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Country music legend Tim McGraw sparks fears over unrecognisable new look
Country music legend Tim McGraw looked unrecognisable as he clutched a cane in his latest photo shared on Instagram. Fans had some concerns following a social media post showing the singer, 58 and his wife, fellow country music legend Faith Hill, 57, in Denmark. The pair were pictured sitting at an outdoor cafe in Copenhagen, which is where they are staying as they support their daughter Audrey, 23, on tour. The couple looked loved-up as they smiled for the camera, with smitten Tim writing next to the sweet snap: 'Hangin' with my baby in Copenhagen to see @audreymcgraw on tour with the fabulous @brandicarlile.' But despite the sweet photo, fans were left concerned for Tim as he was pictured with a cane. Taking to the comments, one fan wrote: 'Beautiful photo. Why do you have a cane? Are you OK?' one fan asked. Another follow said: '@thetimmcgraw praying for your recovery.' Someone else wrote: 'Need the full story on the cane, my man.' While another added: 'One thing for sure … doesn't look like you.' Tim is yet to reveal why he is having to use a cane, but he did previously open up about having ongoing back and knee issues. Speaking on the Bobby Bones podcast in May, he revealed: 'I had had a back surgery before tour last year, and that sort of went south on me at the beginning of the tour, and sort of compensating for that my knees went out like three weeks into the tour.' Back in 2018, Tim shocked concertgoers after he collapsed on stage during a gig in Ireland. The country music star fell to his knees during a performance of his song Humble And Kind at Dublin's Country2Country festival. After he collapsed Tim's wife Faith came out to address the crowd, and revealed that her husband was 'super dehydrated from travelling so much'. She then revealed that she 'had taken the decision to have him not come back out on stage'. Tim's spokesman said at the time: 'Tim McGraw was suffering from Dublin this evening at the C2C show. 'He was attended to by local medical staff on-site and will be fine. 'He and Faith thank everyone for their love and support and look forward to seeing their Irish fans again soon.' Tim and Faith tied the knot back in 1996. Together the couple have three daughters – Gracie, Maggie and Audrey. Tim has previously revealed that music is his 'saviour.' He said: 'Anything that's ever happened good in my life has come from music. 'So it's a treasure to me. Whether I want to do it continually, whether I want to stop doing it, any of those things, it's my saviour in a lot of ways.' Away from the country music scene, Tim teamed up with rapper Nelly for the 2004 hit Over and Over, which reached number one in the UK. He also starred alongside Sandra Bullock in the 2009 film The Blind Side. Last year, Tim won high praise when he collaborated with Post Malone on the hit song, Wrong Ones.
News.com.au
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Liam Gallagher reacts after Green Day kicks fan off stage for playing Oasis song
Oasis star Liam Gallagher has responded after Green Day frontman kicked a young fan off stage after he played the British rockers' famous song Wonderwall. Green Day performed in Luxembourg on Monday as part of their Savior Tour, and, per tradition, brought a fan onstage to play the guitar as they closed the show with their 1997 song Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). Things turned sour after the concertgoer started strumming the chords to Oasis' 1995 track, Wonderwall. In a clip shared to Instagram, Armstrong, 53, is seen trying to teach the fan how to play his song, saying through laughter, 'Are you f**king kidding me?' before singing 'You told me you could play this one!' When the fan started playing Wonderwall instead, the frontman exclaimed, 'Oh, f**k me!' In a second video posted to TikTok, Armstrong is seen shaking his head as he takes away the guitar. The young attendee is then led off stage by security. 'Nice try. Nice try,' the band's founder said into the mic before he started playing the right chords to Good Riddance. Gallagher replied to a clip online, tweeting: 'Best song of the night.' Critics flocked to the comments section to weigh in on the mishap, with one social media user writing: 'Why do people keep taking once in a lifetime opportunities from real Green Day fans?' A second chimed in: 'The crappy thing about this is he not only ruined his chance to play with an amazing band, but someone else lost out too. Such a shame.' Other followers saw it through a more lighthearted lens. 'Idk I think it's kinda funny,' another person chimed in. 'It's like being able to claim you rickrolled Green Day live and onstage. I know Billie Joe thought it was funny.' Days before, Green Day played a set at Germany's Hurricane Festival, where Armstrong chastised a fan for squirting him with a water gun. The band was performing their 2004 tune, Jesus of Suburbia, when the singer stopped mid-song and gave the crowd the middle finger. Armstrong then went upstage to confront the culprits. 'I'll beat your a**!' the Grammy winner allegedly shouted before picking up his guitar and getting right back into the song. The most notorious Green Day incident happened in 1994 at Woodstock, when a mud fight broke out and fans stormed the stage. A security guard mistook the band's bassist, Mike Dirnt, for a wild fan, tackled him, and knocked out his front teeth. Despite the chaotic incidents, the group has continued to tour over the years. In May, Armstrong, Dirnt, 53, and drummer Tré Cool, 52, were also honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The trio celebrated with great food and even better friends. 'I had a lot of things that tasted like Slurpees,' Dirnt told The Post at the time, while Cool chimed in: 'Mariachi!' 'Yeah, a mariachi band,' Armstrong said. 'We went to El Compadre yesterday, those guys are friends of ours. It was pretty nice.' Armstrong, Dirnt, and Cool couldn't be more thankful for their star. 'Hollywood's literally been a second home to us since we started making big records with Rob Cavallo,' Dirnt gushed. 'Outside of the work and glitz and glamour, I think everybody can tell that Hollywood has a big heart too. As soon as something happens people always step up. You can see it with the fires, you can see it with a lot of different things. It's nice to get our hat tipped like that.' Oasis, meanwhile, is reuniting for the first time in 16 years, after the band dramatically split up due to a feud between brothers and bandmates, Liam and Noel Gallagher. Their last studio album Dig Out Your Soul was released in 2008, a year before the split. In 2009, Liam, 52, contracted laryngitis, causing Oasis to cancel a gig at V Festival. Days later, after Liam recovered from laryngitis, the band was supposed to perform at the Paris' Rock en Seine festival but never came on stage. Two hours later, Noel, 58, released a statement on the band's website. 'It is with some sadness and great relief … I quit Oasis tonight,' he wrote. 'People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.' Liam and the rest of Oasis continued under their new name, Beady Eye, and released two studio albums before splitting in 2014. Years later, in 2011, Noel said that the gig that got cancelled due to Liam's laryngitis was actually cancelled because Liam had a hangover. Liam ended up suing Noel, and demanded an apology. The musician stated at the time: 'The truth is I had laryngitis, which Noel was made fully aware of that morning, diagnosed by a doctor.' Noel complied and issued an apology in which Liam dropped the lawsuit. In August 2024, Oasis teased their reunion on Instagram, writing, 'The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.' The Oasis Live '25 tour will kick off Friday and Saturday at Cardiff Principality Stadium in Wales. The band is slated for a 41-date run.
ABC News
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How one iconic song will ensure Diogo Jota's legacy will live forever in Liverpool for the fans who loved him
It's a cold night and inside arguably the most iconic stadium in English football, Liverpool's Anfield, more than 60,000 fans belt out a chant that echoes around the stadium as the Reds search for a winner. "Oh! He wears the number 20. He will take us to victory," the Liverpool fans sing in unison to the tune of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising. "And when he's running down the left wing, he'll cut inside and score for LFC." The song is for Diogo Jota. Not the best player on the team. Not the most famous. But so loved by the fans that his tune hums around the crowd in a way that makes Anfield one of the most intimidating stadiums for rival teams to play at. Liverpool fans are known for coming up with creative songs to honour their beloved players during games, and Jota's song is one of the catchiest tunes of them all. The Kop end of Anfield, where Liverpool's most rabid and loyal supporters are stationed, often sing Jota's song for minutes on end along with the others. When Liverpool is trailing in a game or needs a winner, the Kop seemingly sucks the ball into the back of the goal with its variety of songs. There are so many iconic songs that the club should probably release an album at some point. The thing about the songs is not every single Liverpool player gets one. Sure, stars such as captain Virgil van Dijk and leading goalscorer Mohamed Salah have their own ones, but to get a song as a player who isn't one of the very best at the club means you are absolutely adored. And my goodness, was Jota adored. Whether you're a fan or not, it is indisputable that Liverpool is a club that is quite unlike the other powerful clubs across Europe. Not every single million-dollar megastar footballer fits into Liverpool, even if your on-pitch product is excellent. To really fit into Liverpool, the team, you need to absorb yourself into Liverpool, the city. Jota did this as well as any player to have ever worn the famous Liver bird on his chest. The Portuguese forward was a lethal finisher on the real-life pitch, but he became just as well known among Liverpool fans for his exploits on the virtual pitch. Jota, an avid gamer, emerged as one of the world's best FIFA video players during the COVID-19 lockdown. He famously beat future Liverpool teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold in the FIFA ePremier League Invitational final in April 2020, just months before he signed with the Reds. Jota eventually rose to claim the world-number-one position on the FIFA 21 Champions Leaderboard for PlayStation in February 2021, with an incredible 30-0 record for the month. Hilariously, Liverpool fans up late playing a game of FIFA the night before one of Liverpool's actual matches would sometimes find themselves playing against, and getting pummelled online, by Jota himself. More often than not, Jota would usually follow this up with a goal or two playing for Liverpool the following day on the actual pitch as well. Jota's gaming exploits made him infinitely more accessible and relatable to Liverpool's adoring fans than many of the team's other players. One of the best parts about big sporting organisations such as Liverpool is the charitable work they can do as a club to help those less fortunate. Players are often encouraged by their media teams to partake in various events. Usually they do what they're asked and no more. But the rare athlete goes above and beyond when not asked, and this was Jota. After his death, Her Sport, an Irish platform that shines light on women and girls in sport, touched on the tremendous work Jota did during his time at Liverpool. "At Liverpool FC, whenever there was a campaign about women or keeping girls in the game, Diogo Jota showed up," the statement read, in part. "Not because he had to. Because he understood WHY it mattered." "We believe everyone has a duty to care about equality and equity. Jota understood that and acted on it." Jota, in his own words, didn't consider himself a role model, such was his humility, but he absolutely carried himself like one. He arrived at Liverpool a time that would have been difficult for many other players. When Jota signed with the Reds, he joined a core group of players who had won a Premier League and a Champions League in the 18 months preceding his arrival. Fitting into a team that is essentially a galaxy of stars is extremely difficult, but Jota did it seamlessly. The Portuguese was the glue in a powerful Liverpool team both on and off the pitch. Off the pitch, he provided endless laughter with his antics. "He was such a good guy. The best. So genuine. Just normal and real," wrote Jota's teammate Andy Robertson. "Full of love for the people he cared about. Full of fun. "He was the most British foreign player I've ever met. We used to joke he was really Irish … I'd try to claim him as Scottish, obviously. I even called him Diogo MacJota." On the pitch, he slotted in brilliantly whenever and wherever he was required. Jota came to Liverpool as a left-sided attacker and joined a team that boasted one of the best forward trios in the world at the time in Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino and Salah, and somehow managed to hold his own. In 182 games for Liverpool, Jota would either start on the left, or sometimes as the central striker, and sometimes as a spark plug off the bench to launch a rescue mission. Whatever position he played in, he scored goals that just mattered. Of the 65 goals he scored, somehow all of them now feel like winners. He was equally adept and lethal on either foot. There were Derby goals home and away against Everton, a crucial strike away at Manchester City when the 2022 title race went down to the final day of the season, a famous FA Cup goal away at Arsenal, and an iconic winner at the Kop end against Tottenham barely seconds after the kick off following a Spurs goal in injury time. It is fitting that Jota scored the first goal of Liverpool's Premier League-winning campaign in 2024-25. The final goal of his life summed up Jota, the footballer, in a nutshell. He combined brilliantly with Luis Diaz on the edge of the box and dribbled past multiple Everton defenders to net the second-half winner at the Kop end to give Liverpool a 1-0 Derby win. The win over Everton on April 3 virtually sealed the title and Jota wheeled away in celebration after the goal, pointing to the Liver bird on his chest. He was signed in 2020, wore number 20 and played a crucial role in Liverpool winning Premier League number 20. It is likely that the club will retire the number in honour of Jota. It is so devastatingly sad that there will be no more Jota goals at Anfield, no more Jota goals anywhere. When the Reds are searching for a late winner, there will be no more number 20 rising up off the bench to come on to supply it. But his song will be sung for generations and generations to come. "He's a lad from Portugal, better than Figo don't you know?" "Oh, his name is Diogo!" Rest in Peace, Diogo Jota. You'll Never Walk Alone.
