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The World Is Watching: Concerts, Sports & Theatre That Will Define 2026
If there’s one thing we’ve learned this past week, it’s this: the world is hungry for live moments. From music fans screaming lyrics back at their idols, to stadiums rumbling with chants, to the hush of a theatre before the first line is...
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The Life of a Showgirl: Taylor Swift's album set to dominate music charts, know release ti...
Taylor Swift is making headlines for her upcoming music album, The Life of a Showgirl. It will be her 12th studio album, which is officially scheduled to be dropped on October 3, 2025 at midnight in the Eastern time zone. Talking about other time...
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Taylor Swift in UK to release new album The Life Of A Showgirl
Taylor Swift announced the name of the album on Kelce’s New Heights podcast, which has now racked up over 20 million views, ITV News’ Rishi Davda reports Taylor Swift is in the UK to mark the release of her highly anticipated album The Life Of A...
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Decoding every lyric in Taylor Swift's new album 'The Life of a Showgirl'
Taylor Swift's new album The Life of a Showgirl has been released and it features a number of tracks including The Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure, Ruin The Friendship, Actually Romantic and CANCELLED! 09:33 ET, 03 Oct 2025 (Image: Getty Images)...
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“Yee Haw Mate Innit Right” – Comedian Goes Viral Putting British Spin On Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochee”
The Brits are on the Chattahoochee. Alan Jackson‘s “Chattahoochee” is, without a doubt, a country music cult classic. It’s well-loved far beyond the walls of country music fans and is truly an all-time classic among music lovers in general....
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Camerata Nordica Octet brings Nordic spirit to Hodgson Concert Hall
UGA Presents welcomes the Camerata Nordica Octet to Hodgson Concert Hall on Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The concert, part of the “Nordic Dream: Voices from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden” series, will feature the world premiere tour of Hanna...
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15 songs about rain by Scottish bands and musicians
Whenever people think of Scotland or Glasgow, one thing that they always associate with it is the rain which has certainly been true in recent weeks. Due to Glasgow’s northern location and proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, the city is characterised...
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The pop star we need: Olivia Dean scores UK chart double with new album, single
With her new album, The Art of Loving, Olivia Dean has perfected the art of topping the charts in her home country. The album has debuted at #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart, while her hit single “Man I Need” tops the Official Singles Chart....
North Lanarkshire Council’s Music in the Museum series to host renowned pianist Karen MacIver
Karen is a celebrated Scottish pianist and composer whose career has been deeply rooted in the world of dance North Lanarkshire Council’s much-loved Music in the Museum series continues with a poetic evening of music and movement in Coatbridge....
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Athlone Musical Society conjures up The Witches of Eastwick
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Published: Fri 3 Oct 2025, 4:52 PM The Athlone Musical Society are summoning up performers for auditions for their 2026 production of the Witches of Eastwick musical! The Witches of Eastwick is a musical adaptation of John Updike’s 1984 novel of...
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In New Album, Taylor Swift Reclaims the ‘Fate of Ophelia,’ the Subject of a Famed Painting
Taylor Swift‘s newly released album The Life of a Showgirl features a song that draws on a familiar yet tragic narrative taken up by artists and writers alike across time. The first track on the record, titled “The Fate of Ophelia,” refers the...
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What the Prince and Princess of Wales are 'very strict' about when it comes to their kids
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis do not have phones. The Prince of Wales made the revelation to Emmy Award-winning actor Eugene Levy during an episode of Apple TV+'s The Reluctant Traveler. Asked if the family sits down for...
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Women’s World Cup: England get their campaign rolling with thumping win over South Africa
Cricket News Women’s World Cup: England beat South Africa by 10 wickets. (Photo: X) New Delhi: Four-time champions England got their campaign off to a flying start as they thrashed South Africa by 10 wickets in their first women’s World Cup match...
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The British Podcast awards are now the Oscars of the medium
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It was the British Podcast awards last week, an event that’s become a lot glitzier and more celeb-studded since it began in 2017. Founders Matt Hill and Matt Deegan sold the caboodle to the Haymarket Media Group a few years ago, and...
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Best And Worst Musician Statues: Freddie Mercury To Tina Turner
A lot of people are none too happy about a statue of Tina Turner that was unveiled on Saturday, September 27, in her hometown of Brownsville, Tennessee. It was displayed on Tina Turner Heritage Days, an annual event that's held every fourth...
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Mutant Disco: 3 Essential Albums From the Most Obscure (And Funky) Late 70s Music Genre
Have you heard of the obscure subgenre known as mutant disco? If not, you’re not alone in that respect. This genre is also known as avant-funk or punk-funk, and it makes sense why. Mutant Disco is all about taking funk and/or disco and adding...
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Taylor Swift’s New Album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” Reviewed
Since Taylor Swift launched the record-breaking Eras Tour, in 2023—a hundred and forty-nine dates, fifty-one cities, more than two billion dollars in ticket sales—she has been freakishly omnipresent in the cultural consciousness: a grinning...
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On This Day in 1968, The Beatles Recorded a George Harrison Track Inspired by a Certain Musician’s Love of Chocolate
As we all well know, The Beatles’ taste was not loyal to one specific type of song. When the band needed a No. 1 pop hit, they’d call upon Paul McCartney. When they needed philosophically witty and politically subversive song, they’d call upon...
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A Brisk Oral History of Junk, the UK’s Last Great Club Night
The city of Southend in Essex—the county that separates London from the shores of the North Sea—is a place with a rich subcultural history. After World War II, successive waves of style tribes would meet up on the beaches of Southend to beat each...
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Taylor Swift sweetly surprises British star as she invites him to Travis Kelce wedding live on air
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting married(Image: Getty Images) BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James was left stunned when pop sensation Taylor Swift extended a wedding invitation to him during their on-air chat. Taylor, who just dropped her new album...
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