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ABC News
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Feature Video: The Last Dinner Party - This Is The Killer Speaking
It's the start of a new, bold era for The Last Dinner Party, who have taken out this week's Feature Video with the first release from their sophomore album, 'This Is The Killer Speaking'. It marks the band's eighth collaboration with director Harv Frost, who is also behind the band's previous music videos, including the short film 'Prelude to Ecstacy', a compilation of four music videos released last year. Similar to 'Prelude's' nods to Giallo films such as Suspiria and Profondo Rosso, dark fantasy features front and centre in 'This Is The Killer Speaking', with scenes of centaur women and a Jack the Ripper-esque figure alternating with the band's raucous performance in a neon-soaked saloon. 'This Is The Killer Speaking' is the first track to be released from The Last Dinner Party's sophomore album From The Pyre, which they say has been heavily influenced by the conscious mythologising of real-life events. 'This record is a collection of stories, and the concept of album-as-mythos binds them' explains the band. ''The Pyre' itself is an allegorical place in which these tales originate, a place of violence and destruction but also regeneration, passion and light.' Speaking to Rolling Stone UK, vocalist Abigail Morris explains 'We'd found a new way of mythologising where everything that happened is true, but the whole record is about the nature of being an artist, and what does it mean to take a love story that happened to you, and to take that person and turn them into a character that's immortalised in a song. When does that person stop being the real person you were in a relationship with and start becoming a character that is separate from that? That, for me, is what a lot of these songs cover.'
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Chic Nile Rodgers curates David Bowie Centre display in Stratford
Chic star Nile Rodgers has guest-curated a display for the new David Bowie Centre, including personal correspondence between the two V&A Museum, which is behind the new David Bowie Centre, said Rodgers has also selected a bespoke Peter Hall suit worn by Bowie during the Serious Moonlight tour for the Let's Dance David Bowie Centre will open within the museum's new East Storehouse in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in Stratford, east London, on 13 of Bowie, Rodgers and guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan recording Let's Dance in New York will also feature. Costumes worn during Bowie's Ziggy Stardust period, and those worn by other musicians including Sir Elton John and PJ Harvey, will also be on said: "My creative life with David Bowie provided the greatest success of his incredible career, but our friendship was just as rewarding."Our bond was built on a love of the music that had both made and saved our lives."Rodgers produced Bowie's single Let's Dance and the 1983 album of the same name, as well as his 1993 album Black Tie White Noise, with the personal correspondence in the exhibition relating to the Award-winning indie rock band The Last Dinner Party have also curated part of the exhibition, describing Bowie as a "constant source of inspiration to us".Their items include Bowie's elaborate handwritten lyrics for his song Win, and notes and set lists for his 1976 Isolar band said: "David Bowie continues to inspire generations of artists like us to stand up for ourselves."Access to the David Bowie Centre will be free, with tickets released nearer its opening.
Scotsman
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Glasgow mum pays tribute to music therapy charity at star-studded awards bash
Rhiannon met pop star Rick Astley at the awards ceremony. | Rhiannon Lowden The night raised a huge amount of money for a good cause. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A Glasgow mum has spoken in front of a star-studded audience at a glittering awards ceremony that has already raised over £715,000 for Nordoff and Robbins, the UK's largest music therapy charity. Rhiannon Louden took to the stage in front of music royalty - including David Gilmour, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Mika, The Last Dinner Party, The Corrs, Idles, Tony Christie, Rick Astley and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood - at the O2 Silver Clef Awards. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad She shared the ways that music therapy has helped her three-year-old daughter Poppy who lives with Rett Syndrome - a rare genetic neurological disorder that causes severe physical and mental disabilities. Speaking to the audience at the event at London's JW Marriott Grosvenor House, hosted by Scottish DJ Edith Bowman, Rhiannon said: 'It's more than just therapy. Poppy has found a place, just for her, in a world where so few of them exist. A place where she is understood, where she can engage and communicate with everyone around her. Most importantly we've found hope and pure joy. 'Every child deserves a bright future, and Poppy's is brighter because of music therapy.' Rhiannon onstage at the Nordoff and Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards 2025. | John Marshall - JM Enternational It was the 49th time the awards have been held, with over £17 million for Nordoff and Robbins since 1976, and David Gilmour paid tribute to the 'wonderful' charity's work while collecting the prestigious O2 Silver Clef Award. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Pink Floyd star said 'My relationship with them goes back 50 years – thank you to them for this award and for the miraculous work they do, and have done since then.' Funds raised at the event will directly support children and adults across the UK who are autistic, living with dementia, or have learning difficulties, brain injuries, mental health challenges or life-limiting illnesses – helping them to connect and communicate through music. You can find out more about Nordoff and Robbins and how you can support them here.
South Wales Guardian
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Loyle Carner to kick off Glastonbury-themed week of CBeebies Bedtime Stories
The London-born musician, 30, who is billed to play the Other Stage on Friday, will read from the children's book I Touched the Sun by Leah Hayes, which follows a young boy who wants to fly up into the sky to touch the sun. 'Let's go! I've practised for this every night in my son's room,' Carner said. 'Reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story is just a magical thing to do. 'I know this story inside out – it's my favourite book, and my son's and my daughter's. We read it almost every night.' The special week continues with stories recorded at last year's festival, with new stories airing from Friday. A story read by The Last Dinner Party's Abigail Morris will air on Tuesday and this will be followed by a reading from alternative R&B singer Sampha on Wednesday, with The Streets' Mike Skinner reading a story on Thursday. Carner, who has had two albums shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, recently released his fourth studio album Hopefully! He is part of a Glastonbury Festival line-up that includes headline performances from British pop/rock band The 1975, veteran musician Neil Young and his band The Chrome Hearts, and US pop star Olivia Rodrigo. The rapper's story airs on Monday at 6.50pm on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer. Surprise celebrity readers will be revealed on CBeebies' social media channels throughout the week.
Leader Live
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Loyle Carner to kick off Glastonbury-themed week of CBeebies Bedtime Stories
The London-born musician, 30, who is billed to play the Other Stage on Friday, will read from the children's book I Touched the Sun by Leah Hayes, which follows a young boy who wants to fly up into the sky to touch the sun. 'Let's go! I've practised for this every night in my son's room,' Carner said. 'Reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story is just a magical thing to do. 'I know this story inside out – it's my favourite book, and my son's and my daughter's. We read it almost every night.' The special week continues with stories recorded at last year's festival, with new stories airing from Friday. A story read by The Last Dinner Party's Abigail Morris will air on Tuesday and this will be followed by a reading from alternative R&B singer Sampha on Wednesday, with The Streets' Mike Skinner reading a story on Thursday. Carner, who has had two albums shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, recently released his fourth studio album Hopefully! He is part of a Glastonbury Festival line-up that includes headline performances from British pop/rock band The 1975, veteran musician Neil Young and his band The Chrome Hearts, and US pop star Olivia Rodrigo. The rapper's story airs on Monday at 6.50pm on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer. Surprise celebrity readers will be revealed on CBeebies' social media channels throughout the week.
