Coachella is CANCELLED: Music festival ‘is postponed to 2022’ after already being pushed back

Coachella is CANCELLED: Music festival ‘is postponed to 2022’ after already being pushed back to October Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s highly-anticipated return for 2021 has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns The music festival will not return until 2022, according to a report published by Variety on Wednesday It would be the fourth … Read more

Jockey Rachael Blackmore races into the record books… at a deserted Cheltenham Festival

Her first racing triumph, aged 13 and riding a pony, gave no hint that Rachael Blackmore would one day make history. But yesterday she entered the record books by becoming the first woman to win the Champion Hurdle, highlight of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. Miss Blackmore, 31, from Killenaule in County Tipperary, … Read more

What a difference a year makes at Cheltenham: Horse racing festival is held without crowds this year

Eerie pictures of empty stands and deserted crowd enclosures show the stark reality of Covid restrictions on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. The four-day horse racing spectacle in Gloucestershire – which attracted 251,684 fans last year – is taking place behind closed doors for the first time in its 161-year history. Drone pictures … Read more

Cheltenham set to lose out £100m in revenue with Festival taking place behind-closed-doors

Cheltenham set to lose £100m in revenue with festival taking place behind-closed-doors… while prize-money has also been cut by 25 per cent as region counts the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic Cheltenham Festival will take place behind-closed-doors due to the pandemic  The region is set to lose out on £100million in revenue because of the … Read more

Japanese worshippers adopt facemasks for festival where they walk through FIRE 

Japanese worshippers have prayed for the safety of themselves and their families by walking barefoot with Buddhist monks over smouldering coals at an annual festival near Mt. Takaosan. The fire-walking today was more tense than usual because participants were required to wear masks and maintain social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The festival was … Read more

Travel and festival booking spend surged after roadmap revealed

Spending on holidays surged by 109 per cent in the week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his roadmap out of lockdown, new research has revealed. Bookings soared with spending rising by 102 per cent at travel agencies and 122 per cent at airlines, compared to the week of spending prior, according to card data … Read more

Gordon Elliott’s horses could run at the Cheltenham Festival under a caretaker

Gordon Elliott’s horses could run at the Cheltenham Festival under a caretaker with disgraced trainer set to be handed a ban on Friday over shocking photo of him sitting on a dead horse Plan to allow a caretaker to take the licence at Elliott’s stable in County Meath Trainer faces a ban at an Irish Horseracing … Read more

The Undoing’s Matilda De Angelis makes a glamorous debut at Sanremo Music Festival

She soared to fame at the end of last year due to her role as Elena Alves in HBO drama The Undoing. And Matilda De Angelis looked sensational as she made a glamorous debut at the 71st Sanremo Music Festival at Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Italy, on Tuesday. The Italian actress, 25, who has recently been filming Across The River And Into … Read more

Isle of Wight Festival is moved back to September after June proved too early

The Isle of Wight Festival has been moved back by three months to September so it can still take place this year, after the planned end of coronavirus rules in June. The music festival had been due to take place from June 17 to 20 – but this would have been just before the Government … Read more

Reading Festival may NOT go ahead this summer despite tickets selling out

Reading Festival may not go ahead this summer despite tickets selling out hours after Boris Johnson revealed his road map out of lockdown, with local councillors warning ‘nothing is agreed’. Organisers declared the three-day music event, which is due to be headlined by Liam Gallagher and Stormzy, would take place after the Prime Minister’s statement … Read more