In just two weeks, fans of The Beatles will see the new Let It Be show when it comes to Edinburgh for one week only. The updated version of Let It Be: A Celebration Of The Music Of The Beatles was premiered in Cardiff last month, with audiences across the UK and Ireland seeing the brand new second part of the show for the very first time. Let It Be comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse…
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Phill Jupitus is currently touring the UK with his hugely-acclaimed Juplicity show. Ahead of his visit to the Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh on Sunday, 4 November, the comedy giant sat down for a chat with Brian Donaldson. Is there anything Phill Jupitus hasn’t done? A DJ on BBC 6 Music, team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, poet who supported Billy Bragg in the 1980s, TV and film actor, improv player, and musical star of Hairspray…
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National Treasures Si King and Dave Myers, aka The Hairy Bikers, have announced a huge nationwide tour for 2019 taking in over 37 dates between February and April – including Edinburgh. With their irresistible enthusiasm, An Evening With The Hairy Bikers will be an epic night of cooking and conversation. Big hearted, down-to-earth cooks with a love of good food, Si and Dave have been cooking together for more than twenty years. They have created…
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Metallica’s WorldWired Tour has confirmed its return to the UK and Europe, this time for a staggering May 1-August 25, 2019 run of their own outdoor gigs at stadiums, parks, and even one at a castle. The new dates are Metallica’s first in the UK and Europe since the September 2017 to May 2018 indoor run that broke attendance records in 29 venues across the continent. Kicking off May 1, 2019 at Lisbon’s Estadio Restelo, the 25 newly announced WorldWired shows across…
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The Breaking Bad soundtrack is to be released on vinyl to celebrate the hit series’ 10th anniversary. You can see the full tracklist below. Breaking Bad first aired in 2008 and ran for five seasons before ending in September 2013. To mark ten years since it premiered, music from across every season will be released in a box set of coloured vinyl. Available from November 30, the Breaking Bad Original Soundtrack will feature five “Albuquerque…
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London indie band Wolf Alice have won the 2018 Mercury Music Prize for their second album, Visions of a Life. The group beat the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen and Noel Gallagher to the award. The four-piece were almost speechless as they took to the stage at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, to accept the £25,000 prize. Singer Ellie Rowsell said: “Thank-you so much, this means so much to pick this up with…
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Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has announced his first ever book, which will be released in November. Titled Any Road Will Get Us There (If We Don’t Know Where We’re Going), the book promises “epic, behind-the-scenes tales”, and will tell the story of High Flying Birds’ recent world tour and the making of his latest album Who Built The Moon? The book also features exclusive images by photographer Sharon Latham. The synopsis reads: “The first…
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US singer Lana Del Rey has shared new song Venice Bitch – and it’s AAA’s Hottest Record of the Week. You can listen to it here. The single comes hot on the heels of another recent new song, Mariners Apartment Complex (watch the video below), which was produced in collaboration with Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff. In the video for Venice Bitch, Del Rey talks on the phone before facing the camera and pretending to shoot at…
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Charlie Brooker, Thandie Newton and Claire Foy were among the British winners at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. Foy picked up the best actress in a drama series award for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s hit series The Crown. Welsh actor Matthew Rhys also scooped one of the night’s big prizes – winning best leading actor in a drama series. Game of Thrones took away two prizes – best drama series and…
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London doom-and-gloom merchants White Lies have announced details of new album Five, as well as debuting lead single Time To Give. Listen to it below and check out their UK tour dates – which includes a visit to Edinburgh early next year. Set for release on February 1, 2019, Five was recorded on both sides of the Atlantic, and sees the group joining forces with songwriter Ed Buller, who previously worked on their 2009 debut….
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Just weeks after Nirvana reunited to perform at Foo Fighters’