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Just when you thought B’Day couldn’t get any louder, a couple hundred people file onto the dance floor at the Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right for a 20th anniversary celebration of Beyoncé‘s seminal second album. The space is tiny and tightly packed. When the dance break in “Get Me Bodied” hits, there’s barely any space for people to drop down low and sweep the floor with it. The crowd complies, anyway, clashing against each other as the song instructs them to let their hair touch the floor, wind it back. This was always going to be the legacy of “Get…

Dolly Parton‘s sister has hit out after being subjected to a “tremendous amount of AI and endless garbage” following the country icon’s death. Parton died aged 80 last month (August 25), with her representatives later confirming that it followed a “brief battle with cancer”. Since her death numerous musicians have honoured the late musician including Kacey Musgraves who performed ‘Here You Come Again’ in Boston, while Maisie Peters covered the same song at Reading Festival. Jack White also played ‘Jolene’ at a London show, while Orville Peck delivered a rendition of ‘I Will Always Love You’. Olivia Rodrigo also dedicated her duet with Sarah McLachlan at Daisy Chain…

Up to 14 people have been hospitalised at a Chainsmokers concert in California. Emergency crews responded to a wave of medical calls at the outdoor show at Discovery Meadow in San Jose on Friday night (September 4) The San Jose Fire Department wrote on X that that they responded to over a dozen calls for assistance stating that multiple attendees needed medical attention. “At 8:22 p.m. on Friday, September 4, the San José Fire Department responded to an outdoor concert at Discovery Meadow for reports of multiple patients requiring medical attention,” they wrote. “SJFD immediately requested an Ambulance Task Force,…

Oasis‘s new documentary Don’t Look Back In Anger received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival last night (September 5). Noel and Liam Gallagher made their first off-stage public appearance in Italy together since the band reunited, appearing at the premiere and for the photocall beforehand. The film centres on the band’s 2024 reunion and huge ‘Live ‘25’ tour dates. It is produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace (Meet Me In The Bathroom). At the end of the screening, the Gallaghers soaked up the applause while holding hands and raising them triumphantly. At one point, Noel even…

Andy Williams, a professional wrestler who was formerly the founding guitarist of metalcore band Every Time I Die, has died at the age of 48. According to reports, Williams — who wrestled under the name “The Butcher” — collapsed at the end of his tag team match Saturday at an Enjoy Wrestling event in Millvale, Pennsylvania. “Our doctors on staff tended to him immediately, administering CPR until the ambulance arrived,” Enjoy Wrestling wrote. Williams ultimately died Saturday night, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office told TMZ. No cause of death was immediately known. Before he was “The Butcher,” Williams served…

Former Every Time I Die guitarist and professional wrestler Andy Williams has died, aged 48. Williams who wrestled professionally as ‘The Butcher’, passed away after collapsing after a wrestling event in Pennsylvania last night (September 5). He had just competed in a tag-team match with his wrestling partner Jesse ‘The Blade’ Guilmette at an Enjoy Wrestling event at Mr. Small’s Theater in Millvale, Pennsylvania when he collapsed, according to Consequence. Williams was given CPR at the venue and taken to a local hospital, where he later passed away. TMZ confirmed his death via the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The guitarist…

Guitar Greats, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ Nov. 3, 1984 Image Credit: © Bob Minkin “I can’t believe a show like this even happened. I had access for it, a photo to be upfront. I didn’t have backstage. Boy, I wish I had backstage for this show. Just to see David Gilmour playing with Johnny Winter.  This was at the end when they all came out at the end to play, but each of them had their own segment, Dickey Betts playing Blue Sky, the Steve Cropper segment doing Green Onions, the Neil Schon segment doing some Journey song, whatever. They…

Jan St. Werner, AKA one-half of the German electronic duo Mouse on Mars, has a new solo record on the way. Squares Will Fall, due out November 13 on Thrill Jockey, features contributions from Sufjan Stevens, Justin Vernon, Beirut’s Zach Condon, the National’s Ben Lanz, and more. You can listen to an excerpt of the title track, which Vernon contributed lyrics and vocals to, below.As a Bandcamp bio explains, the genesis of “Squares Will Fall” dates back to 2012, when Werner recorded a 30-minute version of the piece to celebrate a friend’s 30th birthday. Over the years, it evolved into…

Over a dozen concertgoers required medical attention for “suspected alcohol intoxication and drug-related issues,” authorities say At least 14 people were hospitalized Friday during the Chainsmokers’ concert in San Jose, California. The San Jose Fire Department wrote on social media that they responded to over a dozen calls for assistance during the EDM duo’s show at Discovery Meadows. “At 8:22 p.m. on Friday, September 4, the San José Fire Department responded to an outdoor concert at Discovery Meadow for reports of multiple patients requiring medical attention,” SJFD wrote. 1/3 At 8:22 p.m. on Friday, September 4, the San José Fire…

From docs on Blackpink’s Lisa and Neil Peart to a ton of Oscar hopefuls — what we’re excited see at this year’s TIFF Something old, something new, several things that are borrowed, and more than a few films that will leave you feeling blue — the Toronto International Film Festival is about to roar back to life, and its 51st edition sticks to the tried-and-true formula that’s established it as a fall-fest favorite. There are a handful of revivals, including a preview of a new, restored cut of Ken Russell’s The Devils. You’ll get the best of several other festivals,…