Westlife’s Mark Feehily is sharing a positive health update ahead of the band’s first ever tour of North America.
06.08.2023 - 19:55 / nme.com
Tomorrow X Together reflected on their debut appearance at Lollapalooza ahead of returning to the festival as headliners yesterday (August 5).The five-piece boyband were the first Korean act to ever perform at the Chicago festival, appearing on the Solana x Perry stage. This year, they became the first Korean group to headline the festival.In the band’s recent Disney+ documentary Our Last Summer, rapper Yeonjun expressed that he wasn’t “sure if we should be” on the line-up.
“Did we deserve to be there?” he said. “We were worried that we might ruin the vibe.”Speaking to NME backstage ahead of their headline set, TXT reflected on that first appearance at the festival.
“Actually, I think I was very nervous because it was my first time going on such a huge stage and I thought that I was lacking and maybe that’s why I thought I didn’t deserve to be on such a huge stage,” Yeonjun said.A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)“But I think I’ve grown a lot and I’m trying really hard to become an artist that can fit that stage.”Asked if they felt more confident to be performing this year, they all responded: “Of course.”Elsewhere in the interview, the band also discussed performing with a live band for the second time, bringing back the rock arrangements from their first time at Lollapalooza. “Since it’s a festival, I think the live band brings some more liveliness and it brings more enrichment to the songs,” Beomgyu said.“We can also lock our eyes with the band and then we can just vibe together on stage, and I think that’s really appropriate and fitting for a festival.”TXT recently released a new single, ‘Do It Like That’, which saw them team up with the Jonas Brothers.
Westlife’s Mark Feehily is sharing a positive health update ahead of the band’s first ever tour of North America.
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Larsa Pippen has a ring, but it's not ring — at least, not yet. Speculation of an engagement between the star and boyfriend Marcus Jordan sparked earlier this month when he told a cameraperson they were looking for a location for a wedding. A day later, Larsa was spotted with a diamond ring on finger.
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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “Try to Remember,” the most famous song to have come out of the stage musical “The Fantasticks,” was noted for its autumnal feel, sung by someone reflecting back on youthful days. The happy irony is that Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt wrote that song prior to the show’s original 1960 staging when they were both still relatively young men of about 30, fellows who still had about two-thirds of their lives ahead of them.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “Try to Remember,” the most famous song to have come out of the stage musical “The Fantasticks,” was noted for its autumnal feel, sung by someone reflecting back on youthful days. The happy irony is that Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt wrote that song prior to the show’s original 1960 staging when they were both still relatively young men of about 30, fellows who still had about two-thirds of their lives ahead of them.
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Tom DeLonge has said he will not go to Malaysia after sharing a kiss with The 1975‘s Matty Healy while at Lollapalooza in Chicago.DeLonge, who watched The 1975 perform at Lollapalooza over the weekend, took to Instagram to share a screengrab of he and Matty Healy embracing mid-set. “I guess myself ‘AND’ The 1975 won’t be going to Malaysia – just a couple of dudes kissing during their phenomenal set at Lollapalooza.See the post below.
Holly Humberstone has shared what it was like working with D4vid on their collab track ‘Superbloodmoon’ at Lollapalooza 2023.Speaking with NME backstage at this year’s edition of the Chicago music festival, Humberstone shared: “Working with D4vid was so cool. I’ve been a fan of him forever, since he started releasing music.
Billie Eilish brought out Philadelphia rapper Armani White at Osheaga festival this weekend to perform his song ‘Billie Eilish’.The rapper named his 2022 Neptunes-sampling viral hit after the pop star, and both were playing the Canadian festival on Saturday (August 5).During the show, Eilish teased the appearance by telling the crowd: “You know that song, ‘Big T-shirt, Billie Eilish’.”The song then began playing over the speakers and then White came out to perform a shortened version of the track.After the set, he tweeted: “BILLIE EILISH JUST BROUGHT ME OUT!!! Ohmyfuckingod.“I have never heard that many people scream in my fucking life hahaha Billie Eilish has an army!!”BILLIE EILISH JUST BROUGHT ME OUT!!! Ohmyfuckingod— Armani White (@armaniblanco) August 6, 2023Earlier in the weekend, Eilish headlined Lollapalooza in Chicago and gave a live debut to ‘What Was I Made For?’, her song from the Barbie soundtrack.The singer recently shared the Finneas-produced melancholic piano-led ballad for the blockbuster film’s accompanying album, appearing alongside Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Sam Smith and more.In a pioneering move, Eilish’s Lollapalooza set was partially solar-powered by intelligent, zero-emission battery systems.The pop singer shared that the climate-friendly performance is part of the Music Decarbonization Project co-founded by Eilish herself in partnership with the environmental non-profit REVERB.According to a press release, the zero-emissions battery systems that will power her set will be supplied and managed by Overdrive Energy Solutions and will be charged via a temporary onsite “solar farm”.
Billie Eilish paid a special tribute to Angus Cloud during her Lollapalooza set.
Foals have teased new music as well as their plans for their upcoming Reading & Leeds set while at Lollapalooza 2023.While speaking to NME backstage at this year’s edition of Chicago’s famous music festival, Foals shared that they were working on some new music. Frontman Yannis Philippakis said: “We’ve got a song that is unfinished that we call ‘Tranquillity’, it’s not going to be called that in the future but we were all listening to it and vibing with it the other day.”He continued: “It was something we were writing and recording around the time of ‘Life Is Yours’ and it didn’t quite fit but it’s really exciting and is kind of the coolest thing we’ve ever written so we might try to finish that at some point.”The band also shared what they have coming up for their headlining set at Reading & Leeds later this month.“We’re getting chased for the setlist which feels a bit early since it’s a few weeks away,” said Philippakis.
Holly Jones A star, or several, are born, perhaps. Playing early as part of Locarno’s Open Doors Screenings, framing new features and shorts from Latin America and the Caribbean, “Rimana Wasi: Home of Stories” received a rapturous reception, establishing directors Ximena Málaga Sabogal, Piotr Turlej as talents to track.
Matty Healy has met his “hero”, Blink-182‘s Tom Delonge during The 1975‘s headlining Lollapalooza 2023 set. See footage of the moment below.While singing their eighth song of the night, 2013’s ‘Robbers’ from their self-titled debut, Healy noticed someone walking in the front pit.
The Rose celebrated the sixth anniversary of their debut at Chicago’s Lollapalooza tonight (August 3), headlining the Bacardi stage.The US event is the latest edition of Lollapalooza the Korean indie band have performed at, having previously appeared at Lolla events in Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Stockholm earlier this year.Taking to the stage just after 9pm, the four-piece suffered technical difficulties at the beginning and end of the set, but conquered the crowd in the middle. After an opening run that included ‘Cure’, ‘I Don’t Know You’ and ‘RED’, singer and guitarist Woosung shared: “Today is actually a very special day for us.