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The new version of the Pink Floyd classic that Waters recorded with the Palestinian Mona Miari. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Matthew Perry’s live-in assistant was sentenced Tuesday to three years and five months in prison for injecting the Friends star with at least three shots of ketamine and leaving him alone in his backyard jacuzzi before he was found face down in the water on Oct. 28, 2023. The assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, had pleaded guilty in August 2024 to a single count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and was the last of five co-defendants to be sentenced in the high-profile case. He had asked for six months in prison and six months of home detention. Prosecutors recommended…
Gilla Band are back their first music in three years and an expansive list of tour dates through 2027. Check out the new single “Giraffe” —which arrives alongside an inventive animated music video from Cuan Roche and Chanthila Phaophanit—as well as the full list of stops below.In a statement about the making of “Giraffe,” Kiely said his head “can be a very scattered and sometimes lonely place. Feeling unloved and finding it difficult to articulate what I’m actually thinking. The song’s outro indirectly details a kind of confirmation that affection toward me does exist. While I appreciate it, I still…
The prospect of an entirely AI-generated film opening at the Tribeca film fest is sure to raise eyebrows, but Dreams of Violets may become a bigger talking point than just the ethics of AI. The movie, which will premiere June 10 at the fest, dramatizes the plights of Iranian civilians weeks before the United States and Israel invaded the country this year. Filmmaker Ash Koosha, who is from Tehran but left Iran in 2009, made the 75-minute film for around $2,000 using various AI services for video generation, language editing, research, and imagery, according to Variety. Koosha produced the film…
A curious thing took place Tuesday night. Shortly after networks began declaring Ken Paxton the winner of Texas' Republican Senate primary runoff election, things started disappearing. Like a grid of city lights powering down during a blackout, Republicans across the American political landscape began purging their websites and timelines of content criticizing the scandal-plagued nominee. Search results turned up 404 errors, or nothing at all. You could see the party sign itself to the Trump-approved state attorney general in real time. The National Republican Senate Committee deleted months of press releases criticizing Paxton — an alleged philanderer and kleptocrat —…
A wholesome moment between neighbors captured on video went viral and caught the attention of nearly 4 million viewers, including Taylor Swift. Last month, an 8-year-old Swiftie named Madeline took notice of her next door neighbor Ethan Hayes, who spends his afternoons singing and playing his guitar. The moment was captured on video, which went viral on TikTok. Madeline's mom, Natalie Hulec, told People that her daughter was too shy to ask Hayes directly for a special request, so instead devised a different way to reach him. With the help of her parents, she asked him to play a tune…
Photo by Luca Moschini The Milk stage in Turin has transformed into the epicenter of world instrumental rock. On the occasion of their European tour, The Aristocrats stopped in the Piedmontese capital to present live the narrative and sound universe of Duck, their latest and brilliant concept album. The result? A sold-out concert that gave the audience an experience with a devastating and unpredictable impact. For those who love great music, the names on stage need no introduction. Guthrie Govan on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass and Marco Minnemann on drums make up what is, hands down, one of the…
Gilla Band have shared their first new song in four years in the form of the head-scrambling ‘Giraffe’ – check it out below. The influential Dublin group, formerly known as Girl Band, have not released a studio album since their third record ‘Most Normal’ in 2022, but they are now back with new music. They have also confirmed details of a string of US tour dates for the end of 2026 and a European tour in January and February 2027, at the end of which they will be playing in Bristol, London, Manchester and Glasgow – see all the details below. ‘Giraffe’ is typical of the band’s experimental, boundary-pushing approach…
The Chicks are gearing up for a 20th anniversary tour of Taking the Long Way in a sweeping North American run this fall. The trio will kick off the jaunt on September 30 at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, before traveling the country’s theaters and concert halls through November. Check out the itinerary below.Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer have been touring on and off since their return, in 2020, from a 13-year hiatus. They released a comeback album, Gaslighter, that year, shortly before dropping the “Dixie” from their name.Revisit Sam Sodomsky’s Sunday Review of the band’s 2002 album Home.The Chicks:…
As she returns with chaotic new single 'More! Blackberries! More!', Becky Hill has spoken to NME about her upcoming third album 'Rebecca', working classes feeling “trodden on” and the inspiration of “pop girlies having their authentic moment”. Hill made a name for herself by co-writing huge crossover dance records with Rudimental ('Powerless'), Wilkinson ('Afterglow') and Oliver Heldens ('Gecko') while her 2024 album 'Believe Me Now?' saw her straddling the worlds of dance and pop. “I still want people who discovered me on The Voice to like it, but I want to bring in people that listen to Chase & Status,…
