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Hilary Duff Reflects On Her Massive Lucky Me Tour: ‘I’m Really Proud of Myself, and That’s Hard to Feel As An Adult’

  • Duff won an award for The Lucky Me Tour.
  • Its first 40 shows grossed $48.3 million.
  • She says touring has helped her pursue personal dreams.

Hilary Duff received Billboard’s Outstanding Pop Tour of the Year award for The Lucky Me Tour, her return to touring after an almost 20-year break. She said deciding to tour involved both confidence and doubt, and that the experience has helped her recognise the value of pursuing her…

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Ex-Australian of the Year Grace Tame refers to the country as ‘so-called Australia’ as she releases ‘difficult woman’ jewellery line

  • Grace Tame used “so-called Australia” in a jewellery promotion.
  • The limited-edition earrings cost $130 or $150.
  • The design refers to moments of public scrutiny of Tame.

Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame referred to Australia as “so-called Australia” in a post promoting a jewellery collaboration with Melbourne artist Tom Whitty. She linked the phrase to her criticism of inequality and corporate power, saying people who speak out are labelled “difficult”; the post has…

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Severe Weather, Radius Clauses and Finding the Next Generation of Festival Headliners: ‘It’s a Year-by-Year Fight to Stay Alive’

  • Festival costs are rising faster than ticket prices.
  • Severe weather has prompted cancellations and evacuations.
  • Promoters are seeking the next generation of headliners.

Festival organisers say severe weather, rising costs and intense competition for major acts have made the business less predictable. At a music industry panel, promoters and booking professionals described a struggle to keep festivals viable while maintaining ticket prices that fans can afford. Another Planet Entertainment’s Allen Scott…

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The Jurassic Park effect: People only care about dinosaurs if the species was featured in the movie franchise, study finds

  • Jurassic Park appearances best predicted public interest in dinosaur species.
  • Researchers analysed 3.5 billion Wikipedia page views.
  • Film exposure helped smaller and plant-eating dinosaurs attract attention.

A study suggests the Jurassic Park franchise has had a lasting influence on which dinosaurs attract public attention. Analysing Wikipedia page views, researchers found that appearing in the films was a stronger predictor of interest than biological traits such as size or diet. The researchers analysed 3.5 billion…

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Moment Russell Brand left Lorraine Kelly feeling ‘uncomfortable’ by touching her thigh and calling her a derogatory name

  • Lorraine Kelly says a 2007 encounter with Russell Brand feels uncomfortable in hindsight.
  • She recalled laughing along at the time because it was an entertainment show.
  • Brand was jailed for more than ten years for rape and sexual assaults.

Lorraine Kelly has said she felt uncomfortable watching a 2007 television clip in which Russell Brand touched her thigh and called her a derogatory name. She recalled the incident on her ITV show in 2023, after a documentary examined allegations of sexual offences by Brand, and said she…

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Which football club has had most international captains in the same team? | The Knowledge

  • Inter’s 2010 final squad featured seven current national captains.
  • The tally includes players who had captained their countries’ most recent matches.
  • Tottenham had five; Liverpool’s six did not all overlap.

Inter Milan’s 2010 Champions League final squad appears to hold the record for the most players who were their country’s captain at the same time. The distinction matters because several other teams had players who later became international captains, but the count here includes only those holding the…

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In 1964, Pete Townshend heard the best songwriter ever. Decades later, he still worships the ground he walks on

  • Ray Davies’s songwriting influenced Pete Townshend from the start.
  • Townshend praised Davies’s poetic language and originality.
  • The Kinks’ songs captured a changing English landscape.

Pete Townshend has credited Ray Davies of The Kinks with shaping his approach to songwriting, particularly its poetic language and narrative focus. The article argues that Davies’s influence helped inspire Townshend’s later ambitions to make rock music more expansive and conceptually ambitious, including works such as *Tommy*. Townshend…

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The Chicks and Kacey Musgraves complete State Fayre’s 2027 line-up

  • Shania Twain, The Chicks and Kacey Musgraves headline State Fayre 2027.
  • The festival runs from 18 to 20 June at Hylands Park.
  • Organisers call the all-female headline line-up a major UK festival first.

The Chicks and Kacey Musgraves will join Shania Twain as headliners at State Fayre 2027, creating an all-female headline line-up that organisers describe as a first for a major UK camping festival. The event returns to Hylands Park in Chelmsford from 18 to 20 June, following its first…

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Agents Look Ahead as AI Keeps Advancing: ‘We Have the Privilege of Being in a Human Industry’

  • Rising costs are squeezing tour margins.
  • Ticket gross plateaued in 2024 and 2025.
  • Agents see touring as too human for AI to replace.

Six booking agents from major agencies said live music is adjusting to slower growth, tighter tour budgets and rising production costs, while touring remains a relationship-driven business they do not expect AI to transform substantially. Their comments matter for artists and fans as higher costs and ticket prices…

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Miniature music player joins DreamToys’ festive favourites list

  • A £19.99 miniature record player is among 15 predicted festive hits.
  • Its tiny discs trigger 30-second clips, not real vinyl playback.
  • UK toy sales rose 13% to £2.6bn in the first nine months of 2026.

A £19.99 miniature record player has made the Toy Retailers Association’s DreamToys list of 15 anticipated festive hits, reflecting the continuing appeal of collectible toys and the vinyl revival. The toy plays 30-second song clips from tiny discs, including an exclusive track by Rosé and Bruno Mars, rather…

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