Author: Press Room
Madonna, Shakira and BTS will be the musical protagonists of the football World Cup final, which for the first time will host a halftime show on the model of the American Super Bowl. The first experiment in this sense was done in July 2025 when Doja Cat, Tems and J Balvin (joined by Coldplay) animated the half-time of the Club World Cup final won by Chelsea.Flanked by the Muppets, Chris Martin of Coldplay, who is the curator of the show, announced it in a video. One dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to the FIFA Global Citizen Education…
An indie band called The Twigs are countersuing FKA Twigs for allegedly using her fame and money to “destroy” their trademark. The singer, actor and dancer, real name Tahliah Barnett, filed a lawsuit against the indie group made up of sisters Laura Good and Linda Good earlier this year. In the suit, she asked a judge to rule that her stage name does not infringe on the name used by the LA band. Legal disputes between the two acts date back over 10 years, as they went to court in 2014 after The Twigs sued Barnett for allegedly infringing on…
In the last year I have met Marco Jacopo Bianchi on several occasions: some concerts, his and his Ivreatronic “ballot”, but above all marches, demonstrations for Palestine, for the Leoncavallo social center, for Askatasuna. I read his posts on what is happening in Gaza, on Trump, on Italian politics, always very heartfelt, to the point, never rhetorical. I also bought the compilation on Bandcamp We Will Stay Here. Music for Palestine created by Andrea Pomini of the Love Boat – whose proceeds went to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) – with one of his pieces, and listened to his Burn…
“The NE, the double F, A”. It begins like this, with this presentation, Neffa and the dopa messengersor the highest and never equaled point of Italian hip hop. A certainty that still lasts today, 30 years later.The purists of Italian hip hop will already be hitting the keyboard hard after this statement, but Italian hip hop, especially that of the 90s, worked exactly like this: a question of faith. It is for this reason, in fact, that, in addition to leaving us with magnificent records like this debut by Neffa, the scene soon imploded on itself, causing even the artists…
Photo by Moon La Chimia Shivathe young Italian rapper, performed last night at the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. “Shiva Live 2026” – The Tour in the Sports Halls Palazzetti, May, trap. Three words are enough to frame Shiva's live return in 2026. Ten indoor dates, all concentrated in the same month. In recent years his music has grown together with those who listen to it, broadening the audience and shifting the center of gravity of live shows. Shiva's tour in 2026 takes shape like this: a series of concerts in arenas. A format that exactly photographs the moment he…
The singer-songwriter from Livorno Cristiano Sbolci come back with the disc Out of fashionavailable in digital stores fromMay 8, 2026. The album marks a new chapter in the artist's musical journey: intimate writing and cinematic imagery meet in a sound dimension between auteur pop and retro suggestions. The aesthetics of the Italian thriller of the 70s and the void left by an unrequited love are the two tracks on which it runs Out of fashion. With this solo project, Blossoms transforms sentimental pain into an emotional soundtrack, where the end of a relationship is experienced with the weight of mourning.…
Shakira, Madonna, and BTS will headline the first ever halftime show at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final. Coldplay’s Chris Martin, who curated this year’s artists, announced the news in a social media video alongside Sesame Street‘s Elmo and Cookie Monster with Kermit, Miss Piggie, and more beloved characters from The Muppets. The July 19 event will take place MetLife Stadium in New Jersey and raise funds for the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, an initiative working to provide access to quality education and football for children worldwide. Earlier this month, Shakira released “Dai Dai,” the official 2026 World Cup song with…
On his first album in 11 years, Daughn Gibson retreats into the swamps; it’s a good place for him, his voice bubbling up from underwater and leaching downriver. Lake Mary not mysterious sets its mind towards the Sunshine State, joining a tradition of Florida noir that encompasses Arthur Penn’s Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt’s River of Grass, mid-period Harmony Korine, Carl Hiaasen’s adult novels, and Gibson’s personal favorite—Volker Schlöndorff’s Palmetto, sharing its name with both the city and the bug.It’s a bit shocking to realize how long it’s been since we left off with Gibson, né Josh Martin, former stoner-metal drummer…
The cassette’s cover is a dream for the crate-digging exoticist. A bearded man in glasses stands at the center of the frame, wearing the black eksorasson and kamilavka of the Greek Orthodox church. He angles a matching obsidian seven-string guitar skyward, the Greek Orthodox cross painted in gold just beneath the bridge. The letters around it abbreviate a mighty message, “Jesus Christ Conquers.” Only his beard breaks the blackness, the white cascading down his vestments. He looks like a hesher but also, of course, a priest, a binary complicated by the rectangle of 36 red roses that surround him, all…
Rob Perfect chaos interview by April 22, 2026. We had a chat with the winner of X Factor 2025 who told us about his latest EP coming out on April 24. Rob is in the midst of a fast-moving moment: the release of his first EP, Perfect chaosand a phase of life in which everything seems to change together. When we ask her how she is, the answer is direct: “I'm super excited, I can't wait for everyone to hear the tracks.” The starting point is precisely that title. Because chaos, for her, is not something to be fixed. “The…
