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Living legend Jane McDonald has just confirmed two mighty pieces of information: She will be going on a huge tour in 2026. And it's all to celebrate her newly announced album Living the Dream, which is due to be released in Spring 2026.The 62-year-old icon will be embarking on a 19-date tour across the UK from August 28, 2026, through to September 26, 2026. During this adventure, she'll be playing some massive venues, including The London Palladium, Birmingham's Utilita Arena, Manchester's AO Arena, and plenty more. Tickets will be released this week, with one major presale before then. Below, we've got all the details fans need.Jane McDonald presale tickets can be purchased from Thursday, November 27, 2025, at 10am. These presale tickets will be exclusively available to fans who have p...

After a decade of touring and four full-length albums, The Hunna have finally had the chance to slow down enough to take a breath. In that space, the Watford trio - made up of Ryan Potter, Jack Metcalfe and Daniel Dorney - have gained a fresh sense of independence and pride, now captured in their first-ever EP. blue transitions, a self-produced and ‘emotionally mature’ collection of songs touching on the theme of transformation, and made free from label deadlines, marks a reset that unintentionally mirrors the band’s own evolution. I spoke to frontman Ryan Potter about how producing their latest release builds on everything they’ve learnt over the years.“When we first started putting it together we started seeing blue everywhere,” Ryan says looking down at his T-shirt when I ask if wear...

Sir Brian May confessed he “doesn’t know how long he’s got left” and said he is now “treasuring time with family” after half a century of touring. The Queen legend sat down with the Daily Express during the launch of his new book Islands in Infinity: Galaxies 3-D – which views astrophysics through a three-dimensional stereoscopic lens.During the interview, Sir Brian, 78, confessed he is “not talking about touring at the moment” with his fellow bandmates and Adam Lambert. He said: “I'm certainly not talking about touring because I've done 50 years of it, and I'm treasuring my time with the family at the moment and time to be able to do things like this, the astrophysics side of my life.“To be able to do stuff with animals and basically spend time with my grandchildren and my animals. So ...

Dan Whitlam had the Roundhouse hanging onto his every last word, so much so that fans forgot to dance. Poetry isn't for everyone and I'm still not convinced it's for me, but introduce music and Dan Whitlam nails the ever-growing UK spoken word genre. Viral clips of the London-based artist speaking vulnerably to a camera on a train in the capital must have found their way into my Instagram algorithm last year. Immediately I opened Spotify to see if there was more where that came from. Indeed, there was not quite enough to fill a headline show at The Roundhouse – or so I thought.Whitlam filled the stage with not just a band but a revolving door of collaborators, Sophie Faith and Tamzene among them, singing their part in his relatively young discography stretching only as far back as 2022....

Radiohead are returning to stages around the world after a significant break from international stages. And time is running out for fans who do not yet have tickets. The legendary rock band will be hitting the UK in just a matter of days for four exclusive shows at London's O2 Arena, beginning on Friday, November 21, 2025. These shows will run four consecutive days until Monday, November 25, 2025. As expected, when tickets finally went on sale, they were snapped up immediately.Despite being sold exclusively through a fan registration process, they sold out extremely fast. Even with the O2 Arena's capacity of 20,000 (totalling approximately 80,000 tickets), there simply weren't enough tickets to meet the demand. As a result, many fans are now resorting to resale websites to secure their ...

Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time. Fronted by singer Robert Plant’s transcendent vocals, backed by Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones’ groovy bass and John Bonham’s thunderous drumming.It really was the perfect outfit. There is a simple question you can ask of such a band with an impossible answer - which song is best? Robert Plant and Jimmy Page have given an answer 56 years after their debut album was released. These five and a half decades provide the space for the artists to be a little more objective when grading their legendary work, naturally looking back with perhaps less attachment than when the music was first conceived.“I wish we were remembered for Kashmir more than Stairway To Heaven,” said Robert Plant to Louder Sound. The s...

The Foo Fighters confirmed the excellent news last week: They are coming to the UK. But there are some stipulations. The rockers, best known for such iconic hits as Monkey Wrench, My Hero, Learn To Fly, and Everlong, will be playing two shows in Great Britain in June 2026. And these shows will only be taking place at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium.Tickets for these highly sought-after shows were released on Friday, November 14, 2025. And while these two gigs have a cumulative ticket pool of more than 120,000, it was not enough. Plenty of fans were left wanting after general onsale kicked off. Thankfully, for the fans who are still keen to buy tickets, there is still hope. Below we've broken down where to buy Foo Fighters tickets now.Foo Fighters tickets are available right now from a numbe...

Several things are almost set in stone when you attend a Bob Dylan gig. First, you have no idea what he’s going to sing. He could deliver a version of an old Brighton phone directory and most fans wouldn’t bat an eyelid; second, he doesn’t engage in small talk about anything, in between, before or after the set; it’s all about the music; thirdly, and more disappointingly, he rarely plays an encore. For this concert, the lights quickly dimmed after the final song, and he retreated to his own world again before you could say, “Which way to the exit?” The house lights suddenly came on, and sadly, it was all over.If you’d taken all these caveats as a given, your enjoyment would have been enhanced. Personally (I’ve seen him four times now), I like the uncertainty. We have Spotify if we want ...

Elvis Presley dated many women, but one of his most constant relationships was with Linda Thompson.The Miss Tennessee model lived with the King at Graceland from 1972-6 and she often shares touching memories and photos from their relationship on her social media.Most recently, the 75-year-old, who was married to Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner, has posted audio of her and Elvis singing a touching duet, upstairs at Graceland.She captioned this post: "On this day many years ago in Memphis, Tennessee… Happy Monday Memories y’all! And thank you for this video. PS… forgive my little “churchy” voice… So kind of Elvis to sing harmony and let me sing lead… Lol."The recording was made in the upstairs office of the Graceland mansion next to Elvis’ bedroom. It was here that Linda and The King sat and s...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s Queen magnum opus, Bohemian Rhapsody.But fans will not be quick to forget that 2025 is also the 40th anniversary of the late singer’s debut solo album, Mr Bad Guy.To celebrate, Freddie’s estate has announced a lavish special edition vinyl reissue.The star, who died in 1991, said at the time of the 1985 release: “I put my heart and soul into Mr Bad Guy.“It reflects a whole spectrum of my life. Mr Bad Guy? That’s me!”The announcement read: “Originally released end of April 1985, Mr Bad Guy was Mercury’s first album away from the group he had co-founded 15 years before and helped steer to staggering artistic and commercial heights. It found him breaking free from the confines of a band, swapping Queen’s chameleonic, arena-sized musi...