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St. Vincent Wraps Orchestra-Backed Tour With Cinematic Hollywood Bowl Show
St. Vincent (real name Annie Clark) closed out her orchestral tour with a show at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday 2 August 2026, teaming up with the venue’s resident orchestra to turn her back catalogue into a theatrical, cinematic live experience. The concert brought to a close a project that began last year when she…
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Every Surprise Song BTS Has Performed on the ARIRANG World Tour (So Far)
Billboard is tracking every surprise song BTS has performed during encores on their ARIRANG World Tour, which kicked off on 9 April 2026 in Goyang, South Korea and marks the group’s first performances together in four years. The 85-date, 34-city tour supports their chart-topping album ARIRANG, with each night’s setlist featuring 16 main songs plus…
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Emily Ratajkowski turns heads in bikini-filled July photo dump
Emily Ratajkowski shared a carousel of holiday photographs on Instagram documenting a month spent in swimwear at various seaside locations, prompting attention from entertainment outlets. The post is part of the 35-year-old model’s regular social media output during summer, which frequently draws coverage of her travels and style choices. The Instagram post was captioned “julio/Ιούλιος/july”,…
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Cardi B Celebrates ‘WAP’ Going Diamond With Megan Thee Stallion: We ‘Really Did That’
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s 2020 hit “WAP” has been certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, marking the song’s sales and streaming equivalent surpassing 10 million units in the US. Both artists celebrated the milestone on social media, with Cardi calling it proof that “we really did that” and Megan responding…
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Beast of Reincarnation review – A song of inconsistency and beauty
Destructoid has reviewed Beast of Reincarnation, a story-driven Soulslike that surprised the reviewer by leaning heavily on traditional cutscene narrative rather than environmental storytelling, a rarity for the genre. The review praises the game’s ambition but says it ultimately spreads itself too thin, with an uneven presentation undermining what is otherwise a promising title. Players…
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“Songs can have a life of their own”: Why America’s big 1975 hit spent a year gathering dust
“Well, I keep on thinkin’ about you…” The post “Songs can have a life of their own”: Why America’s big 1975 hit spent a year gathering dust first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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3 Songs From 1973 That Teens Couldn’t Stop Playing in Their First Car
The article is a nostalgic list from American Songwriter highlighting three songs that were popular with teenagers in 1973, a year when many were getting their first cars and, with them, newfound musical freedom. It reflects on how radio hits of the era shaped the tastes of young listeners, some of whom credit these tracks…
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Everything We Learned During Lollapalooza’s Year of the Flood
A Consequence music critic’s on-the-ground report from Lollapalooza 2026 in Chicago details how heavy rain and flooding turned the festival into what the writer calls the most challenging edition since Covid, forcing organisers to delay gate openings and battle waterlogged grounds across three of the four days. The piece, part of a recurring series covering…
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I left my wife and twins behind – why this Nigerian man fled South Africa
Richard Itoro, a 47-year-old Nigerian businessman, fled Johannesburg for Nigeria in June on a voluntary repatriation flight after anti-migrant protests intensified, leaving behind his South African wife and twin children. His departure illustrates a wider exodus of tens of thousands of foreigners from South Africa in recent months, a trend that is straining diplomatic relations…
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Ella Langley Brings ‘Dandelion’ Vibes to New Beer Collaboration
Country singer Ella Langley is teaming up with Texas brewer Shiner to launch a limited-edition beer inspired by her chart-topping album, Dandelion. The Dandelion Honey Kolsch, brewed with dandelion honey for sweet floral notes, is due to launch on 13 August, with its bottle label echoing the album’s honey tones and dandelion imagery. The tie-in…