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BBC News
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Leeds goth hall of fame celebrates the scene's who's who
A display showcasing the who's who of the goth world in Leeds has been unveiled in a new exhibition celebrating the city's part in the modern of people turned out for the opening of the Leeds Goth Hall of Fame at the city's museum to coincide with World Goth its gloomy atmosphere and aesthetics, goth is one of the most iconic music genres and scenes and has its roots firmly embedded in Rose, of Leeds Festival of Gothica, said: "This is where the scene and genre as we know it was birthed. It was where the bats were really first released." Home to bands like The Sisters of Mercy, Salvation, and The March Violets, the city also had venues like The Faversham and The Phono, which provided space for the scene to develop in the 1980s, before it caught on in Rose added: "The whole crux of why we started to do this was to really spotlight the heritage of the goth scene and the alternative scene in Leeds and give it its place." Ms Rose said the 17 photos featured in the display were chosen from hundreds of submissions of people, objects, bands, shops and venues which were integral to the goth scene. "There's bits around dance, bits around clothing and shops," she said."We've got a real reflection of real life from prolific bands that people know. It's about that real life experience." Maria Martin, who features in the display, said she felt "really honoured" to be recognised, adding that it was "about time" the city did something to celebrate its place as "the goth capital of the world"."These people that say it all started at the Bat Cave in London are just lying, it all started here in Leeds."Ms Martin, who worked in the city's well-know goth clothing shop Bad, said growing up in Birstall she was the "only goth in the village" and later moved to Leeds."When I worked in Bad, I got to see what was going on and how there were lots of other people who looked like me."She said featuring in the hall was about "acceptance"."It means everything. It means acceptance, it means celebration, it means validation."Danny Mass, of goth rock band Salvation, who also features in the display, said: "[Leeds] is definitely where goth started."It's good to have this day to be recognised and for Leeds to be put on the map," he added. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
2025 Minnesota Vikings Schedule Leaks and Rumors
Happy NFL Schedule Release Day to all those who celebrate, which in 2025, seems like everybody. That's because, at least locally, any news we can get on the Minnesota Vikings gets gobbled up like a Christmas Day feast. Speaking of Christmas Day, we found out via multiple reports on Wednesday morning that the Vikings will play a stream-only contest against the division-rival Detroit Lions on December 25, this season. That news, coming off an official announcement on Tuesday that the Vikings will travel overseas for two regular season games abroad. Advertisement Now into the afternoon, however, those aren't the only only two 2025 regular season games that have been made official by accredited NFL reporters, as more rumored matchups continue to role in every hour. Related Headlines 2025 Minnesota Vikings schedule leaks and rumors As of 1:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, we know about half of the schedule, and most of the games have been verified by beat writers and other media members who would know. If you would like to skip directly to the full rumored schedule (as we know it so far) scroll down. The first reported game (per Maria Martin – ABC Atlanta) will be on Sunday Night Football vs the Atlanta Falcons. That game is supposedly scheduled for week 2 (per our friends @TPPSkol), right after the Vikings' rumored opener on MNF vs the Bears — more on that shortly. On Thursday Night Football week 8, the Minnesota Vikings will reportedly fly to the west coast to play the Los Angeles Chargers, per Alex Katson ( Then in week 16, according to Art Stapleton (USA Today), they'll travel to the Big Apple for a late-season contest vs the New York Giants. Advertisement Minnesota's own Ben Goessling (Star Tribune) concludes, based on Vikings vs Lions in week 17, that the Green Bay Packers will be this year's week 18 rivalry opponent. He also had week 11 at home vs the Bears. Our friends @TPPSkol first reported week 3 at home against the Cincinnati Bengals. Vikings vs Bears on MNF to open season The most notable rumor — which has just recently became verified by Arif Hassan ( is a week 1 Monday Night Football showdown against the Chicago Bears. This schedule leak was originally reported by @NerdingonNFL (who's been correctly leaking a bunch of games this morning). The aforementioned Hassan has also confirmed the Vikings' weeks 3 and 7 matchups against the Bengals and Eagles, respectively. Advertisement Accredited NFL reporters out of the Athletic have helped give this rumor some steam, however. Vikings beat writer Alec Lewis retweeted a MNF tease from his colleague out of Chicago, Kevin Fishbain, full with an eyeball emoji and everything. Might as well make it official now… What NFL fans are waiting for tonight — and what is being leaked today — is the 'when' and 'where' of these 2025 regular season games; as in what weeks/days they will be played and what platform they will air on. The Minnesota Vikings 2025 opponents have been revealed for months. Updated 2025 Minnesota Vikings schedule (as we think we know it) With that being said, here is what we know (or think we know) about the Minnesota Vikings 2025 schedule so far (see key at the bottom). Wk Opponent Location 1 @ Bears (MNF) Chicago, IL 2 *Falcons (SNF) Minneapolis, MN 3 Bengals Minneapolis, MN 4 @ Steelers Dublin, IE 5 @ Browns London, UK 6 BYE BYE 7 Eagles Minneapolis, MN 8 @ Chargers Los Angeles, CA 9 @ Lions Detroit, MI 10 Ravens Minneapolis, MN 11 Bears Minneapolis, MN 12 @ Packers Green Bay, WI 13 @ Seahawks Seattle, WA 14 Commanders Minneapolis, MN 15 @ Cowboys (SNF) Dallas, TX 16 @ Giants New York, NY 17 Lions (Xmas) Minneapolis, MN 18 Packers Minneapolis, MN Related Headlines
