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Fyre Festival
Hailey Bieber on what she did with her Fyre Festival fee
Harper's BAZAAR - By Dusty Baxter-Wright
The Fyre Festival: The Greatest Party That Never Happened documentary left us with a lot of questions. What happened to CEO Billy McFarland? Did the Bahamian people ever get paid? What did the social influencers
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Live Music
British rapper Cadet, 28, is killed in taxi horror crash on way to university gig - as artists pay tribute to singer who
dailymail.co.uk - Rod Ardehali
Tributes have poured in for the British rapper Cadet who was killed in a horror taxi accident en route to a performance at Keele University in the …
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Loneliness
Lonely Island, Seth Rogen's Fyre Festival spoof film is still in the works
altpress.com - Whitney Shoemaker
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard SOMETHING about the infamous Fyre Festival. From meme legend Andy King to the absolutely terrible pizza …
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Black Pink
‘BLACKPINK is the revolution’: K-pop girl group makes U.S. debut at Universal Grammy party
yahoo.com - Lyndsey Parker
BLACKPINK just made history as the first K-pop girl group to ever book the Coachella festival, but ahead of that performance — and ahead of upcoming …
Las Vegas
Fire chief wants changes in wake of Las Vegas mass shooting - Nanaimo News Bulletin
nanaimobulletin.com - Associated Press
A Las Vegas-area fire chief who warned lawmakers months before a 2017 mass shooting at a music festival that Nevada should bolster its emergency …
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Fyre Festival
Forget the Fyre Festival. The Bahamas Has Lenny Kravitz Now
Fortune - Kim Bhasin and Polly Mosendz and Bloomberg
The Bahamas would like you to remember that it’s so much more than disaster relief tents and sad cheese sandwiches. Two years after the Fyre Festival …
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Coachella Valley, CA
Grammys 2019: Our final predictions for the major awards
Los Angeles Times - By Mikael Wood
Given the increasing chatter over who’s set to perform on the Grammy Awards — or, as in the case of Ariana Grande, who’s not — it may have slipped your mind that Sunday’s show will also feature the distribution
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Fyre Festival
FYRE Festival Fiasco: A Truly Unforgettable Customer Experience
Forbes - Richard Howells, SAPVoice
I recently watched the Netflix Original FYRE : The greatest show that never happens. It has to be the biggest scam since London Bridge ended Up In Arizona, and its founder, Billy McFarland was one of greatest
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New South Wales
'War on festivals': second New South Wales music event cancelled in a week
Australia News - Jodie Stephens
A New South Wales music festival has been cancelled just a week out from the event, and the organisers say it’s “another example of the government’s war on festivals”. Mountain Sounds festival was due
News
Saudis Invest Billions to Make 'Haunted' Antiquities Site a Tourist Draw
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In a remote northern corner of Saudi Arabia sit the relics of an ancient civilization, which the kingdom hopes to turn into a global tourism …
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Tel Aviv
Eurovision 2019: D-Moll will represent Montenegro in Tel Aviv while Mahmood will represent Italy
metro.co.uk - Katie Storey
Eurovision has confirmed who will be representing Montenegro and which act will represent Italy at this year’s Tel Aviv competition. D-Moll will take …
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Mary Poppins Returns
Oscar Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Nominees?
hollywoodreporter.com - Craigh Barboza
From nominated actors' weight gain for their roles to Gaga’s 'Star Is Born' festival performances, test your Oscar-contender knowledge now with The …
Glastonbury
Power out in section of Glastonbury
courant.com - By Jesse Leavenworth
Electrical power was cut to about 1,300 Eversource customers in town Saturday afternoon, also affecting many traffic lights along Hebron Avenue, …
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Music
British Rapper Cadet Dead at 28
Pitchfork - by Noah Yoo
British rapper Cadet has died. The artist born Blaine Cameron Johnson was involved in an automobile accident earlier this morning, as the BBC reports. Johnson was on the way to Keele University, where
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David Bowie
David Bowie: Finding Fame review: BBC documentary thankfully fails to ‘make sense’ of a man whose appeal was all about mystery
independent.co.uk - Roisin O'Connor
What is the purpose of the music documentary? For controversial Michael Jackson film Leaving Neverland, it’s to give a voice to those previously …
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Chester, UK
Neighbourhood Weekender earned £2.5million for Warrington economy
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Around 25,000 people attended each day of last year's festival
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Travel
Magnises and the Allure of Credit Cards as Status Symbols
thepointsguy.com - Sam Lipscomb
Many of you have probably watched the Netflix documentary Fyre or the Hulu documentary Fyre Fraud in the past couple of weeks. For those unfamiliar, …
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Entertainment (Australia)
Festival-goers warned over fake concert tickets after scammer netted $10,000
abc.net.au - Herlyn Kaur
Authorities are warning festival-goers to be wary of purchasing tickets online amid rising fraudulent sales. Hannah Valentine, 19, from the Perth …
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TV shows
New on Netflix: the best movies and TV shows released every day
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Your daily guide to everything recently added to Netflix UK – discover the best new shows and movies to stream now From the biggest Netflix Original …
Austin City Limits
Vandals target Austin Creative Alliance
fox7austin.com - By: Esmi Careaga, FOX 7 Austin
- Early Friday morning, the offices of Jim Hightower on San Marcos Street were vandalized. Surveillance video caught three hooded suspects red handed. …
Fred Rogers
What to Watch on Saturday: Fred Rogers ‘Neighbor’ doc, Victoria Gotti Lifetime movie
newsobserver.com - By Brooke Cain
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (8 p.m., PBS / UNC-TV) - This critically acclaimed documentary was a huge hit in theaters in 2018 and now you can see it on …
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Midlothian
Council considering axing music lessons in debt after festival
scotsman.com - Shan Ross
A Scottish council discussing axing music instrumental lessons has been left thousands of pounds in the red after staging a major “showstopper” music …
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Human Rights
Quebec skilled worker applicants face uncertain future in light of immigration overhaul
cbc.ca
People who applied to Quebec's skilled workers program in the hopes of becoming permanent residents are now unsure what lies ahead since finding out …
Eurovision Song Contest
Mahmood wins Sanremo and will represent Italy at Eurovision 2019
wiwibloggs.com - Cristian Scarpone
Ka-ching! The 69th edition of Sanremo Music Festival has come to an end and against all odds, Mahmood won the crown and the traditional leoncino — the …
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Great Britain
Improve your health this Valentine's Day by exercising together and increase libido with our tips
thesun.co.uk - By Jane Atkinson and Gabriella Stein
IF you want to improve your health and your love life, this Valentine’s Day you should start exercising together. Research shows that couples who …
Horse Racing (UK)
Equine flu confirmed at elite private school as outbreak spreads
metro.co.uk - Tanveer Mann
A top public school has become the latest victim of equine flu after an outbreak in the on-site stables. Millfield School, which is near Glastonbury, …
Live Music
Bagdad Brothers // Live on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves 2018
kexp.org - www.kexp.org
PHOTO BY JIM BENNETT (VIEW SET) WRITTEN BY DUSTY HENRY Back in November 2018, KEXP took our annual trip to Reykjavik for the Iceland Airwaves Music …
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Regina, SK
From the archives: Keeping the RFF alive has been a group effort
leaderpost.com - Ashley Martin, Regina Leader-Post
This article written by Ashley Martin first appeared in QC on Aug. 6, 2014. Six months from today, the 50th Regina Folk Festival starts in Victoria …
Film Festivals
Wheeler Opera House drops partnership with Mountainfilm, launches Aspen Mountain Film Festival
aspentimes.com - Andrew Travers
The Wheeler Opera House has ended its 10-year partnership with Telluride Mountainfilm on its summertime documentary film festival, and the historic …
Byron Bay
Greensky Bluegrass Spells Out Detroit Michigan At The Fillmore
jambase.com - Jeffrey Greenblatt
Photo on Instagram by @paigecassidyy Greensky Bluegrass hit the final weekend of their Winter Tour on Friday as they pulled into Detroit for a …