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Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain review – rootsy revival strays from the dirt track to the middle of the road

  • Shania Twain's seventh album revisits her troubled Ontario childhood but retreats into familiar pop-country formulas rather than exploring the promised autobiographical material
  • The record prioritizes safe, commercially friendly songs about love and humour over deeper engagement with her early years of poverty and loss
  • Standout tracks like 'Dirty Rosie' and 'I'd Be Loving Me' show artistic depth, but most songs feel formulaic and overproduced

(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…

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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

  • Paul Sexton's book 'Rock Goes to College' examines the UK university rock scene of the late 1960s/early 1970s
  • Genesis performed their debut show on 1 November 1969 at Brunel University as an unknown opening act within this vibrant circuit
  • The campus music scene hosted major acts and served as a launching pad for emerging artists during rock music's transitional era

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 debuts first consumer product line with exclusive Comic-Con trading cards in collaboration with Cryptozoic Entertainment
  • Only 300 boxes available; each contains 13 cards with varying rarity levels and autographed variants from creators and voice actors
  • Release bridges existing Marvel-distributed comic series to upcoming 3D animated show; buyers receive complimentary graphic novel with Mark Hamill foreword

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…

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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

  • Platt stars in Midnight at the Never Get playing a queer character with explicitly queer songs—a first in his 25-year stage career
  • He credits his husband with helping manage anxiety and expresses concern about gay rights progress in America whilst remaining hopeful about New York
  • The role represents a watershed opportunity to sing love lyrics between men after decades in musical theatre without such representation

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…

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The one band Dave Grohl called the greatest live: “It’s better”

  • Dave Grohl prioritises live performance as fundamental to rock music, drawing inspiration from icons who put audience experience above comfort
  • Grohl identifies Radiohead as one of the greatest live bands, arguing their 'Paranoid Android' performance surpasses the studio recording
  • The article contends that exceptional live bands transcend production through musicianship and genuine audience connection rather than spectacle

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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Holly Willoughby Launches YouTube Lifestyle Series

  • Holly Willoughby launches YouTube lifestyle series 'Together' with celebrity guests and two weekly episodes starting July 28
  • Move marks major digital expansion as established British presenter pivots to YouTube following years of personal and professional challenges

EXCLUSIVE: Holly Willoughby is setting up shop on YouTube. The top British presenter is launching Holly Willoughby Together, a lifestyle series for YouTube and social that counts Stanley Tucci, Katherine Ryan, Joanne McNally, Emma Bunton and Nicole Appleton in its first tranche of guests. She will also speak…

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Korea Box Office: Na Hong Jin’s ‘Hope’ Rules With 66% Market Share

  • Korean sci-fi thriller 'Hope' captured 66% of South Korea's weekend box office with $11.3M in earnings
  • International cast and extensive promotional campaigns drove strong audience turnout
  • Overall market revenue nearly doubled compared to the previous week

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,…

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The 1963 Beatles song that changed John Lennon forever: “Wasn’t the same”

  • The Beatles deliberately recorded 'Twist and Shout' as the final track during their 1963 album sessions to preserve John Lennon's voice after twelve hours of work
  • Lennon's exhausted, strained vocal delivery—initially a source of embarrassment—ultimately captured authentic emotional urgency that enhanced the recording's enduring appeal

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.

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Argentina beat Spain as celebrity halftime show divides opinion

  • Liam Gallagher blasted FIFA's first World Cup final halftime show as "a bad trip"
  • Show featured Madonna, BTS, Bieber, Shakira, Burna Boy and Coldplay's Chris Martin
  • Marked FIFA's move towards Super Bowl-style halftime spectacle

Liam Gallagher's blunt dismissal of FIFA's inaugural World Cup final halftime show, calling it "like a bad trip" in posts on X, capped a Spain-Argentina final that saw the tournament embrace Super Bowl-style celebrity spectacle for the first time. The Oasis frontman's reaction, posted during Sunday's match at…

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The wedding Taylor Swift could have had… Insiders tell KATIE HIND she’d have loved the ‘old Hollywood glamour’ ceremony (complete with Corrie royalty!) as her ‘one that got away’ ex Matty Healy marries his model partner

  • Matty Healy, Taylor Swift's ex, has married his model partner.
  • Insiders say Swift would have loved the wedding's "old Hollywood" style.
  • Report notes "Corrie royalty" among those linked to the event.

Matty Healy, the 1975 frontman once linked romantically to Taylor Swift, has married his model partner in a ceremony insiders describe as having "old Hollywood glamour." Daily Mail showbusiness writer Katie Hind reports that sources believe Swift, often referred to as Healy's "one that got away," would have…

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