Wembley Stadium criticised after The Weeknd fireworks display goes ahead hours after wildfire emergency alert
The Canadian pop superstar began his five-night run at the London venue on Friday night (August 14), and a large fireworks display accompanied the set’s closing track ‘Moth To A Flame’. Advertisement It came just hours…
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Phoebe Bridgers explains why ‘Lost Weekend’ took “forever” to make: “I didn’t love all parts of being away”
The singer-songwriter released her third solo record on Friday (August 14), ending fans’ six-year wait after her last LP ‘ Punisher ‘ in 2020. Advertisement Bridgers spoke at a fan Q&A at a rollerskating listening party…
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This is what it sounded like when everyone at Boomtown festival got the government wildfire phone alert at once
The alert was sent out to mobile phones across England and Wales at 7pm on Friday (August 14), while this year’s edition of the festival was taking place at the Matterley Estate near Winchester . Advertisement In footage…
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Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine tour review: pop illusion at its most effective – for good and bad
Is it actually her? Posing there for eight minutes before the show starts? It can't be. But is it? It's the first time we question what is and isn't real at this Eternal Sunshine tour stop, a 10-night residency and a…
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Four Walls and a Roof review – fascinating tale of Brecht, the red scare and today’s émigrés
He was thinking of the way the US government, in the era of the House Un-American Activities Committee (Huac), could murder its opponents not by directly killing them but by cutting them off from what kept them alive.…
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Rock stars Ash look back: ‘Mark broke his feet jumping off a balcony – for the rest of the tour he self-medicated with gin and buckets of ice’
School friends from Downpatrick, County Down, they started out as a covers band called Vietnam in 1989. As Ash, their debut full-length album, 1977, went to No 1 in 1996. Shining Light, from 2001's Free All Angels, won…
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Doctor Who legend Patrick Troughton’s son reveals which missing story he most wants to see found
The beloved BBC sci-fi series famously still has 95 episodes missing from its 1960s run, after many early instalments were wiped or junked as part of archive practices between 1967 and 1978, when broadcasters routinely…
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David Olusoga's Top 10 History Picks
In a journey that ends with his first visit to Auschwitz, he travels across the continent to explore how the Holocaust was far more than a Nazi obsession that played out in gas chambers, but a European-wide crime of…
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European Athletics Championships 2026 presenters on BBC: Meet the pundits and commentators
The final day of the tournament will see Team GB hoping to overtake Team Italy to top the medals table, as they are currently just one gold away from drawing even. There are a total of 10 golds will be won on Sunday, the…
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Watch Kurt Vile join Fontaines D.C. on stage for ‘Roman Holiday’ at La Route Du Rock
The Dublin band closed out the final night of the festival at Fort de Saint-Père in France yesterday (August 15), while Vile and his band The Violators performed on the same stage earlier in the day. Advertisement Vile…
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