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BBC News
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Stendhal: Twelve-year-old DJ Fionn ready to mix it up at festival
At just 12 years old, DJ Fionn says he is more than ready to perform at one of Northern Ireland's biggest independent music and arts O'Kane's passion for DJing began at just two years old after his dad gave him his first set of young musician has already turned heads with his talent on the turntables in his hometown of Limavady, and is now preparing for his biggest gig to is on the line-up at this year's Stendhal Festival in County Londonderry, joining The Lightning Seeds, Brit Award–winning singer-songwriter Kate Nash, Joshua Burnside, and one of Fionn's DJ idols, Mark McCabe. From school halls to Stendhal "My dad has always done a bit of DJing, so I grew up with it, and I used to watch YouTube videos of DJs when I was younger, and that's where it just started for me," Fionn told BBC News NI."Like my dad, I like all sorts of music, a bit of everything, but mostly I like to listen to things like house and techno and that's the genre of music I play."Fionn said one of his first "official gigs" was at Termoncanice Primary School when he performed at his school assembly hall as part of a Christmas event in front of all his classmates and teachers. He said performing at Stendhal will be his biggest performance yet and he cannot wait to take to the stage in front of a large crowd. "I have most of the set finished already, I am just tweaking the last few things for it," he said with a big smile. Fionn said that he and his family always loved going to Stendhal, and being on the billing was a real "pinch yourself" moment. Parents only told after application sent After coming across an advert on social media, the 12-year-old put his name forward to be a part of the festival line-up "I applied more in hope than anything else," he admitted. And he only told his parents, Andy and Kerry O'Kane, after he had submitted the application. Fionn said they are incredibly supportive of his DJing, provided it doesn't interfere with his schoolwork. As well as being very excited to perform his own set, he is also really looking forward to seeing Irish DJ and producer Mark McCabe take to the Stendahl stage."I really like his music, especially Maniac 2000, it's a massive tune." What is Stendhal? Now in its 15th year, Stendhal Festival, is an annual event featuring music, comedy, dance, poetry, workshops and family-friendly name is a reference to Stendhal syndrome - a psychological condition resulting in dizziness experienced by people exposed to things of great festival, which runs from 4 to 6 July, is taking place at Ballymully Cottage Farm in Roe Valley, outside festival bill this year also includes comedian Ed Byrne, country singer Lisa McHugh, and electronic group The Orb .DJ Fionn will be performing on Friday 4 July on the Woolly Woodland stage, and you can see a full line-up of all the acts performing at this year's Stendhal Festival here. A number of BBC Radio Ulster programmes will be broadcasting from the festival, including a special programme with Vinny and Cate, Your Place and Mine with Eve Blair, and Sunday with Anna Curran.
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kate Nash Attacks J.K. Rowling, Rod Stewart, and Matty Healy's Mom at Glastonbury
Singer/songwriter and actress Kate Nash took aim at a broad range of celebrities and their politics during her Glastonbury set Sunday night, according to British media reports, firing salvos at J.K. Rowling, Rod Stewart, and even 1975 singer Matty Healy's mom. Nash, who recently dropped the anti-transphobia single 'GERM,' directed her harshest words at the Harry Potter creator: 'The loudest feminist voice in the U.K. is currently transphobic,' she said, 'and that is something that I take very fucking personally, as a feminist and a feminist with trans friends in my life, trans people that I love and that are very important to me. 'Dismantling systems of oppression lies at the very core of feminism, so transphobia is not fucking feminist. And just because you're a fucking millionaire and a fucking bully with an army of trolls on the fucking internet, I don't give a fuck mate.' More from Rolling Stone Bob Vylan Defend Glastonbury 'Death to the IDF' Chant: 'I Said What I Said' Watch the Cure's Robert Smith Join Olivia Rodrigo for 'Friday I'm in Love' Charli XCX Responds to Criticism of Her Glastonbury Set: 'the Best Art Is Divisive' Nash then, somewhat bafflingly, shifted her focus to actress Denise Welch, Matty Healy's mother. 'The music industry doesn't know what to do with me,' she said. 'They tried to get rid of me, but they didn't. There is a record executive sweating their tits off with Matt Healy's mum.'Before she played her song 'Dickhead,' she said: 'Fuck Rod Stewart. This one goes out to Keir Starmer, J.K. Rowling, Rod Stewart and Nigel fucking Farage.' Stewart recently sparked controversy by voicing support for the right-wing Reform U.K. party and its anti-immigration leader Nigel Farage in a newspaper interview, claiming Britain needed to 'give Farage a chance.' Earlier in the same festival, the hip-hop/punk act Bob Vylan faced criticism from event organizers after he led the crowd in a chant of 'death to the I.D.F.,' while Irish act Kneecap's set — which also included criticism of Stewart — was left off the BBC's telecast following their vocal anti-Israel advocacy. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Glastonbury 2025's Biggest Moments: Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, Kneecap
This past weekend, the music-loving hordes returned to Worthy Farm, and once again the Glastonbury Festival did not disappoint. The four-day event featured a plethora of great performances, politically charged controversies, and a couple of wild surprises. Here's our run down of the eight biggest moments of Glastonbury 2025. Back in 2023, Scottish crooner Lewis Capaldi was on stage a Glastonbury, trying to perform while visibly battling twitches caused by Tourette's syndrome. Capaldi got some help from fans as he finished his set, after which he announced a break from touring so that he could focus on his mental and physical well-being. Two years later, Capaldi was back on the Pyramid Stage at Glasto to 'finish what I couldn't finish,' as he put it. During the short set, he performed hits like 'Before You Go,' 'Hold Me While You Wait,' and 'Someone You Loved,' while also debuting his new comeback track, 'Survive.' More from Rolling Stone State Department Revokes Bob Vylan's Visa Over Glastonbury Performance Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury: The Best Headliner of the Whole Weekend Kate Nash Attacks J.K. Rowling, Rod Stewart, and Matty Healy's Mom at Glastonbury 'I'm not going to say much up here today, because if I do, I'll probably start crying,' Capaldi told the crowd. 'It's just amazing to be here with you all, and I can't thank you enough for coming out and coming to see me. Second time's the charm on this one.' Earlier this month at Governors Ball in New York City, Olivia Rodrigo brought out David Byrne for a surprise performance of the Talking Heads classic, 'Burning Down the House.' A few weeks later, she tapped another Eighties legend, Robert Smith of the Cure, to make a guest appearance during her headlining set at Glastonbury Sunday night. Rodrigo introduced Smith by calling him 'perhaps the best songwriter to come out of England,' as well as a 'Glastonbury legend and a personal hero of mine.' The pair went on to perform two Cure classics, 1992's 'Friday I'm in Love' and 1987's 'Just Like Heaven.' On Friday, Lorde celebrated the release of her new album Virgin by performing the LP live for the first time at a surprise, early-morning set. The musician took the stage at 11:30 a.m. local time, having only announced the set the night before. Nevertheless, a huge crowd packed in to see Lorde, with the BBC even reporting that so many people showed up, festival organizers had to close access to the Woodsies field. Along with performing all of Virgin, Lorde capped off her set with two longtime favorites, 'Ribs' and 'Green Light.' 'This may be a one-of-one, you know?' Lorde told fans. 'This record took me a lot. I didn't know if I'd make another record, to be honest, but I'm back here completely free. And I'm so grateful to you for waiting.' After months of discussion and controversy over whether Kneecap's statements in support of Palestine and calls for an end to Israel's war in Gaza constitute as antisemitism, the Belfast rap trio finally took the stage Saturday afternoon for one of Glastonbury's most anticipated sets. In between performing a set packed with old favorite sand highlights from their debut album, Fine Art, Kneecap hit out at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who said it would not be 'appropriate' for the band to perform, and lambasted the 'trumped-up terrorism charge' against Mo Chara (he's accused of displaying a Hezbollah flag at a show last year). The trio also thanked the Glastonbury organizers for not bowing to pressure and keeping them on the lineup, and led the crowd in a chant of, 'Free, free Palestine.' When the Deftones were forced to cancel their Saturday afternoon set due to an illness in the band, Glastonbury organizers were left scrambling to find a replacement. Luckily, grime legend Skepta was able to make it to Worthy Farm in time and deliver a short, but thrilling set. Because of the time crunch, Skepta obviously wasn't able to pull together all the bells and whistles one might expect from a primetime slot on Glasto's second biggest stage. But Skepta also showed why he's the kind of artist who doesn't need all those bells and whistles: 'Let's go!!! No crew, no production but am ready to shut Glastonbury down,' he said before doing just that with a 30-minute set of hits like 'Cops & Robbers,' 'That's Not Me,' and 'Redrum,' as well as his new track with Fred Again, 'Victory Lap.' Charli XCX's headlining set on the Other stage Saturday was a characteristic Brat bonanza, but not everyone feeling it. Those who watched the livestream set fired off some cranky tweets about her performance, which Charli decided to respond herself the next morning. 'Like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a 'real artist' is like, the most boring take ever,' she wrote, before adding, 'really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. It's super fascinating to me.' Such assurance and can't-be-assed nonchalance is perhaps no better proof of concept for her other Glastonbury proclamation: That Brat Summer is a 'forever thing.' While much of the pre-festival discussion centered around Kneecap, it was London alt-rap duo Bob Vylan who garnered the biggest controversy. During the group's set, rapper Bobby Vylan led the crowd in chants of 'Free, free Palestine,' as well as 'Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces].' The latter chant garnered the fiercest backlash, with Glastonbury boss Emily Eavis saying festival organizers were 'appalled,' and that the chants 'very much crossed a line.' Prime Minister Starmer said, 'There is no excuse for this kind of appalling hate speech.' The U.S. State Department even decided to step in and revoke the U.S. visas for the duo ahead of their fall tour. Vylan, for his part, issued a statement of his own, that read in part, 'I said what I said.' (It's worth noting that Bob Vylan and Kneecap were far from the only artists to speak out in support of Palestine at the festival. Others include Amyl and the Sniffers, Nilufer Yanya, Jade Thirlwall, and Elijah Hewson, lead singer of Inhaler and son of U2's Bono.) Singer-songwriter and actress Kate Nash delivered Glastonbury's other big political salvo over the weekend, with particularly sharp words for Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. Nash recently dropped the anti-transphobia single 'GERM,' and in calling out Rowling, she said, 'The loudest feminist voice in the U.K. is currently transphobic… Dismantling systems of oppression lies at the very core of feminism, so transphobia is not fucking feminist. And just because you're a fucking millionaire and a fucking bully with an army of trolls on the fucking internet, I don't give a fuck mate.' Nash also had some sharp words for Prime Minister Starmer and Rod Stewart, who recently sparked controversy by voicing his support for the far-right Reform U.K. party and its leader Nigel Farage. Nash dedicated her song 'Dickhead' to Stewart, Starmer, Rowling, and Farage. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked


Extra.ie
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
WATCH: Irish acts at Glastonbury – CMAT, SPRINTS, KNEECAP, For Those I Love and more
Watch performances from SPRINTS, CMAT, KNEECAP, The Script, For Those I Love and Inhaler at this year's Glastonbury below. Against a backdrop stating 'Trans rights are human rights,' SPRINTS play 'Literary Mind' from their 2024 debut album, 'Letter To Self…' Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW …and team up with Kate Nash for a cover of 'Foundations': CMAT leads her massive Pyramid Stage crowd in the 'Dunboyne Co. Meath two-step' for 'I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby!'… …and makes a special guest appearance for Blossoms' 'I Like Your Look': KNEECAP perform the title track from their 2024 debut album in front of a packed-out West Holts crowd of 30,000: The Script's 'insanely special' Pyramid Stage slot includes a rendition of their 2012 hit 'Hall Of Fame': Inhaler treats fans at the Other Stage to a performance of 'X-Ray' from their latest album, Open Wide. For Those I Love and Overmono join forces for a performance of 2020's 'I Have A Love' [Overmono Remix]


The Independent
30-06-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Kate Nash says she would love to collaborate with Kneecap
Kate Nash expressed her admiration for the Belfast rap trio Kneecap, stating her desire to collaborate with them and highlighting the importance of their political use of platform. Police are assessing videos of performances by Kneecap and punk duo Bob Vylan at Glastonbury Festival following controversial comments made during their sets. Kneecap, known for their provocative lyrics and support for Palestine, faced calls from politicians, including Sir Keir Starmer, to be removed from the festival lineup. During their Glastonbury performance, a Kneecap member directly challenged Sir Keir Starmer's comments, while Bob Vylan led chants including 'Death, death to the IDF,' which Sir Keir condemned as 'appalling hate speech.' Nash defended artists using their platform for political purposes, asserting that Glastonbury is inherently a political festival and that many individuals cannot escape the politics of their existence.