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Fans React to Rumored Return of The Island Mode in WWE 2K26

They're not thrilled.

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Meanjin was closed – but new Australian literary journals are springing up around the country

The recent, sudden closure of Meanjin has brought renewed attention to Australian journals: those hardy perennials that support Australian literature year in and year out. While the sector has been suffering for some time, new entrants in Adelaide’s Splinter and First Nations journal Sovereign Texts – and a resurrected Southerly…

The Conversation

Ella Eyre: 'I didn't know if I would ever be able to sing again'

Ella Eyre lost her voice completely after an operation. Now, a decade on from her debut album, she’s back. She talks about grief, childhood trauma and why she’s had enough of being polite

Evening Standard

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“He couldn’t stand up so I hit him over the head with my bass. He fell to the floor. I ran away… I didn’t know if he was still alive”: The bassist who survived Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and believing he’d murdered his bandmate on stage

Veteran admits he sailed close to the wind as he taught prog giants to drink – but he learned how much it means to play live with a band

Louder

Cybersecurity upstart Legion emerges from stealth with $38 million from Accel, Coatue, and others

This also marks the U.S. launch of VC firm Picture Capital, who co-led the round.

Fortune

WWE 2K25 is getting a new story starring Bray Wyatt that will "get people emotional" — but not for PC or last-gen console players

WWE 2K25's The Island mode may finally be about to get some content for fans to really get invested in, featuring the late, great, Bray Wyatt.

Windows Central

‘The army were on the streets – and we were bored’: Stiff Little Fingers on making Alternative Ulster

‘There wasn’t time to sit down and discuss politics and the future of the world, or your aims and aspirations. You just did stuff’

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River Island to close six major Scottish stores in 'restructuring' efforts

RIVER Island has announced it will close several major stores in Scotland

The National (Scotland)

Hundreds of jobs at risk as River Island plans to close 33 stores

HUNDREDS of jobs are at risk at River Island as part of plans to shut 33 of its UK stores ...

The National (Scotland)

“The groove was so thick, and what am I playing? A simple, Boom-Bop-Tish-Bop-Boom-Bop? It was unbelievable”: The making of Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love

We go deep behind the scenes with the team behind the hard-hitting global smash that turned around Palmer’s career

MusicRadar

UK reggae pioneers Steel Pulse: ‘We told punk fans – you can pogo, but please don’t spit at us’

They won a Grammy, risked being shot in the US and were adored by Bob Marley. As they go on tour, the band look back on half a century of being a voice for the voiceless

The Guardian - UK

The Cranberries say record label stiffed them out of $5 million in royalties

EXCLUSIVE: In a federal lawsuit, the band accuses Island Records of taking an “excessive” cut of their streaming revenues

The Independent UK

‘Browsers cannot stay unprotected’ - NordLayer unveils its holistic cybersecurity-focused browser

A new business-based browser is coming to the market from NordLayer.

TechRadar

“How dense was I, singing those songs and not realising those things were happening to me?” Linda Thompson on struggling to sing, struggling to perform live and why her kids aren’t her greatest achievement

The folk icon – who never planned on being one – recalls hilarious haircuts, playing musical bedrooms, boxing clever with label execs and becoming a heavy metal fan

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Watch pro-shot video of Thrice playing post-hardcore classic The Artist In The Ambulance live in full

The Californian dynamos played their masterpiece in full on a North American tour last year

The Guardian - UK

English Teacher on winning the Mercury: ‘We are proof that arts funding works’

The Leeds-based band – and first non-London act to win the prize for a decade – were quick to highlight the part that regional funding played and lamented recent cuts

Louder

"I remember this cold, damp day in Barnes Cemetery, lugging this plexiglas coffin around with Mickey Mouse": The curious story of Free's debut album

Recorded for just £800, Free’s Tons Of Sobs remains one of rock’s greatest debut albums

Louder

“Every time Steve Winwood put fingers to a guitar or piano, something came out that transcended the normal. He has his failings as a person, but I guess you can’t have everything”: The story of Traffic

It seems every member of the groundbreaking band paid a price for their involvement – but a three-album run of rare quality remains as testimony to their lofty creative intentions

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"I think everyone has some sort of death wish... but I don't want to die": The spectacular rise and tragic fall of Paul Kossoff

Paul Kossoff should have been one of rock and blues' great guitar heroes. Instead, the light of the Free and Back Street Crawler guitarist shone briefly – and burned out quickly

Metal Hammer

“We were challenging ourselves on this record and thought, ‘This might not work, but we’re going to find out!’” The story behind every song on Thrice’s The Artist In The Ambulance, in the band’s own words

Everything from the Cold War to C.S. Lewis shaped Thrice’s post-hardcore masterpiece, frontman Dustin Kensrue explains

Louder

“It was a no-brainer to get Jeff Porcaro from Toto to produce. He’d played on more hit records than anybody I knew”: how cult melodic rockers The Strand made the greatest AOR debut album you’ve never heard

What links Toto and Steve Irwin: Crocodile Hunter? Cult US rockers The Strand

The Guardian - UK

‘Bowie’s teeth were bleeding’: Mott the Hoople on making All the Young Dudes with David

‘We went for a pizza after it came out, with Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit. He was suffering from malnutrition. Starman came on and he said, “Your song will be on soon”’

The Guardian - UK

Cut out the middlemouse: how Disney pop stars took control of their careers

With Disney-championed stars including Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter moving on from the company’s own record label, it seems the house of mouse’s power is waning

The Guardian - UK

‘He tells you it’s all right to be miserable’: why Nick Drake enchants every new generation

Almost 50 years after his death, an official biography and a forthcoming album of artists reinterpreting his songs are to be celebrated – as is the fact that he still remains an enigma

Louder

The trailblazing story of Sparks: "What we’re doing is making music that we can’t hear anywhere else"

Since their dramatic arrival in the UK via TV screens in the early 70s, Sparks have continued to make extraordinary music on their own terms. Now they’re enjoying a late-career renaissance

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