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The 1971 Pink Floyd lyric that Roger Waters thought defined him
Getting in touch with his humanity. The post The 1971 Pink Floyd lyric that Roger Waters thought defined him first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Next please! Andy Burnham will become Britain’s seventh PM in a decade TODAY – as jittery markets wait to see if ‘Red’ Ed Miliband gets No11
Andy Burnham is set to become the UK’s seventh Prime Minister in a decade, taking office today amid nervous financial markets watching to see whether Ed Miliband will be appointed Chancellor, occupying No 11 Downing Street. The succession marks another rapid change of leadership in Westminster, continuing a pattern of political instability that has seen…
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Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain review – rootsy revival strays from the dirt track to the middle of the road
(Republic Nashville) The country legend’s seventh album revisits her troubled early life but plays it safe with zany humour and fluffy songs about young love ‘When I was a kid, I started on stages just like this,” Shania Twain told the 200 fans sardined into a London pub back in June, trailing her seventh album…
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“We certainly weren’t strutting around like Deep Purple. My God, they had a lot of fun. We did not have fun.” How the UK college rock scene shaped the genesis of Genesis
An excerpt from a new book celebrating the amateurish British university gig scene that launched the career of some of the world’s most famous bands
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‘New-Gen’ Universe Launches First Consumer Products Line With Comic-Con Trading Cards (EXCLUSIVE)
New-Gen Universe, Inc. is launching its first consumer products initiative at San Diego Comic-Con, debuting an exclusive collector’s trading card set made with Cryptozoic Entertainment to celebrate its Marvel-distributed comic series. Just 300 convention exclusive boxes exist worldwide for the July 23–26 event, making this among the rarest “New-Gen” collectibles released to date. Designed solely…
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‘Being American feels helpless and scary’: actor Ben Platt on nerves, queer songs and why he couldn’t do it without his husband
The star of Dear Evan Hansen plays a 1960s Greenwich Village crooner in hit queer musical Midnight at the Never Get. It’s the perfect outlet for his anxiety, he says In performance, Ben Platt is a mellifluous singer and loose-limbed dancer, with a fizzy back-note of neurotic New York. The stage – most famously, as…
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The one band Dave Grohl called the greatest live: “It’s better”
Well beyond his expectations. The post The one band Dave Grohl called the greatest live: “It’s better” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Korea Box Office: Na Hong Jin’s ‘Hope’ Rules With 66% Market Share
Local science-fiction survival thriller “Hope” stormed the top of the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jul. 17–19. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the highly anticipated blockbuster generated $11.3 million from 1,504,019 admissions over the three-day window, capturing a dominant 66.62% share of the…
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The 1963 Beatles song that changed John Lennon forever: “Wasn’t the same”
Lennon talks ‘Twist and Shout’ The post The 1963 Beatles song that changed John Lennon forever: “Wasn’t the same” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.