Teeny sandwiches, cakes, scones and a pot of tea - those are the things that immediately spring to mind when I hear the words afternoon tea. Expensive is another one.
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Kurt Cobain in Manchester, commemorating the 30th anniversary of his passing.Headstock, which is based in Manchester, intends to work with the street artist Akse to create the mural on the side of The Bred Shed – a music venue just off the city’s Oxford Road. The venue is a short walk from where Nirvana played their only two gigs in the city, at the site of the current University of Manchester Students’ Union.Readers can donate to the crowdfunder here, with the organisation aiming for a total target of £3,500.The mural would be designed to raise awareness of the mental health text message support service, Shout 85258, with the charity’s logo and text number printed large on the artwork.Cobain took his own life on April 5, 1994 at the age of 27.Headstock have worked on a number of previous music-themed murals, including the famous image of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, which was infamously painted over in 2022 to make space for an advertisement for Aitch’s debut ‘Close to Home’.The mural was later reinstated at a different location – the Star and Garter pub on Fairfield Street, close to Piccadilly Station – also overseen by Headstock and Akse.In 2021, Headstock also curated a mural honouring the late Keith Flint from The Prodigy, who had died two years earlier.
This artwork was unveiled in Hackney in East London to mark World Suicide Prevention Day that year.In other Cobain news, an opera inspired by his life has premiered in the US this month. Last Days, which is based on Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film, is loosely based on the final days of Cobain’s life, and debuted in London’s Royal Opera House back in 2022.
Teeny sandwiches, cakes, scones and a pot of tea - those are the things that immediately spring to mind when I hear the words afternoon tea. Expensive is another one.
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Selena Gomez has revealed that she is a Kurt Cobain superfan, despite being born just two years before the Nirvana frontman died.The singer was appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday (February 23) when she was asked about whether there was an artist that she ever followed obsessively, and replied that it was the grunge icon that preoccupied her the most.“My mom obviously would play all kinds of music for me growing up,” she said. “I kind of got obsessed and dyed my hair and cut my hair like him.”“I know a little too much,” she added, saying that she had posters of Cobain on her walls and that she “would rewatch his interviews, I would watch his performances, I had seen his documentary like 12 times.”The conversation came about after Gomez had taken part in a game of ‘Who Knows Selena Gomez’ against a super fan of her own – and lost.She went up against a fan named Ashley to answer a series of questions about her life and work, including her total number of Instagram followers, her favourite snacks and her first on-screen kiss.
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