Farewell

Rick Wakeman is hanging up his sequined cape after one final U.S. tour. “I always planned to stop touring by my 77th birthday,” the prog rock keyboardist said in a statement, “for those of you who wish to send me a card, it’s May 18th! — but there is so much to fit in before then that I’m having to make plans now, and so my final one-man shows will have to cease by that date.” The first leg of the tour kicks off March 19 at the Ridgefield Playhouse, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. It wraps up March 29 at the Egg in…

NASA and Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander was set for a controlled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, having successfully collected space data despite not landing on the Moon. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.comNASA and Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One, initially intended for a lunar landing, was put on a controlled trajectory for re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere on Thursday at 4 p.m. EST. The re-entry point was redirected to the South Pacific to ensure safety. Despite not landing on the Moon, NASA…

In a surprising turn of events, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of Instagram, are shutting down their highly anticipated news app, Artifact, just shy of its one-year anniversary. The announcement, delivered through a Medium post by Systrom, outlined that the app's core news reading features would remain accessible until the end of February, but commenting and posting capabilities were immediately disabled. Renowned for its AI-centric functionalities and a Reddit-like interactive environment, Artifact…

Last updated: January 12th, 2024 at 13:57 UTC+01:00 Google Assistant has countless features and integrates with several Google and third-party services. However, it is also a bit confusing, and Google says that it is making things simpler by removing features that are rarely used. The company says that it will keep adding more useful features to Google Assistant, but it looks like more focus will now be on Google Assistant with Bard, which was unveiled last year. Let us have a look at all the features that are going…

In a significant shift, WordPad, the stalwart text editor that has graced Windows PCs for approximately three decades, is making its exit. The same is being hinted at in the Windows 11 Build 26020 in the Insider Preview's Canary Channel. The Microsoft code there is likely indicating that WordPad will no longer be automatically installed with the new OS build. Moreover, it is slated for official removal in a future update, with no option for reinstallation. This will certainly mark the end of an era for the humble…

Dua Lipa has been on a whirlwind trip in India, where she has enjoyed a little anonymity, granting her the freedom to travel to Delhi`s Bangla Sahib and walk along the streets of Jodhpur. Now, the singer has wrapped up her trip to India and, on that note, penned a heartfelt letter about her travels. Dua Lipa pens a farewell letter as she concludes her trip to India View this post on Instagram …

They followed the horse-drawn carriage singing songs that were written as raucous ballads. But on this day, the crowds of mourners sung softly, their voices floating into a grey Dublin day in farewell to Shane MacGowan.The Pogues singer was dead but for mourners his lyrics seldom felt so alive as his funeral cortege wound through the heart of Ireland’s capital on Friday.There were tears and applause as the near 50-member marching band paused along the route to play Fairytale of New York and other hits that, for some,…

I first met Shane MacGowan, whose funeral is today , in the late 1990s, way after the glory days with The Pogues. I’d see him around town at various functions and gigs, always with his partner, Victoria Mary Clarke, always sat on their own, no one bothering with them. Although emanating a dark charisma, he looked tired and sad to me. There appeared to be a cloud of depression and lonesomeness above him, even when surrounded by well-wishers and hangers-on.So one night I went up and introduced myself, and we just got on. It…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes star Tom Blyth has been cast as the lead in a new film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms.It will be written and directed by Michael Winterbottom, known for collaborating with Steve Coogan on films such as 24 Hour Party People (2002), The Trip (2010) and Greed (2019).The new film, which is set to…

On her enigmatic new single “Houdini,” Dua Lipa is a slippery illusionist who is hard to catch and quick to leave. It’s reflective of her approach to the latest era of her career as she preps the release of her third studio album, which marks a departure from the disco dream that defined 2020’s Future Nostalgia. But before Lipa performed her grand vanishing act and disappeared into her new psychedelic soundscape, Barbie the Album executive producer Mark Ronson caught her at just the right moment. Ronson connected…