Bruce Springsteen is performing his first-ever shows in Liverpool, England — the birthplace of the Beatles — this week, so naturally Paul McCartney came out to join the E Street Band for a couple of songs Saturday. Wednesday marked Springsteen’s first concert in Liverpool, and it was a Beatle-less affair. …
Read More »Man Detained After Car Hits Pedestrians During Soccer Parade in U.K.
This story has been updated with new details following a press conference in Liverpool on the evening of May 26. A car collided with pedestrians during a busy parade in Liverpool, England, on Monday. Shortly after 6 p.m. local time, The Guardian reports that Emergency Services arrived at Liverpool’s Water …
Read More »Eurovision 2023 Final: Sweden's Loreen Makes History in Stunning Fashion
It’s two minutes into the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and I already have chills. I’m watching something a lot of British people thought we’d never see: a Eurovision hosted in the U.K. After years of abysmal performances and frustration, the U.K. finally changed the narrative last year, finishing in second …
Read More »Eurovision 2023 Is Magic and Everything King Charles' Coronation Wasn't
As a British person, I’ve spent a lot of my adult life despairing about the direction of my country. From Brexit, to our disastrous Conservative government ushering in an era of inequality, corruption and division, it’s been a steady drip-feed of bad things happening. Truthfully, I’ve now become accustomed to …
Read More »For Ukraine's Tvorchi, Eurovision Is About Much More Than Music
If there is one cliché to sum up the past few years in the life of Tvorchi, the duo representing Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, it would probably be: “Life comes at you fast.” Five years ago, sound producer Andrew Hutsuliak and lead singer Jeffery Kenny met by …
Read More »Loreen: Sweden's Eurovision Queen Is Ready to Make History
Swedish dance-pop superstar Loreen is unnervingly calm for someone who is on the cusp of making music history. On Saturday, she will once again represent Sweden in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest, having reigned victorious in 2012. If successful, she will be the first woman — and …
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