Dan Smith News

Following last year's momentous 50th anniversary celebrations, The Isle of Wight Festival today announces the first artists for the 2019 event, which kicks off the British festival season on  13th - 16th June.

Wolverhampton Musical Comedy Company (MUSCOM) return to Wolverhampton this year with Mel Brooks' hilarious musical THE PRODUCERS from Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 March.

Today, dick clark productions and ABC announced one of the world's best-selling pop music icons, Christina Aguilera, will perform for a live audience of more than one million people just minutes before the ball drops on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2019." Aguilera last performed on the show in 2007, and this year she will be joined by Bastille, Dan + Shay and New Kids On The Block in the hours leading up to the 2019 countdown. This marks multiplatinum artists Dan + Shay's first appearance on the show, and Bastille's second, while pop super group New Kids On The Block will take the New Year's Rockin' Eve stage for the second time-having last performed in 2011 with Backstreet Boys. America's biggest celebration of the year will take place on MONDAY, DEC. 31, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST on the ABC Television Network. Additional performers will be announced soon.

The Writers' Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has announced the shortlist for its annual awards, to be presented by writer and actor Joanna Scanlan (The Thick of It, Getting On, Puppy Love) on Monday 14 January 2019 at the Royal College of Physicians in central London, in a special ceremony to mark the union's 60th anniversary.

For the fifth holiday season, Big League Productions' critically acclaimed national tour of A Christmas Story, The Musical, delights in seven cities across the U.S., opening in Orange, TX on November 19, 2018. The tour will also play engagements in Knoxville, TN, Louisville, KY, Charlotte, NC, Dallas, TX, Davenport, IA and Detroit, MI.  The heart-warming TONY-nominated Broadway musical brings the classic holiday film vibrantly to life on stage by expanding the movie's iconic moments with breathtaking choreography and joyous songs.

Notre Dame's Department of Film, Television, and Theatre (FTT) announces Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, adapted by Constance Congdon from a new translation by Notre Dame alumnus Dan Smith ('98), in the Patricia George Decio Theatre at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, November 14-18.

Just in time for Halloween, Strawdog Theatre Company launches its 31st season with the world premiere of MASQUE MACABRE, a dark and bloody thrill ride inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe - think Carrie meets Eyes Wide Shut. The handlers of a 'bad boy' entrepreneur go to extremes to give him one last big bash before his past catches up to him. An explorative immersive theatre experience a la Sleep No More, guests travel from room to room throughout the space and follow stories of revenge and murder as they play out in real time.

Whether they're revitalizing Brit punk tenets, or putting a fresh new spin on American rock standards, Sharp/Shock is no stranger to reinvention. The trio's newest release, a cover of the Buzzc*cks' “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've),” showcases their no-holds-barred approach to power punk. Listen to the cover, performed live at Costa Mesa's Hurley Studios, via New Noise today.

U.K. band Bastille is heading to the Majestic Theatre (224 E. Houston St.) in San Antonio, TX on November 12, 2018 at 7:30PM. Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 21 at 10AM. 

Notre Dame's Department of Film, Television, and Theatre (FTT) announces four productions for its 2018/19 theatre season, including a classic French comedy, the world premiere of a student-written musical, and an adaptation of the beloved American novel, The Great Gatsby.

One of Britain's best loved and sunniest stage musicals is heading for the Belgrade Theatre this season as post-war classic Salad Days embarks on a brand new UK tour, lovingly reimagined by Regan de Wynter Williams.

World-renown DJ and producer Marshmello will visit the Empire State Building's world-famous 86th Floor Observatory on Thursday, August 23, 2018.

Today, DJ/producer Marshmello andBritish band Bastille unveiled the new single 'Happier.' By turns poignant and exhilarating, 'Happier' (Astralwerks) acknowledges the uncomfortable truth that loving someone sometimes requires we step aside so they can find happiness. Bastille frontman Dan Smith penned the song with Steve Mac (Ed Sheeran, Liam Payne, P!nk).

Broadway in Bryant Park is back! The 2018 program, which brought the best of Broadway together for free performances, concluded yesterday, August 16.

Bursting onto the scene in 2010, UK four-piece Bastille have become one of the most instantly recognisable and unstoppable pop forces in British music today, with their highly anticipated third album on its way. Frontier Touring is delighted to announce that Bastille will perform two intimate headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne this September - their first Australian dates in four years - with special guest Nicole Millar.

VIDEO: Bastille Releases Official Video For QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT

Sharp/Shock's name could not be a more accurate indicator of their relentlessly melodic, delightfully explosive sound. The punk power trio—comprised of Davey Warsop (Beat Union, Suedehead), Dan Smith (The Dear & Departed; world-renowned tattoo artist) and Jared Shavelson (The Hope Conspiracy, Paint It Black)—is back with the announcement of their sophomore album Youth Club. Watch the video for their first single, “Bad Lad,” via Music & Riots today.

Following its critically acclaimed hit LIZZIE, Firebrand Theatre, the first musical theatre company committed to employing and empowering women by expanding opportunities on and off the stage, is pleased to conclude its inaugural season with the musical comedy 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, book by Patricia Resnick, direction by Artistic Director Harmony France, music direction by Andra Velis-Simon and choreography by Kasey Alfonso.

Casting has been announced for Moonfleet, a new British musical based on the novel by J Meade Falkner, to be staged by Salisbury Playhouse (19 April - 5 May 2018; Press Night Tuesday 24 April).