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Summer music heats up 2025
Summer music heats up 2025

CBS News

time25-05-2025

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Summer music heats up 2025

Ed Spinelli for CBS News Summer is the time to kick back at concerts. Scroll through our gallery of some of 2025's leading live acts, featuring images by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton. Pictured: The Louisville rock band My Morning Jacket played at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wis., April 18, 2025. My Morning Jacket Ed Spinelli for CBS News Pictured are the members of My Morning Jacket (clockwise from top left): Vocalist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster. After launching their 2025 tour on April 1 in Chattanooga, the group added summer and fall dates across the U.S. through November 1. Bishop Briggs Jake Barlow/CBS News The English singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs (touring for her new album, "Tell My Therapist I'm Fine") stopped by Metro in Chicago on March 22, 2025. She performed "River," "Wild Horses," "Champion," "White Flag," and "My Seratonin." Deftones Kirstine Walton for CBS News Chino Moreno, the lead singer of Deftones, an alternative metal band hailing from Sacramento, Calif., performed at the United Center in Chicago, March 31, 2025. Their set list included "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)," "Diamond Eyes," "Hole in the Earth," and "Swerve City." Kylie Minogue Kirstine Walton for CBS News Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue arrived at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill, on April 2, 2025. Kylie Minogue Kirstine Walton for CBS News Minogue's set, stretched across five acts, included "last night I dreamt I fell in love," "Lights, Camera, Action," "Edge of Saturday Night," "Tension," "Padam Padam," "Timebomb" and "Get Outta My Way." She also sang covers of music by Carole King, Pandora, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Michael Monroe Ed Spinelli for CBS News Finnish singer Michael Monroe, who was a founding member of the '80s rock band Hanoi Rocks, performed at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill., on April 6, 2025. The leadoff song of his set list was "Dead, Jail or Rock 'n' Roll." He also sang several Hanoi Rocks songs, including "Motorvatin'," "Up Around the Bend," "Malibu Beach Nightmare," and "Don't You Ever Leave Me." Geoff Tate Ed Spinelli for CBS News Geoff Tate, a founding singer from Seattle's heavy metal band Queensrÿche, performed at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill., April 11, 2025. OK Go Ed Spinelli for CBS News Originally formed in Chicago, the rock band OK Go returned to the Windy City for a performance at the Riviera Theater on April 25, 2025. Their latest album is "And the Adjacent Possible." Trivium Jake Barlow/CBS News The heavy metal band Trivium performed at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on April 26, 2025. It was one stop on their "Poisoned Ascendancy Tour," which they are co-headlining with Bullet For My Valentine. Trivium Jake Barlow/CBS News Matt Heafy of Trivium. The heavy metal band is marking the 20th anniversary of their album "Ascendancy" by performing its songs live – for the last time. Their set list included "The End of Everything," "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr," "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation," and "Like Light to the Flies." Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Kirstine Walton for CBS News Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds performed the first of two shows at the Salt Shed in Chicago on April 28, 2025 – stops on the group's "The Wild God Tour." An actor and writer as well as a musician, Cave has recorded 18 studio albums with The Bad Seeds; their latest is "Wild God," whose tracks include "Frogs," "Joy," "Song of the Lake" and "Long Dark Night." Rival Sons Jake Barlow/CBS News The rock band Rival Sons (featuring lead singer Jay Buchanan and guitarist Scott Holiday) played at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet, Ill., on May 1, 2025, before heading off to Canada, and a European tour. Their set list included "Nobody Wants to Die," "Too Bad," "Do Your Worst," and "Shooting Stars." Paul Simon Kirstine Walton for CBS News Paul Simon played the first of three shows at Chicago's Symphony Center on May 23, 2025. Opening with songs from his most recent album, "Seven Psalms," he performed selections with his wife, Edie Brickell. He also played songs from the Simon back catalog, from "Graceland" and "Homeward Bound," to "Slip Slidin' Away" and "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard."

How to watch British & Irish Lions squad announcement in Ireland? Stream and time as Andy Farrell makes final decision
How to watch British & Irish Lions squad announcement in Ireland? Stream and time as Andy Farrell makes final decision

The Irish Sun

time08-05-2025

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  • The Irish Sun

How to watch British & Irish Lions squad announcement in Ireland? Stream and time as Andy Farrell makes final decision

ANDY FARRELL will finally announce his British & Irish Lions squad this afternoon - and fans will be able to watch along from home. The Australia this summer . Advertisement 1 Andy Farrell will announce his Lions squad this afternoon He took secondment from the Boys in Green earlier this year, with He will be part of And how much representation the Irish squad will have on the panel will be a major question heading into the announcement. Here, SunSport takes you through how and when you can watch it. Advertisement Read More on Lions When is it on and what time does it start? The British & Irish Lions squad announcement takes place this afternoon at the expected time of 2pm. The event will take place at The O2 in London , with up to 2,000 fans hoped to gather for the reveal. As for those who cannot be there in person... Where can I watch it? For those who cannot attend in person, the squad announcement will be broadcast live on Sky Sports. Advertisement Most read in Rugby Union It When is the tour and what are the fixtures? The Lions will play 10 matches in all on the 2025 Tour, starting with a home clash against Argentina on June 20 in Dublin for the 1888 Cup. Inside Simon Easterby's life with TV host wife ahead of him taking over from Andy Farrell as interim Ireland boss The squad will then fly out to Australia for Tour matches against the Western Force, Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs and the ACT Brumbies before a match against an Invitational Australia/New Zealand team a week out from the first Test. That opening fixture against the Wallabies will come on July 19 in Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium, followed by a clash with a First Nations & Pasifika XV the following Tuesday. Advertisement The second Test against the Wallabies will be at the MCG in Melbourne before the series finishes up in Sydney at Accor Stadium. Who will be Lions captain? The only player who will know in advance of today's announcement that they are going on the tour is the captain. And latest word on the grapevine is that England international Speculation was rife that Advertisement The rumour mill intensified further when it was reported that the 27-year-old would require surgery on the shoulder injury and That has opened the door for Itoje to get the nod, with Farrell also dealing with a number of other injury concerns. , Scottish centres Huw Jones and Sione Tuipulotu, wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and are all doubts. Three playmakers will be taken Down Under with Advertisement Ireland head coach Faz will also make a call on Owen's fellow France-based players like Jack Willis and Blair Kinghorn, who would be late on tour because of the

Northampton Saints' Blair Swannell: The man behind the medal
Northampton Saints' Blair Swannell: The man behind the medal

BBC News

time28-04-2025

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  • BBC News

Northampton Saints' Blair Swannell: The man behind the medal

As the British and Irish Lions prepare for their summer tour of Australia, a new accolade will be introduced to honour one of rugby's historic figures. The player of the match will be awarded the Blair Swannell medal, named after the Northampton Saints back-row forward and war major who made his mark on and off the pitch. But who was he? Blair Swannell was born in Weston Underwood near Olney, Buckinghamshire, in played for Northampton Saints between 1896 and 1904, making 116 appearances. The back row forward was one of only two players to have played international rugby for both the British and Irish Lions, and Australia. Swannell was also the first Northampton Saints player to be selected for the Lions career included 17 games during the 1899 tour to Australia and 15 more during the 1904 tour of Australia and New the 1904 tour, Swannell remained in Sydney to teach and coach rugby at St Joseph's College. He went on to play for Sydney District, Northern Suburbs and New South Wales.A year later, Swannell was selected to play for the Wallabies in a match against New Zealand in Dunedin. What was his military background? Blair Swannell's legacy stretches beyond rugby. When World War One broke out, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and served as a major. Tragically, he was killed just 15 minutes after landing at Gallipoli in 1915, aged was not his first experience of war. He travelled twice to South Africa at the turn of the century to fight in the Boer War. Who will receive the medal? The Blair Swannell player of the match will be awarded to the standout player in the fixture between the Lions and an invitational Australia and New Zealand side at the Adelaide Oval on 12 fixture serves as a curtain-raiser to the first of three Tests in this summer's Lions tour of Australia. What have his family said? Robert Swannell, the great nephew of Blair, said: "He was an extraordinary man... I couldn't be more thrilled [that the Lions] have come up with this suggestion. "Blair Swannell's achievement of playing for both the Lions and Australia, as well as sharing the best winning Test record of any Lions player ever, is something that should be remembered and celebrated."We are grateful to both the Lions and Rugby Australia for this recognition, and as a family are excited to see one of the stars of the 2025 Tour be awarded a medal in Blair Swannell's honour."Ben Calveley, chief executive of the British and Irish Lions, added: "Blair Swannell's legacy is an incredible part of our 137-year history and this medal is a fitting way to remember Blair's memory." Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.

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