Philharmonia/Soddy review – Strauss’s Nazi-tainted last opera ends Edinburgh international festival | Classical music
TThe 2024 Edinburgh International Festival, and the Philharmonia Orchestra’s residency with the event, concluded with a concert of Richard Strauss’s final opera, Capriccio, a work that premiered in Munich in 1942 and is forever tainted by its approval by the Third Reich. The programme had been created by the festival’s former head of music, Andrew […]
Rally festival review – thrilling blend of cult DJs and indie darlings | Music festivals
RRally Festival, held for the first time in 2023, has been cancelled in a sense. Torrential rain lashed attendees in South London’s Southwark Park, with headliners Obongjayar and Princess Nokia cancelling at the last minute, leaving the crowds to finally look up at sunny skies and post-punk group Squid to liven things up with a […]
Sabrina Carpenter kisses Jenna Ortega in morbid new ‘Taste’ music video
Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega try to kill each other — and then kiss! — Singer New “Taste” music video, It fell on Friday. The somber video kicks off with a much-needed graphic warning before Carpenter goes off to get revenge on her boyfriend’s new lover (played by Ortega). But the “Espresso” singer, 25, didn’t […]
Four Syrian Brothers Arrested over Music Teacher Stabbing
Four Syrian brothers have been arrested in connection with a knife attack that nearly left a 67-year-old teacher dead in a German suburb of Hamburg last month. The 67-year-old music teacher from Tornesch narrowly escaped death after being stabbed in the car park of an adult education centre in the Hamburg suburb of Wedel on […]
Spirit of the Beehive: You’ll Have to Lose Something review – like an arthouse horror movie in sound | Music
TThe Philadelphia/Portugal-based trio’s fifth album kicks off with the aptly named “The Disruption.” The band is known for its disorienting atmospheres, alternating between different genres and moods within its songs. The album alternates between wailing guitars, lo-fi breakbeats, brooding electro-indie, pumped rap-rock, and gritty screams. Beehive Mentality: Something has to be lost. With their 2021 […]
‘It’s fun, quirky and romantic’: why everyone wants Bridgerton music at their wedding | Bridgerton
When Rachel Armstrong got engaged to her now-husband, Chris, in 2021, one of the first decisions she made about her wedding was what music would be played for her entrance. “I had visualized this wedding in my head even before I got engaged. I knew it would be romantic, but also a little fun and […]
Sky-high horror caught on video as Ferris wheel catches fire during music festival
Ferris wheel catches fire at German music festival Dozens of people suffered mostly minor injuries but two seriously injured at the Highfields Festival near Leipzig on Saturday night when two vehicles carrying rides burst into flames, reports said. (Credit: TikTok/ @nervdieleudenicht) A Ferris wheel at a festival near Leipzig, Germany, caught fire on Saturday night, […]
How the Ramones rocked CBGB 50 years ago and became the poster punks of a music movement
True to the wild, anarchic spirit of punk rock, the Ramones played a gig as filthy as the notoriously filthy CBGB bathrooms in New York’s hallowed underground in 1975 when they accepted a spontaneous offer from their first manager. “They wanted to be in my column in the SoHo Weekly News, but I kept saying, […]
Katy Perry’s music video ‘Lifetimes’ under investigation by Spanish authorities
The company that produced the music video for Katy Perry’s new song, “Lifetimes,” is under investigation for allegedly filming the singer in a protected natural area. in videoPerry appeared, apparently without authorization, on the sand dunes of Ses Salines Natural Park, a protected area on the Spanish islands of Ibiza and Formentera. Local media reported […]
Universal Music Group strikes Meta deal for Taylor Swift on WhatsApp
Music from pop stars like Taylor Swift, Adele, Billie Eilish and Elton John will soon be available to play and share on WhatsApp. Universal Music Group, the world’s largest multinational music group featuring some of the world’s biggest artists, signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms on Monday. The deal expands on […]