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Afcon’s biennial switch cost African governing body deal worth more than $1bn
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) abandoned a prospective commercial deal worth at least $1bn after deciding to hold the Africa Cup of Nations every four years rather than every two. The decision changed the rights available to bidders and forced Caf to restart its sales process, prolonging the organisation’s lack of a long-term financial…
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‘The Rover’s Golden’: A timeline of Yard Act’s Leyland chariot
Yard Act, the West Yorkshire post-punk band, has retired the golden Rover 416 cabriolet that became the mascot of their debut album, The Overload, marking it with what the band called a “Viking burial” to symbolise a new era. The car, first registered in 1994, took on a life of its own after the band’s…
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Watch Role Model Debut Reflective Song ‘Harmony’ on ‘Fallon’
Role Model performed his new song ‘Harmony’ on The Tonight Show, marking the track’s television debut on the day his third album, Chuck Timely & the Hourglass, was released. The theatrical performance featured his live band and backing singers, bringing the album’s closing track to a wider audience. The album examines Role Model’s life after…
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Hear Madonna and Kylie Minogue Team Up for ‘Love Sensation (Afterhours Mix)’
Madonna and Kylie Minogue have released ‘Love Sensation (Afterhours Mix)’, their first collaboration on a recorded song. The remix adds Minogue’s vocals to Madonna’s ‘Love Sensation’ from her latest album, Confessions II, and follows the pair’s live preview of it in Amsterdam, marking a notable meeting of two major dance-pop artists. Produced by Stuart Price,…
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Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development Welcomes Queer Musical, Eco Body Horror and Bruce LaBruce’s Melodrama with Monica Bellucci and Béatrice Dalle
Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development has unveiled its latest co-development projects from Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland, highlighting films centred on love, family dynamics, identity and masculinity. The selection matters because it gives emerging European projects an industry platform, while bringing together distinctive works ranging from queer musical drama to body horror and established provocateur Bruce…
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The Falklands pub crawl: sinking pints in Las Malvinas
In the Falkland Islands, some 7,900 miles from London, pubs are far more than places to drink — they have long served as community hubs, meeting halls and, during the 1982 Falklands War, refuges for civilians. Far Out Magazine traces a short pub crawl through the capital, Port Stanley, taking in venues that together tell…
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Karol G, Role Model, FLO, Stray Kids & More: New Music Friday Guide
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide has rounded up the week’s most notable new releases, headlined by Colombian superstar Karol G’s sixth studio album, alongside new records from US pop artist Role Model, British R&B trio FLO and South Korean boy band Stray Kids. The guide highlights the releases considered most likely to dominate playlists and conversation…
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The global ambassadors of egg-punk: How Prison Affair have changed DIY music forever
Prison Affair are portrayed as leading figures in egg-punk, a playful, fast-paced and deliberately lo-fi strain of DIY punk. The article argues that their music, visual identity and independent approach have helped turn a niche internet-born scene into an international community, while preserving its anti-polished, humorous character. Based in Barcelona, the band have released four…
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Hear Sierra Ferrell’s Psychedelic New Song, ‘Trying To Love You’
Country-roots singer Sierra Ferrell has released her first new single of 2026, “Trying to Love You,” blending country, old-time and New Orleans jazz influences with a psychedelic edge reminiscent of Jefferson Airplane. Produced by Gabriel Kelly, the track marks a fresh musical step for the Nashville-based artist, who has built her reputation on genre-blurring sounds…
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Alex Lifeson on the battle behind Rush’s most divisive song, Subdivisions. “I was sitting there thinking, I can’t hear guitar”
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has spoken about the tension behind the making of “Subdivisions,” the opening track from the band’s 1982 album Signals, recalling how the song’s shift towards synthesisers left him feeling sidelined during recording. The track, produced at Le Studio in rural Quebec, became one of the band’s most divisive songs, marking a…