News about Olivia Rodrigo

The American popstar, 21, is currently on the UK leg of her GUTS tour and she reunited once again with the British singer, 39, as they performed a duet of Lily's hit Smile.  Fans went wild as the duo belted the iconic lyrics: 'At first when I see you cry it makes me smile, yeah it makes me smile.'

Olivia Rodrigo fans have revealed that they queued up for as long as 12 hours in a bid to nab tickets for her hotly-anticipated Australian Guts 2024 tour. The American pop star, 21, is set to take to the stage for eight shows in Melbourne and Sydney in October, and fans have frantically tried to nab their tickets on Thursday. The general sale kicked off at 1pm AEST and, after warnings that the presale on Ticketek was 'chaos', some fans went to extreme lengths in a bid to secure their seats.

The popularity boom in the UK has rubbed some the wrong way - with critics claiming that Gen Z have made liking Guinness a 'personality trait', despite it not being an unusual characteristic. Elsewhere, others desperate to get in on the Guinness buzz have recorded themselves pretending to like the drink - or trying it enough times until they don't despise the taste. (Pictured from L to R: Alanna Beattie, from the UK, attempting to like Guinness. Owen Vincent pretending to like Guinness in a meme to fit in. Georgia Walsh, from Ireland, explaining that people drink Guinness for attention.)

The pop star, 21, is set to tour Sydney and Melbourne in October, and was originally set to take to the stage at just four shows across the two cities. However, Olivia has now added four additional dates to her touring schedule Down Under after the presale sold out in a matter of hours on Wednesday.

Olivia Rodrigo was spotted last Tuesday leaving the luxury Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel swanky hotel in Glasgow, as she explored the city while staying there for her GUTS world tour. The American pop superstar, 21, treated her fans to two shows at the OVO Hydro on 7 and 8 May, and by the looks of it she was very comfortable during her time in the Scottish city.

The singer, 21, was singing Love Is Embarrassing from her second studio album Guts when her tiny black crop top became undone, exposing her back to the crowd.

Presale tickets were made available for Olivia's upcoming Sydney and Melbourne shows via Ticketek through Live Nation at 1pm AEST on Wednesday. However, many fans were left gutted after missing out on presale tickets as they claimed they were 'thrown out' of the presale by various 'access denied' messages.

The problem-plagued Co-op Live arena finally launches with Elbow gig after being forced to call off three concerts at the last minute. The £365m Manchester venue is opening tonight with rock band Elbow, after an inspection gave the arena the all-clear, with boss Tim Leiweke adding he is confident it is now 'the safest building in the world.' This comes after the arena, which boasts being the largest in the UK, was forced to postpone opening shows three times because of concerning structural issues with the building, including parts from the ventilation falling from the ceiling. The band boosted fans confidence that the night will go ahead as planned after posting a photo of their stage set up in the arena saying 'ready'.

Fans of rock band Elbow have admitted feeling 'apprehensive' ahead of tonight's Co-op Live arena opening gig which follows a series of issues at the venue. The £365 million arena in Manchester has postponed three opening shows, most recently after part of the ventilation system fell to the ground from the ceiling during a soundcheck on May 1. Playing their hometown, Elbow are now set to open the venue after it announced it was 'satisfied' the issue was an 'isolated manufacturing default' following inspection. Samantha, 51, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, said she had booked tickets to see the band to celebrate her birthday on Tuesday. 'I'm hoping to go tonight, it all seems to be going ahead but I won't feel fully sure until I'm standing there and actually watching the gig,' she said.

Manchester's troubled Co-op Live arena is finally set to open with hometown band Elbow tonight after over a month of setbacks. Hometown band Elbow will play the first event in the £365million arena built to compete with London 's O2 to host the UK's biggest musical shows. The Co-op Live is now the country's biggest indoor arena, with a 23,500 capacity, but postponed its opening show three times - most recently after part of its ventilation and air conditioning system fell to the ground from the ceiling as fans queued outside. Rock band Elbow, who hail from Greater Manchester, are now set to open the venue on Tuesday after it announced it was 'satisfied' the issue was an 'isolated manufacturing default' following an inspection.

Eager Olivia Rodrigo fans are already getting their hands on tickets for her Australian Guts World Tour shows, which mark her first time performing in the country. The California-born pop star, 21, will be performing four dates across Sydney and Melbourne in October, and remaining tickets to her show are expected to be quickly snapped up. Presale tickets to her upcoming shows became available on Monday via Ticketek with sales to the general public opening on Thursday.

TikTok users have been sharing their favourite ways to drink Guinness, including a dash of blackcurrent squash, Guinness punch and how to make a baby Guinness. Guinness is now the most popular beer in the UK according to YouGov stats and accounts for one in every nine pints pulled - and its popularity among women is helping drive the sales. Having shaken off its rugby-lad reputation, the brand has seen a 24% rise in women drinking the stout at home and in pubs and it's appealing to Gen Z and millennials the most.

Manchester's crisis-hit Co-op Live arena will finally open its doors next week after a spate of delays. The £365 million venue was forced to postpone its launch for a third time last week when part of an air-conditioning unit fell off the ceiling. It came after acts such as Keane and Olivia Rodrigo had to postpone their concerts amid 'technical issues' and ongoing building work at the venue. Take That also moved their five gigs scheduled to take place at Co-Op Live arena to its rival AO Arena, also in Manchester.

When Olivia Rodrigo was pictured wearing a shirt proclaiming 'Guinness is good 4 u' at her concert in Dublin last week, it felt like the world had been caught in a time warp. The phrase, which was an advertising slogan for Ireland's most famous drink as early as the 1920s before being banned in the 1960s, is a sign of the current attitude towards the stout among Generation Z. Whisper it quietly, but Guinness, once the reserve of elderly men and boozing rugby lads, it has become trendy with the black and white ale  finding a new popularity among the younger generation. Celebrities such as Rodrigo, Kim Kardashian and even the Princess of Wales have shared pictures of themselves gulping down glasses of the easy-on-the-eye Irish export on social media. The beverage has become the subject of thousands of videos on TikTok , with people sharing their search to find the perfect pint - as well as their anguish when they receive a disappointing pour.

Olivia Rodrigo is set to bring her globally celebrated Guts World Tour to Australian shores for the first time. After previously cancelling a promotional trip, the three-time Grammy award winner took to social media early Thursday morning to announce the news. Rodrigo will be playing four shows in Australia. She'll play at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on October 9 and 11, and Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on October 17 and 18.

Olivia Rodrigo has been making most of her time in the UK as she shared a slew of fun snaps on Instagram on Tuesday. The American pop icon, 21, recently landed in the UK for the latest leg of her Guts World Tour and has had fun exploring the cities on her tour stops. Captioning her latest carousel with a series of smiley cat emojis, the Good For You hitmaker gave fans an insight into her stay on British soil.

The band decided to move five of their concerts to the AO Arena after 'technical issues' at Manchester's new flagship £365 million venue plagued its opening. Fans were at first ecstatic at the change having last week seen a spate of embarrassing postponements to high-profile acts - including Olivia Rodrigo and Keane. Take That said the decision was one they hadn't taken lightly but they wanted to give 'our fans as much notice as possible'. But now some people who forked out £250 on second front stage VIP tickets say they have been bumped '38 rows back'. Lifelong fan Anita Morrissey-Booth, 43, saves up to 'see them everywhere' but says it has 'burst the whole bubble of it'.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity to the BBC, the workers revealed how construction staff at the venue warned back in February that works were 35 weeks behind schedule. In the leadup to the grand opening, the arena had been billed as the greatest indoor arena for music, comedy and sport ever built outside the United States. Costing £365million, it is the most expensive and largest purpose-built concert venue in Britain and the jewel in the crown for an American-based firm that owns 300 venues around the world. But promises soon began to unravel, with the venue forced to cancel the debut performance by A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie just over an hour before he was due to begin on Wednesday. Many fans had already arrived at the venue and were left puzzled at what had gone wrong.

Barry Manilow has been forced to book a back-up venue over fears about the Co-Op Live arena. Several artists, including Olivia Rodrigo and Take That, have had to move or cancel their gigs due to 'ongoing technical issues' at the country's biggest indoor arena in Manchester. Now Manilow, 80, has revealed he has also booked the AO Arena in the city in case the new venue is not ready for his show on May 19. Co-Op Live said it will be taking 'a short pause to events' before opening from May 14, when Elbow are due to play.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: On her track The Black Dog, pop superstar Taylor Swift sings about having 'new holes' pierced in her heart by the discovery that her then English boyfriend, Joe Alwyn , was visiting a South London pub without her. Her rival American singer, Olivia Rodrigo is, however, happy to frequent boozers in the capital with her own English beau - at least until Swift becomes the subject of conversation. I hear that Olivia, 21, visited The Sun In Splendour pub in Notting Hill this week with her boyfriend, Louis Partridge, 20, best known for playing Viscount Tewkesbury in Netflix hit Enola Holmes. Olivia even took part in its regular pub quiz. 'She was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and looked very relaxed,' a fellow quizzer tells me. 'She and Louis were sitting at a table in the corner. They both had pints and were canoodling the whole time, but definitely got into the spirit of the quiz.'

Fans of Take That and alternative rock outfit Keane have slammed the venue for its 'embarrassing' launch, which has seen three opening gigs featuring Peter Kay and Olivia Rodrigo delayed amid a flurry of technical and safety issues. Last night, the venue confirmed Take That's shows had been shifted to the rival AO Arena - which Co-op Live CEO Gary Roden, who quit his job last month, previously slated as an 'arena that is 30 years old'. While many fans have turned their ire to bosses at the venue and onto the Co-op itself - which is equally furious with the delays - some have tried to see the funny side by creating and sharing brutally funny memes about the snowballing disaster.

The former Oasis frontman is scheduled to perform on his Definitely Maybe anniversary tour at the troubled Manchester venue in June. But after the venue experienced 'technical issues' and axed a series of gigs, including those by comedian Peter Kay and American singer Olivia Rodrigo, Gallagher joked that he would play at Lidl instead.

Universal, which controls a third of the world's songs, including hits by Taylor Swift, Adele and Olivia Rodrigo (pictured), pulled millions of tracks from the video-sharing app in February in a row over payments and use of music made by artificial intelligence. Universal had said TikTok paid its songwriters and artists 'a fraction' of what other social media firms did to stream its music.

'Technical issues' had already caused Olivia Rodrigo to postpone two of her concerts at the £365million venue in Manchester, while fans of US rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie were queuing outside last night when they were told 'to leave the area'. Keane, the band behind 2004 hit song Somewhere Only We Know, said they were 'gutted' but that it was 'entirely beyond our control'. The group wrote on Instagram : 'We're absolutely gutted not to be able to celebrate 20 years of Hopes and Fears with you at the Co-op Live on Sunday.