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Live Nation launches Roblox game that lets players build their own festivals, with CORTIS as the first featured artist
Live Nation has launched Music Festival Tycoon on Roblox, allowing players to create and manage virtual music festivals by booking artists and building stages. The move extends Live Nation’s festival business into gaming, giving fans a year-round way to engage with artists and giving sponsors new opportunities for virtual activations. The game, developed with Livewire,…
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Born 69 Years Ago Today in Florida, the Daughter of Country Music Royalty Who Rose to Stardom in Her Own Right
Pam Tillis, daughter of country singer Mel Tillis, is being recognised on her 69th birthday for building a successful career in her own right after a slow start in pop music. Her eventual move into country brought major chart success, awards and a long-term place in the genre, illustrating how she established an identity beyond…
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‘You can’t paper over the cracks of history. It will haunt you’: Gugu Mbatha-Raw on her race-horror thriller
Gugu Mbatha-Raw discusses her role in Possession, a Sky supernatural thriller that connects a contemporary inheritance dispute in Jamaica with the legacy of British plantation slavery. She says the drama explores how unresolved history can continue to affect the present, while her character, a Bristol lawyer of mixed Jamaican heritage, becomes increasingly connected to a…
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Opetaia sues IBF to return cruiserweight world title
Australian boxer Jai Opetaia has sued the International Boxing Federation in the United States, seeking to have his cruiserweight world title restored after it was stripped following his first bout with Zuffa Boxing. The case matters because it challenges a governing body’s authority to withdraw a sanction shortly before a fight and alleges broader efforts…
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Children at Sheffield primaries celebrate Tramlines
Children at Sheffield primary schools took part in a music project celebrating the Tramlines festival, performing Heather Small’s song “Proud”. The initiative gave pupils a chance to participate in a citywide cultural event and highlighted young people’s involvement in Sheffield’s music scene. Hundreds of children from primary schools across the city contributed performances to a…
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Hall of Famer Cris Carter says upcoming NFL season will be Travis Kelce’s ‘last dance’
Hall of Famer Cris Carter has suggested that the upcoming NFL season could be Travis Kelce’s “last dance”, raising the prospect that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end may be nearing retirement. The comment matters because Kelce remains one of the NFL’s most accomplished and prominent players, and his future could affect the Chiefs’ ambitions.…
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Charter TV Subscriber Losses Narrow to 21,000 in Second Quarter
Charter Communications lost 21,000 pay-TV customers in the second quarter, a marked improvement on the 80,000 lost a year earlier, although it also saw broadband customer losses widen. The figures underline the pressure on traditional cable operators from streaming services and other digital competitors, even as Charter seeks to strengthen its combined internet, television and…
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Francis Ford Coppola’s 176-Minute ‘The Odyssey’ Dominates the Digital Charts
Francis Ford Coppola’s 1997 adaptation of *The Odyssey* has risen on digital charts following the commercial success of Christopher Nolan’s new film of the same story. The renewed attention shows how a major contemporary release can revive interest in older interpretations of a classic work, including a production originally made as a two-part NBC limited…
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Halo: Campaign Evolved early adopters were unable to play the game on Steam as it kept forcing them to look at the art book instead
Early purchasers of Halo: Campaign Evolved on Steam were reportedly unable to launch the game because the platform repeatedly opened its accompanying art book instead. The issue mattered because it prevented customers from accessing a newly released title they had paid for, turning a bonus digital extra into a launch-blocking fault. The problem appeared to…
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SWFC News: Owls confirm ‘exciting’ partnership with Matthew McConaughey-owned brand – thestar.co.uk
Sheffield Wednesday have announced a new commercial partnership with a brand owned by actor Matthew McConaughey. The deal is intended to raise the club’s profile and create new opportunities to engage supporters, reflecting its efforts to develop commercial relationships beyond football. The announcement describes the arrangement as “exciting”, but the available article text does not…