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Deadmau5 apologises for drunken set at Coachella 2025: “I don’t remember a thing”
Deadmau5 has apologised for his performance at Coachella 2025, saying he was so drunk that he “doesn’t remember a thing”. The Canadian DJ and producer – real name Joel Zimmerman – was scheduled to play a three and a half hour set under his alter ego Testpilot B2B with ZHU, on the festival’s new Quasar Stage on Friday night (April 18). Advertisement However, the set would end up being cut short after Deadmau5 got noticeably intoxicated, drinking shots on stage and making slurred comments into the microphone. See some fan-captured accounts of the set from the California site below,...
‘Blade’ reboot: ‘Sinners’ star Delroy Lindo reveals Marvel was “really interested” in his input before the film “went off the rails”
Delroy Lindo has revealed that he was actively involved in shaping Marvel‘s planned Blade reboot before the film fell apart – find out more below. READ MORE: ‘Sinners’ review: sink your teeth into Ryan Coogler’s bloodthirsty blues horror Since being announced in 2019 with Mahershala Ali attached to star as the titular character, Marvel’s Blade reboot has faced delay after delay. Most recently, the film was scheduled for a November 2025 release, but according to reports, Blade was quietly removed from Marvel’s schedule indefinitely. Advertisement Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Lindo – known for Sinners, Da 5 Bloods and Malcolm X...
Björn Ulvaeus says he was drunk when he wrote ABBA’s ‘The Winner Takes It All’
ABBA‘s Björn Ulvaeus has revealed that he wrote ‘The Winner Takes It All’ while he was drunk on whisky. The 1980 song is one of the Swedish group’s most iconic tracks, an account of the painful aftermath of a breakup, and in a new interview with The Times, Ulvaeus said that while he rarely wrote anything good while drinking, this was one notable exception. Advertisement The musician, who gave up alcohol in 2007, said: “I wrote that song very quickly while drinking whisky during my drinking days. I rarely wrote while intoxicated because you look at the words the next day and...
BBC delays plans to block access to BBC Sounds internationally
The BBC has delayed its plans to block access to BBC Sounds for listeners outside of the UK. Earlier this year, the corporation announced plans to restrict the availability of the app for international audiences, with the proviso that access to Radio 4 and the World Service would remain for all through a new audio section on the BBC website. Advertisement BBC Sounds is the service that allows listeners to listen to the full range of the corporation’s national and local radio stations and podcasts, and it is currently fully accessible to people around the world. Instead of following...
Keanu Reeves to star as villain in upcoming Weezer film
Keanu Reeves is reportedly in line to play the bad guy in the upcoming Weezer film. According to Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider, the John Wick star will feature prominently in the mockumentary-style movie that will revolve around a rivalry between Weezer and Reeves’ own band Dogstar. Advertisement The report suggests the film will be a cross between Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and will also star Juliette Lewis, Eric Andre, Johnny Knoxville and Ben Schwartz, as well as the members of the band themselves. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, known for...
Diddy loses bid to delay sex trafficking and racketeering trial
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been unsuccessful in his bid to delay his sex trafficking and racketeering trial by two months. The ruling came on Friday (April 18) from US district judge Arun Subramanian, who said that attorneys for the disgraced rap mogul made the request too close to the start of the trial next month. Advertisement As per the current schedule, jury selection is due to commence on May 5 with opening statements expected to be heard a week later. Combs has pleaded not guilty to five criminal counts, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in...
Faith No More drummer says Mike Patton is “clearly unwilling to do shows with us”
Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin has said frontman Mike Patton is “clearly unwilling to do shows with us”. The veteran Bay Area band have been largely inactive for the last decade since the release of their comeback album ‘Sol Invictus’ in 2015, although they were due to play a number of shows in 2020, only for them to be scrapped due to COVID-19. Advertisement Further plans for live shows were announced in 2021, but those were subsequently cancelled, with Patton citing mental health reasons. He later revealed he had been diagnosed with agoraphobia during the pandemic. In the...
Every actor confirmed for HBO’s Harry Potter TV series
HBO‘s upcoming Harry Potter TV series has confirmed its first six cast members. You can find them below. The new version of the hit fantasy series will adapt J.K. Rowling’s seven books over a mammoth 10-year period. It is currently unclear how much, if at all, the show will differ from the original novels and the subsequent film adaptations. Advertisement At present, casting for the three lead roles, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, is yet to be confirmed, although it was previously revealed that over 32,000 children had auditioned. Evert actor confirmed for HBO’s Harry Potter TV...
Watch Self Esteem debut new songs at theatrical ‘A Complicated Woman’ London show
Self Esteem has debuted 11 new songs at the opening night of her “theatrical presentation” of her new album ‘A Complicated Woman’. The singer-songwriter – real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor – is due to release the 12-track record on April 25 via Polydor, the follow-up to her Mercury and BRIT-nominated ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ in 2021. Advertisement In January, she announced plans to bring the new album to life in the form of a stage show at the Duke Of York’s Theatre in London, and on Wednesday night (April 16), she played the first of the special shows. Self Esteem played...Recent Posts
Björn Ulvaeus says he was drunk when he wrote ABBA’s ‘The Winner Takes It All’
BBC delays plans to block access to BBC Sounds internationally
Keanu Reeves to star as villain in upcoming Weezer film
Diddy loses bid to delay sex trafficking and racketeering trial
Faith No More drummer says Mike Patton is “clearly unwilling to do shows with us”