
Sam Fender Scraps Front Standing Tickets on Stadium Tour
Sam Fender says he has had a front standing ticket category removed from his 2027 UK stadium tour after reported prices left him unhappy. General admission standing is now £85.
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Sam Fender says he has had a front standing ticket category removed from his 2027 UK stadium tour after reported prices left him unhappy. General admission standing is now £85.

At the Southbank Centre's London literature festival, Smith told Dua Lipa that the decline of the welfare system has deepened divisions.

Data from Luminate shows most music streamed in the first half of 2026 was at least five years old, and the industry is looking for ways to help new artists.

A show at Dorothy on Jordan Street gathers cuttings, posters and photographs from the years after Beatlemania. It runs until 20 November.

Wind and rain on Saturday shut the River of Light trail, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral to visitors and several markets across Liverpool.

Marc Davenant's twelve-year project on protest in Britain is on free display in Birkenhead until February 2027, with three more venues to follow.

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