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In Manchester City Center, the first official merchandise stand for the events has opened ahead of this week’s first of five Oasis shows at Heaton Park.

Oasis’ return to their hometown for a number of monumental gigs is generating highs in Manchester. In order to support Oasis Live ’25, Liam and Noel Gallagher are scheduled to play five shows at Heaton Park over the next two weeks.

The band, which includes Joey Waronker, Andy Bell, Gem Archer, and Bonehead, kicked off their Cardiff tour last weekend. To acclaim-strengthening applause, the Britpop icons performed two sold-out shows at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

Fans who flocked to the Welsh capital were treated to a mix of the band’s biggest hits, along with some heartfelt tributes and poignant moments during the Friday and Saturday night performances, from the opening notes of Hello to Champagne Supernova’s iconic lyrics.

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Ten million people vying for a seat at one of the most significant concerts in recent memory after Oasis’s reunion was announced in August.

In addition to their Manchester dates – on 11th, 12th, 16th, 19th, and 20th of July – the Gallagher brothers and their band will also perform a series of gigs in London, Edinburgh and Dublin before jetting off to play shows across North and South America, Asia and Australia.

This summer, an impressive 1.3 million music tourists are expected to visit Manchester, making it an unmissable season for live music in the city with performances from some of the biggest names in the world, including Oasis.

All eyes are on Manchester, which is bustling with preparations for the Gallagher’s arrival, as the band prepares for five massive gigs at Manchester’s Heaton Park.

The city is home to MCR Live’25, a festival bar, and hundreds of signs and murals expressing the band’s homage. The city’s streets, squares, storefronts, and other locations have also seen a slew of guitar-themed artworks and exhibitions.

A week-long series of Oasis-themed activities are being held at Manchester Central Library. The first official merchandise stand for the shows, complete with items in worker bee yellow, as well as the dates for the Manchester shows, was set up and made accessible today (July 8).

Fans can purchase hoodies, t-shirts, tote bags, and other items of clothing. Oasis logos are visible in a variety of different T-shirt styles as well as in a variety of blue and yellow prints on the merchandise stand.

Between Monday and Saturday, the merch store will be open from 10am to 8pm, with the exception of shows where the hours are 10am to 7pm. The store will be open from 11am to 5pm on Sundays.

From 8 to 20 July, St. Peter’s Square will have access to the Oasis Live ’25 Touring Flagship Stand. The stand will be open Monday through Friday from 10am to 8pm, Sunday through Sunday, and 10am to 7pm on July 11 through 12 through the Oasis show days.

Official Oasis Live ’25 merchandise can also be purchased at The Avenue, Spinningfields. Additionally included are exclusive vinyl and adidas collaboration items, including tees, hoodies, jackets, and other items.

The collection features iconic artwork from Wonderwall to “Definitely Maybe.” However, stock is limited and only available online or in stores.

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• £90 track jacket from Adidas
• £85 football t-shirt from Adidas
• What’s the Story hoodie in blue costing £70?
• Spray Live ‘ 25 hoodie – £70
• Adidas Live ‘ 25 t-shirt – £55
• £50 long sleeve decca navy gold logo
• £50 Oasis sweatshirt
• Royal scarlet t-shirt with 3 stripes from Adidas costing £45.
• T-shirt from Collage Photo’s Live’25 world tour for $40.
• $40 Oasis Live’s 25 World Tour T-shirt
• $40 Wonderwall Live’s 25 world tour T-shirt
• $40 T-shirt for the Detroit bus photo
• Live ‘ 25 world tour T-shirt – £40
• Live ‘ 25 gold T-shirt – £40
• Elliptical tour t-shirt: 40
• $40 event T-shirt for the Manchester event
• $40 photo T-shirt with paper cutouts
• $40 print of a Manchester poster
• £35 reversible Decca logo bucket hat
• £35 reversible, Live ’25 logo bucket hat
• Live ‘ 25 football scarf – £25
• World tour poster for Half Faces Live’s 25th anniversary, priced at $20.
• $20 Wonderwall Live’s World Tour ad.
• £15 set of four pin badges for Live’s 25
• Live ‘ 25 tour lanyard – £15
• Live ‘ 25 mac ball – £10
• Live ‘ 25 tour programme – £20
• Logo Live ‘ 25 tote bag – £20
• £10 Live ’25 repeat fabric green keyring

Another chance to avoid being bought out by Holly Willoughby’s media empire has been provided. His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) earlier this year issued a winding-up order to Roxy Media, the media production and management company run by the TV host and her husband, Dan Baldwin, according to court documents.

The Insolvency and Companies Court heard at a hearing in April that the company owed tax amounts of £377, 000, which had been reduced from an undetermined amount. To allow the payment of the debt, the case was adjourned for 12 weeks.

No information was provided as to whether the debt had been paid in full or partially, but Charlotte Cooke, for HMRC, told the court at a hearing on Wednesday that the business was requesting that the company bring the matter before a tax tribunal.

She continued, “I’m aware that the business has requested that we hear later.” That is opposed, we believe. She continued, “This has been going on for a long time.”

No details about the challenge were provided in court, despite the company’s representative’s assurance that it would go before a tax tribunal. According to Mr. Collins, the business was awaiting the hearing date for the tribunal appeal.

The case was adjourned until August 20 by Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sally Barber. With her husband’s assistance, Whitby founded the business to concentrate on managing media clients. According to records on Companies House, she and Mr. Baldwin were both hired in 2014 as company directors.

In an earlier statement, a HMRC spokesman said that “we only file winding-up petitions once we’ve exhausted all other options in order to protect taxpayers’ money” and that we take a supportive approach to dealing with customers who have tax debts.

The presenter is best known for formerly appearing on the ITV daytime program This Morning in 2009 before deciding to resign in 2023 to spend more time with her family.

However, Holly’s career has suffered a significant setback due to her not just her company. The presenter also hosted Dancing On Ice on ITV between 2006 and 2011, which aired on the network until it was over in 2025. Due to declining viewership, the network decided to stop showing it after almost 20 years of it.

In stark contrast to the 2.4 million viewers who tuned in for the series’ opening episode, the program attracted 12 million viewers at its peak. In addition, the most recent final, in which Coronation Street actor Sam Aston won the renowned trophy, only managed to draw in 2.7 million viewers home.

However, that is not the end all. Despite being popular with viewers, her show, Celebrity Bear Hunt, has reportedly been discontinued by streaming service Netflix due to the excessive cost of production.

Everyone on the show was “absolutely gutted,” according to a source who spoke to The Sun. They continued, “But it was completely untenable given the overall cost of travel, insurance, and, of course, securing big-name talent – even after they considered making more of a budget show and filming closer to home.

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Kerry Katona was noticeably absent from her ex Brian McFadden’s wedding last weekend after making a series of barbed comments about the Westlife star over the years

Last month, Kerry Katona said she wished she could still be friends with her ex, Brian McFadden – but that’s never going to happen according to reports. The Atomic Kitten star, 44, was married to the Westlife singer, 45, for five years before they split in 2004 after welcoming daughters, Molly and Lilly-Sue.

Kerry, who was noticeably absent from Brian’s wedding last weekend to Danielle Parkinson, has made a series of jaw-dropping comments about Brian over the years, including calling him a “s**t dad” and the “fat one in Westlife”. And now, the dad-of-three is said to have had enough of her outbursts, with a source claiming Kerry has “burnt her bridges”.

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Speaking to The Sun, they said: “Kerry has burnt her bridges with Brian, thanks to years of speaking out of turn. She’s got a heart of gold but a big mouth and that has always been her downfall.

“Kerry has a bad habit of not thinking before she speaks and it’s landed her in hot water with Brian on many occasions. She’ll say something publicly that is either outrageous or something she should have kept private between them and it gets her in trouble.

“There’s been many times her girls have asked her to rein it in when speaking about their dad, they know better than anyone how it gets to him.”

Last month, Kerry lamented the loss of her friendship with Brian, writing in her column for new! magazine: “I wish Brian and I could have stayed friends. Molly went to watch him at a festival last week and I would have loved to have gone with her. It would be great to have a better relationship.”

However, the mum-of-five hasn’t held back when talking about her ex, when she claimed in a podcast in 2023: “He was a s**t dad. I’m the one who provides for them..”

Meanwhile, in her most recent biography, Whole Again, Kerry claimed her daughters didn’t have a great relationship with the Irish star, even suggesting her late third husband George Kay, was more of a father to Molly and Lilly.

“Brian’s their biological dad, but he hasn’t played that all important father figure in their lives growing up,” she wrote, adding, “for all his faults, George was more of a dad to those girls than Brian ever was.”

Brian rarely speaks about Kerry and went to great lengths not to mention her last year’s BBC documentary, Boybands Forever. In a toe-curling exchange, the interviewer asks him on camera: “Marrying Kerry, you’re sort of…” as Brian quickly interjects: “I don’t want to talk about her, no. Definitely no.”

“That really hurt Kerry,” the insider said. “She made jokes about it but privately she was gutted that it was shown on national TV.

“She thinks he’s embarrassed by her and she’s probably not far wrong. But in his defence, she’s not made it easy for him.”

The Mirror has contacted Brian’s rep for comment on this story. Kerry’s rep declined to comment.

Former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace was reportedly treated for a suspected heart attack days before he was axed

Gregg Wallace, who warned the BBC he “will not go quietly” after their decision to terminate their connection, was recently sacked from MasterChef over misconduct claims. It was announced on Tuesday that the 60-year-old presenter will no longer appear on the channel after his sacking.

The TV star had been accused of making inappropriate sexual comments and jokes over a 13-year period. Fifty people made fresh misconduct claims against the TV presenter, according to BBC News, but he continues to deny all allegations. And now, it has been reported that Gregg was rushed to the hospital and treated for a suspected heart attack days before he was axed.

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Gregg reportedly told a friend he was taken to the hospital in Ashford with a suspected heart attack after two days of chest pains. According to The Sun, he told his friend: “‘The stress of this betrayal brought on my suspected heart attack. It’s been hell.”

The Mirror have reached out to Gregg’s reps for comment.

Meanwhile, the former greengrocer slammed the BBC, saying he has been exonerated of the most serious allegations levelled against him.

In an Instagram statement on Tuesday, he explained: “I have taken the decision to speak out ahead of the publication of the Silkins report – a decision I do not take lightly.

“But after 21 years of loyal service to the BBC, I cannot sit in silence while my reputation is further damaged to protect others. I have now been cleared by the Silkins report of the most serious and sensational accusations made against me.

“The most damaging claims (including allegations from public figures, which have not been upheld) were found to be baseless after a full and forensic six-month investigation.”

In his statement, he accused the organisation of “peddling sensationalised gossip masquerading as properly corroborated stories.” He said: “To be clear, the Silkin’s Report exonerates me of all the serious allegations which made headlines last year and finds me primarily guilty of inappropriate language between 2005 and 2018.

“I recognise that some of my humour and language, at times, was inappropriate. For that, I apologise without reservation. But I was never the caricature now being sold for clicks.”

He said his personality is what sold him to the BBC in the first place, adding that the “authenticity was part of the brand”. He added: “Now, in a sanitised world, that same personality is seen as a problem.”

Gregg claimed his autism diagnosis wasn’t cared for properly, insisting ‘nothing was done to investigate his disability of protect him from a dangerous environment’.

He signed off by telling the BBC he “will no go quietly”, explaining: “I will not be cancelled for convenience…The full story of this incredible injustice must be told and it is very much a matter of public interest.”

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Gregg Wallace issued a lengthy statement yesterday where he claimed he was cleared of the “most serious and sensational accusations made against him”

Gregg Wallace is being supported by his wife after issuing a blistering statement aimed at the BBC yesterday. The MasterChef star was last year accused of making inappropriate and sexual comments during his time on the show.

He issued a statement yesterday, where he said: “I’ve taken the decision to speak out ahead of the publication of the Silkins report – a decision I do not take lightly. But after 21 years of loyal service to the BBC, I cannot sit in silence while my reputation is further damaged to protect others. I have now been cleared by the Silkins report of the most serious and sensational accusations made against me. The most damaging claims (including allegations from public figures which have not been upheld) were found to be baseless after a full and forensic six month investigation.”

He added: “My decision to go public now is also driven by the fact the BBC News division are intending to platform legally unsafe accusations, including claims which have already been investigated and not upheld by the BBC and found not credible by Silkins.

“The BBC is no longer providing balanced and impartial public service journalism. It is peddling baseless and sensationalised gossip masquerading as properly corroborated stories. The BBC is choosing to allow BBC News to run with this uncorroborated tittle tattle in an attempt to ‘get ahead’ of the Silkin’s summary report and derail what has been an extremely thorough process.”

“This feels to me like BBC News is chasing slanderous click-bait rather than delivering impartial journalism. To be clear, the Silkin’s Report exonerates me of all the serious allegations which made headlines last year and finds me primarily guilty of inappropriate language between 2005 and 2018. I recognise that some of my humour and language, at times, was inappropriate. For that, I apologise without reservation. But I was never the caricature now being sold for clicks,” he continued.

He was referring to new misconduct claims from 50 people. Wallace has strongly denied all claims. The new claims are said to have come from people who encountered Wallace on a range of shows and settings. Eleven women have accused him of inappropriate sexual behaviour, while the majority claimed he made inappropriate sexual comments.

Gregg is married to Anne-Marie Sterpini, who is 22 years his junior. They live with their son and Anna’s parents Rina and Massimo. He had previously suggested his wife needed extra help around the house after she became a mother for the first time, citing that he wanted to keep his wife as his “fun, sexy girlfriend” post-motherhood.

He said of their romance: “That young woman has revolutionised my life, there’s a 22-year age gap, we have been together ten years and have a son, Sid, and I want to be there for them.”

Gregg and Anna met online when she asked him if rhubarb really went well with duck. She works in the food industry too like Gregg and is a caterer. Of how they met, he said: “I just looked at Anna’s photo and thought, ‘Wow, she’s pretty’. So yes, rhubarb, which was considered an aphrodisiac in medieval times, brought us together …

“She came down to London to have dinner with me, and she said it wasn’t until we got to the restaurant, that she was comfortable it was really me and not an imposter.” The pair got married in August 2016.

Gregg said he was worried about the age gap but she wasn’t concerned. He explained: “People look at you anyway and I felt really conscious because she was younger, and I didn’t want people to judge her harshly.”

In addition to son Sid, the presenter has two other children, Libby and Tom, with his second wife, former pastry chef Denise. Sid has autism, which Gregg has discussed in the past.

“Sid has autism. He’s three, you can’t legally diagnose it in this country until they are two-and-a-half, but we knew at about a year old that we had some issues. For us he wasn’t answering to his name, he wasn’t playing peek-a-boo,” he said in 2022.

“He was walking and running around but he’s got autism and he’s got something called global development delay. So he’s not speaking. But he is lovely and he is cuddly and he is happy. And if he wants something he grabs your hand and takes you.”

Liam Payne tragically died last year after filming the new Netflix series, Building the Band, a project which he held close to his heart to help emerging singers

Liam Payne bravely masked his hidden struggles while filming Building the Band. The new Netflix series, which airs today showcased the late musician at his best – enjoying music and helping others.

Last year, the world was left heartbroken when Liam tragically died, aged just 31, after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He had been holidaying in Latin America with his girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, just weeks after he filmed the show in Manchester.

On the show, Liam sits alongside global mega-star and former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland and his pal Nicole Scherzinger, who created One Direction, the band in which Liam found fame while appearing on The X Factor as a guest judge. Since Liam’s death in October last year, there had been speculation as to whether the show would go ahead.

But it later emerged that his family had given their blessing for it to be aired, as this was the Liam that they and his millions of fans loved. However, away from filming, Liam was secretly battling his own internal demons, but hid this from his fans. In the past, he had been vocal about his battles with addiction and had sought treatment.

And although Liam was clean while filming, he sadly relapsed while in Argentina before his sad death. While in his hotel, the Casa Sur Palermo, Liam was said to have been acting erratically and had to be escorted back to his hotel room shortly before the fatal fall.

It was claimed that the dad-of-one had seen “an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol”. Liam was also seen “acting erratically in the hotel lobby and smashing his laptop” before he “had to be carried back to his room”. After Liam was taken to his hotel room, hotel staff said they heard a loud sound in the hotel courtyard.

Tragically, his body was discovered shortly before 5pm local time. He sustained injuries which were incompatible with life, including a fracture at the base of his skull.

In November, a report from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office concluded that traces of “alcohol, cocaine and prescription antidepressants” had been detected in Liam’s system. Explaining why suicide had been ruled out, officials revealed that “in the state he was in, he did not know what he was doing and could not understand it”.

It also disclosed that Payne had been three times the US legal driving limit at the time of his death, with concentration levels of 2.7 grams per litre of blood in his system.

A blood alcohol concentration of 2.7 grams per litre (0.27%), can cause serious symptoms, including confusion, disorientation, and feeling dazed, according to Alcohol.org. A blood alcohol content of 0.3% or higher can result in alcohol poisoning, and a level of 0.4% can be fatal.

Before his death, Liam was rushed to hospital when he was celebrating his one-year anniversary with 23-year-old girlfriend Kate Cassidy at the five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel in Lake Como. He was said to be in “agony” with a friend saying that Liam had “struggled” after the disbandment of One Direction.

It later emerged that Liam had been left requiring medical treatment over his kidneys. It had been well documented that Liam has suffered from health issues ever since he was a newborn baby, as he arrived into the world several weeks premature. Doctors discovered he had scarring on one of his kidneys, and he was required to receive sixteen injections into each of his arms twice a day to keep him alive.

His health eventually improved as he grew older and he threw himself into sports to keep healthy. He later explained that his health scare as a baby gave him a clear perspective to live a healthier life. He said previously: “I have to be careful not to drink too much, even water, and I have to keep myself as healthy as possible.”

Liam had kept this from his fans and ensured that they had seen him at his happiest. In the new series, the musician can be seen flashing his signature smile. But his family had been apprehensive about Building the Band airing, with his older sister Ruth saying she was “heartbroken” that Liam wouldn’t see the programme.

Ruth shared on her Instagram Stories: “I didn’t know whether to share this, but it felt odd when I’ve raved about Liam’s work and achievements for the past 15 years. I’m heartbroken he never got the chance to see how brilliant he is in this show. He knew he had done a good job, we all told him this when we were at filming, but watching it back, wow!” She went on to add: “You’re a star Liam, you always were and always will be. There are a range of emotions I felt watching this, but one of the main ones is immeasurable pride, always. Miss you more every day.”

Netflix have ensured that Liam’s legacy will be cemented on the programme and he will remain a firm key feature on the show. A source said: “Even though Liam had filmed a substantial amount of material for the show, the decision was made shortly after his passing to continue the project, honour his legacy and amazing story as a One Direction member and bring this series to audiences.”

The streaming giant said: “Liam Payne’s family reviewed the series and is supportive of his inclusion.”