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Yahoo
30-05-2025
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Huge music megastar announced to headline Sheffield summer festival
A Sheffield summer music festival has announced a major megastar will be headlining this summer. Rock 'n' Roll Circus, which is being held at the city's Don Valley Bowl, has announced a new Friday night headliner. Bryan Adams will be topping the bill on Friday, August 29. Joining Bryan Adams will be Melanie C, Newton Faulkner, Cassyette, Nell Mescal, Somebody's Child, Ashley Singh, Deco, Bethany Grace, Crystal Tides, Femur, The Crookes, Sundress, Charlie Floyd and Alice Ede. You can buy tickets for the fun here. READ MORE: GB News halted for 'breaking news' update as Eamonn Holmes speaks out READ MORE: Yorkshire restaurants win big in Deliveroo Awards with one getting a nod from darts sensation Luke Littler Ali O'Reilly, festival director, said: 'Unfortunately, The Wombats will no longer be playing Friday, August 29 but we are delighted to announce an exciting new act so Friday can go ahead as planned. 'We're incredibly excited to welcome Bryan Adams to Rock 'n' Roll Circus. His catalogue of hits and legendary live performances are the stuff of rock folklore, and having him headline Friday night means fans are in for a real treat.' Rock 'n' Roll Circus is not your average music festival – it's an immersive experience that combines world-class music with jaw-dropping circus acts, gourmet street food, VIP upgrades, and late-night after-parties, all set in the heart of Sheffield at Don Valley. Highlights include: Three stages including the Discovery Stage and BBC Introducing Stage Over 40 artists across the weekend VIP Greggs Area with late-night DJs, posh loos, private bars and merch Circus performances from fire breathers, aerialists, and more Workshops, cocktail bars, and the best food village yet Rock 'n' Roll Circus 2025 line up Wednesday, August 27 – Queens of the Stone Age Thursday, August 28 – Queens of the Stone Age, plus Viagra Boys, Fat Dog, Shame and more Friday, August 29 – Bryan Adams, Melanie C, Newton Faulkner, Cassyette and more Saturday, August 30 – Reverend & The Makers, Dayfever, Groove Armada, Carl Barat, Peter Doherty and more Sunday, August 31 – James, Ocean Colour Scene, Embrace, Cast, Sleeper and more You can find the latest event news in Yorkshire and nearby by visiting our What's On homepage. There you can also find days out guides for things to do across the region. Yorkshire Live has launched Explore Yorkshire, which will look at Yorkshire's unique identity and destinations and celebrate God's Own County for what it is - the best place in the world. Whether you are looking for a day out, a weekend away or to try somewhere new, Explore Yorkshire is here to help. Our brilliant new newsletter will bring all of this content together for you in one place - sign up here to get it direct to your inbox.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
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Radio 1 Big Weekend Friday line-up, how to get there
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is set to kick off the UK's major festival season by bringing some of the biggest local and international artists to Liverpool. In total, about 100 acts will be appearing on four stages across the three-day festival, which begins later. Sefton Park will welcome the likes of Natasha Bedingfield, Sam Fender, Sugababes, The Wombats and Biffy Clyro. More than 100,000 music fans are expected to attend over the weekend. General admission tickets are still available for Friday from Ticketmaster and are priced at £33 each plus a £4.50 booking fee. 15:00-16:00 - Workout Anthems with Rickie & Melvin 16:00-16:35 - The Wombats 16:35-17:00 - Radio 1 Anthems with Nat & Nicky 17:00-17:30 - Natasha Bedingfield 17:30-18:05 - Pop Anthems with Dean McCullough 18:05-18:45 - James Hype 18:45-19:20 - Party Anthems with Sam & Danni 19:20-20:05 - Biffy Clyro 20:05- 20:45 - Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges 20:45-21:45 - Tom Grennan 16:05-16:45 - D.O.D. 16:45-17:30 - Barry Can't Swim 18:30-19:00 - Jazzy 18:00-18:45 - Prospa 18:45-19:20 - Katy B 19:20-20:00 - Nia Archives 20:15-21:00 - Confidence Man 15:00-16:00 - Shelly 16:00-17:00 - Charlie Hedges 17:00-18:00 - Martha 18:00-18:45 - Paige Tomlinson 18:45-19:30 - Girls Don't Sync 19:30-20:15 - Fish56Octagon 20:15-21:00 - Kettama 14:20-14:40 - Miles Temp 15:00-15:30 - Leonie Biney 16:00-16:30 - Jayahadadream 17:00-17:30 - Esme Emerson 18:00-18:30 - Billy Khan 19:00-19:30 - Tonia 20:00-20:40 - Crawlers Buses will operate from the city centre on Charlotte Street / Elliot Street to Croxteth Drive at the event site, according to the Visit Liverpool website. The service will run every 30 minutes at the following times: Friday: From the city centre to the event 12:00–17:00, returning to the city centre from the event finish at 23:30 Saturday and Sunday: From the city centre to the event 09:00–13:00, returning to the city centre from the event finish at 23:30 Shuttle bus tickets cost £2 per single journey and can only be purchased on board. Advance purchase is not available. Mersey Travel has warned that public transport will be busy across the weekend, as the Liverpool FC victory parade will also take place on Monday. It has advised anyone travelling to plan their journeys in advance and keep an eye out for changes to services. There will be several road closures around the northern end of the park, near the entrance point known locally as the "Obelisk" (Needle), according to the Visit Liverpool website. The road closure will span from Aigburth Drive, at the junction of Livingston Drive South, clockwise to Greenbank Lane (Green Gate). There will be a signed diversion to assist non-event traffic from: Ullet Road, Parkfield Road, Aigburth Road to Aigburth Drive and in the opposite direction: Ullet Road, Smithdown Road to Greenbank Road. For people wishing to access Lark Lane, a diversion route will be in place from Aigburth Drive, Livington Drive South and Hargreaves Road. Access to Sefton Park for general public will be from Queens Drive, Elmswood Road and Aigburth Road, close to the boating lake. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230. Radio 1's Big Weekend stage times and line-ups BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend Visit Liverpool
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Radio 1 Big Weekend friday line-up, how to get there and ticket details
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is set to kick off the UK's major festival season by bringing some of the biggest local and international artists to total, about 100 acts will be appearing on four stages across the three-day festival, which begins Park will welcome the likes of Natasha Bedingfield, Sam Fender, Sugababes, The Wombats and Biffy than 100,000 music fans are expected to attend over the weekend. Are tickets still available? General admission tickets are still available for Friday from Ticketmaster and are priced at £33 each plus a £4.50 booking fee. Friday: Line-up and stage times Radio 1 Main Stage 15:00-16:00 - Workout Anthems with Rickie & Melvin16:00-16:35 - The Wombats16:35-17:00 - Radio 1 Anthems with Nat & Nicky 17:00-17:30 - Natasha Bedingfield17:30-18:05 - Pop Anthems with Dean McCullough18:05-18:45 - James Hype18:45-19:20 - Party Anthems with Sam & Danni 19:20-20:05 - Biffy Clyro20:05- 20:45 - Dance Anthems with Charlie Hedges20:45-21:45 - Tom Grennan Radio 1 New Music Stage 16:05-16:45 - D.O.D.16:45-17:30 - Barry Can't Swim18:30-19:00 - Jazzy18:00-18:45 - Prospa 18:45-19:20 - Katy B19:20-20:00 - Nia Archives20:15-21:00 - Confidence Man Radio 1 Dance Stage 15:00-16:00 - Shelly16:00-17:00 - Charlie Hedges17:00-18:00 - Martha18:00-18:45 - Paige Tomlinson18:45-19:30 - Girls Don't Sync19:30-20:15 - Fish56Octagon20:15-21:00 - Kettama BBC Introducing Stage 14:20-14:40 - Miles Temp15:00-15:30 - Leonie Biney16:00-16:30 - Jayahadadream17:00-17:30 - Esme Emerson18:00-18:30 - Billy Khan19:00-19:30 - Tonia20:00-20:40 - Crawlers How to get there Buses will operate from the city centre on Charlotte Street / Elliot Street to Croxteth Drive at the event site, according to the Visit Liverpool website. The service will run every 30 minutes at the following times:Friday: From the city centre to the event 12:00–17:00, returning to the city centre from the event finish at 23:30Saturday and Sunday: From the city centre to the event 09:00–13:00, returning to the city centre from the event finish at 23:30 Shuttle bus tickets cost £2 per single journey and can only be purchased on board. Advance purchase is not Travel has warned that public transport will be busy across the weekend, as the Liverpool FC victory parade will also take place on has advised anyone travelling to plan their journeys in advance and keep an eye out for changes to services. Road closures There will be several road closures around the northern end of the park, near the entrance point known locally as the "Obelisk" (Needle), according to the Visit Liverpool road closure will span from Aigburth Drive, at the junction of Livingston Drive South, clockwise to Greenbank Lane (Green Gate).There will be a signed diversion to assist non-event traffic from: Ullet Road, Parkfield Road, Aigburth Road to Aigburth Drive and in the opposite direction: Ullet Road, Smithdown Road to Greenbank people wishing to access Lark Lane, a diversion route will be in place from Aigburth Drive, Livington Drive South and Hargreaves to Sefton Park for general public will be from Queens Drive, Elmswood Road and Aigburth Road, close to the boating lake. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Entertainment
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The Wombats AO Arena review: Enduring band prove the spirit of the indie disco is alive and well
The spirit of indie pop is still very much alive and during The Wombats' AO Arena gig it had an added bit of bounce. The Liverpool three-piece, formed in 2003, stopped in Manchester on Saturday night as part of their arena tour supporting the band's sixth album Oh! The Ocean. The thousands packed into the venue undoubtedly enjoyed value for money with support coming from Red Rum Club and Everything Everything. The latter, a Manchester favourite, produced a 10-song stint which featured Kemosabe, Spring/Sun/Winter/Dread, Cough Cough and Distant Past in one of the best 'warm-ups' you are likely to see. Frontman Jonathan Higgs' unique vocals were as flawless as ever with him putting them to full use on Everything Everything's closer No Reptites. READ MORE: Late-night rave to take place in closed superstore in Greater Manchester shopping centre READ MORE: Generous numbers of Coldplay 2025 UK tour tickets still available for these locations Arguably Everything Everything's booking felt a little 'grown up' for the festivities but given how many people arrived early, to see them, that clearly didn't materialise into an issue. Rightfully so, as the band are arena headliner quality on their own. Soon after, The Wombats took to the stage, arriving to The Power of Love, by Huey Lewis and The News, invoking inevitable thoughts of classic 1980s film franchise Back to The Future. What followed was a demonstration of longevity which has set The Wombats apart from some of their peers who now, rather sadly, reside in indie landfill. Not afraid to go big early, with renditions of Moving to New York and Techno Fan, the 10,000 plus people in Manchester's AO Arena were assuredly in for a good time. This was confirmed when lead Matthew Murphy asked 'How the f**k are we doing tonight?' with enthusiastic loud cheers and whoops coming back at him. The group's indie pop calling cards have ensured such affection remains for The Wombats, aided by their sense of fun, and in more recent times their latest releases have helped them capture a new generation of fans - always evident by the fresh from exams crowds at the band's Leeds Festival sets. On Saturday, Murphy engaged fans with a song about a gender he'll never understand through Kill The Director and talk of Japan with an airing of Tokyo before a wisdom of wombats (a quick Google was needed to discover the collective term for the animal) joined Murphy and bandmates Tord Øverland Knudsen and Dan Haggis for main set closer Let's Dance to Joy Division. The resourceful wisdom firing confetti from cannons into the audience. Just for the avoidance of confusion, it was people in wombat suits... Returning for a three-song encore, Murphy declared Manchester to be 'one of the greatest cities on planet earth'. The very enjoyable evening of frolics was brought to a close with Greek Tragedy as huge inflatable colourful balls descended from above. Lots of fans took the mammoth items of memorabilia out of the venue as they headed onto Manchester's city centre streets. Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come Moving to New York Cheetah Tongue Techno Fan Kate Moss Ready for the High 1996 Pink Lemonade I Love America and She Hates Me Kill the Director My Head Is Not My Friend Lethal Combination Blood On the Hospital Floor Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) Patricia the Stripper The World's Not Out to Get Me, I Am Method to the Madness Lemon to a Knife Fight If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You Let's Dance to Joy Division Encore Can't Say No Turn Greek Tragedy
BBC News
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Radio 1's Big Weekend: Tom Grennan announced as Friday headliner
Tom Grennan will headline Radio 1's Big Weekend on the Friday of this year's will play the main stage in Sefton Park, Little Bit Of Love hitmaker joins Sam Fender as one of the headliners across the three-day 100 acts will be performing across four stages, with over 100,000 fans expected to attend from Friday 23 May - Sunday 25 May. Artists including Biffy Clyro, James Hype and The Wombats will also be hitting the Friday main new music stage will see Barry Can't Swim, Confidence Man, D.O.D, Jazzy, Katy B, Nia Archives and Prospa Grennan says being asked to top the bill is an "incredible honour", calling it "another crowning moment for me and my career so far".The Little Bit Of Love hitmaker has previously performed at Big Weekend in Coventry and he describes Liverpool as "a city that has given so much to the rich musical tapestry of this country". Liverpool has had a huge influence on music, producing acts including The Beatles, The Wombats, The Zutons and Atomic Park is located in south Liverpool, about a 20-minute drive from football stadium team are scheduled to play the final match of their Premier League season on the Sunday of the festival - and are currently favourites to win the previously announced to be performing during the weekend include Myles Smith, Wet Leg, Blossoms and Lola year, Coldplay, Raye and Chase & Status topped the bill for the event held in previous Big Weekends have seen the likes of Taylor Swift perform in Norwich, Miley Cyrus in Middlesbrough and Ed Sheeran in Coventry. When can you get tickets for Big Weekend? The festival will be broadcast live through the weekend on BBC Radio 1, with performances available to watch on iPlayer and BBC will be available from 17:00 on Thursday 13 March and will cost £33 (plus a £4.50 booking fee per ticket). As with previous Big Weekends, tickets are geographically weighted, with 50% of tickets reserved for those living in Liverpool, 40% for those living in the surrounding areas, and the remaining 10% available for the rest of the acts will be announced in the coming weeks. Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.
