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Happy Mondays To Re-Issue Seminal Album As One-Of-A-Kind Gold Pill
Happy Mondays are re-issuing their classic 1990 album ‘Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches’ in a lavish new edition, marking the record’s enduring status as a defining release of the Madchester era. The reissue matters to fans of the band as it revisits a landmark work that fused dance beats with indie songwriting, helping shape a…
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Xbox CTO explains what caused the Xbox outage, apologises to players, and outlines what’s being done going forward
Xbox chief technical officer Scott Van Vliet has explained the cause of Monday’s major worldwide Xbox outage, which stopped players buying or downloading games, playing offline, and even using disc-based titles. In a lengthy post on X, he apologised and said the fault stemmed from a licensing service outside Xbox’s own systems that the platform…
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Brit tourists watch on in horror as waves slam packed ferry against a pier on the Amalfi Coast
The article’s headline reports that British tourists watched in fear as rough seas battered a crowded ferry against a pier on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, but the text supplied for this piece contains only the Daily Mail’s website navigation and a list of unrelated headlines rather than the actual report. As a result, no verified details…
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Carol Kaye picks the 10 greatest songs she’s ever played on
Carol Kaye’s ten favourite recordings she played on span soul, pop and rock classics, illustrating the breadth of the influential Los Angeles session musician’s work. The selections highlight her contributions to well-known artists including Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Beach Boys, Glen Campbell and Barbra Streisand. – ‘Summertime’ — Sam Cooke – ‘America the Beautiful’…
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The Division 2 Y8S2 Into the Dark Week 7 Manhunt: Scout 7 solutions
Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 has released the Week 7 Manhunt tasks for its Year 8 Season 2 “Into the Dark” update, with players tackling the “Scout 7” challenge as part of an ongoing seasonal storyline. Completing this week’s three objectives moves players a step closer to the season’s climax mission, continuing a weekly…
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Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise wins over critics ahead of Brand New Day
Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has been well received by critics ahead of its release, with reviewers singling out Tom Holland’s performance as the strongest of his run as the character. Director Destin Daniel Cretton steered the fourth instalment away from the multiverse-heavy plots of recent films towards a more grounded, character-driven story,…
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‘He made Damien Hirst look like a sideshow’: the bloodsplash horrors of Gunther von Hagens
Gunther von Hagens, the German scientist and inventor of “plastination,” became known for turning preserved human corpses into globally popular exhibitions under the Body Worlds banner, effectively overshadowing the shock art of figures such as Damien Hirst who worked with preserved animals rather than real human remains. Von Hagens’s willingness to display actual dissected bodies,…
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The 1975 number one song that terrified Queen’s record label
The article revisits the story of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, released in 1975, which reportedly alarmed EMI Records before it became one of the band’s biggest hits. Executives at the label were said to be nervous about releasing the track as a single because of its unconventional structure and near six-minute length, far exceeding what radio…
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Ronnie O’Sullivan: ‘I have two more chances to be World Champion in Sheffield again’ – thestar.co.uk
Ronnie O’Sullivan says he believes he has two more opportunities to win another World Championship at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. The remark underlines his continuing ambition to add to his record at snooker’s most prestigious tournament, despite questions around how long he will continue competing at the highest level. The World Championship is held annually at…