Pearl Jam will release their twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on April 19, 2024. The album’s title track is available now HERE. Produced by GRAMMY® award winning producer Andrew Watt, Dark Matter, marks the band’s first release since critically-acclaimed Gigaton (2020).

Dark Matter is now available for pre-order HERE.

In 2023, the members of Pearl Jam—Eddie Vedder [vocals], Jeff Ament [bass], Stone Gossard [rhythm guitar], Mike McCready [lead guitar], and Matt Cameron [drums]—retreated to Shangri-La Studios in Malibu where they simply plugged in and played under the careful watch of producer Andrew Watt.

The musicians faced one another in the same space and communicated sonically at the highest level. Writing and recording in a burst of inspiration, Dark Matter was born in just three weeks.

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In line with the general election set to take place later this year AEG Presents, Goalhanger and WME are thrilled to announce that the iconic podcast series The Rest Is Politics is returning to the live stage with their biggest live tour to date – The Election Tour. Kicking off in Brighton on Sunday 6th October, Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart will then embark on a further 6 shows in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff before closing at London’s iconic The O2 on Tuesday 15th October. The London show is set to be extra special, with the show being hosted ‘in the round’ at the venue – bringing audience members even closer to the political action. This is a first for The O2 hosting a live podcast as well as the first time Alastair and Rory will have taken to The O2 stage

Presale tickets are available from Wednesday 14th February at 8am with individual venue presales taking place on Thursday 15th February at 10am. General on sale begins on Friday 16th February at 10am with tickets available from www.aegp.uk/TheRestIsPolitics.

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Today, Trippie Redd the multi-platinum-selling, Billboard chart-topping artist announces his highly anticipated 2024 tour dates across the UK and Europe this summer. The tour kicks off on Friday, June 28 at 02 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester with stops across the continent in London, Tilburg, and Paris before wrapping up on Wednesday, July 10 in Milan. General on-sale tickets will be available on Friday 16th February at 10 AM local time at LiveNation.co.uk.

Renowned for being one of the most versatile and creatively daring recording artists around, Trippie Redd’s music blends wild experimentation with a broad audience appeal. A self-professed workaholic who’s now debuted five consecutive projects in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 charts — Trippie got his start as a teenager “living in a basement with roaches recording music,” as he tells it. Born Michael Lamar White IV and raised in Canton, Ohio, he grew up on hip-hop icons like Tupac Shakur, Nas, and Jay-Z, but later became fascinated with the shock-rock of Slipknot, Rob Zombie, and fellow Canton native Marilyn Manson.

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International singer-songwriter/rapper, The Kid Laroi, has announced The First Time tour in Europe and the UK, supporting his latest album, The First Time (Columbia). The 12-date headline stretch, produced by Live Nation, kicks off on Thursday 4 April at Stockholm’s Annexet, before heading to Norway, Denmark, Poland, Netherlands, Ireland, UK, Germany, France, before closing the tour in Italy at Fabrique on Saturday 27 April 2024.

Of the tour announcement LAROI said; “I can’t wait to play Europe & the UK in April! I’m so excited to bring the tour to my EU/UK fans. I promise it’ll be worth the wait! I love you all and I’ll see you very soon.”

Tickets are now on sale.

The First Time Tour Dates:

Thurs 04 April 2024 Sweden Stockholm Annexet
Fri 05 April 2024 Norway Oslo Sentrum Scene
Sun 07 April 2024 Denmark Copenhagen Forum

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Triple BAFTA winning stand up sensation Mo Gilligan announces a huge 2025 UK leg of his highly anticipated World Tour In the Moment due to phenomenal demand. Following on from his 2024 UK leg Mo will head back out on the road starting March 13th, 2025 in Croydon, before closing out the tour April 13th, 2025 in Glasgow.

In The Moment will be Mo’s biggest tour to date, bringing his phenomenal stand up show across the globe, taking on the US, Canada, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand, throughout Europe with additional names recently announced at Just for Laughs Vancouver and Netflix is a Joke Festival in Los Angeles in May 2024.

Tickets are on sale now!

IN THIS MOMENT WORLD TOUR (2024 UK DATES)
September
Thu 5th                        Leeds, Grand Theatre
Thu 12th                      Oxford, The New Theatre
Fri 20th                        Cambridge, Corn Exchange

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At a ceremony tonight at The London Palladium hosted by Bonnie Langford and Melanie La Barrie, the winners of the 24^th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards were announced – the only major theatre awards decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves.

WhatsOnStage’s Darius Thompson and Alex Wood said today, “What a year for UK theatre this has been. Looking at the winners, voted for by WhatsOnStage readers, it is striking just how audiences are keen to lend their support to bold, experimental takes on classic tales – from solo versions of Chekhov to immersive takes on classic musicals, or radical re-imaginings of Andrew Lloyd Webber shows. Long may this continue – theatre would not be able to thrive without challenging and forward-thinking creativity.

“We’ve had a complete blast at The London Palladium – and the team at LW Theatres have been incredible in accommodating everything we’ve thrown at them, including the installation of an auditorium ramp in order to facilitate step-free access to the stage.”

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Kwame Kwei-Armah invites you to his final season at the Young Vic Theatre as he today announces he will step down from the role of Artistic Director in Autumn 2024. 

Kwame Kwei-Armah joined the Young Vic as Artistic Director in February 2018, becoming the first African Caribbean director to lead a major British theatre.  During his tenure he has produced 40 productions across the theatre’s spaces, including 30 in the Main House where more than half of all writers and directors were women. Black and Global Majority artists have directed over half and written 48% of all Main House shows. Off stage, the Young Vic has gone from 11% to 44% Black and Global Majority staff across the organisation and 40% in senior management.

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London/New York (6 February 2024) The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize today announces ten finalists for the prestigious playwriting award – the largest and oldest playwriting award recognizing women+ writers for plays of outstanding quality written for the English-speaking theatre.

The ten finalists, chosen from over 200 submitted plays, are:

Roxy Cook (UK-Russia) A Woman Walks into a Bank

April De Angelis (UK) The Divine Mrs S

Justice Hehir (US) The Dowagers

Rhianna Ilube (UK) Samuel Takes a Break…,In Male Dungeon No.5 After a Long But Generally Successful Day of Tours

Jasmine Naziha Jones (UK) Baghdaddy

Alex Lin (US) Chinese Republicans

Lenelle Moïse (US) K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Hannah Moscovitch (CAN) Red Like Fruit

a.k. payne (US) Love I Awethu Further

Ava Pickett (UK) 1536

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Hot on the heels of a sold-out North American tour, get ready for the return of the music force that is Akon to venues across the UK and Europe for the first time in 10 years, as the superstar announces The Superfan Tour for 2024.

Produced by Live Nation, this 17-city tour promises to be an intimate performance from Akon that dives into fan favourites from the iconic catalogue over the past two decades, including chart-toppers like Beautiful, Locked Up, Right Now (Na Na Na), and Smack That, to name a few.

Having sold more than 35 million albums worldwide and penned an astonishing forty-five Billboard Hot 100 songs. Akon’s global sound has earned him countless American Music, Billboard Music, World Music, BET Hip Hop, Teen Choice, and ASCAP Awards. In a statement, Akon said: “I hope my UK and European fans are ready for a show filled with good music and energy! It’s been 10 years since I’ve done shows out here, so I cannot wait!”

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