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South Wales Argus
41 minutes ago
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- South Wales Argus
Oasis hint at upcoming tour setlist as Liam updates fans
Liam and Noel Gallagher previously announced that they would be reuniting as part of the Oasis Live '25 Tour. The UK-wide leg of the tour sold out in minutes and saw the 'Wonderwall' band sell out Wembley Stadium seven times and Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium three times. Ahead of the Oasis Live '25 Tour kicking off in Cardiff on July 4, the band has hinted at what songs may be included on the setlist. Which underrated Oasis track deserves a spot on the Oasis Live '25 setlist? — Oasis (@oasis) June 9, 2025 Oasis hints at upcoming tour setlist Taking to X, formerly Twitter, the Oasis band account asked fans: "Which underrated Oasis track deserves a spot on the Oasis Live '25 setlist?" Fans of Oasis were quick to share their opinions with the post, gaining more than 4,300 replies and over 880,900 views in less than 24 hours. 'Underrated' songs suggested by fans included the likes of Gas Panic!, The Shock of the Lightning, Talk Tonight, Rockin' Chair and Force of Nature. Other songs that were suggested were Stay Young, Lyla, Married With Children, and Where Did It All Go Wrong? The setlist hints come as Liam Gallagher keeps fans updated on how Oasis rehearsals have been going. Liam Gallagher updates Oasis fans ahead of tour Writing on X, one Oasis fan asked: "Do you have rehearsal today? It's the third round." To which Liam replied: "This will be my 4ths day licking it up to ras." Recommended Reading Another fan asked the singer what he did during his free time, to which Liam replied: "Housework". A third Oasis fan asked: "Are you a bit nervous now since the first date is coming very soon?" Liam simply replied: "No".
Arab News
09-05-2025
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- Arab News
Saudi ‘farm for experimentation' on show in Milan exhibition
AL-AHSA: Saudi Arabia's lush oasis of Al-Ahsa will be in full bloom in Italy next week at the 24th Triennale Milano International Exhibition, which runs from May 13 to Nov. 9 at Milan's Palazzo dell'Arte. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @ Al-Ahsa is officially recognized as the world's largest oasis, and is home to more than 2.5 million date palms. The Kingdom's debut pavilion at the exhibition is 'Maghras: A Farm for Experimentation,' which, according to the exhibition's website, is 'structured as a transplanted maghras — a unit of land demarcated by four palm trees' and 'symbolically frames the dialogues, material traces, soundscapes of field recordings, and speculative gestures emerging from the space.' The pavilion, commissioned by the Architecture and Design Commission under the Ministry of Culture, and curated by longtime friends Lulu Almana and Sara Al-Omran, along with US-based creative director Alejandro Stein, is inspired by Al-Ahsa's Al-Sbakh Farm, established by the late Noura AlMousa. The farm is now managed by the Abdulmonem Alrashed Humanitarian Foundation (named after its founder, AlMousa's son) and the Noura AlMousa House for Culture and Arts, housed in AlMousa's former home. 'We're really continuing on the lineage of the matriarch,' Al-Omran tells Arab News when we meet the curators at the farm. 'Her spirit feels very present because she really cared about craft and culture.' Almana and Al-Omran commissioned three Saudi artists to work on the pavilion: Leen Ajlan, a London-based designer from Jeddah; Mohammed Alfaraj, a contemporary artist whose family have been farming in Al-Ahsa for generations; and Tara Aldughaither, founder of Sawtasura, an audio research and learning platform focused primarily on female voices. Through videos, sound installations, and participatory programs, the pavilion will invite visitors to engage with the evolving agricultural ecosystems of Al-Ahsa. The maghras concept symbolically ties the exhibition to the land, offering an immersive experience that bridges past traditions with contemporary agricultural practices. 'Technically, there are three participating artists but it's more than that — there is a big team,' Almana says. 'Then there's all the research that's being displayed through illustrations and maps and texts that the team worked on. There's also all the programs and workshops that have been a big part of it.' The fruits of this collective effort will be published in a book later this year. Al-Omran explains that her grandparents are from Al-Ahsa. 'I always hear, particularly from my grandfather, these stories of Al-Ahsa. And when he speaks about it, it feels like this mythical place that doesn't really connect to what I see here (now),' she says. 'I grew up in (Alkhobar), but would come here every week. Many of my best memories were here; running around on the farm, seeing the frogs and the rabbits and the sheep and playing around. And also understanding seasons and seeing crops and produce. But through conversations with him, I saw this contrast of the place that he talks about and the place I'm witnessing. And I realize that it's really within a lifetime that the environment has shifted so much.' Al-Omran's family, including her grandfather, attended the opening event at Al-Sbakh Farm last autumn, where they saw their hometown celebrated in a new light. 'They're proud. They're really happy to see that Al-Ahsa is spoken about,' Al-Omran says. 'They see that it's not just about the past, but a way of thinking about the future.' The unfolding narrative of the project has emphasized community engagement. 'It was really nice and natural,' says Almana. 'It didn't feel forced in any way. People were saying, 'You're doing something important.' It felt impactful despite its small gestures.' After nearly a decade of living abroad in large, congested cities including London and New York, Almana says the initial intention for this project, for her, 'was that I needed to get rooted into a place, build knowledge, and build a community of like-minded people who share similar concerns, questions and values: How do we preserve the identity of a place that's constantly changing? How do we share our concerns and ideas for regeneration, for reviving certain things? It matters to build a community around these questions. Then everything becomes more meaningful and interesting.' Almana had only visited Al-Ahsa briefly up until five years ago, during COVID, when she finally spent a significant amount of time there. She found the place inspirational. 'It hit me that there's this urban-rural tension. The big cities get attention, but the rural, historic agricultural places are overshadowed. I wanted to dive into agriculture and build a community of like-minded people,' she says. Almana's partnership with Al-Omran added an insider's perspective to the project. In Milan, visitors will experience the 'true essence' of Al-Ahsa, the pair say. 'We really wanted to represent Maghras in the most authentic way,' Almana explains. 'It's a community-based project within a morphing landscape, not just a static thing.' And Milan, she hopes, is just the start. 'We want this to grow into something longer-term, and we've conveyed that to the ministry, which supports this vision,' she says. Al-Omran stresses the amount of research that was involved in creating the pavilion. 'We're looking at a display of research material that we assembled for our first event back in October. And at that point we had spent about three or four months looking at archival research and doing a lot of interviews.' The first activation was both a presentation and a checkpoint. 'We wanted to take a moment to sift through the material we'd come across and the conversations we'd listened to. It was important to do that during the opening, where we welcomed the community and spoke about the project, because it was important to hear people's reflections on the research as it emerges; we felt that would influence the direction,' she says. 'Sometimes we don't really realize what's lost until generations have passed. And it felt like we were in a moment where the shifts are happening,' she continues. 'So it felt urgent to talk about it now, while that generation is still around.'
