Author: Press Room
Too tender to touch, too fragile to lustThese misty eyes are just enoughA little sign to guide the wayWe don’t need so very much(“Too Tender To Touch”, Lene Lovich) La Lili Marlene jugoslava, la danzatrice orientale che stregò anche Salvador Dalì, la chanteuse da cabaret, la urlatrice di film horror, la performer wave avanguardista, la musa dark con il soul caldo di Detroit nelle vene. In poche parole, Lene Lovich, al secolo Lili-Marlene Premilovich, professione artista globale. Una delle figure femminili più influenti della sua generazione, eppure, per qualche strano destino, evaporata in un oblio intergenerazionale, interrotto solo da qualche…
Jennifer Finch, historic bassist for L7, has died at the age of 59 after a long battle with an aggressive form of brain tumor, a disease she had spoken about publicly in recent weeks. The announcement was made by her bandmates with a message spread on social media: “With a very heavy heart we announce that today our beloved bandmate, friend and accomplice in many pranks Jennifer Finch passed away. She faced a long and courageous battle against brain tumor and was loved by many extraordinary friends, fellow musicians and fans all over the world. We love you, Jennifer”. Having…
Between the end of the Seventies and the beginning of the Eighties, the Cure contributed to redefining the language of post-punk, alongside groups such as Joy Division, Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees in the birth of a new musical aesthetic, darker, more introspective and experimental. A decisive role in this transformation was played by Robert Smith, who in 1979 temporarily joined the Banshees as guitarist during the British band's British tour, replacing John McKay. That experience profoundly changed his artistic vision. “The first night on stage with the Banshees I was overwhelmed by the power of that kind of…
Photo by Moon La Chimia Katy Perryone of the most iconic and successful artists of contemporary pop music, performed last night at the Historic Walls of Lucca as part of the Lucca Summer Festival. “Out Of Office Summer Tour 2026” – The Summer Tour The American pop star returned to Italy for a single date of his “Out Of Office” summer tour. A show built to involve the audience from start to finish, with spectacular sets, great hits and an energy that transformed each song into a collective party.A concert that was much more than a simple sequence of Katy…
Fear in San Salvo Marina, in the province of Chieti, during the concert of Naomi on Sunday 19 July. The Roman singer fell from the stage at the end of the show, while thanking the audience after singing Crumbs. According to what emerges from the videos released on social media in the following hours, she was then transported to the San Pio hospital in Vasto. The dynamics, which can be reconstructed from videos shot by the public and distributed online, is that of a banal accident and therefore even more insidious. Naomiwith sunglasses also worn in the evening, was advancing…
Kaizers Orchestra is one of the most important bands in the history of Norwegian music. Singing in a mixture of bokmål (Standard Norwegian) e jærsk (dialect of the southwestern area), on rough music with limited radio concessions and cinematic lyrics all set in the same alternative universe, have generated a career of nine albums at number 1 in the charts.Despite having zero exportability on paper, given that in their own country there are those who struggle to understand the lyrics, they have managed to gain a solid cult following in Denmark too (three albums in the top 20 over the…
Spain may be the 2026 World Cup official winner, but the game actually had two losers, thanks to Donald Trump. During a brief appearance on the jumbotrons around New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, the crowd of Argentina and Spain fans booed the U.S. president, who is set to present the World Cup trophy itself to the winning team. The moment happened just after Jennifer Hudson performed the national anthem. He was shown sitting in a box next to Melania Trump a few more times throughout the game. This isn’t the first time Trump has been booed at a sporting event, and it certainly…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup comes to a close today (July 19) after over a month of intense gameplay. But before Spain and Argentina finished duking it out, another major spectacle was in order: the first-ever official World Cup Halftime Show. The inaugural event featured performances from Shakira, BTS, Burna Boy, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Justin Bieber, and the Muppets. (Yes, Miss Piggy donned a pink jersey.) Watch highlights from the 11-minute show below.The game was tied 0-0 tie at the conclusion of the first half, leaving tensions high at MetLife Stadium. Good thing, then, that the over 80,000 fans in…
Forty year long masterpieces. There are many important albums that blow out forty candles this year. Paste magazine has collected 25 of them in its new ranking. “Compared to 1984 and 1985, 1986 is probably the least brilliant year of the triptych – claims the Paste staff in the introduction – The previous twenty-four months had seen the release of albums such as 'Purple Rain', 'Songs From The Big Chair', 'Like A Virgin', 'Born In The USA', 'Hounds Of Love' and 'Rain Dogs', while the immediately following ones would have brought at the creative top artists such as The Smiths,…
Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber, BTS, Burna Boy, composer Gustavo Dudamel, the Muppets and so many more. All in 11 minutes. Soccer usually doesn't have halftime shows, but the 2025 FIFA World Cup final was different: Somehow, FIFA and Global Citizen packed in a lineup of names that took almost as long to read as they did to perform, all while Spain and Argentina were locked at 0-0, reorganizing and strategizing in the halftime locker rooms. The halftime show began with a two-song performance by Madonna, who rode through New York New Jersey Stadium's underground tunnels in a golf cart driven…
