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Review: The Who were seen, heard, and felt at powerful Fenway Park farewell show
Concert Reviews The Who didn't act their age at Fenway Park Tuesday night, playing some of their greatest hits with the energy and passion of men half of Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend's age. The Who perform at Fenway Park on Tuesday, August 26....

Review & setlist: Tate McRae plays to the cameras, not the crowd, at TD Garden
Concert Reviews But if aggressive deep horniness is your thing, McRae had it to spare in Boston Tuesday night. Tate McRae, here performing in Los Angeles last year, got hot and bothered at TD Garden Tuesday. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images By Marc...

Spotify Launches Direct Messaging Feature Amid Security Concerns
Spotify this week unveiled a new Direct Messaging feature, enabling users to share songs, podcasts and audiobooks within the app. While the move promises streamlined recommendations and deeper engagement among friends, it also raises fresh...

Spotify introduces in-app Messages for sharing music and more
The new feature lets users send songs, podcasts and audiobooks directly in the app with texts and emoji reactions. WASHINGTON — Spotify is giving users a new way to share songs, podcasts and audiobooks directly in the app. The streaming service...

Music Box Acquires North American Rights For Dardennes’ Belgian Oscar Entry ‘Young Mothers’
EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired North American rights for Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s drama Young Mothers, which was announced as Belgium’s 2026 Oscars entry earlier this week. Paris-based film company Goodfellas is handing...

Review: 'Can I pull you for a chat?' 'Love Island' is a disaster of a show
Including the good, the bad and the ugly, "Love Island" season seven is a hot mess with a very mundane theme: lust is love, and attention is affection. Season seven of "Love Island" aired on Peacock from June 3, 2025, to July 13, 2025. Set in the...
Album review: BITE ME by Reneé Rapp
Reneé Rapp is one of the most underrated artists of my generation. While I love not having to fight an army of fans for tickets to her shows, she deserves significantly more recognition than what she currently receives. She is one of my top three...

Review: ‘The Salmon Shanties’ is full of praise for the natural world and its creatures
Shelley A. Leedahl Sask Book Reviews I was excited to read BC poet Harold Rhenisch’s The Salmon Shanties: A Cascadian Song Cycle, as I know him to be a respected writer working in various genres—including fiction, nonfiction and memoir—and his...

Spotify Brings Back DMs: Here's How To Access New Messages Section
Spotify is a very popular app for streaming your favorite songs, but the Swedish company decided to bring back a messaging feature. That would make the platform not just a hub for music lovers, but also for those who want to chat and meet new...

Spotify Launches “Messages” Feature for Sharing Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks
Spotify’s Messages feature allows users to share audiobooks, podcasts, and songs with friends and family within the app. The feature is intended to facilitate recommendations, improve listener connections, and assist creators in expanding their...

Suspect arrested following assault on woman at Rüfüs Du Sol concert
Content warning: this article contains information relating to violent physical assault that some readers may find distressing. A man has been arrested in connection to the assault of a woman at a recent Rüfüs Du Sol concert in Los Angeles. The...

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Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you're buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Google Pixel 10 Pro XL: Two-minute review The Google Pixel 10 Pro XL is the Pixel...

Literary Fiction About Music For When You’ve Exhausted All the Possibilities of ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’
No shade to Daisy Jones & The Six, but when can music-based literary fiction get out of the studio and, say, go to space? Sell their souls for fame and fortune and horror? Create fictionalized versions of two iconic rock critics, make them bitter...

Christmas classic Home Alone to be screened with live orchestra in Hull
15:47, 27 Aug 2025 Hull’s Connexin Live arena has announced an exciting Christmas performance of a festive classic this December. The live orchestral concert show will be on stage for just one night only - and promises enjoyable entertainment for...

“He’s like, ’I’m not a technical guy. I’m not a musician. But I bring my taste”: Daron Malakian on what Rick Rubin brings as a producer
System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian has been singing the praises of the producer often credited as being ‘the fifth member’ of SOAD: Rick Rubin. Malakian appeared on Ultimate Guitar’s On the Record podcast, ostensibly to promote Scars On...

Govt, Private Sector Can Keep Tariff Disruptions To A Minimum: Finmin Economic Review
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) While near-term risks to economic activity, principally exports and capital formation remain due to tariff-related uncertainties, the government and the private sector, acting in tandem and concert, can keep...
Billie Eilish’s redemption: The American Music Awards
I know I wasn’t the only one who felt that Billie Eilish was robbed at the Grammys. She released the most iconic album last year, “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT,” which I wrote an album review on. Each song was carefully crafted to perfection. I played the...

Govt Sector Can Keep Tariff Disruptions To Minimum: FinMin Economic Review
New Delhi: While near-term risks to economic activity, principally exports and capital formation remain due to tariff-related uncertainties, the government and the private sector, acting in tandem and concert, can keep the disruptions to a...

25 years of reviewing Allentown Fair headline concerts: Here are the best we've seen
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — It was 1999, still deep in the midst of the boy band craze, and Allentown Fair had one of the Big Three at the time — 98° — headlining. I was a newspaper editor, directing coverage of hard news, but my then-14-year-old daughter,...

John Mayer reveals where things stand with his next album
John Mayer's Sob Rock, released in 2021, is the lauded guitarist’s most recent album – and while fans have been eagerly anticipating his next release, Mayer has just revealed why he isn’t rushing to share new music anytime soon. “It's coming out...