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The open-air, free-to-view, exhibition is titled ‘Brothers: Liam and Noel Through the Lens of Kevin Cummins’ and is open to the public to attend at any time.

This exhibit coincides with the Gallagher brothers anticipated return to London as they kick off the first of seven sold out shows at Wembley Stadium this weekend (July 25 and 26), following on from two shows at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium and five massive homecoming shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park.

The new outdoor photo exhibition features 20 large-format photographs which were taken by British music photographer Kevin Cummins. 

Cummins worked closely with the band throughout the 1990’s and captured some of the most iconic photographs taken of the Britpop legends. Check out examples of his work below.

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The specific photos on display – which can be viewed outside Wembley Stadium, the OVO Arena, and along Olympic Way – were all captured in the months leading up to the release of 1994’s ‘Definitely Maybe’, showing the two brothers at their charming best just weeks before being sky-rocketed to the biggest band in the country.

Speaking of this new exhibition, Cummin said: “When the Oasis album, Morning Glory, was released in 1995, we were all living in Oasis world. In every bar, shop, restaurant, football stadium, even the sound floating down the street through open windows, this album was the soundtrack to Britain for at least six months.

“I never thought I’d see anything like it again, but here we are; back in Oasis world again. It’s the most exciting event of the year, and we’re lucky enough to be part of it. The gigs will be great. The mood is great, and I love the idea that those of us who were there first time round, are sharing it with excited younger fans who are seeing the band for the first time.”

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Although Cummin took the photos all those years ago, it was the Head of Cultural Programming at Wembley Park, Claudio Giambrone, who curated the exhibition. 

Speaking of the inspiration behind the exhibit, Gimabrone said: “We wanted to show a different side to the Gallaghers – not the usual narrative of conflict, but the emotional depth and connection that Kevin captured so clearly. These photographs reveal moments of humour, tension, closeness and trust. We hope the exhibition speaks not just to Oasis fans, but to anyone who understands the beauty and complexity of sibling relationships.”

Oasis will kick off their string of shows at Wembley Stadium this Friday (July 25) as they look to build on the rave reviews they have received so far. NME gave the band’s first show in Cardiff five stars, saying: “After a 90s heyday and an often maligned post-millennium era, this is Oasis redesigned for the 21st century.”

Check out mxdwn.co.uk coverage and thoughts of the first two nights of this massive reunion tour here.

The collaborative performance came during Swift’s highly anticipated and adored surprise song section of the show, and followed a mashup of ‘thanK you aIMee’ and ‘Mean’, which Swift prefaced by saying, “Every time someone talks sh*t, it makes me work even harder”. You can watch the mashup below.

Williams and Swift met in 2009 at an afterparty after the Grammy’s, and have been life long friends ever since. This guest appearance is not the first time Williams and Swift have performed together, as Williams joined the stage in 2011 at Taylor Swift’s Speak Now tour in London. Thirteen years later, in the same location, they performed together again, and the performance saw Williams wearing a purple, Speak Now inspired dress, alongside lyric writing on her arm, mirroring their past performance and the album. You can watch the performance below.

The collaboration was emotional for both parties, as Swift paused mid song to embrace the moment, and saying “I love you so much” to Williams, and that “I can’t believe she’s ever talked to me once”, with Williams replying, “You’re my longest music friend. Thank you. I love you.”, making this performance a memorable moment of friendship for not only the fans but for Williams and Swift themselves too.

Paramore have been opening for Swift since the beginning of the European leg of the Eras tour, that began in Paris on May 9th, and does not finish until the 20th August. They play a nine song set, that includes some of their greatest hits such as ‘Still Into You’, ‘The Only Exception’ and ‘This Is Why’, however they also include their own surprise songs, and recently performed a cover of ‘Burning Down The House’ by Talking Heads. Before the tour began, NME spoke to Williams who said she was “so ready to be tour-mates” again, and expressed her respect for how “specific and colourful Taylor’s words get without ever losing the universal thread.”.

So far, the two of the three nights Swift is spending at Wembley this month have shaped up to be exciting and star-studded, with her performance on Saturday 22nd being attended by celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Greta Gerwig, Hugh Grant, and her partner Travis Kelce. The night before was equally as exciting, with none other than the Royal Family being in attendance, alongside the feature of what Prince Williams has described as his best “dad dancing”.

Following Swift’s performance on Sunday 23rd June, she moves on to Dublin, and does not return to London until the 15th August, when she will perform for five nights, marking the end of the European Eras tour.

The creators of one of the defining records of Britpop, ‘Parklife’, formed in London in 1988 originally under the name Seymour. They released their ninth studio album, The Ballad Of Darren, in 2023 and it was written by frontman, Damon Albarn, while he was touring with Gorilla in 2022. Before embarking on their two night sold out at Wembley that would become the live album and concert film, Albarn sat down with Consequence to talk about the album. He notes that he “wrote it in [his] downtime in hotel rooms in America…But it became Blur with the four of us.” The band announced yesterday via social media that the live album would be released on the 26th of July along with footage from the show which you can see below.

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The band described recording the album as ‘utter joy’ and according to NME, during one of the shows at Wembley last year, “At one point, [frontman Damon] Albarn turns to us and says, “You’re properly mad, you lot, for sticking with us for so long.”

During the gig, Frontman Albran stated that the band had been ‘waiting all their lives for this,’ so what better way to commemorate the moment, than to capture it in its entirety on film so it can be relived for years to come, especially since it was announced in December that the group would be disbanding again after their reconciliation for their latest album.

Alongside the live album release and upcoming concert film, Blur will also release their documentary ‘To The End’. The previously announced feature length film details the band’s reunion and will hit the big screens on the 19th of July, just a week before the live album will be available to stream and buy. The film’s name is taken from the 1994 song To The End which debuted as a single following the release of what is arguably Blur’s most iconic album, ‘Parklife’. However, fans are understandably suspicious of the name choice, anticipating that, though the group have dissolved and reformed a number of times, this will be the final time they will see them united. According to Far Out Magazine Albran spoke to French magazine Les Inrockuptible in December of last year, noting that “It is time to wrap up this campaign [Blur]. It’s too much for me…I’m not saying I won’t do it again, it was a beautiful success, but I’m not dwelling on the past,”.

The album will hit steaming sites on the 26th of July and you can also pre-order a physical CD or vinyl variants of the live album from the link here, while the concert film will land in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday, 6 September so fans will have to wait a little while longer. You can watch the full teaser trailer for the ‘Live at Wembley Stadium’ below.

ᴏɴᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴋɪꜱꜱ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴋɪꜱꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ.

ᴡᴇᴍʙʟᴇʏ, ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴜꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ɪᴛ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴀꜱꜱɪᴏɴ, ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴡᴇᴀᴛ. pic.twitter.com/pP8rE75a0Q

— ENTER SHIKARI (@ENTERSHIKARI) February 18, 2024

The St Albans based band started their captivating speech by stating: “We cannot just enjoy this moment without acknowledging the fact that there are children being blown to pieces by a government and a country that has been completely lost in nationalistic and religious fervour.”

Continuing to express his support of Palestine, Reynolds said: “with the activists and actionists up and down the country who have been blocking and targeting the Israeli weapons manufacturing factories. Our country is very complicit in this atrocity, and supports those who are targeting the investment banks that are effectively bankrolling genocide. We have been yelling ‘Free Gaza’, ‘Free Palestine’ for 15 years. I just hope to God that there is still a Gaza and a Palestine left when this fucking nightmare ends. So let us be grateful for tonight, we have safety. We have community, we have love, we have human connection. Let us treasure this feeling that we all have tonight.”

The current death toll of Palestinians in Gaza stands at 28,775, with around 1,410 Israelis killed and around 100 Israeli hostages still remaining in Hamas captivity after the October 7 attacks. Israel is currently being urged by many Palestinian supporters not to send ground forces into Rafah on the Egyptian border, where many of the strip’s citizens are now living after areas closer to their homes became engulfed by fighting. Around 1.5million people are living in Rafah, among fears that there are few to no other places for Palestinians to seek refuge. The BBC reported “tens of thousands” gathered in London yesterday for pro-Palestine rallies.

This is not the first time the British rockers have spoken out about the horrors of war and their distaste for modern day worldwide conflicts. Their 2012 song Stalemate depicts this, with lyrics such as “Money is made when bombs are dropping in Afghanistan, and when phosphorous falls in Palestine.” The four-piece also signed an open letter for ceasefire in November of last year, alongside other artists such as Architects and The Last Dinner Party.

We’re very sorry for the inevitable inconvenience caused by moving our 19 Aug Wembley date to 21 Aug.
The concert could not be licensed with no Tube service, so choice was cancel or reschedule to 21 Aug. Full ticket refunds are available. Again, sincere apologies. Phil Harvey https://t.co/BfHy6f2dlU

— Coldplay (@coldplay) August 3, 2022

A statement issued by the band reads, “Due to planned industrial action on the London Underground network, Coldplay’s Wembley Stadium concert on Friday 19 August 2022 has had to be rescheduled for Sunday 21 August 2022. We have been informed that there will be insufficient transport for ticket holders on August 19 so, with regret, the event cannot be licensed for that day.”

The statement continues to confirm further details, “All tickets for Friday 19 August will remain valid for Sunday 21 August. Any ticketholders who are unable to attend the rescheduled show can get a full refund on their ticket and are requested to contact their point of purchase before 18:00 on Wednesday 10 August 2022.”

The “Yellow” hitmakers’ tour schedule also includes two further gigs at Wembley Stadium, on 13th and 20th August 2022 they will take to the famed venue to perform to a sold out audience. Although the dates also coincide with the planned tube strike, the band have reassured fans that they will go ahead but still urge ticketholders to check before travelling.

Fellow British group London Grammar are currently billed to support Coldplay on selected dates of their tour, the trio are set to open for Coldplay on 16th and 19th August 2022 at Wembley Stadium. The “Californian Soil” group have also joined Coldplay for some of their European shows, one particular set caught the attention of music fans. On Sunday 10th July 2022, London Grammar bandmember Hannah Reid joined the headliners on stage for a special duet of the Selena Gomez hit “Let Somebody Go”.

Unreal moments on stage with @coldplay thank you thank you thank you! Tour resumes next Tuesday in Paris, see you all there pic.twitter.com/XVgVHuYXCo

— London Grammar (@londongrammar) July 15, 2022

Reid recently spoke with BANG Showbiz concerning the show, “It sounds really cheesy but it really is a dream come true. One of the first CDs I bought was Coldplay when I was 10 years old so my 10-year-old self just can’t believe that we’re getting to support not only the biggest and best band in the world but the band who are probably the reason that I sing. There are obviously lots of singers who have influenced me but I just remember learning some of their songs on the piano and so for me it was like a really big deal.“

Coldplay are currently concluding the European leg of their Music Of The Spheres World Tour, they will next appear at Brussels’ King Baudouin Stadium for a string of performances. The Grammy Award Winning band’s residency at the Belgium venue begins on 5th August 2022 and will consist of three more sets. After their group’s series of six performances at Wembley Stadium, they will perform on 23rd and 24th August 2022 at Glasgow’s Hampden Park Stadium.

Coldplay UK Tour Dates

12/08/2022 – Wembley Stadium – London
13/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
16/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
17/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
20/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
21/08 – Wembley Stadium – London
23/08 – Hampden Park Stadium – Glasgow
24/08 – Hampden Park Stadium – Glasgow

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The OVO Arena in Wembley will be greeting the band for this special occasion, with them set to play the album in its entirety alongside a number of other “classic” songs. And there’s also going to be some “very special guests“, though who they are only time will tell.

We’re going to Wembley. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am x#UPTHEBRACKET20 pic.twitter.com/RR1BDAUWl7

— Libertines (@libertines) March 8, 2022

The band have been on a bit of a touring high as of recent. They’d only just finished their Giddy Up A Ding-Dong Tour last month in Kentish Town’s O2 Forum, and they’ll be giving their European fans a chance to see them live over October and November.

It’s all rather good news considering the delays in their recording output. A follow-up to their 2015 album Anthems for Doomed Youth (only their third studio release in twenty years) has yet to come. Back in 2020, band member Carl Barât talked about the difficulties recording it: “It’s been going well, but it’s been difficult with COVID …. John [Hassall, bass] is in Denmark and Pete [Doherty] is in France. It’s been a fucker to travel …. We’re just waiting to get back and lay stuff down, it’s just a matter of when.”

Despite the difficulties here, band member Pete Doherty has been a bit luckier in terms of finished work, what with his collaborations with French musician Frédéric Lo. The two have been working on a new album in Paris and Normandy, which is to be titled The Fantasy Life of Poetry & Crime (more of which you can read about here). Written whilst Doherty was getting sober before the pandemic, it seems to have paid off with a release set for March 18^th. Broadway World describes it as Doherty’s “finest work to date“.

If you fancy reliving your noughties hey-day with the people that made it happen, tickets for the newly announced gig will be on sale this Friday from 9 am, and can be accessed from this link. If you want to have a look at what Pete Doherty’s up to in terms of solo gigs, you can look here. And if a bit of French-infused indie-rock is your cup of tea, you can pre-order Doherty & Lo’s upcoming album from this link.

Representatives for Wembley Stadium have announced that every live concert at the stadium will now offer sign language starting from June 2022. The London music and sports stadium announced yesterday (October 19) that it will become the UK’s biggest venue to offer British Sign Language (BSL) as a guaranteed service at every live concert.

This was a service that was previously only available on certain days or if pre-booked, the newly announced scheme will now guarantee the availability of BSL interpretation which will be provided by Performance Interpreting Ltd and is a significant enhancement in the provision for Deaf consumers. They even accompanied the news with a signed and subtitled video announcement which you can view below.

The service will officially begin in the aforementioned month when singer Ed Sheeran will bring his ‘+ – = ÷ x’ tour to London in June 2022, and continue thereafter for all following touring acts performing at the stadium.

On a statement on the official Wembley Stadium website Paul Smyth, head of event operations at Wembley Stadium, said. “We are delighted to be able to offer British Sign Language for our customers at every concert moving forward. We pride ourselves not only on being an inclusive stadium to be enjoyed by all but also for leading the way in terms of best practices within the industry”. 

He then continued “I’d particularly like to thank our customer engagement manager and disability liaison officer Matt Owen and our partners at Performance Interpreting for working together to bring this ground-breaking service to our venue. We look forward to hosting our Deaf customers at future gigs and hope that they feel the benefit of this vital service at Wembley Stadium.”

Marie Pascall, the founder of Performance Interpreting Ltd, also added: “We are elated at Wembley Stadium’s decision to provide British Sign Language access for Deaf BSL customers for every show. This will enable thousands of Deaf customers to attend music events on any given date. Wembley continues to be a beacon of best practice and this is a huge step in the right direction. We hope other venues will value their Deaf customers and appreciate access in the same way.”

Fans were freaking out when they discovered one special name in the line-up: One Direction were listed next to artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Little Mix and Shawn Mendes. But don’t get your hopes up too soon, reading the tweet carefully shows that the band is not actually reuniting from home. Instead, the radio station will show best-of performances that were made during the past eleven years at the Summertime Ball. One Direction performed at the Summertime Ball in 2015 before they went on hiatus, so we can expect a screening of what seems to be one of their last group performances.

ONE DIRECTION ARE GETTING BACK TOGETHER TO DO CAPITALS SUMMER TIME BALL IM SCREAIMUNG

— jo (@bvckyslut) May 6, 2020

Other artists that are mentioned in this classic performance line-up include the Jonas Brothers, Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Coldplay and Katy Perry. “There’s something so special about Capital’s Summertime Ball – the fans, the amazing atmosphere as 80,000 listeners party along to their favourite artists on a summer’s day, and of course the incredible performances from the world’s biggest stars”, Capital Breakfast’s Roman Kemp said. “We hope you’ll all join us from home as we relive the best of Capital’s Summertime Ball live – it’s going to be an incredible show celebrating 11 years of the most iconic moments from the U.K.’s biggest summer party.”

This year’s Capital Summertime Ball was originally supposed to take place on the sixth of June but will now be streamed online May 16 on Capital FM radio as well as the Capital Youtube channel, Global Player and Sky One and will last for about two hours.

Little Mix will be starring in #BestOfCapitalSTB that’ll air on Saturday 16th May at 5pm UK Time!

It‘ll be a throwback to their iconic performances at the summertime ball! You can listen on Capital, watch on @GlobalPlayer, @SkyUK or worldwide on capital’s Youtube channel. pic.twitter.com/PQM3uWhgmm

— Little Mix Reports (@LMReports) May 6, 2020

Tickets for the rapper’s show at Wembley Stadium on July 11th went on sale this morning very briefly before selling out completely. The second date, announced for the following day (July 12th), has already seen a significant portion of tickets sold despite not being announced until after tickets for the first performance had already sold out.

When speaking to BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe earlier this week, the rapper announced that he is not currently looking to do lengthy tours. Instead, he is hoping to focus on selling out big arena shows as “right now, that’s working for [him]”.

It has been less than a year since Eminem came to the UK to perform at Reading & Leeds Festival 2013, meaning that his fans in the UK won’t have had too long to wait before getting another opportunity to see him perform live.

To see if you can get your hands on tickets, try the Ticketmaster website.