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Watch Bebe Rexha Perform Joyous Medley of ‘New Religion,’ ‘Sad Girls’ on ‘Fallon’
Bebe Rexha performed a lively medley of her singles “New Religion” and “Sad Girls” on The Tonight Show, backed by a group of dancers in a club-inspired routine. Both tracks feature on her latest album, Dirty Blonde, which marks her first release as an independent artist, following her split from longtime label Warner Music earlier…
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Carly Simon shares Parkinson’s disease diagnosis: “It is difficult, frustrating, and sometimes frightening”
Carly Simon, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter known for hits including “You’re So Vain,” “Why,” and the James Bond theme “Nobody Does It Better,” has revealed she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. She shared the news in a lengthy Instagram statement, explaining that her recent absence from public life stemmed from adjusting to the diagnosis, and…
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Blues Voice Marlene Cummins and Saltwater Band Announced as 2026 NIMAs Hall of Fame Inductees
The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) have announced blues musician Marlene Cummins and Elcho Island’s Saltwater Band as the 2026 Hall of Fame inductees, ahead of the ceremony in Darwin next month. The recognition celebrates two significant contributions to Australian Indigenous music, spanning solo blues artistry and a band whose sound helped shape the country’s…
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We booked a Travelodge but were forced to move hotel after 1am
A Guardian reader booked and paid for a Travelodge in London’s King’s Cross six weeks in advance for herself and her husband, who has heart disease and dementia, having confirmed an 11pm arrival time with the hotel. On arrival, staff said the hotel had overbooked because of a football match and their room was no…
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Kmart customers slammed over unacceptable mess: ‘Disgusting’
The article content provided does not contain the actual story about the Kmart mess incident referenced in the headline. Instead, the text supplied consists solely of Daily Mail website navigation, unrelated headline links and menu items, meaning no substantive details about the reported customer complaints, the specific Kmart store involved, or the nature of the…
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The Story Behind The Song: Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman, No Cry’
“No Woman, No Cry” is one of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ most beloved songs, first released on the 1974 album *Natty Dread* before a live version, recorded at London’s Lyceum Theatre, became the definitive and far more famous rendition on the 1975 album *Live!*. The song endures as a poignant example of how Marley…
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“When the fans changed the meaning of those words, they lifted the curse.” How Eddie Vedder plumbed the murkiest of emotional depths to complete a Pearl Jam classic
Pearl Jam’s 1991 song “Alive” became a defining anthem for the Seattle grunge band, but its stadium-rock riff and uplifting chorus masked a much darker origin. Frontman Eddie Vedder wrote lyrics drawing on painful personal experience, turning the track into what he described as “a work of fiction based on reality” and a way of…
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Guardian looks for missing folk singer amid dementia concerns
Friends and former collaborators of the cult folk singer Linda Perhacs launched a public appeal after concluding that the 82-year-old, celebrated for the 1970 album Parallelograms, had effectively gone missing. Her former manager, Laurel Stearns, said Perhacs had been discharged from a residential care facility eight months earlier under the supervision of her legal guardian,…
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You can check out, but you can never leave: A room-by-room guide to the Eagles’ Hotel California
Music magazine Loudersound has published a track-by-track guide to the Eagles’ 1976 album Hotel California, examining how the band shifted from their earlier breezy country-rock sound towards something darker and more cynical. The feature explores how songwriters Don Henley and Glenn Frey, joined by new guitarist Joe Walsh, used the record to reflect on the…