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Enes Kanter Freedom pushes back after Cameron Brink dismisses transgender athlete debate as ‘non-issue’
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom has challenged Los Angeles Sparks player Cameron Brink after she described the transgender-athlete debate as a “non-issue” in the WNBA. The dispute follows Freedom’s ejection from a Chicago Sky game and subsequent arena ban, highlighting an increasingly public argument over eligibility rules in women’s sport and protest tactics at…
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Billy Strings Adds New 2027 US Tour Dates
Billy Strings has announced additional US dates for February 2027 to support his new album, *So Much for Goodbyes*. The run follows the end of his 2026 tour in December and includes multiple-night engagements in North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, giving fans new opportunities to see him shortly after the album’s release. The 2027 dates…
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Payal Kapadia, Neeraj Churi, Subhadra Mahajan Among Talent Behind SASO, IFFSA-Backed South Asian Toronto Market Projects (EXCLUSIVE)
South Asian Screen Office of Canada, IFFSA Toronto and Storiculture have selected eight South Asian feature projects for South Asian Screen Futures, an initiative connecting filmmakers with financiers and industry partners at the Toronto Film Festival’s inaugural market. The programme highlights emerging and established talent with links to major festivals, including Payal Kapadia, Neeraj Churi…
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Roger Waters, Guy Pearce, Annie Ernaux Urge Venice Fest to Take “Concrete Action” for Palestine in Open Letter
Roger Waters, Guy Pearce, Annie Ernaux and other cultural figures have urged the Venice Biennale and Venice Film Festival to take “concrete action” in support of Palestinians, through an open letter organised by Venice4Palestine. The signatories accuse Israel of genocide and say the festival has not acted sufficiently on a similar appeal made the previous…
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Metalcore Veterans ESCAPE THE FATE Announce New Album ‘The Last Goodbye’
Escape The Fate have announced their new album, ‘The Last Goodbye’, which will be released on 2 October through Big Noise. The Las Vegas metalcore band also shared the single ‘Paranoia’, described as a more urgent and ferocious preview of an album intended to develop their established blend of metalcore intensity and hard-rock hooks. ‘Paranoia’…
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Little Big Town’s New Album Proves We Shouldn’t Take the Band for Granted
Little Big Town’s 12th studio album, *It’s a Dying Art*, is portrayed as a purposeful artistic evolution for the long-running country group. Karen Fairchild and co-producer Gena Johnson say they sought to preserve the human, collaborative and imperfect qualities of music-making, partly in response to concerns that AI could make songwriting less personal. Released on…
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Peter Gabriel – “Looking For The Happy”
Peter Gabriel has released “Looking For The Happy”, the latest instalment from his forthcoming album oi, which he has been issuing track by track on each full moon. The eight-and-a-half-minute song is a synth-funk piece about pursuing joy amid modern technology and online life, contrasting with the more sombre writing Gabriel says he usually finds…
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Megan Moroney Delivers a Beautiful Goodbye to Dolly Parton With an “I Will Always Love You” Rendition
Megan Moroney performed an emotional rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” during her Cloud 9 tour stop in Denver, presenting it as a tribute following Parton’s reported death. The performance also acknowledged Whitney Houston, whose version made the song a global signature, and drew praise from fans for its personal, restrained approach.…
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Royal Blood pack out The Gallery tent for raucous Reading 2026 “surprise” set
Royal Blood drew a large crowd to The Gallery tent at Reading Festival 2026 for a previously announced “surprise” set, despite dry weather that the band had jokingly hoped would drive people indoors. The Brighton duo delivered a high-energy performance built around heavy riffs, mosh pits and audience participation, underlining their reputation as a strong…