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The article announces that MEMORIALS will tour before appearing at Hopscotch Fest in September. The planned dates matter as they give audiences further opportunities to see the band ahead of the festival performance. No further article text was available beyond the headline, so details such as tour venues,…
▶British guitarist, singer and songwriter Mark Knopfler (left) plays a Schecter Stratocaster as his band, Dire Straits, including Hal Lindes (right), performs live in concert at Wembley Arena in London, England, July 1985. Dire Straits played twelve dates (between 4th July and 16th July) at the venue as…
UK breakout Ledbyher has shared her new single ‘SNOW ON THE TABLE’. The electrifying talent won praise with her excellent mixtape ‘The Elephant’, merging her impeccable rap flows with a questing ear that relished fusion sounds. Fresh from a sold out UK headline tour, Ledbyher recently linked with…
Billboard has revisited its own archive coverage of the Rolling Stones to mark the band's six-decade career, timed to the release of their new album Foreign Tongues. The retrospective traces the magazine's reporting from the band's 1964 US debut single "Not Fade Away" through to the present, offering…
Ahead of the 2026 World Cup final and third-place play-off, BBC Sport pundit Chris Sutton has given his verdict on both matches, alongside predictions generated by AI and by users of the BBC's predictor game. Argentina face Spain in Sunday's final in New York, while England meet France…
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend says he will not be worried if Saturday's Nations Championship match against Fiji at Murrayfield turns into another high-scoring affair, as long as his side end up ahead. Scotland have scored 21 tries in their last four fixtures but have also conceded 163…
Rail passengers on all three of Great Britain's main north-south intercity lines face potential disruption this summer, with East Midlands Railway (EMR) cutting services due to train faults and drivers on LNER and Avanti West Coast balloting for strike action. The combination threatens widespread delays and overcrowding across…
Britain's smallest school has closed its doors after 144 years, with its final two pupils bidding farewell to staff as the institution comes to an end. The closure marks the loss of a long-standing small rural school, reflecting a broader trend of shrinking pupil numbers forcing tiny schools…
England captain Jamie George has said the team are considering walking off the pitch if any player suffers racial abuse during Saturday's Nations Championship match against Argentina, following an incident marred by such abuse during last year's fixture in San Juan. That game saw England replacements Asher Opoku-Fordjour…
The BBC has reported that the current UK heatwave has now lasted a fortnight, with the story presented as a video segment in the broadcaster's Science & Environment section. The prolonged spell of hot weather continues to draw attention as an ongoing severe weather event affecting the UK.…