James Bay: Celebs Rumors

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James Bay has announced his ‘Give Me The Reason’ tour, which will take place in the UK in April and May.The BRIT award-winning singer-songwriter will start off in Oxford, before heading to cities including London, Leicester, Glasgow and Aberdeen. The spring tour finishes up at Sheffield’s Leadmill on May 13.

Exciting news for all music and festival lovers!

Rock titans Manic Street Preachers have been confirmed to join the stellar line-up for this year's Neighbouhood Weekender festival in Warrington - as part of the second wave of acts announced today.

Manic Street Preachers have been announced among the new additions to the line-up of Neighbourhood Weekender 2022.The Victoria Park, Warrington festival will return on May 28-29, and will feature Courteeners, Kasabian and Blossoms as headliners.Speaking about their co-headline slot back in September, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden said: “We can’t wait! The other headliners we’re massive fans of [as well], so it’s gonna be a big old party.”Neighbourhood Weekender has today (February 3) added a host of new names to their 2022 line-up, including the Manic Street Preachers.Baby Queen, Razorlight, James Bay, The Rills, Red Rum Club, GAYLE and Scouting For Girls have all joined the line-up for this year’s festival, while rising acts The Academic, Dylan John Thomas, Brooke Combe and Seb Lowe will also perform.Those artists join the already announced likes of DMA’s, Becky Hill, Tom Grennan, Starsailor, Cast, The Fratellis, Example, Sports Team, Inhaler, The Lathums, Pale Waves, Jamie Webster, Crawlers, The Amazons and Wet Leg on the bill – you can see the latest line-up poster for Neighbourhood Weekender above.Tickets, including VIP Packages, for Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 are on sale now from here. Manic Street Preachers, meanwhile, will kick off their live commitments in 2022 with a trio of UK stadium shows supporting The Killers.

Wet Leg, Years & Years and James Bay.The ninth consecutive edition of IVW will take place across over 210 independent UK venues between Monday (January 31) and Sunday, February 6. It’ll host more than 485 performances, including live gigs, comedy shows, Q&A sessions, films and documentaries.BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq will celebrate Independent Venue Week 2022 by presenting a series of one-off shows between January 31 and February 4.It’ll kick off with Franz Ferdinand at PJ Molloys in Dunfermline ahead of Yard Act performing a hometown gig at Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds on February 1.

James Bay will be performing some intimate solo shows as part of Independent Venue Week in early 2022.The BRIT award-winning singer-songwriter will be touring grassroots music venues across the UK, with dates confirmed in England, Scotland and Wales. The ‘New Songs New Stories’ solo tour starts in Cardiff on January 24 and finishes up in Stockton on February 4.

James Bay is a dad!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Alex Coslov to senior VP of marketing strategy, the label’s executive VP and general manager Jim Roppo announced on Monday. He is based at the Universal Music label’s New York headquarters.According to the announcement, Coslov will continue to devise, engage and enact marketing strategies and initiatives for a diverse roster, including Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Florence + The Machine, Lorde, James Blake, Clairo, John Mellencamp, Yung Gravy, Glass Animals, Lord Huron, James Bay, Bastille and others.

Maisie Peters and James Bay have released the track 'Funeral'. The 20-year-old pop singer and the 'Hold Back The River' hitmaker have joined forces on the moving ballad from the soundtrack to Apple TV+ Original's 'Trying: Season 2'.

Rina Sawayama, Griff and Pa Salieu have been announced as nominees for the 2021 BRITs Rising Star Award.

Kate and Rio Ferdinand kicked Christmas off in style by giving us our first look and their new baby - and then revealed his name.The family picked Cree, and naturally it left fans wondering why.The name has historic roots, and it is also not exclusive to boys, either. Newborn bible babynames.com lets us in on why the couple made their decision and what it all signifies.

Paul McCartney has admitted that he didn’t recognise his own guitar when he first heard his ‘FourFiveSeconds’ collaboration with Kanye West and Rihanna.The 2015 track, which has been covered by everyone from Drake to James Bay, peaked at Number Four on the US Billboard chart, and it helped McCartney set a record by ending the longest break between Top 10 singles on the chart.Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday (December 17), McCartney said that he didn’t even know he was making a song at first.“It was only two months later when I got a track sent to me,” McCartney said. “I didn’t think I’d done anything, but suddenly I got sent ‘FourFiveSeconds’ with Rihanna.”He added: “I like that one.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter24 Goldnb, Flo Milli, Holly Humberstone and more are among Vevo DSCVR’s “Artists to Watch” for 2021. Vevo DSCVR ATW champions emerging artists through live performance content.“Artists to Watch” is now in its seventh year, with the list consisting of artists who Vevo believes will break through in the coming months.

SIMON Cowell is set to make his first public appearance since breaking his back in a horror accident at a charity event in December. The media mogul, 61, broke his back in three places in August after falling from his electric bike in the courtyard of his home in Malibu, US and has been forced to step away from public life as he recovers.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Simon Cowell and Stephen Fry are among the celebrities supporting a festive event to raise funds for the Independent’s Help the Hungry campaign partner, The Felix Project.The Fayre of St James's 2020 Christmas Concert, streatmed virtually for the first time because of the pandemic, will feature performances from James Bay, James Blunt, Emeli Sande, Craig David and Katie Melua.There will also be carols, festive readings and a silent auction on top of appearances by a host of stars and surprise guests.Ms Waller Bridge, the creator of the hit show Fleabag, has already been confirmed, along with host Jack Whitehall, footballer Sol Campbell, actors Rupert Everett and Ian Somerhalder and models Poppy Delevingne and Cressida

Concord Music Publishing has announced a new worldwide deal with that Jake Gosling of “made music with Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, James Bay, Shania Twain, Shawn Mendes, Birdy, One Direction and Major Lazer” fame.Although, given that the deal covers Gosling’s future songs, I guess we’re more interested in who he is currently collaborating with on music-making projects. That list includes Sam Fischer, Ben Platt, Public, Anna Clendening, Bugzy Malone, Emeli Sande and George Alice.Concord’s EVP of Worldwide A&R, Kim Frankiewicz, is “THRILLED” to be working with Gosling and his management team, naturally.

Semisonic’s Dan Wilson has opened up about how Liam Gallagher indirectly inspired the band to reunite to release new music.The Minneapolis band formed in 1995 and released three albums before they split in 2001. They reunited 16 years later to play a series of shows to mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Great Divide’.Frontman Wilson has also written songs for a host of big stars including Adele, The Chicks and James Bay.

A post shared by Paul Mescal (@paul.mescal) on Jul 26, 2020 at 10:37am PDTOn Thursday, Paul shared to his Instagram that Hollywood star Jennifer Garner had shared his post about Nell’s recent video to her own page.She captioned the Instastory: ‘I can’t get over this.’Paul then shared her post along with the words ‘Whaaaat!!!’Nell herself was stunned with the shout out from the Alias and Elektra star and posted to her own page with a series of shocked face emojis.The 17-year-old has been working hard on her music during lockdown and even released two singles, Deja Vu and Crash, earlier this year.Musician James Bay has even taken notice of the young singer and commented on Paul’s post saying her performance was ‘totally magical’.The Mescal

DERMOT O'Leary has spoken about dealing with sleepless nights since becoming a dad a few weeks ago. Dermot, 47, and his wife Dee Koppang welcomed their son Kasper into the world on June 23 and are slowly getting to grips with parenthood.

TV Presenter Dermot O’Leary has opened up on how he is dealing with fatherhood after the birth of his son Kasper in June. Speaking on Radio 2 the star explained that he and his 41-year-old wife Dee are having are “having a great time” and that they are currently enjoying a “period of sleepless love” at home with their baby.

revealed his son’s name recently and it has a very special twist.Now, Dermot O’Leary has discussed life as a new parent for the first time revealing that he and his wife are having a ‘great time’ with their little one.The X Factor host opened up about fatherhood with singer James Bay on his BBC Radio 2 show.While the presenter admitted he was tired, he said he couldn’t be happier.‘Oh he is brilliant, we are having a great time.

Dermot O’Leary has discussed life as a new parent, saying he and his wife are having a “great time” with their new son.

James Bay says his girlfriend motivated him to chase a career in music. The 'Chew On My Heart' singer has been with childhood sweetheart Lucy Smith for 13 years now, and he revealed his partner was a driving force behind him pursuing his passion.

Beoga are quickly becoming one of the Irish music scene's most interesting acts, blending quaint trad with warm and rich storytelling of the country music coming out of Nashville.

This pandemic can’t stop the music, as more artists are getting creative to stay in tune with their fans. At-home and other livestream concerts are being held, and streaming services are serving up special music content to keep your ears happy while you’re on coronavirus lockdown. Here are six things to keep your house party rocking this weekend.

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Sony/ATV has signed a worldwide co-publishing deal with songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ian Fitchuk, the company announced Tuesday (March 10). The agreement cover Fitchuk's future works.