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Natasha Lends A Hand (Shieldshock)

“I thought you’d turned your accounts private,” Steve said, looking concerned and placing her phone on the end table out of her reach.

“I did, but thought it would be safe to check Tumblr. There’s people threatening to unalive themselves or burn all their Captain America gear if you marry me. They all hate me,” she sniffled. “I shouldn’t let it get to me, but it does.”

Steve sighed and repositioned himself so she was snuggled against him and wrapped his arm around her. Darcy sighed and laid her head on his shoulder.

“They’re just letting their bitterness and jealousy get to them. Block the hell out of them.”

“You bet I did. I guess no more social media for me until after the wedding,” she sighed. “Though how we’re going to pull that off without the angry mobs coming after me, I don’t know.”

“We’ll get through it. You’re the one I love and I get to spend my life with. Nothing will change that,” Steve reminded her softly, kissing the top of her head. “Shall I get the emergency ice cream?”

“You know me so well, babe,” Darcy sighed fondly. “Yes, please. I’m so grumpy, I don’t even care what kind it is.”

“I’ll get the big bowls, then,” Steve declared, extricating himself from the sofa and heading to the fridge.

Despite her irritation, Darcy took the opportunity to shamelessly ogle him from behind.

“Hate to see you go, love to watch you leave,” she crooned flirtatiously.

Steve chuckled as he dished up two heaping bowls of cookie dough ice cream.

“You’re ridiculous and I love it,” he responded, presenting her with her cold treat. Darcy gave him a thank you kiss before diving into her favorite comfort food.

Her mood cleared up and for a couple days, things were chill as rumors quieted down, but then an old photograph surfaced of Darcy leaving a bridal boutique and the furor was rekindled. Darcy deleted all social media apps from both of their phones and holed up in her apartment, calling Jane to inform her she’d have to work remotely for a bit.

The TV was no help either. Steve finally shut it off in disgust.

“I’m calling Natasha,” he finally declared. “This is out of hand.”

“I thought she was in New Zealand?” Darcy queried, trying not to sound too hopeful. She knew Nat would have useful tips for dealing with the crazy and would be there in a heartbeat if she could.

“Got back night before last,” Steve informed her. “She’ll keep the wolves at bay.”

“That she will,” Darcy agreed, flipping aimlessly through a bridal magazine. She’d long ago found her dress, but she loved looking at all the pretty styles and gleaning useful tips from the articles.

Sighing at a very romantic looking pose, she dog eared the page to add to her photo shoot ideas.

Two days later, Darcy found herself unceremoniously being hauled out to a waiting sports car by Natasha herself.

“Am I being kidnapped? Did I finally piss off Fury enough to have me disappeared?” she queried jokingly.

Natasha only smiled mysteriously.

“You’ll soon find out,” she teased evasively. “I assure you it is a good surprise. Now smile for the paps.”

Darcy blew a kiss to the gathered cameras and smirked as she left them in the dust.

“Where are we going?” she asked after they’d left the city well behind.

“Getting you married.”

“What?” Darcy spluttered. “Now? I mean, how?”

“I have my ways and several invested friends. We’re tired of seeing you and Steve so stressed and we’re going to give you a happy day with no paparazzi or snoops.”

“If you can accomplish that, my friend, you really are a miracle worker,” Darcy said, with a half sigh, half groan. “It’s a good thing I love that man as much as I do.”

“The fact that you’re not protesting speaks volumes,” Natasha observed. “And if I overstep in any way, please tell me.”

“You know I trust you, Nat,” Darcy assured her. “I bet you got me time off, packed my bags and my gown, and probably booked the officiant as well.”

“Pretty much.”

Darcy laughed and leaned back in the seat. A lot of decisions had just been taken out of her hands and for once she wasn’t mad about it.

Steve, meanwhile, was huddled in the backseat of an SUV being lovingly lectured by his friends.

“You should have said something sooner,” Bucky chided him. “We could have had this well in hand weeks ago.”

“Yeah,” Clint agreed from the driver’s seat. “I wish I’d paid more attention. I didn’t realize the press was hounding her so bad, the jackasses.”

“You guys have much bigger issues to deal with,” Steve protested. “I thought Darcy and I could handle it.”

Bucky gave him the stink eye and Sam sighed.

“The point is, Steve, you shouldn’t have to handle invasion of privacy and personal attacks. It’s not okay,” Sam told him. “Calling Nat was the right call. We’ll get you hitched in peace and quiet.”

The destination turned out to be a mansion in upstate New York with very tight security. Darcy’s eyes boggled as they drove through the gates.

“What kind of strings did you pull, Nat?” she asked in wonder, staring at the magnificent building.

“Never you mind,” Natasha replied. “Let’s just say someone owed me. There’s plenty of good options for either an indoor or outdoor ceremony. We’ll give you the grand tour tonight and have you saying I Do tomorrow. Then we’ll leave you alone to enjoy honeymoon bliss the rest of the week.”

“I like that plan!” Darcy agreed, cheerfully.

The two vehicles pulled up in front of the mansion and Steve and Darcy were handed their suitcases and ordered inside while their friends unloaded the other luggage. They gaped open- mouthed at the grandeur inside.

“That staircase is really something,” Steve admired. “The chandelier!” Darcy breathed in wonder. “I feel like I’m in the American version of Downton Abbey.”

“Yeah. Where’s Carson?” Steve joked with a chuckle.

Presently, Natasha swept in carrying the bag that contained Darcy’s dress.

“Follow me,” she ordered, “you too, Steve.”

Natasha assigned them to separate bedrooms, much to Darcy’s dismay, but assured her it was just for the one night, per tradition.

“I’ll be right next door,” Jane assured her. “We could turn this into a slumber party!”

Eyeing the gigantic four poster bed, Darcy certainly saw the potential.

Natasha hung up Darcy’s wedding dress in the spacious wardrobe and added another dress beside it.

“I brought your red dress along for dinner tonight, she informed her. “It’s a dressy occasion.”

Darcy just nodded, deciding to just roll with it.

The grand tour was one jaw dropping sight after another and Steve and Darcy decided that the lawn behind the mansion was perfect for a ceremony setting. It faced a beautiful row of pools and landscaped hedges that stretched out as far as the eye could see. The forecast looked good, but in case of inclement weather, they agreed on the enclosed porch for a backup.

Steve and Darcy lingered on the lawn, relishing the view and the peace. Darcy thought he looked more relaxed than she’d ever seen him. Steve was glad to see the tense lines and constant wariness erased from Darcy’s expression. She hadn’t deserved all the stress being with him had caused, but he was so grateful for her.

“I’m sorry I let it get to this, Darcy,” he sighed, holding her close. “You could have walked away from all the drama and I wouldn’t have blamed you.”

“I’m too stubborn to quit on us and I love you too damn much,” Darcy replied, looking up at him contentedly. “I won’t gonna lie, it’s been awful, but we’re worth it.”

“Yes, we are,” Steve agreed, kissing the top of her head. He loved how perfectly they fit together. “We have the best friends, don’t we?”

“Most of the time, yeah,” Darcy agreed.

Dinner was a happy affair and everyone looked incredibly gorgeous in their dressed up state. Natasha thought Darcy was positively glowing as she laughed and playfully argued with Clint about who had won an age old bet. Bucky eyed the bride and groom to be with a great deal of fondness and just a touch of wistfulness.

“I want what they have, don’t you?” he murmured to his table neighbor, Wanda.

“Yes,” Wanda sighed, smiling pensively. “They are so good for each other and so loyal through everything. That is a relationship to strive for.”

After dinner they went outside and stargazed while reminiscing about various escapades. Darcy and Steve shared the story of their meet cute again and the men took the opportunity to lovingly roast Steve.

Darcy went to bed after a very satisfying goodnight kiss, giddy at the thought that tomorrow she would be Mrs. Rogers.

Jane woke her with giddy impatience.

“Wake up! It’s your wedding day!”

“Ahhh!!” Darcy squealed, when she’d fully come to her senses. “It’s happening! It’s actually happening!!”

They clutched each other in an exuberant hug.

Natasha and Wanda joined them for a cozy ladies only breakfast, (Steve had been forbidden to see her before the ceremony), then they chilled out on the balcony for a while, champagne in hand.

They helped each other out with hair and makeup and Darcy could only stare in amazement at herself in the mirror as Natasha put the finishing touches on her updo.

“Wow! I look like a princess!” Darcy remarked, awestruck. “Nat, you’re a wizard. I should feel bad that my mom’s not here, but I can’t. She’d be throwing out the backhanded compliments like candy. Another benefit of eloping, I guess.”

“Truth,” Jane agreed. “They’ll have to settle for watching the video and pictures.”

“You got a photographer on this short notice?” Darcy asked, eyebrow lifting in surprise. “That’s quite a feat.”

“She’s pretty new to the business, but very talented,” Jane told her. “As soon as Natasha told me the plan, I called her: My wedding gift to you and Steve.”

“Jane. That’s……so sweet….I might just cry,” Darcy batted away tears and Wanda shook her head.

“No weeping and spoiling makeup yet, Darcy,” she commanded her. “Let’s get you into that beautiful dress….”

Everybody sighed in unison when Darcy unzipped the garment bag and revealed her beautiful gown. The strapless A-line design was covered with intricate beadwork on the bodice and lacy details on the skirt hem.

“Steve’s brain is gonna explode when he sees you,” Wanda commented, as they helped her into the dress.

“Not literally, I hope,” Darcy quipped. “I want him to live for our wedding night.”

She wiggled her eyebrows in a way that made Natasha chuckle and Jane wave her finger in playful rebuke.

Steve was sketching while he waited for his summons on the back balcony overlooking the garden. He hadn’t had this good of a view in a long time and his pencil flew across the paper as he drew. He supposed he should be feeling nervous, but he wasn’t. The flutters in his stomach were sheer excitement at finally marrying the woman he loved, a dream he’d thought long since died. But then Darcy had crashed into his life, quite literally, and nothing had been the same.

He felt a cool hand on his shoulder and Bucky spoke up.

“Nice to see you drawing again, punk,” he said. “Calming the nerves?”

Steve shook his head.

“I’m distracting myself from breaking Nat’s rule and running to see Darcy. I can’t wait. Are you and Sam behaving?”

“Us? Misbehave? Where’d you ever get that notion?” Bucky asked, feigning shock. Steve just chuckled.

“Only whenever you’re left alone for more than five minutes,” he retorted. “Kinda like me getting into fights, only now the tables have turned.”

Bucky shrugged sheepishly.

“You’ve got me there.”

A figure joined them a few minutes later and both men stared as they took in Natasha, looking beautiful in her light aqua bridesmaids dress, red hair curled and spilling down her back. Steve saw Bucky swallow hard.

“Fifteen minutes, gentlemen,” she told them, returning their admiring glances, her eyes lingering on Bucky. “Damn. You clean up good, boys.”

“So do you,” Bucky replied in a strangled sounding voice.

Steve grinned. He couldn’t wait to help these two get a clue.

“You’ve got it bad, Buck,” Steve observed sympathetically after Natasha had disappeared.

“No…..aw, hell.” Bucky muttered, unable to lie to his best friend. “But She thinks love’s for children. What’s the point?”

Steve sighed.

“The point is, she’s had everyone she cared about ripped away and The Red Room philosophies were deeply ingrained in her. Believe it or not, I haven’t heard her utter those words in nearly two years. And clearly, she now believes in love enough to make sure I didn’t screw things up with Darcy and then gave us this…..” he gestured toward their surroundings as he flipped his notebook closed and stood up. “You’re about to witness firsthand how taking a chance is absolutely worth it. And this is coming from someone who’s known to be hopeless with women.”

Steve grinned at Bucky, who smiled knowingly back and stood to give him a man hug.

“I wouldn’t miss this miraculous moment for the world,” Bucky declared, with another affectionate thump on the back. “Now let’s go get you married.”

There were no decorations or aisle runners or musical accompaniments, but Darcy found herself not missing any of it. She simply waited until she’d seen the bridesmaids and groomsmen line up in front of the officiant—was that Agent IPod Thief?—and strolled outside to join them, escorted by Clint. (Thor was sadly unavailable, being busy with Asgardian stuff, but he’d sent Darcy a very congratulatory text message in all capital letters).

The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and Steve was looking at her like she was his entire world. The harassment that she’d been dealing with from social media and the press faded away in the reality of their happiness.

The jealous bitches can suck it! she thought gleefully.

Agent Coulson (How was he not dead?) looked exceedingly pleased to be overseeing the wedding of his childhood idol. It was kind of cute, Darcy observed vaguely, before Steve distracted her by winking flirtatiously at her.

“Yes, I do take this fine specimen of man to be my husband,” she proclaimed, when prompted. Steve’s ears reddened and Sam snickered.

“…..to love, honor, and cherish, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, through alien attacks and allergy attacks, through portals and peril, through midnight snacks and cuddles, until death do us part.”

“Awwwww….” Wanda sighed.

Steve squeezed Darcy’s hands, looking like he wanted to kiss her right then and there.

“I take this amazing, beautiful, fearless woman to be my wife, to love, honor, and cherish in sickness and in health, through alien attacks and allergy attacks, through tasers and tesseracts, through slow dances and silliness, until death do us part.”

They’d gone off script, but clearly their friends appreciated it and applauded their ad-libbing.

“That was impressive,” Bucky murmured, as he handed Steve Darcy’s ring.

She gave him another one of those glowy smiles as he slipped it on her finger. He couldn’t get over how beautiful she was and how lucky he was.

Darcy slid Steve’s ring on with a dramatic flourish and then they were pronounced husband and wife and he was kissing her exuberantly.

Everyone cheered.

Afterward, as they meandered through the gardens, hand in hand, Darcy told him, “Today was a fairytale. This was so much better than the big shindig I used to imagine.”

“You’re not upset about not having the big party we talked about?” he asked, fingering one of the dangling curls by her cheek.

“No,” she told him. “It felt so right. So us.”

“It did,” he agreed. “You look completely radiant, Mrs. Rogers.”

Darcy flushed at his warm words.

“If you keep using that tone with me I’m not gonna be able to control myself,” she playfully warned, running her hand up his chest. Steve in a tux was a very impressive sight and she felt a strong urge to climb him like a tree.

“I’ve dreamed of this ever since I crashed into you in the hallway that first time,” she admitted, feeling his heartbeat beneath her fingers.

“Groping me or marrying me?” he asked in amusement.

“Yes,” she answered mischievously, making her new husband laugh and then kiss her again. When she’d finally regained her senses afterwards, she saw a very pleasing sight.

“Oh, look, babe, looks like Bucky’s getting cozy with Nat over there.”

Steve followed her gaze to see Bucky walking alongside Natasha very closely. He said something that made her throw back her head and laugh in a way that she very rarely did.

“Now that’s what I like to see,” he murmured.

“Right?” Darcy exclaimed. “I ship it so hard! They deserve it so much.”

“They do,” Steve agreed. “I hope they realize that. She spent so much time trying to find me a wife and now the shoe’s gonna be on the other foot.”

He rubbed his hands together, very ready to help the BuckyNat ship sail.

“First order of business when we get back from our honeymoon,” Darcy declared. “In the meantime, how about we sneak inside and find a handy closet where I can ravish you?”

“Much as I like that idea, you’d better make sure you’re done with pictures first, because when I get through with you…..” Steve playfully threatened, dropping his voice intentionally. Darcy gulped.

“Right. Good point. Excellent point,” she rambled, fanning herself. “We should probably quickly round up everyone for a group picture. I’ll go get Jane.”

She picked up her skirts and scurried off, leaving Steve to smirk after her and then head to round up his friends. This newlywed thing was going to be fun, he thought.

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New Zealand: Trends and Insights into Wedding Photography

New Zealand, with its breathtaking landscapes and vibrant cultural heritage, continues to be a dream destination for weddings. Behind every magical wedding moment is a talented photographer who immortalizes the joy, love, and beauty of the day. Here’s a look at the latest trends and updates in New Zealand’s wedding photography scene.

The Evolution of Wedding Photography

Wedding photography in New Zealand is moving beyond traditional poses to embrace storytelling and artistry. Today’s couples demand images that tell the story of their day with authenticity and style. Photographers like Sophie Isabella transform even the simplest settings into magazine-worthy shots, while Samantha Donaldson combines trendy, relaxed, and natural photography for a fresh look​

Diverse Styles for Every Couple

From romantic sunsets to vibrant, bold colors, New Zealand’s photographers cater to a range of tastes:

Artistic Flair: Photographers such as Michael Kouk and Sapphire Studios specialize in cinematic and editorial styles, offering couples timeless, luxurious images​.

Cultural Fusion: Nisha Ravji seamlessly blends traditions from around the world, creating wedding albums that reflect cultural richness and personal stories​.

Fun and Dynamic Shots: For couples wanting a playful approach, teams like Stephan & Nakita ensure a mix of emotional depth and lively celebration​.

Scenic Locations and Destination Weddings

New Zealand’s stunning landscapes, including Queenstown, Wanaka, and Auckland, provide a natural canvas for wedding photographers. Danelle Bohane and Melissa Clark capture the magic of these iconic settings, blending couples’ love stories with breathtaking backdrops​

Eco-Friendly Wedding Photography

Sustainability is becoming a priority for many couples. This includes hiring photographers who use eco-friendly practices, such as digital-first workflows and support for local, sustainable venues. This trend ensures that couples can celebrate their love while caring for the planet.

A Shifting Industry

While many photographers are thriving in this creative space, some, like "The Official Photographers," have decided to step back from weddings. Their departure highlights the evolving nature of the wedding photography industry, with newer talents stepping in to capture the magic​

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Choosing the Right Photographer

When selecting a wedding photographer, consider their style, experience, and connection to your vision. Couples should explore portfolios, read reviews, and meet with potential photographers to ensure their big day is captured perfectly.

New Zealand’s wedding photographers are more than just documentarians; they are storytellers, artists, and memory makers. Whether you’re planning a grand celebration or an intimate elopement, there’s a photographer ready to turn your love story into a visual masterpiece.

Ready to plan your dream wedding in New Zealand? Contact us for tailored photography recommendations based on your style and location.

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Miriam Margolyes is heading out on a New Zealand road trip

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Miriam Margolyes is heading out on a New Zealand road trip

Actress, author and international treasure Miriam Margolyes is heading out on another road trip docuseries on the ABC in the new year.

The outspoken British-Australian documentarian charmed us all in her previous two ABC docuseries Almost Australian, Australia Unmasked and Impossibly Australian, as she takes a minivan across the country to meet Aussies from all walks of life. All three of those series are streaming on ABC iview if you haven’t seen them.

Now the ABC has announced Miriam Margolyes: Made in NZ will screen on the ABC in 2025.

“I’m learning my lines for a role in a new film [Holy Days] playing an elderly nun,” Miriam explains.

“In a first for me, the film will be set in New Zealand. I’m very excited about it. But even though it’s just three hours from my home in Sydney, I don’t know anything about New Zealand.

“It seems unforgivable to be so ignorant about a country that’s always been Australia’s closest friend and ally.

“Before I play a New Zealander, I’ve got a campervan to tour the country’s two main islands.

“I want to find out how being a New Zealander is different from being an Aussie. What sets our two countries apart?

“I haven’t got a flying fart of an idea. I need to learn, what is the identity of New Zealand?”

Miriam Margolyes gives candid health update

Miriam Margolyes, known for her acting roles in Harry Potter and Call the Midwife, has been a British-Australian dual citizen for over a decade.

She’s been with her Aussie partner Heather Sutherland since 1968.

In July, Miriam gave a candid update on her health, saying that she knows she “hasn’t got long to live”.

The 83-year-old underwent heart surgery to replace her aortic valve last year. Miriam also shared she’s living with spinal stenosis.

The condition impacts the lower back or neck when the spinal canal narrows and puts pressure on the spinal cord and nerves.

“When you know that you haven’t got long to live – and I’m probably going to die within the next five or six years, if not before – I’m loath to leave behind performing. It’s such a joy,” she told UK’s Telegraph.

“I yearn to play roles that don’t confine me to wheelchairs, but I’m just not strong enough.”

The outspoken octagenarian says she keeps working because her financial situation plays on her mind.

“I’m worried that I won’t have enough money for carers when I finally get paralysed or whatever it is that’s going to happen to me,” Miriam told Radio Times.

“I’m saving up cash so that I can pay people to look after me and my partner.

“We don’t have children, so I need to make sure I’m going to be looked after in the way that I’ve become accustomed.”

Miriam Margolyes released her second book last year and says she’s tapped into a lucrative side hustle: making hundreds of thousands through personalised video site Cameo.

“[The videos are] usually to celebrate someone’s birthday, wedding anniversary or marriage. I’ve got 30 of them to do today,” she told Radio Times.

“I find my [late-in-life popularity] puzzling and very gratifying. I can’t totally explain it. But I do credit Graham Norton with a great deal of my success.

“I was always told that I would come into my own when I was older. I just didn’t know I would have to be this old for it to happen.”

More on Miriam Margolyes:

Expert storyteller Miriam releases her second book

Miriam kikis with Broken Hill drag queen Shelita Buffet

Miriam goes to her first ever Pride parade in Tasmania

Cover girl Miriam Margolyes poses nude in first Vogue shoot

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ED SHEERAN ON ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE

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Ed Sheeran Confesses: Tears, Trauma, and Those Bad Habits

When he became a dad, his ‘party boy’ days ended. Then tragedy struck, forcing him to face his hidden dark side — and hit his hottest creative streak.

BY BRIAN HIATT

Photographs by Liz Collins

MAR 21, 2023 8:00 AM

I

N CASE THERE’S any doubt, Ed Sheeran is well aware of the fact that he’s … Ed Sheeran.

“I’m not an idiot,” he says, early in our acquaintance. “When you say in your office, ‘I’m gonna go and interview Ed Sheeran,’ you must get sneers. I’ve always been that guy.”

The state of being that guy, at the least the public version of him, is a paradoxical one. Sheeran is, on the one hand, unquestionably among the 21st century’s very biggest global pop superstars. That’s why he’s 11,000 miles from home right now, in the fenced-off, tree-lined backyard of a rented bungalow in Auckland, New Zealand, lounging in the shade his complexion demands (“I live in the shade”), under blue-gray skies. Later this week, he’ll play to some 100,000 people over two shows here. His last tour was the highest-grossing of all time, until his mentor, Elton John, surpassed it; this one, somehow slated to last five full years, may well reclaim the title. He’s one of the top five most-streamed artists ever on Spotify, a statistic that doesn’t even include his “hobby,” all the hits he’s written for other artists, from Justin Bieber to BTS. He’s the first dance at weddings, the last dance at prom, the voice you hear as you drag your suitcase off a plane.

But Sheeran is convinced that, in certain quarters, his achievements and talents — his elastic voice, his endless trove of hooks, his freaky, human-playlist capacity for cross-genre metamorphosis, lately extended to Afropop, EDM, and reggaeton — don’t seem to register. In those eyes, he’s a ginger-haired interloper, a vaguely hobbit-y mortal who ascended into the realm of pop godhood via some kind of cosmic error, and then refused to leave. “I was the butt of jokes before this,” he says, “and I’m the butt of jokes now, and it’s not necessarily just my music.”

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It’s a mid-February afternoon, late summer in this hemisphere. Sheeran’s wife of four years, Cherry Seaborn, and their two daughters — Lyra, who’s two, and Jupiter, eight months old — are hanging out inside. The house is a sleek open-plan renovation of a hundred-year-old frame, square in the middle of an upscale suburban block, with blond local-wood floors, everything painted paper-white, and a $12,000 monthly mortgage payment for whoever owns it. Sheeran and Seaborn have transplanted their family life to the far side of the world for a couple of months while he commutes to his stadium shows, and there’s an eerie normality to his offstage existence here, as if he’s swapped lives with a prosperous Kiwi dentist. “Yesterday,” Sheeran says, “we cooked, we watched an episode of The Simpsons, went to bed.”

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Lyra, who’s emerged for some snuggle time, is eyeing a blue plastic wading pool on the Shire-green lawn. “As soon as Daddy’s finished the interview, I’ll go splashing with you,” Sheeran promises.

He has zero traces of impostor syndrome. He looks at the dozens of songs he’s discarded for every hit, the hundreds of shows he played before anyone knew his name, and he’s sure he knows how it all happened. But, he says, “people do look at me and they’re like, ‘How did you get in that position?’ ”

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Again, he gets it. “I am a nerd,” he says. “I love Lord of the Rings. I love Pokemon. I love fucking Lego and Warhammer, and yeah, I’m not meant to be considered cool.” But he’s long since ascended to an elite level of geekery. When he was very young, he admits, he saw Pikachu et al. as his “friends”; now he’s the guy who gets asked to write a song (the Coldplay-ish anthem “Celestial”) for a new Pokemon game. He once assembled both a Lego Death Star and a Millennium Falcon with a 1D-era Harry Styles, and cameoed in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, as well as, controversially, in Season Seven of Game of Thrones. He’s been pals with Lord of the Rings auteur Peter Jackson since writing a song for 2013’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The other week, in Wellington, he watched North by Northwest in Jackson’s home screening room, with fellow New Zealand resident James Cameron and family also in attendance.

With Sheeran’s new album, – (pronounced Subtract), due May 5, he’s in sudden danger of achieving a new brand of musical coolness, thanks to some of his most unadorned and emotive songwriting, paired with the chiaroscuro inventiveness of production by the National’s Aaron Dessner. Sheeran knows there’s a chance critics might actually like this one, which kind of scares him: “I’m worried about that, because all my biggest records, they hate.”

He’s sitting cross-legged and shoeless on the gray cushion of an outdoor couch, wearing a crisp white T-shirt, black shorts from the Italian brand Stone Island, and white tube socks. His arms are a rainbow riot of tattoos, quotes in Gaelic and Dwarvish among them. He’s got a scruffy, reddish beard going, and his longish hair sticks out of a baseball cap from Lowden Guitars, a high-end acoustic-guitar manufacturer. When he was a kid, he dreamed of playing one; now he’s a collaborator on a signature model.

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Sheeran’s hero and friend Eric Clapton got him into serious watch collecting, as he did for John Mayer, and today’s wristwear is a Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar model that seems to be worth at least six figures. (Don’t bother trying to get his take on Clapton’s anti-vax turn, by the way: “I love Eric. I don’t want to say anything bad about him,” says Sheeran, who started playing guitar after seeing a “Layla” performance on TV. He is, himself, vaccinated, but has managed to contract Covid at least seven times, thanks to constant travel and the kids.)

In keeping with the album’s themes, Sheeran has “super-heavy” stuff — death, illness, grief, depression, addiction — to talk about this week, in the most extensive interviews he’s done in at least five years. He’ll end up revealing it all, maybe more than he planned, but he’s wary of the world’s reactions. First of all, he imagines people seeing it through the highly unsympathetic lens of “Rich Pop Star Feels Sad.” And then there’s the fact of the particular pop star he is. In his mind, he says, “there is a lot of, like, ‘Why do people care whether I feel this way or that way?’ ”

Sheeran encounters hostility almost exclusively online these days, when it reaches him at all. But when he first started coming into London as a teenager, toting his acoustic guitar and loop pedal from gig to gig, trying to get signed, he’d hear it right to his face. “I spent so long with people laughing about me making music,” he says. “Everyone saw me as a joke, and no one thought I could do it.” The way he sees it, he alchemized all that contempt and doubt into artistic fuel. “And I think that’s still the drive. There’s still this need to prove myself. And I’m still kind of not taken seriously. If you were to speak to any sort of muso, ‘Oh, I love my left-of-center music,’ I’m the punchline to what bad pop music is.”

At some point long ago, he decided not to worry about it. “I mean, mate, when I wrote ‘Perfect’ and ‘Thinking Out Loud,’ I remember being like, ‘Oh, these are a bit cheesy,’ ” he says. “But at the time being like, ‘I don’t know if I care.’ And they became the biggest ballads in the world that year. And you’re like, ‘Well, people must connect with cheese, then!’ ”

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Sheeran isn’t afraid to say what he means in his songs, at nearly all times. If he’s grown up and is a father now, he sings, “I have grown up/I am a father now�� — the opening line of 2021’s =. His use of metaphor is sparing. He loves Van Morrison, but if Sheeran wrote a song called “Listen to the Lion,” it would probably be about a trip to the zoo, and a Top Five worldwide hit to boot.

Someone on Twitter recently accused Sheeran of making “sex anthems for boring people,” a critique he needs only a millisecond to contemplate. “150 million boring people, by the way,” he shoots back, referring, loosely, to his total album sales, a figure that clearly hovers close to the surface of his mind. “I think I’m quite meme-able. Have you seen the meme of me when I’m queuing up at a record store in my own T-shirt with a bag that says “÷” on it? And it says, ‘Why does Ed Sheeran look like he’s queuing up to meet Ed Sheeran?’ I think it’s because I am quite quote-unquote ‘ordinary-looking.’ I look like someone’s older brother’s mate who came back from college and works in a pizza shop.”

In truth, at this moment, with his 32nd birthday about to hit, he looks less ordinary than ever. The beard lends him a certain glamour, and he’s lean enough these days to expose sharp cheekbones he credits to an hour of weightlifting a day, pointing to a set of dumbbells on the porch. There’s a river’s worth of feeling in his deep-blue eyes, recently lasered out of nearsightedness, a striking contrast to all that red fuzz.

“Babies love Ed, because he’s got an unusual face,” says Seaborn, who has warm hazel eyes under her caramel-colored eyeglass frames. She exudes intelligence and a certain steadiness, and also happens to be the subject of a worshipful song — “Shape of You” — that’s been streamed billions of times. (She’ll tell some of her story in May 3’s documentary series, Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, streaming on Disney+.)

For what it’s worth, and it’s worth a lot, Sheeran’s friend and collaborator Taylor Swift thinks Sheeran is thoroughly great, “the James Taylor to my Carole King,” as she told Rolling Stone a few years back. She hooked him up with Dessner, her Folklore and Evermore partner, to work on the Swift-Sheeran co-write “Run,” for her Taylor’s Version remake of Red, before suggesting they work on Sheeran’s music. For his part, Dessner finds it “boring” to contemplate the idea that anything about Sheeran or his music might be uncool. “He’s a brilliant writer,” he says. “I’ve seen it up close.”

Sheeran wouldn’t mind making new fans with Subtract, but he doesn’t need your grudging acceptance. “Someone who’s never liked my music ever? And sees me as the punchline to a joke? For him to suddenly be like, ‘Oh, you’re not as shit as I thought you were?’ That doesn’t mean anything.”

ED SHEERAN IS CRYING AGAIN, and he’s glad. It’s nearly been a year, and he doesn’t want the pain to fade quite yet. “I don’t want to get over it,” he says. “I would hate to talk about it, but not feel …” His eyes and his face are equally red now, and he can’t quite get the words out.

On Feb. 20 of last year, Jamal Edwards, one of the U.K.’s most prominent young music entrepreneurs, died suddenly at age 31, of a cardiac arrhythmia brought on by cocaine use. He was Sheeran’s best friend, and the artist believes he owes Edwards his career, thanks to cred-establishing appearances on his influential YouTube channel SBTV. Edwards’ final Instagram post was a tribute to his old friend. “Happy Birthday to the OG, Ed. Blessed to have you in my life brother. You know you’ve been mates a long time when you lose count on the years! Keep smashing it & inspiring us all G!”

The two friends had an easy chemistry, as demonstrated in an old YouTube clip where Sheeran and Edwards trade lines from the grime track “Burst Da Pipe,” both of them cracking up. “People assumed that we were lovers,” Sheeran rapped on a recent tribute to his friend, “F64.” “But we’re brothers in arms.” “That was a big rumor in the industry,” Sheeran says. “And I don’t think anyone thought that I knew the rumor. But I get it, man. I lived in his room!”

When he was 18 and had no place to live in London, he crashed for the night at Edwards’ house, and ended up staying for “God knows how long. Like, I get why people would think that. We used to go on holidays together.” The night before he learned of Edwards’ death, Sheeran was out to dinner with Swift and Joe Alwyn, exchanging texts with Edwards about plans to shoot a video the next day. “Twelve hours later,” Sheeran says, “he was dead.”

February of last year was already the worst month of Sheeran’s life. Just before Edwards’ death, Seaborn, six months pregnant, was diagnosed with a tumor that needed surgery — which couldn’t happen until after she gave birth. There was talk of delivering early, though she ultimately carried Jupiter to term and had successful surgery in June, the morning of a Wembley concert for Sheeran. “There’s nothing you can do about it,” he says. “You feel so powerless.” Meanwhile, he was in court defending a plagiarism lawsuit over “Shape of You,” “being called a thief and a liar.” (He won the suit.)

I don’t know any old rockers who aren’t alcoholics or sober,” Sheeran says. “And I didn’t want to be either.

Edwards’ death shattered him, sent him spiraling. “My best friend died,” he says, tearing up for the first time in our discussions. “And he shouldn’t have done.” He found himself in his latest bout of what he quietly knew to be depression. “I’ve always had real lows in my life,” he says. “But it wasn’t really till last year that I actually addressed it.”

He first experienced it in elementary school, a period that’s sometimes played for laughs in chronicles of his life, but turns out to have been deeply traumatizing. “I went to a really, really sport-orientated primary school,” he says. “I had bright red hair, big blue glasses, a stutter. I couldn’t play the sport because I had a perforated eardrum. You’re just singled out for being different at that point. I’ve kind of blocked out a lot of it, but I have a real hang up about that. I think it plays into wanting to be on a stage and have people like you and stuff.”

In the wake of Edwards’ death — and then, on top of everything else, the passing of another friend, Australian cricket star Shane Warne, in early March — Sheeran started experiencing a feeling he’d silently suffered through before. “I felt like I didn’t want to live anymore,” he says, his voice steady. “And I have had that throughout my life.… You’re under the waves drowning. You’re just sort of in this thing. And you can’t get out of it.” Those thoughts were bad enough, but shame arrived as their companion. They seemed “selfish,” he says, “especially as a father. I feel really embarrassed about it.”

It was Seaborn who figured out what was going on, and told Sheeran he needed help. For the first time in his life, he started seeing a therapist. “No one really talks about their feelings where I come from,” he says. “People think it’s weird getting a therapist in England.… I think it’s very helpful to be able to speak with someone and just vent and not feel guilty about venting. Obviously, like, I’ve lived a very privileged life. So my friends would always look at me like, ‘Oh, it’s not that bad.’ ”

If there’s still skepticism about therapy in the U.K., some young Americans treat it as a sort of miraculous, all-healing totem — hence the prevalence of “Men will literally become the biggest male pop stars of their generation instead of going to therapy”-type memes. For Sheeran, it’s been deeply helpful, but not magical. “The help isn’t a button that is pressed, where you’re automatically OK,” he says. “It is something that will always be there and just has to be managed.”

As he talks, Sheeran keeps pulling at a loose silver chain on his right wrist. He spent most of last year wearing two rubber bracelets. One was from Edwards’ funeral, the other, bearing the slogan “Don’t fuck up,” belonged to yet another lost friend, the Australian music exec Michael Gudinski, who died in 2021. On Christmas, Seaborn gave Sheeran the new jewelry, with Jupiter’s and Lyra’s names engraved inside. On New Year’s Day, Sheeran made the switch. “It felt symbolic,” he says, “to take off those bracelets and put on one for my family.”

SHEERAN’S OTHER FORM OF THERAPY was his usual one: writing songs. Since 2011, Sheeran has been executing his plan for a cycle of albums with titles based on mathematical symbols, and Subtract, now the last of those five releases, was always in the mix. The idea was a stripped-down singer-songwriter album, returning him to his earliest roots, and he’d spent more than a decade on it, “sculpting this perfect thing.” By early last year, it was ready to go. But the version of Subtract he’s putting out in May isn’t that album at all.

In late 2021, Swift’s matchmaking led to Sheeran and Dessner sitting down for a sushi dinner in New York. Dessner recalls telling Sheeran that he “would love to hear him in a more vulnerable, more sort of elemental way.” Not long after that conversation, Dessner did his thing, sending Sheeran fully arranged instrumental beds that just needed vocal melodies and lyrics.

In the midst of Sheeran’s month from hell, he started writing over the tracks. “I wasn’t really around a guitar,” he says. “But I had these instrumentals, and I would write to them — in the backs of cars or planes or whatever. And then it got done. And that was the record. It was all very, very, very fast.”

Sheeran, like much of humankind, is a huge fan of Swift’s Dessner-produced Folklore and Evermore. While he was determined not to copy them, he does think Dessner helped both him and Swift tap into the same mode of free, fast-flowing writing. Usually, Sheeran sits in a room with collaborators, bouncing ideas back and forth. In contrast, Dessner delivers a finished musical landscape. “And then he goes, ‘Now you say what you want to say,’ ” Sheeran says. “So there’s no filter. There wasn’t any going back and checking on any lyrics. And I think that’s what was brilliant about Folklore and Evermore — it’s just complete brain-to-page. That’s where you get lines like ‘When I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed, you put me on and said I was your favorite.’ There wasn’t anyone challenging that line. And that’s why it’s brilliant.”

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The opening track, “Boat,” evokes one of Sheeran’s early heroes, the singer-songwriter Damien Rice, in its starkness, with Dessner’s textured chords swelling beneath acoustic strumming. (Sheeran wrote it over a piano-and-drums bed created by Dessner, but reworked it as a raw guitar song.) “They say that all scars heal, but I know maybe I won’t,” Sheeran sings, sounding more plaintive than you’ve ever heard him. “The waves won’t break my boat.” On another ballad, “Life Goes On,” Sheeran sings directly of Edwards: “Life goes on with you gone, I suppose/I sink like a stone.”

The lovely midtempo track “Dusty,” propelled by ticking synthetic hi-hats, is lighter, capturing an epiphany Sheeran experienced during a morning ritual of listening to vinyl with Lyra — in this case, Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis. “I’m going through that time of turbulence and massive lows,” Sheeran says, “but then waking up in the morning and having a joyous morning with a beautiful girl. It’s such a weird juxtaposition to go to bed crying and wake up smiling with your daughter.”

“Eyes Closed,” the first single, is built around a pinging pizzicato riff that builds to an octave-jumping chorus as big as anything in Sheeran’s catalog: “I’m dancing with my eyes closed/’Cause everywhere I look I still see you.” It’s a rewrite of a more straightforward pop song Sheeran had on hand, a more generic breakup narrative. Now it speaks directly to his traumas and their aftermath: “I pictured this month a little bit different/No one is ever ready.”

There are 14 tracks on –, but that’s not the end of Sheeran and Dessner’s collaboration. Sheeran yanked three tracks from the album that felt too joyous, and realized they were the start of something else. “It was very quickly seen that we were making two different things,” says Sheeran. He went on to write an entirely separate second album with Dessner. He’s already mixing that one, though he’s not sure when it will come out; he wants to give – a chance to breathe. “I have no goals for the record,” he says. “I just want to put it out.”

Sheeran has five more albums in mind using another category of symbols, one he’s not ready to share, at least on the record. He sees the last in that series as a years-long project, with a twist. “I want to slowly make this album that is quote-unquote ‘perfect’ for the rest of my life, adding songs here and there,” he says. “And just have it in my will that after I die, it comes out.”

THIS IS WHAT ED SHEERAN DOES before he goes onstage in front of 50,000 people: practically nothing. He switches from his usual T-shirt and shorts and watch and sneakers into a modestly sharper stage outfit, and heads out, without so much as a final glance in the mirror or a comb through his hair. No vocal warmup, even. He wakes up on show days feeling no different than on any other days, and talks to the vast crowds the same way he speaks offstage. His persona is no persona. (As for the infamous photo of a glammed-up Beyoncé duetting with a dressed-down Ed: “I think it symbolizes two people being themselves, personally. She is the best performer on Earth. And I am a bloke in a T-shirt.”)

At 5 p.m. the day after our first meeting, just three hours before showtime at Auckland’s Eden Park stadium, Sheeran is back at the house, with the kids eating dinner at a circular wooden table, with summer light spilling in from the open patio doors. “Me and Cherry were talking earlier about how it’s so lovely,” says Sheeran, spoon-feeding Jupiter some rice. “We had an entire day. We did nothing but this. It’s so nice and wholesome having family on tour. On the last tour, I’d party till 7 a.m., sleep till 4 p.m., get up and do the gig. But I was like, 26. It’s very different.”

The SUV ride to tonight’s venue is only 20 minutes, during which we pass dozens of Sheeran’s fans making the same journey on foot. “Love Yourself,” the smash he gave to Justin Bieber, happens to play on the radio — the recording, he notes, is just his version with Bieber’s voice replacing his own. We pass several barricades and are whisked inside, past the local rugby team’s locker room. Sheeran’s dressing room is a big, airy refuge, set off by white curtains, with a cream-colored couch at its center, and an elaborate play area in one corner, just in case the kids show up. A foil-covered dinner of Japanese noodles and vegetables arrives for Sheeran, and as with every meal he eats in our time together, he’s arranged for me to be served the same — not a move that would occur to most celebrities.

There’s a wireless sound system in a road case in the corner, and Sheeran uses some idle time before his show to play me some unreleased music. Like, a dizzying, unbelievable amount of unreleased music, in so many styles it almost feels like a prank. “I’ve got loads and loads and loads of shit,” he says. Instead of waiting for inspiration, his method is to just keep the faucet flowing. “I wrote 25 songs the week I wrote ‘Shape of You,’ ” he says. But he’s never had so much finished music piled up that he’s this excited about. It’s years’ worth of releases, in his estimation. “Who’s to say at what point creativity stops,” he says, “and you can’t write any more songs? At least there’s enough banked up.”

Beyoncé is the best performer on Earth,” Sheeran says of an infamous photo of them together. “And I am a bloke in a T-shirt.

He starts out by playing an airy ballad, “Magical,” from his second album with Dessner. “This is how it feels to be in love,” he sings. “This is magical.” Another Dessner song, a likely single, has a bright “Solsbury Hill” feel: “Saturday night is giving me a reason to rely on a strobe light,” he sings, amid more meditations on grief. A third Dessner production is a surging Bruce Springsteen-inspired track called “England.”

There is, as it turns out, yet another completed album waiting in the wings, a collaboration with reggaeton superstar J Balvin. They knocked the whole thing out last year, after Sheeran randomly encountered Balvin (José, he calls him) in a hotel gym a couple of years earlier. The album is all ready to go, complete with already-shot videos, but again, with no release date in sight. He plays a track that bridges Afropop and reggaeton, with Burna Boy joining him and Balvin. Another Balvin production is a collaboration with Daddy Yankee, with Sheeran singing a hook between rapped verses; yet another is a slower reggaeton song where Sheeran actually raps in Spanish. “I wrote it in English,” he says, “and they translated it in the studio.” There are collaborations with Pharrell Williams and Shakira as well — turns out Sheeran has been writing for her next album, too, because why not?

Sheeran plays a grime track where he full-on speed-raps, trading off with the British rapper Devlin, another friend of Edwards. “Like Kendrick Lamar, this shit ain’t free,” Sheeran spits. There’s a drum-and-bass banger “for the ravers” that he wants to release as a double A side with a David Guetta-produced track where Sheeran praises the power of “summer vibration.” Another Guetta song is even more shameless in its Vegas-EDM feel, but it’s not for Sheeran — they’re trying to figure out who’ll sing it.

There’s a striking doo-wop-meets-Paul McCartney song called “Amazing Daughter,” the first thing Sheeran wrote after he briefly persuaded himself he should retire from music to become a stay-at-home dad after Lyra’s birth. It’s an outtake from his last album that he loves, but has no idea where he’ll find a place for it.

He plays a remnant from time spent in Nashville, a nearly parodic bro-country song he wrote with Florida Georgia Line that Sheeran assumes they rejected as too-on-the-nose: “My neck’s still red, the sky’s still blue, my truck’s still big, my girl’s still you … we live where we live because we love living in Middle America.”

Then there’s a collaboration with Benny Blanco, and, oh, yeah, a lighters-up power ballad duet between Sheeran and Bieber, which Sheeran worked on with superproducer Andrew Watt, slated for Bieber’s next album.

On top of it all, there’s the big-ass song Sheeran wrote for the new season of Ted Lasso. “Do you want to hear it?” he asks. “Because it’s fucking good.” “We’ll rise from the ashes and write in stars with our names,” he sings in a chorus Chris Martin will envy, complete with whoa-whoa-whoas. “The joy was worth the pain/Love’s the beautiful game.”

“Sorry,” Sheeran says at the end, unnecessarily. “I know I’ve just, like, song-vomited on you.”

Snow Patrol guitarist Johnny McDaid, one of Sheeran’s most frequent collaborators, has long since gotten used to Sheeran’s genre hopping. “A songwriter is sort of an antenna,” he says. “They pick things up in the ether, and depending on how wide the frequency band of your antenna is, you tend to genre-fy yourself. With Ed, his frequency band is so wide that it really can come from anywhere and be anything.” But it’s a mistake, McDaid argues, to confuse facility with being facile: “He approaches every song he writes as if it’s the first song and the last song. He approaches it with this real tenderness and curiosity.”

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It’s nearly showtime, and Sheeran strips from today’s outfit (nearly the same as yesterday’s, with the exception of rare Marty McFly-model Nikes) to his black boxer briefs, and pops on his stage clothes. He has a secret method of transport through the crowd that he asks me not to reveal. Once that mystery journey is over, we’re underneath his yacht-size rotating stage, currently covered by a sort of metal cage that will rise to reveal Sheeran after a countdown on the video screens. There’s about three minutes left, and Sheeran is still uncannily calm, promising a sound guy (known as Normal Dave, in contrast to another Dave in his employ) a celebratory drink soon. As the countdown hits 90 seconds, Sheeran insists that I scamper up to the stage itself, to the spot by his mic stand, and take it in. The vast crowd is visible through the enclosure, all around you, from the rugby field to the upper decks. You’re facing 50,000 people alone, armed with just your loop pedal and guitar. There doesn’t seem to be much to be calm about.

“Forty seconds!” a stage manager warns, and I sprint off the stage, with Sheeran taking over. The concert proceeds as planned, with singalongs and phones held aloft during the slow songs and Sheeran explaining how his loop pedal works, as he has every night for years. (These days, a full band, kept to side stages, does join him for a few songs.) Then he gets to “Bloodstream,” a moody 2014 confessional about an MDMA experience. The stadium glows blood-red as he builds the loop that drives the song — a bassy thump on the guitar, a driving arpeggio. But three minutes in, a rising tide of static overtakes the music. Sheeran stops and disappears under the stage. He reemerges and starts again. A minute in, the static returns. He repeats the process. More static, another disappearance. Sheeran’s production team is starting to sweat.

Finally, Sheeran explains that the noise is coming from his loop pedal, which won’t be working for the rest of the concert. He finishes the show by playing seven songs, several of them not on the set list, all just voice and guitar, unadorned. He’s forced to rework his hits in strummy coffeehouse arrangements, rendering the pyro effects during “Bad Habits” slightly comical. The fireworks bursting from the stage at the very end of the concert are so incongruous that Sheeran can’t help laughing.

For the crowd, the whole thing is a revelation, and you’ll hear people in Auckland talking about it on the street for days afterward. After all, how many other artists of Sheeran’s generation could even come close to pulling this off?

Backstage, Sheeran is in a mild state of shock. “Yeah, fuck me,” he says, sighing. He can’t bring himself to perceive the evening as the triumph it is. All he sees is a crowd that didn’t get its money’s worth. “It was so excruciating,” he says.

He makes it clear his team needs to fix the problem, but there’s never a question of a tantrum, onstage or off. “What can you gain shouting at people?” he asks. “I also think people work harder for you. If someone’s shouting, you’re just like, ‘Fuck you.’ ”

We were supposed to do another interview tonight, but Sheeran bumps it until tomorrow, a decision he says he made onstage. Instead, he eats a steak (again, I get one too), and starts seriously drinking red wine. Some of the old schoolmates who now work for him fill the room, and pour themselves glasses. The lights dim, and any remaining tension eases. “Let’s just forget tonight,” Sheeran says, raising a glass. “Let’s just forget it ever happened.”

BUT HE DOESN’T FORGET. And he doesn’t get much sleep, either. One of his kids has tonsillitis, so he’s up most of the night, and when he wakes up, his first thought is of the previous night’s troubles. “It was a good outcome,” he acknowledges, “but it’s just not what people paid for. It’d be like going to watch Avatar, and it stops halfway through. Then James Cameron comes out at the end and just narrates it. You’d be like, ‘Oh, that’s a new experience!’ But it’s not what you paid for.”

When we meet again in the same backstage area the next day, he’s got on the same shorts and a pastel hoodie, and his energy is a little edgier than usual. His crew spent long hours pinpointing the source of that show-stopping static: Turns out subwoofer vibrations damaged a chip in the loop pedal’s digital brain, and they’re ordering backups.

We sit on the dressing-room couch and start talking about “Bad Habits,” his 2021 smash. He’s mentioned in the past that the song is about “addiction issues,” but it never seems to register with anyone. “If you sing that on a piano really slowly,” he says, “it’s like a confessional song about addiction.”

Earlier, he told me he “used to be a party boy in my twenties.” But it went further than that. “I was always a drinker,” he says. “I didn’t touch any sort of like, drug, until I was 24.” But beyond weed, he did get into a “few” substances, which he won’t name, because he doesn’t want his kids reading it someday. “I remember just being at a festival and being like, ‘Well, if all of my friends do it, it can’t be that bad,'” he says. “And then sort of dabbling. And then it just turns into a habit that you do once a week and then once a day and then, like, twice a day and then, like, without booze. It just became bad vibes.”

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He’s vague on how and when he broke from those substances, but makes it clear the hardest thing was quitting hard liquor. “Two months before Lyra was born, Cherry said, ‘If my waters break, do you really want someone else to drive me to the hospital?” he recalls. “Because I was just drinking a lot. And that’s when it clicked. I was like, ‘No, actually, I really don’t.’ And I don’t ever want to be pissed holding my kid. Ever, ever. Having a couple of beers is one thing. But having a bottle of vodka is another thing. It’s just a realization of, ‘I’m getting into my thirties. Grow up! You’ve partied, you’ve had this experience. Be happy with that and just be done.’ I love red wine, and I love beer. I don’t know any old rockers that aren’t alcoholics or sober, and I didn’t want to be either.”

Edwards’ cocaine-related death only cemented his feelings about certain substances. “I would never, ever, ever touch anything again, because that’s how Jamal died. And that’s just disrespectful to his memory to even, like, go near.”

Quitting hard liquor helped him moderate his food intake, and his newish exercise habit has changed his body. But food, too, has been a struggle. “I’m self-conscious anyway, but you get into an industry where you’re getting compared to every other pop star,” he says. “I was in the One Direction wave, and I’m like, ‘Well, why don’t I have a six pack?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, because you love kebabs and drink beer.’ Then you do songs with Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes. All these people have fantastic figures. And I was always like, ‘Well, why am I so … fat?’ ”

He chuckles, with zero humor. “So I found myself doing what Elton [John] talks about in his book — gorging, and then it would come up again.” (John put it this way in his autobiography: “I had developed bulimia.”) “There’s certain things that, as a man talking about them, I feel mad uncomfortable. I know people are going to see it a type of way, but it’s good to be honest about them. Because so many people do the same thing and hide it as well.”

All of these battles are continuous. “I have a real eating problem,” he says. “I’m a real binge eater. I’m a binge-everything. But I’m now more of a binge exerciser, and a binge dad. And work, obviously.”

It’s almost showtime again, but Sheeran is happy to keep talking, with one half-joking request: “If I don’t cry in the next 40 minutes, that would be great.” This time, the show is flawless, with the hit singles at the end going off in their full, loop-pedal glory, the climactic fireworks fully earned. He makes a point of expressing his gratitude for his crew from the stage.

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“Fuck me,” he says backstage afterward, in an entirely different tone, a white towel around his neck. “Perfect show! That was so good. We should fuck up more often.” He’s thrilled, and so ready to celebrate that you’d almost think it was his first big concert. The wine comes out again.

Sheeran is “very grateful to do what he does,” says McDaid, his songwriting partner. “A lot of people in his position aren’t. He walks into a room to write a song, and tells me how grateful he is to be doing this.”

Lately, he’s found more elemental reasons to be thankful. Earlier in the week, he and Seaborn made the two-hour trip from Auckland to rural Waikato, where Hobbiton — the Shire sets built for Lord of the Rings — still stands, among the impossible verdant beauty of New Zealand’s grasslands. A year after everything blew apart, the couple sat on a bench, sipped red wine, and watched the sun dip down, talking about their kids and their good fortune. “We’re so grateful,” Sheeran says, “to be alive.”

Produced by HEATHER ROBBINS and MARY GOUGHNOUR at clm. Photography direction by EMMA REEVES. Fashion direction by ALEX BADIA. Market editor: EMILY MERCER. Fashion market assistance by ARI STARK. Styling and grooming by LIBERTY SHAW and HILARY OWEN. Tailoring by ALBERTO RIVERA at LARS NORD STUDIO. Set design by BETTE ADAMS at MHS ARTISTS. Digital technician: CREIGH LYNDON. Photography assistance by KYRRE KRISTOFFERSEN and NICK GRENNON. Set design assistance by KAETEN BONLI and BELL FRANCIS-BELL. Photographed at PIER 59 STUDIOS.

IN THIS ARTICLE:

aaron dessner,

Ed Sheeran,

long reads

MUSIC

MUSIC FEATURES

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De Algemene Verwarring #110 - 15 April 2024

Episode one hundred and ten of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday, April 15, 2024, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

Pictured below is Claire Mahoney, the woman behind the project Thistle Group, who has just recently collaborated with P. Wits to release a 7" on the I Dischi Del Barone label from Sweden. The 49th release on the label that only releases singles. Both artists are from New-Zealand. Thistle Group until now only released a cassette on 20 copies and a 7" on the Soft Abuse label. P. Wits might be a bit more known thanks to the 7" release on Belgian label Knotwilg Records. And it's an excellent single, maybe one of the highlights in the IDDB catalog. But contrary to what I said in the radio show, the most recent releases on the label were not less interesting to me when I look at the list now. I was under the impression that the last few releases were less appealing to me, but there's releases from Troth, from Eyes Of The Amaryllis, 番長 Taste, and the very last one was the harsh noise banger from Zwangsbeglucktertum, so what the hell was I thinking, seriously. Excellent label, excellent series of singles, buy them all if you can find them. Also, IDDB50 might be the last one, not sure about that, and I would be extremely sad if the label stops, but knowing that in the beginning they were 8 euro and now they are already 12 euro I can understand why it's not exactly rewarding to release singles... You really have to be a total freak like me for buying them and an even more total freak to put your money in such releases. Anyway, it's been quite a ride, so thanks to Matthias for all these wonderful releases.

Other music in this episode comes from surf rockers Krontjong Devils, ukulele expert Fabian, Les Yss Boys, Plexi Stad, The Drin, Honey Radar, Magazine, Desenterradas, Myriam Gendron, Brainman, AUS, Théorème, Juho Toivonen, and more! And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for the show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

Krontjong Devils: Malibu Run (7” “Romp Out!” On Hillsdale Records, 1996)

The Iss Boys/Les YSS Boys: Qu’est-ce Qui Ne Tourne Pas Rond (7” Indicatif” on Cameleon Records, 2020)

Fabian: Skull Of Elvis (LP V/A “Shut The Gate, Suzy, And Don't Let Me In" From The Vaults Of Demolition Derby” on Nitro!, 1996)

Plexi Stad: Probation Baby (7” “Probation Baby” on Alas! Records & Belly Button Records, 2023)

The Ex & Fendika: Lale Guma (7” “Lale Guma/Addis Hum” on Ex Records, 2015)

Cadeau De Marriage (The Wedding Present): Pourquoi Es Tu Devenu Si Raisonnable? (7” “Pourquoi Es Tu Devenu Si Raisonnable?” On Reception, 1988)

Honey Radar: Telephone Betty’s Aneurysm (LP “Sing The Snow Away: The Chunklet Years” on Chunklet Industries, 2023)

Midnight Mines: Insect People (LP “Since My Baby Left Me” on Minimum Table Stacks, reissue 2024, originally released on cassette on The Loki Label, 2017)

The Drin: Five And Dime Conjurers (LP “Today My Friend You Drunk The Venom” on Drunken Sailor Records, 2023)

Magazine: Sweetheart Contract (7” “Sweetheart Contract” on Virgin Records, 1980)

Desenterradas: Tumbas (LP “Danzando En El Caos” on Symphony Of Destruction & Metadona Records, 2021)

AUS: Zugvögel (7” “Der Schöne Schein” on Static Age, 2024)

Théorème: Punk Vortex (LP “L’Appel Du Midi A Midi Pile” on Bruit Direct Disques, 2016)

Thistle Group & P. Wits: Fog On My Brain (7” “Fog On My Brain/Figure It Out” on I Dischi Del Barone, 2024)

Brainman: Kilonovo (LP V/A “A Short Illness From Which He Never Recovered” on Blackest Ever Black, 2019)

Myriam Gendron: Ballade Of A Great Weariness (LP “Not So Deep As A Well” on Feeding tube Records, reissue 2023, originally released in 2014)

B.F. Shelton: Pretty Polly (LP V/A “A Short Life Of Trouble - Popular American Ballads 1927-1943” on Mississippi Records, 2013)

Juho Toivonen: Enne (LP “Sisarusten Toistuva Uni” on Discreet Music, 2024)

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Holidays 3.1

Holidays

Ahh Kavan Day (New Zealand)

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)

Baby Sleep Day

Beginning of Autumn (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)

Beginning of Spring (UK)

Bellona Asteroid Day

Be Positive, Do Something Positive Day

Bikini Atoll Hydrogen Bomb Test Day

Bikini Day (Japan)

Bravo Day (a.k.a. Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day; Marshall Islands)

Chalanda Marz (Switzerland)

Chapchâr Kût (Mizoram, India)

Charlie’s Good Deed Day (UK)

Community Day (Balearic Islands, Spain)

Dadgum That’s Good Day

Day of the Balearic Islands

Day to Mourn the Victims of Land Mines

Denim Day for Dementia

Dia Del Contador (Colombia)

Disability Day of Mourning

Doomed Soldiers Memorial Day (Poland)

Dress in Blue Day

Edward L. Reisch Day (Springfield, Illinois)

Eight Hours Day (Tasmania)

Endometriosis Awareness Day

Feriae Marti (Birthday of Mars Pater)

First Day of Autumn (Australia)

Flag Day (Mali, St. Lucia)

FM Radio Day

Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Day (Papua New Guinea)

Gratitude Day (Kazakhstan)

Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day (Guam)

Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Holiday (British Virgin Islands)

Heroes’ Day (Paraguay)

Hollow Earth Day

Indie Music Day

International Association for Women of Color Day

International Day of the Seal

International Hug a Librarian Day

International Monetary Fund Day

International Romance Reader Day

International Waste Pickers Day

International Wheelchair Day

International Women with Epilepsy Day

Digit Day (Chechnia; Ingueshetia)

Land Mine Ban Anniversary Day

Lavity Stoutt Day (British Virgin Islands)

Maha Shivaratri (India)

Make Time for a Cuppa begins (UK) [Until 3.8]

Martenitsa (Bulgaria)

Mărțișor (Moldova, Romania)

Mechanic’s Day

Mellow Yellow Day

Mustafa Barzani Commemoration (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Narcissus Day (French Republic)

National Black Women in Jazz Day

National Cat Day (Russia)

National 'Cursed Soldiers' Remembrance Day (Poland)

National Dance Teacher Appreciation Day

National Day of Action

National Heroes’ Day (Paraguay)

National Hotel Slipper Day

National Horse Protection Day (a.k.a. World Horse Day)

National Hygge Day (UK)

National March First Day

National Minnesota Day

National Mountain Hare Day (Scotland)

National Pig Day

National Sage Day

National School Horse Day

National Texas Stress Day

National Wedding Planning Day

National Welsh Corgi Day

National Workout Buddy Day

New Year’s Day (Ancient Rome, Pre-Julian)

Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day

Nuclear Victims & Survivors Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)

Peace Corps Founding Day

Pinzon Day (Bayonne, Spain)

Plan A Solo Vacation Day

Professional Engineers Day (Canada)

Public Risk Management Awareness Day

ReFired, Not ReTired Day

Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)

Republic Day (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Samiljeol (March 1st Movement Remembrance Day; South Korea)

Self-Injury Awareness Day

Share a Smile Day

State Sovereignty Enforcement Day (Indonesia)

Time for a Cuppa Days begin (Until 8th; UK)

Time Magazine Day

Wear Yellow Day (a.k.a. Endometriosis Awareness Day)

White Rabbit Day

Whuppity Scoorie Day (Scotland)

Women of Color Day

World Candle Day

World Civil Defence Day

World Compliment Day

World Futures Day

World Music Therapy Awareness Day

World Seagrass Day

Yap Day (Micronesia)

Yellowstone National Park Day

Zero Discrimination Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Beer Day (Iceland)

Bjórdagurinn or Bjórdagu (a.k.a. Beer Day; Iceland)

Blessing of the Bock (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Fruit Compote Day

National Barista Day (Australia)

National Kolache Day

National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day

National Sunkist Citrus Day

1st Friday in March

Aldo Leopold Weekend begins [1st Friday]

Arts Across Virginia Day (Virginia) [1st Friday]

Dress in Blue Day (for Colorectal Cancer Awareness) [1st Friday]

Employee Appreciation Day [1st Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

International Festival of Owls begins [1st Friday]

Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day [1st Friday]

National Day of Unplugging [1st Friday, Sundown to Sundown]

National Doodle Day [1st Friday]

National Salesperson Day [1st Friday]

National Speech and Debate Education Day [1st Friday]

Overseas NHS Workers Day (UK) [1st Friday]

Women’s World Day of Prayer (UK) [1st Friday]

World Day of Prayer [1st Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning March 1

Hearing Awareness Week [thru 3.7]

LGBT Health Awareness Week [thru 3.7]

National Cheerleading Week [thru 3.7]

National Ghostwriters Week [thru 3.7]

National Lawnmower Week [thru 3.7]

National Invest in Veterans Week [thru 3.7]

National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week [thru 3.7]

Potato Week (Manitoba, Canada) [thru 3.10] (potatoweek.com)

Return The Borrowed Books Week [thru 3.7]

Telecommuter Appreciation Week [Week with 3.2, Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday]

Universal Human Beings Week [thru 3.7]

Will Eisner Week [thru 3.7]

World Hearing Awareness Week [thru 3.7]

Independence & Related Days

Bosnia and Herzegovina (from Yugoslavia, 1992)

Constitution Day (Panama)

Dushastan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

The Holy Empire of New Israel (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]

Independence Movement Day (Republic of Korea; 1919)

Naminara Republic (from South Korea, 2006) [unrecognized]

Nebraska Statehood Day (#37; 1867)

Nehalem Bay (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Neufchatel Independence Day (Neufchatel Canton, Switzerland)

Ohio Statehood Day (#17; 1803)

Republic Day (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Republic of Texas (59 People Declared; 1836)

South Korea (Declared from Japan, 1919)

New Year’s Days

Medieval European New Year

Old Roman New Year's Day

Festivals Beginning March 1, 2024

Adelaide Festival (Adelaide, Australia) [thru 3.17]

Aldo Leopold Week (Iowa) [thru 3.10]

Bockfest (Cincinnati, Ohio) [thru 3.3]

Enlighten Canberra (Canberra, Australia) [thru 3.11]

Extra Innings Festival (Tempe, Arizona) [thru 3.2]

Fantasporto Film Festival (Porto, Portugal) [thru 3.10]

Florida Azalea Festival (Palatka, Florida) [thru 3.3]

International Festival of Owls (Houston, Minnesota) [thru 3.3]

Montreal Jazz Festival Miami )Miami, Florida) [thru 3.3]

National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 3.3]

North of the Border Chili Cook-Off (Lumberton, North Carolina) [thru 3.2]

North Texas Irish Festival (Dallas, Texas) [thru 3.3]

Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) [thru 3.3]

Phoenix Scotia Games (Phoenix, Arizona) [thru 3.3]

Portland Seafood & Wine Festival (Portland, Oregon) [thru 3.3]

Starkbierfest (Strong Beer Festival; Much, Germany) [thru 3.24]

Washington Wine Month (Washington) [thru 3.31]

Wine Highway (Georgia) [thru 3.31]

Feast Days

Abdecalas (Christian; Saint)

Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (Christian; Martyr Saint of China)

Albin (a.k.a. Albinus; Christian; Saint)

Anaxagoras (Positivist; Saint)

Baba Marta (Bulgaria)

David of Wales (a.k.a. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant; Christian; Saint) [Wales]

Elves, Woodworkers, and Mechanics Day (Shamanism)

Eudokia of Heliopolis (Christian; Saint)

Feriae Marti (Festival of Mars; Ancient Rome)

Felix III (Christian; Pope)

Finchen (Muppetism)

Giovanni Duprè (Artology)

Granny March’s Day (Bulgaria)

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Day (Everyday Wicca)

Kalends of March (Ancient Rome)

Leoluca (Christian; Saint)

Luperculus (Christian; Saint)

Matronalia (Women’s Festival to Juno; Ancient Rome)

Monan (Christian; Saint)

Narwhal Day (Pastafarian)

Navii’s Day (a.k.a. Vjunitci; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)

Nikolaos Gyzis (Artology)

Obeisance before the Blessed Coney Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Omizutori Matsuri (Water-Drawing Festival; Japan)

Oskar Kokoschka (Artology)

Renewal of the Vestal Fire (Ancient Rome)

Robert Lowell (Writerism)

Rudesind (Christian; Saint)

Suitbert (Christian; Saint)

Swithbert of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Theresa Bernstein (Artology)

Vestal Virgins Fire Rekindling Day (Ancient Rome)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 5 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [5 of 24]

Fatal Day (Pagan) [5 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [11 of 32]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [11 of 37]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [15 of 57]

Premieres

The Act is Over or The Big Mink is the Fink (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 350; 1965)

African Jungle (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Alice’s Day at Sea (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Another Day, Another Doormat (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

Anti-Cats (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1950)

Apollo 11 (Documentary Film; 2019)

Apple Honey, recorded by Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Song; 1945)

Astronaut (Deputy Dawg Cartoon; 1963)

Berry Funny (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)

Better Late Than Never (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Big World, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1986)

Bleak House, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1852)

The Book of Mormon, by Joseph Smith (Book; 1830)

Brother From Outer Space (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Bulldozing the Bull (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1951)

A Bum Steer (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Charlotte’s Web (Hanna-Barbera Animated Film; 1973)

City Slicker (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

A Clean Well-Lighted Place, by Ernest Hemingway (Short Story; 1933)

Closing Time, by Tom Waits (Album; 1973)

Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1947)

Dangling Man, by Saul Bellow (Novel; 1944)

Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1973)

Death: The High Cost of Living, by Neil Gaiman (Comic Mini-Series; 1993)

Deuce Coupe Ballet, by the Joffrey Ballet, set the music of The Beach Boys (Ballet; 1973)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick (Novel; 1968)

Doing the Big Apple or May I Have the Next Dunce? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 349; 1965)

The Doors (Film; 1991)

Dragonsong, by Anne McCaffrey (Novel; 1976)

Dune: Part Two (Film; 2024)

Elio (Animated Pixar Film; 2024)

Elmer Gantry, by Sinclair Lewis (Novel; 1926)

Foofie’s Picnic (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Freight Fright (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

Funderful Suburbia (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

Gaston’s Baby (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Giddy Gadgets (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

The Glass Key, by Dashiell Hammett (Novel; 1931)

Grand Prix Winner (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Heavy Weather, by Weather Report (Album; 1977)

The Helpless Hippo (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1954)

He-Man Seaman (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Hep Mother Hubbard (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1956)

Hi-Fi Jinx (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

The Hildebrand Rarity, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

Honorable Family Problem (Hashimoto Cartoon; 1962)

Hurt, by Trent Reznor, as recorded by Johnny Cash (Song; 2003)

An Igloo for Two (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Intégrales, by Edgard Varese (Musical Piece for 11 Wind, Brass & Percussionists; 1925)

It’s For the Birds (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

I Want My Mummy (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1966)

Jesus of Cool, by Nick Lowe (Album; 1978)

The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan (Novel; 1989)

The Killing Floor, 1st Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 1997)

The Last Man on Earth (TV Series; 2015)

A Leak in the Dike (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League — Attack of the legion of Doom (WB Animated Film; 2015)

The Lion Hunt (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1949)

The Man of Bronze, by Lester Dent, writing as Kenneth Robeson (Novel; 1933) [Doc Savage #1]

Martian Moochers (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

Meet the Tiger, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1928) [Saint #1]

Messed Up Movie Makers (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1966)

Mighty Mouse and the Magician (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

Monk’s Dream, by Thelonious Monk (Album; 1963)

Mouse Meets Bird (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

My Favorite Things, by John Coltrane (Album; 1961)

Native Son, by Richard Wright (Novel; 1940)

1919, by John Dos Passos (Novel; 1932)

Nonsense Newsreel (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

No Sleep for Percy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Nothing to Lose, 12th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2008)

Ol’ Man River, recorded by Paul Robeson and Paul Whiteman (Song; 1928)

One Weak Vacation (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Papa’s Day of Rest (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Pecking Holes in Poles (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)

Prehistoric Perils (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1952)

A Private Function (Film; 1985)

The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck (Novella; 1933)

Rush, by Rush (Album; 1974)

Samson Scrap (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

Sands of Iwo Jima (Film; 1950)

A Sight For Squaw Eyes (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

61 Hours, 14th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2010)

Snappy Snap Shots (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Songs of Erin, Featuring Candy Goose (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Spaceman (Film; 2024)

Space Pet (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)

Spring Fever, featuring Candy Goose (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Squeeze (a.k.a. UK Squeeze), by Squeeze (Album; 1978)

Sunny Italy (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1950)

The Sure Thing (Film; 1985)

Surface Surf Aces (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway Musical; 1979)

Three Early Stories, by J.D. Salinger (Short Stories; 2014) [published posthumously]

The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (Novel; 1844)

Thumb Fun (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche (Book; 1892)

The Tiger King (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (Novel; 1895)

T.V. or No T.V. (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne (Novel; 1869)

UK Squeeze (Album; 1987)

Uranium Blues, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

The Yearling, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Novel; 1938)

Today’s Name Days

Albin, Leontina, Roger (Austria)

Evdokiya, Marta, Martin, Martina (Bulgaria)

Albin, David, Feliks, Jadranko, Zoran (Croatia)

Bedřich (Czech Republic)

Albinus (Denmark)

Albin, Albo, Alvin, Armin (Estonia)

Alpi, Alpo, Alvi (Finland)

Albin, Aubin, Jonathan (France)

Albin, Leontina, Roger (Germany)

Evdokia, Harisios, Parashos, Paraskevas (Greece)

Albin (Hungary)

Alba, Albino, Ermes, Ermete, Ugo (Italy)

Ikars, Ilgvars, Ilvars, Ivars (Latvia)

Albinas, Antanina, Rusnė, Tulgaudas (Lithuania)

Audny, Audun (Norway)

Albin, Antoni, Antonina, Budzisław, Budzisz, Eudokia, Eudoksja, Ewdokia, Feliks, Herakles, Herkules, Jewdocha, Joanna, Józef, Nikifor, Piotr (Poland)

Evdochia (Romania)

Albín (Slovakia)

Albino, David, Rosendo (Spain)

Albin, Elvira (Sweden)

Evdokia (Ukraine)

Chapman, Dina, Dinah, Glen, Glenda, Glenn, Glenna, Seth (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 61 of 2024; 305 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 9 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 21 (Jia-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 21 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 20 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 1 Green; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 17 February 2024

Moon: 70%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Democritus]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 72 of 89)

Week: 4th Week of February

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 12 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Green (J Calendar) [Month 3 of 12]

March (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 3 of 12]

[brookston]

Holidays 3.1

Holidays

Ahh Kavan Day (New Zealand)

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)

Baby Sleep Day

Beginning of Autumn (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)

Beginning of Spring (UK)

Bellona Asteroid Day

Be Positive, Do Something Positive Day

Bikini Atoll Hydrogen Bomb Test Day

Bikini Day (Japan)

Bravo Day (a.k.a. Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day; Marshall Islands)

Chalanda Marz (Switzerland)

Chapchâr Kût (Mizoram, India)

Charlie’s Good Deed Day (UK)

Community Day (Balearic Islands, Spain)

Dadgum That’s Good Day

Day of the Balearic Islands

Day to Mourn the Victims of Land Mines

Denim Day for Dementia

Dia Del Contador (Colombia)

Disability Day of Mourning

Doomed Soldiers Memorial Day (Poland)

Dress in Blue Day

Edward L. Reisch Day (Springfield, Illinois)

Eight Hours Day (Tasmania)

Endometriosis Awareness Day

Feriae Marti (Birthday of Mars Pater)

First Day of Autumn (Australia)

Flag Day (Mali, St. Lucia)

FM Radio Day

Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Day (Papua New Guinea)

Gratitude Day (Kazakhstan)

Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day (Guam)

Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Holiday (British Virgin Islands)

Heroes’ Day (Paraguay)

Hollow Earth Day

Indie Music Day

International Association for Women of Color Day

International Day of the Seal

International Hug a Librarian Day

International Monetary Fund Day

International Romance Reader Day

International Waste Pickers Day

International Wheelchair Day

International Women with Epilepsy Day

Digit Day (Chechnia; Ingueshetia)

Land Mine Ban Anniversary Day

Lavity Stoutt Day (British Virgin Islands)

Maha Shivaratri (India)

Make Time for a Cuppa begins (UK) [Until 3.8]

Martenitsa (Bulgaria)

Mărțișor (Moldova, Romania)

Mechanic’s Day

Mellow Yellow Day

Mustafa Barzani Commemoration (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Narcissus Day (French Republic)

National Black Women in Jazz Day

National Cat Day (Russia)

National 'Cursed Soldiers' Remembrance Day (Poland)

National Dance Teacher Appreciation Day

National Day of Action

National Heroes’ Day (Paraguay)

National Hotel Slipper Day

National Horse Protection Day (a.k.a. World Horse Day)

National Hygge Day (UK)

National March First Day

National Minnesota Day

National Mountain Hare Day (Scotland)

National Pig Day

National Sage Day

National School Horse Day

National Texas Stress Day

National Wedding Planning Day

National Welsh Corgi Day

National Workout Buddy Day

New Year’s Day (Ancient Rome, Pre-Julian)

Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day

Nuclear Victims & Survivors Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)

Peace Corps Founding Day

Pinzon Day (Bayonne, Spain)

Plan A Solo Vacation Day

Professional Engineers Day (Canada)

Public Risk Management Awareness Day

ReFired, Not ReTired Day

Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)

Republic Day (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Samiljeol (March 1st Movement Remembrance Day; South Korea)

Self-Injury Awareness Day

Share a Smile Day

State Sovereignty Enforcement Day (Indonesia)

Time for a Cuppa Days begin (Until 8th; UK)

Time Magazine Day

Wear Yellow Day (a.k.a. Endometriosis Awareness Day)

White Rabbit Day

Whuppity Scoorie Day (Scotland)

Women of Color Day

World Candle Day

World Civil Defence Day

World Compliment Day

World Futures Day

World Music Therapy Awareness Day

World Seagrass Day

Yap Day (Micronesia)

Yellowstone National Park Day

Zero Discrimination Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Beer Day (Iceland)

Bjórdagurinn or Bjórdagu (a.k.a. Beer Day; Iceland)

Blessing of the Bock (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Fruit Compote Day

National Barista Day (Australia)

National Kolache Day

National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day

National Sunkist Citrus Day

1st Friday in March

Aldo Leopold Weekend begins [1st Friday]

Arts Across Virginia Day (Virginia) [1st Friday]

Dress in Blue Day (for Colorectal Cancer Awareness) [1st Friday]

Employee Appreciation Day [1st Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

International Festival of Owls begins [1st Friday]

Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day [1st Friday]

National Day of Unplugging [1st Friday, Sundown to Sundown]

National Doodle Day [1st Friday]

National Salesperson Day [1st Friday]

National Speech and Debate Education Day [1st Friday]

Overseas NHS Workers Day (UK) [1st Friday]

Women’s World Day of Prayer (UK) [1st Friday]

World Day of Prayer [1st Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning March 1

Hearing Awareness Week [thru 3.7]

LGBT Health Awareness Week [thru 3.7]

National Cheerleading Week [thru 3.7]

National Ghostwriters Week [thru 3.7]

National Lawnmower Week [thru 3.7]

National Invest in Veterans Week [thru 3.7]

National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week [thru 3.7]

Potato Week (Manitoba, Canada) [thru 3.10] (potatoweek.com)

Return The Borrowed Books Week [thru 3.7]

Telecommuter Appreciation Week [Week with 3.2, Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday]

Universal Human Beings Week [thru 3.7]

Will Eisner Week [thru 3.7]

World Hearing Awareness Week [thru 3.7]

Independence & Related Days

Bosnia and Herzegovina (from Yugoslavia, 1992)

Constitution Day (Panama)

Dushastan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

The Holy Empire of New Israel (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]

Independence Movement Day (Republic of Korea; 1919)

Naminara Republic (from South Korea, 2006) [unrecognized]

Nebraska Statehood Day (#37; 1867)

Nehalem Bay (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Neufchatel Independence Day (Neufchatel Canton, Switzerland)

Ohio Statehood Day (#17; 1803)

Republic Day (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Republic of Texas (59 People Declared; 1836)

South Korea (Declared from Japan, 1919)

New Year’s Days

Medieval European New Year

Old Roman New Year's Day

Festivals Beginning March 1, 2024

Adelaide Festival (Adelaide, Australia) [thru 3.17]

Aldo Leopold Week (Iowa) [thru 3.10]

Bockfest (Cincinnati, Ohio) [thru 3.3]

Enlighten Canberra (Canberra, Australia) [thru 3.11]

Extra Innings Festival (Tempe, Arizona) [thru 3.2]

Fantasporto Film Festival (Porto, Portugal) [thru 3.10]

Florida Azalea Festival (Palatka, Florida) [thru 3.3]

International Festival of Owls (Houston, Minnesota) [thru 3.3]

Montreal Jazz Festival Miami )Miami, Florida) [thru 3.3]

National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 3.3]

North of the Border Chili Cook-Off (Lumberton, North Carolina) [thru 3.2]

North Texas Irish Festival (Dallas, Texas) [thru 3.3]

Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) [thru 3.3]

Phoenix Scotia Games (Phoenix, Arizona) [thru 3.3]

Portland Seafood & Wine Festival (Portland, Oregon) [thru 3.3]

Starkbierfest (Strong Beer Festival; Much, Germany) [thru 3.24]

Washington Wine Month (Washington) [thru 3.31]

Wine Highway (Georgia) [thru 3.31]

Feast Days

Abdecalas (Christian; Saint)

Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (Christian; Martyr Saint of China)

Albin (a.k.a. Albinus; Christian; Saint)

Anaxagoras (Positivist; Saint)

Baba Marta (Bulgaria)

David of Wales (a.k.a. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant; Christian; Saint) [Wales]

Elves, Woodworkers, and Mechanics Day (Shamanism)

Eudokia of Heliopolis (Christian; Saint)

Feriae Marti (Festival of Mars; Ancient Rome)

Felix III (Christian; Pope)

Finchen (Muppetism)

Giovanni Duprè (Artology)

Granny March’s Day (Bulgaria)

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Day (Everyday Wicca)

Kalends of March (Ancient Rome)

Leoluca (Christian; Saint)

Luperculus (Christian; Saint)

Matronalia (Women’s Festival to Juno; Ancient Rome)

Monan (Christian; Saint)

Narwhal Day (Pastafarian)

Navii’s Day (a.k.a. Vjunitci; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)

Nikolaos Gyzis (Artology)

Obeisance before the Blessed Coney Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Omizutori Matsuri (Water-Drawing Festival; Japan)

Oskar Kokoschka (Artology)

Renewal of the Vestal Fire (Ancient Rome)

Robert Lowell (Writerism)

Rudesind (Christian; Saint)

Suitbert (Christian; Saint)

Swithbert of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Theresa Bernstein (Artology)

Vestal Virgins Fire Rekindling Day (Ancient Rome)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 5 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [5 of 24]

Fatal Day (Pagan) [5 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [11 of 32]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [11 of 37]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [15 of 57]

Premieres

The Act is Over or The Big Mink is the Fink (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 350; 1965)

African Jungle (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Alice’s Day at Sea (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Another Day, Another Doormat (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

Anti-Cats (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1950)

Apollo 11 (Documentary Film; 2019)

Apple Honey, recorded by Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Song; 1945)

Astronaut (Deputy Dawg Cartoon; 1963)

Berry Funny (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)

Better Late Than Never (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Big World, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1986)

Bleak House, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1852)

The Book of Mormon, by Joseph Smith (Book; 1830)

Brother From Outer Space (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Bulldozing the Bull (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1951)

A Bum Steer (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Charlotte’s Web (Hanna-Barbera Animated Film; 1973)

City Slicker (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

A Clean Well-Lighted Place, by Ernest Hemingway (Short Story; 1933)

Closing Time, by Tom Waits (Album; 1973)

Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1947)

Dangling Man, by Saul Bellow (Novel; 1944)

Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1973)

Death: The High Cost of Living, by Neil Gaiman (Comic Mini-Series; 1993)

Deuce Coupe Ballet, by the Joffrey Ballet, set the music of The Beach Boys (Ballet; 1973)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick (Novel; 1968)

Doing the Big Apple or May I Have the Next Dunce? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 349; 1965)

The Doors (Film; 1991)

Dragonsong, by Anne McCaffrey (Novel; 1976)

Dune: Part Two (Film; 2024)

Elio (Animated Pixar Film; 2024)

Elmer Gantry, by Sinclair Lewis (Novel; 1926)

Foofie’s Picnic (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Freight Fright (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

Funderful Suburbia (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

Gaston’s Baby (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Giddy Gadgets (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

The Glass Key, by Dashiell Hammett (Novel; 1931)

Grand Prix Winner (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Heavy Weather, by Weather Report (Album; 1977)

The Helpless Hippo (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1954)

He-Man Seaman (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Hep Mother Hubbard (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1956)

Hi-Fi Jinx (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

The Hildebrand Rarity, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

Honorable Family Problem (Hashimoto Cartoon; 1962)

Hurt, by Trent Reznor, as recorded by Johnny Cash (Song; 2003)

An Igloo for Two (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Intégrales, by Edgard Varese (Musical Piece for 11 Wind, Brass & Percussionists; 1925)

It’s For the Birds (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

I Want My Mummy (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1966)

Jesus of Cool, by Nick Lowe (Album; 1978)

The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan (Novel; 1989)

The Killing Floor, 1st Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 1997)

The Last Man on Earth (TV Series; 2015)

A Leak in the Dike (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League — Attack of the legion of Doom (WB Animated Film; 2015)

The Lion Hunt (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1949)

The Man of Bronze, by Lester Dent, writing as Kenneth Robeson (Novel; 1933) [Doc Savage #1]

Martian Moochers (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

Meet the Tiger, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1928) [Saint #1]

Messed Up Movie Makers (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1966)

Mighty Mouse and the Magician (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

Monk’s Dream, by Thelonious Monk (Album; 1963)

Mouse Meets Bird (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

My Favorite Things, by John Coltrane (Album; 1961)

Native Son, by Richard Wright (Novel; 1940)

1919, by John Dos Passos (Novel; 1932)

Nonsense Newsreel (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

No Sleep for Percy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Nothing to Lose, 12th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2008)

Ol’ Man River, recorded by Paul Robeson and Paul Whiteman (Song; 1928)

One Weak Vacation (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Papa’s Day of Rest (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Pecking Holes in Poles (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)

Prehistoric Perils (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1952)

A Private Function (Film; 1985)

The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck (Novella; 1933)

Rush, by Rush (Album; 1974)

Samson Scrap (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

Sands of Iwo Jima (Film; 1950)

A Sight For Squaw Eyes (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

61 Hours, 14th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2010)

Snappy Snap Shots (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Songs of Erin, Featuring Candy Goose (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Spaceman (Film; 2024)

Space Pet (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)

Spring Fever, featuring Candy Goose (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Squeeze (a.k.a. UK Squeeze), by Squeeze (Album; 1978)

Sunny Italy (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1950)

The Sure Thing (Film; 1985)

Surface Surf Aces (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway Musical; 1979)

Three Early Stories, by J.D. Salinger (Short Stories; 2014) [published posthumously]

The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (Novel; 1844)

Thumb Fun (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche (Book; 1892)

The Tiger King (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (Novel; 1895)

T.V. or No T.V. (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne (Novel; 1869)

UK Squeeze (Album; 1987)

Uranium Blues, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

The Yearling, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Novel; 1938)

Today’s Name Days

Albin, Leontina, Roger (Austria)

Evdokiya, Marta, Martin, Martina (Bulgaria)

Albin, David, Feliks, Jadranko, Zoran (Croatia)

Bedřich (Czech Republic)

Albinus (Denmark)

Albin, Albo, Alvin, Armin (Estonia)

Alpi, Alpo, Alvi (Finland)

Albin, Aubin, Jonathan (France)

Albin, Leontina, Roger (Germany)

Evdokia, Harisios, Parashos, Paraskevas (Greece)

Albin (Hungary)

Alba, Albino, Ermes, Ermete, Ugo (Italy)

Ikars, Ilgvars, Ilvars, Ivars (Latvia)

Albinas, Antanina, Rusnė, Tulgaudas (Lithuania)

Audny, Audun (Norway)

Albin, Antoni, Antonina, Budzisław, Budzisz, Eudokia, Eudoksja, Ewdokia, Feliks, Herakles, Herkules, Jewdocha, Joanna, Józef, Nikifor, Piotr (Poland)

Evdochia (Romania)

Albín (Slovakia)

Albino, David, Rosendo (Spain)

Albin, Elvira (Sweden)

Evdokia (Ukraine)

Chapman, Dina, Dinah, Glen, Glenda, Glenn, Glenna, Seth (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 61 of 2024; 305 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 9 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 21 (Jia-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 21 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 20 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 1 Green; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 17 February 2024

Moon: 70%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Democritus]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 72 of 89)

Week: 4th Week of February

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 12 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Green (J Calendar) [Month 3 of 12]

March (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 3 of 12]

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Introduction: When it comes to planning a wedding, one of the most crucial elements is entertainment. It sets the mood, brings people together, and creates lasting memories. In New Zealand, couples are spoilt for choice when it comes to wedding entertainment NZ. From live bands to DJs, the options are diverse and cater to a wide range of tastes. In this article, we'll delve into the world of wedding entertainment in NZ, exploring the various options available to make your special day truly unforgettable.

Wedding Music Entertainment: Music is the heartbeat of any celebration, and weddings are no exception. In NZ, the options for wedding music entertainment are vast. Couples can choose from live bands, solo artists, classical ensembles, or even hire a DJ to keep the party going. Each option brings its own unique flavor to the event.

Live Bands: Live bands add a dynamic and energetic element to weddings. From classic rock to soulful jazz, there are bands in NZ to suit every taste. These talented musicians can cater to various genres, ensuring that the music resonates with both the couple and their guests.

Solo Artists and Duos: For a more intimate setting, solo artists or duos can provide a beautiful acoustic backdrop to your wedding. Their ability to create a warm and inviting atmosphere is unparalleled, making them an excellent choice for smaller gatherings or outdoor ceremonies.

Classical Ensembles: For couples with a taste for the classics, a string quartet or a harpist can add an elegant and timeless touch to the proceedings. Their melodic tunes can set a sophisticated tone for the ceremony and reception.

Wedding DJs: For those looking for a diverse range of music and a seamless flow of entertainment, a wedding DJ is an excellent option. They can curate playlists that cater to various musical preferences, ensuring that everyone has a chance to hit the dance floor.

Wedding Entertainment Packages in NZ: Many entertainment providers in NZ offer comprehensive packages that include a combination of live bands, DJs, and other performers. These packages are designed to take the stress out of planning and ensure that the entertainment seamlessly complements the flow of the wedding day.

Conclusion: In New Zealand, the world of wedding entertainment is thriving, with options to suit every style and budget. Whether you envision a grand celebration with a live band or an intimate gathering with a solo artist, the choices are abundant. Remember, the right entertainment sets the stage for a day filled with love, laughter, and cherished memories. Trust in the expertise of My Wedding Magazine and let us guide you towards creating a celebration that truly reflects your unique love story.

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Niels Henrik David Bohr

Niels Henrik David Bohr (Danish: [ˈne̝ls ˈpoɐ̯ˀ]; 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.

Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, in which he proposed that energy levels of electrons are discrete and that the electrons revolve in stable orbits around the atomic nucleus but can jump from one energy level (or orbit) to another. Although the Bohr model has been supplanted by other models, its underlying principles remain valid. He conceived the principle of complementarity: that items could be separately analysed in terms of contradictory properties, like behaving as a wave or a stream of particles. The notion of complementarity dominated Bohr's thinking in both science and philosophy.

Bohr founded the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen, now known as the Niels Bohr Institute, which opened in 1920. Bohr mentored and collaborated with physicists including Hans Kramers, Oskar Klein, George de Hevesy, and Werner Heisenberg. He predicted the existence of a new zirconium-like element, which was named hafnium, after the Latin name for Copenhagen, where it was discovered. Later, the element bohrium was named after him.

During the 1930s, Bohr helped refugees from Nazism. After Denmark was occupied by the Germans, he had a famous meeting with Heisenberg, who had become the head of the German nuclear weapon project. In September 1943 word reached Bohr that he was about to be arrested by the Germans, and he fled to Sweden. From there, he was flown to Britain, where he joined the British Tube Alloys nuclear weapons project, and was part of the British mission to the Manhattan Project. After the war, Bohr called for international cooperation on nuclear energy. He was involved with the establishment of CERN and the Research Establishment Risø of the Danish Atomic Energy Commission and became the first chairman of the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1957.

In September 1911, Bohr, supported by a fellowship from the Carlsberg Foundation, travelled to England, where most of the theoretical work on the structure of atoms and molecules was being done. He met J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory and Trinity College, Cambridge. He attended lectures on electromagnetism given by James Jeans and Joseph Larmor, and did some research on cathode rays, but failed to impress Thomson. He had more success with younger physicists like the Australian William Lawrence Bragg, and New Zealand's Ernest Rutherford, whose 1911 small central nucleus Rutherford model of the atom had challenged Thomson's 1904 plum pudding model. Bohr received an invitation from Rutherford to conduct post-doctoral work at Victoria University of Manchester,[28] where Bohr met George de Hevesy and Charles Galton Darwin (whom Bohr referred to as "the grandson of the real Darwin").

Bohr returned to Denmark in July 1912 for his wedding, and travelled around England and Scotland on his honeymoon. On his return, he became a privatdocent at the University of Copenhagen, giving lectures on thermodynamics. Martin Knudsen put Bohr's name forward for a docent, which was approved in July 1913, and Bohr then began teaching medical students. His three papers, which later became famous as "the trilogy",  were published in Philosophical Magazine in July, September and November of that year. He adapted Rutherford's nuclear structure to Max Planck's quantum theory and so created his Bohr model of the atom.

Planetary models of atoms were not new, but Bohr's treatment was. Taking the 1912 paper by Darwin on the role of electrons in the interaction of alpha particles with a nucleus as his starting point, he advanced the theory of electrons travelling in orbits of quantized "stationary states" around the atom's nucleus in order to stabilize the atom, but it wasn't until his 1921 paper that he showed that the chemical properties of each element were largely determined by the number of electrons in the outer orbits of its atoms. He introduced the idea that an electron could drop from a higher-energy orbit to a lower one, in the process emitting a quantum of discrete energy. This became a basis for what is now known as the old quantum theory.

The introduction of spin by George Uhlenbeckand Samuel Goudsmit in November 1925 was a milestone. The next month, Bohr travelled to Leiden to attend celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Hendrick Lorentz receiving his doctorate. When his train stopped in Hamburg, he was met by Wolfgang Pauli and Otto Stern, who asked for his opinion of the spin theory. Bohr pointed out that he had concerns about the interaction between electrons and magnetic fields. When he arrived in Leiden, Paul Ehrenfestand Albert Einstein informed Bohr that Einstein had resolved this problem using relativity. Bohr then had Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit incorporate this into their paper. Thus, when he met Werner Heisenberg and Pascual Jordan in Göttingen on the way back, he had become, in his own words, "a prophet of the electron magnet gospel"

Heisenberg first came to Copenhagen in 1924, then returned to Göttingen in June 1925, shortly thereafter developing the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. When he showed his results to Max Born in Göttingen, Born realised that they could best be expressed using matrices. This work attracted the attention of the British physicist Paul Dirac, who came to Copenhagen for six months in September 1926. Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger also visited in 1926. His attempt at explaining quantum physics in classical terms using wave mechanics impressed Bohr, who believed it contributed "so much to mathematical clarity and simplicity that it represents a gigantic advance over all previous forms of quantum mechanics".

When Kramers left the institute in 1926 to take up a chair as professor of theoretical physics at the Utrecht University, Bohr arranged for Heisenberg to return and take Kramers's place as a lektor at the University of Copenhagen. Heisenberg worked in Copenhagen as a university lecturer and assistant to Bohr from 1926 to 1927.

Bohr became convinced that light behaved like both waves and particles and, in 1927, experiments confirmed the de Broglie hypothesisthat matter (like electrons) also behaved like waves. He conceived the philosophical principle of complementarity: that items could have apparently mutually exclusive properties, such as being a wave or a stream of particles, depending on the experimental framework. He felt that it was not fully understood by professional philosophers.

In February 1927, Heisenberg developed the first version of the uncertainty principle, presenting it using a thought experiment where an electron was observed through a gamma-ray microscope. Bohr was dissatisfied with Heisenberg's argument, since it required only that a measurement disturb properties that already existed, rather than the more radical idea that the electron's properties could not be discussed at all apart from the context they were measured in. In a paper presented at the Volta Conference at Como in September 1927, Bohr emphasized that Heisenberg's uncertainty relations could be derived from classical considerations about the resolving power of optical instruments. Understanding the true meaning of complementarity would, Bohr believed, require "closer investigation". Einstein preferred the determinism of classical physics over the probabilistic new quantum physics to which he himself had contributed. Philosophical issues that arose from the novel aspects of quantum mechanics became widely celebrated subjects of discussion. Einstein and Bohr had good-natured arguments over such issues throughout their lives.

In 1914 Carl Jacobsen, the heir to Carlsberg breweries, bequeathed his mansion (the Carlsberg Honorary Residence, currently known as Carlsberg Academy) to be used for life by the Dane who had made the most prominent contribution to science, literature or the arts, as an honorary residence (Danish: Æresbolig). Harald Høffding had been the first occupant, and upon his death in July 1931, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters gave Bohr occupancy. He and his family moved there in 1932. He was elected president of the Academy on 17 March 1939.

By 1929 the phenomenon of beta decayprompted Bohr to again suggest that the law of conservation of energy be abandoned, but Enrico Fermi's hypothetical neutrino and the subsequent 1932 discovery of the neutronprovided another explanation. This prompted Bohr to create a new theory of the compound nucleus in 1936, which explained how neutrons could be captured by the nucleus. In this model, the nucleus could be deformed like a drop of liquid.

The discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn in December 1938 (and its theoretical explanation by Lise Meitner) generated intense interest among physicists. Bohr brought the news to the United States where he opened the Fifth Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics with Fermi on 26 January 1939.  When Bohr told George Placzek that this resolved all the mysteries of transuranic elements, Placzek told him that one remained: the neutron capture energies of uranium did not match those of its decay. Bohr thought about it for a few minutes and then announced to Placzek, Léon Rosenfeldand John Wheeler that "I have understood everything."  Based on his liquid drop model of the nucleus, Bohr concluded that it was the uranium-235 isotope and not the more abundant uranium-238 that was primarily responsible for fission with thermal neutrons. In April 1940, John R. Dunning demonstrated that Bohr was correct. In the meantime, Bohr and Wheeler developed a theoretical treatment which they published in a September 1939 paper on "The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission".

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Rhys Nicholson mourns twink death in new passport photo

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Rhys Nicholson mourns twink death in new passport photo

Thoughts and prayers for Rhys Nicholson, who has bravely gone public to raise awareness about twink death, the condition that eventually comes for us all.

The Australian comedian, who used they/them pronouns, recently renewed their passport and on Instagram to share their two passport photos from years apart.

As well as bravely coming out as a US citizen in the post, Rhys also wrote, “Nothing like a new passport to officially announce to yourself you are not a Twink anymore, and haven’t been for quite some time.”

Drag queen Ivory Glaze replied, “Thoughts and prayers… you have now reached twas status.”

“Portrait of dorian GAY,” Etecetera Etcetera added.

“The lady on the right is actually wanted in Estonia for hacking,” another follower joked.

“Rachel Maddow looks different here,” another wrote.

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Rhys Nicholson films Drag Race Down Under in Auckland

In a few months, Rhys Nicholson is returning to season four of the newly-titled Drag Race Down Under, now hosted by Michelle Visage on Stan.

The Australian comedian flies to Auckland each year to judge the Australasian version of the series.

Last year, Rhys recalled that hilariously, they were let on a plane to Australia out of Auckland airport without a passport.

Rhys shared the story on ABC’s The Weekly with Charlie Pickering last April.

“You wanna see a trusting country? Go to New Zealand,” the comedian explained.

“A couple of years ago, I was in Auckland airport to come home when I realised I’d lost my passport.

“I really needed to get on the flight, so I spoke to the guy at the desk, and he simply exclaimed, ‘No worries bro, let’s call Canberra’.

“He got on the phone, and he called Canberra, I guess? Chatted for a few minutes, and he hung up. God as my witness, he said, ‘Well, they said it’s up to us, so I reckon just go.’”

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