Stage Times: Nickelback
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by Caitlin Devlin
5h ago
The Nickelback documentary has been hovering around for some years now, ever since the band first hinted that they had been capturing behind-the-scenes content. In a conference room in Soho House, Mike Kroeger and Ryan Peake mull over the question of why now is the moment to release the film out into the world. Peake pauses. “You want the truth?” We do. “We’re lucky idiots. That’s the biggest part.” “Looking back on the timeline of the creation of this documentary, it started by accident,” says Kroeger. “We filmed some stuff, we said, ‘That looks pretty cool. Maybe we’ll shoot some more’. And ..read more
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The 11 best Dua Lipa songs
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by Amy Davidson
5h ago
Everyone might still be talking about Usher’s rollerskating, abs-revealing, greatest hits rollcall of a Super Bowl show, but quite frankly we’re not over Dua Lipa’s opening GRAMMYs performance. With a choreographed routine making use of a giant cube of scaffolding and a star jumping, crunching troupe of men resembling the ones in Olivia Newton John’s ‘Physical’ video rather than the guys you get over to check your roof tiles, it was the best way for Dua Lipa to drum up excitement for her new single ‘Training Season’. Dua’s path to becoming one of the biggest popstars of the moment ..read more
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Liam Gallagher and John Squire at O2 Forum Kentish Town, 25/03/24
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by Greg Wetherall
1d ago
A number one record. A tour that sold out in nanoseconds. The early days of the historic union of two of Manchester’s most eminent musical sons has already scaled the heights. You might think it was too soon for a backlash but still the naysayers come. Feathers either ruffled because the music sounds just like you’d expect (and if you didn’t, you really weren’t paying close enough attention), or the artwork isn’t to their liking. Ah, the modern world.  For an inveterate mischief-maker like Liam Gallagher, he seems to revel in the controversy of his every utterance, playing the unreliable ..read more
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Laura Smyth doesn’t want you to freak out if you see her on the street
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by Paul Bradshaw
2d ago
Whether she likes it or not, Laura Smyth is a bit of an inspiration. A few weeks after she decided to quit her career as a teacher to take up comedy, she was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. Far from letting it beat her when she was at her most vulnerable, Smyth took is as a sign.   “What followed was a mastectomy, a second surgery for clearing the lymph nodes, six months of chemo, three weeks of daily radiotherapy and the overwhelming dread that I had left living my dream too late,” she wrote in The Guardian – then handing out life advice from the height of two years ..read more
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WTF is… deathcore?
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by Jack Rogers
2d ago
Revered. Reviled. Never ignored.  Deathcore is one of those genres that has always gotten a passionate response from whoever you are talking to about it. To some, it’s the pinnacle of brutality. The nastiest parts of extreme music crossing paths with the brute force of the heaviest, brimming with brain-melting grit and gut-punching depth. To others, it’s a title they wish to avoid, an experiment gone wrong that should’ve been left in the underground and not allowed to see the light of day. Though despite the different opinions, such heated conversation is everything that alternative music ..read more
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While She Sleeps: “It’s always exciting when a band tries new things”
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by Emma Wilkes
2d ago
While She Sleeps are at the summit. Almost twenty years of grafting have elevated them from UK underground heroes to bona fide arena-filling prospects, but instead of becoming a shiny, plastic cash cow of a band, they’ve made it to the top without compromise on their sound or their ethics. While their dizzying ascent is impressive alone, they’ve done it all while having been completely independent since their third album, 2017’s You Are We, in which time everything from their artwork to their visuals has been crafted in-house – more specifically, their own headquarters in their native She ..read more
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The 2024 Olivier Award nominees (and where to see them)
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by Caitlin Devlin
3d ago
It’s the West End’s biggest night next month, and there’s still time to see some of the most nominated productions live on stage. From brand new musicals to celebrated revivals, here are all the productions you’ll want to catch before the Oliviers on 14 April. Guys And Dolls Nicholas Hytner’s immersive revival has the potential to be a big winner in April with nine nominations, including Best Theatre Choreography, Best Actor and Actress in a Musical, and Best Musical Revival. You can experience 1930s Manhattan for yourself at the Bridge Theatre, either safely from your seat, or – if you want ..read more
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Live review: Fightstar at OVO Wembley Arena, 22/03/24
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by Jack Rogers
3d ago
Canada, Japan, Spain, France, and all corners of the UK. These are just a selection of the places people were making journeys from to be a part of something very special with Fightstar. It’s been almost nine years since British post-hardcore’s favourite sons last took to the stage together, and it’s heart-warming to see how the worldwide adoration that has always circled them hasn’t faded in their absence.  Wembley Arena is far from the sweaty clubs where the band played when they released their debut album, ‘Grand Unification’, in 2006. But it’s in such grand surroundings that their rou ..read more
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Review: Long Day’s Journey Into Night
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by Mark Grassick
3d ago
There’s no shortage of domestic dysfunction in the arts. From Thomas Vintenberg’s Festen to Jesse Armstrong’s Succession and The Mountain Goats’ The Sunset Tree, the awful ways blood traumatises blood have played out in every form imaginable. On the stage, it’s an even more potent brew, offering the perfect opportunity to trap a family in a single setting and have them let loose on each other, like a WWE cage fight if you swapped out piledrivers for passive aggressive barbs. Few would dispute that, even in a genre that includes A Doll’s House, True West and Death Of A Salesman, Eugene O’Neill ..read more
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Megan Thee Stallion music videos: ranked by their volume of ‘aah’
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by Roisin Kelly
6d ago
From a freestyle cypher going viral on social media in 2016, to winning six BET Awards, four American Music Awards, three GRAMMYs and two MTV Video Music Awards – In less than a decade, Megan Thee Stallion has risen from obscurity to one of the strongest and most sought-after voices in hip-hop today.   She is the ultimate hype woman; nobody gets the girls going like Megan Thee Stallion. If I’m heading to the gym and I want to beat my deadlift PB, I’m listening to ‘Plan B’. If I wake up and I’m feeling flat, I’m cranking ‘Anxiety’. I want to dance? I’m playing ‘Her’. If I just need a ..read more
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