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Coldplay’s Self-Help Pop

Chris Martin, the band’s front man, discusses reading Rumi, making music like an apple tree grows apples, and the band’s new album, “Moon Music.”

An interview by Amanda Petrusich (September 30, 2024)

On a recent afternoon in Malibu, Chris Martin, the front man of Coldplay, was enjoying a brief pause between tour dates. “We have breaks, but only in the way that Serena Williams has a banana between sets,” he said, pulling his bare feet up under him. Martin, who is forty-seven, was wearing an emerald-green sweater featuring a picture of the earth, affixed with a tiny white button that said “LOVE.” Later on, when he took the sweater off, he revealed a blue T-shirt with the same button. I wondered, but did not ask, how many of them he owned. It felt indicative of Martin’s quintessence at this particular moment: LOVE, layered ad infinitum.

Martin was in the midst of converting an old property into a studio and the de-facto Coldplay HQ. The complex was beset by scrubby clay slopes dotted with sagebrush, California aster, evergreen oaks. Martin likes to send visitors home with unlabelled jars of fresh honey from an apiary nearby. We sat at a picnic table overlooking a meadow. In conversation, Martin is engaging, magnetic. When I apologized for putting my sunglasses on—the light had suddenly shifted—he grinned: “No, I love it. It sort of flips the script. We’ll talk about your album in a minute.” We’d been discussing the gurgling anxiety inherent to any romantic entanglement—the fear of starting to need someone. It’s an idea that arises in “feelslikeimfallinginlove,” the swooning first single from “Moon Music,” the band’s tenth record, which comes out in October. “I know that this could feel like that / But I just can’t stop / Let my defenses drop,” Martin sings in the opening verse.

“There are two methods that humans use to survive,” Martin said. “One is calcification and sequestering and separating: my stuff, my tribe, my this, my that. And then the other half is so open to everything. Those people fall in love a lot more, but they also have a lot more heartbreak.” I guessed that he was in the latter camp. “I’m so open it’s ridiculous,” he said. “But, if you’re not afraid of rejection, it’s the most liberating thing in the world.” Well, sure—but who’s not afraid of rejection? “Of course,” Martin said, laughing. “To tell someone you love them, or to release an album, or to write a book, or to make a cake, or to cook your wife a meal—it’s terrifying. But if I tell this person I love them and they don’t love me back, I still gave them the gift of knowing someone loves them.” Martin noticed a slightly stricken look on my face. “I’m giving this advice to myself, too,” he added. “Don’t think I’ve got it mastered.”

Coldplay, which formed in 1997, in London, has sold more than a hundred million records. (Besides Martin, the band includes the guitarist Jonny Buckland, the bassist Guy Berryman, and the drummer Will Champion.) The ongoing tour for “Music of the Spheres,” the band’s prior release, has sold ten million tickets and made close to a billion dollars, becoming the highest-grossing rock tour of the past forty years. It has broken attendance records in countries including Romania, Singapore, Brazil, Colombia, the Netherlands, Chile, Portugal, Sweden, France, Indonesia, Italy, and Greece. (When I brought this up, Martin was quick to note how colonialism has enabled his success: “We’re only able to play in so many countries because people who spoke English did such terrible things all around the world.”)

“Moon Music” was produced by Max Martin, the Swedish hitmaker behind twenty-seven No. 1 singles. Martin described Max Martin’s technique as “a mix of mathematics and fluidity, of real structure and being totally open,” adding, with a kind of proud certainty, “He’s our producer now.” Martin also confirmed that Coldplay will make two more albums and then stop recording, though the band will continue to tour. “Yesterday, I went to see the L.A. Philharmonic. All those songs were released two hundred years ago,” he said. “It still felt extremely vibrant. So perhaps there’s a point where new material is not essential to make an amazing show.”

Martin, like many successful songwriters, explains the work as a kind of divine channelling: a song appears and he receives it. “If you’re lucky enough to have the space to let the music talk to you, and through you, then you can relax a bit,” he told me. “I’m just sort of doing what I’m told, the way an apple tree grows apples.” He said that establishing the Coldplay catalogue as finite has been liberating for the band: “By knowing there’s an end point, nobody is phoning it in. We only have two more chances. And most of the songs already exist, in a skeletal form.” I asked if that last day in the studio might be sad for him—a final take, the feeling of knowing that something is over. I find ending things so excruciating, I told him, I’d often rather just go down with the ship. He gave me a sympathetic look. “I think it will feel amazing,” he said.

At some point, Coldplay became—how else do I say it?—motivational. In recent years, it has felt less like a band than like an engine of unrelenting positivity, a high-grade confetti cannon straight to the face. The shift started around 2014, with the release of “Ghost Stories,” which contained little rancor or moodiness, fewer nods to Echo and the Bunnymen, less audible guitar. Coldplay, once skewered by critics for being too plaintive and self-pitying, was now broadcasting the opposite message: everything is magic. It reminded me, in some circuitous way, of “Attitude,” the punk band Bad Brains’ one-minute opus from 1982, in which the vocalist H.R. barks, “Hey, we got that P.M.A.!”—a reference to “positive mental attitude,” a phrase coined in 1937 by the author and probable con man Napoleon Hill. He was peddling a notion that we today refer to as manifestation: “Anything the human mind can believe, the human mind can achieve.” But Bad Brains still had fury, bite, edge. For whatever reason, Coldplay had willfully neutralized itself.

In Malibu, when I needled Martin about that change—what happened, exactly, to the yearning and discord of “Parachutes” or “A Rush of Blood to the Head,” the band’s first two releases?—he attributed it both to a burgeoning interest in Rumi, the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic, and to his experience working with the visionary electronic musician Brian Eno, who produced “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends,” Coldplay’s fourth album. Martin said that Eno’s purity and sense of wonder had helped him “completely abandon the concept of trying to be cool. He came in with the enthusiasm of a nine-year-old for everything.” Mostly, though, Martin sees the change as incremental, organic. “It’s not like it was black-and-white, and then became color,” he said. “The first song on the first album is called ‘Don’t Panic.’ There’s also a song called ‘Everything’s Not Lost,’ which is exactly the same message that we’re singing now. Just sung by a slightly less experienced, more insecure, younger person.”

Though he likely wouldn’t frame it this way, Martin appears motivated by a kind of vocational mandate. He occupies a rarefied position, insofar as it’s actually possible for him to make the world a little less fractured, for a couple of hours, seventy-five thousand people at a time. This requires obliterating his ego, and accepting that a lot of people will find what he’s doing—bouncing around a stage covered with rainbows, singing lines such as “In the end it’s just love,” as he does on “One World,” which closes “Moon Music”—unbearably corny. In a way, the messaging has to be flat to translate so widely. On “Clocks,” a lush and tumbling track from “A Rush of Blood to the Head,” Martin sings about grappling with his own fallibility and bafflement, of trying his best to be of service in the world: “Am I part of the cure, or am I part of the disease?” His voice swoons, flutters, dissipates. “You are,” he answers. It’s a strange lyric, but I’ve always appreciated its strangeness: cure, disease, good, bad, hurtful, benevolent. You are.

These days, Martin describes the band’s message as “No one is more or less special than anyone else.” He went on, “The reason I’m able to say that is because we’re one of the few groups of people who get to actually see it. We travel everywhere. What Ryszard Kapuściński would call ‘the Other’ is not real.” I asked him what it felt like to stand onstage in, say, Kuala Lumpur, or Helsinki, or Tokyo, and hear the crowd bellowing his lyrics back to him, to one another, to themselves, to the air. “It feels like the answer,” he said. “It feels like: This is where humans actually work. It has nothing to do with us as a band. There are points where, hopefully, nothing exists except ‘We’re all just singing this together.’ ”

Ultimately, Martin hopes that by providing solace, and a place to unify, Coldplay can actualize some change in the world. I thought this sounded idealistic, even quixotic, until I considered all the ways in which I had been made better by songs. “If you’re able to live as yourself and understand who you are, whatever that might mean in terms of your gender or sexuality or what you like to eat or where you like to live or whether you like table tennis or riding donkeys . . . if you’re allowed to be yourself, would the world be as aggressive as it is?” Martin asked. “My feeling is no, I don’t think it would. I think much of the violence and conflict comes from repression, suppression, unreleased damage.”

Eventually, the air started to cool. Martin brought me a sweatshirt. Our conversation wound toward more existential matters: people we’d lost, what it meant, what it didn’t mean. “Death is in our songs a lot,” Martin said. “Maybe as a way of encouraging living. And also faith—the idea that, well, it’s O.K. It’s all O.K., isn’t it? I’m sure that’s crossed your mind.” The sun was beginning to ease into the Pacific. We sat for a moment in the hazy yellow pre-dusk. The air was parched, salty, soft. “Everything is perfect, of course,” Martin said. “Everything’s as it’s supposed to be.”

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London Culture🇬🇧

Music🎤

The Royal Albert Hall hosts concerts and musical events, including The Proms which are held every summer, as well as cinema screenings of films accompanied with live orchestral music.

London is one of the major classical and popular music capitals of the world and hosts major music corporations, such as Universal Music Group International and Warner Music Group, and countless bands, musicians and industry professionals. The city is also home to many orchestras and concert halls, such as the Barbican Arts Centre (principal base of the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Chorus), the Southbank Centre (London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra), Cadogan Hall (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) and the Royal Albert Hall (The Proms). The Proms, an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music first held in 1895, ends with the Last Night of the Proms. London's two main opera houses are the Royal Opera House and the London Coliseum (home to the English National Opera). The UK's largest pipe organ is at the Royal Albert Hall. Other significant instruments are in cathedrals and major churches—the church bells of St Clement Danes feature in the 1744 nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons". Several conservatoires are within the city: Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban. The record label EMI was formed in the city in 1931, and an early employee for the company, Alan Blumlein, created stereo sound that year.

Abbey Road Studios in Abbey Road

London has numerous venues for rock and pop concerts, including the world's busiest indoor venue, the O2 Arena, and Wembley Arena, as well as many mid-sized venues, such as Brixton Academy, the Hammersmith Apollo and the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Several music festivals, including the Wireless Festival, Lovebox and Hyde Park's British Summer Time, are held in London.

The city is home to the original Hard Rock Cafe and the Abbey Road Studios, where the Beatles recorded many of their hits. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, musicians and groups like Elton John, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, Queen, Eric Clapton, the Who, Cliff Richard, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, T. Rex, the Police, Elvis Costello, Dire Straits, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac, the Cure, Madness, Culture Club, Dusty Springfield, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, Status Quo and Sade, derived their sound from the streets and rhythms of London.

London was instrumental in the development of punk music, with figures such as the Sex Pistols, the Clash and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood all based in the city. Other artists to emerge from the London music scene include George Michael, Kate Bush, Seal, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bush, the Spice Girls, Jamiroquai, Blur, the Prodigy, Gorillaz, Mumford & Sons, Coldplay, Dido, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Leona Lewis, Ellie Goulding, Dua Lipa and Florence and the Machine. Artists from London played a prominent role in the development of synth-pop, including Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, the Pet Shop Boys and Eurythmics; the latter's "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" was recorded in the attic of their north London home, heralding a trend for home recording methods. Artists from London with a Caribbean influence include Hot Chocolate, Billy Ocean, Soul II Soul and Eddy Grant, with the latter fusing reggae, soul and samba with rock and pop. London is also a centre for urban music. In particular the genres UK garage, drum and bass, dubstep and grime evolved in the city from the foreign genres of house, hip hop, and reggae, alongside local drum and bass. Music station BBC Radio 1Xtra was set up to support the rise of local urban contemporary music both in London and in the rest of the United Kingdom. The British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards, the Brit Awards, are held in London.

Leisure and entertainment🛍️

Leisure is a major part of the London economy. A 2003 report attributed a quarter of the entire UK leisure economy to London at 25.6 events per 1000 people. The city is one of the four fashion capitals of the world, and, according to official statistics, is the world's third-busiest film production centre, presents more live comedy than any other city, and has the biggest theatre audience of any city in the world.

Within the City of Westminster in London, the entertainment district of the West End has its focus around Leicester Square, where London and world film premieres are held, and Piccadilly Circus, with its giant electronic advertisements. London's theatre district is here, as are many cinemas, bars, clubs, and restaurants, including the city's Chinatown district (in Soho), and just to the east is Covent Garden, an area housing speciality shops. The city is the home of Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose musicals have dominated West End theatre since the late 20th century. Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, the world's longest-running play, has been performed in the West End since 1952. The Laurence Olivier Awards–named after Laurence Olivier–are given annually by the Society of London Theatre. The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Royal Opera, and English National Opera are based in London and perform at the Royal Opera House, the London Coliseum, Sadler's Wells Theatre, and the Royal Albert Hall, as well as touring the country.

Islington's 1 mile (1.6 km) long Upper Street, extending northwards from Angel, has more bars and restaurants than any other street in the UK. Europe's busiest shopping area is Oxford Street, a shopping street nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) long, making it the longest shopping street in the UK. It is home to vast numbers of retailers and department stores, including Selfridges flagship store. Knightsbridge, home to the equally renowned Harrods department store, lies to the south-west. Opened in 1760 with its flagship store on Regent Street since 1881, Hamleys is the oldest toy store in the world. Madame Tussauds wax museum opened in Baker Street in 1835, an era viewed as being when London's tourism industry began.

London is home to designers John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Manolo Blahnik, and Jimmy Choo, among others; its renowned art and fashion schools make it one of the four international centres of fashion. Mary Quant designed the miniskirt in her King's Road boutique in Swinging Sixties London. London offers a great variety of cuisine as a result of its ethnically diverse population. Gastronomic centres include the Bangladeshi restaurants of Brick Lane and the Chinese restaurants of Chinatown. There are Chinese takeaways throughout London, as are Indian restaurants which provide Indian and Anglo-Indian cuisine. Around 1860, the first fish and chips shop in London was opened by Joseph Malin, a Jewish immigrant, in Bow. The full English breakfast dates from the Victorian era, and many cafes in London serve a full English breakfast throughout the day. London has five 3-Michelin star restaurants, including Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea. Many hotels in London provide a traditional afternoon tea service, such as the Oscar Wilde Lounge at the Hotel Café Royal in Piccadilly, and a themed tea service is also available, for example an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon tea served at the Egerton House Hotel, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory themed afternoon tea at One Aldwych in Covent Garden. The nation's most popular biscuit to dunk in tea, chocolate digestives have been manufactured by McVitie's at their Harlesden factory in north-west London since 1925.

There is a variety of annual events, beginning with the relatively new New Year's Day Parade, a fireworks display at the London Eye; the world's second largest street party, the Notting Hill Carnival, is held on the late August Bank Holiday each year. Traditional parades include November's Lord Mayor's Show, a centuries-old event celebrating the annual appointment of a new Lord Mayor of the City of London with a procession along the streets of the city, and June's Trooping the Colour, a formal military pageant performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and British armies to celebrate the King's Official Birthday. The Boishakhi Mela is a Bengali New Year festival celebrated by the British Bangladeshi community. It is the largest open-air Asian festival in Europe. After the Notting Hill Carnival, it is the second-largest street festival in the United Kingdom attracting over 80,000 visitors. First held in 1862, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (run by the Royal Horticultural Society) takes place in May every year.

LGBT scene🏳️‍🌈

The first gay bar in London in the modern sense was The Cave of the Golden Calf, established as a night club in an underground location at 9 Heddon Street, just off Regent Street, in 1912 and "which developed a reputation for sexual freedom and tolerance of same-sex relations."

While London has been an LGBT tourism destination, after homosexuality was decriminalised in England in 1967 gay bar culture became more visible, and from the early 1970s Soho (and in particular Old Compton Street) became the centre of the London LGBT community. G-A-Y, previously based at the Astoria, and now Heaven, is a long-running night club.

Wider British cultural movements have influenced LGBT culture: for example, the emergence of glam rock in the UK in the early 1970s, via Marc Bolan and David Bowie, saw a generation of teenagers begin playing with the idea of androgyny, and the West End musical The Rocky Horror Show, which debuted in London in 1973, is also widely said to have been an influence on countercultural and sexual liberation movements. The Blitz Kids (which included Boy George) frequented the Tuesday club-night at Blitz in Covent Garden, helping launch the New Romantic subcultural movement in the late 1970s. Today, the annual London Pride Parade and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival are held in the city.

Literature, film and television🎥

London has been the setting for many works of literature. The pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer's late 14th-century Canterbury Tales set out for Canterbury from London. William Shakespeare spent a large part of his life living and working in London; his contemporary Ben Jonson was also based there, and some of his work, most notably his play The Alchemist, was set in the city. A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) by Daniel Defoe is a fictionalisation of the events of the 1665 Great Plague.

The literary centres of London have traditionally been hilly Hampstead and (since the early 20th century) Bloomsbury. Writers closely associated with the city are the diarist Samuel Pepys, noted for his eyewitness account of the Great Fire; Charles Dickens, whose representation of a foggy, snowy, grimy London of street sweepers and pickpockets has influenced people's vision of early Victorian London; and Virginia Woolf, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the 20th century. Later important depictions of London from the 19th and early 20th centuries are Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Robert Louis Stevenson mixed in London literary circles, and in 1886 he wrote the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a gothic novella set in Victorian London. In 1898, H. G. Wells' sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds sees London (and the south of England) invaded by Martians. Letitia Elizabeth Landon wrote Calendar of the London Seasons in 1834. Modern writers influenced by the city include Peter Ackroyd, author of a "biography" of London, and Iain Sinclair, who writes in the genre of psychogeography. In the 1940s, George Orwell wrote essays in the London Evening Standard, most notably "A Nice Cup of Tea" (method for making tea) and "The Moon Under Water" (an ideal pub). The WWII evacuation of children from London is depicted in C. S. Lewis' first Narnia book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950). On Christmas Eve 1925, Winnie-the-Pooh debuted in London's Evening News, with the character based on a stuffed toy A. A. Milne bought for his son Christopher Robin in Harrods. In 1958, author Michael Bond created Paddington Bear, a refugee found in London Paddington station. A screen adaptation, Paddington (2014), features the calypso song "London is the Place for Me".

London has played a significant role in the film industry. Major studios within or bordering London include Pinewood, Elstree, Ealing, Shepperton, Twickenham, and Leavesden, with the James Bond and Harry Potter series among many notable films produced here. Working Title Films has its headquarters in London. A post-production community is centred in Soho, and London houses six of the world's largest visual effects companies, such as Framestore. The Imaginarium, a digital performance-capture studio, was founded by Andy Serkis. London has been the setting for films including Oliver Twist (1948), Scrooge (1951), Peter Pan (1953), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), Mary Poppins (1964), Blowup (1966), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Long Good Friday (1980), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Notting Hill (1999), Love Actually (2003), V for Vendetta (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2008) and The King's Speech (2010). Notable actors and filmmakers from London include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Caine, Julie Andrews, Peter Sellers, David Lean, Julie Christie, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson, Guy Ritchie, Christopher Nolan, Alan Rickman, Jude Law, Helena Bonham Carter, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Daniel Radcliffe, Keira Knightley, Daniel Kaluuya and Daniel Day-Lewis. Post-war Ealing comedies featured Alec Guinness, from the 1950s Hammer Horrors starred Christopher Lee, films by Michael Powell included the London-set early slasher Peeping Tom (1960), the 1970s comedy troupe Monty Python had film editing suites in Covent Garden, while since the 1990s Richard Curtis's rom-coms have featured Hugh Grant. The largest cinema chain in the country, Odeon Cinemas was founded in London in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch. The British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have been held in London since 1949, with the BAFTA Fellowship the Academy's highest accolade. Founded in 1957, the BFI London Film Festival takes place over two weeks every October.

London is a major centre for television production, with studios including Television Centre, ITV Studios, Sky Campus and Fountain Studios; the latter hosted the original talent shows, Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent, before each format was exported around the world. Formerly a franchise of ITV, Thames Television featured comedians such as Benny Hill and Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean was first screened by Thames), while Talkback produced Da Ali G Show which featured Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G. Many television shows have been set in London, including the popular television soap opera EastEnders.

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Hi! :) first of all: your blog it's the BEST about the lovely mr. Goode! the photos, gifs, the way you talk about him... btw, I get so upset with how many people despise this man's sincerity, misdjuding him as "arrogant" or worse, it's ridiculous! but anyway, I have a question about him, I don't know if you'll have this information but: what is Matthew's music taste? if I could guess I'd say he's into some indie rock... what do you think?

Hi @witch-queen-of-new-orleans and thank you for that - so kind of you.  I must be in a protective bubble coz I never see those comments about Matthew.  If I did I’d just ignore them anyway.

Now - to your question.  I’ll answer this one publicly coz others might be interested.   All I can do is piece together some of the comments from Matthew and other people to help us get an idea of the music he likes.  I’ll add in some screenshots of tweets, etc. so you know this isn’t just my imagination working overtime!  Not a great deal of info’ but here it is anyway....

I posted a little thing yesterday for you to give you a clue.  Matthew’s parents met at a folk club and we know he likes that.  Folk music is different in every country but the club they went to put on English folk music acts - and to be honest it is so wide a range you can’t pin it down to one genre.  

Years ago Matthew told an interviewer that he liked Coldplay (seriously? ) but that was because his brother is friends with some of them.  I usually take screenshots so I don’t forget where bits of info about Matthew come from and when but god knows where I filed that one!  I probably wanted to forget it!!! [Apologies to Coldplay fans]

We know from an interview Matthew did to promote Burning Man that music is very important to him to help him relax and switch off from the noise of the set. He mentioned Mumford and Sons as his choice at the time.  My link to that interview is dead but @matthewgoodeitalia posted something on this one a few months ago so I’ll find it and reblog that again for you in a while. 

Deborah Harkness tweeted an answer to a question about music on set and said that both Matthew and Teresa were really into London Grammar.

Edward Bluemel said this in a ADOW tv twitter Q & A that when they were filming the ‘Christ Marcus’ scenes in the Tesla - 

Lastly - Matthew says that he used to play in a ‘garage’ band - WHAT - I mean WHAT???   No info’ whether he played an instrument or sang but OMG I really want to hear some what they played.  Scan found by @amity006 - 

So my takeaway from all of this is that Matthew obviously has a wide range of music he likes.  So clear as mud.  But hope it helps.  

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Songs for Halloween Parties

Halloween parties offer the most wide open subject possibilities of any type of celebration. Halloween is the one day of the year that lets you be any living thing or dead thing, any occupation, any human or non-human and any personality type. You can be a cartoon character if you like. Since Halloween can go hundreds of different directions, the playlist will likely be a diverse list of novelty songs. The Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett Rock Lobster by The B-52's Creep by Radiohead Everyday Is Halloween by Ministry Space Oddity by David Bowie Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo It's the End of the World As We Know it (and I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. Planet Claire by The B-52's Mad World - Tears For Fears Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers Wicked Game by Chris Isaak Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack by Andrew Lloyd Weber Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon Black Celebration by Depeche Mode Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles Walking On The Moon by The Police The Fly by U2 Lola by The Kinks Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by The Hollies I Wanna Be a Cowboy by Boy Meets Girl 2000 Light Years From Home by The Rolling Stones The Munsters TV Theme Not Afraid by Eminem Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down Enter Sandman by Metallica Superstition by Stevie Wonder People Are Strange by The Doors Evil Ways by Santana 1999 by Prince Revolution 9 by The Beatles Twilight Zone TV Theme Hotel California by The Eagles Season of the Witch by Donovan Psycho Killer by Talking Heads The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band Highway to Hell by AC/DC Devil Inside by INXS Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran Thriller by Michael Jackson Super Freak by Rick James Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. Le Freak by Chic Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang Girlfriend in a Coma by The Smiths Dark Lady by Cher Scary Monsters by David Bowie Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival Devil Woman by Cliff Richard Riders On The Storm by The Doors Runnin' With the Devil by Van Halen Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones Crocodile Rock by Elton John Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Time Warp from Rocky Horror Soundtrack Rapture by Blondie She Said She Said by The Beatles Wanted Dead or Alive by Jon Bon Jovi Out of Limits by The Marketts Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell Bad Girls by Donna Summer Black Magic Woman by Santana Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper Boris the Spider by The Who Jungle Boogie by Kool & The Gang Roxanne by The Police Back in Black by AC/DC Addams Family TV Theme The Blob by The Five Blobs Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller Band Mama Told Me Not to Come by Three Dog Night Witchy Woman by The Eagles Speed Racer TV Theme Let's Go Crazy by Prince King Tut by Steve Martin Another One Bites the Dust by Queen Erotic City by Prince White Wedding by Billy Idol Hells Bells by AC/DC Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult Tarzan Boy by Baltimore Rocket Man by Elton John Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney & Wings Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera Copacabana by Barry Manilow Black Cat by Janet Jackson You Dropped a Bomb on Me by Gap Band Zoo Station by U2 My City Was Gone by The Pretenders Eye of the Tiger by Survivor 99 Red Balloons by Nena Spirits in the Material World by The Police Monster by Fred Schneider Union of the Snake by Duran Duran They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha by Napoleon XIV Rebel Rebel by David Bowie State of Shock by The Jacksons Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles Freakazoid by Midnight Star Low Rider by War Church of the Poison Mind by Culture Club Rebel Yell by Billy Idol Valley Girl by Frank Zappa E.T. by Katy Perry and Kanye West We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions by Queen All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix Strange Magic by Electric Light Orchestra Burning Down the House by Talking Heads Der Komissar by After The Fire Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive by Men at Work Taxman by The Beatles Monsters and Angels by Voice of the Beehive Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers 2001: A Space Odyssey (Also Sprach Zarathustra) by Deodato Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC You Are a Tourist by Death Cab for Cutie The Joker by Steve Miller Band Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes Head Like a Hole by Nine Inch Nails Jerry Was a Race Car Driver by Primus Clap For the Wolfman by The Guess Who Fear of the Unknown by Siouxsie & The Banshees I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls Centerfold by J. Geils Band Black Velvet by Alannah Myles Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, also The English Beat You Be Illin' by Run DMC Criminal by Fiona Apple Shout At The Devil by Motley Crue Weird Science by Oingo Boingo Swing The Mood by Jive Bunny and the Mix Masters Wild Thing by Tone Loc Whip It by Devo Planet Claire by The B-52's Legend of Wooley Swamp by Charlie Daniels Band Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley The Freaks Come Out at Night by Houdini The Road To Hell by Chris Rea Billionaire by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars Devil With a Blue Dress by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield Space Cowboy by Steve Miller Band Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash, also Social Distortion Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was) Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace N.W.O. by Ministry Paranomia by Art of Noise Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants If I Only Had a Brain by Lee Marvin from The Wizard of Oz Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini Orchestra Smuggler's Blues by Glenn Frey She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby Runnin' Down a Dream by Tom Petty Axel F by Crazy Frog (You've Got to) Fight For Your Right (To Party) by Beastie Boys In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans Major Tom by Peter Schilling Man On The Moon by R.E.M. Happy Days Theme by Pratt & McClain Send Me an Angel by Real Life Convoy by C.W. McCall Particle Man by They Might Be Giants Pinball Wizard by The Who Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown It's a Mistake by Men At Work Synchronicity II by The Police Mr. Roboto by Styx Wipeout by Surfaris Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra King of Pain by The Police Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody by David Lee Roth Twilight Zone by Golden Earring Rockin' Robin by Michael Jackson Spooky by Classics IV Jungle Love by The Time A View To a Kill by Duran Duran Rain on the Scarecrow by John Mellencamp Love Potion #9 by The Searchers Cult of Personality by Living Colour The Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr. Authority Song by John Mellencamp Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog The Bird by The Time Lil' Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs Canary in a Coalmine by The Police Octopus's Garden by The Beatles Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles Puttin' On The Ritz by Taco Livin' La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin The Streak by Ray Stevens Bat Dance by Prince Theme from Greatest American Hero by Joey Scarbury Fame by David Bowie Eye In The Sky by Alan Parsons Project Devil in Disguise by Elvis Presley Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion Deadman's Curve by Jan & Dean Creature from the Black Lagoon by Dave Edmunds Zombie by The Cranberries The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen Haunted House by Jumpin’ Gene Simmons It's Halloween by The Shaggs Dragula by Rob Zombie Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone I Was A Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps Eye of the Zombie by John Fogerty Halloween by Misfits Pet Sematary by The Ramones Horror Movie by Skyhooks The Raven by Alan Parsons Project Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Robert Cray Hypnotized by Fleetwood Mac The Scientist by Coldplay Run For Your Life by The Beatles Dig My Grave by They Might Be Giants Waltz in Black by The Stranglers I Put a Spell on You by Screamin Jay Hawkins, Creedence Clearwater Revival Ghost Riders in the Sky by The Outlaws, Johnny Cash Ghost of Tom Joad by Rage Against the Machine, Bruce Springsteen Dead Souls by Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails Swamp Witch by Jim Stafford I'm a Goner by Matt and Kim w/ Soulja Boy & Andrew W.K. Mekong Delta - Night on a Bare Mountain Nightmare by Brainbug In the Hall of the Mountain King by Sounds Incorporated One Piece at a Time by Johnny Cash Tequila by The Champs I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night by The Electric Prunes Nasty by Janet Jackson No More Mr. Nice Guy by Alice Cooper Backstabbers by The O'Jays Pets by Porno For Pyros Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man by Concrete Blonde Dr. Tarr & Professor Feather by Alan Parsons Project To Live and Die in LA by Wang Chung Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo, also Camper Van Beethoven Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves by Cher Land of Confusion by Genesis I Fought The Law by Bobby Fuller Four Naughty Girls by Samantha Fox Jimmy Olson's Blues by Spin Doctors Nightmares by Violent Femmes I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie 42 by Coldplay Haunted House of the Century by Tangent Sunset The Warrior by Scandal Pacman Fever by Buckner & Garcia Planet Earth by Duran Duran Skeleton River by Tangent Sunset Junk Food Junkie by Larry Groce Everything Is Broken by Bob Dylan The Gambler by Kenny Rogers Shark Attack by Wailing Souls Season of the Witch by Joan Jett Superman's Song by Crash Test Dummies Brain Damage by Pink Floyd Paranoid by Black Sabbath He's a Vampire by Archie King Mad Scientist by The Zanies

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Introducing...

SVTIL.

Announcing themselves with their first ever single release, Spanish three-piece SVTIL have been gathering momentum after playing shows across Europe and beyond. They’re releasing ‘Raised By The Moon,’ an enigmatic grunge-pop record that is hosted by Manchester-based label Incantation.

A band of women releasing on a label managed and directed by women, this is a refreshing new force of sisterhood that is needed perhaps now more than ever. Hailing from Spain, Paula (Vocals, Guitar), Nerea (Bass) and Cris (Drums) have toured their distinctive sound through Barcelona, Valencia, Tarragona and London, and now they’re flexing their collective studio muscle as they gear up for their first single release.

‘Raised By The Moon’s atmospheric sound features intricately textured guitar work, a growling bassline, solid-as-a-rock drumming and infectious vocals that delve in and out of Spanish and English.

We had a chat with the band about their beginnings, creative process, influences and more. Read the Q&A below.

What brought the three of you together and make you want to begin this musical project?

"Paula and I, Nerea, met when we were eleven at basketball practice when we were little. We started playing together at 19 both liking similar music and wanting to create our own. We found our sound organically, not knowing music theory and never playing covers, in the midst of all that “Raised By The Moon” was created. A song that finally embodied our sound and pave the path for what SVTIL would become.

"The summer of 2019 we played at a tribute of Woodstock Festival where we met Cris and hit it off instantly. Months later decided to try and play together, it felt natural for all of us for her to be part of the band and become the three-piece we are now."

Who/what has the biggest influence on your music?

"SVTIL is made of different musical backgrounds that somehow make sense. With a ligthness, atmospheric but rowdy guitar sound complemented by a glommy yet dynamic bass that form the perfect blend to rely on restless and persuasive drums.

"We want the listener to sorrow in happiness, to give them that melancholy release only music can give you.

“Think about a bass with the moodiness of Warpaint, drums with the fierceness of Muse then mix it up with the brightness of a Two Door Cinema Club guitar, what you'll hear is the sound of SVTIL.

"Bands that also inpires us are Wolf Alice, Alt J,Haim, Coldplay, Nothing But Thieves."

You've just released your debut single 'Raised by the Moon'. What inspired the song?

"This song is about dreams, the one's you keep to youself and only voice out loud alone at night. It plays with the fear that people will dismiss them and the rage you feel when something that important to you gets treated like a joke.

"The moon is a huge inspiration for us, so we used it as a way to represent our dreams, believing even if we don't see it, they have a huge impact on our lives and deep down know our dreams will come true.

"Also night time is where a huge part of our lyrics are written if not all of them, so is a safe space where only the writer, the moon and their feelings are present with no one there to judge."

What's your creative process like?

"Our main writing process is Paula and Nerea create the instrumental parts together and then show it to Cris.

"Another way of the making is Paula or Nerea will send each other riffs, ideas they record when they are not together and then create the song from there.

"Nerea writes the lyrics, sends them to Paula and she'll create a voice or guitar melody,  then create the song together from scratch.

"With the addition of Cris who also writes some lyrics. She's made playlists to fit the mood a song could achieve, inspiration for riffs or song arrangements, a never stopping flow of ideas for when we are stuck.

"Our goal now is to start making music together but that's a method we are trying to achieve on rehearsal."

‘Raised By the Moon’ is out now.

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‘Getting ready to rock - and why we still love a festival, 50 years after Woodstock’.

A potted history of the Music Festival, written for the Superstock Image Library.

Peace and Love, man. And believe it or not, Mozart.

In 18th Century England, the cathedrals would fill with the festival-goers of the day, keen to hear the sublime music of Mozart, Beethoven and Rossini. These gatherings were some of the first music festivals in existence.

The word ‘festival’ itself was first recorded in the English language in the middle of the 16th century. It derives from the word ‘feast’, celebrating the harvest.

Before that, in ancient Greece, they used to hold The Pythian Games, a festival of culture in which art, dance and music were performed, pre-dating the sporting aspects of the games.

Of course 1969’s Woodstock Festival is probably the most famous festival of all and the one that expanded 1967’s Summer of Love experience to really put festivals on the map.

In Bethel, upstate New York between 15 and 18 August 1969, 500,000 hippies sprawled out watching performances by, amongst others Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead and The Who.

The myth persists that it was all ‘peace and love’ and spaced out bliss for those that were there. The reality, particularly for the bands was somewhat different. The Who’s singer, Roger Daltrey recalled “We were due on in the evening but by four the next morning we were still hanging around backstage in a muddy field waiting. And waiting some more.” 

This really goes against the grain of the legend of Woodstock, especially when Daltrey goes on to say “Three days of peace and love? Do me a favor. It was crazy even before we arrived. Pete (Townshend) spent several hours in the traffic jams. Other artists didn’t make it at all. The whole place was chaos.”

A few months later on Saturday 6 December of the same year a free concert at Altamont Speedway Race Track was held, featuring bands such as Crosby Stills, Nash and Young, Jefferson Airplane and The Rolling Stones. Thrown together and badly organised, The Grateful Dead declined to play in the end because the atmosphere at the festival was turning increasingly ugly as the day wore on.

When The Stones finally went on stage as the headline act, the Hell’s Angels, who had incomprehensibly been drafted in as security were in fact causing most of the trouble. A melee broke out during The Stones’ performance of ‘Under my Thumb’ resulting in the death of 18 year old Meredith Hunter at the hands of one of the Hell’s Angels.

This concert really signified the end of the Sixties, and the idealism of the hippies was stripped away to reveal the ugly side of the counterculture that now existed underneath.

It’s interesting that the perceived carefree legacy of Woodstock, as well as some of its late 60’s fashion has informed the look and feel of subsequent festivals; and still does to this day judging by the flowers in the hair, the face painting and the skimpy fashions at this year’s Glastonbury festival.

Perhaps Woodstock marked the moment that ‘counterculture’ really entered the mainstream and started to become commoditised. It’s no surprise that things have moved on considerably since 1969 and these days there is an explosion of festivals every summer, in the US, the UK and across Europe.

Woodstock wasn’t America’s first festival though. One of the first was the Newport Jazz Festival, that took place in Rhode Island in 1954 in front of 11,000 people, who had flocked to see legends such as Billie Holiday, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie perform.

And over in the UK, there was The Reading Festival, which is the world's oldest popular music festival still in existence. Starting in 1961 and still going strong today, it has always embraced all genres of new music and therefore stayed relevant to the music fans who attend. Notable bands who have performed there over the decades include Long John Baldry, Georgie Fame, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, Cream, The Jam, The Police, The Cure, Iggy Pop, AC/DC, Blur, Pulp, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Eminem, Nirvana… and countless more.

Not long afterwards, in 1967, as the Sixties ‘happened’ in America, its youth embraced the ideas of peace, love, counterculture, and escaping from the rigid conventionalism of their parents’ generation. To prove it they embraced the Monterey International Pop Festival, witnessing the famous moment in Jimi Hendrix’s slot where he sets his guitar on fire. It was also where Janis Joplin really arrived on the music scene as a force to be reckoned with and where The Who launched themselves to conquer the US market. This is where ‘The Summer of Love’ officially started.

Meanwhile in the UK, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Supertramp, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, Chicago, Procol Harum and of course Jimi Hendrix and The Who played to over 600,000 people on a small island off the south coast of England. The year was 1968 and The Isle of White Festival was born.

Some of the biggest bands in the world have played Isle of White since the early 2,000’s including The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, Kasabian, Amy Winehouse, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, Muse, The Strokes, Coldplay, The Sex Pistols, Fleetwood Mac, The Police and Blondie.

And of course there’s Glastonbury, possibly biggest current festival in the world. It came into being on 19 September 1970. Sadly, Jimi Hendrix never had the opportunity to perform there, as the day before the inaugural event, he died in his London Apartment.

Founded on the ethos of the hippie counterculture, the Glastonbury festival site still has areas called Green Futures, The Wood and Healing Fields and includes dance, crafts, poetry and spirituality alongside its cutting edge music. Nowadays the festival has hundreds of thousands of fans attending each year and it has become huge business, with the event even offering cash point machines, deluxe tent accommodation and high class catering.

The popularity of music festivals spread throughout the world in the 70’s and massive events started to pop up everywhere, from South America to South Africa. The counterculture vibe that started in the 60’s continued to be felt over next two decades as different subgenres of rock were born – from punk to metal and beyond.

The Burning Man Festival, which takes place annually on the bed of an empty lake in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, was founded in 1986 by San Francisco artist Larry Harvey. His idea was to get a small group of people together on the Summer Solstice and burn an 8-foot wooden effigy of a man.

Burning Man is really an experiment in temporary community – something that extends the original hippie ideal and brings it bang up to date. Its counterculture roots also show themselves with its anti-consumerism stance and interest in self-expression. There is a sense of ‘anything goes’ at Burning Man with activities like performance art, using light or fire, nude body painting and the creation of ‘mutant vehicles’ which to mind the action sequences in the original Mad Max movies.

In neighbouring California, The Coachella Festival launched in the 90s, on the back of a concert by Pearl Jam. Like other music festivals, it includes art installations and sculptures, along with Rock, Pop, Hip Hop and Electronic Dance Music. In 1999, 10,000 people came to see Beck, Jurassic 5 and Rage Against the Machine perform. Today the festival has around 75,000 visitors and has featured some landmark moments like Daft Punk’s revolutionary LED-lit pyramid and Tupac’s posthumous performance via hologram.

We should also mention ‘Acid House’ music and the rave culture that spread first across the UK in the late 80’s and then across Europe and back to the US, on the back of the ‘House Music’ scene that came out of Chicago a couple of years earlier. Epitomised by the yellow smiley face graphic, House music encouraged both community and freedom of expression through dance. Alongside the clubbing, blissed-out groups of ravers, fuelled by the drug of the day, Ecstasy began to meet inside large warehouses and at massive outdoor events in fields, to dance through the night, in what became known as The Second Summer of Love.

Today’s music festivals are almost like mini corporations encompassing everything from retail to tourism and fine dining. But they allow us experiences. A study by ticketing agency Eventbrite revealed that Millennials value experience over ownership: 78% would rather pay for an experience than for material goods, compared with 59% of boomers (born 1946–1964).

Festivals may have lost some of their counterculture credentials - but they are still incredibly popular events in the social calendar and as human beings, we all embrace the idea of community and coming together and experiencing things collectively. Particularly when it’s accompanied by great live music.

[laciefuyu]

I was tagged by

@his-dark-memerials

Thanks Rachel!

Nickname(s): Lacie, Lace, Bels

Gender : F

Height : 165 cm

Time : 00.34 (GMT +7)

Where I’m from : Jakarta, Indonesia.  It’s quite a busy city. 

Hogwarts’ House : Ravenclaw

Favorite show : Lucifer. BBC Sherlock. Once Upon a Time. House. Good Omens. B99. Gotham.

Favorite animal : Cat

Favorite band/artist : Linkin Park. TVXQ. Wagakki Band. One Ok Rock. Coldplay. Imagine Dragons. Kalafina.  Actually there more those are in the top of my head.

Song that’s stuck my head : Jenny of Oldstones by Florence + The Machine. 

Last movie I saw : Spider Far From Home. (Don’t ask I enjoy some part and down right angry at some part. 

Last thing I googled : New york to London by ships in 1930

Other blogs : I take my multifandom sseriously so one blog only XD

Do I get asks : Rarely. Sometimes I get but not often.  

Why this URL : Love of my life named Lacie Baskerville, so read Pandora Hearts manga peeps and I just love the idea of winter. 

Number of blankets :  1

Followers Following : 430. Definitely because I am a mess of multiple interests. Thanks for sticking dear. 

Average amount of sleep : 5 hours

Lucky number : 9 or 18 

What am I wearing : Simple t-shirt

Dream job : Author.

Dream trips : Japan. Sweden. England. 

Favorite food : Nothing particular but I guess mostly spicy or savory food.

Instruments i play : None. 

Eye color : Brow

Hair color : Currently black mix with burgundy lol

Aesthetic : I dunno tbh

Languages I speak : Indonesia, English, and a bit of japanese 

Most iconic song : Numb or Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park

When I created this account : 2014. Even so I already use tumblr even longer than that, precisely 2012

Best memory : I dunno

Best pun : I don’t have any

Random fact : I am light sleeper and would wake up because my sister alarm and yet they won’t wake up. Basically I am their true alarm

I tag anyone who want to do it XD

[moonrise-sunrise]

Get to know me tag

I was tagged by the lovely @bahpsae <3 lol sorry this took me so long 

Rules: Answer 30 questions then tag 20 blogs you would like to know better

Nickname: Ella (don’t really have one) occasionally Els :/

Gender: Female

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Height: about 157.8 (smol)

Time: 1:17am hAhA 

Birthday: 23 Nov

Favorite Bands: Day6, BTS, Seventeen, lots of rock/alt I’m a loser also this changes alot, PATD!, used to be rlly into emo shit (still love it but less intense lmao), I am kpop trash now, Bastille, Royal Blood?, Coldplay i guess, bit of twentyonepilots, london grammar, Clipping, Twin Atlantic i have a big music taste range if its good I’ll listen (used to be a big 5sos stan but they haven’t released anything in ages :/ still enjoy the music tho)

Favorite Solo Artist: Amy Winehouse maybe idk, Ed sheeran’s first album- just realized i don’t listen to many solo artists lol

Song Stuck In My Head: First time by day6 as i am currently listening to it 

Last Movie I Watched: Spiderman Homecoming SICK MATE, SO CUTE such a cinnamon roll, i want more, love the actors too

Last Show I Watched: love island- the addictive devil of English trash tv

When Did I Create My Blog: i forgot where to find this but i think about 2 and a half years ago? maybe more -maybe less -what is time

What Do I Post: whatever takes my fancy- hence the lack of followers- I’m a mess lmao. atm: mostly kpop, shitposting, shadowhunters and whatever the fuck else idk

Last Thing I Googled: how old is my tumblr

Do You Have Other Blogs: none in use lol tha’ts too difficult 

Do You Get Asks: really occasionally i don’t mind but plz talk to me i’m lonely i have like 1 internet friend thank you btw ;)

Why Did You Choose Your URL: i can never pick a fandom and i didn’t know what i was doing i hate it also everything else was taken

Following: 1,121 -i don’t really unfollow whoops

Followers: just under 400 :) i’m a humble bee and don’t put in a lot of effort, i’m lazy hah (also i’m overestimating)

Favorite Colors: Purple (more bluey tho) indigo i think

Average Hours of Sleep: hahaha i’m a night owl depends if its a weekend or not: ranges from 3.5-12

Lucky Number: 2

Instruments: i’m an untalented piece of shit lol i can play really basic piano but i dance so its okay- i have wished i could play bass guitar for years

What Am I Wearing: jumper, comfy tracksuit trousers 

How Many Blankets I Sleep With: 1 usually

Dream Job: idk what i’m doing with my life- i think i’d like to be some sort of designer tho???

Dream country: Japan really interests me, i also really enjoy Canada but UK is home

Favorite Food: all the chocolate, also sushi i love sushi

Nationality: British

Favorite Song Now: i guess Melted by AKMU vv touching and beautifully written

I’m tagging anyone who sees this pretty much :) idk (well done if you read this i am seriously touched) this is so much random info

idk who to tag, tell me who to tag, or just do it idm, might tag ppl later

[burnhampeaches]

answer all emojis!

🐰 That I sleep with a baby bottle and my mum hides the fact that she has a second mum

💗 Everyone in the whole universe! Everyone gets hugs!

🐹 Rowlet and Piplup. Both of them are my favourite birds (Barn Owl and Penguin) ,and they both have my favourite elements (Earth and Water)

🌠 It would be chaotic, but at least everyone will follow my standards and rules

👀 It involved me, my mum, and my grandpa going to the Himalayas. We were hiking through a village, and then my mum fainted and her face hit the rocky ground causing her to get wounds. And then, I woke up.

☀ Fun to talk with @ohwillchampion, relatable @clodplaye, having the same sense of humour @anirudhiyer19992, kind @coldplayfeels, and we both like drawing @wingsofqurdrel. There are loads more but, I’m just lazy to state it all.

😘 She’s kind, she’s cool, she relates to me on a very high level. She’s brilliant, her sense of humour is always on point, she has a beautiful singing voice. She’s my muse, my love, my best friend that I haven’t met yet. She’s my PJ @clodplaye

💁 Nah man, this world has too much hate. We should just try to help others and be kind. No matter if we will risk our precious lives, kindness must reign alongside hate. Everything will and must be balanced.

🌟 My kindness, my doodling skills, I live healthily (I’m bad at this type of thing)

🐾 I’m scared of swimming and dogs. Not sure if I could overcome those two because it makes me scared stiff.

🎁 Anytime I hear Coldplay or Blur’s music, Doctor Who and/or My Little Pony merchandise, and when people compliment my doodles.

💙 People hate me, are jealous of me, pressure me to do things I don’t wanna do, pressure me to not be myself, and controlling me.

😤 Not really. But if you do piss me off and I shout at you, you’d better say sorry to me.

🐇 Berrychamp fanfics, self insert fanfics, adventures in the Land of Dreams, and stuff like that

🌻 No homophobia, no racism, no sexism, more equality over everything. We need equal rights!

🍓 Kill all the bad people in the world, Befriend all my internet friends, Marry anyone who is willing to live forever with me, Kiss anyone who actually loves me.

✈ London I guess? It’s the heart of the world’s economy. Also lots of concerts and conventions are held here. And not to forget I wanna find 221B Baker Street

☕ Just being alone on a rainy day, with good Wifi connection, sufficient food and water, very cool atmosphere, playing Coldplay and Blur on my phone and/or laptop, snuggled in bed with my toy Barn Owl, Nico and my baby bottle that I sleep with, and nobody disturbing me. Also me not giving a s**t about society.

🌸 INTROVERT ALL THE WAY BABY!

💧 Oh I don’t know. If I’m not mistaken, either at a restaurant with my family, or in bed while watching Live 2012

🎵 Oren Lavie’s Her Morning Elegance, Iron and Wine’s The Trapeze Swinger, Wintergatan’s Marble Machine, Owl City’s Hello Seattle, Alt-J’s Taro

⚡ Flight and invisibility. It’s fun to prank people back after they pranked me. Also, I get to fly without the priciness of plane tickets and no one will suspect me.

💛 The internet is your friend, listen to Coldplay, and penpals still exist.

💚 My cousin. She has the life I wanted. She has lots of friends, she lives in London, she’s been to a concert, she has multiples achievements, and she is more popular than me

🙊 My existence, and that one time I shouted at my classmates that I hated one of the teachers

🌺 Indonesian and English (learning Mandarin in school) I’d love to learn Spanish and French (much to my mum’s friend’s dismay)

🍀 The 11th Doctor. I relate to him so much. He is also funny and clumsy, like me.

☁ It’s basically a dream land where all my internet friends are now my IRL friends, my parents are nicer and not so short tempered, me and the family live in London, occasionally famous people and fictional people come around, and Guy Berryman loves my family’s Indonesian dishes. I have different versions of this for different AUs, but it follows the same path.

💜 I already did one I think? It was helping my parents dry my kittens after their bath

🐬 Barn Owls for me! Other than the fact that I love them, they’re cute, deadly, and silent. They also are active at night, like me.

🍄 Long story short, my old Malay teacher used to mock me and tease me with my classmates until I cry. They keep doing that when I get one of the answers wrong. I still have a grudge upheld for him (my old teacher)

😣 My mum telling me to stop being clumsy and not to get so sensitive. There are times where I wanna go to a psychiatrist with my mum and solve my problems there.

🍪 Same as always, a doctor. I wanna get into gynecology. If I can’t, I don’t mind being an illustrator or a game designer.

🍰 Jelly beans, lollipops, milk candy, and chocolate filled with strawberry yogurt ( Y'know? The Ritter Sport chocolates with the pink packaging?)

🍑 Barn Owls, drawing, selkies, Song of the Sea, Coldplay, When Marnie Was There, etc… (Too lazy to list it all)

💘 I cry and have a panic attack

😪 Life and its bad luck

🙀 Nope, Noes, No way Jose

💥 MARMITE IS YUMMY FOR ME DEAL WITH IT! WANNA FIGHT WITH ME MATE?

☔ Yes, and no. Call me a living oxymoron but, we all have different perspectives, no?

😊 Drawing, listening to Coldplay, and hiding under my blanket in bed

🎤 Belinda Carlisle’s Heaven is a Place on Earth

🐝 My clumsiness and laziness. I can try to fix my laziness, but clumsiness is tricky

🎨 EVERYTHING! From my bestie PJ to Berrychamp. Doodling is in my blood

🐻 Procrastination and depression

🌷 INFP. It suits because the descriptions are on point with me

🐶 If I’d choose between The Doctor, Sherlock, and Castiel, I’d pick The Doctor

👑 The members of Coldplay and Blur. They are just a bunch of friends who met during college and decided to make a rock band (also they changed their band names)

🐴 Opinion on life? Yeah it sucks balls. I really wanna do something about it. But hey, we all can’t get what we want.

🍋 VERY EMOTIONAL. SO EMOTIONAL YOU’LL HATE ME FOR IT

📚 I dunno any quotes but I’ll tell you the titles. Secret Daughter (Shilpi Somaya Gowda), Boywatching (Chloe Bennet), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney)

😔 Draw and listen to music. It sorta does

😌 Just do it for the ones you love. In all honesty, I’m not the type of pick myself up person

🌍 Indonesia

🐧 Quiet, Sensitive, Weird

🐵 Uh, no quote changed me (yet)

💭 Nope, but my mum did

💫 Probably Misha Collins. I don’t have any idea

👻 Not really. They are just a part of myths anyways. Call me non religious if you wish but I’m gonna stand on my own ground

🎀 Casual. Simple yet nice

🎬 Kungfu Hustle, Song of the Sea, When Marnie Was There, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, and lots more…

🍦 Going to Disneyland with my grandparents and aunt

🐼 I would meet all my internet friends. They lit up my life in a way I can’t explain. Believe me, they made me happier than the people I know in real life.

Thank you so much for this Lara! Hope you love it! 😙😘😚

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Take 5 : Jay Blanes

Barcelona-native, 22-year-old Jay Blanes moved to London in July 2019 to become a full-time musician. Passionate about many genres, such as pop, jazz, indie, rock or R&B, Jay recently decided to focus his efforts on commercial indie-folk and is about to start releasing a few singles that will lead to a sound-defining EP later this Summer. The first single is the upbeat Natalie – out now across all download and streaming platforms. We decided to find out more about Jay with a Take 5 ... When did you realise that you wanted to be a music artist? What or who has inspired you ? It is kind of a long story, I guess it usually is. When I was 7, my grandma, who has always been an advocate for music in our family, insisted on me and my mum that I should take piano lessons, and so I did. It was classical music, and the studies where quite demanding, so I did not really enjoy it and I would not practice as I should have. During high school, I almost dropped out of music school. However, I started going to music summer camps and I discovered another way to live music, singing and jamming by the campfire at night.  A few years later, a friend who had a band that I admired convinced me and my (now ex)girlfriend to upload covers to YouTube. But we broke up two years later, so I leaned on music to get over it (I was 17). I decided to get better at recording and editing both music and videos. And the time for college arrived.  During my second year of business school, at an Ed Sheeran concert in Barcelona, I realised my dream was to be in his shoes. And for the first time I started believing I could do it. Ed is probably my biggest inspiration, apart from many other artists such as Damien Rice, Finneas or Coldplay.   Who, living or dead, would you dream of collaborating with? I believe it is a tie between Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli. As I explained before, Ed has had a huge impact in my life and I love his music, so being able to work with him, in any way, would be the dream. Nevertheless, Andrea Bocelli has been in my life for quite a long time too, and he is one of my grandma’s favourite artists. Andrea has found his voice: I don’t know how he does it, but there are only emotions coming out of his mouth, you can feel every line. Also, being able to show that to my grandma and maybe even introducing her to him would make me feel like I owe her a bit less for all the love and support she has always been giving to me. Tell us about your single –'Natalie '-  what is the song about? Natalie is the first single of my next EP, called “Fireworks”, which will be released on June, the 5th! The song came to me while jamming, sitting on a bench at University of Southern California (USC), right before a Songwriting class. I was there last year as an exchange student. Natalie was a journalism student I fell for there. Our first date was magical: we met after I busked at the Santa Monica Pier, walked to its end -where some dancers were performing- and witnessed a beautiful sunset. Then it went dark and saw lightning storms in the horizon, went for dinner in an Asian restaurant, I spilled my glass of water all over me, and then sang her some songs to gather the strength to kiss her. https://youtu.be/qx7j3bSg5bA Unfortunately, our paths weren’t going to the same place: two weeks after our first date, she was going back to her hometown in San Francisco and my flight back to Spain was scheduled for before she would come back to LA. This is why the song seeks to convince her to stay with me, come with me or do whatever is necessary to keep getting to know each other…  The fun fact is she never listened to the song, until now, I guess.  Tell us five things you love about London, and why…… 1 - The city itself: its parks, its beautiful and stunning buildings,… 2 - Its history: the fact that we can walk the same streets Shakespeare, Chaplin, Churchill or Queen Victoria walked… is quite mind-blowing. 3 - London welcomes people from all over the world, it is the most international city I have been to. I have felt like another Londoner. 4 - The support for new artists by the music industry in the UK and London is HUGE… that is the main reason why I came. Furthermore, you guys value music and entertainment in a different and better way than Spaniards do. 5 - English! I have always loved English since I started learning it as a kid. All my heroes, referents and inspirations speak English and being able to speak it everyday is a dream. Furthermore, being able to sing in English without seeing anyone in the audience frown is very freeing. In Spain and Catalonia they want you to sing in Spanish or Catalan unless you’re a huge foreign star. What are you most looking forward to this year?  A severe improvement in the Coronavirus crisis… I do not think there will be a vaccine ready for this year but, at least, I hope we will be way better… On a more personal and selfish note, being able to hug my grandparents, best friends and family… And the release of the EP! It will start defining my sound and it is my best work so far, I really love it! There are a couple upbeat, happy, fun songs and three indie/folk ballads. Read the full article

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Stormzy turns into first UK rapper to headline Glastonbury

http://tinyurl.com/y2f26h96 GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) – Stormzy made historical past as the primary British rapper to headline Glastonbury on Friday, bringing his expertise of black city life to the world’s greatest greenfield music pageant in a efficiency that had the capability crowd leaping. British rapper Stormzy performs the headline slot on the Pyramid stage throughout Glastonbury Competition in Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls The 25-year-old Londoner, whose debut album was launched solely two years in the past, advised the viewers: “That is the best night time of my complete life.” He was joined mid-performance by Coldplay entrance man Chris Martin to duet on “Blinded By Your Grace Pt 1”, and later by fellow English rappers Dave and Fredo, who carried out their hit “Funky Friday” with the headliner. Subsequent got here Stormzy’s personal primary report, “Vossi Bop”, the title of a viral dance transfer. Drenched in sweat, Stormzy completed by “taking it to church” with “Blinded By Your Grace Pt 2”, full with gospel choir, and eventually “Large For Your Boots”, the lead single from his debut album “Gang Indicators & Prayer”. Stormzy’s efficiency ended the primary day of music on the pageant, held on Worthy Farm in southwest England and a daily fixture of the British summer time calendar because the 1970s. Revelers basked in scorching sunshine, prompting organizers to inform them to placed on sunscreen and drink loads of water. The climate meant few individuals donned the rubber boots which can be usually important at Glastonbury, which turns right into a mud-bath in heavy rain. George Ezra, the deep-voiced English singer-songwriter, had earlier introduced alongside his personal rug and stool to make the well-known Pyramid Stage really feel like residence. The 26-year-old’s set included “Budapest”, “Paradise”, and his ubiquitous 2018 hit “Shotgun”. Lauryn Hill preceded Ezra on the identical stage, igniting the group on the finish of her set with “Doo-Wop (That Factor)” from her 1998 solo album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”, and “Killing Me Softly”, the hit she sang as a member of the Fugees. The Pyramid Stage opened on Friday with Abba tribute act Bjorn Once more main a singalong to “Waterloo”, “Tremendous Trouper”, and “Dancing Queen”, whereas English indie rock band the Vaccines had been first on The Different Stage – the second greatest of the pageant’s 11 essential levels. Greater than 130,000 ticket holders had been on web site on Friday morning, organizers stated. The pageant runs till Monday. Reporting by Paul Sandle, Modifying by Raissa Kasolowsky and Rosalba O’Brien Our Requirements:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Source link

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PR: Tomb Raider (Junkie XL)

TOMB RAIDER Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available on March 16 Original Score by Grammy® Nominee Tom Holkenborg (March 6 – New York) Sony Music proudly announces the release of TOMB RAIDER (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) featuring the music of Dutch composer Tom Holkenborg, a.k.a. Junkie XL. The soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on March 16. The movie will be released in theaters in the U.S. on March 16.

"I am really pleased that Director Roar Uthaug invited me to be part of his reimagining of Lara Croft and Tomb Raider. Lara is such a strong female protagonist and Roar and Alicia's vision for her feels very fresh, raw and human, but also really out-there. It was a joy to be given the chance to approach this score from a really edgy place,” says Holkenborg. ABOUT TOMB RAIDER: Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death. Leaving everything she knows behind, Lara goes in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who – against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit – must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives the perilous adventure, it could be the making of her… earning her the name of tomb raider. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures, Tomb Raider is the story that will set a young and resolute Lara Croft on a path toward becoming a global hero. The film stars Oscar® winner Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Danish Girl) in the lead role, under the direction of Roar Uthaug (The Wave).  Oscar®-winner Graham King (The Departed) produced under his GK Films banner. Tomb Raider also stars Dominic West (Money Monster, 300), Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained), Daniel Wu (AMC’s Into the Badlands) and Oscar® nominee Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient). Uthaug directed from a script by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons, story by Evan Daugherty and Robertson-Dworet. The executive producers are Patrick McCormick, Denis O’Sullivan and Noah Hughes. Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) present a Square Enix production, a GK Films production, “Tomb Raider.”  Opening in conventional theaters and IMAX, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures.  www.tombraidermovie.com ABOUT TOM HOLKENBORG: Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is a Grammy® nominated and multi-platinum producer, musician, and composer whose versatility puts him on the cutting edge of contemporary music, as well at the vanguard of exciting new film composers. His film scoring credits include Mad Max Fury Road, Deadpool, Black Mass, Divergent, Brimstone, The Dark Tower and the forthcoming Tomb Raider origins story. Tom is able to draw on his extensive knowledge of classical forms and structures while keeping one finger planted firmly on the pulse of popular music. When this eclectic background is paired with his skill as a multi-instrumentalist (he plays keyboards, guitar, drums, violin, and bass and describes himself as a ‘full contact composer’) and a mastery of studio technology, a portrait emerges of an artist for whom anything is possible. The foundation for Tom’s career started in his native Holland where he created multiple film scores,  and undertook mentorships with celebrated composers Harry Gregson-Williams (on Domino and Kingdom of Heaven) and Klaus Badelt (on Catwoman). But things really started to fall into place when Tom started collaborating with Oscar®-winning composer Hans Zimmer. Their partnership lasted several years, and most recently included 2016’s blockbuster Batman vs Superman, which marked the seventh scoring collaboration between Holkenborg and Zimmer. Holkenborg worked with Zimmer on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Man of Steel (2013), Dark Knight Rises (2012), Madagascar 3 (2012), Megamind (2010), and Inception (2010). Holkenborg’s music career began in 1993 when he started the industrial rock band Nerv and was also producing hardcore and metal bands like Sepultura and Fear Factory. Drawn by electronic breakbeats he started Junkie XL in 1997 debuting with the album Saturday Teenage Kick. Holkenborg went on to produce five more albums under the moniker while playing headline shows all over the world. In 2002 the producer remixer scored a number 1 hit in 24 countries with his rework of A Little Less Conversation. Following the success, Holkenborg collaborated with celebrated artists like Dave Gahan, Robert Smith, Chuck D, and remixed artists such as Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and many more. In addition Holkenborg created the music for video games like FIFA, Need For Speed, The Sims, and SSX and commercials for global campaigns such as Nike, Heineken, Adidas, Cadillac and VISA. Throughout his career, education and mentorship have been key themes for Tom. He created a Bachelor Program at the renowned ArtEZ Conservatorium, in his home town of Enschede, for music composition, from which more than 200 students have graduated, and continued his commitment to education on digital platforms, producing the online tutorial series, Studio Time. Tom says about the soundtrack: “We spend a lot of time on the ‘island‘ in the movie. It is otherworldly and wild, and I wanted to get people out of their comfort zones with some eerie crescendo moments. I spent months having custom pacific drums built, which I played myself to create insane adrenaline inducing rhythms. I also distorted our orchestral recordings, which yielded some unsettling qualities within the score. I want to thank Director Roar Uthaug for letting me push the envelope on this project. It was a lot of fun." TOMB RAIDER (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track list: 1. Return to Croft Manor 2. Seeking Endurance 3. The Bag 4. Path of Paternal Secrets 5. The Devil's Sea 6. Let Yamatai Have Her 7. Figure in the Night 8. Remember This 9. Never Give Up 10. Karakuri Wall 11. What Lies Underneath Yamatai 12. There's No Time 13. Becoming the Tomb Raider 14. The Croft Legacy For more information contact KrakowerGroup[at]gmail.com, or @KrakowerGroup on Twitter

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Getting into events

Photo by Kai Oberhäuser on Unsplash

I have recently been invited to speak at The Big Music Project in Stirling on the 25th February. The event is aimed at 14 to 25 year olds, and is about ‘creating and highlighting the best opportunities for young people’ who are considering a career in the creative industries. I’ll be part of a Q&A with Radio DJ Jim Gellatly and Louie John Lowis (manager for upcoming Scottish acts The Vegan Leather and Be Charlotte). We’ll be talking about the wide variety of jobs one can get behind the scenes in the world of music and events and how to get into them.

Being asked to speak on this topic got me thinking about where it all began and so with it being 10 years of WMSH too, I asked the key members of WMSH’s team how they got here:

WMSH Event Producers

Alice:

The first ever event I organised was a gig in the basement of a club next door to a prison. I was 17, and a KT Tunstall wannabe singer/songwriter. Without a demo, I was struggling to get any gigs. Encouraged by my Dad, I decided to organise one myself. My Dad called the venue to find out the hire fee, and via text message while I was in a maths class, we came up with the plan (“£300 for the venue, £5 a ticket, 60 tickets to sell – easy peasy!”). We booked the venue, and I split the venue hire fee with 4 fellow singer/songwriter friends. I borrowed a PA from a friend of a friend (and almost blew it up) and photocopied flyers on the 6th form’s photocopier which I handed out outside college every lunch time and evening. We sold 150 tickets, and it ended up spawning a series of smaller monthly events which I ran for just over a year before moving away to go to university.

A promoter from the larger, upstairs venue of the club, also took notice of the inaugural event, and invited me to join their team promoting a monthly Indie Club Night. They paid me to hand out flyers, book bands, stage manage and occasionally press random buttons on the lighting desk. We’d spend all day setting up the club for those club nights – but I loved it, hanging out in that sticky and dark club venue having a laugh with the sound techs, and the prisoners heckling us when they’d catch sight of us round back! I’ve been organising events and gigs ever since.

Megan:

Fresh out of uni I got myself an internship at Unity, a PR agency in London. I loved it so much…but there was a lot of post to sort and newspapers to read. Things really changed for me, and I knew I loved the industry, when Unity asked if I wanted to help out at “It’s Skindividual”, a gig for Cancer Research UK. One lucky lady got to choose her dream line up for the night through a twitter based competition. I was down for artist liaison and took a shine to the drummer of the Hoosier’s who were on the bill, so had a lovely old time… liaising about…! I’m also pretty sure that our very own Fraser produced that show, so I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with him from day one!

Lorna:

I always thought the first time I got involved in events was at the age of 16 when I got my first job as a waitress in a hotel and quickly became the wedding planners’ assistant, taking over their job when they left. This was all until I bumped in to my old acting teacher, while I was in Ireland at Christmas and it all came flooding back to me…

I was part of a school drama group growing up. When I got to the age of 12 everyone (including myself) realised that I was definitely not going to be next Kate Winslet or Meryl Streep, so I was put in charge of BOH. I spent the next two years running BOH for the group, along with my teacher, as well as creating flyers to hand out in local schools and organising food and drink for the intervals. We even ran some school discos to raise money for better equipment and props. I really enjoyed this formative role, only leaving to move on to secondary school. After years of studying and working in the fashion/hospitality industry it seems I have come full circle working in venue management and production roles in more recent years.

WMSH & East Coast Event and Manufacturing Fabricator, Nigel

Working in events never occurred to me until as a fresh faced spotty ‘erbert of 19 years, I went to my freshers fair at Leicester uni. As a metal head (it was 1985) I was hooked in by Rock Soc - “Yeah…we have a ROCK disco every Saturday…come along and help us set up” they said. Saturday duly came…and OMG - a rack of amplifiers and speakers the size of which I’d never seem in my life before! 4 Martin flared bins, 4 Mega Mid-range…a radial horn and a bullet box…RSD800b’s for the bass and mid and a turner 120 doing the tops…AWSOME!! 2000watts!!!!!!!

It was a turning point. I skipped lectures in favour of crewing for ents, and then dropped out, having bought a house on the proceeds of crewing.

And that was that. Check out this promo video for Leicester Uni Rock Soc from 1988 (before some of you were even born!)

WMSH Directors

JD:

While a student at university, I was approached by a fashion student pal. They’d had the DJ they booked for their end of degree fashion show cancel last minute and — having mistaken my radio DJ experience for being able to DJ DJ — asked me to fill in. I was strapped for cash, asked if it was a paid gig, and when they said it was, I said yes. Then I borrowed a pair of decks from the student radio station where I had a comedy show and taught myself to DJ in an afternoon.

Towards the end of the fashion show I was approached by a guy who said I was a great DJ. Panicked, I thought 'what would a DJ say?’ and replied “yes, I know,” before going back to it and ignoring him for the rest of the evening. He was a local club promoter and on that basis, he offered me a residency. From there I went on to work with a series of local promoters and eventually started putting on my own nights with a mix of bands and other DJs.

Fraser:

My first gigs were working on the student crew at uni in the 90s, and as soon as I got the job, actual studying went by the wayside.

I developed a great group of student crew friends who have all gone on to work in the industry – our very own tech wizard Nigel, Chris Whittle founder of Experience 12, Guy Robinson founder of Coalition Talent, Graeme Nash who can be found running arena tours across the uk and Angus Jenner who gallivants around the world tour managing peopel like Noel Gallagher.

The early gigs are a blur of loading kit in and out for Coldplay, Blur, Ian Brown, Pet Shop Boys, Andrew WK, and Black Grape. My young impressionable mind was completely blown by the technology, and the adrenalin of making the gig work no matter what because the doors open at 7pm and people come in expecting a show. Problems just have to be overcome.

Which brings me to the Midas XL4. De Montfort Uni had a lift load-in, which normally is fine – you just load the lift and send the kit up. However in the mid 90s, Midas brought out the incredibly popular XL4 which I discovered didn’t go in our lift! It was way too heavy to lift up the stairs so we had to find another way in. Eventually we found a route for the flight case though an adjoining building. The only down side was that required rolling the case though a lecture theatre in the humanities department. So if you where in an English lecture in the mid 90s at De Montfort Uni, that scruffy kid rolling the giant flight case though the back of the room was me. Sorry.

How did you get into the world of events? We’d love to hear your stories!

[wavenetinfo]

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher made a surprise appearance at Sunday’s One Love Manchester benefit concert.

The English singer, 44, was met with plenty of cheers and applause from the crowd as he began his performance of his band’s song “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star.” He then launched into his solo song “Wall of Glass.”

Gallagher, 44, was born in Manchester and Oasis is one of the city’s most famous exports, so his presence at the charity concert was surely special for the fans in the audience. Despite many fans’ hopes, Liam did not reunite with his brother Noel Gallagher for the concert. (The pair have a famously contentious relationship that broke up Oasis in 2009.)

Sadly, he did not get to sing one of the band’s most famous songs, “Don’t Look Back in Anger” — a song that has become associated with the unified response to the Manchester attacks — as Coldplay performed it earlier in the evening. (After the concert, cars could be heard in the parking lot blasting the song, sparking many more sing-alongs into the evening.)

However, Coldplay’s Chris Martin joined Gallagher onstage to perform “Live Forever,” a particularly touching moment during the concert that closed out his short set.

Gallagher joined the A-list group of musicians set to perform on Sunday, including Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Take That, Coldplay, Niall Horan, Robbie Williams and more.

Ariana Grande

Kevin Mazur/One Love Manchester/Getty Images

While fans were delighted with Gallagher’s performance, the overall mood at the concert was especially somber after a terrorist attack in London — which left seven dead and 48 injured after three men drove into a crowd and attacked with knives — occurred less than 24 hours ahead of the concert. However, the performers kept the mood upbeat, even if a few did tear up at certain points.

Pharrell Williams and Miley Cyrus

Kevin Mazur/One Love Manchester/Getty Images

All proceeds from the concert, taking place at the Emirates Old Trafford stadium in the city, are going to the Red Cross’s Manchester Emergency Fund to help victims and families impacted by the May 22 attack in Manchester that left 22 dead and 116 injured. Those who were at Grande’s original gig — which is where the Manchester bombing took place — were offered free tickets, and additional tickets sold out in just six minutes.

RELATED VIDEO: London Attack Kills Seven and Injures Dozens The show is expected to raise around $2.6 million.

The concert aired live on Freeform at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday. A one-hour highlight special will later air on ABC following the NBA Finals. BBC, the host broadcaster, is producing TV coverage.

with reporting by SIMON PERRY

4 June 2017 | 8:57 pm

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[a-rush-of-dreams-to-the-head]

tabloid trash

Will doesn’t slept well. It was to be expected really, after losing one of his best friends and his career in the same day. He looked at the girl sleeping in the bed next to his. Y/N. There was also Y/N. She had fallen asleep on the sofa originally while he was ordering Chinese food on his phone. He had debated not moving you, but thought you looked so forlorn and vulnerable on the tatty fabric that he couldn’t leave you there. Will was sure this was going to hit you hard. He spends most of the night thinking about what was next and replaying the evening through his mind, wondering what he could have done better.

Will gives up on sleep at about six thirty when you still seem to be fast asleep. He quietly makes himself a cup of tea and settles at the table with his laptop. He always had it on him, he never knows when he might need answer his emails or something. Unfortunately, he’d only had his day bag on him when they’d left, but he was lucky that his laptop happened to be in it yesterday. He knows what he heard as they’d exited that hotel. He saw the woman, a long blond braid flopping over her shoulder as she aligned the camera lens for the shot, the tell-tale press pass from the concert hanging haphazardly from her neck. He wasn’t close enough to see the publication so he supposed he’d have to do some digging. He clicks onto the news tab of google but before he can start a search he spots a headline in the “rising” column.

“COLDPLAYS TEARSTRUCK TEEN LOVER IN BANK BREAKUP BONNANZA” Wills face doesn’t shift but his heart drops as adrenaline begins pounding through his veins. He clicks on the article. In pride of place is two photos. The first has been taken from an obvious long distance judging by the quality but it’s still easy to make out Y/N sitting across Chris’ lap with his arms surrounding her. Will realises instantly where it’s from, clearly the pay-out hadn’t been enough. The second is exactly what Will feared it would be. Y/N’s mascara has left trails down her face and was meant to be an arm around her in comfort looks possessive as he stares down the camera lens. He doesn’t want to read the article but he forces his eyes to take the words in.

“Scandal in Budapest as Coldplay band members feud over 19-year-old fan-turned-paramour. In an article published by our French sister publication Journalist and Photographer Valérie Dubois uncovers the juicy secret of the British soft rock band that has recently shot to fame following three successful album releases. The following is a translation for our English speaking audience.”

 Will starts to feel hot under his skin as his fingers and toes involuntarily clench but he reads on nevertheless.

 “Frontman Chris Martin was snapped in a rather compromising position with the mysterious madam in Paris earlier this year in previously unreleased photos. It seems as if this new beau is taking advantage of her position and had been spotted with the singer outside an exclusive restaurant in Budapest earlier this week – talk about a sugardaddy! The latest gossip gets even more outrageous. After the Band’s first show in Budapest – where Martin emerged looking rather ruffled and covered in lipstick may I add?, bandmate and drummer Will Champion was caught leaving the bands hotel stakeout via the side exit with luggage and the very same girl… interesting. Miss Paris, wearing a daringly cut pink number and curiously smudged lipwear, didn’t look happy but seems to be enjoying the comfort of yet another millionaire musician. Did her two not-so-Cold-play affairs overlap? Is this soft rock band trying to bring back groupies or is this girl a special case? The author of this piece has uncovered the identity of our mysterious Miss Paris through vigorous investigation. It turns out that the paramour of the soft rock scene is actually die-hard Coldplay fan Y/N Y/L/N, a 19-year-old student from London, England. Further investigation turned up this photo of Y/L/N with the band months ago outside an exclusive London Venue. There’s still so many questions we have for the band and Y/L/N but so far have received no comment… “

 Will can’t believe it. An actual magazine published this trash? He skims the rest of it, but it is all in the same vein. He hazards a look in your direction but you are still fast asleep. He’s biting hard on the inside of his cheek, breathing forcibly slow. What the fuck do we do now?