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Parklife is one of Manchester's best-loved festivals, and 2025 is set to be an even bigger event for the city.This year's event is set to be a celebration of 15 years at Heaton Park. And this year, Parklife is due to kick off on Saturday, June 14 and run through to Sunday, June 15.Previously, the festival confirmed Charli XCX as its headliner for 2025's festival, and now 50 Cent has joined the fray. What's more, a plethora of new stars have been added to the absolutely stacked line-up, including Jorja Smith, Overmno, Flo, and many more. We've got all the information on how to get tickets and enter presale right now. Here's the breakdown:At the time of writing, there are two limited presales kicking off this week.The first comes from Three+, which is on right now. You can get involved us...

Sabrina Carpenter is, finally, set to grace British shores in a matter of weeks. The singer best known for her hits Espresso and Please Please Please will be bringing her Short N' Sweet tour to the UK for the first time.During that time, the 25-year-old will be playing six massive gigs across the country, from Dublin and Birmingham to London and Manchester - and beyond. On top of that, she'll be headlining BST Hyde Park for the first time this year. She'll be joined by the likes of Hugh Jackman, Olivia Rodrigo, ELO, and more.Tickets for these events were released months ago and quickly sold out due to high demand - but hope hasn't fallen by the wayside just yet. Tickets are still available at a number of online retailers, including resale websites such as viagogo, and more.However, it a...

Toto star Steve ‘Luke’ Lukather stopped dyeing his hair when he turned 65, after his eldest son intervened. “I’d been dyeing it black since my thirties,” the singer-guitarist tells me. “Then, two years ago, my son Trevor said, ‘Look at your pals Jimmy Page and Brian May, they’ve stopped’.“I said, ‘But I don’t know what’s underneath!’ I was born with dark brown hair. Turns out it’s now white.”He pulls at some wavy white strands until they stick out like Beetlejuice. “I guess image isn’t important anymore,” he smiles.Image played no part in Toto’s success. Their biggest hits – multi-million-sellers Hold The Line, Rosanna, and Africa – remain instantly recognisable. But for most, the band are at best a fuzzy memory from decades-old videos.Yet Lukather points out, “We’re bigger now than eve...

Last year Queen put out a remastered and remixed edition of their debut album and now the final episode of an official series of interviews on the recording has released today.In the video below with Roger Taylor, the Queen drummer shared his frustrations recording the band’s first record with Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon.Back in 1972, the band had recorded their demo reel at De Lane Lea Studios and now had access to Trident Studios to start work on their self-titled debut album.However, Roger’s creative vision for his drum part’s sound was somewhat lost during the rushed sessions.And it is only now on the newly released Queen I that fans can hear what he originally envisioned.Roger shared: “At De Lane Lea, we’d just turn up and do what we can – and quickly. At Trident, it...

PVRIS are currently touring the world with Linkin Park, but they haven't forgotten about their UK fans just yet.The band, which is made up of Lynn Gunn and Brian MacDonald, are best known for their catchy hooks, enchanting vocals, and effervescent stage presence.And while their newest music is some of their best material yet, fans cannot forget PVRIS' debut record, White Noise. The feral record was released back in 2014, and this year, the band are celebrating the ten year-anniversary of its release.That celebration comes with a collection of anniversary tour dates, as well a couple in the UK. This includes shows in both Manchester and London this July 2025. Here's the breakdown and how you can buy tickets right now.Otherwise, if you're looking to attend a PVRIS show but can't find your...

Thin Lizzy. The Acoustic Sessions.Phil Lynott famously demoed everything he wrote for Thin Lizzy with just him singing over acoustic guitar.Now Eric Bell, the band’s first guitarist, has reversed the process with great style, reimagining the finished songs as stripped-back acoustic recordings. Yes, the boys are back toned down.Bell has retained Lynott’s vocals and bass and Brian Downey’s drums, but replaced his electric guitar with multi-tracked acoustic guitar-work.The results are, in part, majestic, not least on A Song For While I’m Away, the Lynott-penned ballad that closed Lizzy’s third album, Vagabonds Of The Western World.Always beautiful, it sounds sublime here with an extra layer of poignancy. And there’s a new exuberance to the rejigged Whiskey In The Jar, the rearranged tradit...

Hot For You Baby - which was orignally intended to be on her 1984 Private Dancer album - is being released.The single is being put out as part of an anniversary edition of that solo breakthrough album, which was nominated for album of the year at the 1985 Grammys and featured the Grammy-winning songs What’s Love Got To Do With It and Better Be Good To Me.The re-release also has other previously unreleased tracks, live performances and footage, including a 55-minute Private Dancer Tour show, with the Queen of Rock n’Roll filmed at Birmingham’s NEC across two nights in March 1985.Directed by the music video director David Mallet, it features British star David Bowie and Canadian singer Bryan Adams at the concert.Turner, known for her soulful hits and a commanding stage presence, was a two...

Graceland opened to the public 43 years, just five years after Elvis Presley’s untimely death. Yet it wasn't until the pandemic happened that virtual tours were offered during lockdown.For the first time, fans could witness unseen spaces from Aunt Delta’s room behind the kitchen to The King’s other private bathroom upstairs in the racquetball court.Elvis erected the latter behind the Memphis mansion in September 1975 for $250,000 – well over the $102,500 Elvis paid for the whole property in 1957.Fans can walk through the sports building on the tour, including its lounge area, which houses the last piano The King played on the morning of his death. However, the first floor isn’t accessible to the public.Nevertheless, Express.co.uk previously participated in a Graceland virtual tour led b...

Order your copy here!From Taylor Swift shattering records with her Eras Tour to Sabrina Carpenter unleashing a stream of number one hits and Charli XCX sparking the ‘Brat’ phenomenon, it’s fair to say female musicians are calling all the shots right now.In this special collector's edition, we reveal everything you need to know about the dazzling pop queens currently filling our ears (and our newsfeeds). With the help of industry experts, we delve into how a sense of sisterhood has helped these artists break down barriers and become the voices of a generation. Worldwide delivery available. Also available at participating retailers from Thursday January 30, 2025.

It’s been three years since The Rolling Stones rocked BST Hyde Park with two shows to mark their 60th anniversary.Then, in 2023, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood released their latest studio album, Hackney Diamonds and embarked on a North American tour.And now, it looks like the rock legends are returning to the UK this summer as part of a European tour.Rumour has it the Rolling Stones will perform four shows at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at some point during the warmer months.According to Daily Mail’s insider, the Rolling Stones cannot wait to return to perform live for British audiences.The source said: “They've been planning it for months and are itching to get back out on the road and do what they do best, which is perform. All three of them feel so alive when the...