13 h. ago Sam Fender review — filling the London Stadium with joy and sadness

Sam Fender review — filling the London Stadium with joy and sadness  The Times

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35 h. ago Sam Fender’s London Stadium Show Launches U.K.’s Summer of Music: 5 Best Moments

Sam Fender’s London Stadium Show Launches U.K.’s Summer of Music: 5 Best Moments  Billboard

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37 h. ago Sam Fender at the London Stadium: Geordie Springsteen bosses biggest eve gig

Fender effortlessly delivers another victory on his stratospheric rise to the top

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68 h. ago Awkward moment influencer 'blasting loud music' to make TikTok videos outside a restaurant in Monaco is 'asked to leave' by security

Aubrey Bella, a travel blogger, was enjoying a meal in Monte Carlo, Monaco, when a woman set up a tripod right in front of her view of the legendary casino.

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3 d. ago Sam Fender at London Stadium: start time, tickets, potential setlist and what you need to know

Sam Fender at London Stadium: start time, tickets, potential setlist and what you need to know  Time Out

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5 d. ago Liam Gallagher says 'don’t be ridiculous' as he joins Oasis rehearsals

The band will be performing in Cardiff on July 4 and 5 in what will be a landmark moment in music history

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1 week ago A moment that changed me: I was shy and cared too much what people thought of me. Then a group of K

From the moment I discovered Korean pop music in my 20s, I was hooked. But it took going to meet other fans to help me find my self-confidence – and my tribe‘You need to listen to this,” said my friend Helen over her birthday lunch in 2018. “Have you ever heard of K-pop?” I hadn’t – I didn’t know it was short for Korean pop music, or about K-pop “idols” (stars). She played me songs by the South Korean boyband SHINee and I was instantly captivated. It reminded me of the pop music I loved in the 00s, when I was growing up: the bombastic music videos, the repetitive electro-pop hooks, the bands where each member has a distinct role, like a family. It was pure escapism.Gradually, I started listening to more and more K-pop, until I took the plunge and did something I’d previously dismissed as “cringe”. With my twin sister, Hannah, I went to a K-pop-themed “cafe event” at the Gaza cafe in Soho, London. The get-together marked the birthdays of three members of the boyband GOT7. Their music...

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3 w. ago Shanti Celeste: Romance review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Method 808/Peach Discs)Six years on from her acclaimed ‘fast house’ debut, the UK singer-producer invites listeners into a sunlit space between night out and morning afterNo one could accuse Shanti Celeste of being a dance producer who indulges in lofty conceptualising about their music. Not for her, the album that represents the soundtrack to a film that hasn’t been made yet, or a sci-fi-influenced cosmic opera, or a globe-spanning travelogue inspired by the peripatetic lifestyle of a DJ. Her acclaimed 2019 debut album was called Tangerine, a title she chose because she “really like[s] fruit”. A journalist who gamely attempted to press further, inquiring about the images conjured in her mind while creating the music, was told: “Moments on the dancefloor.”Tangerine featured ambient interludes and the sound of Celeste playing the kalimba in the living room of her father’s home in Chile (she moved to the UK with her mother as a child). But its signature sound was the author’s own, in...

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