This exciting announcement comes after both artist’s recent album releases. Peckham-born Giggs released his sixth studio album, Zero Tolerance in August of this year which featured a collaboration with Diddy on the song, ‘Mandem‘. Diddy recently released his fifth studio album, The Love Album, which features works and collaborations with some of the best names in music and which arrived 17 years after his previous album, Press Play.

Diddy took to Instagram to share his excitement, “Attention LONDON! One night only! We comin’ to make History!”.

This has not been the first show Giggs has put on for charitable purposes. In 2018, Giggs put on a show at Camden’s Roundhouse in which people could set their own price for tickets for Sickle Cell Society and the Amy Winehouse Foundation.

Similar to previous charitable events, the upcoming evening with Diddy and Giggs will also be funded by patrons where they can choose their own ticket prices.

Diddy has also recently made news by donating a large sum of money to Howard University. Ben Vinson, president of the academic institution, stated, “A monumental moment at Yardfest! Thank you Diddy, for your incredible generosity and support of Howard University. Your million-dollar contribution will make a profound impact on our students and community. We’re honoured to have you as a part of our Bison family.”

This year marks the 15th year anniversary of Giggs’ debut studio album Walk In Da Park. This album has been seen as one of the most influential in the British hip-hop scene and even helped spawn a sub-genre called ‘Road Rap’.

Diddy’s rise to stardom has been as tumultuous as it has been successful. Releasing music which has topped the charts, won awards and has earned Diddy international fame despite receiving consistently mixed reviews has not stopped this hip-hop legend from performing and writing.

Diddy has recently taken to social media to announce his film, ‘Off The Grid’, stating, “The Movie “Off The Grid” starring Sean Diddy Combs & Eva Apio coming to a theatre near you. Inspired by The Love Album.”

Between Diddy and Giggs are years of brilliant performances and shows which they are sure to bring next week at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. You can find tickets here.

Following the show, the Scottish band explained the reason for the pause in the show with a statement on their social media: “Apologies to everyone for stopping tonight’s show, We are absolutely furious to learn about the behaviour of male fans at our show in Oxford.”

“This is a male problem and it is only the responsibility of males to stamp it out. No one should ever feel unsafe at our gigs and it’s your responsibility to report and call out your friends if they are acting like fucking animals.”

They then added: “We are not your fucking lad band and you don’t get [to] act like that at our shows.”

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— The Snuts (@TheSnuts) November 7, 2021

No video footage has emerged online of said incidents, but people have posted tweets complaining about the behavior of some of the male fans. One attendee wrote in a tweet after the show “The crowd and the Snuts deserved better than a load of Oxford students trying to grope girls at their show. Fucking joke. We’ve waited months to have this ruined by some posh boys that want shoeing.”

The crowd and the Snuts deserved better than a load of Oxford students trying to grope girls at their show. Fucking joke. We’ve waited months to have this ruined by some posh boys that want shoeing

— brassicles (@brassicles) November 8, 2021

The band will be continuing their UK tour tonight (November 8) in Norwich at the Waterfront and runs until the end of the month, where they play a final gig at the Ritz in Manchester. The band as I’m sure most fans are will be hoping for no further repeat of the events in Oxford.

This a special performance because Smith will be paying tribute to the UK’s NHS health-care workers that have fallen victim to Covid-19 in their fight to heal those suffering in the pandemic. When discussing her decision to honour health-care workers, Smith stated that it’s just so sad when we lose people who work so hard to rebuild our world.

Patti Smith has been focusing less on her music and more on activism since her last album release Banga in 2012. The majority of her activism has been centered around climate change, playing multiple shows, making speeches and raising money and awareness around the subject.

Smith has also taken up poetry in the last decade, performing poetry live often and releasing her own written poetry as well. To honour her love for poetry and combine it with her activism surrounding climate change, at the NYE showcase she will also be reading a poem dedicated to the climate change activist Greta Thunberg who will be celebrating her 18th birthday in the coming month. Smith wanted to honour Thunberg because she pretty much sacrificed her childhood for all of us.

When discussing the poem, Smith said that some of the work I did in my bedroom, some in a recording studio and some at my desk. I had to teach myself how to use Photo Booth on my computer and film myself reading a poem. She continued by joking about the creative process, saying I’m sure there are 14-year-olds who can do this in five minutes but it took me quite a while. But I got there and I’m so proud of myself.

When discussing her struggles during the covid-19 isolation, for which she needed to isolate because of lung issues, she said it was very difficult for her to overcome. She stated that she had so much responsibility and a true purpose. To be in limbo almost 10 months, for a person like me who doesn’t like sitting in the same place, it’s been very challenging. I feel like I’m part-wolf, roaming from room to room.

It is fitting that Smith will be honouring those who have sacrificed their lives considering she has spent the last decade sacrificing hers to make the world a little cleaner. YouTube’s Circa will showcase Patti Smith throughout January at 20:21 GMT at Piccadilly Lights, London, leading up to the special NYE tribute performance.

This will be the first time the local band has returned to a Manchester stage in four years. The band has stated this show will be ‘a defining moment in their illustrious career’ and that it will be a ‘celebration like no other’.

We’re delighted to announce our first show in Manchester since 2016. Join us at Heaton Park with @Hot_Chip + @work1ngmensclub on 10th September 2021.

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— New Order (@neworder) December 7, 2020

New Order will be featuring on Tim Burgess’ Listening Party special on December 15th at 8pm. The special is to celebrate the news of the homecoming show, but also to promote the bands most recent LP Music Complete.

Recently, New Order announced they will be releasing their sold-out Alexandra Palace Show from November 9th, 2018. The release will be widely available on all streaming platforms in April of 2021. In that Twitter announcement, the band released their Sub-Culture performance from the Palace Show.

Tickets for the celebratory homecoming show will be available this week. There will be a special fan pre-ordering event on Tuesday, December 8th. General ticket release will be on Thursday December 10th at 9am.

New Order was formed after the death of Ian Curtis forced the end of the original band Joy Division. The last few decades has been difficult on the English rock band because of the shadow they live in from the former success of Joy Division.

New Order has still managed to find mass success in tracks like Blue Monday released in the 80s, and in their 10th studio album Music Complete which was released in 2015. The band had not released any new music in 5 years before 2020.

On 8 September 2020, they finally released new music with the single Be a Rebel. The music video for the track was directed by NYSU and released on December 2.

It is unclear whether the band intends on releasing a full-length album in 2021, no announcements of new music have been as of this year. The band has not yet released any intentions of a UK Tour either, however they have played shows in the States in 2020.

While there are no announcements of upcoming tours, the band and their fans look forward to this long-awaited homecoming concert in Manchester. Due to New Order releasing a new single for the first time in 5 years, a music video and announcing this huge celebratory gig, the English electronic-rock band is set to make another comeback.