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New UK festival Neverworld have exclusively revealed to Mirror.co.uk that their latest headliner is none other than Bastille. The British rock/pop band will join Clean Bandit, Rae Morris, We Are Scientists and Sub Focus at the 'immersive spectacular' based in the Kent countryside. New bands GIRLI, Hollie Cook, My Nu Leng will also be there. The festival, set up by organisers behind the award-winning LeeFest, will take place from 2 to 5 August. The festival will feature 11 stages and three 'realms' to take 5,000 festival-goers on an unforgettable musical journey over the weekend days. Tickets are already on sale and cost £109 from their website. This new festival is from Lee Denny - the brains behind LeeFest, which famously started off in its founder's garden when his parents went away on holiday in 2006, and went on to win 'Best Grass Roots Festival' and 'Best Independent Festival' at the AIM Awards. Now Neverworld festival, which encourages revellers 'to never grow old', … [Read more...] about Bastille to headline brand new Neverworld festival alongside Clean Bandit

PARIS: France held a scaled-down annual Bastille Day celebration on Tuesday (Jul 14), with none of the usual tanks and troops parading down Paris's Champs Elysees avenue, in a concession to the COVID-19 epidemic still stalking Europe. Instead, President Emmanuel Macron, standing in the back of a military jeep, reviewed ranks of socially-distanced troops in the Place de la Concorde square after a flypast by military aircraft. "I wish, with all the French, with the armies themselves, to pay a vibrant tribute to health workers and those who, in all sectors, have enabled public, social and economic life to continue," Macron said in message released ahead of the parade. "The dedication, tenacity, courage, solidarity that emerged strongly everywhere, in our cities as in our countryside, command admiration." It is the first time since 1980 that the annual parade has not been held along the Champs Elysees. Spectators on Tuesday were not allowed near Place de la Concorde, Paris' … [Read more...] about France scales down Bastille Day parade in concession to COVID-19

Italy on Tuesday (Jul 14) returned to France a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks at the Bataclan music hall. The chief prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Michele Renzo, told the French ambassador that it was significant that the handover was occurring on Bastille Day, given the need to continue fighting for all freedoms. "This door brings our minds back to the memory of the tragic and distressing event, and tells us that for liberty, for our individual liberties, we will always have to fight," Renzo said at a ceremony in the French Embassy, where the artwork was being displayed for the holiday. French officials last year had announced the theft of the piece, a black image appearing to depict a person mourning that was painted on one of the Bataclan's emergency exit doors. Ninety people were killed at the Bataclan on Nov 13, 2015, when Islamic extremists invaded the music hall, one of several … [Read more...] about Italy returns stolen artwork by Banksy to France on Bastille Day

February 20, 2014 - 09:23 GMT hellomagazine.com One Direction and Arctic Monkeys won two awards each at the BRIT Awards on Wednesday evening while Singer Ellie Goulding scooped Best British Female Artist accolade One Direction took to the stage not once but twice at the BRIT Awards, scooping the Global Success Award and British Video Of The Year for Best Song Ever. Scroll down to see a full list of winners . It was the second year in a row that the pop quintet picked up the Global Success Award after the category was unveiled for the first time last year. Only four out the five bandmates stepped up on stage to take the award as Harry was nowhere to be seen. VIEW GALLERY CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR FULL GALLERY Liam Payne asked the crowd: "Has anyone seen the curly lad? Right, there's four of us now." The 20-year-old continued, biding time, "I want to say thank you to our international team, management, the fans." … [Read more...] about One Direction and Arctic Monkeys win big at the BRITS

August 11, 2014 - 14:52 BST hellomagazine.com One Direction win 10 prizes at Teen Choice Awards, plus full winners list from Sunday night in Los Angeles One Direction were big winners at the Teen Choice Awards 2014 on Sunday night as they scooped 10 prizes. Harry Styles and Zayn Malik were triumphant as they were acknowledged for gongs including Choice Break Up Song with Story of My Life , Choice Love Song with You & I , Choice Summer Tour, Choice Male Hottie, Choice Social Media King and Choice Twit. Los Angeles , they could not be there and instead thanked fans via video message for beating out rivals for titles such as Choice Music Group, Choice Single Group, Choice Smile (Harry Styles) and Choice Fanatic Fans. CLICK ON IMAGE FOR GALLERY VIEW GALLERY One Direction won 10 prizes at the Teen Choice Awards 2014 X Factor USA judge Demi Lovato, as well as TV presenter Cat Deeley and … [Read more...] about Teen Choice Awards 2014: One Direction win 10 prizes, plus full winners list