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“She spent so long in the water that she contracted mild hypothermia. She recovered and carried on”: When Kate Bush returned to the stage Before The Dawn, 35 years after her only tour
Kate Bush’s 2014 Before The Dawn residency marked her return to large-scale live performance 35 years after her only tour, becoming a widely acclaimed cultural event. The 22 shows combined music, theatre, film, illusion and elaborate staging, reaffirming Bush’s reputation as a singular art-rock performer and drawing intense affection from audiences. Held at London’s Hammersmith…
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4 Unforgettable 1980 Hit Singles Delivered by Superstar Solo Female Acts
The article highlights four hit singles from 1980 by prominent solo female artists, presenting them as examples of how established performers adapted to a changing pop landscape. It covers Olivia Newton-John’s “Magic”, Bette Midler’s “The Rose”, Diana Ross’s “Upside Down” and Kim Carnes’s cover of “More Love”. – Olivia Newton-John’s “Magic”, written by longtime collaborator…
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Radio Free Alice announce debut album ‘What’s In Between’ with energetic single ‘Crying With You’
Melbourne post-punk band Radio Free Alice have announced their debut album, ‘What’s In Between’, alongside the new single ‘Crying With You’. Due on 30 October via Atlantic Records, the album marks a significant step for a band that has built momentum through sold-out shows and high-profile festival appearances. ‘Crying With You’ was assembled from two…
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Olivia Rodrigo festival champions women artists and reproductive rights
Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival will bring together artists including Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, Garbage and Stevie Nicks for a female-focused, intergenerational celebration of music. Performers say its equal billing and non-overlapping sets reject competitive norms, while its emphasis on women’s rights and community responds to the continuing underrepresentation of women at major…
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This 1979 Album Made Tom Petty Declare Bankruptcy
Tom Petty’s 1979 album Damn the Torpedoes became a major commercial breakthrough for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but its creation was shaped by a bitter dispute with MCA Records. Petty objected when his contract was transferred during MCA’s purchase of Shelter Records, arguing that he and his band were being treated as commodities rather…
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Katy Perry Talks Justin Trudeau Romance, Dolly Parton and Embracing “Queen of Cringe” Title
Katy Perry surprised fans at a Los Angeles IMAX screening of her new concert documentary, Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour — Live From Paris, joining them for the finale and describing the event as a party-like cinema experience. The film documents her 2025 world tour and is due for a global cinema and IMAX release,…
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Director Thom Lunshof on ‘First Zone’: “I don’t believe in this day and age that it’s effective to throw big doom scenarios in people’s faces”
Director Thom Lunshof’s debut feature, First Zone, premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and follows Fenna, a woman living alone in a wind turbine after flooding submerges much of her country. Rather than presenting climate change through a conventional disaster narrative, Lunshof uses it as the setting for a personal story about isolation, survival…
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The “scary” 1993 song that gave The Pogues life after Shane MacGowan
The article examines how The Pogues adapted after dismissing frontman Shane MacGowan in 1991 because his alcoholism and drug addiction had made working with him increasingly difficult. It argues that James Fearnley’s 1993 song ‘The Drunken Boat’ helped articulate the band’s uncertain new identity, using a hazardous tanker without a port as a metaphor for…
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Watch Phoebe Bridgers Cover Nirvana’s ‘Lithium’ for BBC Radio 1
Phoebe Bridgers performed a stripped-back cover of Nirvana’s ‘Lithium’ for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, alongside her own song ‘Bobby’. The appearance is notable because it was recorded only hours before she was hospitalised with appendicitis, which forced her to postpone several UK shows. The cover comes shortly after the release of Bridgers’ third album,…