Emperor’s new clothes: why the French are ready to embrace Napoleon again | Napoleon Bonaparte

Joaquin Phoenix, Ridley Scott and Vanessa Kirby attend the UK premiere of Napoleon.

A Hollywood war epic about the world’s most famous Frenchman – directed by an Englishman – was bound to contain its share of historical inaccuracies. So Ridley Scott’s big-budget battle extravaganza, Napoleon, which opens worldwide […]

Jack Bruce Plays Cream’s ‘Politician’ In Newly-Shared Archive Clip

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An excerpt of Jack Bruce playing his memorable bass part from Cream’s “Politician” features in the latest clip from a 1998 DVD, now being highlighted on his official YouTube channel. Shop the best of Cream’s […]

‘I had no idea it would be so painful!’ Could you survive the real-life Squid Game? | Reality TV

Rhik pits himself against the honeycomb challenge.

My feet are numb. I’ve been trapped in an awkward squat for several minutes, lactic acid eating through my thighs. The 20ft-tall mechanical doll stares mercilessly, her dress orange, her head full of motion sensors, […]

Pinkpantheress: ‘I don’t think I’m very brandable. I dress weird. I’m shy’ | Music

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PinkPantheress no longer cares what people think of her. When she released her lo-fi breakout tracks Break it Off and Pain on TikTok in early 2021, aged just 19, she did so anonymously, partly out […]

Enabled by AI – created by profound connections between the 4 Beatles

Now and Then: Enabled by AI – created by profound connections between the 4 Beatles

This new last Beatles song, enabled in part by AI, demonstrates the importance of the profound and lasting connections between the four musicians As published inThe Conversation Not surprisingly, Paul McCartney was positive about the appearance this […]

Dua Lipa: Houdini review – vanishing-act anthem destined for total ubiquity | Dua Lipa

Album artwork for Houdini.

At first blush, the notion that Dua Lipa named her comeback single after shorthand for pulling a vanishing act is a bit eyebrow-raising. Since she released her second album, Future Nostalgia, in 2020, the 28-year-old […]

Simple Minds Prep Blu-Ray & CD Version Of ‘Acoustic In Concert’

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‘Simple Minds: Acoustic In Concert’ Cover Art – Photo: Courtesy of Mercury Studios Mercury Studios will reissue a classic concert from Simple Minds, when Simple Minds: Acoustic In Concert is released on Blu-ray+CD on December […]

‘I had to fax the lyrics to the gospel choir’s pastor’: how the Soup Dragons made I’m Free | Music

‘Club culture felt like the new psychedelia’ … the early Soup Dragons.

Sean Dickson, vocals, guitar, arrangement The early Soup Dragons were a psychedelic punk rock band, but by 1988 there was more energy in the underground acid house scene than the indie scene. We used to […]

The Beatles’ (new) last song deals in adult regret, gratitude 

‘Now and Then’ review: The Beatles’ (new) last song deals in adult regret, gratitude 

John Lennon’s murder in 1980 and George Harrison’s succumbing to cancer in 2001 were – and please pardon the mixed (and clumsily redundant) metaphors – the very last nails in the coffin that is The […]

Paul Dunmall: Bright Light a Joyous Celebration review – infused with the spirit of Coltrane | Music

Paul Dunmall: Bright Light a Joyous Celebration album artwork

Plenty of saxophonists learning the game in the 1950s made John Coltrane their lodestar for his famous ferment of spiritual gravitas and storming improv intensity – but his best disciples took that sound as a […]

The Beatles: Now and Then review – ‘final’ song is a poignant act of closure | The Beatles

Artwork for Now and Then by Ed Ruscha.

Last night, BBC One shifted its schedules to broadcast a film about the making of the “final” Beatles single, Now and Then. It was brief and rather moving, but it offered a tactfully bowdlerised version […]

Win Jamie Cullum ‘Twentysomething’ Vinyl – Music News

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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its release Jamie Cullum has re-released critically acclaimed breakthrough album Twentysomething. Critically-acclaimed musician and songwriter Jamie Cullum has today re-released his multi-million selling, 2003 album Twentysomething, available on vinyl […]