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Metro
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Controversial singer's UK tour date cancelled after sex abuse allegations
Marilyn Manson's Brighton show has been cancelled following his sex abuse allegations. The Tainted Love hitmaker, 56, was due to perform at the Brighton Centre on October 29 to kick off his One Assassination Under God Tour. But mounting pressure from concerned music fans and protests has led to the show being axed. A slew of sexual abuse allegations were levelled against the singer, real name Brian Hugh Warner, since 2021, including a rape case brought by an ex-girlfriend, known anonymously as Jane Doe. The singer settled the case one week before it was due to begin, and last year signed a new record deal with Nuclear Blast. Manson has denied all the claims, stating his relationships 'have always been entirely consensual', and called the accusations 'horrible distortions of reality'. A message on the Ticketmaster website about the event reads: 'This event has been cancelled. 'Ticket sales have stopped, but there may be tickets available for other dates.' Brighton Pavilion MP Sian Berry wrote an open letter to Brighton and Hove City Council earlier this month calling for the show to be axed. Co-signed by various groups, it read: 'Many survivors in Brighton and Hove, and organisations supporting them, will have serious concerns about this booking and its wider impact on other people visiting the city centre, local residents and the wider community.' Additional Marilyn Manson shows in Bournemouth, Cardiff, Nottingham, Manchester, and London are still planned to go ahead. Per GB News, Liberal Democrat leader Millie Earl told a Bournemouth council meeting that the International Centre shows should be cancelled to 'reinforce the message that violence against women and girls isn't something that's acceptable in our community.' In January, it was announced that US prosecutors would not file charges against the Beautiful People singer following investigations into allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that the allegations lacked sufficient evidence to bring charges and were deemed too old under the law. Game of Thrones actress Esme Bianco and Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood were among the accusers. With regards to Bianco's lawsuit, Manson settled out of court, while parts of Manson's own defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood were thrown out of court. More Trending Manson then dropped the defamation lawsuit and paid her almost $327,000 (£238,303) in attorney fees. Wood previously shared her allegations of rape and abuse In 2017, when the #MeToo movement gained momentum, before giving testimony to a Congressional committee in 2018, both without naming anyone. In a lengthy Instagram post in 2021, she finally named Manson and claimed that he groomed her as a teenager and said that he 'horrifically abused her for years'. Metro has contacted representatives for Marilyn Manson for comment Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Beloved singer, 83, cancels concerts after suffering 'chronic and intense pain' MORE: Iconic star, 99, sparks concern after dropping out of event due to illness MORE: John Travolta reprises iconic Grease role 46 years after the original
RTÉ News
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Something For The Weekend: Aidan McArdle's cultural picks
Dubliner Aidan McArdle gained acclaim portraying figures like Dudley Moore, Albert Einstein and Igor Stravinsky in a series of acclaimed small-screen biopics. On stage, he's tackled Richard III with the Royal Shakespeare Company and starred in A Prayer for Owen Meany at London's National Theatre. He's also known for high-profile TV roles in Beautiful People, Garrow's Law and Mr Selfridge. Later this month, Aidan stars in a revival of Martin McDonagh's play The Pillowman at The Gate Theatre. We asked Aidan for his choice cultural picks... FILM I never rewatch films, but I could never get tired watching these beautifully crafted stories: The Lives of Others, Michael Clayton, LA Confidential and Groundhog Day. MUSIC Simone White, Lisa Hannigan, Brandi Carlisle and Antony (Anohni) and the Johnsons. BOOK Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is still a favourite, the latest elemental book by John Boyne and The Wildlings by Lisa Harding. THEATRE Looking forward to seeing The Cave at the Abbey and the revival of Dancing at Lughnasa in the Olympia. I recently loved watching Murder On the Orient Express at the Gaiety directed by Lucy Bailey and saw my friend Derbhle Crotty shine in Conor McPherson's The Brightening Air over in London. Every performance was fantastic - brilliant actors, who also happened to be Irish. TV Andor is excellent and I've started watching the documentary series Shifty by Adam Curtis. GIG Last gig I went to was to Al Murray The Pub Landlord… hilarious. PODCAST With the world being in such a state of chassis, I hide from reality using podcasts. I love Uncanny on BBC Sounds and Spooked, both silly with supernatural themes. I listen to All In with Chris Hayes and Pod Save America for the American stuff. Most Pushkin Industry podcasts are great, as is The Rest is Entertainment, Where There's a Will There's a Wake with Mel Giedroyc. Also: Oh God What Now… and all the LFC podcasts. TECH I am a bit addicted to tech I don't need, but I was very impressed with my Oura Ring which knew I had Covid-like symptoms before I did! THE NEXT BIG THING Varada Sethu, whose career has just started shooting to the stars. She's brilliant in Doctor Who and Andor. I also saw a trailer for Saipan, and Steve Coogan and Eanna Hardwicke look like they will be superb as Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane.
AsiaOne
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- AsiaOne
Chris Brown pleads not guilty to assault charge in UK court, Entertainment News
Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) after an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub in 2023. The 36-year-old singer is accused of assaulting the music producer Abraham Diaw at the Tape nightclub in Mayfair in February 2023 in an incident that has been described as "unprovoked" by prosecutors. Brown also faces charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and having an offensive weapon in the form of a tequila bottle relating to the same incident and both charges were added to his indictment ahead of Friday morning's (June 20) hearing at Southwark Crown Court - which came just hours after he had performed at Cardiff's Principality Stadium as part of his Breezy Bowl XX World Tour. The Beautiful People hitmaker will return to court on July 11 to enter pleas to those charges before facing trial on Oct 26, 2026. Brown confirmed his name and date of birth at the hearing before entering his plea, stating: "Not guilty ma'am." The music star's co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu - an American national who performs under the name HoodyBaby - also entered a not guilty plea to the charge of grievous bodily harm. Brown was arrested in Manchester last month after his arrival in the UK to prepare for a series of European dates on his world tour . The R+B star was held in custody for nearly a week before he was released after agreeing to pay a £5 million (S$8.7m) security fee to the court. The security fee is a financial guarantee to ensure he returns to court and Brown could be asked to forfeit the money should he breach his bail conditions. Judge Tony Baumgartner confirmed that the singer would be allowed to continue his world tour and the UK leg started last weekend. During his gig in Manchester last Sunday (June 15), Brown thanked fans "for coming and supporting me". The Go Crazy singer quipped: "And thank you to the jail. It was really nice." Brown's tour - which marks the 20th anniversary of his eponymous debut album - continues with two gigs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London this weekend and his next court hearing will take place once the European dates are complete.
Perth Now
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Chris Brown pleads not guilty to alleged bottle attack at London nightclub
Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) after an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub in 2023. The 36-year-old singer is accused of assaulting the music producer Abraham Diaw at the Tape nightclub in Mayfair in February 2023 in an incident that has been described as "unprovoked" by prosecutors. Brown also faces charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and having an offensive weapon in the form of a tequila bottle relating to the same incident and both charges were added to his indictment ahead of Friday morning's (20.06.25) hearing at Southwark Crown Court - which came just hours after he had performed at Cardiff's Principality Stadium as part of his Breezy Bowl XX World Tour. The Beautiful People hitmaker will return to court on July 11 to enter pleas to those charges before facing trial on October 26, 2026. Brown confirmed his name and date of birth at the hearing before entering his plea, stating: "Not guilty ma'am." The music star's co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu - an American national who performs under the name HoodyBaby - also entered a not guilty plea to the charge of grievous bodily harm. Brown was arrested in Manchester last month after his arrival in the UK to prepare for a series of European dates on his world tour . The R+B star was held in custody for nearly a week before he was released after agreeing to pay a £5 million security fee to the court. The security fee is a financial guarantee to ensure he returns to court and Brown could be asked to forfeit the money should he breach his bail conditions. Judge Tony Baumgartner confirmed that the singer would be allowed to continue his world tour and the UK leg started last weekend. During his gig in Manchester last Sunday (15.06.25), Brown thanked fans "for coming and supporting me". The Go Crazy singer quipped: "And thank you to the jail. It was really nice." Brown's tour - which marks the 20th anniversary of his eponymous debut album - continues with two gigs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London this weekend and his next court hearing will take place once the European dates are complete.
Forbes
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sunday Conversation: The Black Keys Gear Up For A Big Year
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: (L-R) Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach at THE BLACK KEYS launch ... More of their new single 'Beautiful People' at Chateau Marmont's Bar Marmont on January 13, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by) Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, also known as The Black Keys, are getting ready for a huge rest of 2025. The beloved alternative rock band hit the road for a major tour next Sunday (May 23) and they just announced their superb new album No Rain No Flowers, out August 8. Buoyed by the spirit of collaboration, the duo tell me that 20 years into their career they feel like they're making their best music. After collaborating with the likes of Beck and Oasis' Noel Gallagher on last year's underrated Ohio Players album, this time around they brought in industry heavyweights such as Rick Knowles, Desmond Child and Scott Storch. I spoke with Auerbach and Carney about their now iconic record hangs, the new album, collaboration and more. Steve Baltin: Congratulations on the new record. We really gravitated to the last song 'Neon Moon.' It's so different. Dan Auerbach: Thank you. We wrote that one with our buddy Daniel Tashian who lives in town and is one of the first people that Pat met here in town. But that one happened so quickly, we almost overlooked it. We've got our buddy Leon Michaels and Tommy Brennick playing on that track. We cut it live, and it was one take Baltin: Did you work with a lot of different people on this record again? Because when we talked last year you brought in a lot of new energy? Auerbach: Yeah, we continued that to a certain degree. I don't think we over did it, I think each song relied on maybe a couple key people. We find it really fun to do the collaborating. Like you said, there's an energy there and we really feed off of that. Baltin: You guys have both produced and worked with other people so much. You understand the spirit of collaboration. Auerbach: Absolutely, it's more fun for us. We really like it. Patrick Carney: What really was effective on this record was that we were really proud of the work we had just done on Ohio Players. And then we're aware, even though we felt this is one of our strongest albums what can happen if things aren't all completely lined up appropriately. We can only do so much on our side; the writing, the recording, the performing live, overseeing artwork, picking the band, rehearsing the band. And on top of that there are other pursuits that we have. We have families, Dan has a label, so when it comes to like the rollout of a record to see something fall flat for various reasons it adds a little bit of fire to us to just want to make more music. In this instance, for No Rain No Flowers, it started with the idea that the last album we'd worked with some heroes of ours like Noel Gallagher and Beck and we did a lot of material with those guys. I think for this one we wanted to do something similar, but we went right to the source. We're trying to look for some songwriters that have stuck around and been putting out good work for a long time. The guy that came to mind first was Dan suggested we check out Rick Knowles, who when Dan produced the Lana Del Rey record Ultraviolence, he had noticed that Rick was involved in quite a few of Lana's tracks and we reached out to Rick and like a week later he happened to be coming to Nashville for the first time in his 50-year career. He had never been here before and we happened to be like, 'Do you want to work?' He said 'Of course.' He came to the studio and within two days we had written four songs. It became a really fruitful collaboration and component of the album. One of the first songs we wrote was the title track 'No Rain No Flowers.' It was great to get in a room with this heavy-hitter songwriter, who was just there. The way that song started was Rick asked Dan, 'Do you have any song titles? I like to start with a song title.' Dan threw out the title, "No Rain No Flowers." Then from there, Rick's like, 'Well, how would you sing that?' So, in the space of nothing, Dan now has the title and the melody happening. And Rick then just helps us compose it. Auerbach: With chords that we never would have come up with on our own in a million years. But it was also very easy and quick. Baltin: At what point did you realize that these pairings you were doing for this album were really coming together? Auerbach: Instantly with Rick, I think we knew. It was very strong because it just started on such a high. And being in the studio with Scott and Desmond, we mentioned that we need some strings for this song because it has a Philly soul type of feel to it or something like that. And he gets us on FaceTime with Larry Gold, who did all the strings for the Philly Soul Records (laughs). It was incredible. It was multiple generations of music makers in the room FaceTiming, it was incredible. And the whole experience with the collaboration, what you end up hearing is us reacting to the person in the room. Carney: Yeah, I think when you're assembling these guys, like a guy like Scott, we didn't we didn't know him. So, we invited him to Nashville, and we spent five days with him just trying to feel him out and getting to understand what his real strengths were. So, by the time he came back we knew to pair him up with Desmond and pair him up with Daniel and jump off on this stuff. But I think that the cool thing that Dan and I realized is that if the core of the song is Dan and I then people can come in and we can work with them and it ends up still feeling like The Black Keys, cause we're only playing the stuff that we want to play and stuff we like cause we're editing the whole thing and pushing ideas through. So, it's like getting to filter your idea through someone else's brain and then getting someone else to sit there and show you like how they would approach it. Auerbach: It's such a thrill, honestly. And it makes it so exciting. Just knowing that every day when you walk into the studio, anything is possible. When I know that I'm about to walk into the studio with somebody like Scott, I'm excited, like it's Christmas. Carney: I feel like that just happens a lot for us. There's an interesting thing though, too, a lot of times bands, throughout history, would go work with a new producer and a new studio and all of a sudden the band would have a whole new sound, like every sonic element is now different. Whether it's like Nirvana, Nevermind to In Utero or something like that. Sometimes it's really fascinating and works and sometimes it doesn't work. I think what's fascinating about Dan and I is that we've recorded our stuff ourselves the entire time. So, there's this aesthetic change that happened over time as we've gotten different abilities or tastes, but it's all rooted in this kind of sonic template. So, as we bring in influences to songwriting and stuff, it's always going to sound like us. Baltin: Talk about your record hangs. Carney: We have definitely been heavily influenced also by spinning records collecting 45s and DJing playing records out and how crowds react to different records. I think it definitely opens our minds to sonic possibilities. Auerbach: That's been a huge thing, doing our record hangs, spinning our 45s, realizing what works. If you're playing something to somebody that they don't know then you're at a disadvantage. It's got to have all these components. And the records that work in that context are records that have an economy of space where it just hits in. There's this great intro. There's a verse. There's maybe a solo section. There are these things. Well, no matter it's a real formula, but what it is is that it never drags. And when it does drag, the whole room drags down and you see it. And so that was like a nightmare when that happens. And you're spinning records, but you can't make every song like that. That doesn't apply to 'Neon Moon.' 'Neon Moon' is not one of those songs. That's a go for a nighttime drive type of song or something. But 'Baby Girl' for sure, 'No Rain No Flowers, you know. So, it's just exciting to be doing something for over 20 years and feeling like at least personally, we feel like we're doing our greatest s**t. I think that's all that matters. Baltin: Talk about the upcoming tour. Carney: We have made some lists of songs you want to learn and songs of ours we want to play, and I think it is important to us on this tour to get in there and mix it up a bunch. That's the plan, have fun. That's the real key, if you're having fun on the road and you're enjoying what you're doing on stage I think it translates pretty heavily to the fans. And I think part of that is picking the right venues, making sure that it's an enjoyable experience. If you're going to go out of your way to leave your house and go see a band let's make it memorable.
