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Time Out Dubai
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out Dubai
The Smashing Pumpkins to perform first-ever GCC show in Abu Dhabi: Ticket details and more revealed
Time to dust off your flannel shirts and revisit your 90s playlist – The Smashing Pumpkins are making their long-overdue UAE debut this autumn. Yes, that Smashing Pumpkins. As part of their globe-spanning Rock Invasion 2025 tour, the iconic alt-rockers will play Etihad Arena, Yas Island on Thursday October 9, in what will be their first-ever regional performance. With a back catalogue that defined a generation, this is going to be loud, nostalgic, and a totally indescribable moment of your life. From the grunge-tinged glory of Siamese Dream to the symphonic sprawl of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, expect a setlist stacked with classics like 1979, Today, Tonight, Tonight, and Bullet With Butterfly Wings. Throw in newer tracks like Beguiled and Sighommi from their recent albums, and you've got a career-spanning show from one of the most sonically adventurous bands of the past three decades. Still fronted by the inimitable Billy Corgan, the Pumpkins continue to blend dream-pop, metal, shoegaze, and straight-up rock with a flair that's unmistakably theirs. Over the years, they've sold more than 30 million albums, scooped up multiple Grammy and MTV awards, and remained gloriously difficult to categorise. The band's return to Asia – for the first time in more than a decade – includes dates across Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Bahrain, making this Abu Dhabi gig a historic moment for fans in the region. Presale access starts on Wednesday May 21 at 10am for artists, followed by Live Nation presale on Thursday May 22 at 10am. General ticket sales go live on Friday May 23 at 12pm, all via Live Nation Middle East. Thursday October 9, 2025. Etihad Arena, Yas Island. Tickets from Friday May 23 at You might also like: UAE public holidays: Every long weekend to look forward to in 2025 The dates to know 22 pictures that show how much Dubai has changed from the 1950s to today Take a look at these unrecognisable photos of the city 112 best things to do in Dubai in 2025 Everything to tick off your Dubai bucket list
Time Out Abu Dhabi
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out Abu Dhabi
The Smashing Pumpkins are officially coming to Abu Dhabi for their first-ever UAE gig
Time to dust off your flannel shirts and revisit your 90s playlist – The Smashing Pumpkins are making their long-overdue UAE debut in Abu Dhabi this autumn. Yes, that Smashing Pumpkins. As part of their globe-spanning Rock Invasion 2025 tour, the iconic alt-rockers will play Etihad Arena, Yas Island on Thursday October 9, in what will be their first-ever Middle East performance. And with a back catalogue that defined a generation, this is going to be loud, nostalgic, and totally unforgettable. From the grunge-tinged glory of Siamese Dream to the symphonic sprawl of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, expect a setlist stacked with classics like 1979, Today, Tonight, Tonight, and Bullet With Butterfly Wings. Throw in newer tracks like Beguiled and Sighommi from their recent albums, and you've got a career-spanning show from one of the most sonically adventurous bands of the past three decades. Still fronted by the inimitable Billy Corgan, the Pumpkins continue to blend dream-pop, metal, shoegaze, and straight-up rock with a flair that's unmistakably theirs. Over the years, they've sold more than 30 million albums, scooped up multiple Grammy and MTV awards, and remained gloriously difficult to categorise. The band's return to Asia – for the first time in more than a decade – includes dates across Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Bahrain, making this Abu Dhabi gig a historic moment for fans in the region. Presale access starts Wednesday May 21 at 10am for artists, followed by Live Nation presale on Thursday May 22 at 10am. General ticket sales go live on Friday May 23 at 12pm, all via Live you want to be part of rock history, don't hang about. Thursday October 9, 2025. Etihad Arena, Yas Island. Tickets from Friday May 23 at You might also like… Abu Dhabi's best restaurants: Everywhere you should eat at least once Your dinner inspo is sorted 12 fantastic road trips across the GCC Fill up the tank and go Abu Dhabi to Dubai by bus: How to travel between the two cities Everything you need to know, from getting a Nol card to bus timetables Old Abu Dhabi: 15 best spots to uncover the history of the capital Peel back the layers of time
Associated Press
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Music Review: Jessie Reyez returns in triumph with ‘Paid in Memories'
Most artists would make the first song on their new album something welcoming, trendy or pleasing, at least to make the Spotify algorithm happy. Not Jessie Reyez. She crafted a song with clear red flags — 'I Never Said I Was Sane' — a totally bananas opening cut that includes screaming, taunting, religious texts, whispering, heavy distortion, a little flute and a babyish pout. 'Lost some screws along the way to L.A.,' she sings. That's why Reyez is always a glorious sonic handful and why the album 'Paid in Memories' is another of her messy triumphs. Think of her as the anti-Tate McRae. The Toronto-bred musician is a magpie of an artist, taking a little from hip-hop here, dipping into some alt-rock on another, using a cool soul lick or a Latin beat. If you know where the next song is taking you, you're lying. She can go from purring along to a plunky guitar to feet-planted battle rapping, even in the same song. Reyez, who in the past leaned on co-writers, this time often supplies the music and lyrics alone, a sign of her continuing maturity and control. Few artists could accommodate such varied big-name guests as Lil Wayne, Miguel, 6lack, Lil Yachty, Deyaz, Big Sean and Ari Lennox. Each time, she makes it work on her terms. One song — 'Couldn't Be Me' — features Sam Smith, and you might expect to hear their voices swirling together in a melodic, naughty club banger. Instead, Reyez sings a melancholy ballad of lost love, with the last minute taken up by a touching voicemail by Smith sending her encouragement after the breakup. There's often a bite to Reyez's songs so it's refreshing to hear unalloyed sincerity on 'Goliath,' a pure love song: 'You love me like a Sunday morning/But you kiss me like a Friday night.' There's also the fun dance-pop 'New York Baby,' which has the vibe of a hysterically low-rent 'American Boy' by Estelle (she lands in Newark and is picked up by her lover in a truck). 'Jeans' with Miguel is destined to be one of the sexiest songs of 2025 ('Cause you fit/Better than a pair of jeans, baby') and 'Psilocybin & Daisies,' lifts from '1979' performed by The Smashing Pumpkins, terrifically. Who samples from the Pumpkins? She and 6lack extend their long, fruitful collaborations — this time she accommodatingly stylizes the song '6lessings' for him as their styles swirl perfectly — and she gets slinky with the murky dance track 'Palo Santo.' Reyez gets very personal at times — her estrangements with her brother is the topic of a song — and on 'Been Abouta Year' takes stock of her life: 'Where's the famous silver lining I was promised?/To be honest/Life is falling kinda short.' You and us all, sister. Just glad you're here. ___
