Music

New mural ‘keeps alive’ 1960s nightclub memories

• Sheffield mural celebrates the King Mojo club’s musical legacy.
• The club hosted major acts before closing in 1967.
• Former visitors helped create the four canvases.

A new four-canvas mural in Sheffield commemorates the King Mojo nightclub, which helped shape the city’s music heritage in the 1960s. The project aims to keep the club’s story alive and record memories from former visitors while they can still be shared. Opened by Peter and Geoff Stringfellow…

“I was in a different place”: the abandoned 2020 role that left Dan Stevens truly “gutted”

• Covid-19 halted Stevens’s Broadway run in *Hangmen*.
• He could not return when the production resumed.
• Alfie Allen played Mooney in the 2022 run.

Dan Stevens says he was “gutted” to lose his role as Mooney in the 2020 Broadway production of Martin McDonagh’s play *Hangmen*. The show closed during the Covid-19 shutdown, and Stevens could not return when it resumed, ending a stage run he had loved. The production completed 13…

Macklemore’s Paris benefit concert draws Aurora and other artists

• Macklemore’s Paris show was the second stop on his Free Palestine Tour.
• Aurora and other artists performed alongside speakers including Francesca Albanese.
• Proceeds from the tour were set to support organisations aiding Palestinians.

Macklemore’s sold-out Paris concert brought musicians and speakers together in support of Palestinians, marking the second stop on his Free Palestine Tour. The tour followed his removal from Ed Sheeran’s stadium run after he made onstage statements supporting Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Aurora, Pomme, Portugal…

What do Iraq War veterans have to do with The Killers’ biggest singalong?

• Matt Pinfield’s work with wounded Iraq veterans inspired the song’s famous lyric.
• Flowers also used it to explore faith and imperfection.
• Its gospel sound drew on U2, Bowie and Lou Reed.

The Killers’ song ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ grew out of a conversation between Brandon Flowers and Columbia Records A&R executive Matt Pinfield, who described mentoring wounded Iraq veterans with PTSD while facing a divorce. Flowers began writing after hearing his story, and the lyric “I’ve got…

After an Incredible Brush With Dolly Parton, Fanny Lumsden Celebrates Her ‘Traditions’

• Fanny Lumsden’s fifth album examines the traditions that shape her.
• The 11 tracks were recorded live with her band in nine days.
• Paul Kelly features on “By The River”.

Australian singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden has released *Traditions*, her fifth studio album, exploring how family and cultural traditions shape people and which should be kept, changed or left behind. The record reflects her effort to honour parts of her upbringing while maintaining her independence and progressive values. Produced by…

Gruffalo illustrator considering legal action against AI firms

• Axel Scheffler is considering suing AI firms over images of his characters.
• He is exploring a legal route in Germany.
• A separate German copyright case against OpenAI is due for a ruling in 2027.

Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo, says he is seriously considering legal action against AI companies for reproducing his characters without permission. He wants firms to stop using artists’ work in this way, describing AI-generated images of the Gruffalo and mouse as clear copyright theft. Scheffler has spoken…

Justice and Gesaffelstein team up as horror and gaming hit new platforms

Unsolved Mysteries moves to YouTube, country music honours 1970s icons, and Borussia Dortmund rewards fans for keeping phones away.

‘Final Album, Final Tour’: Ministry’s Al Jourgensen Talks ‘Hate to Go’

• Jourgensen says Ministry will finish after its next album and farewell tour.
• The 10-track record is called *Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery)*.
• He says the band found the energy for one final album after 2024’s release.

Al Jourgensen says Ministry will end after releasing its 10-track album *Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery)* and completing a farewell tour next year. The founder, who says he will have spent 45 years in music, describes the decision as final and says he is looking forward…

Primal Scream hang red meat on their musical bones on The Bunker Trilogy

• The Bunker Trilogy spans three albums released from 1997 to 2002.
• Primal Scream mixed rock, funk, dub and abrasive electronics.
• The review rates each album 9/10.

Primal Scream’s Bunker Trilogy shows the band moving beyond the sound associated with Screamadelica while keeping their appetite for musical change and confrontation. The three albums, released between 1997 and 2002, blend rock with funk, dub and increasingly forceful electronic sounds. Vanishing Point brought bassist Mani into the…