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The band illuminated the sky over the Etihad's Joie Stadium, home to Manchester City Women, on Thursday evening. A drone formation showed the band's logo and was replaced by the date 14.09.26 and the time 4pm BST…
In 1969, his psych-folk group Happy End were the first rock group to sing in Japanese; decades later, their song Kaze wo Atsumete was rediscovered for the Lost in Translation soundtrack. He was also an integral member of…
Taking to the stage with a new member of his band, young experimentalist Archie Shepp on tenor, Coltrane's quartet blew through a series of jagged and free improvisations, straying from structured compositions and…
In a development that might hint at a show approaching the end of its natural lifespan (although it's been renewed for a seventh season), someone is killing former occupants of Slough House. Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb is…
Accordingly, the premises are legit, the bevvies are real and hopefully so is the atmosphere of convivial chaos. This week, Joe welcomes Lenny Henry, who offers Brum solidarity as temporary bar manager, and comic Joanne…
What a nice convenience provided by municipal governments all over the United States, one that so many of us take wholly for granted. But there was a fierce struggle for their existence, once deemed a radical, far too…
"And I nearly got you arrested," the Pulp frontman recalls. It was bonfire night, and Cocker had taken some welcoming fireworks over to Jennings' place. "It turned out Garth's apartment was quite near to the – not an…
They have form, too, in drily funny sagas, such as McMillions , about a high-stakes conspiracy to fix the McDonald's Monopoly promotion. Rarely are their documentaries both solemn and bizarro, with the exception perhaps…
The 1998 fantasy romcom, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witchy sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, received mixed reviews from critics when it was first released. But it's put a spell on a new generation…
The world is full of inaccurate and illogical medical dramas, but they survive because real life doctors and nurses only tend to grumble about them to themselves. But when you make an inaccurate and illogical show about…