The Script perform to adoring fans at Trnsmt
One adoring fan held a cardboard placard reading 'set list please' at the front of the stage.
Singer Danny O'Donoghue wore a red suit during the heatwave during the set and praised fans at the Glasgow Green festival.
Other acts on Friday included US rapper Schoolboy Q, who performed an energetic set on the main stage.
The southern rapper who has frequently collaborated with Kendrick Lamar performed tracks from his recent album, Blue Lips.
English rock band Wet Leg also performed at the festival on Friday, and played songs from new album Moisturizer.
Singer Rhian Teasdale wore a bikini top with Father and Son on each bralet as she wowed crowds on the main stage.
The festival is set to close with headliner 50 Cent.
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- Times
Feeling gloomy? Hollywood has a so bad-it's-good comedy for you!
S omething strange is happening in cinema. Have you noticed? It's Liam Neeson delivering one-liners, sight gags and a very effective diarrhoea routine in The Naked Gun. Or it's Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis camping it up together as hipster teenagers in Freakier Friday (released this week). Or it's Christopher Guest as the ageing rocker Nigel Tufnel, awkwardly shredding a guitar solo in a tiny English pub in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, out in September. Or it's Ariana Grande joining Robert De Niro for another Meet the Parents instalment, Focker In-Law. Or it's Bill Pullman in the Star Wars spoof Spaceballs 2, or Eddie Murphy in the new Pink Panther, or … OK, we get it. Comedies are back. And it's been a while. 'I'm Liam Neeson, and every passing year more and more comedies go unseen, unmade and unquoted.' That's how the 73-year-old Taken star began a recent faux public service announcement that begged potential audiences to buy a cinema ticket for The Naked Gun, 'so our children and hopefully their children too can one day enjoy watching a comedy in the theatre'. The clip was just part of the film's zany promotional machine but it addressed a glaring absence of comedies in the multiplex ecosystem. Box office analysts and culture watchers alike suggest that it's been more than a decade since comedies effectively disappeared from cinema screens, or at least since comedy impresarios such as Judd Apatow could turn everything from The 40-Year-Old Virgin to Knocked Up to Bridesmaids into box office gold. 'What we witnessed is a migration of audiences to the small screen to get their comedy,' says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for the data firm Comscore. 'In order to spend their money, and take the time and effort to go out to the theatre, audiences wanted the larger-than-life experience of superhero movies, action movies and sci-fi movies.' • Read our film reviews, guides about what to watch and interviews In short, thanks to Iron Man and the rise of the streamers, a grand cinematic tradition that included the Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Monty Python, Airplane!, Austin Powers and Wedding Crashers had effectively been replaced by a faceless Netflix algorithm that was regularly pumping out joyless 'laugh fests' such as Mother of the Bride and Love & Gelato. The few comedies that did remain in cinemas, according to the Naked Gun producer (and Family Guy creator) Seth MacFarlane, weren't always recognisable as such. 'We've been giving people broccoli and telling them it's a candy bar for the last ten years, as a lot of things called comedies now are most definitely not comedies,' he said recently. 'We've been offered comedies that are a little up their own asses, maybe a little inflated with a sense of their own importance.' MacFarlane, at the time, declined to name the 'offenders' in question, but any search for key movie comedies of the past decade will throw up titles such as the social satire Triangle of Sadness, the love letter to creativity The Banshees of Inisherin and the environmental sermon Don't Look Up. All great movies, yes, but not exactly Neeson doing a diarrhoea gag. Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Michael McKean in the upcoming Spinal Tap 2 SONY PICTURES And that's another thing. This new wave of comedies is being described as 'pure comedy', the films focused only on giggles and laughter, and notable for their delicate dance through the culture wars. There is not a single scene in either The Naked Gun or Freakier Friday that could aggravate either side of the foam-flecked clickerati. This is something that could not be said of the previous comedy wave: plenty of Apatow movies, even the best ones, involved whiny guys sitting around telling sexist jokes. 'Without getting into politics and stuff, we're all living in a culture, a society, where we're scared to speak and scared if we don't,' Neeson said recently, noting that movies such as The Naked Gun, like 'gargoyles in cathedrals', are here to remind us, 'Come on, don't take yourself too seriously. The film is a giggle and we need that.' • How Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson became the new late-life love story Neeson's point is underscored by the Freakier Friday director Nisha Ganatra, who sees this big-screen comedy resurgence as a reflection of wider collective yearnings. 'It's my hope that people are craving a communal experience again and that laughing together with a group of people at a theatre is what makes people feel good,' she tells me. 'Especially in this time of uncertainty, comedies can provide relief. Laughing out loud is an energising experience with your friends or with total strangers. Everyone ends up feeling better.' The crucial question, however, is whether enough cinemagoing audiences will turn up for comedy in a time of uncertainty. The box office figures are in and The Naked Gun made $28.3 million on its opening weekend. It has not, according to Dergarabedian, 'blown the doors off', but it is a solid beginning that, combined with positive scores and exit polls, suggests word-of-mouth may sustain a healthy commercial run. What it really means, Dergarabedian says, is that all attention now falls on Freakier Friday, which opens this weekend. If that's a hit, then the new multiplex comedy wave continues apace. If not, expect to be watching Murphy's Pink Panther on Netflix next year. 'If there's a crisis of confidence that's happening with movie comedy it's simply because putting a comedy into a movie theatre is more expensive than going to streaming,' Dergarabedian says. 'There's a worldwide marketing push involved with a theatrical release that's a whole different animal to just going into streaming.' Latest figures suggest that marketing a Hollywood film globally costs as 'little' as $35 million and as much as $200 million. • Ten of the silliest comedies to watch now It explains why Adam Sandler famously signed his first four-movie Netflix deal in 2014 and why his new film, Happy Gilmore 2, a sequel to the big-screen golf comedy from 1996, has been released on Netflix only. It also explains why Sandler's most recent four-movie deal with the streamer, signed last year, is alleged to have earned him $275 million — it's clearly cheaper than pushing his films into the multiplex. Adam Sandler and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio in Happy Gilmore 2 NETFLIX 'And so, yes, it's a fragile market place but, thankfully, The Naked Gun did not bomb,' Dergarabedian continues. 'And if Freakier Friday makes $40 million-plus domestically [in the US], that could be one that emboldens studios to get on board and hopefully open the door to more comedies.' In the meantime, if you fancy some quality toilet humour or a sweetly moving film with Lohan and Curtis playing teenagers, you should rush out and buy a ticket to your local multiplex. Because, as the great Liam Neeson says, it means that your children and their children will one day get to watch a comedy movie too, where it was meant to be seen: at the cinema. The Naked Gun is in cinemas; Freakier Friday is in cinemas from Aug 8; Happy Gilmore 2 is on Netflix Times+ members can enjoy two-for-one cinema tickets at Everyman each Wednesday. Visit to find out more. Which films have you enjoyed at the cinema recently? Let us know in the comments and follow @timesculture to read the latest reviews
Daily Mirror
3 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
Coronation Street first look as Eva Price returns alongside sitcom legend
Coronation Street bosses have confirmed that actress Catherine Tyldesley will be reprising her role as Eva Price on the ITV soap, but she is not coming back on her own Coronation Street bosses have confirmed that Catherine Tyldesley will be reprising her role as Eva Price on the ITV soap. The actress, 41, left the cobbles in 2018 but is making a comeback which will see her take on the coveted position of Rovers Return landlady. Eva left the Street with daughter Susie, who at the time was four months old. But when she heads back to Weatherfield later this year, she arrives with new partner Ben Driscoll, played by Aaron McCusker, who is best known for his role as Jamie Maguire in Shameless and also starred in Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury's boyfriend. It comes as reports emerged that the new owner of The Rovers had been revealed amid her return. Now the soap has confirmed the theory by fans, announcing Eva will be back in the pub once owned by her mother. What's more, Pauline McLynn, who made her name as Mrs Doyle in the classic sitcom Father Ted, has signed on to her interfering mother-in-law Maggie Driscoll and will be seen alongside Eva and Ben when they take over the nation's most famous pub in October. With them will be Susie and Ben's two sons. Former Emmerdale boss Kate Brooks, who took the reins of Coronation Street earlier this year, said: "We are beyond thrilled that Eva is returning as the landlady of the Rovers, with her new blended family in tow. The Driscolls do not arrive quietly, so expect big drama, explosive secrets and raucous knees ups galore. "To have actors of Catherine, Aaron and Pauline's considerable calibre at the beating heart of this family is absolutely wonderful, and we can't wait for you to get to know and fall in love with them as much as we have already done. Strap yourselves in, it's going to be an exciting and eventful ride.' Reports surrounding the return of Leanne Battersby's sister emerged earlier this year, but then nothing was announced until now. It's thought that the move has come about after EastEnders bosses revealed that Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) will be taking over the Queen Victoria pub on Coronation Street's BBC rival. A source told The Sun: "Corrie bosses were never going to take EastEnders shrewd decision to reinstate Kat and Alfie at the Vic lying down. So they took their time looking for the perfect actor to play her husband to Eva as she makes her return to Corrie as the new boss of the Rovers." The insider added that Corrie bosses knew they had found the 'perfect' actor as soon as the Irish-born star walked into the room. They added of his character: "Aaron's character is also someone not to be messed with, and the locals are going to be in for a shock if they think they can take advantage of his good nature and that cheeky Irish charm. "It's the start of an exciting new chapter in the pub's history." Following her time on the cobbles, Catherine competed on Strictly Come Dancing. She has also starred in The Good Ship Murder and earlier this year appeared opposite Siobhan Finneran in an episode of the ITV drama Protection. She was also set to star Bonnie and Clyde: The Musical last year but it was cancelled and she went viral over a social media scandal known as Cakegate in late 2023. Get the latest drama from the Dales by joining our Emmerdale WhatsApp group As drama continues to unfold in the Yorkshire Dales, the Mirror has launched its very own Emmerdale WhatsApp community where you'll get all the latest breaking news, secrets, and spoilers delivered straight to your phone. Users must download or already have WhatsApp on their phones to join in. All you have to do to join is click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! We may also send you stories from other titles across the Reach group. We will also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose Exit group. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
Edinburgh Live
4 hours ago
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Edinburgh Irish-American bar launches '£7K trip giveaway' after 'doubling in size'
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Edinburgh's Boston Bar has launched a '£7,000 trip giveaway' to celebrate the opening of their new basement space. The Irish-American boozer has said the 'Downtown' area will double the size of the business with the area being inspired by the Irish pubs of Donegal as well as the bar culture of Boston and New York. To mark the occasion, those behind the Hanover Street watering hole have joined forces with Coors to offer a lucky winner and their chosen guest the ultimate prize of an all‑expenses‑paid three‑night trip to Boston, USA, worth £7,000, including return flights from Edinburgh, four‑star hotel accommodation, curated experiences and a food and drink allowance. The interior of the new space is said to 'blend rich dark wood with exposed sandstone walls and hand‑picked antiques' that have been sourced from Ireland and the USA. Boston Bar hope to utilise the space by putting on traditional Irish music as well as live sport. Traditional music seisiúns will take place on Mondays and Tuesdays, launching on September 15 at 8pm- Irish comedy will also start in October. Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sentstraight to your messages. The space will also be available for private functions ranging from 20-100 people - with sport viewings available through this package. The food menu mirrors the upstairs bar, with favourites such as the Spice Bag, the Sunday Roast, and the recently launched Boston Spud Co. baked potato menu. Drinks range from classic pints of Guinness to craft Irish beers and playful twists on cocktails, including the Galway Girl and Fenway Old Fashioned. Owner Edward Fox said: 'We wanted Downtown to feel like a little slice of my wifes homeland - Donegal in the heart of Edinburgh, but with a nod to Boston's gritty charm. It's a space that's warm, welcoming and full of life – somewhere you can pop in for a quiet drink or make a night of it. The Boston trip giveaway felt like the perfect way to celebrate this next chapter for the bar.' To enter the trip giveaway: Share the competition post on Instagram to your story. Tag your travel partner in the comments. Follow @bostonbaredin. Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox For extra entries, book a table at and visit The Boston Bar before September 28 2025. The winner will be announced at 7pm on Tuesday 30 September 2025 and must be available to travel between 1 October – 31 December 2025. Full terms and conditions are available on the Boston Bar Instagram page.
