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Biden Bids Farewell to Chinese Panda

Saturday Night Live opened with President Joe Biden (Mikey Day) welcoming “Chinese dignitary” Tian Tian (Bowen Yang), one of the three pandas that were transported from the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. to China earlier this month. “I’m honored to be here, but am I the only one that was surprised that the presidents of the two biggest economies in the world met, and everyone’s just like, ‘What’s up with the pandas?'” Yang said behind the presidential seal. “I mean, I get it. I’m hot, I’m smart, I’m alluringly…

NOFX Announces Final Shows of Punk Legends’ Farewell Tour

When punk legends NOFX first revealed plans for their farewell tour in September 2022, frontman Fat Mike promised, “Los Angeles will be the last place we play. It’s where we started, it’s where we’ll end.” Over two years later, the band has announced that their five-decade run will come to an end in October 2024 with a three-night stand in their native California. Before that, however, NOFX have lined up another string of dates for their farewell tour, which was previously dubbed “40 Years, 40 Cities, 40 Songs”…

Porno for Pyros Reschedule Postponed Reunion (Now Farewell) Tour

Six weeks after Porno for Pyros abruptly postponed their reunion tour, the Perry Farrell-led outfit has rescheduled the trek… as a farewell tour. The band was supposed to embark on their first jaunt since 1998 in October, but a week before it began, Farrell announced they’ve “pushed the tour a few months” to focus on the new material they’ve created during rehearsals. “Petrons, We are beyond thankful for all of your support these last 30 years, and are anxious to celebrate with you. Whilst rehearsing for our…

The Regrettes Break Up, Announce Final Farewell Concert in Los Angeles

The LA band now made up of Genessa Gariano, Brooke Dickson, Lydia Night and Drew Thomsen formed in 2015 After nine years, the Regrettes are breaking up. The Los Angeles band, made up of Genessa Gariano, Brooke Dickson, Lydia Night and Drew Thomsen, announced their mutual decision to part ways. “If you’re reading this or you’ve been to a show or bought a record, you’ve given us all some of the best years of our lives,” the Regrettes wrote in a social media statement. “After all these amazing

Farewell to our old battery test: a look back at 12 years of testing

After 12 years it was finally time to retire our original battery test – the smartphone world had evolved so much over that time that we felt it no longer produced relevant results. This is why we introduced the new Active Use Score. But as we welcome the new protocol, we also want to throw a retirement party for the old-timer. In the span of over a decade we had tested 1,058 phones. The first was the Nokia N9, the last was the Realme GT5 240W. 240 watts! That really puts things in perspective, the Nokia N9 charger…

Elton John closes Yellow Brick Road farewell tour in Sweden

Elton John bid farewell to his globe-trotting Farewell Yellow Brick Road retirement tour in Sweden on Saturday — along with a surprise send-off from Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Martin was simulcast into John’s Stockholm concert to thank the pop legend for his career-long contributions to music and beyond, closing out John’s epic retirement tour with an emotional tribute to his sterling run as a touring artist.Coldplay was playing its own show in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was in the middle of performing “Rocket Man” when…

The Eagles set ‘swan song’ with Long Goodbye farewell tour with Steely Dan

The Eagles are ready to fly one last time, soaring for a farewell tour this fall to cap off their five decades of touring.“The Eagles have had a miraculous 52-year odyssey, performing for people all over the globe; keeping the music alive in the face of tragic losses, upheavals and setbacks of many kinds,” the “Hotel California” and “Desperado” hitmakers said in a Thursday statement. “We know how fortunate we are, and we are truly grateful. Our long run has lasted far longer than any of us ever dreamed. But, everything…

reddit: Reddit users bid farewell to favourite apps with heartfelt posts, memes

As many popular third-party apps on the social discussion forum Reddit, including the Apollo app, are now shutting down due to the platform's upcoming paid API (Application Programming Interface), fans are sending them off with heartfelt posts and memes."Apollo, one of the best iOS apps period. The official app, a buggy, clumsy mess. I'm about to be on reddit a whole lot less," a Reddit user wrote in the post with a meme attached."The app just stopped working for me. Super sad, so long and thanks for all the Apollo,"…