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Irish Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
WIN TICKETS TO SEE THE WATERBOYS LATM, CORK, THURSDAY JULY 10, 2025!
The Waterboys have been led by Scottish singer and guitarist Mike Scott since the 1980s and have evolved through countless line-ups, winning a fearsome concert reputation along the way. Their best-known songs include The Whole Of The Moon, How Long Will I Love You, This Is The Sea and Fisherman's Blues. Thanks to our friends at Live At The Marquee we have a pair of tickets to giveaway to one lucky winner to see The Waterboys Live at the Marquee, Thursday July 10, 2025 PLUS overnight B&B stay for two sharing at the 4* Clayton Hotel Cork! To be in with a chance of winning simply fill out the form below. If you can't see the form above, CLICK HERE Terms and Conditions apply, see entry form for details.
NZ Herald
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
‘RunIt' events under fire after tragedy highlights risks
Participants in a Runit event held in West Auckland. Photo / Mike Scott; Artist / Paul Slater THREE KEY FACTS On the Friday nights of my preteen years, you would find me in front of the TV watching wrestling. Repeating the line, 'don't try this at home' as I leapt from the couch, dropping my best impression of a People's Elbow on to my unsuspecting little brother.
NZ Herald
12-05-2025
- Climate
- NZ Herald
Truck carrying chickens crashes outside Christchurch
Zookeeping isn't all butterflies, even at Butterfly Creek! Reporter Evie finds out what it takes to feed the meerkats, otters, and even NZ's only saltwater crocodiles. The journalist believes the culprit has been identified. Video / Supplied The Government is making work on restrictions to social media for New Zealanders under the age of 16 part of its official programme. Video / NZ Herald The Government is making work on restrictions to social media for New Zealanders under the age of 16 part of its official programme. Video / NZ Herald Ministers Chris Bishop and Mark Mitchell announced new offences and penalties in Rotorua on Sunday, with Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell. Video / Kelly Makiha India-Pakistan ceasefire falters following explosions in Kashmir, and world leaders urge Russia to accept 30-day ceasefire proposal. Video / NZ Herald, AFP Ciara-Jordyn Merekara Woods-Ryan has been diagnosed with a rare lung cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma. Video \ Jason Dorday Deputy CEO of Customs NZ Paul Campbell provides an operations update. Video / NZ Herald Minister of Customs Casey Costelllo provided an update on customs operations. Video / NZ Herald Tracy Jarman's life was turned upside down four years ago when she emerged paralysed from her fifth surgery for spinal cysts. Video / Mike Scott A young Kiwi fan asked Brad Pitt for a favour while in the drive-thru. Video / Supplied The new pope is celebrated worldwide as Auckland closes it's war memorial museum for asbestos cleaning. Video / NZ Herald Flooding in Wairau Valley on Auckland's North Shore. Video / Jonathon Edward Powell MetService Severe Weather Update - Friday 9 May Protests across NZ today targeted the Government's rollback of pay equity laws. The PSA says it impacts underpaid women in female-led jobs. Video / Jason Dorday, Mike Scott
Telegraph
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The Waterboys: A Dennis Hopper rock opera? Weirdly, it works a treat
In front of 1,400 people in the relatively modest environs of the Anvil in Basingstoke, The Waterboys reminded us once again that they really deserve to be acknowledged as one of the great bands of our time. Leader Mike Scott strode out alone on stage to start up the stirring acoustic guitar rhythm of his 1984 song A Pagan Place, with current band members filing out one by one to add their own flavours to the building sound. Piano, organ, drums and bass introduced layer after layer of melody and texture until the room seemed to be consumed in a wild storm, everything weaving and crashing together as Scott howled through his epic of spiritual mystery. As the band tore on into the heavy stomp of The Glastonbury Song, the frontman strapped on an electric guitar, jiggling about the stage, tearing out frenetic solos and singing about finding God where he always was. The rich Hammond organ of 'Brother' Paul Hallawell intermingled with the dazzling piano runs of 'Famous' James Hallawell in a blazing stew of rock and soul. Honestly, The Waterboys have been so good for so long it baffles me why they are still treading the boards in relatively modest venues, rather than arenas or even stadiums – but I suspect Scott might prefer it this way. It is a space that allows the 66-year-old maverick creative freedom to keep introducing new work in new formats. After charging through four of their most beloved anthems, Scott did the thing that strikes dread into audiences everywhere: introduce a selection of new songs from his latest album, which only came out last month. What's more, it is a double concept album, a biographical song suite about a late American movie star, director and artist of quite marginal fame, entitled Life, Death and Dennis Hopper. Call it a Rock Hoppera, perhaps. Yet there was no sudden shift to the bar. The audience remained raptly intent as three backing singers joined the line-up, and Scott led us through 12 songs and instrumentals from his new opus. The accessibility of the material was helped by pithy introductions and a huge screen projecting judiciously chosen photos and footage; the elegance of the music and flamboyance of the band's playing did the rest. The album has slightly passed me by, but I found myself completely absorbed and eager to listen to it again. That is quite a win for a veteran band playing to old fans. We were rewarded with a final section of the Waterboys' most thrilling anthems, including a fierce Don't Bang the Drum, rousing The Whole of the Moon and absolutely wild The Pan Within that had Scott grinning in delight as his keyboard players went head-to-head like a pair of duelling musos. The Waterboys line-up has never been fixed in stone, and Scott likes to claim there have been more members than any other band, upwards of 80 over their 42-year career. Latest recruit, 27-year-old Barny Fletcher, considerably lowers the average age of the ensemble. He sang counterpoint and harmony vocals in a strange, ethereal high voice, and during encores took the lead on his own emotional ballad, Wasted Sunset, to huge applause. Again, the promotion of a new, young talent is just not the kind of thing you expect to see at a vintage rock show, and speaks volumes of Scott's sheer love of music, and his audience's willingness to go on a journey with him. An absolutely storming romp through Fisherman's Blues provided an enormously satisfying finale. The sound of people singing 'wooh-hoo-hoo' could still be heard as the crowd filed out into the Basingstoke night.
Associated Press
14-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Pelican Energy Partners Joins Texas Nuclear Alliance as Founding Member
The Texas Nuclear Alliance (TNA) proudly welcomes Pelican Energy Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on nuclear energy, as a Founding Member. 'Pelican Energy Partners exemplifies the kind of forward-thinking investment and philosophy that the nuclear energy sector in Texas will need as it continues to grow,' said TNA President Reed Clay. 'TNA is better for their partnership, and they will be a critical force in strengthening and modernizing the nuclear supply chain in Texas.' 'We are proud to be a founding member of this alliance to drive further innovation and expansion of reliable, base load nuclear energy. We want to position Texas as a leading provider of nuclear energy development and innovation, which we believe is critical to the transformation of America's surging energy demands,' said Mike Scott, Managing Partner of Pelican Energy Partners. 'Together, we hope to promote economic growth to sustain continued prosperity in Texas with reliable and secure energy sources.' About Pelican Energy Partners Pelican Energy Partners is a Houston-based private equity firm specializing in strategic investments in small to middle-market, high-growth potential energy service and equipment companies. The firm makes investments in energy equipment and service companies in the oil and gas and nuclear sectors. To learn more, visit About the Texas Nuclear Alliance TNA is the only industry association in Texas dedicated to the advancement of nuclear technology in the state. TNA was formed with a singular mission: to make Texas the Nuclear Capital of the World. Formed in 2022 in the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri, TNA is based on the fundamental premise that if Texas and the world want low-carbon, reliable energy, it can no longer turn its back on nuclear energy. Nuclear is clean, safe, reliable, and secure. Texas Nuclear Alliance Lauren Clay 512-567-7604
