This year’s Glastonbury Festival represents a significant milestone in getting back to where we once belonged. And festival bosses Michael and Emily Eavis certainly rise to the occasion, laying on the youngest-ever headliner in Gen-Z icon Billie Eilish and the oldest-ever headline in Sir Paul McCartney; a pandemic-delayed 50th birthday bash for the greatest music…
Russian forces have fully occupied Severodonetsk, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city said, confirming Ukraine’s biggest battlefield setback for more than a month after weeks of fighting to hold the strategic town and latest symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Russian missiles also rained down on western, northern and southern parts of the country on Saturday…
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Hundreds of protesters descended on the United States Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v. Wade precedent that recognized women’s constitutional right to abortion. The sweeping ruling by the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, was set to vastly change American life with nearly half the states considered…
Pyro! Fireworks! Dave Grohl! Bruce Springsteen! A virtual duet with John Lennon! Sir Paul McCartney takes no chances with his second every Pyramid Stage headline slot, one week after he marked his 80th trip around the sun. People talk about ‘Glastonbury moments’: Macca’s joy bonanza of a set is packed with at least – at…
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You suspect that Billie Eilish was hoping to do tonight’s Glastonbury set under a different cloud. Earlier today (June 24), the Supreme Court voted in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that provided the constitutional right to abortions in the US; the move paves the way for individual states to ban the…
And we’re back! After a prolonged absence, Glastonbury Festival kicked off yesterday (June 22) welcoming punters back to Worthy Farm for the first time since 2019. This year’s headliners Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar will entertain the 200,000 punters who made the trip to Somerset, alongside Sam Fender, Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion,…
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The first song I remember hearing Cliff Edwards – ‘When You Wish Upon A Star’ “I loved all the Disney movies growing up as a kid. I had them all on VHS and I would rewind them and listen to the songs and try to learn them and impersonate the voices of the singers who…
Sonic Origins has one question it needs to answer, is classic Sonic still worth it? The short answer is: yes if you’ve never played the games, and probably not if you have. READ MORE: ‘Spyro the Dragon’, PlayStation, and The Police: The unlikely story behind a PlayStation classic If you know these titles like the…
In partnership with Warner Bros. The Albums Pet Shop Boys – ‘Introspective’ (1988) After a post-punk decade in which Elvis was largely considered a throwback, Pet Shop Boys rehabilitated his memory with their electropop rampage through ‘Always On My Mind’, from their remix-centric third album. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – ‘Let Love In’…
Ata briefing led by Niantic CEO John Hanke and live game director Michael Steranka this evening (June 22), three brand new Ultra Beasts have been announced, with each one exclusively available at a corresponding in-person event this summer for Pokémon Go Fest. Pokémon Go launched back in 2016 and saw huge crowds of people flooding…
