in television. The early bird submission deadline is Dec. 1, the regular submission deadline is Jan.

Glastonbury Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis has hinted that Madonna will headline next year’s event.Over the weekend Eavis posted a photo on Instagram from Madonna’s ‘The Celebration Tour‘, which opened at London’s The O2 on Saturday (October 14). Eavis captioned the image with: “She’s back! Incredible.”Many Glastonbury fans have commented on Eavis post, suggesting that the festival boss is dropping a huge hint that the Queen of Pop will top the Pyramid Stage next June.“Well that’s a massive hint…,” commented one Instagram user, while another wrote: “Sunday night slot is looking BOOKED!”A post shared by Emily Eavis (@emily_eavis)Others supposed that Madonna could instead be booked for the Sunday afternoon Legends slot, which in recent years has seen performances from Diana Ross, Kylie Minogue and Dolly Parton.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Warner Bros. Discovery will be launching its streaming service Max in France, one of its top European markets, next summer, Variety has learned. The launch in France will follow a rollout in Northern and Eastern Europe, which is expected to be unveiled by Gerhard Zeiler, president of international at Warner Bros.

Liam Gallagher has sent fans into a frenzy announcing an epic new tour celebrating Oasis' seminal debut album Definitely Maybe in 2024. The new tour will include three HUGE homecoming shows at the new Co-Op Live arena in Manchester.

The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer have shared details of a joint tour in the UK and Ireland next summer.Both bands played headline sets at California’s BeachLife festival last year and will come together again for a short tour that kicks off in Birmingham on June 7, 2024.The US acts will then take in shows at London’s The O2, Dublin’s 3Arena, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Manchester’s Co-op Live and Cardiff Castle across the rest of the month.Tickets for the UK and Ireland 2024 tour go on general sale this Friday (October 20) at 10am BST here. There is also a pre-sale at the same link opening this Thursday (October 19) at 10am BST.The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer’s 2024 UK and Ireland tour:JUNEFriday 7 – Birmingham Utilita ArenaSaturday 8 – London The O2Monday 10 – Dublin 3ArenaWednesday 12 – Glasgow OVO HydroThursday 13 – Manchester Co-op LiveFriday 14 – Cardiff CastleIn other news, last month The Smashing Pumpkins re-staged the release show that they held for their ‘Siamese Dream’ album 30 years ago and performed numerous rarities at the event.Taking place on September 17, the band had the tea house made to look like the original Tower Records set.

Iron Maiden have announced tour dates for Australia and New Zealand, as part of their broader ‘Future Past’ world tour.The English heavy metal band first teased the dates in a video shared to social media last week. Today (October 16), the official run of shows have been confirmed for September of next year, with Iron Maiden first performing at Perth’s RAC Arena on September 1, with another show slated for the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on September 4.From there, the band will perform at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena (September 6) and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre (September 10), before finalising the Australian run of dates at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on September 12.

Liza Foreman Kids spend more than 60 minutes consuming content a day on any device, and that figure is higher in the U.S., according to Ivan Colecchia, senior VP business development, at analytics firm The Insights Family. Colecchia outlined several key trends for kids entertainment for the year ahead in a presentation at MipJunior kids content and co-production market. The global take-over of anime, a cinema renaissance amongst kids, the rise in popularity of popular Asian culture, like K-Pop boy bands, AI, customized content, and an increased income from toys related to favorite shows were the main talking points for Colecchia on Friday.

If you just saw Taylor Swift‘s The Eras Tour concert film and are hoping you can see her perform the show live, there’s still a chance.

Orbital have announced details of their 2024 UK and Ireland tour.The band, which consists of Kent brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll, will tour their 1991 self-titled debut (also known as the ‘Green Album’). The track ‘Belfast’ from the record appeared in the soundtrack to the seminal Cool Cymru film Human Traffic (1999). You can get tickets for the tour here and see all tour dates below.Previously, Orbital toured the UK and Ireland in 2023 for their most recent album.

Elvis Costello and The Imposters have 13 concerts lined up from Jan. 10 through Feb.