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ITV News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- ITV News
Bruce Springsteen fans in 'roll call' ahead of Liverpool concert
Superfans of Bruce Springsteen have been showing their loyalty by turning up for a 'roll call' ahead of his Anfield concert. Hundreds of people gather in Stanley Park at 10am, 3pm and 7pm every day and receive a number to ensure they get the best spot at the front of his gig. The legendary musician and the E-Street Band will play two concerts at Anfield Stadium this week on Wednesday June 4 and Saturday June 7. Springsteen fans are used to the ritual of the roll call as the practice has been commonplace for fans going to his gigs since 2009. It's all planned with the organisers, after their number is written on their hand, they have to return for every roll call to keep their spot. Fans of 'The Boss' explain the roll call system and why it is worth the wait One fan says: "As long as you've got your number and you turn up for roll call then you keep that number, but if you don't turn up then you are scrubbed off the list. It's all worth it because some of us are a little bit older and when security come they walk us in, there's no running or pushing in front of each other"
Irish Independent
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
See photos from Rathsallagh Golf Club's 30th anniversary dinner dance
With guests of all ages in attendance, the conversation flowed as members and management from the historic club discussed its golfing legacy and that of founders Joe and Kay O'Flynn, sharing memories of an illustrious past, while creating new ones to last a lifetime. After enjoying a sumptuous three-course meal, 'The Boss' trophy, sponsored by the O'Flynn family, who established and operate Rathsallagh House, was presented to the winner of the club's recent Pro-Am competition, Norm Tanju. Capping off the enchanting evening, guests, including Rathsallagh Golf Club owner Robert Neill and his wife Mary, danced the night away to the lively music of supremely talented former captain Aidan Pierce and his group, Off the Cuff. Thanking the O'Flynn's for their hospitality, Rathsallagh Golf Club general manager Vera Brennan said that the dinner dance was the perfect way to celebrate the club's rich history. 'It was incredibly special to share the golf club's 30th anniversary with the O'Flynn family, and we are delighted that there was so much love and affection for the late Joe Snr – what a great legacy to be remembered,' she said. 'As part of our celebrations throughout the year, we did a Pro-Am the week before, and because the O'Flynn family from Rathsallagh House started the golf club, we decided to go there for the celebrations and make the O'Flynn family part of it. 'Joe Jnr sponsored a golf competition so we could have a presentation on the night. His father was known as 'The Boss', so The Boss trophy was the prize, and it was presented by Joe Jnr to the winner, Norm Tanju. 'The members are thrilled that the O'Flynn's sponsored the trophy and want to make it part of the golfing calendar going forward. A big thanks to Joe Jnr and his wife Sara for being there on the night, and to Joe's mother Kay. 'We are thankful to the O'Flynn's for their very generous hospitality – from the moment we arrived, we were greeted with a warm welcome and refreshments,' she continued. 'We are grateful that they made the night such a success, and for the generous drinks reception and the extra gestures. We all were spoiled and looked after so well. ADVERTISEMENT 'All week I have been receiving compliments about the wonderful night, the house, gardens, delicious food, and the absolute best service from all your fantastic staff, not to mention the after party in the bar! 'A big thanks to our member Aidan Pierce and his group, Off the Cuff, who were absolutely brilliant, and did a bit of everything, from 80s to jazz – you name it, the played it.'
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Breaking Baz @Cannes: Spike Lee Croons Rodgers & Hammerstein On The Beach But Tunes Out As Talk Turns To Him Making A Movie Musical His Next Project
The sound system at the Carlton Beach was blasting out James Brown's 'The Boss' while, incongruously, Spike Lee was engaged in a Rodgers and Hammerstein sing-along. 'There's a bright, golden haze on the meadow,' Lee crooned. 'The corn is as high as a elephant's eye,an' it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky.' More from Deadline Cannes Film Festival Photos Day 7: Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Dakota Johnson 'Highest 2 Lowest,' 'Splitsville' & Alpha Premieres Denzel Washington Gets Surprise Honorary Palme d'Or At Cannes Ahead Of 'Highest 2 Lowest' Premiere Mediawan's Moment: How A French Producer Became A Magnet For The Storytellers Behind 'Adolescence' & 'Slow Horses' Lee cleared his throat and cried, 'That's juxtaposition, right there. That's juxtaposition.' I joined him on the 'Oh, what a beautiful mornin'! Oh, what a beautiful day!' chorus. I jokingly suggested that we do 'The Surrey with the Fringe on Top' next, but Lee shrugged that off. There was a point to the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein tribute. Lee's great movie Highest 2 Lowest opens with Matthew Libatique's cameras taking in the Manhattan skyline as the city awakes. 'The skyscrapers are the corn as high as an elephant's eye,' says Lee, smiling as his longtime editor Barry Alexander Brown joins us on a couch. RELATED: They came up with the 'Oh, what a beautiful mornin'' idea early on in the shoot. Funny how a song that landed on Broadway 82 years ago feels as if it could've been written yesterday. Great classic show tunes can be molded like Shakespeare to fit any moment, and boy-oh-boy, Oklahoma's opening number fits Highest 2 Lowest like a glove. Musicals are on Lee's mind. His next film will be a musical. I asked whether it's going to be Boner, a song and dance about the creation of Viagra. I get straight to the point, and as I'm about to hum James Brown's 'Get Up (I Feel Like being a) Sex Machine,' Lee's having none of it. 'I don't know nothing about a musical,' he says with a glint in his eye as he looks around at revelers enjoying the soiree hosted by A24. I push some more, and he merrily repeats his mantra: 'I don't know nothing. I don't know nothing about a musical. I don't know, I don't know.' RELATED: He starts talking about working with his old friend Denzel Washington, who he cast as a record executive in Highest 2 Lowest, and how the electrifying scenes between Washington and A$AP Rocky came about. 'It's generational,' says Spike. 'Put Denzel and Rocky in a room with a camera trained on them, and you just capture what happens,' he says. RELATED: A$AP tells me later that he 'loved' acting opposite Washington and 'learned so much' and is eager to find 'the right role' for another film. I go back to Mr. Spike Lee about the movie musical, but he's giving nothing away. 'How long we known each other?' he laughs. 'I enjoy not telling you.' When we were younger, we used to get mad at each other. We had a huge fight 30 years ago, but now we just laugh. RELATED: In any case, we're interrupted by Cuba Gooding Jr, and we chat about other stuff. Element Pictures' Ed Guiney get into a conversation about Akinola Davies Jr.'s sublime My Father's Shadow and how they're already discussing a second film. It's a thriller about oil, politics and corruption that also will be set in Nigeria. 'It's at an early stage,' Guiney cautions. 'The script's still being developed.' Taraji P. Henson flew in late and missed seeing Highest 2 Lowest. 'It's on my list to see,' she says, going on to tell me that she's in town to host the annual amfAR Cannes gala on Thursday over at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden Roc. I talk some more with A$AP Rocky, and I can't deny that I'm beguiled by his gold gnashers, which is so rude of me, but I can't help it. We're joined by music producer Gatsby Randolph (Who Is Gatsby Randolph), who kindly invites me to have lunch on his yacht. I cannot fathom whether what Randolph is telling me is bullsh*t or not. He claims he's legit. In any case, I shall not be taking him up on his kind invitation. I prefer dry land. RELATED: Full List Of Cannes Palme d'Or Winners Through The Years: Photo Gallery Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies In Order - See Tom Cruise's 30-Year Journey As Ethan Hunt Denzel Washington's Career In Pictures: From 'Carbon Copy' To 'The Equalizer 3'
The Independent
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder honors Bruce Springsteen with song My City of Ruins in apparent dig at Trump
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder honored Bruce Springsteen with a song at his Pittsburg concert in an apparent dig at Donald Trump just hours after the president savaged Springsteen for criticizing him on stage. Vedder didn't mention Trump's name, but he sang Springsteen's ballad 'My City of Ruins' from the album Rising at the concert last Friday with the refrain: ' Rise up, rise up. ' Springsteen wrote 'My City of Ruins' lamenting the deterioration of Asbury Park in New Jersey, but it also became a song of hope after 9/11. Last week 'The Boss' attacked Trump on stage in a lead up to the same song as he kicked off his current European tour. 'In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, and has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration,' Springsteen said at his concert in Manchester, England, urging his audience to 'rise with us, raise your voices against the authoritarianism, and let freedom ring.' Trump, 78, quickly slammed Springsteen, 75, as a 'dried up old prune,' 'highly overrated,' and an 'obnoxious jerk' in a Truth Social post Friday. Trump later also called in a post for an investigation into Springsteen, Beyonce, Oprah and U2 frontman Bono for endorsing his opponent Kamala Harris in the presidential campaign, calling support for Harris or the Democrats somehow 'illegal.' 'I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter,' Trump wrote. In a separate post, Trump also noted: 'Has anyone noticed that, since I said, 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,' she's no longer 'HOT?'' He attacked her for criticizing his policies in the past. The American Federation of Musicians issued a statement supporting the artists We 'will not remain silent as two of our members – Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift—are singled out and personally attacked by the President of the United States,' read the statement from AFM President Tino Gagliardi. 'Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift are not just brilliant musicians, they are role models and inspirations to millions of people in the United States and across the world.'
The Independent
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder honors Bruce Springsteen with song City of Ruins in apparent dig at Trump
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder honored Bruce Springsteen with a song at his Pittsburg concert in an apparent dig at Donald Trump just hours after the president savaged Springsteen for criticizing him on stage. Vedder didn't mention Trump's name, but he sang Springsteen's ballad 'My City of Ruins' from the album Rising at the concert last Friday with the refrain: ' Rise up, rise up. ' Springsteen wrote 'My City of Ruins' lamenting the deterioration of Asbury Park in New Jersey, but it also became a song of hope after 9/11. Last week 'The Boss' attacked Trump on stage in a lead up to the same song as he kicked off his current European tour. 'In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, and has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration,' Springsteen said at his concert in Manchester, England, urging his audience to 'rise with us, raise your voices against the authoritarianism, and let freedom ring.' Trump, 78, quickly slammed Springsteen, 75, as a 'dried up old prune,' 'highly overrated,' and an 'obnoxious jerk' in a Truth Social post Friday. Trump later also called in a post for an investigation into Springsteen, Beyonce, Oprah and U2 frontman Bono for endorsing his opponent Kamala Harris in the presidential campaign, calling support for Harris or the Democrats somehow 'illegal.' 'I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter,' Trump wrote. In a separate post, Trump also noted: 'Has anyone noticed that, since I said, 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,' she's no longer 'HOT?'' He attacked her for criticizing his policies in the past. The American Federation of Musicians issued a statement supporting the artists We 'will not remain silent as two of our members – Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift—are singled out and personally attacked by the President of the United States,' read the statement from AFM President Tino Gagliardi. 'Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift are not just brilliant musicians, they are role models and inspirations to millions of people in the United States and across the world.'
