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Red Nose Day 2023: What time is on TV, who are the presenters, full line-up and Comic Relief sketches

The Red Nose Day telethon will broadcast live from MediaCity in Salford

Manchester Evening News · Mar 17, 2023

The Darkness’s Justin Hawkins on his YouTuber second act: ‘I can say anything I want!’

The glam metal vocalist is used to slaying arenas but his second career, as a YouTuber breaking down famous songs, has taken on a life of its own – and annoyed Maroon 5’s lawyers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Beverley Knight announces biggest ever UK tour in 2023 including date at Gateshead Sage

The singer is set to perform at venues across the UK in October and November - and the North East is on the list

Chronicle Live · Mar 17, 2023

100 gecs – 10,000 gecs album review: like music’s worst genres crammed into a bazooka and fired at your face

Exhausting, memeable electro-rock songs that sound like Sonic the Hedgehog had an accident with a cement mixer

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2023

B*Witched now after nervous breakdown, new careers and downing vodka amid marriage woes

Here's what happened to beloved '90s band B*Witched after the band split. From depression and breakdowns to acting success and lasting friendship, The Mirror looks at what came next...

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2023

Lankum: False Lankum review – folk radicals get in touch with their softer side

Without diluting their power or abandoning their gothic intensity, the Dublin group’s fourth album lulls the listener with songs of exquisite softness and deeply affecting harmony

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Why are women so marginalised by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

Barely 8% of its inductees are female. The canon-making doesn’t just reek of sexist gatekeeping, but also purposeful ignorance and hostility

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

North Shields band who supported Sam Fender devastated after airline loses guitars on US tour

Hector Gannet are on a tour of America but have had to borrow instruments in order to perform

Chronicle Live · Mar 17, 2023

Lovecats vs Fat Cats: The Cure’s Robert Smith says Ticketmaster will partly refund fees for The Cure shows

Site apparently agreed that fees, which more than doubled price of tickets, were ‘unduly high’

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen attacked outside hotel in Florida

Police officials say they arrested 19-year-old Max Hartley over the attack

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023