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  • Fan falls 170 feet to his death at Oasis concert

    08/03/2025 10:46:46 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 26 replies
    ktla ^ | 07/03/2025 | osh DuBose
    Tragedy struck amid the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour after a man in his 40s fell to his death from the upper tiers of London’s Wembley Stadium Saturday, according to British authorities and multiple media reports. Preliminary information suggests that the unidentified fan, situated in a section some 170 feet above the ground, fell as the band was nearing the end of the concert. Police and medical personnel at the stadium responded to reports of the fatal incident just after 10 p.m. local time and declared the victim, who was reportedly “found with injuries consistent with a fall,” deceased at the...
  • Kate Bush talks success 37 years after song release: ‘The world has gone mad’

    06/22/2022 6:04:21 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 50 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 22, 2022 | Eri Keller
    In 1985, English singer-songwriter Kate Bush released a song called “Running Up That Hill.” It did pretty well — reaching No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. But 37 years after its release, the tune — featured in last week’s episode of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” — bumped Harry Styles’ “As It Was” to No. 2 on the US Billboard Top 10. The unexpected success also makes her both the oldest and the youngest woman to have a self-written No. 1 in the United Kingdom, Billboard reported.