The former Take That singer was due to perform at Atakoy Marina in Istanbul this Tuesday, 7 October, but has confirmed on his Instagram story that the concert has been pulled and that he was “extremely sorry”.

He wrote: “City authorities have cancelled the show, in the interests of public safety. The last thing I would ever want to do is to jeopardise the safety of my fans – their safety and security come first.”

“We were very excited to be playing Istanbul for the first time, and purposely chose the city as the final show of the Britpop tour.”

“To end this epic run of dates in front of my Turkish fans was my dream, given the close connections my family have with this wonderful country.”

Robbie Williams is married to Ayda Field Williams, who is Turkish born.

He added: “To everyone in Istanbul who wanted to join the 1.2 million people who have shared this phenomenal tour this year with us, I am deeply sorry. We were so looking forward to this show, but the decision to cancel it was beyond our control.”

He is still expected to play at Dingwalls in Camden on Thursday 9 October where he will play his upcoming album ‘BRITPOP‘ in full for the first time ever, as well as his debut solo album ‘Life Thru A Lens’.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Robbie Williams (@robbiewilliams)

‘BRITPOP‘ was scheduled to be released 10 October, but was rescheduled to 6 February 2026, due to “scheduling issues”.

Fans who pre-ordered the album were sent an email from Robbie Williams’ team, saying, “ue to scheduling changes ‘BRITPOP’ will now be released on February 6 2026. Your order will be dispatched in line with the new release date. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, we promise it will be worth the wait.”

No reason as to why the album got rescheduled has been shared, however some fans online have noticed how the original date of the released happened to be close to the release of another huge album – Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’.

A few months ago, Robbie Williams hosted an exclusive listening of his upcoming solo album at Groucho Club in Central London where he was interviewed by comedian Joe Lycett.

Robbie revealed that as well as Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi being a collboration on the album, the new album features “a couple of other songs” with Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes and one with Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

He also said that former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow co-wrote the new song ‘Morrissey’, which has been confirmed to be on the new album.

Fans can pre-order the new album here.

Over the past two nights, the band returned to London for shows at Wembley, which will now be followed by further shows in Japan, Australia, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.

While there are no more scheduled shows following their final ‘Live 25′ date in Brazil on 23 November, rumours have been going around that the Gallagher brothers could play Knebworth or the Etihad Stadium, due to the 30th anniversary of their landmark gigs at Knebworth and Maine Road being next year.

Liam Gallagher added to this speculation at their gig on 27 September when he said “See you next year” towards the end of their set.

Clips of the moment have got fans very excited, with many hoping for an official announcement soon. One fan said “If my only ever Oasis concert will be Knebworth 26, then so be it. Till the wheels fall off, Ticketmaster.”

Oasis live ’26 confirmed?#OasisLive25 pic.twitter.com/zfzTFUHC5y

— Oasis Mania (@OasisMania) September 28, 2025

Another fan said, “Good… but the ticket process needs to be better.” This comes after there were conversations around the Oasis 2025 reunion tour ticket sale when they launched an invitation only ballot for pre-sale tickets.

Furthermore, the band called out Ticketmaster for using dynamic pricing for their tickets, with fans being charged as much as £350 per ticket, which was around £200 more than had been advertised.

In a statement issued to PA Media, the band said: “It needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management.”

However, fans have pointed out on social media that the tease for 2026 might not be live dates and could be an album. Earlier this year, the band’s manager confirmed that there is no plan for anymore new music or anymore live shows on the reunion tour.

Their manager described the tour as, “very much the last time around” as well as saying that, “There’s no plan for any new music.”

Last year, the band shot down any rumours that they were planning to headline Knebworth in 2026, with the band taking to X saying “”Contrary to reports in some UK tabloid media today, Oasis will not be playing Knebworth Park in the future.”

Contrary to reports in some UK tabloid media today, Oasis will not be playing Knebworth Park in the future.
There are no plans for any further UK dates beyond the currently announced UK stadium tour.

— Oasis (@oasis) September 11, 2024

Liam also went online and teased a new Oasis album, describing the album as “SPIRITUAL”. He also claimed that he was “blown away” by new material written by Noel.

He then went back onto social media to post an update saying there was “no Oasis album in the making”, and his prior comments were something he did for “a laugh”.

The new single, ‘Footage / Steamtrain‘, is a two-part track that opens with a brooding vocal section and builds to a dramatic, string-laden crescendo. Lyrically, it evokes a sense of longing and frustration, repeating the line: “steamtrain up to heaven / a train that never came” at the end of the song as the track steadily escalates in intensity.

The band will return to the stage for a brief UK tour in October, with three live dates scheduled at Bristol’s Strange Brew (October 14), London’s Islington Assembly Hall (October 15) and Manchester’s Gorilla (October 16).  Frontman Sam Herlihy shared the news with fans on X (formerly Twitter), writing: “Come and say hello and watch me tap dance / drink heavily.” Tickets go on sale tomorrow, July 16 at 10am and can be accessed here.

The song called Footage/Steamtrain is now released upon all yer damn streaming oilrigs.

We are also
playing three shows in October. Bristol 14th, London 15th Manchester 16th.

The tickets are on sale tomorrow at 10am.

Come and say hello and watch me tap dance/drink heavily.

— Sam Of Herlihy (@samuelherlihy) July 15, 2025

In an interview with NME, Herlihy spoke candidly about the band’s decision to reform and the process behind their new material: “We’re in a rehearsal room and have been smashing it together. “It’s all written and we’re going to go and record with Jolyon Thomas, who is the son of Ken Thomas who made our two records with. He was an absolute hero and I loved him dearly. He was an incredible, artistic, intimidating dude, but sadly he passed away last year. We first met Jolyon when we first met Ken when he was some snotty 16-year-old kid, and now he’s snotty whatever-year-old producer who makes records with U2”.

He added “If the songs weren’t good, then I wouldn’t do this,” he continued. “As fun as it would be to play the shows and give something back to fans would be lovely, it wouldn’t be enough to just play the old stuff. I genuinely believe that it’s as good if not better than the old stuff”.

Hope Of The States gained critical acclaim and a loyal fanbase in the early 2000s with their debut album ‘The Lost Riots’ (2004) and follow-up album ‘Left’ (2006). The band disbanded shortly after the release of their second album, saying their felt ‘cursed’ by bad luck following a difficult period marked by the tragic death of their guitarist Jimmi Lawrence.

Their 2025 return, nearly two decades later, signals a bold new chapter for the band – one that blends the weight of their past with a renewed creative energy.

The 02 Arena are teaming up with carbon removal company CUR8 to explore and test options to create a ‘carbon-removed’ event, which include direct air capture, a process in which air is blown through machines that remove CO2 and store it underground.

The band will be taking part in a pilot scheme during their London shows next February, in which the organisers will use various methods to extract carbon from the show and remove said carbon from the atmosphere.

“We’re incredibly proud to be hosting the world’s first carbon-removed events here at The O2.,” says the AEG Europe Director of Sustainability, Sam Booth

“The perfect large-scale carbon-free event does not currently exist, but while the industry continues to innovate and improve to reduce emissions to their lowest possible level, carbon removals will remain an important piece of the puzzle.”

The organisers have said: “Using this data, the cost of removing the carbon associated with the events can be folded into the existing business model.”

Mark Stevenson, Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer at CUR8 also said: “What’s great about these shows is that we can demonstrate that it is now possible to fold the cost of removing the residual CO2 into the existing business model, such that fans won’t notice any difference in the gig experience. It’s a complete win-win-win – for artists and their fans who care about the climate crisis.”

It is said that these pilot events will help create a practice model for venues across the globe in how to approach the carbon issue and to pull together the live entertainment in the same direction.

Carbon at live events is typically born from stage lights and props as well as actions from the crowd such as travel.

The band has also previously teamed up with climate change group organisation, Music Declares Emergency in 2021 via launching t-shirts and hoodies with sustainable materials that helped raise money for charity.

The band is also touring the UK and Europe in 2024, playing shows in Manchester, Birmingham, Paris and many more. Tickets can be found here

UK Dates

09/02/2024 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, UK

12/02 – 02 Arena – London, UK

13/02 – 02 Arena – London, UK

18/02 – AO Arena – Manchester, UK

21/02 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham, UK

EU Dates

26/02 – Campo Pequeno – Lisbon, Portugal

27/02 – WiZink Center – Madrid, Spain

01/03 – La Zenith – Paris, France

02/03 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, Netherlands

03/03 – Forest National – Brussels, Belgium

05/03 – Barclays Arena – Hamburg, Germany

07/03 – Oslo Spektrum – Oslo, Norway

08/03 – Annexet – Stockholm, Sweden

10/03 – KB Hallen – Copenhagen, Denmark

12/03 – Verti Music Hall – Berlin, Germany

13/03 – Torwar Hall – Warsaw, Poland

14/03 – Fortuna Hall – Prague, Czech Republic

16/03 – Hallenstadion Zurich – Zurich, Switzerland

18/03 – Zenith – Munich, Germany

19/03 – Mediolanum Forum – Milan, Italy

21/03 – Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt, Germany

22/03 – Palladium – Cologne, Germany

The 1975 Announce 2024 UK/EU Tour

The 1975 Celebrate 10 Years Of Debut Album At Reading 2023

The 1975 Pay Tribute To Lewis Capaldi As They Fill In For Him At Reading 2023

They have just announced three acts set to be supporting the rock band. Amongst these, be ready to be warmed up by the rock legends from the 80’s, Pretenders. Alongside them, the grammy nominated band Larkin Poe from the US. And let’s not forget The Darkness band from the 2000’s rock scene.

The Pretenders performance will be the wrap up for their UK and Ireland tour starting this May and finishing on the 30th June, as mentioned before, at Hyde Park. The tour is named “Relentless” after their soon to be released album – Relentless. However, Chrissie Hynde is handling the situation in a very secretive manner and still hasn’t revealed any valuable information about the official drop.

Larkin Poe lurk close behind their, band support, peers. The Nashville band formed by the multi-instrumentalist sisters Rebecca Lovell and Megan Lovell. It seems like the duo will be mainly showcasing their best hits from their latest album release Blood Harmony. This being their sixth studio album.

Finally, the British rock band, The Darkness, will be playing as Guns N’ Roses support act and will be playing another live show in Norway where they will be supporting KISS on their End Of The Road world tour, on the 15th of July before the bands official tour in November where they will be visiting Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

It is going to be the first time Guns N’ Roses perform at the BST Festival this year. They will be playing amongst our global, music industry’s leading figures from the past few decades, including Bruce Springsteen, BLACKPINK, Billy Joel, Take That and P!nk. All playing on consecutive weekends.

This years edition celebrates que festivals 10th year anniversary from when they first launched. It is an event which consists on a series of live shows held over two or three weekends at Hyde Park in London. Over the years it has hosted the biggests acts in the world such as Celine Dion, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, The Strokes, The Who, Adele … you name it.

Tickets for Guns N’ Roses are available here.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by All Points East (@allpointseastuk)

AEG Presents have given the following statement, “Ray-Ban has been a partner of Luno presents All Points East since its launch in 2018 and we’re really pleased to develop our relationship further with these intimate shows this summer. The festival is going to be a huge celebration of music and we’re delighted to have Ray-Ban partner with us again on the West Stage across both weekends.”

The first of the live shows is scheduled to take place on 26th May 2022; Sherelle will kick off the live sessions with a headlining show at Hackney Wick’s Colour Factory. The British DJ will also be joined by Nia Archives, the multi-talented artist who was awarded the Best Producer accolade at this year’s BandLab NME Awards ceremony. Two more artists are also billed to perform at the opening concert, “Almost Blue” singer LCY and Foundation FM will also take to the Hackney stage.

The second gig of the upcoming summer session will take place on 9th June 2022 at Camden’s iconic venue KOKO. Formally known as Camden Palace, the venue will play host to Kenny Beats and his friends. The Berklee College of Music alumni first found success within the EDM group Loudpvck; the American producer and songwriter left to follow a solo career and made a name for himself in the genre of Trap music. British artist Knucks has also been announced to perform alongside Beats; the 27-year-old rapper is set to bring his unique sound to the Camden stage.

The third and final concert is set to be held on 14th July 2022 at Dalston’s multi-arts space Earth. Headlining the series’ concluding show is Self Esteem, otherwise known as Rebecca Lucy Taylor. The Sheffield born artist was previously part of the folk duo Slow Club. The group released their debut album Yeah So in 2009, the album was released on vinyl in 2010 by Moshi Moshi Records in celebration of Record Store Day. The group disbanded in 2017 due to musical differences and Taylor’s solo project Self Esteem was born. Last year the singer released the single “You Forever“, a track taken from her second studio album Prioritise Pleasure. Further acts to perform alongside Self Esteem will soon be announced.

The festival’s upcoming series of spin-off events have promised that the concerts will be organised and produced in an environmentally friendly fashion, a press release confirms the approach, “Each night, BMW will be plugging into All Points East’s sustainability policies, with a fleet of all-electric BMW iX providing artist transportation, actively reducing each event’s carbon footprint.”

Luno presents All Points East festival is set to return to Victoria Park this summer for its 2022 event. Set to take place from 19th-28th August the festival will host a collection of influential headlining acts including two of electronic music’s biggest names; The Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk are billed to headline APE Presents Field Day on 20th August 2022.

Tickets for Ray-Ban X APE present The Summer Sessions go on sale from 10am 12th May 2022, click here for ticket information.

The artist enlisted help once again from director Jean-Emmanuel Valnoir Simoulin having worked together for the album’s debut track “Death of the soul”. Simoulin said of the latest work; “Directing this video has been quite a ride. A six-month long ride, day and night, with 38,257 frames rendered and a lot of challenges, but definitely by far my most memorable experience in terms of video directing. I wanted to depict a journey in a monochrome, neo-gothic, over-identified Metropolis dipped in a wet and never-ending night, illuminated by thousands of flickering, bleak, neon-lights, highlighting vice and decadence. It is a collision between Fitz Lang, Orson Welles, “Blade Runner,” old Batman, Dick Tracy and even Roger Rabbit.”

The song itself is a powerful amalgamation of gothic post-punk and electronica, resulting in a moody, often dystopian sound that is laden with dread and despair.  Fans of Trent Reznor or Mika Levi will appreciate the textured drones immensely. The video matches its dark intent to perfection.

The featured artist for this track is none other than the Parisian four-piece Hangman’s Chair, who provide the metallic influences on the record, having collaborated previously with Perturbator on their own track “Tired Eyes” from the album Banlieue Triste which was released in 2018. The artist described the relationship saying; “We immediately felt a comraderie, and the connection between us continued to grow in the years that followed. When he asked us to participate on ‘God Says,” it was an honor to return the favor.”

Perturbator will be on tour later this year with dates set here in the UK. Information for these shows can be found below;

13/11/2022- SWX- Bristol, UK
15/11- St. Lukes- Glasgow, UK
16/11- Academy 2- Manchester, UK
17/11-Electric Brixton, UK

Ticket information can be found at Perturbator.com

Instagram.com/perturbatormusic

Facebook.com/Perturbator

Twitter.com/The_Perturbator

The British songstress will perform at the festival on 1^st July -2 July 2022 at the capitol’s famous park. Adele took to Twitter to announce the news.

Oiii Oiiiiiiiiiiiii
Pre sale at https://t.co/hbsotis7lr pic.twitter.com/HBSmDereSv

— Adele (@Adele) October 26, 2021

The two-day summer event will mark the first time Adele has performed within the UK since 2017. The Grammy-award winning singer last hit the road in 2017 when she embarked on her Adele Live tour. The tour was in support of her third studio album 25 and was also her third concert tour. The series of shows were global, starting in 2016 within the UK and continued into Europe and North America. Unfortunately, when the singer suffered damaged vocal cords two Wembley Arena were cancelled.

BST Hyde Park also took to social media to announce the singer’s live return.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by BST Hyde Park (@bsthydepark)

The 33-year-old singer made her triumphant return to the charts this week with her new single “Easy On Me”. The single achieved record-breaking success within sales and streaming and debuted at number one. The new track racked up an impressive 217,300 chart sales within its first week and broke the previous chart sales record. The highest figure was previously held by Ed Sheeran for his single “Shape Of You” which accumulated 226,800 chart sales within its first week.

“Easy On Me” is Adele’s first release in six years and has been taken from singer’s upcoming album as the lead single. The singer’s upcoming fourth studio album 30 is set to be released on 19^th November 2021. The news of a new release will always lead to refreshed interest in an artist’s back catalogue. Two of Adele’s previous hits have re-entered the charts this week, “When We Were Young” landed at number 25 and “Someone Like You” re-entered at number 34.

Adele’s new track marks her third number one single. Her first number one single, “Someone Like You” was released on 24 January 2011 and spent five weeks at the top spot. The single sired many accolades including the 2012 Grammy award for Best Pop Solo Performance. The singer’s second number one, “Hello”, was released on 23^rd October 2015 and enjoyed the most profitable opening week for sales in three years. The accompanied music video was directed by Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan who also directed the video for “Easy On Me”.

It was announced earlier in the year that Sir Elton John would also be performing at the festival. The legendary artist will take the stage on Friday 24^th June 2022, the performance will be part of the pianist’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road the Final tour. The singer will be joined by special guests who have yet to be confirmed. Also announced within the festival’s line up include two more highly influential bands. Grunge legends Pearl Jam will also perform two shows on Friday 8^th July and Saturday 9^th July 2022, the group will be joined by fellow 90’s icons Pixies in their Friday performance. 80’s hitmakers Duran Duran will perform at the festival on Sunday 10^th July 2022 with special guests Nile Rodgers, CHIC and more guests to be confirmed.

Click here to purchase tickets.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by The Orb (@theorblive)

Former Glastonbury headliners will return to the live stage as ‘Le Petit Orb’, a pared-back version of their live act. LPO as per press is a “2 piece that takes the orb into places other orbs can’t reach . Into lectures & funny hat competitions with saucy music from the future”.

Alex Paterson, the founder of The Orb has been trying to find a way to connect to fans and perform live during the pandemic. In March this year, he launched a new music label Obscure Records, a place for new music from around the world. “The name is a play on the Obscure label Eno set up on Editions EG in the 1970s. Orbs Cure. Clever parrot-Orbscure! Orbscure! Orbs Cure for all ills. Orbs Cure made 2 chill”- commented Paterson on the label name.  

The first release under the new label was The Heavens released on 28th May, a collab from Paterson and original The Orb member, Andy Falconer (aka Sedibus). “Organic in feel and clearly referencing our shared roots, The Heavens is an immersive journey of ambient electronica which not only references a source, but the distance travelled from that point of origin to something new” explained Falconer.

This year Alex Paterson also released his biography in collaboration with music journalist Kris Needs, titled: “Babble on an’ Ting: Alex Paterson’s Incredible Journey Beyond the Ultraworld with The Orb”. 

“I decided to do a book now as I have reached one full human cycle 60. Also, to tell my side of stories and to set the record straight on planet Orb,” said Patterson. “Working with Kris was seriously brilliant fun. We have been friends and allies for decades now. He’s a beautiful man with a deep knowledge of all things secret and actually lived through some of the stories together”. Get your copy here.

As live performances during the pandemic were on hold, Paterson performed two groundbreaking online holographic shows. 

Enter the Kettle is the upcoming and second album from Paterson and the Orb’s new label. It can be pre-ordered here.

The Orb will play 19 shows across the UK starting on 28th October in Aberdeen. Tickets are available to purchase via the band’s page. Every performance will begin with a Q&A session with Alex Paterson and each ticketholder will have a chance to vote for tracks to be performed during shows.

The Orb UK Tour Dates are:

28/10/21 – Lemon Tree -Aberdeen
29/10 – St Lukes -Glasgow
30/10 – Summerhall – Edinburgh

5/11 – Cheese & Grain – Frome
6/11 – Earth – London
7/11 – Phoenix – Exeter
8/11 – Glee – Cardiff
16/11 – Glee – Nottingham
17/11 – Epic Studios – Norwich
18/11 – Komedia – Brighton
19/11 – Mash – Cambridge
22/11 – Roisin Dubh – Galway
23/11 – Liberty Hall Theatre – Dublin
24/11 – Empire – Belfast

7/12 – Glee – Birmingham
8/12 – Stoller Hall -Manchester
9/12 – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds
11/12 – Leadmill – Sheffield
12/12 – Wylam Brewery – Newcastle Upon Tyne

The show will not just be the band’s first live performance in two years but will also mark the O2 arena’s reopening, the famous venue was forced to temporally closed its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions which have been put in place due to the health crisis. The free show will be in support of the NHS staff who have proceeded to be on the front lines of the current health crisis, NHS workers and their families will be able to attend the concert by showing their NHS pass along with their tickets. The gig will take place a day before the band’s original rescheduled date on 11th August 2021, the sold-out event will also take place at O2 Arena.

The group took to their Instagram page to announce the news, the post also featured a message of thanks from drummer Russel Hobbs.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Gorillaz (@gorillaz)

The O2 Arena’s VP and General Manager, Steve Sayer, has also commented on the importance of the show as well as the venue’s excitement to be back at business. “This is such a big moment for us. Our first live show in over 500 days, with one of the UK’s best bands playing to an audience made up of NHS staff and their families. We have missed the fans and live performances so much, we couldn’t be more proud to reopen with this event and to welcome such a great audience.”

The live dates in August will not be the group’s only live performances, the group has also been announced to play at Primavera Sound Festival in 2022. The festival is set to take place at the Parc del Forum located in Barcelona Spain and will be held across two weekends in the month of June. Over the two weekends, 2-4 June 2022 and 9-11 June 2022, ticket-holders will get to see over 400 acts perform. Other acts including Gorillaz on the line up include Lorde, Tame Impala and indie icons The Strokes.

The group consists of non-virtual and virtual members, the non-virtual bandmates include Blur member Damon Albarn, comic book artist Jamie Hewlett and producer Remi Kabaka Jr. The ‘Feel Good Inc’ performers also include virtual and animated bandmates, 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs. The band recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Gorillaz’ released on 26th March 2021. The album featured the now-legendary track ‘Clint Eastwood’ which launched the group into immense popularity, the album also gained the group entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. They were included within the impressive roster of achievements as the Most Successful Virtual Band and the album reached a phenomenal 3 million global sales. For this year’s Record Store Day the band also marked their debut album’s birthday celebrations with their participation in the event, the group released a box set of six of their studio albums. The box set was entitled ‘G Collection’ and was a popular item for Record Store Day.