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Global News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Global News
Confusion surrounds Vancouver's Lapu Lapu ‘memorial event'
There appears to be some controversy surrounding the City of Vancouver's plan to hold an event to honour the victims of the Lapu Lapu tragedy. Council has unanimously voted to move ahead with what has been described as a 'memorial event.' The motion, brought by Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung, outlines an event called 'Come Together; Vancouver Strong' at Rogers Arena in June, but no specific date has been set. R.J. Aquino, chair of Filipino BC, says that while victims and families support a benefit concert, a 'memorial event' felt 'inappropriate and ill-advised.' Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said that the council met with Filipino BC as recently as Friday and the event was discussed. Sim says his office has reached out to Filipino BC to seek clarification and reaffirm a shared commitment to ensuring the event is done with the community. Story continues below advertisement Vancouver-Kensington MLA Mable Elmore, who was at the festival when the tragedy happened, said this may be a case of misinformation. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'There was an error in terms of that motion,' she told Global News. 'It referenced a memorial event. We agreed on the first meeting it's going to be characterized as a benefit or concert in terms of that's more accurate.' The City of Vancouver has approved $50,000 to cover any cost overruns of the event while Rogers Arena has agreed to host the event. Eleven people were killed and dozens injured when an SUV drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu festival on April 26. Kai Ji Adam Lo is charged with eight counts of second-degree murder in connection with the incident. Story continues below advertisement On May 30, Lo appeared by video link from hospital, and his appearance was drastically different than at the time of his arrest. Dressed in black, he sat quietly during the proceedings. Provincial Court Judge Reg Harris confirmed he had received and read a mental health assessment. Lo is due back in court this month. — with files from The Canadian Press
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kings of Leon's Caleb Followill cancels upcoming shows
Nashville-based rock band Kings of Leon have been writing and recording new songs and were about to embark on a summer European tour until front man Caleb Followill suffered a "freak accident," and was forced to cancel all upcoming European shows. In an Instagram video post from his home, Followill, sporting a blue robe, explained he broke his foot and can't be on his feet, travel or perform for eight weeks. "Hello to everyone out there, especially our European fans that are preparing to come see us this summer," Followill said in the video. "Unfortunately, I regret to inform you that those shows will have to be canceled due to a freak accident that happened the other day. I broke my foot pretty bad, just playing with my kids. It's pretty gnarly." Followill went on to thank the "great doctors" he has in Nashville who performed emergency surgery on his foot. "I'm on the mend, but, uh, they've told me that I can't be on my feet or traveling or anything for the next eight weeks or so, it's a big bummer, man. We were so excited. We've been preparing for this tour for a long time." Followill said the band had a lot of exciting things planned, but that they were going to pivot and find a new way to continue the work they've started. Backstory: Kings of Leon's Caleb Followill on the band's 'most Tennessee' record they've ever made Fest: John Mayer and Kings of Leon to headline 11th annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin " I'm very excited when we do get to show you the stuff that we're doing, and in the meantime, we're gonna do whatever work we can while I have these limitations, but exciting stuff is coming. I know this isn't the message that anyone wants to hear, and it's certainly not the message that I wanna be sending, but it's gonna be all right." The video then cuts to his elevated, heavily bandaged foot. Kings of Leon is set to perform four July dates with Zach Bryan before and according to a rep for the band, those shows are still on as planned. The sold-out June 10 Paris Le Zenith show has been moved to the Paris Adidas Arena on Wednesday Sept. 3, 2025 (ticketing details to follow), and the previously announced August headline shows at Newcastle's Come Together festival, Portsmouth Victorious festival, Oslo Unity Arena and Ireland's Electric Picnic will proceed as scheduled. Kings of Leon's Pilgrimage Festival dates in Sept., in Franklin, Tn., are also set to proceed as scheduled. Melonee Hurt covers music and music business at The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK — Tennessee. Reach Melonee at mhurt@ or on Instagram at @MelHurtWrites. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Kings of Leon front man Caleb Followill cancels upcoming European tour due to 'freak accident'
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
John Lennon and Yoko Ono holiday hotel set for demolition
A hotel where John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent a holiday as newly-weds when The Beatles were top of the charts with their final number one before splitting up is in danger of being demolished. The Beatles star and his wife stayed at the Georgian Grade II listed Corbett Arms in the seaside town of Tywyn, Gwynedd, in the summer of 1969 during a turbulent time in the band's history Lennon and Ono were pictured by 13-year-old Alan Finlay, who also washed the superstar's car, while sat in the hotel's garden. The hotel has been shut for a decade, and after attempts to find the owner, the local council has applied for the 19th Century hotel to be knocked down as parts have already collapsed. The Beatles in Bangor: The turning point The long and winding road to The Beatles' break-up Paul McCartney says John Lennon split the Beatles The run-down Corbett Arms, which dates back to the early 1800s, is now a far cry from being the landmark hotel which attracted stars like Lennon and Ono. The Beatles were on a break during the recording of what would become Abbey Road - which includes songs like Come Together, Something and Here Comes The Sun - when Lennon visited north Wales. It was just months after his marriage to Ono in March 1969 and the singer wanted to show his new wife special places that meant a lot to him. They arrived on the north-west Wales coast as The Beatles song about them, The Ballad of John and Yoko, was number one - the 17th time they had topped the UK singles charts. Their visit to Tywyn was also between the recording of Lennon's first solo single Give Peace a Chance, which the pair recorded three weeks earlier in their second week-long anti-war bed-in in Montreal, and its release. The Corbett Hotel's odd-job boy Alan Finlay, then 13, greeted the superstars as they arrived. "Dad would tell us about this real fancy car pulling outside the hotel and John Lennon got out," remembered daughter Gaby, 26. "He was a huge music fan and was like 'oh my god', he couldn't believe it. "John Lennon then asked dad to clean his car. So he did with pride and couldn't believe it when John Lennon paid him, he said he'd have done it for free! But John paid dad quite a lot of money!" According to local folklore they had been turned away from another hotel, the Trefeddian Hotel in nearby Aberdyfi, before spending the night in Tywyn. Gaby's grandmother Jean also worked at the four-storey hotel and said the couple, accompanied by Lennon's six-year-old son Julian and Ono's five-year-old daughter Kyoko Cox, did not have a booking. "They asked to book out the whole top two floors for privacy," added Gaby. "After dad washed the car, he saw them as a family sitting out in the garden and asked them for a picture and they agreed." Welsh rugby fan Alan went on to have three children, worked in the Royal Air Force and later as a mortgage advisor and taxi driver, and was a grandfather when he died aged 69 in 2022. "That was dad's claim to fame, he loved telling people about that story," said Gaby. After a brief pit stop in Wales, Lennon and Ono went on to his home-town of Liverpool and on holiday in Scotland in his white British Leyland Austin Maxi car. "This was downtime for them in a very busy time and it was an attempt to be discreet," said Mark Lewisohn, a historian, biographer and well-respected authority on the Beatles. "But everywhere they went, they were recognised because nobody on the planet looked like John Lennon and Yoko Ono. "Yoko was John's new partner and she wasn't British so he wanted to show her places important and special to him." "He had a life-long affinity to Wales after going there as a child and John Lennon's mother's family had a Welsh connection," Mr Lewisohn said. "He told the South Wales Argus in 1965 that 'Wales seemed full of green grass, beautiful mountains and such friendly people' so he always had a feeling for Wales." Following his UK road trip, Lennon returned to the studio with bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in the July of 1969 to finish off Abbey Road in what proved to be their last recording session. Lennon then quit what is widely-regarded as the UK's most famous and successful band in the September, days before Abbey Road's release. "At no point when the picture in Tywyn was taken was John thinking The Beatles were going to break up," added Mr Lewisohn. "But he wasn't adverse to it because what he thought about The Beatles and what we thought about The Beatles were two different things." Lennon and Ono's visit to north Wales was just days before Prince Charles' investiture as the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in the north of the county. The couple sent a postcard of the 20-year-old prince to Starr and his family to the Apple offices in London, containing the simple message: "Hello". That postcard, bearing the postmark of Tywyn and dated 23 June 1969, was included in drummer's 2004 book Postcards From The Boys. From hello, it could be goodbye to the Corbett Arms for good unless help is found to save the once grand building that was described by locals as the "gateway into the town". It could be demolished within months because it is dilapidated and unsafe, with parts of it having already collapsed. The Corbett Arms is considered one of the UK's most endangered buildings, according to conservation charity SAVE Britain's Heritage. Campaigners, including Catherine Evans who remembers Lennon's visit to her home-town, want this important part of Tywyn's history to be saved. "The history is unbelievable, going back to the 1800s, and it's a shame it got to this state and pulled down when it could have been saved," added Ms Evans, whose parents both worked at the Corbett Arms. The local authority has issued 11 notices to force repair works by the owner but emergency demolition now seems likely in order to protect public safety. Scaffolding has been put up to secure the building with an application in place for listed building consent to carry out the demolition work. "We understand the significance of this historic building and concerns of the local community," said Gareth Jones, of Cyngor Gwynedd. "However, the condition of the building has deteriorated to a point where immediate action is now required to protect public health and safety. Sadly there is no other option."
RNZ News
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Come Together: Live Rust Tour
The Come Together: Live Rust tour kicks off next month, bringing together the raw energy of Neil Young's iconic Live Rust album. Jon Toogood and Dianne Swann are joining a group of New Zealand's finest artists for the tour that will recreate one of the biggest selling albums ever. Jon and Dianne spoke to Jesse ahead of the tour that will visit Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland.
Boston Globe
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Tale of a tweenage rock band
I was on our patio when I heard it — the shriek of distorted guitar followed by a prolonged crash, as if someone were falling down the stairs with cymbals. It was a Wednesday afternoon in April 2023 and I'd stepped outside to clear my head. A story due the next day wasn't coming together and I was pacing, panicked that I'd have to tell my editor I couldn't do it. I knew instantly what the ruckus was: kids in a nearby basement with instruments they barely knew how to play. Before long, a guitar at peak volume was repeating four jagged chords — the beginning, I realized, of the Green Day song ' The clamor was comforting. Music made junior high and high school bearable for me and my friends. I didn't play an instrument, but many of them did and it was a blast to be in someone's living room, garage, or, a few times, a padlocked former Polish American Club late at night as they played noisy covers of Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Caleb Schmal smiled while playing bass guitar during a rehearsal with his band, The Jiraphes, April 15 in the basement of the Granger family home in Medford. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Advertisement Now, nearing 60 and sitting in a rusted lawn chair, I savored the muffled sound of kids bashing away, stopping and starting as they struggled to learn a '90s alt-rock anthem. In an era when many young people spend hours fixated on their phone, staring at TikToK and Snapchat, it was gratifying — exciting, even — to hear that familiar cacophony: the buzz of a bass amp; scattershot guitar; a tumbling drum fill. It became an occasional thing: I'd be on deadline and suddenly hear a discordant sliver of 'Come Together' or 'Pinball Wizard.' I smiled every time, reminded that adolescence is a maze of heavy emotions — anxiety, anger, joy, sadness — and music is the superpower that can make it OK. Advertisement Two years later, I'm on a couch in my neighbor's cramped basement as three boys — on guitar, bass, and drums — kick off ' 'Ugh,' he groans, stepping away from the mic. 'What's the line after 'Though his mind is not for rent'?' ''Don't put him down as arrogant,'' murmurs the bass player. 'Oh yeah,' nods the guitarist, tilting his head slightly to get the hair out of his face. 'Let's start again.' I've known Silas Granger, the guitarist, and his brother Owen, the drummer, for a while; their parents live a few doors from my wife and I in Medford. Our son used to baby-sit them and sometimes he'd come home with clips on his phone of two elfin headbangers engrossed in ' Owen Granger, who just turned 11, played drums during a practice with his band, The Jiraphes, in the basement of his family's home. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Silas Granger, 13, stood next to his guitar pedal board during a band practice. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Eventually, a video game wasn't enough. Silas, who's 13 now, began investigating his father's electric guitar, and Owen, 11, asked for an actual drum set. Both had taken piano lessons, but were unmoved by the prospect of playing Chopin's greatest hits and dropped the instrument. ('My mom used to play piano and she knows one song, Pachelbel's ' Advertisement They jammed with each other at first, but soon enlisted a buddy who lives around the corner, Caleb Schmal, to pick up the bass. When they painted 'The Jiraphes' on the kick drum, it was official — they were a band. The brothers have since formed a second group, SLOM, an acronym for Silas, Levi, Owen, and Miles. (Levi DaRosa, 9, plays bass, and Miles DaRosa, 11, plays guitar in SLOM — and like Silas and Owen, they're siblings.) Thanks to the bands' de facto managers — their parents — The Jiraphes and SLOM are performing at block parties and porchfests in Watertown, Winchester, and Medford in the coming weeks. Don't misunderstand: This isn't Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Ray and Dave Davies, or even Bob and Tommy Stinson. Silas and Owen are just kids who enjoy the music they've heard around the house and in the car and want to play it. And their parents — Christine Foot is a US government lawyer and Dave Granger works for a financial services firm — have indulged them, signing the boys up for guitar and drum lessons and taking them to shows. As a family, they saw 'Weird Al' Yankovic at the Chevalier Theater and Guns n' Roses at Fenway Park ('we brought earplugs,' says Owen). Silas has also seen A handwritten note posted on a wall in the Granger family basement. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Miles DaRosa, 11, (left) played guitar while his brother Levi DaRosa, 9, played bass guitar during a session at GS Music Center April 17, in Medford. The brothers are part of the band SLOM along with Silas and Owen Granger. Erin Clark/Globe Staff 'They have a record player in their room and they'll go to sleep to a record,' says Dave Granger. 'They take turns picking what the record is.' Advertisement The Jiraphes began by learning about a dozen songs, mostly classic rock: 'A Hard Day's Night,' 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain,' and Bowie's 'Starman.' Gradually, they expanded their repertoire to include indie-rock numbers like Weezer's ' Lou LaCava, Owen's drum teacher, has been impressed by the brothers' approach to learning new material. 'Owen will say, like, 'We're working on 'Psycho Killer.' What's the basic feel?'' says LaCava, who keeps the beat in a The Jiraphes rehearse as often as their after-school schedules allow, which is about once a week; all three play soccer, and Schmal, the oldest at 14, is busy with 'cello, more cello, and even more cello.' Their basement practice space is small and cluttered. In addition to drums, amplifiers, and a jumble of cords, pedals, and music stands, there's a mess of Legos, an 'Addams Family' pinball machine, two Nerf hoops, and a couple of Wii remotes. A street sign on the wall reads: Rock-N-Roll Ave. On this particular afternoon, they're running through the nine songs they plan to perform at the Magoun Park block party in Medford May 31. 'Tom Sawyer,' which is their opener because adults seem oddly energized by it, sounds reasonably tight and uptempo, but the band's energy begins to wane. By the fourth song, 'My Generation,' they're plodding. Silas stops and looks at his brother, who's barely visible behind the cymbals. Advertisement 'Too slow,' Silas says. 'Alright,' Owen answers cheerfully, adjusting his black ballcap before counting the band back in with his sticks: One! Two! Three! Four! The Jiraphes debuted as a band last June, playing their first show on a makeshift stage in a neighbor's driveway as part of Medford Porch Fest. They weren't nervous — until they were. 'Leading up to the show, I'm like, 'It's gonna be great! It's gonna be cool!'' recalls Schmal. 'But standing there before the first song, I was, like, 'Oh boy.'' SLOM band members (from left) Miles DaRosa, 11, Silas Granger, 13, Owen Granger, 10, and Levi DaRosa, 9, posed for a portrait at GS Music Center. Erin Clark/Globe Staff There were some children in the crowd, including Miles and Levi DaRosa, whose parents are friends with the couple who hosted the show. Silas and Owen had never met the DaRosa brothers and the four didn't interact much that day. But when they ran into each other again a month later at a camp in Burlington run by Miles and Levi are younger than Silas and Owen, but they've been playing just as long. Music, it turns out, is more than a hobby in their house. Their mom, Michelle DaRosa, plays guitar, piano, and sings, and their dad, Jeff DaRosa, is in the Dropkick Murphys. 'They'd only ever seen grown-ups doing this,' says Jeff DaRosa, who plays guitar, banjo, and mandolin in the Dropkick Murphys. 'Seeing Silas and Owen — peers — got my boys thinking, 'Oh, we can do this.'' Both bands are busy now getting ready for what Owen calls 'gig season': SLOM is playing at Watertown Porchfest May 17, an open mic at The Burren June 1, and Winchester Porchfest Jun 14; The Jiraphes are playing Medford Porchfest June 7 and at the Essex Street block party in Medford June 14. Advertisement Back in the basement, the Jiraphes are working on their closer, 'I Am the Walrus.' They're frustrated because it doesn't sound raucous enough. 'We should go more crazy at the end,' suggests Schmal. Silas and Owen nod, and the band begins again. This time, though, they let the song build until the melody is buried beneath a roar of unruly guitar, bass, and drums. 'I am the eggman!' Silas finally shouts. 'Woo!' Schmal howls, eyes closed. 'They are the eggmen!' Silas shouts again. 'Woo!' Schmal howls. 'I am the walrus!' Silas screams. 'Goo goo g'joob! Goo goo g'joob!' they all scream. Caleb Schmal carried his amplifier up the walkway of the Granger home. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Mark Shanahan can be reached at
