For the first five minutes of the Cure‘s headlining set at Øyafestivalen in Oslo, Norway, Robert Smith stared out at the packed crowd and smiled. As the band played the long, atmospheric introduction to “Alone” — the opening track of their great 2024 album “Songs of a Lost World” — Smith stood there positively beaming,
The announcement dropped on a pulverizingly humid Thursday afternoon in New York City: just a few hours later, an Olivia Rodrigo surprise gig would take place at Brooklyn’s intimate, 1,100-capacity venue Warsaw. The expected mad dash for tickets — only available at the venue’s box office — ensued, with fans lining up in heat that
Kicking off their global tour in the South Korean city of Incheon, the five members of K-pop boy band Cortis saunter onto stage in casual, streetwear-inspired outfits, exuding an effortlessly cool vibe. “Put your phone down,” one of the members bellows. Piercing screams erupt. A sea of illuminated screens flickers back. “I told you, put
That explains why Muna’s music is always propulsive. “If you’re not sweating after the first song, come on,” McPherson laughs. With a growing fan base, this fall they will go on their largest tour ever, titled the Gets So Hot Tour after the album’s opening song, although the band previously joked that it would be
When Lady Gaga first ascended to supernova celebrity, with the release of “The Fame” in 2008, there was a time when she kept her face hidden, under the elaborate masks she wore in videos and even in interviews, in which she also appeared masked. It was an elaborate act of camouflage, but the ruse worked.
The concert film “George Michael: The Faith Tour” has been acquired by Universal Pictures Content Group and Bleecker Street’s Crosswalk event film division. Universal Pictures Content Group will release the film internationally and Bleecker Street’s Crosswalk will release it in North America. Filmed at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy during the European leg of the
