After 14 years playing viola in the Berlin Philharmonic, Brett Dean craved uncertainty. He had been creating his own music since shortly after he joined the orchestra in 1985, first improvising in underground Berlin clubs, then writing for classical ensembles. By 1999, he was itching to compose full time. But his wife, the painter Heather…
Filmmaker Stephen Soderbergh defended and explained his decision to use some generative artificial intelligence in his upcoming documentary centered around John Lennon’s final interview. Announced last year, John Lennon: The Last Interview features the audio from an interview Lennon and Yoko Ono gave to RKO Radio on Dec. 8, 1980, just hours before Lennon was…
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By 1969 student protests were raging across Japan, as anti-university, anti-war and anti-government movements mingled in strikes and classroom blockades. “Students were getting really violent,” Makoto Kubota recalls of Kyoto’s Doshisha University, leaving his studies in shambles. But when his quiet, magnetic fellow student Takashi Mizutani invited Kubota to the first gig by his band…
Jack Johnson has announced a six-date Australian and New Zealand tour this November, joined for the first time by Ben Harper and John Butler as special guests performing solo and acoustic. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The SURFILMUSIC 2026 Australia & New Zealand Tour opens at Brisbane’s Riverstage on Nov. 7 before heading…
M.I.A. has responded to being dropped from Kid Cudi’s tour, telling people not to “gas light my words” after accusations of “offensive remarks”. Yesterday (May 4), Cudi announced that he had dropped her from his ongoing Rebel Ragers Tour after being “flooded with messages from fans” who had complained of statements made by M.I.A. as his opening act at two early…
Published on 05/05/2026 – 8:28 GMT+2 The annual Met Gala always grabs the headlines as fashion’s great, good, bad and ugly mix in an eye-popping spectacle of haute couture and viral moments. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This year’s event was perhaps overshadowed however by an absence of stars who opted to stay away in protest at its…
Sitting stoned on a hill above his village, a young man muses on his place in the world. Connor is proud to have fenced pastures while his mates have been away at university. But it’s overwhelming to think of all their lives being equally real and urgent. Are they part of the same story or…
For Ejae, the last 10 months have felt like a lifetime’s worth of success — and sickness. Since the animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” became a global sensation last June, its hit song “Golden,” — which Ejae co-wrote and sang — has won a Golden Globe, a Grammy and an Oscar. Throughout it all, she…
Kanye West has been hit with more than a dozen copyright infringement lawsuits over his controversial career. Now one has reached a jury, with the artist now known as Ye expected to testify later this week. On Monday, a panel of eight jurors heard opening statements in a federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles. From…
