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Travis Kelce Recalls ‘Epic’ Day With Taylor Swift Leading Up to His Marriage Proposal
On the latest episode of his New Heights podcast, posted on Wednesday (8 July), NFL star Travis Kelce revealed that he was privately planning to propose to Taylor Swift throughout the recording of her celebrated guest appearance last August. The disclosure matters because that episode — the podcast’s most-viewed upload — turned out to be…
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Moana live-action remake earns broadly positive verdict from critic
The Hollywood Reporter’s chief film critic David Rooney has given a broadly favourable review to Disney’s live-action remake of Moana, arriving just ten years after the 2016 animated original. Rooney, who admits general scepticism about Disney’s live-action remake “assembly line”, argues the film succeeds on its own terms thanks to its heart, humour and respect…
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‘Their explanations are being drawn up on the back of a matchbox’… Galway Mayor first shared the false claim that she came to Ireland after husband’s assassination a month before botched website went online… raising fresh questions for Ivana Bacik
Galway Mayor Helen Ogbu is facing renewed scrutiny over a false claim that she moved to Ireland in 2006 seeking safety after her husband’s murder, an account her party, Labour, has repeatedly dismissed as an inadvertent website error. Newly emerged evidence shows Ms Ogbu shared a Nigerian news report repeating the same false claim at…
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Recognise 110: GIDEÖN
DJ Mag’s “Recognise” series profiles Gideon Berger, known as GIDEÖN, a South London-based DJ, producer, curator and activist whose work fuses dance music with political organising. The piece matters as a portrait of a figure who has occupied a singular, long-standing place in UK club culture, treating house music as a tradition with a lineage…
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Fucked Up Side Project Crazy Clue Announce Debut Album Where The Dregs Dwell: Hear “Social Pressure”
Two members of the Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up have launched a new side project called Crazy Clue, which has announced its debut album, Where The Dregs Dwell. The project marks a return to the harder, faster punk sound of the band’s early days, and it arrives amid a busy period of output for Fucked…
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Airbnb Launches Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Lollapalooza Experience
Airbnb is launching an exclusive Lollapalooza fan experience that will take guests behind the scenes of the Chicago music festival. The experience, announced by Airbnb Wednesday morning, will be led by longtime festival producer Tim Sweetwood and will give attendees access to parts of the festival that are usually closed to the public, including artist…
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Ed Sheeran to Sign New Deal With Interscope Records
The superstar singer-songwriter will ink the new contract after leaving Warner Music Group, his label of 15 years, in May
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The Mountain Goats – “Candlebox”
The indie-rock band the Mountain Goats have released a new single called “Candlebox”, named after the 1990s Seattle rock band. The track is a taster from their forthcoming album Days, due out on 7 August 2026 via the band’s own Cadmean Dawn label. It matters as the latest instalment in frontman John Darnielle’s ongoing engagement…
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The Go’s Shelved Second Album Free Electricity Is Being Released After 26 Years
The garage-punk band the Go, whose ranks briefly included Jack White before he formed the White Stripes, are finally releasing their long-shelved second album, Free Electricity, 26 years after it was recorded. The record was made shortly after White left the band and their 1999 Sub Pop debut Whatcha Doin’, but it was never issued…