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Big Bang’s Daesung says performing with G-Dragon and Taeyang again was “pure joy”

Big Bang singer Daesung has opened up about performing on stage with bandmates G-Dragon and Taeyang again for the first time in years. Earlier this month, Big Bang’s Taeyang kicked-off his ‘The Light Year’ tour in Seoul, where he invited bandmates Daesung and G-Dragon to perform some of the group’s hits on stage. In a new episode of Daesung’s YouTube show Zip Daesung, the vocalist offered a behind-the-scenes look into the concert and shared his thoughts on their first performance together since December 2017. “It was pure joy,” he said. “The fact that people still remember us and talk...
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New ‘Friends’ game show starts filming next month

A Friends game show is being made to celebrate the long-running comedy’s 30th anniversary. Titled Fast Friends, the four-part HBO Max show will be filmed inside The Friends Experience: The One in New York, a two-story, 17,000 square-foot attraction featuring various recreated sets from the hit show. Production begins next month, but a transmission date has not yet been confirmed. “From racing through Rachel and Monica’s apartment to darting across Joey and Chandler’s bachelor pad and grabbing a coffee at Central Perk, fans will relive their favorite moments while being put to the test with trivia, puzzles and games that will keep even...
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Doja Cat clarifies she’s not engaged to Joseph Quinn

Doja Cat isn’t engaged to Joseph Quinn, the musician has confirmed. READ MORE: Doja Cat live in Glasgow: pyros and poise from one of rap’s most interesting protagonists While performing at the iHeartRadio festival this past weekend, the rapper flashed to fans a new ring she was sporting. The act quickly spawned rumours and speculation she had gotten engaged to Stranger Thing actor Joseph Quinn. Doja later posted on X (formerly Twitter) that she was just showing off a designer ring, and that she isn’t engaged. In the now-deleted post (via Page Six), Doja Cat wrote: “no, im not engaged...
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The Smiths’ Mike Joyce confirms permanent mural of Andy Rourke in Manchester will go ahead

The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has confirmed a permanent mural dedicated to late bassist Andy Rourke will go ahead. It comes after a crowdfunding campaign was set up by Joyce earlier this month to honour the late sticksman’s legacy and impact. Additionally, the campaign was also set up to raise funds for the charity organisation Pancreatic Cancer Action. This is notable as Rourke died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 59 last year. Now, Joyce has confirmed the crowdfunder for the mural, which will depict Rourke performing at Dundee’s Caird Hall in 1985, as captured in an image...
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Fontaines D.C. cancel two more North American shows due to vocal injury

Fontaines D.C. have had to cancel two further shows due to frontman Grian Chatten’s vocal injury. The band had been due to kick off their North American tour yesterday (September 20) in Seattle, but pulled out of the opening show, with Chatten revealing he had “come down with some kind of flu” that was impacting his voice. Now, the Dublin group have confirmed that two further shows – in Portland’s Roseland Theater tonight (September 21) and in Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom tomorrow (September 22) – have also been called off for the same reason. Despite the rest and medication, I...
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Questlove to direct new documentary about Earth, Wind & Fire

The Roots drummer Questlove is set to direct a documentary film about Earth, Wind & Fire, to be released in 2025. The musician shared the news – appropriately – on Saturday, the 21st night of September, promising to tell “the definitive story of the elements” with the feature film. Posting on Instagram, Questlove said the film would tell “the story of how a band led by a genius from Chicago changed our way of thinking, our minds and our hearts”. Advertisement “Having been baptized in the afrocentric joy river of this powerhouse unit, I’ve learned about them, I’ve learned...
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P Diddy reportedly placed on suicide watch while awaiting trial for sex crimes

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been placed on suicide watch as he awaits his trial for his ongoing sex trafficking and racketeering case. On Monday (September 16), the rapper and music mogul was arrested in Manhattan, New York following a string of sexual misconduct allegations filed against him over the past year. He was then charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to legal documents on Tuesday (September 17). The indictment also revealed some of the items that were said to have been seized from Combs’ house raids which...
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Rahim Redcar (FKA Christine and the Queens) announces new album ‘Hopecore’ with high-octane single ‘Deep Holes’

Rahim Redcar, formally known as Christine and the Queens, has announced a new album ‘Hopecore’, alongside the release of the new single ‘Deep Holes’. Check it out below. READ MORE: Christine and the Queens live in Paris: a surreal and fantastic voyage into Redcar’s world ‘Hopecore’, will be released in only one week’s time on September 27, and is entirely written, produced and mixed by Redcar. He shared that the record was made with “tears, blood, and mostly an unwavering faith in the raw, pure expression of the soul.” “Music took here its full prophetic vastness, got wilder, and called...
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Watch the intense teaser trailer for ‘Squid Game’ season 2

A new special teaser trailer for the second season of Squid Game has been released – watch it below. Today (September 20), Netflix shared a new look at the highly anticipated South Korean dystopian survival thriller series during its Geeked event. The short teaser clip contains slight spoilers, so viewer’s discretion is advised. In the teaser, we see Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) – who won the game in season one – being visited at his home by The Frontman, the overseer of the titular Squid Game challenge. We then get quick glimpses of the challenge’s playing grounds, shots being...
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Ricky Gervais accused of bullying by touring partner Robin Ince

Ricky Gervais has been accused of bullying by former comedian and touring partner Robin Ince. Ince, who quit comedy in 2015, made the allegations on an episode of podcast Starting The Line in July, but his comments have now resurfaced. Ince was Gervais’ opening act during his stand-up shows in the 2000s and alleged that the bullying was so severe that it affected his health. He also said that Mackenzie Crook, Gervais’s co-star in The Office, once had to intervene. “People who knew me did not like the way that relationship worked,” he claimed. “I am not saying it...