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The Wolfe Tones play surprise London pub gig and tell us about being “very special to the Irish diaspora”

The legendary Irish rebel band tell NME about their final London gig this summer, being pals with Oasis and their impact on the current boom in Irish music

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After playing a surprise gig at The Faltering Fullback in London last night (April 28), The Wolfe Tones‘ frontman Brian Warfield has spoken to NME about their upcoming final shows and long-lasting legacy. Check out footage from the show above and our interview with the band below.

The legendary Irish rebel band have chosen to commemorate their 60th anniversary as a band by formally calling an end to their career with a run of final concerts.

Their final ever shows will take place in Dublin’s sold out 3Arena on October 11 and 12, and before that they will play to their biggest ever audience at London’s Finsbury Park on July 5 – you can get your tickets for that here.

They warmed up for those huge shows with a surprise intimate performance in Finsbury Park pub The Faltering Fullback last night, when NME caught up with frontman Brian Warfield to discuss coming to terms with the end of the band, their legacy to “the Irish diaspora” and their impact on the current boom in Irish guitar music.

The Wolfe Tones at The Faltering Fullback in London on April 28, 2024. CREDIT: Press

NME: Hello Brian – 60 years of the band you formed as a teenager are coming to an end. Have you come to terms with it?

Brian Warfield: “Yeah, we more or less have. I think this retirement is the only thing we’ve ever planned, and there’s been a wonderful response all over Ireland, and all over England as well. We’ll always have a huge crowd, but we just can’t go on forever. We haven’t shut the door; something might come up that we can do as a one-off in the future, but at the moment, that’s the plan.

“It’s been a long time, 60 years on the road. It started back in 1964, and we got a contract with Fontana Records, and we were very, very excited about the fact that we got a quarter-page in the NME. It was very special that we had that, seeing us there with all the pop stars and everything else. I think we got as far as about Number 70 on the NME charts! We were over the moon.”

You’ve obviously seen a lot of changes in that time. Have audiences changed over the years?

“Actually, no. Funnily enough, we have been very lucky that we’ve carried the young people of each generation with us. It was very important for the young people of Ireland that they had something with the Irish spirit and an Irish story that they could relate to. It wasn’t just pop songs or pop music, it was a story with a message and with historic content.

“We tried to make Irish people proud, both in Ireland and across the diaspora in England, Scotland, Wales, America, Australia, New Zealand and across Europe. We’ve really had a wonderful time, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of people. I think we’re very special to the Irish diaspora and they’re very special to us.”

You’ve got one last chance to perform in London coming up on July 5 in Finsbury Park. How special will that night be for you?

“It’s going to be really, really special. I think it’s going to be the biggest crowd ever at an Irish festival, we’ve had traction on the website of hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people wanting to get there. You know, there are probably 6million Irish in Britain, and they love the music and they love the craic. They’re all gonna be there.”

The Wolfe Tones at The Faltering Fullback in London on April 28, 2024. CREDIT: Press

Do you think Irish rebel music resonates with people now in the same way that it did when you started out?

“It’s much more acceptable now than it was. We went through The Troubles in Ireland, which were very hurtful to the Irish people and to Irish communities abroad. I suppose a lot of things were taken out against the Irish community – people would say, ‘Oh, they’re Irish, they’re bloody bombers’ or whatever, you know? There was a lot of demonisation of Irish communities, and the only people speaking up for them at the time was The Wolfe Tones.

“That was very special to us, because we didn’t like to see the Irish people hurting, no matter where they were. During the time of the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six and all that, we did a show in the Hackney Town Hall to highlight the fact that these people were innocent of the crimes they were accused of. No-one wanted to listen at that stage. One of those jailed once told us, ‘You wouldn’t realise, Brian, what it meant to us in prison when someone came out with a song supporting us. It gave us light at the end of the tunnel, it gave a hope that we would at last be exonerated from something that we didn’t have anything to do with’.”

Irish music is going through a real boom period at the moment, with the likes of Fontaines D.C., Kneecap, The Murder Capital and The Mary Wallopers. A lot of bands have cited you as an inspiration. Do you see the legacy that you have left behind there?

“I do see it when I meet people from other groups who say things like, ‘If only for you guys, we wouldn’t be here’. They found that a group singing Irish music could be very successful in the world, so by watching us, they had hope for themselves to be able to sing the songs of Ireland and still have an element of success in the music industry. I think that was very important, because let’s put it this way, The Wolfe Tones were never played on radio in Ireland, the only way you could hear us was either by CD or else go to one of the shows. And that’s why the shows were very important, they gave people an idea of the spirit that Irish song has.”

Do you see the new bands as continuing your legacy?

“Yeah, Tere are so many new bands coming out at the moment, I can’t keep up with them all. There always have been great Irish bands in Ireland, and from London too – look at the way The Pogues came out of that scene, they used to open for us in The National [in Kilburn, London]. I suppose we’re responsible for a lot of music. The Gallaghers were great supporters of The Wolfe Tones back in the day in Manchester, when we used to go to the Carousel Ballroom and have it packed out with 2000 people.

“We must have been somewhat important to people, it makes you feel very good. We never knew that, of course, but it’s wonderful to hear them show appreciation. It’s all in the past, it’s coming to an end, but it makes you feel very humbled by the great praise that we get from other people.”

The Wolfe Tones play their last London show at Finsbury Park on July 5. Tickets are available here.

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Watch Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes join BABYMETAL on stage for ‘Kingslayer’ at Sick New World

‘Kingslayer’ was first released on BMTH’s 2020 record ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’

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Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes joined BABYMETAL during their set at Sick New World 2024 on Saturday – check out footage below. 

The Japanese band were playing the Las Vegas festival yesterday (April 27), when they were joined by Sykes on a version of their collaborative track. 

‘Kingslayer’ was first released on BMTH’s 2020 record ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’, and as Sykes told NME at the time, it is an ode to someone who is “willing to do what’s right even if it’s illegal”. 

Watch the performance below: 

“The irony of Trump condemning [anti-fascist union] ANTIFA and wanting to call them a terrorist organisation is just insane. He’s basically admitting that he’s a fascist,” Sykes went on to say, talking about the track’s inspiration. 

In the same interview, Sykes spoke about choosing to work with the pop-metal group: “We wanted to do something with them for ages. We’ve got a really special connection with them, even though we don’t speak the same language. We don’t hang out or have conversations, but when you see them, it makes you really happy.” 

The two bands played the song together on stage in Japan last October, during BMTH’s headline show in Kobe. 

BABYMETAL are due to play a huge co-headline show with Bad Omens on June 23 at France’s 11,000-capacity Zénith Toulouse Métropole. That will come just after both bands perform at this summer’s Download Festival, which will return to Donington Park in Leicestershire from June 14 to 16. Bad Omens will be headlining the second stage on the Friday of the renowned rock festival, while BABYMETAL will play the main stage on the Saturday. 

Bring Me The Horizon, meanwhile, have begun teasing their new album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’. In a clip posted on April 10, they confirmed that “it’s time for a new era”. The record was first teased by Sykes during their headlining set at Download last year. 

So far, the band have previewed the latest single from the album ‘Kool-Aid’ this January, with ‘DArkSide’, ‘LosT’, ‘AmEN!’, ‘DiE4u’ and ‘sTraNgeRs’ also speculated to appear on the upcoming album. 

It will also be their first album without longtime member Jordan Fish, who announced his sudden departure at the end of December 2023. Fish had been part of the band since 2012. 

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Taylor Swift Bandcamp page secured by Ogbert The Nerd frontman to share screamo music

The New Jersey group have so far posted one song on the site, the 62-second ‘Taylor Swift 1’

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The emo band Ogbert The Nerd have secured the Bandcamp domain name for Taylor Swift, and have posted their own screamo music onto it. 

The New Jersey group have managed to obtain use of the URL taylorswift.bandcamp.com, and the first post on the page is a blistering 62-second track named ‘Taylor Swift 1’. 

The band’s frontman Madison James posted on X on Thursday (April 25), “ok secured the url, who’s starting a screamo band with me”. 

Check out Ogbert The Nerd’s ‘Taylor Swift 1’ here.

In a similarly entrepreneurial move, James has also secured the equivalent Bandcamp page under the My Chemical Romance name, where he has posted a few musical selections, including a 2023 album under the name Quartz Morrigan, with the title ‘www dot the quartz’. 

Taylor Swift’s all-conquering grip on the music industry apparently does not include Bandcamp, although her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ did become the most-streamed album in one day, and has now gone in at Number One in the UK with the biggest opening week in seven years.  

Even Monica Lewinsky has jumped on the Swift bandwagon, using a widespread meme involving a line from her song ‘Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?’. Lewinsky posted the line, “You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me” alongside a photograph of the White House, referencing her infamous sex scandal with Bill Clinton. 

In a three-star review of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, NME wrote: “Swift seems to be in tireless pursuit for superstardom, yet the negative public opinion it can come with irks her, and it’s a tired theme now plaguing her discography and leaving little room for the poignant lyrical observations she excels at.” 

“It’s why the pitfalls that mire her 11th studio album are all the more disappointing — she’s proven time and time again she can do better. To a Melbourne audience of her Eras Tour, Swift said that ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ came from a “need” to write. It’s just that maybe we didn’t need to hear it.” 

The pop star is due to begin the European and UK/Ireland leg of her huge career-spanning tour in Paris on May 9, and is due to play eight sold-out concerts in London with Paramore. 

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Angelina Jolie’s lawyers call Brad Pitt’s NDA request “abusive”

The new assertion is part of the ongoing legal dispute over the sale of their French winery Château Miraval

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Angelina Jolie’s lawyers have called Brad Pitt’s attempt to obtain her NDAs “abusive” and an invasion of privacy. 

It is the latest dispute related to the ongoing legal battle between the two over their French winery Château Miraval. Jolie claims that her sale of the property was blocked by Pitt, and that he would only allow it to go ahead if she agreed to a “more onerous” and “expansive” NDA. 

Jolie has already suggested that Pitt wants her to sign the NDA in order to stop her from speaking out about allegations of his abusive behaviour towards her and their children. 

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, Hollywood, California, on November 5, 2015 CREDIT: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

In newly filed court documents, seen by Page Six, Jolie’s team say that she should not have to disclose all of her past NDAs with third parties to Pitt, calling the request “expensive”, “wasteful”, “unreasonable” and “abusive”. 

Earlier this month, Jolie’s lawyers also claimed that Pitt was physically abusive towards her, prior to the 2016 plane altercation that led her to file for divorce. A representative for Pitt has declined to comment on the new abuse allegations. 

“While Pitt’s history of physical abuse of Jolie started well before the family’s September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the first time he turned his physical abuse on the children as well,” Jolie’s lawyers stated. “Jolie then immediately left him.” 

A friend of Pitt familiar with the former couple’s legal battles told PEOPLE: “This is a pattern of behaviour — whenever there is a decision that goes against the other side, they consistently choose to introduce misleading, inaccurate and/or irrelevant information as a distraction,” a friend of Pitt familiar with  

“There was a lengthy custody trial that involved the entire history of their relationship and a judge who heard all the evidence still granted him 50/50 custody.” 

The alleged incident onboard an aeroplane travelling from Europe to the US on September 14, 2016 reportedly involved one of the former couple’s children, Maddix. Pitt allegedly became physical with their then-15-year-old son as the latter attempted to diffuse the situation between his parents. Pitt’s team has denied all allegations of wrongdoing related to the alleged incident. 

Pitt was also the subject of a “child abuse investigation” in relation to Maddix’s purported involvement in the alleged plane incident. It was conducted by the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services, who reportedly later cleared the actor of any wrongdoing. 

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Watch Vampire Weekend cover Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen at New Orleans Jazz Festival

They played both songs for the first time in their career

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Vampire Weekend covered Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen during their appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last night (April 27) – check out footage below. 

Their set included first-time-ever performances of Dylan deep cut ‘When He Returns’, first released on 1979’s ‘Slow Train Coming’, as well as The Boss’ 1980 hit ‘Hungry Heart’. 

It was the band’s first show without bassist Chris Baio since 2006, after he was laid low with an illness. “Folks, I’m laid out in bed with the flu today,” he wrote on Instagram, “and will be missing a vw show for the first time since fall of 2006.” 

Watch Vampire Weekend’s one-off covers here: 

 The band released their fifth studio album ‘Only God Was Above Us’ earlier this month. In a four-star review, NME wrote: “There’s a ring of distinctly millennial buoyancy in their early records, an attitude that has crashed and burned in the years since. And, while 2019’s ‘Father Of The Bride’ offered sun-soaked musings on the dread of modern life, this time around they seem to have, albeit reluctantly, found peace with all we can’t change.” 

The New Yorkers are due to hit the road this November in support of the album. They were already scheduled to play two nights at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on December 4 and 5, along with a show at the O2 Academy Brixton on December 10, but they have now added a second Brixton show on December 11 too. Tickets are available here. 
Vampire Weekend’s 2024 UK and Ireland headline dates are: 
NOVEMBER
29 – 3Arena, Dublin

DECEMBER
01 – O2 Apollo, Manchester
02 – O2 Apollo, Manchester
04 – Eventim Apollo, London
05 – Eventim Apollo, London
06 – The Halls, Wolverhampton
08 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
10 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
11 – O2 Academy Brixton, London   

Vampire Weekend are due to perform at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Luton next month. Other festival appearances for the season include Primavera Sound, Kilby Block Party and Hinterland. 

The group recently kicked off a run of North American dates with a special show in Austin, Texas, which coincided with the total solar eclipse. 

They have since made a last-minute appearance at the first weekend of Coachella 2024, where they were joined on stage by Paris Hilton. 

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Watch Post Malone play fan request country covers with Brad Paisley & Dwight Yoakam at Stagecoach

He had posted a phone number beforehand, asking fans to send in requests

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Post Malone played an entire set of classic country cover songs at Stagecoach Festival last night (April 27) – check out footage below. 

The artist was appearing on night two of the annual country festival, and he had sent out a phone number beforehand, asking for requests for songs that he could perform on the night. 

The set included a guest showing from Brad Paisley, with whom he duetted on Paisley’s ‘I’m Gonna Miss Her’, as well as Vince Gill’s ‘One More Last Chance’ and Alan Jackson’s ‘Chattahoochee’. 

Malone’s other guests were Dwight Yoakam, who played his own ‘Little Ways’, and Sara Evans, who duetted on her song ‘Suds In The Bucket’. 

Check out footage of the show here: 

Post Malone played: 

‘Whitehouse Road’ (Tyler Childers Cover)
‘Check Yes Or No’ (George Strait Cover)
‘Be My Baby Tonight’ (John Michael Montgomery Cover)
‘Little Ways’ (Dwight Yoakam Cover) (w/ Dwight Yoakam)
‘Don’t Take The Girl’ (Tim McGraw Cover)
‘I’m Gonna Miss Her’ (Brad Paisley Cover) (w/ Brad Paisley)
‘One More Last Chance’ (Vince Gill Cover) (w/ Brad Paisley)
‘Who’s Your Daddy?’ (Toby Keith Cover)
‘Suds In The Bucket’ (Sara Evans Cover) (w/ Sara Evans)
‘Three Wooden Crosses’ (Randy Travis Cover)
‘Chattahoochee’ (Alan Jackson Cover) (w/ Brad Paisley) 

Stagecoach, which is held on the same Indio, California site as Coachella Festival, also saw a surprise appearance from Lana Del Rey this weekend. She joined Paul Cauthen for a version of The Righteous Brothers’ ‘Unchained Melody’. 

Post Malone is having a big year, after being the featured artist on ‘Fortnight’, the lead single from Taylor Swift’s all-conquering ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, as well as collaborating with Beyoncé on the track ‘Levii’s Jeans’, from her album ‘Cowboy Carter’. 

He has also been teasing his own move further towards the country genre, playing a cover of Hank Willliams’ ‘Honky Tonk Blues’ during a surprise show in Nashville earlier this month. 

Back in 2022, Malone told Howard Stern that he had been considering the shift in style. “To be honest, there’s nothing stopping me from taking a camera or setting up in my studio in Utah and just recording a country album and putting it on fucking YouTube,” he said. 

In 2021, Post Malone also performed two country covers of songs by Brad Paisley and Sturgill Simpson for the We’re Texas relief fundraiser livestream. 

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Moby says “there was a sadness” to his feud with Aphex Twin

“It rubbed me the wrong way, because I love underground electronic music”

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Moby has reflected on his early-1990s feud with Aphex Twin, admitting that “there was a sadness to it”. 

The conflict dates back to a 1993 joint headline tour between Moby, Aphex Twin and Orbital. The tension reportedly developed between the two artists due in part to Moby’s insistence on travelling to each gig by plane, while the others went by tour bus. 

Speaking to Stereogum, the US electronic artist has addressed the issue, saying: “There was a sadness to it, because I really liked his records. I especially liked [‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92′]. I went into that tour feeling like, ‘Hey, we’re all in this together.’ I realized pretty quickly they didn’t feel that way.” 

“Luckily, that was a long time ago,” he added. “I don’t have any ill will towards anyone. But it did feel like, on the part of the intelligentsia, there was a collective embarrassment about the emotional expression of rave culture. It rubbed me the wrong way, because I love underground electronic music. I always have, even going back even to the ’70s and the ’80s.” 

Moby. CREDIT: Mercury Studios

Moby also reflected on the issue back in 2016 on the Rave Curious podcast, recalling that Aphex Twin called him “just a buffoon”, and said that he “couldn’t understand” why Moby had been booked on a tour with him. 

The US artist said that he felt it “was a shame” because he had been an Aphex Twin fan, but it had been “hard to continue to like someone’s music when you know they hold you in contempt.” 

Moby also wrote in his memoir Porcelain that same year that, ““I wanted to like Aphex Twin, because I loved his records. But he rarely spoke to anyone, and when he gave interviews, he criticized me for playing guitar on stage.” 

He added: “He called me an elitist in the press, when actually I just had crippling tour-bus-inspired insomnia.” 

In the new interview, Moby went on to explain the cultural divide that he felt may have existed between himself and Aphex Twin.  

“What I loved about house music and rave culture was the celebration and joy of freeing yourself from all the repression and inhibition,” he said. “It’s been going on for a long time. Expressions of emotion make people uncomfortable — I mean, I’m a WASP from Connecticut. But I’ve always gravitated towards art that unapologetically wears its heart on its sleeve, and I felt like there was that period in the early ’90s where the intelligentsia were trying to kill off that joyful expression of emotion that made rave culture so transcendent.” 

Moby is set to play a European tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Play’, the biggest-selling electronic album of all time. It will be his first tour in 10 years, and it kicks off at London’s O2 on September 19, before heading to Antwerp, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Paris. You can get your tickets for the shows here. 

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Nine-year-old Taylor Swift fan dies after cancer diagnosis, following viral moment with star

Scarlett Oliver received the ’22’ hat and a hug from Swift during a show in Sydney in February

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A nine-year-old Taylor Swift fan, who went viral after spending a special moment on stage with the star, has died following her cancer diagnosis. 

Scarlett Oliver from Perth, Australia, shared a hug with Swift that was spread widely online during a Sydney date on the Eras Tour earlier this year. 

Taylor routinely hands out a signed hat during her song ‘22’, and after Scarlett’s family made a social media plea, the young girl was successful in receiving the honour, with Swift taking the time to embrace her. 

Scarlett’s father Paul announced that his daughter had passed away just days before her 10th birthday, having been diagnosed with a rare brain cancer known as high-grade glioma, which has no cure. 

Scarlett’s stepmother Natalie posted on Instagram to confirm the tragic news, with a message from her father that reads: “My angel, so strong, so brave, so beautiful.” 

“Nothing will ever be the same again. Don’t forget me and please find a way to let me know you are ok. Goodnight baby, I love you – Dad.” 

Scarlett attended Swift’s show at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on February 23. The day before, Natalie had posted a message on Facebook, with a photo of Scarlett holding a sign reading, “Taylor, can I have the 22 hat? Please”. 

Natalie’s caption read: “I’m hoping to make this happen for my beautiful step-daughter but I need some help!! Scarlett is a nine-year-old from Perth and she was diagnosed in October last year with a high grade glioma — this is a very aggressive brain cancer with no cure. The prognosis given to use was 12-18 months from diagnosis. She has been an absolute warrior through surgeries, radiation and other treatments.” 

That message was spread online, apparently reaching Swift and her team, who organised for Scarlett to be taken to the front of stage. The video of their hug was later shared online, too, being viewed over 30 million times. 

Scarlett Oliver receives a hat from Taylor Swift during her performance at Accor Stadium on February 23, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

The following day, Natalie reacted to the special moment: “@taylorswift you are AMAZING!! Thank you so much for making Scarlett’s dream come true!! To everyone who shared her story to help us make this happen we are beyond greatful!!! Scarlett is on top of the world right now!! I’m so emotional and happy this morning” 

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Nine-year-old Taylor Swift fan dies after cancer diagnosis, following viral moment with star

Scarlett Oliver received the ’22’ hat and a hug from Swift during a show in Sydney in February

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A nine-year-old Taylor Swift fan, who went viral after spending a special moment on stage with the star, has died following her cancer diagnosis. 

Scarlett Oliver from Perth, Australia, shared a hug with Swift that was spread widely online during a Sydney date on the Eras Tour earlier this year. 

Taylor routinely hands out a signed hat during her song ‘22’, and after Scarlett’s family made a social media plea, the young girl was successful in receiving the honour, with Swift taking the time to embrace her. 

Scarlett’s father Paul announced that his daughter had passed away just days before her 10th birthday, having been diagnosed with a rare brain cancer known as high-grade glioma, which has no cure. 

Scarlett’s stepmother Natalie posted on Instagram to confirm the tragic news, with a message from her father that reads: “My angel, so strong, so brave, so beautiful.” 

“Nothing will ever be the same again. Don’t forget me and please find a way to let me know you are ok. Goodnight baby, I love you – Dad.” 

Scarlett attended Swift’s show at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on February 23. The day before, Natalie had posted a message on Facebook, with a photo of Scarlett holding a sign reading, “Taylor, can I have the 22 hat? Please”. 

Natalie’s caption read: “I’m hoping to make this happen for my beautiful step-daughter but I need some help!! Scarlett is a nine-year-old from Perth and she was diagnosed in October last year with a high grade glioma — this is a very aggressive brain cancer with no cure. The prognosis given to use was 12-18 months from diagnosis. She has been an absolute warrior through surgeries, radiation and other treatments.” 

That message was spread online, apparently reaching Swift and her team, who organised for Scarlett to be taken to the front of stage. The video of their hug was later shared online, too, being viewed over 30 million times. 

Scarlett Oliver receives a hat from Taylor Swift during her performance at Accor Stadium on February 23, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

The following day, Natalie reacted to the special moment: “@taylorswift you are AMAZING!! Thank you so much for making Scarlett’s dream come true!! To everyone who shared her story to help us make this happen we are beyond greatful!!! Scarlett is on top of the world right now!! I’m so emotional and happy this morning” 

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Drew Carey said he’d “stick his dick in a blender” for Phish, so they sent him a blender

The US game show host saw the band at the Las Vegas Sphere last week (April 21)

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US game show host Drew Carey proclaimed last week he would “stick his dick in a blender” after seeing Phish, so the band have sent him a blender.  

In December, it was announced that Phish would be the next band to take up residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, following the conclusion of U2’s run. Those four dates took place last week, from April 18-21. 

Carey was there for the final of those shows, and the Price Is Right host could not contain his excitement afterwards on social media. 

“I would give you all my money, stick my dick in a blender and swear off pussy for the rest of my life in exchange for this,” he wrote. “This is what it must feel like to cum with a pussy. Because if it’s even close I’m flaying to wherever tomorrow and getting the best pussy money can buy. I don’t need to be a man no more of it means I can feel like this all the time.” 

In response to the positive outburst, the band took it upon themselves to send him a personalised blender, signed: “Thank you Drew! See you next time, happy blending!” 

They also included a note that read, “So thrilled that you could be at the Sphere with us! Hope you enjoy this gift and let’s do it again.” 

Carey has further discussed the show during an appearance on the CBS panel show After Midnight. “I saw Phish at the Sphere this weekend. Never saw Phish. Didn’t know a Phish tune. And they blew my mind off so hard,” he said.  

“It was like being edged for four days straight. And then right before the face-melting climax at the end of the fourth day, an angel comes down from heaven, Gabriel, and he shoots fucking heroin in your arm, and he says, ‘Good luck now!’ And he leaves. And then you have an orgasm for 15 minutes while your eyeballs fall out of your head.”  

Las Vegas’ Sphere is a $2.3billion (£1.8billion) dome with an 18,000 capacity and 160,000 speakers, complete with an LED screen that completely wraps around inside the dome.  

The Vermont jam-heavy prog-funk band are set to release their 16th studio album, ‘Evolve’, on July 12, with the title track having been released as a lead single earlier this month. 

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