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Babymetal have announced an intimate UK tour for later this year – check out dates below and grab tickets here.Babymetal are due to play two headline shows at London’s Roundhouse to kick off the intimate run before playing The Civic at The Halls in Wolverhampton.Tickets for the shows went on sale Friday (April 21) and are available to purchase here.Babymetal will play:NOVEMBER 27 – The Roundhouse, London 28 – The Roundhouse, London 29 – The Civic at The Halls, WolverhamptonThese shows will be the first time the new lineup of the band performs in the UK. Earlier this month, Babymetal added former Girls Planet 999 contestant Momoko Okazaki to the group following the departure of original member Yuimetal – real name Yui Mizuno – in 2018.Okazaki had been a member of a trio of backup dancers, known as Avengers, since 2019 and will adopt the stage name Momometal as part of the “reborn Babymetal”.A post shared by BABYMETAL (@babymetal_official)Babymetal are also set to perform at this year’s Louder Than Life festival, which is set to take place in Louisville, Kentucky at Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center from September 21 to 24.The festival will be headlined by Foo Fighters, Green Day and Avenged Sevenfold.

Broadcaster Rylan Clark was among the celebrities left baffled after waking up to find that his Twitter blue tick had been reinistated. It appears Twitter accounts with more than a million followers have had blue ticks reinstated by owner Elon Musk without having to pay a subscription fee, leaving users confused.

Drake Bell is not holding back about the toll that Internet trolls are taking on his mental health.

Full wedding planning mode! Derek Hough and fiancée Hayley Erbert are in the midst of figuring out their nuptial details — and cannot wait to finally walk down the aisle.

Sun’s out, fun’s out! With temperatures on the rise, it’s about time to start celebrating spring like an A-lister with these celeb must-haves.

Sofia Richie stunned as she married her beau Elliot Grainge in the French Riviera this weekend, with the blushing bride wearing not one but three dresses during the celebrations. Chanel was the designer of choice for the 24 year old as she wed her 30 year old husband, who she's described as the "man of my dreams". She was walked down the aisle by her father, music legend Lionel Richie, whilst the wedding took place at the luxury hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc.

Santiago Miter’s political thriller Argentina, 1985, and the Colombian series News of a Kidnapping, created by Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García, swept the top awards at the tenth Platino Awards Saturday evening.

Earlier this week, thousands of Twitter users lost their 'blue tick', which signified whether or not a person - often celebrities, journalists and significant users - was verified. Many have been vocal about refusing to pay to keep their blue tick, however, Martin Lewis has defended his decision to do so.

The Conjuring and Up In The Air has covered Slipknot‘s ‘Duality’.Farmiga put her own spin on Slipknot’s 2004 hit at a show on Monday (April 17) put on by the Rock Academy music school in Woodstock, New York. She has performed at previous iterations of the event, taking on metal classics like Iron Maiden‘s ‘The Trooper’ and Black Sabbath‘s ‘War Pigs’. Prior to singing ‘Duality’, Farmiga told the audience: “I’ll tell you one thing – this music program is one thing we can’t get enough of. We really do have the time of our lives.”She continued: “This is for all the chin-pressers.

Zendaya joined Labrinth onstage at Coachella Festival 2023, making the star’s first live performance in over eight years – check out footage below.Towards the end of Labrinth’s set on Coachella’s Mojave Tent yesterday (April 22) the British rapper, singer and producer was joined by Zendaya to perform their Emmy-nominated hit ‘I’m Tired’ alongside ‘All Of Us’.Both tracks were written for the soundtrack for HBO’s Euphoria.Check out footage of Labrinth and Zendaya performing together below:Did it all for love @Labrinth @Zendaya Tune in tomorrow for more Weekend 2 on the @YouTube livestream at https://t.co/w4QG9AcB3R pic.twitter.com/Sp8MumCa25— Coachella (@coachella) April 23, 2023THIS IS NOT A DRILL ZENDAYA IS LITERALLY PERFORMING ALL FOR US WITH LABRINTH AT COACHELLA RN OMFGFBDNDND pic.twitter.com/oBXCLNm89K— j a d a (@jadawadas) April 23, 2023Zendaya makes a surprise appearance at Coachella. pic.twitter.com/dUV5y9Zfpb— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) April 23, 2023Zendaya & Labrinth perform ‘All For Us’ at Coachella together pic.twitter.com/eHLWiE1Euu— Zendaya Updates (@Zendaya_Updated) April 23, 2023Zendaya released her self-titled debut album in 2013 ahead of a tour that wrapped up in 2015.

Ben Croll Hidden behind two passcode-protected doors in a nondescript office complex just outside of La Rochelle, France, sits the Bunker – ICE Theaters’ state-of-the-art, highly protected facility where visual magic gets made. Since 2017, five post-production whizzes have manned the studio’s 15 monitors and countless processors – all of them unconnected to one another and to the wider net in one of many security measures – encoding blockbusters frame by frame to build out an ever-growing library of ICE embellished features. Working for the premium offshoot of French exhibitor CGR Cinemas, ICE technicians work on 30 Hollywood productions per year, mining visual information from the furthest reaches of each anamorphic frame in order to design bespoke light shows that play out on the two rows of LED screens built into every ICE immersive theater.

Afroman has filed the necessary paperwork in order to run for president in the 2024 US election as an independent candidate.In December, Afroman – real name Joseph Edgar Foreman – told fans he would be running for president while onstage in Missouri.“Can I make the biggest announcement I ever made in my life?” he said. “I’m running for president in 20-20-fro! We gonna get legal weed everywhere.” Afroman then took to social media to confirm the announcement and shared his eight main priorities.It’s now been reported via TMZ that Foreman filed the necessary paperwork to run as an independent candidate with the Federal Elections Commission earlier this week (April 18).

Rangers coach Neil Banfield insists he's motivated to see off Celtic and revealed a comment from Ange Postecoglou following the Viaplay Cup Final left a "little taste in the mouth".

The SNP’s depute leader was kept in the dark about auditors quitting in the middle of a police investigation into party finances.

The Weeknd has said he didn’t think he was “marketable” when he first began his music career.The artist, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, was talking to Interview magazine about his reasons for hiding his identity when he first began releasing music on YouTube back in 2010.“I wanted to be very calculated about how I wanted people to see me or hear my music. The initial reason I did that was I didn’t think I was marketable when I was younger, especially for R&B. I didn’t think I had the right look,” he explained.“The R&B look was very sexual back in the day.

King Charles is understood to have been "on the phone to Barry Humphries shortly before he died" at 89. The Australian comedian, who is best known for bringing the drag character Dame Edna to life, passed away on Saturday at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital, after complications from a hip replacement.

Zendaya pulled off the biggest surprise of Coachella this year!

Getting on the property market is a difficult task for first-time buyers today thanks to soaring house prices and rising mortgage rates. But one proven way that you can get a foot on the ladder quicker is through buying a doer-upper.

If you grew up in the 1980s, there's a chance you may still have some classic toys boxed away that could be worth thousands.

Thania Garcia Zendaya joined Labrinth tonight at Coachella for the second weekend of the arts and music festival to perform their Emmy-nominated hit “I’m Tired” as well as “All of Us.” The “Euphoria” star, wearing a pink corset top and frilly skirt, emerged shortly after the start of “I’m Tired” and delivered her vocals softly before cranking up the energy for “All of Us,” where she proceeded to dance enthusiastically around the stage. “I’m Tired” is featured in a “Euphoria” episode titled “You Who Cannot See, Think Of Those Who Can,” from the second season of the mega-popular HBO teen drama series. Last year, the track received an Emmy nomination in the outstanding original music and lyrics category, along with Zendaya and Dominic Fike’s “Elliot’s Song,” also from “Euphoria.” (Fike is on Coachella’s lineup for Sunday.) . She co-wrote both of the nominated songs.

Matthew Perry "never realised" that there was a dark side to fame. The 53-year-old actor became a household name when he was cast in the NBC sitcom 'Friends' alongside Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, and David Schimmer in 1994 but in later years struggled with addiction and admitted that he ended up using alcohol as a mechanism for "hope", even after "working hard" to achieve his dreams. He told Sorted magazine: "'Be careful what you wish for," is a phrase that's often aimed at me.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an amicus brief — a document submitted to a judge by a person or group intending to influence the court’s decision in a trial to which they are not party — on behalf of Joseph Foreman, aka Afroman. The ACLU’s action comes as Foreman faces a lawsuit brought by Ohio police officers who raided his home in August on suspicion of drug trafficking and kidnapping, found no incriminating evidence, and felt humiliated when the Palmdale, California-born rapper used security camera footage from the raid in several music videos promoting his album Lemon Pound Cake, released the following month.

The Harry Potter film franchise came to a conclusion with 2011′s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and all of Hogwarts students are all grown up in 2023.

Usher has a career that spans decades with several musical hits but has never headlined a Super Bowl halftime show.

Frank Ocean‘s headlining performance during the first weekend of Coachella was cut short and had a couple of bumps. It also reportedly featured at least three less songs than he rehearsed in soundchecks before taking the stage.

Ray Romano feels “blessed” that his relationship with Martin Scorsese began by the famed director having no idea who he was, despite having been the star of the wildly successful “Everybody Loves Raymond”.

Kim Petras has teamed up with Nicki Minaj for her new single, ‘Alone’.The new single samples Alice Deejay’s 1998 dance classic ‘Better Off Alone’. Petras handles the chorus, singing: “I’ve been tryna give it to you all night/ What’s it gonna take to get you all alone?/ I just want you here by my side/ I don’t wanna be here, baby, on my own.”It’s Petras’ first single since “bad bitch anthem” ‘brrrr’, which came out in January.Check out ‘Alone’ below:Petras then spoke to Zane Lowe on his Apple Music 1 show about the song.

Elon Musk‘s latest apparent Twitter change has celebrities in their feelings.

 Taking a break. Married at First Sight alum Jamie Thompson announced that he and wife Elizabeth “Beth” Bice are separating for now.

Rachael Leigh Cook and Missi Pyle share the screen in Netflix’s A Tourist’s Guide but 22 years ago they both starred in Josie and the Pussycats.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are celebrating Prince Louis’ upcoming fifth birthday with new photos of their youngest child.

Molly-Mae Hague beamed with pride as she took her baby daughter Bambi for her first swim during their family holiday to Dubai this week. Former Love Island star Molly-Mae, 23, shared the emotional moment on her Instagram Stories on Saturday after jetting to the United Arab Emirates with her boxer boyfriend Tommy Fury, also 23. Influencer Molly-Mae posted a snap of Bambi, two months, who was dressed in a red strawberry swimming costume with a metallic green trim across the top.

Block the Blue” campaign, pushing users to block anyone who is paying for Twitter Blue. Here are just a sprinkling of others:so they gave dril the checkmark, but the checkmark goes away if you change your name, so dril just changed his name, but they gave him the checkmark again, so he changed his name again… this is the most looney tunes ass fight ive ever seen between a billionaire and a shitposterHe restored the check marks of legacy accounts with >1mm followers.

Ashley Judd marked her first birthday since the death of her mother Naomi Judd with an emotional Instagram post. The actress, who turned 55 Wednesday, shared a lengthy tribute to Naomi as she reflected on memories of her past birthdays they celebrated together.The country star died by suicide April 30, 2022, at the age of 76. The "Kiss the Girls" star posted an image of the handwritten baby announcement that her mother sent out after Ashley's birth in 1968 and a photo of her holding up her birthday cake from this year's celebration.

Lauren Jauregui hopped on Twitter to put Elon Musk on blast as she and other celebrities are getting verified on the app again.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Scarlett Johansson denied long-standing rumors that they were feuding while co-starring in "Iron Man 2." The "Marriage Story" star made an appearance on the Tuesday episode of Paltrow's "The goop Podcast" during which the two actresses recalled working together on the 2010 superhero movie. In the hit sequel to 2008's "Iron Man," Paltrow, 50, reprised her role as Pepper Potts and Johansson made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. "People ask me, 'Is it true that you and Scarlett Johansson didn't get along on "Iron Man?"' " "The Politician" alum said.