Anohni and the Johnsons: My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross review – intense emotion and captivating soul | Anohni

Anohni: My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross cover artwork.

You would be hard-pushed to call Anohni’s sixth studio album – her first since Hopelessness seven years ago – anything other than an unexpected departure. Whatever path you imagined her admirably peripatetic career might take […]

‘They found ways to do the impossible’: Hipgnosis, the designers who changed the record sleeve for ever | Movies

Houses of the Holy

Only at the end of our interview does it dawn on both of us that Anton Corbijn has been sitting in front of his huge vinyl record collection at his home in Amsterdam the whole […]

Zeena Parkins: Lace review – delicately woven patterns of intricate beauty | Music

Zeena Parkins Lace artwork.

Detroit-born Zeena Parkins is best known as a maverick harp player, who has worked with everyone from Björk to Yoko Ono, Courtney Love to John Zorn. This album, however, foregrounds her role as a composer […]

The video game that made me feel seen as a trans person | Games

Tell Me Why.

Now is the perfect time to play 2020’s story-driven adventure game Tell Me Why: in honour of Pride month, it’s currently free to download. Developer Don’t Nod’s tale follows a trans man returning to his […]

The arrival of a new Superman can’t distract us from The Flash’s dim box office | Movies

Margot Kidder as Lois Lane and Christopher Reeve as Superman, in Superman II.

How convenient that just when DC needed to distract us from the sad debacle that is The Flash’s box office results, there’s an all-new Superman (and Lois Lane) to announce? Philadelphia-born David Corenswet, 29, will […]

1000-Lb. Sisters fans concern for Tammy Slaton’s ‘health and progress’ after estranged husband Caleb Willingham dies

Tammy Slaton shared sweet photos in light of the shocking news

TAMMY Slaton’s well-being has become a major concern for fans after her estranged husband’s sudden passing. Caleb Willingham, whom the 1000 Lb. Sisters star married in 2022, died at the young age of 40– it […]

Is it time for America to adopt a new national anthem? | Documentary films

Kris Bowers and DJ Dahi

Only in America is the most influential songwriter a slave-owning trial lawyer with exactly one hit. Worse, Francis Scott Key stole the melody from a British pub hymn that had been lingering in the 19th-century […]

‘I wanted to play but my hand wouldn’t move’: making an album with Parkinson’s | Country

Pianist Matt Rollings agreed to play on Samuel Smith’s album In the Springtime because he really connected with it.

It was 3 December 2020 when I found out. For months I had been battling stiffness in my right arm. Now, the test results had come back from the lab. “You do know what’s going […]

PJ Harvey: I Inside the Old Year Dying review – a disquieting escape into the wilds of Dorset | PJ Harvey

The artwork for I Inside the Old Year Dying.

The last time the world of music heard from Polly Harvey was more than seven years ago, in the spring of 2016. Brexit had yet to happen, Barack Obama was still president, and the 53-year-old […]

Jean-Claude Van Damme Confessed to Affair With Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue and Jean-Claude Van Damme in

Back in 1994, an unlikely casting choice led to a steamy on-set affair. Jean-Claude Van Damme and Kylie Minogue both appeared in the action movie Street Fighter, based on the hit video game of the same […]

‘He tells you it’s all right to be miserable’: why Nick Drake enchants every new generation | Music

Let’s Eat Grandma (Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth) transform From the Morning

Every so often, the estate of Nick Drake receives a rather unusual request: would the reclusive musician, who died in 1974, be available to play some festival dates? The requests are usually from abroad, says […]

Iron Maiden review – showstopping rock theatre and tantalising live rarities | Iron Maiden

Thunderous punishing basslines … l to r, bassist Steve Harris and guitarist Janick Gers.

Tick … Tock … The lights dim and a ticking clock echoes through Glasgow’s Hydro. It heralds the arrival of Iron Maiden, theatrical stalwarts of British metal, and their new show themed on the passing […]

Rocketmen, ravers and relief from the sun: Sunday at Glastonbury – photo essay | Glastonbury 2023

Performers at Carhenge.

The final day at Glastonbury saw some relief from the hot weather, as a cool breeze blew across the Somerset sky and there was even the slightest sprinkling of rain. Across the site, excitement was […]

Elton John at Glastonbury review – bittersweet joy at the end of the yellow brick road | Glastonbury 2023

2023 Glastonbury Music FestivalElton John performs at the Glastonbury Festival site in Somerset, Britain, June 25, 2023. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

Elton John’s debut at Glastonbury is also meant to be his last ever performance in the UK – though it’s by far not the first time he has sworn he’s retiring only to make a […]

People seek dentists at Glastonbury because they can’t get appointments at home | Glastonbury festival

The crowd at Glastonbury on Saturday.

People are seeking out emergency dental care while attending Glastonbury because they can’t get appointments at home, according to the charity that runs the music festival’s medical care. Festival Medical Services was founded at Glastonbury […]

I’m still standing! Elton John fans bake in Glastonbury sun for ‘swan song’ | Glastonbury 2023

Elton John.

Given how many times Sir Elton John has announced his retirement from touring – the first almost half a century ago – diehard fans may be forgiven for thinking Glastonbury may not be his final […]

Lizzo at Glastonbury review – life-affirmation 101 | Glastonbury 2023

Lizzo on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury festival.

There’s a real ease to this year’s Glastonbury and many of its bookings have a feelgood theme, leaning on nostalgia, familiarity and affirmation – there’s Rick Astley on the Pyramid (and playing Smiths covers with […]

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When Jennifer Lawrence Shared How She Was Rejected For Twilight Instantly

When Jennifer Lawrence Revealed How She Was Rejected For Twilight ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Jennifer Lawrence is one finest actresses in Hollywood and has achieved so much in such a little time. Her […]

Foo Fighters, Fred Again and fabulous sunshine: Friday at Glastonbury – photo essay | Glastonbury 2023

Joe Wicks gets the crowd exercising at Glastonbury

Friday was a beautifully sunny day to start the festival’s big stages. Prior to the day’s biggest acts – the not-so mystery act the ChurnUps, dance star Fred Again, and a Fomo-inducing final clash between […]