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Modern tech meets older cars with this easy display upgrade, now $100 off
Mashable
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June 28, 2025
TL;DR: This 9-inch Wireless Car Display with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility can make your car road trip ready for just $79.99 (reg. $179.99). It’s road trip season, but is your car ready to keep you entertained on a long ride? If you...
Irish rap group Kneecap plays at Glastonbury despite criticism
Brandon Sun
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June 28, 2025
PILTON, England (AP) — Irish-language rap group Kneecap performed to tens of thousands of people Saturday at the Glastonbury Festival despite criticism by British politicians and a terror charge for one of the trio. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who...
"We refused to believe we didn't have something special." From triumph to tragedy and triumph again, how Linkin Park became the first true metal breakout of the 21st century
Louder
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June 28, 2025
From the very beginning, Linkin Park knew they were creating something significant. “Nobody out there sounds like us,” vocalist Chester Bennington said, in their first major Metal Hammer feature in January 2001. “Sure, there are comparisons that...
A Giant of the music world wow the crowds at Llangollen
Shropshire Star
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June 28, 2025
Headlining TK Maxx presents Live at Llangollen Pavilion, the triple BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award winner kicked off a 90-minute set with last year’s hit Lovers in a Past Life before segueing perfectly into the multi-award winning Skin. The...
Best electronic instruments in 2025, including MIDI keyboards, drum pads and samplers
Stuff
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June 28, 2025
Electronic instruments have come a long way since New Order sequenced Blue Monday using binary code. Now it’s all quantised beats, USB-C, and expensive noise-cancelling headphones. And if you’re in the market for modern melodies, these are the...
Get familiar with Kenny Sharp, Nashville R&B band Brown Liquor Music
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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Kenny Sharp, backed by his band Brown Liquor Music, performed at downtown Nashville's National Museum of African-American Music. Sharp's music blends blues, country, folk, R&B, rock, and soul, influenced by his upbringing near D.C.'s "Black...
K-pop activity lifts travel interest in South Korea this month
TTG Asia
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June 27, 2025
June’s busy calendar of K-pop events as well as the highly-anticipated comeback of boyband BTS, whose final two members have been discharged from military duties this month, have elevated travel demand for South Korea. Booking.com data shows that...
Wang Chung's Clear Light/Dark Matter showcases genre-defying musical evolution
WOAI - Texas
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When Wang Chung agreed to join Rick Springfield’s I Want My 80s Tour, it wasn’t just another nostalgic run through their greatest hits, but a deliberate step into a contemporary scene that’s rediscovering their music with fresh ears. We were...
Volunteers, led by 12-year-old, play music to soothe shelter animals
The Item - South Carolina
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By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER - It's often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely audience - man's best friend. Yuvi Agarwal started playing keyboard...
I’m a 48-year-old music snob and I loved Olivia Rodrigo
Metro
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June 28, 2025
As a music snob I expected autotuned bilge but I was wrong(Picture: 2025 Getty Images) I have to admit, when I told friends I was taking my 14-year-old daughter, Florence, to see Olivia Rodrigo, I did so with an eye-roll and a bit of a “bloody...
Eye-popping music videos today’s kids will never understand
Metro
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June 28, 2025
Beyoncé ruled the 2010’s with her iconic music videos (Picture by: Columbia Records) Music videos used to stop time. They were culture defining, career-making moments. Iconic music videos would dominate conversations in the school playgrounds,...
All eyes on Kneecap as Irish rap trio to perform at Glastonbury despite UK government calls for a ban
Irish Independent
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It comes after one of the band’s members, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, was charged with allegedly displaying a flag in support of UK-proscribed terrorist organisation, Hezbollah, while saying “up Hamas, up Hezbollah” at a gig in November last year....
K-pop idol Seoryoung reveals the dark truth behind the group's lack of success; talks about financial woes - Deets inside
The Times of India
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Former GWSN member Seoryoung recently revealed the dark side of K-pop by sharing how hard it was to manage finances while working as an idol. In a variety show episode, the idol revealed how, due to the lack of money, her group was abandoned by...
Former T&A man edited more than 500 rock and pop books
Telegraph & Argus
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Chris Charlesworth was born in 1947 in Bingley. In 1950 his family moved to Skipton, and he later attended St Peter’s School in York. At the age of 10 Chris first came under the spell of rock ’n’ roll when he heard Little Richard singing Tutti...
Rock star bringing Britpop tales to Ringwood’s The Barn
Southern Daily Echo
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The Cast, The La’s and Me tour will arrive at The Barn in Ringwood on April 30, 2026, offering fans a night of stories and songs from his time in The La’s and Cast. John said: "I had an absolute belter of a time on the road and can’t wait to go at...
How Kamasi Washington and 100 musicians filled LACMA's empty new building with a sonic work of art
Los Angeles Times
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June 28, 2025
“The general public was admitted to new Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the first time on Friday night — not to look at art but to listen to music,” wrote Times music critic Albert Goldberg in 1965. Exactly 70 years and three months later,...
Latest Ukrainian Music Releases: New Albums by Sasha Chemerov, Prashchur & More
Mezha
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June 28, 2025
Every week, the “Artилерія” project introduces listeners to the most interesting music releases from Ukraine. This week, notable highlights include the new album from “Prashchur,” a vibrant comeback from Sasha Chemerov, a heartfelt track from...
Are small music festivals in Ireland becoming a thing of the past? Organisers weigh in
The Journal
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June 28, 2025
ORGANISERS OF INDEPENDENT music festivals in Ireland have said that mounting costs are making it harder for them to keep going each year. Earlier this month there was confusion about whether major player Beyond The Pale would go ahead, and beloved...
On the Town: Celebrate with music, RH party and OKC Zoo deals
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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June 28, 2025
Lillie-Beth Brinkman Happy Independence Day this week! It’s a fun week with lots of ways to show off patriotic pride, but start by making plans now to attend the Oklahoma City Philharmonic’s annual and very popular Red, White, & Boom! concert in...
Opanka embraces growth in new EP, pleased with rise of rap
Ghana News Agency
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June 27, 2025
By Simon Asare Accra, June 27, GNA – Ghanaian rapper, Opanka, has made a remarkable return to music with the release of his new Extended Play (EP), “Renewed Ego”. Opanka, known for his lyrical sharpness and emotional depth, expresses growth,...