ERN Showbiz Update – March 27th

Muse, Adele and Coldplay will headline this years Glastonbury festival, it was announced this week. Muse will headline on Friday, Adele on Saturday and Coldplay on Sunday.

The first round of tickets for the event sold out within 30 seconds of going on sale.

Manchester rock heroes James have been announced as the opening band for the festival, which will run from the 22nd to the 26th June.

Sir Lenny Henry has been awarded a fellowship of the Royal Television Society for raising awareness of diversity issues within the industry.

The actor and comic also received the Judges’ Award for his commitment to increasing minority representation and was praised for his 2014 Bafta Television lecture on the topic.

James May has revealed that fans can expect to see him in action on Amazon Prime with former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond this coming autumn.

It was announced last year that the trio will launch an as-yet-untitled rival to Top Gear on Amazon Prime.

Chris Evans has taken over hosting duties on Top Gear alongside US actor Matt LeBlanc.

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