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Here Are the Artists You Can Expect to See Performing at Outside Lands 2026 | Billboard News
Billboard News has released a preview of the artists expected to headline Outside Lands 2026, the annual music festival held in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The article, presented as sponsored content, highlights a mix of established chart-topping acts and rising talent set to perform, giving fans a sense of what to anticipate at one…
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How Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham’s Unlikely Creative Partnership Created a Fleetwood Mac Staple in 1987
Fleetwood Mac’s classic line-up is best known for the songwriting partnership between Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, but the band’s 1987 album “Tango In The Night” showcased an equally fruitful pairing between Buckingham and keyboardist Christine McVie. Their collaboration on the track “Everywhere” is highlighted as a standout example of how the pair’s contrasting styles,…
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NHS surgeon is struck off after he almost killed a patient by connecting the wrong parts of their organs together
An NHS surgeon has been struck off after connecting the wrong parts of a patient’s organs during an operation, an error that nearly killed them. A medical tribunal found the surgeon’s conduct fell so far below acceptable standards that they were no longer fit to practise, resulting in their removal from the medical register. The…
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Rockstar Games Killed Midnight Club 5 Because It Wasn’t as Big as GTA, Ex-Designer Claims
A former Rockstar Games senior designer has claimed that Midnight Club 5 was cancelled because the racing franchise was never valued as highly within the studio as Grand Theft Auto. Kris Roberts, who worked at Rockstar San Diego, told Insider Gaming that internal tension between his studio and the New York headquarters, along with a…
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Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries
Base Power, a startup that installs backyard batteries to help ease strain on the US electrical grid, has raised $1 billion in a Series D funding round, less than a year after its previous billion-dollar raise. The new round values the company at $13 billion post-money and comes as electricity demand surges across the US,…
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AC Black Flag Resynced Improved with 5GB PS5 Patch This Week
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is set to receive a new PS5 patch, version 1.0.6, from 4th August, bringing further improvements to the acclaimed and best-selling remaster. The headline addition responds to a frequent community request: the ability to hide protagonist Edward Kenway’s blowpipe from his back. The update also includes a Sony-specific fix that…
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Met Gala 2027 Theme Announced, Exhibit to ‘Grapple’ With This Designer’s Controversial Past
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that its 2027 Costume Institute spring exhibition, and the accompanying Met Gala, will be dedicated to designer John Galliano, a choice likely to prove divisive given his history. Vogue’s Anna Wintour, who confirmed the theme, said the show would examine Galliano’s full career, including “the darkness in John’s…
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20 Years Ago Today, the World Lost the “First Black Hippie,” the Psychedelic Rock Pioneer Who Helped Pave the Way for Jimi Hendrix and The Doors
On this day, 3 August, in 2006, Arthur Lee, frontman and founder of the pioneering psychedelic rock band Love, died in Memphis, Tennessee, aged 61, after a battle with leukaemia. Lee, who described himself as the world’s “first black hippie,” helped originate psychedelic rock in the mid-1960s and is thought to have led one of…
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Comedian Jimmy Cricket, famed for his catchphrase, dies at 80
James Mulgrew, better known as comedian Jimmy Cricket, has died aged 80 after a short illness, his family has confirmed. The Northern Irish entertainer became a household name in 1980s British television, famed for his catchphrase “And there’s more!” and his trademark tailcoat and wellington boots deliberately worn on the wrong feet, and news of…
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Child gets nasty shock after family walked FAR too close to angry bison in Yellowstone, weeks after elderly grandpa was tossed into the air
A young child was injured after their family approached too close to an agitated bison in Yellowstone National Park, the latest in a string of incidents highlighting the dangers of visitors ignoring safe-distance guidance around the park’s wildlife. The incident comes just weeks after an elderly grandfather was tossed into the air by a bison…