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Rick Froberg of Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes has died
American singer and guitarist Rick Froberg, a founding member of influential post-hardcore bands Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, has died at the age of 55. Froberg’s passing was confirmed by his longtime bandmate John Reis on Instagram earlier today (July 2). “Rick passed away suddenly last night from natural causes,” Reis wrote. “His art made life better. The only thing he loved more than art and rock n roll was his friends. He will forever be remembered for his creativity, vision and his ability to bring beauty into this world. I love you, Rick. I will miss you...
Download Festival under threat over traffic problems, council boss warns
Download Festival could be under threat if there is a repeat of this year’s traffic issues, the head of Leicestershire County Council has warned. The festival caused severe congestion on the roads around Donington Park in Leicestershire as fans arrived on June 7 and 8. Some of them said it took them up to seven hours to get on the site. Nick Rushton, the council leader, described the situation as “an absolute disaster” with the worst queues he’d seen in Download’s history. However, he remained optimistic that the situation would improve next year “with a bit of controlling”. Advertisement...
Olivia Rodrigo thought of ‘Guts’ title before ‘Sour’ came out
Olivia Rodrigo has revealed she thought of the title for her upcoming second album ‘Guts’ before her 2021 debut ‘Sour’ had even seen the light of day. The album is set to drop on September 8 via Geffen and will feature Rodrigo’s new single ‘Vampire’, which she shared yesterday (June 30). In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Rodrigo was asked about the meaning of the album title and how it came about. Advertisement “I had it for a long time. I had it actually when I was making ‘Sour’,” she said. “I’m like, ‘I want...
Netflix shares new ‘Heartstopper’ season 2 teaser
Netflix has given fans of Heartstopper another teaser of the show’s upcoming second season. The latest clip shows more snippets from the forthcoming new episodes of the teen drama. A substantial amount is devoted to the previously announced trip to Paris, showing friends-to-lovers Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor) on top of the Eiffel tower and running around the city and Tao (Will Gao) and Elle (Yasmin Finney) holding hands and spinning around. Meanwhile, Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgell) are seen in an art gallery, and the characters are shown at a birthday party. Advertisement Season...
Jamie T brings out The Maccabees’ Hugo White at Finsbury Park gig
Jamie T brought out The Maccabees‘ former guitarist Hugo White during his huge show at London’s Finsbury Park last night (June 30). White came out to perform ‘Sticks ‘N’ Stones’ with the singer, as he previously did at last year’s Glastonbury. White produced Jamie’s T recent album ‘The Theory of Whatever’, which came out last year. Jamie T dedicated the song to his long-time friend Joe Bispham, describing the night as a “family affair”. Advertisement Earlier in the night, he described the show, performed to a crowd of 45,000 people, as “the biggest moment of my life”. He also...
‘Heartstopper’ cast give middle finger to anti-LGBTQ+ protesters at London Pride
The cast of Netflix’s Heartstopper were seen raising their middle fingers to anti-LGBTQ+ protesters at London Pride today (July 1). The teen drama’s cast, among them Joe Locke (Charlie), Kit Connor (Nick), Will Gao (Tao) and Yasmine Finney (Elle), had their own float during the capital’s annual Pride parade, from which they hit back at a small group of religious protesters, as well as dancing along to the music and blowing kisses to them. Check out footage of the moment below . Incredible: the #Heartstopper cast responded to religious protesters trying to disrupt this year’s #LondonPride in the best...
Taylor Swift fan goes viral for attending ‘Eras’ show in disguise
A Taylor Swift fan has gone viral for going to a show on the singer’s ‘Eras’ tour in an elaborate disguise. The fan was caught on camera by WKRC-TV while queuing for merch on Thursday (June 29) in Cincinnati, Ohio, and explained she’d concealed her identity because she’d called in sick to work in order to attend the gig, despite leaving two days before the actual gig. She was wearing a blanket over her head with sunglasses over the top in a reference to the characters who torment Swift in the video for her recent hit ‘Anti-Hero’. The woman...
‘The Bear’: Will Poulter “begged” creators to cast him in season 2
Black Mirror star Will Poulter has recalled how he “literally begged” the producers of The Bear to cast him in the show’s new second season. READ MORE: Here’s every song on ‘The Bear’ soundtrack Poulter is one of many new faces in the second season of the Disney+ show which lands in the UK on July 19. He stars as pastry chef Luca and is joined in the new season by Jamie Lee Curtis, Bob Odenkirk, Olivia Colman and more. Speaking to Variety about the role, Poulter discussed his love of the Jeremy Allen White-starring show’s first season, and how...
Wireless Festival moves to London’s Finsbury Park
The group shared: “Evidently, council budgets are tight. But elsewhere in the borough, Haringey Council is making great investments in parks. And perversely, this deal appears to deliver less money for Finsbury Park” The Highbury Community Association also opposed the deal citing similar concerns as well as warning standards could slip over the five-year period. Alexandra Worrell, a Labour councillor for Stroud Green ward, said she believed events of the scale of Wireless were “unsuitable” for the park and claimed that the council was not “sufficiently clear, transparent or communicative” on how the money being raised from the events...Recent Posts
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