QUENTIN Tarantino is swapping the big screen for the stage with his first West End play.
The Popinjay Cavalier is written and directed by the Pulp Fiction filmmaker, with Sacha Baron Cohen taking on the leading role.
And theatre fans don’t have long to wait to get their hands on tickets. Here’s everything you need to know.
Tickets for The Popinjay Cavalier go on general sale at 12pm on Monday, October 12, 2026.
Fans who previously signed up for priority access can buy tickets earlier, with that sale opening at 9am.
Tickets can be bought through the production’s official website at popinjayplay.com.
Prices start at £25, while more than 16,000 tickets across the run will cost less than £50.
The show is booking until June 13, 2027.
Demand is likely to be high given Quentin Tarantino’s huge film following and Sacha Baron Cohen’s first major leading role on a West End stage.
Anyone hoping to go should have the official ticket page ready before the sale opens.
The Popinjay Cavalier begins previews at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End on February 23, 2027, while its official opening night is on March 18.
At the time of writing, the limited run is booking until June 13, 2027.
Situated on Charing Cross Road, The Phoenix Theatre is currently home to Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
Further casting for Tarantino’s production is still to be announced.
The play is set in Europe during the 1830s and has been billed as a swashbuckling comedy about deception and disguise.
It follows actor Rupert Sebastian Thomas Jr as he travels to Paris to perform at the Comedie-Francaise.
But after making some badly chosen comments about the French, his journey across the Channel takes a much more dangerous turn.
The production promises sword fights, acrobatics and adventure, drawing inspiration from classic Hollywood swashbucklers.
Tarantino said he was “keen with anticipation to give the West End a great night out.”
Sacha Baron Cohen is set to play the title role, Rupert Sebastian Thomas Jr.
He is best known for creating characters including Ali G, Borat and Bruno, as well as appearing in films including The Dictator and Les Miserables.
The British comedian and actor said: “Quentin called, I said yes before he even got to say his first ‘motherf***er’.
“When the best director in the world calls, you don’t ask questions.
“I am beyond delighted that we will be losing our West End virginity together. I have made him promise not to be gentle.”
The pair have almost worked together before.
Tarantino cast Sacha Baron Cohen in his 2012 Western Django Unchained, but the actor ultimately pulled out to appear in Les Miserables.
The Popinjay Cavalier is being produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sonia Friedman Productions.
Tarantino first revealed in 2025 that he had completed a play and intended to make theatre his next major project.
Now audiences will finally get to see what his unmistakable style looks like live on a West End stage.
Textile artist Jane Jauregui is expanding the boundaries of what plush figures can be, thinking beyond that pile of mass-produced, branded stuffies huddled atop a twin bed, crammed inside a toy chest, or dangling from a backpack strap.
True, in the nearly two decades that she’s been creating plush figures, she’s produced charmingly minimalistic foxes, cats and buffalo fit for a nursery. However, her latest work has been anything but child’s play.
A plush fried chicken bucket is one of Jane Jauregui’s textile takes on beloved dishes.
She launched her “soft sculpture” company, STFD, in 2024 with the intention of transforming her inner thoughts into plush form — no matter how outside the box those ideas may be. After all, why bring yet another teddy bear into the world when you can dream up a stuffed paintbrush trailing a splash of brightly colored felt “paint,” or a striped bucket filled with faux fried chicken?
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“It stands for Stuff That Feeds Delight,” Jauregui said of the brand’s acronymic name. “The newer things I’m working on are more like display items, but you can absolutely touch them,” she explained. “I just started playing more with the idea of decor, aging it up a little bit more, and playing with the idea of how we can really elevate it.”
Take, for example, a plate of longsilog, the traditional breakfast meal her Filipina grandmother used to make for her. Inside the converted garage of the same Van Nuys house where she was raised, Jauregui whipped up a playful sausage-riceball-fried egg combo using a sewing needle, felt, embroidery floss and sherpa fleece, rather than pots and pans.
Moved by memories of her grandfathers, she created a collection of stuffed felt cigarette butts, complete with simulated ash made by zigzagging stitches.
“My Thai and Filipino grandpas were chain-smokers,” she said. “They passed away, and I just started thinking a lot about what would represent them. Cigarettes immediately came to mind.”
Jane Jauregui’s home studio inside the converted garage of her childhood home.
Though she takes inspiration from her personal experiences, many of her plush figures strike a universal note. Most anyone born in the 20th century would take one look at her plush retro alarm clock radio and instinctively feel the urge to whack its elongated vinyl “snooze” button. The trompe l’oeil wood paneling (which she made by printing a wood-grain design directly onto dark brown fabric) and the red-tinted digital readout screen (the numbers are iron-on transfers) make it a dead ringer for those once-commonplace nightstand devices that predated smartphone alarms.
She first tried her hand at the craft about 18 years ago, after she and her husband, Sergio, couldn’t find the right gift for his newborn niece at famed New York City toy emporium FAO Schwarz.
“Everything was licensed, and I didn’t want any kind of IP [intellectual property],” she recalled. “I went home and said, ‘Well, I’m just going to sew something for her.’ Sergio was like, ‘But you don’t know how to sew, so that’s a little crazy.’ I said, ‘That’s OK, I’ll figure it out!’”
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1. A plush hot dog. 2. An ashtray full of plush cigarettes, inspired by Jane Jauregui’s grandparents.
Fortunately, she had a leg up when it came to picking up the new skill. Her father, a retired clothing designer and patternmaker, had introduced her to the inner workings of the garment industry from a young age.
“My dad would have full-time work five days a week, so there wasn’t a lot of time for him to teach me,” she said. “But when he would take freelance work home, I would sit in this garage with him. He had a big table, and I would sit there and watch him sew. It was just really how we spent time together.
“When I decided to start making plush, I remembered little things he would do, like how to walk a pattern — which is making sure the pattern pieces are matching — or how he would move the ruler. I would remember all of those things and put my own spin on it.”
Artist Jane Jauregui eschews watercolors and acrylics, preferring to “paint with plush.”
She started by making simple shapes like a stuffed orange, pear and an eggplant, working her way up to the finalized baby gift: a stuffed whale. By 2009, she’d completed enough plush produce to start selling at local pop-up markets under the business name Janie XY. Sergio, an artist in his own right, even constructed her first booth to resemble a fruit stand. Her first hit item was a baby rattle shaped like a chicken drumstick that was sold wrapped in cellophane, much like a meat-counter purchase. This time, her muse was her own infant niece.
For the record:
11:27 a.m. Oct. 7, 2026An earlier version of this article said Jane Jauregui’s daughter is 4 years old. She is 5.
All the while, she was holding down a full-time job creating window displays for Forever 21. She continued to build her squeezable empire in her off-hours, even as she transferred to corporate jobs at Mattel and Disney (for which she’s now a consumer products design manager), and became a mother. Taking a page from her father, she’s made her at-home workspace accessible to her 5-year-old daughter.
“She’s in here all the time,” she said. “I let her touch everything. What’s fun about the medium is you can’t break it. You can get it dirty, but she knows what to do. She’s really mature about it. She loves to clean the sewing machine — she’ll go in with a pin and pick out all the lint, and she’ll think that was a good day’s work. We want her to feel like part of the work because she is a part of it.”
Jane Jauregui’s sewing machine, which her daughter likes to clean, in her home studio.
That said, Jauregui’s STFD creations aren’t necessarily made with the wee ones in mind. Consider her new pieces celebrating liquor stores, for which she converted items like lottery tickets and frothing beer cans into plush form.
“It’s something that we all take for granted,” she said of the ubiquitous neighborhood corner store. “You tend to turn your nose up at it, but it’s there for you all the time.”
She and her husband also pay homage to these unsung cultural hubs in the latest edition of their fledgling zine, which they’ve dubbed “a gallery you can hold.” Inside, photographs of the stuffed figures fill the pages, accompanied by written musings. (The one-of-a-kind featured items will also be available for purchase.) The series is the couple’s prescribed antidote to the social media doomscrolling they call “internet indigestion.”
Jane Jauregui’s goal for the plush items she makes in her studio? Delight.
She’s also planning to explore plush Thai food in honor of Grandma’s Thai Kitchen, the Van Nuys restaurant her mother owned and operated for years. After treks to downtown L.A.’s Fashion District to find just the right materials, she’ll mock up clever riffs on julienned ginger and cilantro leaves. For her, there’s ample delight in those little details.
“STFD is really about giving myself permission to just do things that make me happy,” she said.
Tickets for Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua’s fight at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium have sold out in just one hour.
Fury and Joshua will meet on a bill that begins on 11 December but they are not expected to fight until the early hours of 12 December.
The highest-priced tickets were available at £13,128, including booking fees, with the lowest at £88.50.
The all-British heavyweight contest, which will be broadcast globally on Netflix, was announced in September and around 80,000 tickets went on sale at 12:00 BST on Friday.
Just minutes after the tickets went on sale more than 500,000 people were waiting in the online queue.
Tickets quickly began emerging on resale websites, with ringside VIP seats being advertised for £73,645, while upper tier seats were available for £425.
Ringwalks are expected to start around 01:00 GMT on Saturday 12 December, following a short live music performance, and the stadium will remain open until 03:30.
The event is being promoted as a collaboration between Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh’s The Ring and UFC chief Dana White.
Organisers are yet to confirm any of the undercard fights.
NEARLY 30 new routes are being launched by Ryanair next summer.
The budget airline has revealed all of the new flights, and they start from £14.99.
While some of the destinations are between European airports, there are a number of new UK routes.
This includes Birmingham, Bournemouth, Newcastle and Leeds.
The full list of new UK routes are:
While none of the routes are new for Brits, more routes also mean lower prices.
The flights are already on sale, with the cheaper options if you book sooner rather than later.
Ryanair CMO Dara Brady, said: “These are the first of our new Summer 2027 routes to go on sale, with more exciting additions to be announced as Ryanair continues to expand Europe’s largest route network.
“Customers looking to secure the lowest fares for their Summer 2027 travel should head to the Ryanair app/website and book now to get ahead of the curve.”
In a world with increasingly volatile economics and changing consumer habits, broadcasting live sport has been one of the more reliable ways for companies to generate revenue.
And live sport – and entertainment – is one of the few industries whose financial success is unlikely to be significantly compromised by artificial intelligence in the coming years.
That means more and more companies have taken an interest in buying the rights to show sports events, which means more TV subscriptions than ever before are necessary for fans wanting to watch all of the action.
A football fan in the UK, for example, must subscribe to Sky Sports, TNT Sports, Amazon Prime and Premier Sports, if they want to watch all of the matches across the Premier League, Champions League and Scottish Premiership.
And they must pay for an annual TV licence to watch other matches on the BBC and ITV.
Without taking advantage of special offers, other sports can require even more subscriptions and even more money.
“It certainly helps when you can say to a fan that they only need to buy one subscription to see everything in one sport,” says Pete Oliver, CEO of growth markets for DAZN, a global sports streaming service.
“If a sport is very fragmented, we would say it’s not going to be a great proposition for the fan [for us to be involved], and it’s probably not going to be a great commercial prospect for us.
“The cost of entertainment [subscriptions] generally will increase over time.
“There is natural inflation in the market, there is a lot of competition for sports rights, the athletes want to be paid more money, and the leagues want to do what is right for them, and if they can get somebody to pay more for the content, they will”
THE festive season would not be complete without a trip to London’s iconic Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. And this year you can experience the festive fun for FREE thanks to The Sun!
Here is your chance to grab two FREE tickets to the event, including entry to the amazing Magical Ice Kingdom presents Neverland, in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.
We have 10,000 FREE tickets up for grabs on a first-come, first-served basis, so do not miss out.
Spreading festive cheer since 2007, Hyde Park Winter Wonderland returns from Thursday, November 19 to Sunday, January 3.
With more than 150 rides, attractions and magical experiences to enjoy, there is something for everyone.
Your tickets will allow you to escape to the fantastic Magical Ice Kingdom presents Neverland – an enchanted world crafted from over 500 tonnes of ice and snow and brought to life in partnership with GOSH Charity.
The adventure begins in the Darling family nursery, where you will meet Tinkerbell and Peter Pan.
Together you will journey through the Lost Boys’ camp, cross the enchanted mermaids pool and ‘board’ the Jolly Roger.
Fly down frozen slides and take on the fearsome Captain Hook to free Peter Pan – but be careful not to walk the plank!
Every turn will bring the story breathtakingly to life through hundreds of hand-carved sculptures, with a donation from every ticket going towards GOSH Charity.
From visits from Santa to carol singing with the Chaplaincy team, GOSH Charity brings comfort and joy to the wards, while giving more children the hope of many more Christmases to come.
And there is plenty more Christmas magic waiting to be discovered at Winter Wonderland.
Step out of the Magical Ice Kingdom and onto the UK’s largest open-air ice rink, enjoy a drink at Hyde Park’s iconic Victorian bandstand, or get your adrenaline pumping on one of the attraction’s many rollercoasters.
Thrillseekers can enjoy a spin on the 70m Giant Wheel for views across London or brave the Real Ice Slide powered by Joybuy.
If you fancy a party, head to the Bavarian Village for live music, DJs, seasonal singalongs and authentic German food and drink.
Or grab some stocking fillers at the Christmas Market where you can find handcrafted gifts and tempting seasonal treats.
You can also catch the new Gandeys K-pop Dragon Circus, bringing together K-pop music, dance and circus acts.
To claim your tickets, follow the steps below:
Our tickets are available for visits between Thursday, November 19 to Sunday, December 6.
Or you can pick up the The Sun newspaper from Saturday, October 10 and collect Sun Savers codes to book your tickets.
18+ UK only (exc. NI, IoM & CI). Sun Savers multiple code collect 10/10/26-14/10/26 or digital subscription required. Online access required. 5,000 pairs of tickets available (7,000 off-peak, 2,000 standard & 1,000 peak) on a first come, first served basis. Subject to availability, daily allocation limits apply. Tickets available between 19/11/26 – 06/12/26. 2 tickets per person only. Non-transferable and non-refundable. T&Cs apply, see sunsavers.co.uk or club.thesun.co.uk/sun-club. New customer offer: £2.99 per month for 3 months, £6.99 thereafter unless you cancel at least 7 days before your next billing date. Full T&Cs apply, visit thesun.co.uk/terms-and-conditions.
TEENAGE years were often consumed by the excitement of planning which festival to go to, met by the disappointment of not being able to afford (or even able to get) a ticket.
Fortunately, there is a way to get free festival tickets even as a now-adult.
Volunteering might remind you of litter picking in parks, but it looks a whole lot different at festivals.
With Oxfam, you can volunteer across a number of different roles while getting a free ticket to the festival.
Having done a number of festivals with the charity I can safely say that it is a lot more fun than you’d think, AND you get other great perks as well.
The role with the most positions available is to be a steward – you’ll carry out a range of roles across three eight-and-a-quarter- hour shifts including checking tickets on the gate, patrolling campsites or the arena and staffing accessibility platforms.
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You will get all the training you need, as well as a meal voucher for every shift, free tea and coffee, crew camping (read, quieter campsites), hot showers and free phone charging.
Applications for the positions open in the new year and are served on a first-come first-served basis.
You will need to fork out the ticket price upfront but this essentially acts as a deposit to ensure you show up to your shifts – you will then get it back four weeks after the festival.
You will also need to be 18-years-old or over to volunteer by the time you arrive onsite.
Other roles include campaigning, which requires four, six-hour shifts ending before headline acts, and shop volunteers to run festival shops, with one six hour shift a day.
For the latter role, you will need to be a current shop volunteer, intern or member of Oxfam staff with at least three months of experience.
But in reality what does the work actually look like?
For my first festival, I volunteered at NASS although this sadly no longer runs.
As a smaller festival in the UK, I was only required to do two shifts and these both consisted of checking tickets into the festival – one on arrival day and another for second day arrivals.
It meant I missed NOTHING – not a single act.
Both my shifts were finished before music even started, which meant I had enough time to nip back to the spacious campsite with hot showers and freshen up before going and singing my heart out as Loyle Carner performed just metres from me.
The other festivals I volunteered at were much bigger and are household names – Boardmasters in Cornwall and Reading Festival.
Staff camping at Reading was a decent walk from the main arena and while that meant it was a bit of a pain to just ‘nip’ back to your tent, it did mean that I was away from ALL noise.
The campsite is spacious, peaceful, empty of drunken festivalgoers and has its own toilet block – which were actual toilets with no stench.
When I saw the toilets in the main campsites, I realised how appreciative I was of swapping some hours of my time for a free festival ticket.
I slept soundly each night with no thumping music or rowdy people around me.
As for my shifts at Reading, one of my three, eight-hour shifts was spent checking tickets on the first arrival day – before the festival had even properly started.
My second shift was patrolling campsites during the daytime, before any major acts were on.
And my third shift? Being right in the pit as Sea Girls played, handing out water to festival-goers.
None of these tasks, other than perhaps standing in the blazing sun, are strenuous and shift leaders are great at constantly making sure you have water as well as regular time in the shade if your shift involves being in the direct sun.
DEPUTY Travel Editor, Kara Godfrey has previously volunteered at Glastonbury Festival with Oxfam and here are her thoughts:
I am not a festival-goer – camping on the cold hard ground, traipsing through the inevitable mud and don’t get me started on refusing to use anything other than a standard, private bathroom.
And then being made to pay at least £400 just to be allowed in the gates? I never saw the appeal.
However, when I did work Glastonbury with Oxfam, I was very much converted.
Early access, so a more laidback first day without the huge crowds, three meals a day without having to pay extortionate amounts, and, of course, much nicer toilets and showers.
Being able to charge my phone and have a much quieter campsite – it felt like glamping without the cost.
The only downside was the shift patterns. I was on ticket checking duty, and you had to do a day, afternoon and overnight shift.
You in theory could swap with people, but good luck trying when there was a big performer (I was there the year of Dolly Parton).
But as long as you aren’t going just for one act, I had the best time hanging with my fellow Oxfam crew as we played our own party tunes at the entrance, shared snacks – and laughed our heads off at all the men dressed up as good ol’ Dolly herself.
Oh, and it barely cost me a penny once my ticket costs rolled back into my bank account. Win win!
Across these three shifts I only missed one act I wanted to see.
And last but not least, Boardmasters was a similar story – one of my three eight-hour shifts was spent checking tickets before the festival began, another was a day shift campsite patrolling and the third was an overnight campsite shift.
Again, with these I missed no acts I wanted to see and while the final overnight shift was tiring (and cold), it involved standing and sitting at the entrance to a campsite answering questions… hardly hard work.
Across all shifts you get a half hour break as well as a meal token which you can use at selected vendors across the festival.
These often include gourmet burger joints and pizza vans, so there is plenty of choice.
Depending on what festival you are at, you might get actual shower and toilet blocks too, a communal area on your campsite and quite often other goodies like free Coca-Cola from brand sponsors walking the festival ground.
There are other companies and charities you can go through for festivals too, such as Hotbox Events, My Cause UK and Festaff.
Though, I wouldn’t look further than Oxfam – everyone is there to have a good time and thanks to not having to pay a penny and camping with more space, I’d say I was happier than most paying festivalgoers each time I volunteered.
GLASTONBURY punters have fumed over the ‘s*** show’ website chaos after the first set of 2027 tickets went on sale tonight.
Those who have managed to get their hands on them will travel to Worthy Farm in Somerset and dance away to their favourite tunes between Wednesday 23 June to Sunday 27 June next year.
Festival-goers logged online just before 6:00pm this evening (Thursday 1 October) to try and get their hands on ticket + coach passes for the five day music event.
They were told to enter the website at 5:50pm, and those who were on the page were given a place in the queue.
This was followed by a progress bar which showed how close you were to purchasing.
It comes as no surprise that they sold out within 30 minutes – meaning that loads of people have sadly gone without.
Those took to X, formerly known to Twitter, to complain about the system which made them miss out.
One fan fumed on the social media app: “Shit show.”
Another wrote: “Think I would have preferred to be stuck on two bars than get right to the end as they sold out.”
A third chimed in: “These 2 bars are going to give me nightmares for the rest of my life I fear.”
A fourth asked: “Anyone even get past 2 bars? On to Sunday.”
“TRAPPED at the abysmal two green bars…,” a fifth tweeted.
Hopefuls will be able to log back on this Sunday to try and purchase general admission tickets at 9:00am.
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EVERY single ticket across Oasis’ 42 2027 stadium shows has been snapped up following three days of buying windows.
Frontman Liam Gallagher confirmed the sell-out on X, posting: “That’s all folks we have officially sold out no more tickets left congratulations to everyone who got a ticket and to the people who didn’t sneak in f*** it yolo.”
If you missed out during the initial sale, here is everything you need to know about where things stand and how to legally get your hands on tickets when the official resale opens.
Yes. Every date announced for the Oasis Live ’27 tour is now completely sold out.
Demand for the tour, which follows the massive success of their Live ’25 reunion, was so great that organisers added four extra dates to the schedule.
Among these are two more nights at Knebworth on September 25 and 26, 2027, now making it a six-night return to the venue where the band famously played to over 200,000 fans across two nights in August 1996.
Unlike traditional ticket drops, there was no general public sale.
To ensure tickets ended up in the hands of genuine fans, buyers had to pre-register online before being randomly selected to receive a unique, non-transferable code.
To cope with overwhelming demand and reduce queue times, fans were allocated a dedicated buying window between Friday and Sunday.
Each unique code allowed a maximum purchase of four tickets.
Fixed standard ticket prices for UK shows ranged between £71.50 and £266.60, including fees.
The ballot structure was designed to avoid the queuing issues that plagued the band’s 2025 tour.
Those sales triggered a probe by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after fans faced unexpected price jumps in queues.
Yes, but fans will need to be patient.
Resale tickets will only be available via Ticketmaster and Twickets (UK only) nearer to the tour dates.
When the official resale window opens, unwanted tickets can only be bought and sold through these authorised platforms.
All resale tickets must be listed at the exact face value originally paid.
Any tickets purchased via official resale will also count toward the overall four-ticket limit per code.
Organisers are urging fans to remain vigilant and steer clear of unauthorised ticket sales.
Tickets listed on secondary market sites or offered via private social media sales risk being cancelled without a refund.
Because codes and ticket links are strictly non-transferable, buying order confirmations or screenshots from individual sellers carry a big risk of fraud.
If you hope to get into a show, stick strictly to official Ticketmaster and Twickets channels closer to the show dates.
While resale dates for the 2027 tour have not yet been announced, the official resale for the band’s 2025 tour opened just two days after tickets sold out.
The only official word from Ticketmaster thus far is that face-value resale options will only open “closer to the tour.”
LIAM Gallagher has made a cheeky joke to fans who missed out on Oasis Live ’27 tickets after all 42 dates sold out in three days.
Tickets went on sale on Friday and remained available over the weekend before completely selling out.
Following the news, Liam, 52, took to X this evening to issue a statement as he left a parting joke with their fans.
He said: “That’s all folks, we have officially sold out. No more tickets left.
“Congratulations to everyone who got a ticket and to those who didn’t, sneak in, f**k it, YOLO. LG x.”
Excited fans who managed to luckily get tickets rushed to the comments section as one said: “See you in 2027, Liam!
“I’ll be travelling just to see you guys! Best wishes from Costa Rica!”
Another person commented: “See you at Knebworth! Let’s have it!”
However, some unlucky fans weren’t able to get their hands on tickets as one fumed: “I was manifesting it so much, I’m upset.”
While a second moaned: “Liam I’m so sad, I was born and raised on Oasis and I didn’t get a code. I hope I can see you one day.”
Pre-registered fans were randomly selected to receive a unique code for nine onsale windows running from Friday to Sunday.
This registration process was the only way members of the general public could buy tickets.
Since the tickets have sold out, fans have been issued with a warning to remain vigilant and avoid scams on social media.
Resale tickets will only be available to purchase via the Ticketmaster and Twickets websites, for the prices originally paid, nearer to the tour dates.
Earlier today, Liam and Noel, 59, issued the stark warning to desperate fans considering buying from sites selling tickets to their gigs at inflated prices.
The statement on the Oasis social media pages said: “All codes have now been sent out, with the final sale windows happening today.
“Please avoid scams involving social media accounts selling codes or tickets. These will be fake or invalid.
“Tickets currently on secondary websites are liable to be cancelled.
“Resale tickets will be available nearer the events and will only be available, at the price originally paid, through Ticketmaster and Twickets.”
Brothers Noel and Liam will kick off their 2027 mega world tour with performances at the Parkhead stadium on May 21, 23, 25, 28 and 29.
RONAN Keating stripped naked and flashed his bum in a desperate attempt to flog tickets for his solo tour, after the recent Boyzone reunion controversy.
The star, 49, who shot to fame in the early 90s in the famous Irish boyband, gave his loyal fans a cheeky thrill in his latest Instagram video.
In the short video Ronan can be seen in his plush kitchen mixing himself a cocktail.
The star is wearing just an apron, with his bare chest visible underneath.
“Been working hard in the gym, getting ready for the World Tour,” Ronan tells fans.
“Treating myself, you know, to a little cocktail.”
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The star adds: “Tickets go on sale tomorrow, UK and Europe.”
Ronan then picks up his drink and turns around to reveal he is fully nude underneath the apron.
The singer then flashes his bottom as he walks off with his cocktail.
Fans rushed to comment on the cheeky video, with one saying: “Ok I just spat my drink out!”
While another joked: “Rear of year winner 2003!”
Ronan is gearing up for his solo tour, after performing in Boyzone’s last ever gigs in June.
The singer shot to fame in the Irish boyband in the early 90s, along with Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and the late Stephen Gately, who passed away in 2009.
But during their recent reunion gigs there was some controversy after one of the remaining four bandmates went “missing”.
Fans were left in uproar when Mikey only appeared on stage midway through the concerts to perform only a handful of songs.
During their time together, Boyzone racked up 18 Top Ten singles, with six No1s including 1998’s No Matter What.
However, in 1999, while still a member of Boyzone, Ronan released When You Say Nothing At All which became part of the soundtrack for the movie Notting Hill.
The song topped the UK charts and launched his solo career.
WHEN the unpredictable British weather strikes, a tropical indoor waterpark is the ideal escape for families.
We’ve hunted down the UK’s absolute best indoor waterparks, packed with terrifying near-vertical drops for adrenaline junkies and giant interactive pirate ships to entertain the little ones.
Parents haven’t been forgotten either, as plenty of these indoor resorts have luxurious adults-only spas, bubbling spa pools, and peaceful lazy rivers to help you escape the chaos.
Best of all, these waterparks won’t break the bank, with tickets from £5.31 for adults and £2.50 for kids.
As the UK’s largest waterpark, it’s safe to say there’s absolutely loads of indoor fun to be had at Sandcastle Waterpark in Blackpool.
The attraction boasts 18 slides, ranging from the toddler-friendly treetops water chutes to a climbing frame where a giant coconut dumps 600 gallons of water onto unsuspecting swimmers.
Older thrill-seekers can tackle five record-breaking white-knuckle rides, including the Sidewinder, the world-first indoor half-pipe, and the Masterblaster, the UK’s longest indoor water rollercoaster.
While the kids run wild, adults can escape to the Sea Breeze Spa for an extra £7 to unwind in the sauna, steam room, and aromatherapy lounge.
For the ultimate VIP day out, the £60 Tiki Cabana package gets you park entry, lunch and unlimited drinks, spa access, and a private retreat complete with a TV and hot tub.
Standard tickets start at £24.95 for those aged 12 and over, £15.95 for kids aged three to seven, and under-threes get to splash around for free.
This waterpark with tropical temperatures packs in over 30 different rides and attractions under one roof.
Test your nerves on the lightning-themed Hurricane ride that descends at 17mph, or brave the Thunderbolt – the UK’s first trap-door flume that plummets you downwards at a terrifying 25mph.
If you want something a bit gentler, toddlers will love the gentle twists of the newly refurbished Python slide, while the whole family can enjoy the swirling rapids and wave pool.
When you need a breather, you can chill in the calming bubble pools and fuel up on pizza, bubble waffles, and milkshakes at the on-site restaurant.
Outside of the waterpark, the wider leisure resort contains the M Club Spa and fitness centre as well as a tiki-themed adventure mini-golf course.
General admission tickets start at £24pp.
Beneath its giant, curved glass dome, the Blue Lagoon Water Park hides a massive wave pool, four high-speed flumes, a lazy river, bubbling spa pools and more.
Here the kids can make a splash on mini slides and water cannons at Nippers Cove, or even join in on magical mermaid schools and pirate-themed events.
While the pool complex is normally reserved for holiday park guests, you can still visit without booking an overnight stay by grabbing tickets to a public open day.
The next public open day takes place on October 28 between 6.30pm and 9pm, with entry costing a budget-friendly £11.55 per person.
The complex is completely free however for guests staying on-site at Bluestone National Park Resort, making it the perfect excuse to book in a staycation.
You can bag a three-night break in a stylish wooden lodge sleeping four from £420, working out to £35pp per night.
You don’t need to brave the theme park’s giant rollercoasters for an action-packed day out at Alton Towers.
The attraction boasts its own massive tropical waterpark with toasty temperatures right in the Staffordshire countryside.
Adrenaline junkies can tackle the epic Master Blaster water rollercoaster, twist down the indoor Rush ‘N’ Rampage slides, or brave the outdoor Flash Floods flume before splashing into the giant pool.
Meanwhile, little ones can run wild in the Wacky Waterworks Treehouse, a sprawling play zone packed with over 70 interactive features including water cannons and tipping buckets.
If you prefer a more relaxing pace, you can drift peacefully along the lazy river or simply kick back on a lounger with a drink while the kids wear themselves out.
When hunger strikes, you can grab burgers and chicken strips at the Calypso Cave, or treat the family to ice cream sundaes and floats from the Ice Cream Shack.
Standard tickets start at £18 when booked online, with kids under 90cm going completely free.
There are also parent-and-toddler passes available from £23.
Bracknell’s Coral Reef Waterworld is one of England’s largest indoor water parks. With 30C temperatures and a giant pirate ship to play in, it makes for the ideal rainy-day family escape.
Little ones can run wild in the pirate ship and battle against each other with water cannons, or even dodge the ‘eruptions’ of the giant water volcano.
Older kids can tackle five high-tech waterslides, including the 67-metre high-speed Cannon chute and Poseidon’s Peril, a neon-lit, colour-changing raft ride built for two.
If you need to catch your breath, the main swimming pool has plenty of calmer spots to float around, featuring a swirling rapid river and relaxing bubble pools.
There’s even an adults-only Coral Spa where you can completely unwind on heated sun loungers, chill in a Japanese steam room, or sweat it out across three saunas.
Tickets from £18.60 for adults and £13.20 for kids.
Scarborough‘s Alpamare is a totally unique waterpark that truly lives up to its claim of being “unlike any waterpark you’ve seen before”.
Here you’ll find four massive, ski-themed waterslides: the Cresta Run, Olympic Run, Black Run, and Snowstorm.
Each will send you flying through high-speed twists, turns, and giant spinning funnel bowls.
There’s also a huge main indoor pool, which ripples with waves every 30 minutes. You can also brave the outdoor chill and take a dip in a heated outdoor infinity pool.
Alpamare also has its own spa, which might just be the most unique of the bunch.
The spa offers a hammam, LED ice showers, foot baths and even a Sauna World complex with plenty of room for sitting down and heating up.
Plus there’s a totally bizarre Hay Bath aromatherapy experience, where you relax on a lounger surrounded by fresh local Yorkshire hay – where the natural scent is designed to soothe the senses.
Tickets start at £10 for adults, £7.50 for kids, and £2.50 for toddlers when you book ahead online.
The Wave is a giant indoor waterworld containing the UK’s largest wave pool, which churns over 20 million litres of water every single day.
Zip down your choice of six high-octane flumes, including the stomach-churning Riptide – a massive half-pipe slide that blasts rubber ring riders down a terrifying near-90-degree drop.
You can also take on the dizzying Cyclone ride that spins swimmers around a giant open bowl, while younger children can safely splash away from the big drops in The Reef, a vibrant play area packed with mini slides and fountains.
If the parents need some well-deserved peace and quiet, they can escape the chaos and head over to the luxurious on-site Mana Spa.
Here you can swim gentle lengths in a quieter pool, sweat it out in the sauna and steam room, or switch off in the soothing aromatherapy suite.
Adult tickets cost £15, kids aged 11 and under £13, and babies under one go for free.
Time Capsule Water Park in Coatbridge, Scotland is a brilliant budget-friendly option that even comes attached to an indoor ice rink for the ultimate action-packed day out.
Inside the massive water complex, you’ll find a lazy river, twisting waterslides, and kids splash zones lined with water cannons.
Thrill-seekers will want to make a beeline for Tornado Tantrum, a tall flume packed with twisting drops alongside dramatic thunder and lightning effects.
Younger kids can safely splash around the toddler-friendly Cove Island, or dry off and run wild in the Tiny Tots indoor soft play area.
When it’s time to refuel the family, grab a cold drink and a poolside burger at the on-site Tsunami Cafe.
This waterpark is one of the cheapest on our list, with adult tickets costing £6.50 and kids £4.50, plus the bonus of completely free parking.
Taking the crown as Wales‘ biggest waterpark, LC Swansea goes way beyond your standard indoor pool and slide.
Here you can learn to surf on the Boardrider simulator, or hop on a rubber ring ride that blasts you uphill before gravity sends you plummeting back into the pool.
The Volcano Bay zone is the perfect place for the kids to burn off energy with interactive fountains, toys and tipping buckets.
But you can always escape the madness by floating down the peaceful lazy river or sinking into the bubbling whirlpool.
The fun doesn’t stop once you dry off, thanks to a massive underwater-themed indoor play area spanning four storeys of obstacles just next door, as well as a 30ft climbing wall.
Plus there’s a Costa Coffee for well-deserved snacks and drinks and a handy shop for forgotten swim gear.
You won’t have to empty your wallet to enjoy it all either, with tickets starting at £5.31 for adults and older kids.
Toddler tickets (ages one to three) cost £2.97, and babies go free.
ONE airport express bus fare has dropped by a whopping £9 thanks to a new government scheme.
It’s great news for holidaymakers heading to a major Scottish airport, as passengers can now get a single journey for just £2 rather than £11.
The regional bus fare cap has recently come into force in Glasgow meaning prices has been significantly reduced.
Mostly it’s across public buses in the areas towns or cities – but that also applies to the Glasgow Airport Express service.
So anyone travelling to Glasgow Airport can now get there for £2.
The fare was introduced in Glasgow and the majority of West Scotland from September 7.
The cap has been funded by Transport Scotland and applies across Glasgow, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire and Inverclyde.
On its website, First Bus states: “All single journeys on First Bus services across Glasgow and the surrounding areas are capped at just £2 from 7 September no matter how far you’re travelling.
“That’s £2 to get to work. £2 to meet friends. £2 to head into town. Even £2 to start your journey to the airport on the Glasgow Airport Express.”
It’s good news too as Glasgow Airport recently increased its drop-off charge up to £7 for 15 minutes.
The £2 bus fare cap is set to come into force in parts of England too from next year.
The government announced in July 2026 that single bus tickets will be capped at £2 in areas of England outside London from January 1 until December 31 2027.
This coastal theme park was named the UK’s best for under 1 million visitors (Image: Facebook/Pleasurewood Hills)
With the warm summer days a distant memory, thoughts are turning to how we can spend our time when the weather isn’t dependent. Theme parks are a great option, with any worries about the weather quickly vanishing as you whizz around an exhilarating ride or venture around the colourful site packed with attractions.
The UK is brimming with entertaining and family-friendly theme parks, whether you’re an adrenaline junkie or want a day out that’s suitable for all ages. While we’ve all heard of Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and Legoland, they’ve been pipped to the post by a lesser-known attraction for the title of the UK’s best theme park.
Pleasurewood Hills near Lowestoft in Suffolk was crowned ‘Theme Park of the Year’ for under 1 million visitors, in this year’s UK Theme Park Awards, presented by AttractionTickets.com. Located near the Suffolk coast between Corton and Gunton, the biggest theme park in East Anglia has 30 fun-packed rides and attractions across its 59-acre site, from family favourites to thrill-seeking ventures.
Some highlights include the park’s wild mouse roller coaster, Marble Madness, the Jolly Roger, a stomach-churning drop tower, and the water flume ride, Water Fun Factory. But that’s just the start of their offerings, with plenty more rides that are suitable for all ages.
There’s Woody’s Wheel to savour the coastal vistas, the Flying Elephants, the pirate ship, Shiver me Timbers, the small coast, the Egg-Spress and Wavebreaker, and an exciting waterslide down a winding course. In addition, visitors can watch a sealion or colourful bird show, before visiting the indoor soft play area, Woody’s Cub House, take a drive in a safari car, and ride the carousel or Woodland Express.
Elsewhere, Pleasurewood Hills’ flagship roller coaster is the towering Wipeout, which stands more than 130ft high and whizzes guests around its twisting, turning, looping, and rolling track, before reversing on itself for the “ultimate backwards thrill”. However, it’s currently closed after it broke down over the summer, leaving riders stuck on board for up to three hours, with it expected to reopen by the end of October.
Following this, one of the theme park owners, Freddy Stokes, said their ‘Theme Park of the Year’ award had not been something “we were expecting to win”. The UK Theme Park Awards were based on public votes held prior to the issues with the Wipeout ride.
Pleasurewood Hills is open from 10am until 4pm on Saturday and Sunday during off-peak seasons, and additionally opens Monday to Friday during the October half-term, with opening times varying. However, you don’t have long to visit as the theme park will close for the season on Sunday, 1 November, with an opening date for 2027 yet to be confirmed.
Online tickets for the Suffolk theme park start from £16 per person, while they can also be purchased on the door from £29 per person. For more information, visit the Pleasurewood Hills website.
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