Maybe phones at concerts aren’t such a bad thing. The existential gripes from older generations about the sanctity of live show experiences seem to misunderstand the moment. For a generation whose existence is mostly, if not entirely, lived through devices, peering through the hypnotic glow of their phone screens at …
Read More »Lana Del Rey and Addison Rae Duet 'Diet Pepsi' in London
Lana Del Rey invited Addison Rae to the stage during her U.K. and Ireland stadium touron Thursday. The pair sang Rae’s nostalgic “Diet Pepsi,” herfirst official release last year on Columbia Records. The duo also sang “57.5,” the Spotify-featuring and unreleased songDel Rey debuted at Stagecoach in April. Rae is …
Read More »Joe Biden Pardoned Marcus Garvey. Is It Enough?
The last time Dr. Julius Winston Garvey saw his father, Marcus, was in London in 1938, when he was just five years old. Dr. Garvey remembers glimpses of his life with him, like their trips for ice cream or the times his dad looked on as he ran through the …
Read More »Taylor Swift Performs 'The Black Dog' Live for First Time at London Show
Taylor Swift kicked off the first show of three nights at London‘s Wembley Stadium on Friday. The singer delivered a live debut of “The Black Dog” from her double album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. “I’ve never played this one live before,” Swift said to the crowd in videos …
Read More »South by Southwest Expands to London
South by Southwest (SXSW) is heading to London, England. After nearly four decades in Austin, Texas the multidisciplinary festival will launch across the pond in June 2025. The European fest plans to takeover dozens of dozens of venues, galleries, clubs, and other spaces in Shoreditch in the East End. Similar …
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