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In probably the funniest possible twist to the idiotic culture war sideshow that's followed Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The OdysseyEmily Wilson — the classics professor whose 2017 translation at once inspired the filmmaker and earned her the ceaseless ire of right-wing posters — thinks the blockbuster film is an absolute stinker. In a scorching pan for the London Review of BooksWilson poo-poo'd pretty much every aspect of Nolan's film. She writes that the film contains Nolan's “usual combination of grandiosity and superficiality,” but “lacks many of the elements that make the poem great.” “It has nothing convincing to say about…
With a 15-week run atop the Hot 100, Langley's “Choosin' Texas” has now passed songs by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey Ella Langley may have lost her man to a woman from Texas, but she just caught Harry Styles. Langley's “Choosin' Texas” (which, we think, is the Song of the Summer) has now surpassed Whitney Houston's “I Will Always Love You” and Mariah Carey's “We Belong Together” in chart domination, logging a record-setting 15 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, as the only non-holiday song by a woman to hold the title. She's now tied with Styles and “As It…
Tyla has announced a world tour in support of her second album, ‘A*POP’ – find all the details below. Following the release of the record this week (July 24), the South African star will kick off the 34-date tour at the Zénith Paris on October 12, before playing across Europe, the UK, North America and Africa. Her UK run will begin at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on October 15, followed by shows in Glasgow on October 18 and Manchester the following night. The US dates follow in November and December, with two huge homecoming South Africa shows to come in January. An artist pre-sale will begin at 10am…
Purple Rain, Prince’s seminal 1984 film and album of the same name, is receiving the inevitable stage treatment, with a musical adaptation set to premiere at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre next year. It will be directed by Saheem Ali, of the Tony-winning Buena Vista Social Club; written by Dogfight playwright Peter Duchan; and choreographed by Ebony Williams, who worked on Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour. Frequent Prince collaborators Bobby Z and Morris Hayes were brought on as music advisors. Previews kick off March 12, 2027, with an official opening on April 12.Though Prince was already a star by the time Purple Rain…
Hayley Williams, Lauryn Hill, Father John Misty, and a surprise solo performance by Dave Matthews were all part of the historic music festival this year In a music industry moment of increased consolidation and homogeneity, the greatest value of Newport Folk Festival is that it’s a place where audiences can witness spontaneous, off-script collaboration. That might be Brandon Flowers and Lucy Dacus singing a Jim Croce song; it might be Newport’s spiritual dignitaries, Mavis Staples and Joan Baez, closing the festival by singing (and, per Baez, “reclaiming”) “America the Beautiful”; it might be Dave Matthews showing up unannounced for a…
After a run in Minneapolis last year, the show is set to begin previews next March before premiering in April The stage musical adaptation of Prince's Purple Rain is set to debut on Broadway in 2027, Variety reports. Following an initial run in Minneapolis last fall, the show — based on Prince's classic 1984 album and accompanying film — will begin previews at the Majestic Theater in New York City on March 12, 2027 with opening night slated for April 12. A cast hasn't been announced yet, but Tony nominee Saheem Ali will direct; playwright/screenwriter Peter Duchan penned the book;…
Vasco Rossi pays homage to Mick Jagger and, on the Rolling Stones frontman's 83rd birthday, talks about how much the figure of the British singer contributed to defining his idea of a rock star. The rocker from Zocca entrusted the message to a story published on social media: “By observing Mick Jagger I understood the attitude that a rock star must have”. A recognition that therefore goes beyond the strictly musical influence and concerns above all the way of being on stage, the energy and attitude embodied by Jagger over the course of over sixty years of career. In the…
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Portraits of Tracy,…
Willow Avalon sees artists like Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley, and Kaitlin Butts surging in country music, but she dismisses any notion that some industry-wide awakening is underway. The credit, Avalon says, is due to the women themselves. “For so long in country music, there’s been a set number of doors for women,” Avalon says. The solution, as she sees it, is to build new doors. That’s the goal of Pink Pocket Pistol, Avalon’s new album released in June via Atlantic Outpost/Assemble Sound. Despite being raised in a musical family in rural Georgia, the 27-year-old spent most of her life struggling…
Jon Stewart and Pete Davidson are marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a superstar-studded charity show at Madison Square Garden, Sept’s 10’s NYC Still Rising After 25 Years: A 9/11 Charities Comedy Benefit. Headliners will include Stewart, Davidson, Dave Chappelle, Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Ronny Chieng, Nikki Glaser, Josh Johnson, and “many more” yet-to-be-announced performers. The show revives the format Stewart and Davidson debuted five years ago, when NYC Still Rising After 20 Years: A Comedy Celebration hit MSG on Sept. 12, 2021, with performers including Chappelle, Burr, Chieng, Amy Schumer, John Mulaney, Jimmy Fallon, Wanda Sykes, Colin Jost,…
