Here's a weird thing you can watch this afternoon, if you want to feel uncomfortable: 2 Chainz being interviewed by the hosts of The Viewand Ohio governor/former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get a cross-disciplinary conversation going.
Chainz begins by speaking thoughtfully about the Manchester bombing,
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From disco queens and interactive fun to Aphex Twin blowing the roof off Field Day and Frank Ocean at Lovebox, here are this year's 'were you there' highlights London's most discerning day festival, Field Day, has a flash new bit of kit to show off this year: the Barn, a vast hangar-like structure that boasts cutting-edge light shows and a whomping, next-level sound system. Of course, such a forward-thinking space needs a headliner to match. Step forward Aphex Twin, who will be blasting out his glitchy, futurist rave for a rare UK performance. Likely to be, err, barnstorming. Gwilym Mumford Continue reading...Since the pop singer's 1989 tour, star-studded sets have been all the rage. But have we finally passed the tipping point for unnecessary collaborations? Ever get the feeling you haven't been cheated at all? If you've attended a major live concert over the last few years, there's every chance you've experienced a quasi-revue show in which your chosen headliner has wheeled out a Very Special Guest. The pairings at this year's Coachella festival (Kanye and the Weeknd; DJ Snake and Lauryn Hill; Hans Zimmer and Pharrell) were so extreme that it felt like its organisers were operating an elaborate buddy programme, while Drake's US tour last year featured more rappers and sports stars than a pool party. This may reflect what's happening in the charts (at the time of writing, over a third of the songs in the UK Top 100 include featured artists, most of them Dua Lipa), but is this an era when it's no longer enough to see a massive star banging out hits, where audiences who leave collab-free shows feel shortchanged? Continue reading... |
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