
Lichfield Festival Is Back! 2021 Programme Announced
Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:37Eleven days of ballet, cabaret, symphony orchestras, steel pans, family fun, chamber music, live cooking, story-telling, drama, laugh-out-loud comedy can only mean one thing – Lichfield Festival is...

BBC's Planet Earth II Live in Concert coming to Birmingham in March 2022
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 23:03BBC Studios and concert promoter FKP Scorpio UK have announced a new Bournemouth date on Saturday March 19th 2022, adding to their previously rescheduled Planet Earth II Live In Concert arena tour...

Budding comedic voices from minority backgrounds given the chance to be ‘Amplified’
Sunday, 18 April 2021 23:22A brand new scriptwriting initiative to find burgeoning comedy writers from Black, Asian and Minority communities has been launched by Birmingham-based Transition Stage Company. The comedy writing...

“Line of Duty and Peaky Blinders put Birmingham back on the map” says star Nigel Boyle
Sunday, 18 April 2021 23:09TV star Nigel Boyle, who plays Detective Inspector Ian Buckells in Line of Duty, has revealed his experience of working on the primetime BBC TV police drama during the pandemic, his civic pride in...

BRB and The REP announce June season ticket sales
Sunday, 18 April 2021 22:54Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) have announce tickets for the Company’s June performances of triple bill Curated by Carlos (10-12 June) and Sir David Bintley’s...

Fears as Kumbh Festival attract massive crowds amid second Covid wave
Sunday, 18 April 2021 02:27As India continue to grapples with a devastating second wave of the coronavirus, millions of devotees descended on the banks of the Ganges river to take a dip in the water. Hindus believe the river...

Fifth of all songs streamed in UK in 2020 were rap and hip hop
Sunday, 18 April 2021 02:13Rap music had its most successful year ever in the UK in 2020, according to new figures. Data from the BPI - the UK's association of independent and major labels - shows over a fifth of songs...

Kanye West Yeezy shoes the most valuable to go to auction
Sunday, 18 April 2021 02:03A pair of shoes designed and worn by musician Kanye West that are going up for auction are the most valuable to appear on the market, the auction house selling them says. The Nike Air Yeezy 1...

carolesdaughter unveils new single and video
Sunday, 18 April 2021 01:48Rising artist carolesdaughter returns with her new single, ‘Trailer Trash’ arriving today via Arista Records /Robots & Humans/Columbia Records UK. The track is paired with a striking music...

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Blood Brothers join line-up of unmissable entertainment at Birmingham Hippodrome for 2021
Friday, 16 April 2021 00:29Pack up your wigs, heels and all the glitter you can find, because Priscilla is back, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert drives into Birmingham from Mon 30 Aug – Sat 4 Sep. Based on the...

Amazon Studios announces first-look TV deal and docuseries with 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams
Thursday, 15 April 2021 00:29Amazon Studios have announced that it has signed a first-look TV deal with 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion, Serena Williams. Serena will work with Amazon Studios to create scripted and unscripted...

Stones’ man Jagger and Foo Fighters' Grohl team-up for lockdown-themed track
Thursday, 15 April 2021 00:20Rolling Stones legend Sir Mick Jagger has teamed up with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl for a lockdown-themed song written by the Stones’ front-man. Easy Sleazy features the performer on...

First look images and broadcast date announced for RSC’S The Winter’s Tale as part of BBC Lights Up
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 22:57A filmed adaptation of The Winter’s Tale will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 25 April 2021 at 7pm, celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday weekend and marking the first time in RSC history that a...

Rag‘n’Bone Man meets P!nk as new single is out now
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 01:54After much anticipation, Rag‘n’Bone Man has released his incredible new collaboration with US superstar P!nk on their stunning new single ‘Anywhere Away From Here’ on April 9th, taken from his new...

Rapper and actor, DMX, dies
Monday, 12 April 2021 02:35US rapper and actor DMX has died, five days after suffering a heart attack. The performer – real name Earl Simmons - had been placed on life support and died with his family by his side. In a...

Bafta Film Awards 2021creates a new dawn for more diverse winners
Monday, 12 April 2021 01:49The movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom won two prizes at the Bafta Film Awards, which are being split over two days for the first time. Both halves of the ceremony were presented by Edith Bowman and...