5 d. ago Green Day at Coachella review – fun but muddled set pokes fun at American Idiots

Empire Polo Club, Indio, CaliforniaThe weekend’s legacy headliner offered some cathartic punk pop rebellion but the awkward setlist lacked coherence and thoughtCoachella, for the most part, presents a welcome escape from the world – 10-plus hours of live music a day in a corporate-lite fantasy land, time delineated only by set lists and tents. But if there was one band who could speak to our political moment, as they unfortunately but necessarily say – who could bring the feeling of resistance, if not actual change, to the desert – it would be Green Day, the American punk band whose seminal record American Idiot stuck a middle finger to the Bush administration in 2004. Though the album is in fact more rock opera of sweeping adolescent feeling than political commentary, the opportunity for concert catharsis, if not actual change, is high; it’s a historically excellent time to scream along to “don’t want to be an American Idiot.”Catharsis was intermittently on hand during Green Day’s ...

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2 w. ago The most controversial April Fool's Day jokes that have landed pranksters in hot water: From fake pregnancies to poking fun at civil war

On April Fool's Day, This Morning star Georgina Burnett, from Tonbridge, faced backlash after hinting that she was expecting a baby.

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3 w. ago Horror moment boy tells parents his brother was decapitated on world's tallest waterslide

In what started as a fun family day out under the hot Kansas sun ended in unimaginable horror resulting in the older brother of victim Caleb having to explain to their parents why he is dead

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4 w. ago Terrifying final moments of teen who died in water park prank horror as 'bodies fell from sky'

A fun school day out in California ended in unimaginable tragedy after a group of teenagers decided to break the water park rules and attempt to defeat a school tradition record

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4 w. ago Scottish castle estate announces 'Easter wonderland' with garden egg trail

A picturesque Scottish estate has announced an Easter Trail and 'Fun Day' for the whole family.

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last month Church that recently moved to a new base in Wishaw is holding an Easter fun day

Family tickets cost £5 with lunch provided and each child attending receiving a goodie bag

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