Emily Dubin A man near the bar has shouted, “Let me buy you a drink!” at the band onstage. If you’ve been to shows at smaller venues, you’ve heard that rowdy but passionate tone before. The singer, 28-year-old bearded and ball-capped Adrian Amador, smiles and replies that he’s driving later, but maybe one of the…
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YouTube/5SOS 5 Seconds of Summer are figuratively drowning. In their new video for “Easier,” their first taste of new music for what will hopefully be their fourth studio album, the quartet travels to a mysterious cavern where the lights are low, the flame is hot, and the water is rising. I hope that you like…
(Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100) 2011 feels like centuries ago when you’re talking about the music industry. Then, Ed Sheeran released his No. 5 Collaborations Project independently, featuring him collaborating with English grime artists, and hit No. 2 on the iTunes albums chart without any promotion. Since then, he’s gone on to…
Getty Images Earlier this year, Halsey described her impending third album as “a loud one,” and she really wasn’t kidding. “Nightmare,” the first taste of her new era, crash-landed last week with the force of a woman scorned. It’s a sharp, furious, and empowering anthem about what it’s like to be a woman in the…
Dean Smith has warned clubs Jack Grealish will cost a fortune but the Aston Villa boss insisted he has never thought about losing his captain. Villa face Derby in the Sky Bet Championship play-off final at Wembley on Monday. Grealish would be expected to leave if Villa lose the £170million showdown despite signing a new…
Liverpool chief executive Peter Moore will raise the issue of ticket allocations with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin when the pair meet for the Champions League final in Madrid next week. Reaching a second successive final has brought more complaints from Reds fans about the number of tickets given to each side – just 16,613 for…
Union Berlin boosted their hopes of playing in the Bundesliga for the first time in their history after earning a 2-2 draw at Stuttgart in the first leg of the promotion/relegation play-off. Stuttgart, who came 16th this season having finished just four points adrift of third place in 2017/18, twice took the lead at a…
St Mirren appear to have the whip hand in the Ladbrokes Premiership play-off final after a goalless first leg at Dundee United. Tannadice was packed out by 11,062 expectant fans, most in tangerine, but the first half lacked quality with only a couple of chances created and missed. The game livened up a bit after…
Bury owner Steve Dale claims an incurable form of leukaemia and the degenerative condition acute osteoarthritis leave him “unable to leave my bed, let alone home some days”. However, following increasing criticism from supporters and an open letter from Bury players urging him to sell quickly, Dale insists he will do all he can to…
Manchester United will travel to Norway for a pre-season friendly against manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s hometown team Kristiansund on July 30. United were assured of a Europa League group stage place – so avoiding the headache of the qualifying phase which would start towards the end of July – following Manchester City’s FA Cup final…