Fans of The Who have 'really enjoyed' the mod ballet of Quadrophenia, says Pete Townshend
The Who's Pete Townshend says rock fans have enjoyed the mod ballet of Quadrophenia which includes music from The Who.
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Dua Lipa celebrates five-night sold out stadium run with perfect pub act
Dua Lipa is ticking off life goals left, right and centre at the moment as the pop superstar celebrated five straight sold out stadium shows in England and Ireland. Having taken her Radical Optimism Tour to the UK, the 29-year-old songstress sold out Wembley Stadium twice, Liverpool's Anfield twice and Aviva Stadium in Dublin over the last week, continuing her wildly successful tour. And what better way to celebrate than with a well earned beverage. When in Ireland, you do as the Irish do and Dua took to social media as she downed a Guinness attempting to 'split the G'. '5 SOLD OUT STADIUMS IN A ROW!!!! ~ ONLY ONE WAY TO CELEBRATE!!!! BY SPLITTING THE G!!!!!!' she wrote on Instagram. While Aussies will be more accustomed to chugging the entire drink in one go like our late former Prime Minister Bob Hawke at the cricket, in Ireland, they take a more precision approach. 'Splitting the G' refers to drinking until the liquid perfectly cuts the G in Guinness on the glass in half, an act that Dua at the very least had an admirable attempt at. Although the origins of the trend are hazy at best, a Reddit thread claimed it came up in 2006 and was known as the Guinness Challenge, while others, including London pub Daffodil Mulligan claim that because no one can pinpoint the origin 'we're taking a small liberty in claiming it as an Irish tradition'. Whatever it is, the trend has become a viral sensation and a badge of honour for Guinness drinkers. There's even one pub owner in Galway who offers a free second pint to anyone who can 'split the G' on their first try on their first pint. However, one controversy has arisen about how much of the beverage should be consumed, with contention over whether it should be drunk until halfway down the G — as Dua did — or whether it's splitting the top of the G from the bottom of the harp in the Guinness logo. But most Dua Lipa fans were too busy celebrating the star's achievement — and her iconic celebration — to worry about that. 'Cannot deal with how iconic you are having a lock-in, in a Dublin pub immediately after a sell out stadium gig,' one fan commented. Guinness US posted: 'Congrats and sláinte!' Sláinte is Gaelic for 'health' and is a popular toast. 'Immaculate vibes as always,' another posted. A fourth added: 'Splitting the G after 5 sold out stadiums is top aura moments.' Others felt they needed to pop the bubble. 'You sadly did not split the g Dua,' one commented. 'Well done on the shows, but you're miles off splitting the G … just saying …' another said. Dua's tour has been going on since November last year, and she's due to hit Canada in September, followed by the major cities in the United States, and will finish up in Mexico City on December 5. The pop star already took Australia by storm with eight shows between Melbourne and Sydney back in March, where she made the most of her time Down Under. A-list star hits Aussie beach in tiny bikini VIEW GALLERY It's been an incredible year for Dua after she revealed she was engaged to British actor Callum Turner back in December. She only confirmed the rumour to British Vogue in June. 'Yes, we're engaged,' she told the magazine. 'It's very exciting.' The pair were first linked as a couple in January 2024 when they were spotted dancing the night away at his Masters of Air premiere afterparty in Los Angeles. Months later, they were photographed engaging in some PDA during a trip to New York City.
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‘Beyond gorgeous' – Professional model to make Wimbledon debut
A professional model will be making her debut at Wimbledon on Monday night. Carson Branstine will take on tournament favourite and world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Court 1. Branstine, 24, has gone through a different path than many tennis stars to reach South West London. The Sun reported the Canadian is currently ranked world No 190 and has had to find other ways of financing her WTA tour career. The brunette has been able to earn enough money through modelling to pay for her tennis expenses. Branstine has opened up about juggling the two different jobs and insisted that she did not want a handout. 'I love being in front of the camera during a shoot. It's fun, I love fashion,' she said. 'It's been one of the reasons I've been able to pay some of my trips. 'I didn't want to ask my parents for anything. I wanted everything to come from me and from my tennis. 'I wasn't signed by these agencies because of my tennis, it was for my look. 'Modelling and tennis are weirdly similar: you are an object a lot, and people sometimes forget you're a person too.' She reached Wimbledon through the qualifying rounds. She won three matches, including a victory against Lois Boisson, who was a French Open semi-finalist. Branstine will be up against it in her clash with top seed Sabalenka. Reacting to the draw she took to social media and posted: 'Maybe one day I'll get a good draw LOL.' Despite her lowly tennis ranking, she has still built up a strong fanbase of 20k followers on Instagram. Her account is full of pictures from her tennis and modelling lives. And fans are usually full of praise for her looks as she has been hailed 'beyond gorgeous.' While other fans have called her 'Goddess of Olympus' and 'perfection'. Branstine has seen her tennis career stall in the past due to injuries. She endured five years on the sidelines as she needed surgeries on both hips and both knees. The ace has also assisted a lawyer for a year and attended court cases in family law.
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The 20 best albums of 2025 so far
It's been another year of brilliant new album releases. The team at Double J have done a lot of listening and, after plenty of friendly arguments, have settled on their 20 best albums of the year so far. The final list is a thrilling mix of fine local talent, international favourites, a few exciting new voices you might not know, and some big hitters you definitely will. Here are their picks, in their own words. Tap the box to read more about each album. Ball Park Music — Like Love Every album Ball Park Music has released is a special encapsulation of time. Like Love doesn't just show the band maturing but a levelling up of their sound and confidence. They've gone through their pop and experimental phase like The Beatles, so call Like Love their Abbey Road — but hopefully there are more albums to come like this beauty from the Brissy Beatles. Listen: Please Don't Move To Melbourne Nick Gerber Bon Iver — Sable Fable 'From great suffering comes great art' is an age-old saying, and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon proves it wrong in turning over a new leaf. He emerges like a slow-jam butterfly from the depths of sadness saying 'enough!', and his bloom is all heartfelt, hands-in-the-air and brilliant collaborations with music's most exciting new voices. Listen: Everything Is Peaceful Love Zan Rowe Chasing Ghosts — Therapy Thungutti man Jimmy Kyle delivers straight from the heart on one of this year's best heavy albums. Therapy tackles mental health, intergenerational trauma and Australia's dark colonial history across 10 anthemic, fist-pumping songs. It might make you cry, it might make you recognise something in yourself or a loved one, and it will definitely stick in your head long after you first hear it. Listen: My Bingayi Caitlin Nienaber Close Counters — Lovers Dance Academy Melbourne-via-Tassie duo Close Counters are clearly deep into their 10,000 hours on the tools. More than a decade of collaboration has sharpened their signature blend of house, broken beat, soul, jazz, and more. We hear all of this across Lovers Dance Academy. A warm, rhythmic journey through connection, movement and love. Built for both the heart and the dancefloor. Listen: Freedom We're Needing Dylan Saville Ela Minus — DÍA Colombian Ela Minus has made a creatively free album that veers between ecstasy and apocalypse. She used to be a drummer and a punk, then got obsessed with synthesisers and eventually crow-barred her punk sensibility into Berklee College of Music. The agony of that forced discipline can be heard here. She's f***in cool. If you sometimes want to set fire to your life, this could be the soundtrack. Listen: Broken Yumi Stynes FKA Twigs — EUSEXUA FKA Twigs's first album in years is a dazzling display of her future-pop brilliance. ( ) 'When a girl feels good, it makes the world go 'round,' sings UK polymath FKA twigs. And the exhilaration of her thrilling third record is highly contagious. It's as deeply sensuous and completely exuberant as an interstellar dancefloor experience can get. Listen: Eusexua Caz Tran Floodlights — Underneath Naarm/Melbourne's Floodlights have steadily built up a following with spikes around their word-of-mouth performances. They've hit their stride with their third album, creating ambitious, world-class rock that feels honest and stays grounded. If success is measured in the ability to connect, there's truly something bubbling under the surface here. Listen: The Light Won't Shine Forever Dorothy Markek Ruby Gill — Some Kind of Control The magic of Ruby Gill's second long player is her astute use of space. It creates room for her voice to move and drift, for melodies to hang in the air then sink under your skin. It makes me feel like a cat perched on a sunny sill; her melancholy, mirth and ruminations draped over me like a favourite blanket. Listen: The Flood Caz Tran Little Simz — Lotus As the London rapper emerges from tumultuous times, the lotus flower proves a powerful metaphor. Six albums into a decade-long career, wherever Simz goes, I'm along for the ride. Uncompromising from the outset and devoted to pushing boundaries, Little Simz sits safely among hip hop's elite. Comfortable but never complacent. Listen: Flood Dorothy Markek Obongjayar — Paradise Now Despite loving Obongjayar's scene-stealing features with Little Simz, Fred Again.. and Danny Brown, I was criminally late to the Nigerian-bred, London-based artist's debut album. You can bet I wasn't making that mistake a second time. Paradise Now is an auspicious showcase of his shapeshifting talents, both vocally and sonically, on approachable songs that are impossible to pigeonhole but easy to admire. Listen: Holy Mountain Al Newstead Panda Bear — Sinister Grift On his eighth solo album, Panda Bear explores the intense emotions that come with a break-up, while revelling in some of his warmest, lush-sounding songs so far. Working with Animal Collective band mate Deakin, he's served up a feast of sound, embracing breezy rhythms, psych-pop, reggae and sad ballads. But it's Panda Bear's incredible ear for melody and layered, Beach Boys-style harmonies around his signature happy/sad vocals that is the star of the show. And has me coming back again and again. Listen: Praise Karen Leng Press Club — To All The Ones That I Love Everything I've loved about Press Club is still here on their brilliant fourth album. But somehow the hooks are hookier, the melodies are bolder, the riffs are more emotional and the lyrics are an even harder punch in the heart. This Melbourne/Naarm band have really levelled up, delivering what could be the best local rock album of 2025. Listen: To All The Ones That I Love Ryan Egan Skeleten — Mentalized Warmth is the anchor that roots the sonic eclecticism of Skeleten's second album, Mentalized. Trip hop, house, electronica and indie pop collide in a melting pot of genre, where the secret ingredient is Skeleten's genuine love for the music that's shaped him. It's that love that translates into the warmth we hear and feel, which makes Mentalized such an enjoyable listen. Listen: Deep Scene Stephen Goodhew Liz Stringer — The Second High It's so easy to dive into The Second High — you'll be fully immersed from its first seconds. You can tell this was recorded in the backstreets of Brixton. Many songs channel some of the UK's most hypnotic music from the past few decades, all the while perfectly intersecting with the empathy and curiosity of one of our country's finest contemporary songwriters. Listen: Coming Home Henry Wagons Surprise Chef — Superb Many will use the new album from Melbourne funk world-beaters Surprise Chef as a sleek and luscious background soundtrack. Nothing wrong with that. Lean in, however, and the experience becomes imminently richer. One of the country's most adept bands channel the taut funk of Stax and imbue psychedelic, cinematic touches that keep us wondering where their sound will go next. Listen: Bully Ball Dan Condon Antony Szmierek — Service Station at the End of the Universe The poetic debut album from Manchester's Antony Szmierek has a retro-futuristic scope. There's redolence in his words, and a pressing vitality to the beats and synths that couch them. The Streets is the obvious point of comparison, but Szmierek's somewhat more cerebral approach and clubbier instincts show he's operating on a different track. Listen: Rafters Dan Condon Julien Baker and Torres — Send a Prayer My Way Big riffs and big heart; this joint album is raw in a way that feels like a hug, or a punch. Classic country tones come intuitively to Baker and Torres, intimate without indulgence. 'Sugar in the Tank' is an especially furious-yet-graceful belter. This album is joyous, banjo-filled, flamingly queer, and easy to love. Listen: Sugar In The Tank Steph Hughes Viagra Boys — viagr aboys The magic of Viagra Boys' fourth album lies in the dynamic between its visceral and putrescent slacker punk energy, and its moments of genuine and tender lyrical poignancy. It's the magnetism between these opposing poles that keeps the album grounded and relatable; a valuable counterpoint to its Ren and Stimpy-esque intensity. Listen: Man Made of Meat Stephen Goodhew Marlon Williams — Te Whare Tīwekaweka I bought this album for my mum and myself as we have recently started exploring our Māori heritage. Marlon makes us feel invited into this journey with this gorgeous album. Learning language is the portal into understanding a culture. I'm also learning songs from this with my kids to keep this journey alive for the next generation. Listen to it all. Be emotional. This album is good for your soul, whatever journey you are on. Listen: Rere Mai Ngā Rau Dylan Lewis Wretch 32 — Home? Home? is an apt title for this album. Not because I've lived in the UK, nor lived the Black Brit experience, but because the lyrics and production feel super comfortable and familiar, and it warms your heart with each listen. Maybe it's because Wretch — seven albums and 17 years into his career — is now stepping into elder-statesman territory and knows exactly who he is and how he wants to present himself? Either way, it's such a dope and well-crafted album. Listen: Home Sweet Home
