The RSC announces full details of its Spring 2026 season, which sees multi award-winning actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh make a return to Stratford-upon-Avon for the first time in over 30 years, alongside Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt and double Olivier Award-winning actor Mark Gatiss in their RSC debuts.

The season features five productions, including a landmark staging of Shakespeare’s late masterpiece, two European classics urgently retold for today, an innovative new co-production with the UK’s leading theatre for young audiences, and an award-nominated debut play. The programme brings together globally renowned and emerging talents to tell stories that speak directly to our world now, united in their exploration of what bonds individuals to home, family and country.

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The grime pioneer returns to the stage with a bass-heavy live show across 11 cities London, UK – British music icon and trailblazer Dizzee Rascal is set to electrify UK stages once again with the We Want Bass Tour, a no-holds-barred celebration of bass, beats, and raw energy.

Kicking off in Newcastle on 19th November, the tour will storm through 11 cities From grime bangers to chart-topping anthems, Dizzee is primed to deliver a career-spanning set filled with classic cuts and new surprises and promises to be a must-see for fans old and new. “This one’s for the ravers, the real ones, the bass lovers,” says Dizzee. “We’re bringing the energy back to the stage – loud, live, and direct.”

Tickets go on sale 19th September, with early access for fans who sign up via www.dizzeerascal.co.uk. VIP packages and exclusive tour merch will also be available.

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Diamond-certified global superstar The Weeknd has announced three additional London shows at Wembley Stadium for his record-breaking, sold-out After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour 2026. The newly added dates are Sunday, August 16th, 2026, Tuesday, August 18th, 2026, and Wednesday, August 19th, 2026. This expands his London run to five nights at the iconic London venue. Tickets for the new shows go on sale Friday, September 12 at 12pm local time at theweeknd.com/tour.

The After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour celebrates The Weeknd’s acclaimed album trilogy—After Hours (2020), Dawn FM (2022), and Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)—and showcases hits spanning his chart-topping catalog. Listen to Hurry Up Tomorrow HERE.

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Following the release of their new album Inertia, on Mushroom Music, Pendulum have today announced an additional London show to their UK headline tour at O2 Academy Brixton on Friday 7^thNovember 2025. Tickets for the newly announced Brixton show go on general sale Friday 12^th September at 9am via LiveNation.co.uk

A band firmly in their element on stage, Pendulum will bring their raucous live show to six cities across the UK this November, including two dates at London’s O2 Birxton Academy. The band are currently celebrating the release of Inertia with a run of out store dates through the UK, playing Camp And Furnace (Jacaranda) in Liverpool tonight. Tickets on sale HERE.

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Following the massive sell out success of their limited 6 date stadium stint in North America this summer – and a triumphant sold out stadium tour across Latin America earlier this year, boasting sales of 500,000 tickets – GRAMMY® Award-winning rock icons System Of A Down have announced a major return to the UK and Europe in summer 2026, in stadiums.

Produced by Live Nation, the run will kick off 29 June in Stockholm, Sweden and includes shows at Paris’ Stade de France and London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The run will also feature performances at iconic venues across Germany, Italy, and Poland. The band will be joined on all dates by very special guest, Queens of the Stone Age, and opening act Acid Bath, creating a powerhouse lineup of some of the most influential bands in modern rock. System of A Down will also be announcing a very special show as part of this tour soon. Additional information will be shared in the coming weeks.
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Due to phenomenal demand, final dates have been added to When Gavin Met Stacey An Evening with Ruth Jones and James Corden. The newly announced shows include a matinee at The London Palladium, along with two performances in Wales, in Swansea and Cardiff. Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale, Friday 12^th September at 10am Via LiveNation.co.uk

Full of revelations and never-before-heard stories, this is a one-of-a-kind event about a show that’s already gone down in history.

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WhatsOnStage today announces that the 26th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards will return to The London Palladium on Sunday 8 March 2026, marking the third time the ceremony has been staged at the iconic venue.

Now in their 26th year, the WhatsOnStage Awards remain the only major theatre awards decided by the theatregoers themselves. WhatsOnStage readers will be able to nominate and vote across a range of categories. Nominations will open on Thursday, 6 November, with eligibility criteria to be released on the WhatsOnStage Awards website later this autumn.

The 2026 ceremony will begin at 6.30pm and will see winners crowned across a wide range of categories. Audiences can expect a spectacular line-up of exclusive live performances from leading stage talent. The event is co-produced with creative directors Alex Parker and Damian Sandys.

Tickets are now on sale via LW Theatres:https://lwtheatres.co.uk/ to WhatsOnStage Theatre Club members now, and on general sale from Friday, 5 September at 12pm.

WhatsOnStage’s Darius Thompson and Alex Wood said: “In a time of AI-generated content, divisive fake news and hate-fuelling algorithms, the powerful and unique connection between performers and audience, sharing a space together, must be cherished and celebrated.

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Today, diamond-certified global superstar The Weeknd announces the extension of his record-breaking, sold-out After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour with a series of dates throughout Mexico, Brazil, Europe, and the UK next year. Produced by Live Nation and sponsored by Nespresso, the next leg will kick off on Monday, April 20 in Mexico City, Mexico at Estadio GNP Seguro and include stops in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, London, Madrid and more. Anitta will join The Weeknd for the Mexico and Brazil dates, while Playboi Carti will appear on all Europe and UK shows.

The After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour celebrates The Weeknd’s acclaimed album trilogy—After Hours (2020), Dawn FM (2022), and Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)—and showcases hits spanning his chart-topping catalog. Listen to Hurry Up Tomorrow HERE.

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In 2026, Foreigner will celebrate their 50th band anniversary with an exclusive 50TH Anniversary Tour. The tour offers a look back at five decades of rock history and unites the greatest anthems of one of the most successful classic rock bands of all time.

With 10 multi-platinum albums, 16 Top-30 hits, and more than 80 million records sold, Foreigner are among the most popular rock acts in the world. Songs like Cold As Ice, Juke Box Hero, Urgent, Waiting for a Girl Like You or the worldwide hit I Want To Know What Love Is are staples of the genre and an integral part of the international rock legacy. In 2024, Foreigner were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – another milestone in the band’s career.

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The Last Dinner Party are pleased to announce details of a huge headline tour that spans from the Autumn through to next Spring.

The 35-date run kicks off with a UK/Ireland run which starts at Dublin’s 3Arena on 14^th November and concludes with two nights at O2 Academy Brixton in London on 7^th and 8^th December. The band then heads to Australia in January and across Europe in February, concluding at Sentrum Scene in Oslo on 6^thMarch.

Tickets for the tour go on general sale from 10am local time on Friday 12^th September. Fans who pre-order the album from the official store here, will be offered access to tour pre-sale.

The Last Dinner Party release their second album, From The Pyre, on 17^th October 2025 via Island EMI. It was announced alongside the release of the album’s lead single, “This Is The Killer Speaking”. Watch the video HERE

The London five-piece headed into the studio early 2025 with Grammy Award winning producer Markus Dravs (Wolf Alice, Florence & The Machine, Bjork) to start work on the follow-up to their number 1 debut album, 2023’s Prelude to Ecstasy. From The Pyre is the sound of a band having a lot of fun rather than feeling any innate pressure to follow-up on what was an explosively successful debut record. It’s also the sound of a young band developing and maturing their songwriting together, as tight a unit as the endless months out on the road pay testament to.