A 21-storey tower block with 58 apartments, ground floor officers and shops is planned for Stretford. The outline planning application is for 550 square metres of land near White City Retail Park.
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When Nada Surf plays Arrowbrook Centre Park in Herndon on Saturday, their typical closer, “Blankest Year,” will not appear on the setlist.“‘Blankest Year’ has a chorus of ‘fuck it,’” laughs the band’s frontman Matthew Caws. “We always ask the audience to sing along with us, and we all sing, ‘fuck it,’ together.” But the Northern Virginia outdoor concert is free to the public and considered a family event, so organizers have politely requested the song not be performed.“I think it’s all right to be asked not to do that,” says Caws, congenial and relaxed on a Zoom call from his home in England.
The artist adds, however, that most of the band’s melody-infused hits will be on tap, including “So Much Love,” “Always Love,” and “Inside of Love.” He laughs. “It’s silly to have three songs with the word love, but maybe that’s all right.
Maybe it’s not silly at all. Maybe it’s good.”Formed in 1992 by Caws and childhood friend Daniel Lorca, the alternative rock group’s bassist, Nada Surf is known for its shimmering, catchy melodies and poetically resonant lyrics.
Never Not Together, the band’s most recent studio album, its ninth, was released in 2020 and is a string of nine masterworks that speak potently to the human condition, touching on everything from “differentiating between real and imagined dangers” (“Looking for You”) to finding one’s true soulmate (“Crowded Star”) to the reconciliation of gender through a child’s eyes (“Mathilda”).“Mathilda,” in particular, resonates with the LGBTQ community, in its message about how bucking gender norms, willfully or not, becomes a target for bullies on the school playground. Caws is straight, but he is very much an outspoken ally of the LGBTQ community, and his song recounts the time in
.A 21-storey tower block with 58 apartments, ground floor officers and shops is planned for Stretford. The outline planning application is for 550 square metres of land near White City Retail Park.
It has long been thought that out of her four children, the Queen shares an especially close bond with her "favourite" child, Prince Andrew, however a royal author has claimed that that isn't actually the case. The Queen is mother to Prince Charles, 73, Princess Anne, 71, Prince Andrew, 62 and Edward, 58, and according to royal author, Matthew Dennison, it's actually her youngest son who is highest in her favour, and was also the favourite of her late husband, Prince Phillip.
The Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced $90K in scholarships to seven college-bound high school students pursuing careers in television.
Katie Price's infamous £140,000 bright pink Range Rover is now up for sale for just £10,000. It's believed that the car, which was left "covered in vomit" during her drink-driving arrest back in 2018, was repossessed a year later as part of her bankruptcy battle. Now her bubblegum pink 4x4 is up for grabs at an incredibly cheap price, with the description on the car sale website saying the vehicle has "stood the test of time," reports The Sun.
Kate Ferdinand has spoken about being “in a much better place” after recently revealing the heartbreaking news that she’d suffered a miscarriage. The 31 year old took to social media last month to reveal the devastating loss of her second unborn child with husband Rio Ferdinand after attending a 12 week scan.
Lady Gaga was hit in the head by an object thrown by a crowdmember during a recent show in Canada.The incident occurred while the pop star was playing at the Rogers Centre in Toronto last Saturday (August 6) as part of her current ‘Chromatica Ball’ tour.Gaga was performing her recent Top Gun: Maverick track ‘Hold My Hand’ in the encore of the 22-song set when she was struck by what appeared to be some kind of stuffed toy. According to Stereogum, the item in question was a Dr Simi doll.The outlet notes that Dr Simi is the mascot of the Mexican pharmacy chain Farmacias Similares, and said it’s become somewhat of a tradition to thrown the dolls at performers in Mexico.Per the Huffington Post, the craze began during AURORA‘s gig at Corona Capital 2021 in Mexico.
Not having it. Normani wasn’t pleased when several so-called fans began discussing the state of her music career via social media.
Rosanna Arquette has joined the third season of ABC’s Big Sky in a key recurring role opposite Katheryn Winnick.
“Magic Mike 3” co-star Channing Tatum.The 55-year-old actress replaced original star Thandiwe Newton in the third installment of the stripper movie franchise and is excited to dish about the upcoming flick.“If you thought he could dance [before], you are going to realize you haven’t seen anything,” the “House of Gucci” star told People on Thursday about Tatum’s erotic expertise. “His dance skills — he just got better,” she explained.“Step Up” star Tatum, 42, seemed to back that up, and divulged a few tidbits about “Magic Mike 3” last month, even revealing the scene that gets the flick rolling.“You’ve seen me dance onstage, but you’ve never seen me give an intimate, straight-up one-on-one lap dance,” Tatum dished to “Entertainment Tonight” at the time.
Seriously smitten. Clayton Echard and Susie Evans are living in post-Bachelor bliss — and they aren’t afraid to show it.
Gently Tender have shared their new single ‘True Colours (Sometime I’ll Get Through)’.The band, made up from ex-Palma Violets members Sam Fryer, Will Doyle and Peter Mayhew alongside The Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown, returned earlier this year, after being away since 2019.The track, which you can listen to below, is the fourth taster to be lifted from their forthcoming debut, ‘Take Hold Of Your Promise!’ after ‘Love All The Population’, ‘Dead Is Dead’ and ‘Sunlight In Motion’.Fryer said of the single: “‘True Colours’ is a song that on the surface seems like a conversation between two people in a relationship. It’s actually based on a conversation between myself and unwanted emotions – like feelings of anxiety and depression.
Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicPeter Shapiro is a concert promoter, venue owner, magazine publisher and has just added author to his resume, with the Aug. 2 release of his book “The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Magic” (written with Dean Budnick).Based on 50 pivotal shows which helped define Shapiro’s life and guide his businesses, the book chronicles a career lived at maximum volume, starting with his 1997 purchase of the Wetlands, a New York City club that catered to fans of the Grateful Dead and Phish and incorporated social activism into its programming, his later purchase of Port Chester New York’s Capitol Theatre and the 2009 launch of Brooklyn Bowl, the first of five combination concert halls-bowling alleys-restaurants, which has hosted giants (like Robert Plant), rarely-seen legends (Ms.
A move. Amber Heard’s house was on the market after reports that the Aquaman actress is broke. The Yuca Valley home sold for more than what Amber paid for in 2019.
Johnny Depp‘s wallet is feeling a little heavier right now … millions of dollars heavier!
After a three-year hiatus on the big screen, Matthew McConaughey will make his return and is set to star in soccer movie “Dallas String” for Skydance, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.Kari Skoglund, who most recently directed the six episodes of Marvel Studios “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” is attached to direct the project.According to Deadline, which first reported the news, “Dallas String” is “the fact-based story of how a group of Dallas high school girls headed to China in 1984 as the ultimate underdog and beat some of the best women’s teams from China, Australia and Italy.”McConaughey was last seen on the big screen in 2019, when he starred in “The Gentlemen,” “Beach Bum” and “Serenity.” He had a starring voice role in “Sing 2” last year. The “Dallas String” script is written by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch (“GLOW”).
"Leave It to Beaver" star Tony Dow has died at the age of 77, Fox News Digital can confirm. Dow's son Christopher told Fox News Digital he spoke with his father's manager – who made the official Facebook announcement Wednesday. "Although this is a very sad day, I have comfort and peace that he is in a better place," Christopher said in the Facebook statement. "He was the best Dad anyone could ask for.
The England Lionesses have done incredible in the Euros 2022, and have got us excited about the prospect of it finally coming home! The team are storming the way through the tournament and we've got high hopes for their Semi-Final match against Sweden taking place tonight.There are many supporters of their talented squad - 7.6 million people tuned in to watch their last match against Spain including Sporty Spice herself, Mel C. Some of their biggest cheerleaders are their devoted partners, who are with us all hoping for a big win. Let's meet the loved ones who will be screaming in the stands or at their TV sets tonight...
to support Johnny Depp in his libel trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, saying she had to “say [the] truth” about the actor. Moss, 48, testified to the Virginia courtroom in May via video link from Gloucestershire, refuting one of the accusations against Depp, who she was in a relationship with from 1994 to 1998. Speaking to Lauren Laverne on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs, she said: “I know the truth about Johnny.
Kate Moss has said she felt she “had to tell the truth” in defence of her former partner Johnny Depp during his recent libel trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. Kate, 48, testified in defence of Johnny, 59, during his multimillion-dollar US lawsuit against Amber, 36, after the Aquaman actress mentioned a rumour that Kate was pushed down the stairs by Johnny while the two were in a relationship. Johnny won the lawsuit against Amber last month after a jury ruled her 2018 article in the Washington Post was defamatory.
Pat Benatar is taking a stand. The rock singer, 69, shared in a new interview that she will no longer be performing her hit song, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," on her current tour with husband Neil Giraldo. "If we don’t play them, you’ll give us (a hard time)," she told USA Today.