Thurston Moore cancels US book tour over “debilitating” health condition

Raw Power to the hairstylist as a template. “An hour later I walked out with an embarrassing feathered shag, like the kind John Travolta had in Saturday Night Fever a few years later,” he writes.

In his new book, “Teddy and Booker T: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality,” bestselling author Brian Kilmeade writes of how Theodore Roosevelt invited intellectual and former slave Book T. Washington to dinner at the White House at the very beginning of his presidency. Roosevelt sought Washington’s counsel as he struggled to steer the country — and especially the South — forward in the wake of Jim Crow laws and racial violence.

The BBC exec who has overseen the creation of the new domestic-global news channel is to take up a role as Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore‘s right-hand woman.

People across the UK could be missing out on hundreds of pounds every month and not realise it.

“60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday, Alecia Moore Hart, aka Pink, 44, revealed that before she was a global superstar known for singing up-side down and performing aerial stunts to sold-out stadiums, she nearly died from a drug overdose, just weeks before signing a record deal. The Grammy winning singer, who has two kids — son Jameson, 6, and daughter Willow, 12, with her motocross star husband Carey Hart, 48 — described the incident.She revealed that during Thanksgiving of 1995, she went to a rave where she took “ecstasy, angel dust, crystal. All kinds of things…Then I was out.

Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore has discussed his recent struggles with atrial fibrillation that led him to cancel his US book tour for the memoir Sonic Life.Speaking to The New York Times, Moore shared that he has been living with the condition for several years now, but the condition became “slightly concerning” this year. “I was finding myself at times to be so weak I could hardly walk around the neighborhood,” he said.Though Moore was initially convinced he “could just power through it” for his book tour, his doctor ordered him not to fly.

Dr Death is coming back in a couple months and we have our first look at season two!

Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore has shared his memories of the days that followed Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain taking his own life.In an extract published in The Guardian from his autobiography Sonic Life, which is released this week (October 24), Moore recalls receiving a phone call from Sonic Youth’s booking agent Bob Lawton that confirmed the news on the morning of April 8, 1994.“It hadn’t been looking good in the preceding months: the overdose in Rome, reports of Kurt missing in action around Seattle, the intervention by his friends and family,” Moore wrote. “Reportedly Kurt had taken his life three days ago, before being discovered by a worker installing security lighting at his Lake Washington house.”“Kim [Gordon, Moore’s then-wife and Sonic Youth bandmate] was at a photoshoot for the X-girl clothing line that she had co-founded with her friend Daisy von Furth at Daisy’s apartment farther downtown,” he continued.

Shygirl and Tinashe have announced they will be cancelling their co-headline tour.The pair were due to embark on a tour next week in the US, supported by Jersey club pioneer UNIIQU3. However, the duo have had to cancel, citing Shygirl’s ongoing respiratory illness.In a statement, the London pop experimentalist Shygirl wrote: “Devastated to share that due to an ongoing respiratory condition I’ve been forced to make the difficult decision to cancel my appearances on the upcoming US tour on the advice of my doctor that I can no longer delay surgery.“My thoughts also go to Tinashe and Uniiqu3 as we were all so looking forward to this tour together,” she continued.

you swap recs with or shopping for your BookTok-obsessed niece.There are also gift ideas for the wannabe librarians among us (you know who they are) and the rare dorks who studied Old English in college (ourselves included). are plenty, too if you're looking for a or a small stocking stuffer.

continues to speak out about the bombshells dropped by his estranged wife, Jada Pinkett Smith in her new memoir “Worthy.”The 55-year-old Oscar winner penned a letter to British podcaster, author and life coach Jay Shetty, who read the message to Pinkett Smith on a new episode of his podcast “OnPurpose.”“I just turned the final page of ‘Worthy’,” wrote Smith. “It is amazing to realize that despite having lived most of my life by your side, I still found myself shocked and stunned and caught off guard, laughing, then inspired, then heartbroken. I was all over the place.”He continued, “It’s one thing to hear anecdotes at a family barbecue, but it was truly overwhelming to take in your story, potently condensed in this way.”Smith seemed to have largely a positive towards Pinkett Smith whom he married in 1997 and even expressed regret in regards to his own actions during their 25-year marriage.“I know it wasn’t easy to excavate the depths in that way.

Matthew Heineman’s documentary profiling Grammy and Oscar winning musician Jon Batiste and the medical struggles for his wife that have marked trying times in their marriage leads the pack of nominees for the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards with six. The inspiring docu from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground was picked up by Netflix after premiering and winning acclaim at the Telluride Film Festival last month. Not far behind are a trio of docus each with 5 mentions including 20 Days In Mariupol, Kokomo City, and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. And not to be ignored, this weekend’s boxoffice champ, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour which landed a nomination as Best Music Documentary. The CCDA nod marks the first awards recognition for the film (however it is not eligible for a Documentary Oscar) which only just had its first premiere screening on Wednesday of last week and came in just under the eligibility wire.

Christine and the Queens has cancelled all remaining tour dates for 2023, on the advice of the singer’s doctor. News of the cancellation arrived earlier today (October 16) via Christine and the Queens’ official Instagram account.

A post shared by Tirzah (@tirzahmusic)Tirzah surprise-released her third studio album ‘trip9love…???’ online in September, with a physical release set to follow on November 17 via Domino. The album was produced by Tirzah’s longtime friend and collaborator Mica Levi, and was recorded at their respective homes, as well as around South East London and Kent.

Weeks after taking a break from the limelight to focus on his health, Liam Payne has been spotted exploring Northern Ireland.The former One Direction singer previously revealed to his fans that he had "no other choice but to postpone" his South American tour dates.The news came after he suffered a health scare, when he came down with a serious kidney infection which landed him in hospital in late August.The 30-year-old told his fans that he had been in hospital for a week and was advised by doctors that he needed to rest and recover. Weeks later, Liam has now been spotted out and about with girlfriend Kate Cassidy and reportedly filming for a 'new travel show' around Ireland.

Todd Haynes tells me that May December, his gripping melodrama starring Oscar winners Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, “aggressively disturbs our moral moorings.”

In the past few minutes, Warner Bros Discovery has set out plans for its new look international sales team following Robert Blair‘s exit.

banned transgender swimmers from competing in women’s events.

Sayer went on to apologise for having to disappoint his fans, but said “these things can happen to us 75 year olds”.The ‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’ artist confirmed that he was “still in hospital”, though he said he was “well on the mend”.He continued: “I will take a necessary short break from activities and be back fighting for shows in 2024 – particularly my UK and Ireland tour next autumn.“Thank you everyone for all your concerns and good wishes…” You can see the full statement in the post above.Details on Sayer’s 2024 concerts are yet to be announced. According to Setlist.FM, his latest live performance took place in Strathpine, Australia on June 17.Sayer released his most recent studio album, ‘Selfie’, in 2019.

World Mental Health Day on October 10 aims to encourage more people to talk about mental health and show others how important it is to encourage people to ask for help. More than one million adults across Scotland have experienced levels of anxiety stopping them from living their daily lives, recent research from the Mental Health Foundation suggests.