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Yahoo
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BBC Finally Sets Out Plans For Kneecap Coverage At Glastonbury
The BBC has revealed how it plans to show Kneecap's Glastonbury performance later today. The corporation has confirmed that the performance will not be streamed live but will be shown on-demand. More from Deadline BBC Confirms Neil Young Glastonbury Set Will Be Televized Live After All BBC Storyville Seeking New Head Following Role Closures & 20% Reduction In Films BBC News Presenters Back Demand For Strike Vote As Colleagues Face Compulsory Layoffs 'As the broadcast partner, the BBC is bringing audiences extensive music coverage from Glastonbury, with artists booked by the festival organisers,' a spokeswoman said. 'Whilst the BBC doesn't ban artists, our plans ensure that our programming meets our editorial guidelines. We don't always live stream every act from the main stages and look to make an on-demand version of Kneecap's performance available on our digital platforms, alongside more than 90 other sets.' The controversial Irish hip-hop trio will take to what will likely be a packed West Holts Stage in less than two hours. We wrote earlier this week about how the BBC was facing a dilemma over its Kneecap coverage, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying the performance is not 'appropriate.' Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the following day: 'Personally I don't want to see [Kneecap] on TV screens.' One of the group's members, Mo Chara, is currently bailed on a terror charge after displaying a flag at a London gig in support of Hezbollah – a proscribed terrorist group in the UK. This came a few months after counter-terrorism police said they were assessing videos of a bandmember allegedly telling fans at a gig: 'The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.' In a Guardian interview yesterday, the band said they were 'in character' when displaying the flag. 'S**t is thrown on stage all the time. If I'm supposed to know every f***ing thing that's thrown on stage… I'd be in Mensa, Jesus Christ,' said Mo Chara, AKA Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh. Earlier today, the BBC confirmed that Neil Young's set will also be shown on TV. Young had the previous day said he did not want his set to be streamed. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Oasis issue ticket warning ahead of Cardiff gigs
British rock band Oasis has issued a ticket resale warning to fans. Their highly anticipated reunion tour is just around the corner, with their two first gigs taking place at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Friday, July 4, and Saturday, July 5. The band has now confirmed that fan-to-fan ticket resale site, Tickets, is the official ticket resale partner for Oasis Live '25 tour. In a post shared on their Instagram page, the caption read: "Wanting to buy? Be aware of fraudulent sellers on social media… Tickets can ONLY be resold legally, at face value, through Twickets or Ticketmaster." When tickets went on sale last August, the band revealed efforts to prevent touts from reselling tickets at inflated prices, by partnering up with resale platform, Twickets. READ MORE: Review: The Script proves no stage is needed for them at Cardiff Castle READ MORE: More tickets to be released for Oasis Live '25 tour However, when tickets went on sale, it was reported that 4% of them, which is around 50,000, were sold on resale sites. Some tickets, which popped up on secondary ticket sites, were sold for £10,000. From superstar gigs to cosy pubs, find out What's On in Wales by signing up to our newsletter here. In response, the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy described the inflated selling of the tickets as "incredibly depressing" and announced that surge pricing would be included in a UK Government review of the ticket sales market, which you can read more about here. On social media, the band wrote: "We have noticed people attempting to sell tickets on the secondary market since the start of the pre-sale. Please note, tickets can only be resold, at face value, via Ticketmaster and Twickets." In February, thousands of tickets were then cancelled by Ticketmaster in an attempt to crackdown on bots, but many fans claimed they had been targeted wrongfully. In March, Noel Gallagher shared his response to the chaos, saying he was "taken aback". He told NME: "I thought it'd be a big deal, but I was a bit taken aback by just how much of a big deal it was". There was incredibly high demand for Oasis tickets with the gigs selling out very quickly. While you can still get your hands on Oasis tickets, they are not going to be cheap.
Edinburgh Reporter
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Multi million pound boost announced for video games sector
The UK Government has announced a £30 million funding initiative for the video gaming industry. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that the Games Growth package will provide £10 million each year over the next three years when it is announced this week as part of the government's Modern Industrial Strategy. Nearly 80% of video games developers are located outside London in a national network of creative hubs – with hits such as Tomb Raider, Grand Theft Auto, Little Big Planet and PowerWash Simulator. Scotland's contribution to the industry is strong with development hubs in Edinburgh and in Dundee. Rockstar North based at Holyrood is the studio behind Grand Theft Auto. This award of funding is part of the Creative Industries Sector Plan being unveiled this week with an Expanded UK Games Fund, enhancing the London Games Festival to strengthen investor partnerships, creating a new Video Games Council to help studios in the UK access the global gaming market and establishing a UK Games Skills Network creating pathways into the business. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said: 'The government's Industrial Strategy will be yet more proof that we are serious about turbocharging the growth of our creative industries, as we deliver our Plan for Change. The UK's video games sector is a true national success story, with iconic titles created in studios from Dundee to Brighton. 'This £30 million investment package will help our talented developers turn brilliant ideas into exciting new games, create high-skilled jobs, secure investment and drive growth across the UK. By backing our games developers with the funding they need, we're ensuring the next Tomb Raider or Little Big Planet will be made right here in Britain.' Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said: 'This new funding will help further power up Scotland's standing as a significant player in the global video games industry. The sector is a key part of our Industrial Strategy and already employs thousands of people directly and indirectly, generating hundreds of millions of pounds for our economy. 'As home to some of the world's most successful and influential games, the video gaming industry is central to our Brand Scotland campaign to boost exports and inward investment too, demonstrating that the likes of Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow are a centre of excellence in this cutting edge field as we push into new markets and further strengthen the sector. 'Earlier this year I met the publishers of Grand Theft Auto VI – the most anticipated video game of all time and it's made in Scotland and then sold across the planet. 'With a global reputation for creativity and technical excellence, the established big players – along with smaller studios and start-ups distributed across the country – mean we are well-positioned for future growth and international impact. This UK Government investment boost is central to our Plan for Change to create more jobs across the country and put more money in the pockets of working Scots.' Rockstar North HQ in Edinburgh PHOTO Wikipedia Like this: Like Related
Spectator
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Spectator
Let's call Palestine Action's RAF attack what it is: sabotage
It might be a little unfair to pick on Lisa Nandy – who was bounced on Radio 4's Today programme yesterday morning and who, to be fair, did condemn unequivocally the actions of the Palestine Action cadres who attacked two of the 14 Voyager aircraft that form the Royal Air Force's strategic tanker force. But her extemporised response betrayed annoyance at 'choices' over a protest before, correctly, reminding the audience that this was about national security. And it certainly is. These aircraft are vital to our national defence. They refuel the air-defence fighters that patrol the thousands of square miles of the airspace over the North Atlantic that is our Nato responsibility, intercepting nuclear-capable Russian bombers on a regular basis. They allow us to deploy aircraft quickly at range – such as to reinforce Cyprus only this week. The defence of the Falklands hinges on it. At the other end of the scale, they will deploy forces to conduct disaster relief at global range – did the 'protesters' want to disable this? The RAF must ask itself whether it has slipped into too much of a peacetime mode So, damaging and disabling such key assets of the national defence architecture is not a 'protest'; it is an act of sabotage likely to assist our enemies. And it should be treated as such. Many immediate thoughts flow from the incident. Most people are unaware of how hard it is to secure and defend a large area such as Brize Norton (BZN), which consists of 1200 acres and has an approximately 6 mile perimeter. What might seem like a serious perimeter fence to most of us is no obstacle to the determined – in military parlance, an obstacle is only such if it is under constant surveillance, and fire support can then be brought down on anyone trying to cross it. This does not apply at BZN, nor any major military facility in the UK. So what does? Any station commander worth their salt knows that anything of value on the base has to become a local citadel. When the RAF had nuclear weapons, the bomb-dump was such a citadel – multiple layers of barbed wire, constant surveillance, armed guards, a heavily armed, quick response force. It was accepted that the airfield boundary fence was little more than a 'Keep Out' sign and played little part in the security plan. What did contribute over time was a good relationship with the local population, who will spot anything untoward before anyone. It will be interesting to see, therefore, what the risk assessment was for BZN, and the plan for how highly valuable, operationally vital assets were to be guarded. Because this is not new. In recent decades, anti-war in Yemen protesters broke into BAE Systems Warton and anti-drone protesters into RAF Waddington with varying degrees of intent. And that was at a time when the general backdrop of protest was not as it is today. In the last couple of years we have seen defence companies attacked by Palestine Action, resulting in millions of pounds worth of damage and operational delays. The perpetrators of those incidents, by and large, were given light sentences and even acquitted on grounds of doing a 'greater good'. What message did that send? The media continued to refer to the perpetrators as 'protesters', not saboteurs, and they were treated sympathetically. This sets societal norms, and so such 'protests' can become quasi-legitimised as acts of principled opposition. Worthy of a slapped wrist, perhaps, but… As Sir Stephen Watson succinctly explained at Policy Exchange recently, there has only been one Just Stop Oil protest in Manchester, and it lasted just 45 seconds before they were arrested for blocking the King's highway. Set boundaries and you get less bad behaviour, get less bad behaviour and you can control what remains. And so it must be with Palestine Action. Their act of sabotage needs to be recognised for what it is and treated accordingly as the action of a de facto fifth column acting as 'useful idiots'. In this light the MOD's reference to 'vandalism' in its much later press release seems inadequate. 'Vandalism' is what happens to the bus stop outside the Navy, Army and Air Force institutes. Only recently, that sympathetic default to well-meaning 'protest' has started to harden in the courts. It needs to stiffen up more. The times we are living in do not give us the luxury we enjoyed in the 1990s, in that brief holiday from history when threats appeared to have gone for good and our Armed Forces could be seen as normative vehicles. The threats are back, as the heads of our intelligence services are reminding us with increasing urgency. The RAF must ask itself whether it has slipped into too much of a peacetime mode, assuming it will be essentially safe 'at home'. A more operational mindset across the Service would not go amiss. And we might ask what else is possible in the light of Ukraine and Israel launching operationally brilliant drone attacks from the enemy's own territory and within sight of strategic targets? How confident can we in the UK be that our enemies won't be able to conduct such operations here? In a nation-state where actual hostile action has now emanated from a climate where aggressive hostile intent has long been signalled – but, perhaps, has become so common and tolerated that we have become inured to it.
Powys County Times
21-06-2025
- Business
- Powys County Times
Creative industries to get £380m boost ahead of industrial strategy launch
Britain's film, music and video game industries are set to receive millions of pounds of investment as the Government seeks to ensure the UK's place as a creative superpower. The investment, announced by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, will see £380 million spent on a range of projects intended to double private investment in the creative industries. Ms Nandy said the investment would 'boost regional growth, stimulate private investment, and create thousands more high-quality jobs'. The figure includes £25 million for research into cutting-edge technologies such as the virtual avatars used in Abba Voyage, and £75 million to support the film industry. It will also see £30 million put towards backing start-up video games companies – an industry worth billions of pounds to the UK – and another £30 million for the music industry, including an increase in funding for grassroots venues. Another £150 million will be split between the mayors of Manchester, Liverpool, the West Midlands, West Yorkshire, the North East and the West of England to support creative businesses in their regions. The announcement comes as the Government prepares to publish its industrial strategy next week, billed as a 10-year, multibillion-pound plan to back certain sectors and secure growth for the UK economy. The creative industries are set to be one of the winners, with a plan for the sector expected to be published alongside the wider industrial strategy. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said: 'The UK's creative industries are world-leading and have a huge cultural impact globally, which is why we're championing them at home and abroad as a key growth sector in our modern industrial strategy.' But earlier this month, the Government also rejected a planning application for a major new film studio near Holyport, in Berkshire, over its impact on the green belt. The £380 million has been welcomed by the industry, with the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (Bectu) saying it was a 'show of commitment to the sector'. But Bectu chief Philippa Childs said creative workers would also be looking for 'sustained support' from the Government as the sector 'recovers from a series of external shocks'. Recent years have seen the sector rocked by Covid, the cost-of-living crisis and concerns about the impact of AI and Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on films made outside the US. Conservative shadow culture secretary Stuart Andrew accused Labour of threatening the 'very survival' of the creative industries. He said: 'From their national insurance jobs tax to their business rates hike, Labour are pushing creative businesses to the brink, and we now know that Rachel Reeves has a secret plan to raise taxes – meaning things will only get worse. 'Labour must recognise that their economic mismanagement is dealing a devasting blow to the sector.'
