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Daily Mail
5 days ago
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- Daily Mail
The 'bizarre' Australian trend that has left me and thousands of visitors dumbstruck: 'You're a cult'
Songs like the 'Macarena', 'Y.M.C.A' and 'The Chicken Dance' are perennial crowd favourites because of their simple and ready-made accompanying dance routines. However, an Aussie woman was recently stunned to learn that the similar Nutbush dance, which is regularly done at weddings and parties, is totally unknown to most people outside Australia. The revelation about the dance routine performed to Tina Turner's 1973 song 'Nutbush City Limits' has stunned both Aussies and tourists. Taking to Reddit, a woman detailed how she'd discovered that the Nutbush was a uniquely Aussie phenomenon while recently attending the Australian Jamboree 2025 in Queensland. She explained that the popular Scouts Australia run concert event was well-attended by locals alongside large numbers of 'people from different countries'. She recalled how one night, a country band came to perform classic popular large group dance songs 'like the Hokey Pokey'. 'As soon as they started [to play] The Nutbush, I noticed that EVERYONE that wasn't in an Aussie Scout shirt was like, "Whhaaaattt??".' The band even 'noticed' that many audience members were confused by the dance, and even stopped the show to provide a quick 'demonstration' so that everyone could join in. The post quickly attracted hundreds of comments, many from stunned Aussies who were floored to discover that it wasn't a universally known dance. A common refrain among the comments was the shortening 'TIL' - meaning 'Today I learned'. 'I always thought it was just a dance that somehow everyone knew, even outside Australia,' read one reply. But the post also attracted responses from tourists and expats, who confirmed they were dumbstruck at seeing large groups of Aussies suddenly break into a collective dance when the Tina Turner song played. 'You Aussies made it up. It's similar-ish to line dancing. But it's 100 per cent Aussie,' read one overseas visitor's reply. 'As a Pom, witnessing this happen at a wedding reception totally freaked me out. It was like someone pulled a mass mind control lever,' recounted another. 'Even Tina Turner who sang the song didn't know what the dance was until she came here,' chimed in another person. But the shocked reaction to the Nutbush being a uniquely Australian dance extended a step further. The top up-voted comment explained that the origins of the widely-known group dance routine actually traced back to the Australian education system. Indeed, last year a university research project published a report that found the Nutbush dance traced back to a NSW education department initiative in the late 1970s. University of South Australia sociologist Professor Jon Stratton said the dance was 'put together and then distributed through a teachers' meeting' as a means to introduce dance into the PE curriculum. The joint study between the University of South Australia and Edith Cowan University in Western Australia also found that the specific dance moves in the Nutbush drew inspiration from a highly similar 1950s line dance called the Madison. As the dance began to be taught more widely across Australia, the study noted that there was even slight differences in the exact Nutbush dance moves between different states and territories. The most up-voted Reddit reply confirmed that not only is the Nutbush 'an Australian thing', but one that 'originated' as part of the PE curriculum in NSW schools. 'I knew it was an Australian phenomenon, but didn't know it was developed for school PE,' replied one stunned Aussie. 'I'm 34 and realising only just NOW that I knew it from PE,' added another. 'Really? I thought we were taught it in PE because it was a classic dance, not the other way around,' puzzled a third person. In 2023, a Guinness World Record was set for the most number of people simultaneously doing the Nutbush when 6594 people participated in the dance at the Mundi Mundi Bash festival in NSW. It broke the previous record that had been set just a month earlier at Birdsville Big Red Bash festival in Queensland when 5838 people performed the Nutbush together. When Tina Turner released the song in 1973, it initially didn't chart in Australia. However, it entered the top 10 two years later, which is understood to coincide with the time the dance began to be taught in schools. More recently, the dance skyrocketed entered the social media zeitgeist as people recreated the dance in TikTok videos. Many light-heartedly referred to it on the platform as a 'traditional Australian folk dance'. The legendary pop singer behind the iconic track died in May 2023 at the age of 83. The lyrics of the famous song refer to the singer's childhood hometown of Nutbush in the US state of Tennessee.
The Sun
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Beyonce teases surprise move away from country music for next album – with name a nod to ‘flamboyant' music legend
SHE dabbled in dance with chart-topping record Renaissance, then country with Cowboy Carter, and now it seems Beyonce is about to become a fully-fledged rock star. The Texas Hold 'Em singer has been dropping hints that her next album will be called Betty Black — and she is already teasing a corresponding tour before her current one has even finished. 9 9 Her 32-date Cowboy Carter trek finishes a week today in Las Vegas, but the website now redirects to her own site. It is believed that the title is a bid to reclaim the 1977 song Black Betty by Ram Jam, which has its roots in African-American music and has become controversial in recent years due to its connection with a whip used on enslaved people in prisons. It is likely to also be a nod to late American singer and model Betty Davis, who was publicly scorned for her sexually liberating lyrics and funk-rock sound, which led to her being boycotted by radio and TV stations. Betty has been described as 'wildly flamboyant', with the 'gritty emotional realism of Tina Turner, the futurist fashion sense of David Bowie and the trend–setting flair of Miles Davis,' the latter of whom she was briefly married to. And it wouldn't be the first time Beyonce has referenced her. On a remix of her Renaissance song Break My Soul, Beyonce sang 'Betty Davis, we love you', and on her Cowboy Carter track Bodyguard, she sang 'Davis in my bones'. Bey went on to dress up as her for Halloween last year and, in a video for her GQ cover story to promote her whisky brand SirDavis, the Betty Davis song They Say I'm Different was used. In another teaser about the Betty Black title, during her Cowboy Carter tour show, a newspaper appears on a screen behind her which has the headline: 'Betty Black tour sold out.' And fans reckon they have worked out that her next album will be released on May 29, 2026, given she has picked Friday the 29th to release her last two records, and that is the next time the 29th falls on a Friday. Blue Ivy looks IDENTICAL to mom Beyonce as she arrives in Paris with dad Jay-Z The project will wrap up a trilogy of albums, which she announced when Renaissance came out in 2022. In a message on her website at the time, she said: 'This three-act project was recorded over three years during the pandemic. 'Thank you to all of the pioneers who originate culture, to all of the fallen angels whose contributions have gone unrecognised for far too long. This is a celebration for you.' Bey has been vocal about her love for rock'n'rollers like Betty and Tina Turner — who has inspired several outfits on her latest tour. So I'm excited to see what she's cooked up, even if we do have a ten-month wait on our hands. It Girl Sabrina SABRINA CARPENTER celebrated the biggest shows of her career by jetting off to a £6,500-a-night villa in Italy to unwind. I can reveal that after performing to 130,000 fans during two shows at BST Hyde Park in London earlier this month, she flew to Tuscany where she treated her pals to a luxury getaway. They stayed at the 600-year-old Villa I Busini which has seven bedrooms, a pool, walled gardens and a chef to make them breakfast. The Espresso singer shared photos on Instagram of her well-deserved holiday. She has had a stratospheric 18 months with a world tour and hit album Short n' Sweet, which spent a whopping 46 weeks in the Top Five. On top of that, she has somehow found the time to record an entirely new album, Man's Best Friend, which will be released on August 29. The first single Manchild has already gone to No1 and I've no doubt the follow-ups will be huge too. I hope workaholic Sabrina managed to switch off on her break, because the rest of the year is going to be even busier. New twist in Leigh-Anne's tale 9 LEIGH-ANNE gets a foot up on her competition as she samples a Noughties favourite for her comeback tune. The former Little Mix star, who is now going it alone as an independent artist, showed off her flexibility in a promo photo for her new single Been A Minute, which features the hook from the 2001 Masters At Work song, Work. Also back with new music is Tinie Tempah with his song Eat It Up, with East LA, Jayo with Turning Me On and Robbie Williams' Spies, from his album BritPop, due out on October 10. I also recommend newcomer Nectar Woode's sublime EP It's Like I Never Left, while Robert Plant has put out Everybody's Song, from his upcoming album Saving Grace. Ahead of the new series of Line Of Duty, Vicky McClure has shown off her vocal skills as a guest singer on Reverend & The Makers' new single Haircut. And after racking up half a million views in a fortnight, Yungblud has released his breathtaking cover of Black Sabbath's Changes, recorded at their Back To The Beginning farewell concert, to raise money for charity. 9 ALEX WARREN admitted he 'hated' his song Ordinary when he first wrote it – despite it going on to become the biggest track of the year, spending 13 weeks at No1. On Hits Radio Breakfast yesterday, the American musician, below, explained: 'When we first wrote it, I actually hated it. 'I hated it when it was just us on a guitar, like, we didn't really do anything to it. 'We were still writing it and I was like, 'It just doesn't sound like a record I'd put out.' 'And then I sang it and I was like, 'OK, let's see where this goes.' "And we started putting stuff into the file and it sounded insane when we started adding the choir and everyone on top of it, and I was like, 'Holy shoot. This is amazing.'' Sir Paul's piano made BGT Tom very Abbey BRITAIN'S Got Talent singer songwriter Tom Ball is following in the footsteps of greatness. The vocal powerhouse, who released new single Timeless last month, got to use Sir Paul McCartney's piano at Abbey Road studios when working on new music. He told Bizarre: 'It was really amazing. I got to play on the piano when I was in Abbey Road and there's just so much history. You could still feel the dents in the keys where he used to play.' Tom, pictured at Abbey Road with wife Hannah and their six-month-old daughter Adeline, will release second album Spotlight on October 10. He is also playing shows around the globe, including in the US, where he gained new fans after winning America's Got Talent: All-Stars in 2023. But the ex-teacher admitted that he isn't too proud to go back to the classroom. Tom said: 'I love what I do but teaching was fun too. I'd go back. 'Right now I'm making a lot of music. I have my own studio at home, which is great.' 9 KATY PERRY is still up for a laugh despite her split from Orlando Bloom. She shared a video on her secret TikTok page of herself wrapped head to toe in a dressing gown as she left the Kia Forum in Los Angeles following her latest Lifetimes Tour gig. The Firework singer has been posting all sorts of silly clips @urmom_ontour – although not many fans have realised it's actually her. I just want to wrap myself up in my dressing gown sometimes too, Katy. Margot gin treat a tonic 9 MARGOT ROBBIE is a woman after my own heart, having forked out for a massive round of drinks for surprised punters. The Barbie actress was at a restaurant with her movie producer husband Tom Ackerley and a group of mates when she shouted to everyone she was giving them all a treat. One of the lucky diners at Bondi Green in Paddington, West London told me: 'We were eating lunch and then sudden-ly Margot stood up and said she was buying every single person a drink. 'She had the bar staff make cocktails from her Papa Salt gin and had them served to everyone who wanted one. 'It was a lovely gesture and she was in great spirits – very relaxed and friendly.' That's a sure-fire way to win people over. And an easy way to plug her booze brand. JOJO SIWA's Infinity Heart Tour will head to the UK in October with gigs at Newcastle, London, Manchester, Brighton and Birmingham. The Celebrity Big Brother finalist has just released a cover of Bette Davis Eyes, but we've been told she is also working on original music. Safe to say Bizarre's Jack will be there front and centre. Simon's Aston smarting 9 FORMER X Factor host Kate Thornton has finally revealed why the judges' houses section of the show did not take place at the panel's actual homes. She has claimed that someone damaged one of Simon Cowell's cars when they did film at his plush pad and he decided never to let them in again. Kate who hosted X Factor from 2004 to 2006, said on her White Wine Question Time podcast: 'Do you know why we'd gone to Spain? The year before, we'd done it in Simon's actual house. 'Somebody had driven something into one of his cars, the Aston or something. 'He was trying to pretend not to be p***ed off – but he was really p***ed off. 'So he was like, 'We're taking it abroad.''
Express Tribune
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Live Aid turns 40
"It's 12 noon in London, 7AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid." This television announcement on July 13, 1985, heralded over 16 hours of music broadcast from Wembley Stadium in London and John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia that united close to 2 billion people across more than 100 countries, reports DW. Live Aid was no ordinary gig. With the primary aim of raising funds for famine relief in then drought-stricken Ethiopia, it was the largest satellite link-up and television broadcast of its time. It featured an unprecedented lineup of music's biggest names across diverse genres, featuring luminaries — some since departed, including Freddie Mercury, David Bowie and Tina Turner — who performed for free. People around the world watched agog as Mercury cued Wembley's 72,000 fans with those iconic overhead claps during the chorus of Queen's 1984 hit Radio Ga Ga, as U2's Bono jumped off the stage and danced with a teenage fan, as Bob Geldof urged viewers to donate money. And to set the record straight about the oft-repeated Live Aid lore: Sir Bob never said, "Give us your f***ing money." He was misquoted. Outreach via rock 'n' roll Conceived and executed by Irish musician Geldof and Ultravox's Midge Ure, Live Aid was put together at astonishing speed, the momentum having come from the 1984 Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas? — a now-contentious song that the artists co-wrote. Ure later recalled to The Guardian how much of the Live Aid planning unfolded on instinct and goodwill rather than strategy or budget. Consequently, it set a template that was later emulated by events such as Farm Aid (1985), Live 8 (2005) and Live Earth (2007). Speaking in 2004, when a DVD box set of the event was released, Geldof said: "We took an issue that was nowhere on the political agenda and, through the lingua franca of the planet — which is not English, but rock 'n' roll — we were able to address the intellectual absurdity and the moral repulsion of people dying of want in a world of surplus." 'For Africa,' without Africans Though many boomers and Gen Xers may recall Live Aid fondly as a unique moment of global unity before social media, in retrospect it wasn't without its flaws. Especially when viewed through the lens of diversity and representation. Despite being a benefit for Africa, no African performers were featured on stage in 1985. Ditto female representation, where aside from Sade, Tina Turner, Madonna and Patti LaBelle, the line-up was overwhelmingly white and male. Geldof defended the choices, saying the artists were selected based on their pull to maximise donations. In 2005, Geldof organised Live 8 — a series of concerts that coincided with the G8 summit, which aimed to get leaders of the eight major industrialised countries to "Make Poverty History" — but it again wasn't representative. The original lineup featured only Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour, with Geldof trotting out the star bankability trope again. "This is outrageous and deeply smug," said Andy Kershaw, the DJ who helped with the TV presentation of Live Aid. "They are saying: 'Don't neglect Africa' — but that's just what they are doing here." Subsequently, the Africa Calling concert was organised. Hosted by N'Dour, it featured prominent African artists like Somali singer Maryam Mursal and Beninese vocalist Angelique Kidjo. Moky Makura, executive director of Africa No Filter, was in her late teens when she watched the original concert. She wrote in The Guardian in 2023, "As a Nigerian born in Lagos and educated in the UK, it took me a moment to realise that the version of Africa that Live Aid was selling the world was very different to the one in which I grew up." She added: "Live Aid remains the unfortunate and inadvertent poster child for a development approach to Africa that still drives much of the sector today - the desire to identify and fix the challenges of poor countries and the belief that money is the primary solution." White saviours? Geldof has often been described as having a "white saviour complex," which he rejects. Dismissing a critical comment in The Guardian in 2024 about how some viewed Live Aid as reinforcing "a patronising image of Africa as a continent desperate for, and dependent on, Western aid," Geldof retorted that it was "the greatest load of bullocks ever." Live Aid did raise millions for famine relief, with some political ripple effects. It inspired the set-up of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003. The program was recently gutted following Trump's financial cuts. A current documentary, Live Aid at 40: When Rock 'n' Roll Took On The World, also reveals how Geldof's, and fellow Irishman Bono's, relentless lobbying of G8 leaders saw them eventually agree to cancel USD40 billion of debt owed by 18 of the world's poorest countries after Live 8, and promise to increase aid to developing nations by USD50 billion a year by 2010. Geldof, now 73 and doing the interview circuit commemorating Live Aid's 40th anniversary, doubts that the ethos of Live Aid can be replicated in the age of social media. "It's an isolating technology, unlike rock 'n' roll which is a gathering technology," Geldof told NME. Condemning a recent statement by Elon Musk that the "great weakness of Western civilisation was empathy," he said: "No Elon, the glue of civilisation is empathy. We're in the age of the death of kindness, and I object." But the rocker remains hopeful: "You can change things, you really can actually change things. ... The individual isn't powerless and, collectively, you really can change things."
CTV News
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
‘Does that skirt come off?' How Tina Turner and Mick Jagger's racy duet electrified Live Aid audiences
Tina Turner and Mick Jagger rehearse their duet for the upcoming Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium on July 12, 1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Petervia CNN Newsource 'Alright, where's Tina?' With that short introduction from Mick Jagger and the beat of the drums, Tina Turner danced onto a Philadelphia stage for an electrifying performance with the Rolling Stones frontman during Live Aid on July 13, 1985. Jagger, at the time just days shy of his 42 birthday, and Turner, who was then 45 and riding a wave of success from her 1984 hit album 'Private Dancer,' showcased their fun and flirty chemistry. The pair performed 'State of Shock' and 'It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It),' the latter of which found Jagger stripping off his shirt for a mid-song costume change and dramatically tearing off Turner's skirt. She recounted the moment in her 2018 memoir, 'My Love Story.' 'Mick and I could never just stand there and sing — that wasn't us. We had to do something. He looked me over,' Turner wrote. 'I was wearing a tight-fitting black leather top and skirt and I could see a naughty idea forming. 'Does that skirt come off?' he asked slyly. 'What?' was my startled reply.' Jagger matter of factly told her, ''I'm going to take your skirt off.' 'I asked him why, but it was too late to talk it through, Mick had already made his mind up to do it,' she wrote. Turner and Jagger had a shorthand due to their long friendship. She shared in her book an anecdote about helping Jagger with his moves as young artists in the 1960s. 'Mick showed up at the dressing room I shared with our dancers and said in his unmistakable voice: 'I like how you girls dance,'' Turner wrote. 'Well, we had seen him strutting on stage with his tambourine and thought he looked a little awkward.' She and her dancers taught Jagger how to do the Pony. 'Mick caught on fast but found it difficult to do certain steps,' Turner wrote. 'Not that he ever gave us credit for his new fancy footwork. To this day, Mick likes to say: 'My mother taught me how to dance.' OK fine – but I know better.' A month before her death in 2023, Turner spoke of her affection for Jagger and the Stones. 'I always had a crush on Mick Jagger,' Turner told The Guardian. 'I loved when we toured with the Rolling Stones.' The love was mutual. Tina Turner and Mick Jagger Tina Turner and Mick Jagger perform at Live Aid at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 13, CNN Newsource 'She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer,' Jagger wrote of Turner in a tribute to her. 'She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her.' Both were rock 'n' roll powerhouses who thrilled the audiences who watched Live Aid, a benefit concert organized by musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to draw attention to a famine in Ethopia and raise money for relief efforts. Decades later, the Turner and Jagger duet remains one of the highlights of the concert, which spanned multiple locations, drew an estimated 1.8 billion viewers and raised more than $125 million. Their performance is a reminder of a time when the world could come together for music and charity in a shared experience that preceded social media. Jagger remains a cultural force. The 81-year-old toured with his famed band last year and joined another Live Aid alum, Elton John, for a state banquet held at Windsor Castle in honor of France's President Emmanuel Macron. Turner's pop culture icon status has also endured, thanks, in part, most recently to Beyoncé. There's been speculation her anticipated 'Act III' album will be rock 'n' roll themed. That theory heated up after Beyoncé, who performed with Turner and credits her as an artistic influence, recently wore a t-shirt during her Cowboy Carter Tour with Turner's image. Jagger and Turner ended their Live Aid performance by strutting off opposite sides of the stage, the band still playing. 'Thank you, Tina,' Jagger said into his mic, no longer in sight.
CNN
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Does that skirt come off?' How Tina Turner and Mick Jagger's racy duet electrified Live Aid audiences
'Alright, where's Tina?' With that short introduction from Mick Jagger and the beat of the drums, Tina Turner danced onto a Philadelphia stage for a electrifying performance with the Rolling Stones frontman during Live Aid on July 13, 1985. Jagger, at the time just days shy of his 42 birthday, and Turner, who was then 45 and riding a wave of success from her 1984 hit album 'Private Dancer,' showcased their fun and flirty chemistry. The pair performed 'State of Shock' and 'It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It),' the latter of which found Jagger stripping off his shirt for a mid-song costume change and dramatically tearing off Turner's skirt. She recounted the moment in her 2018 memoir, 'My Love Story.' 'Mick and I could never just stand there and sing — that wasn't us. We had to do something. He looked me over,' Turner wrote. 'I was wearing a tight-fitting black leather top and skirt and I could see a naughty idea forming. 'Does that skirt come off?' he asked slyly. 'What?' was my startled reply.' Jagger matter of factly told her, ''I'm going to take your skirt off.' 'I asked him why, but it was too late to talk it through, Mick had already made his mind up to do it,' she wrote. Turner and Jagger had a shorthand due to their long friendship. She shared in her book an anecdote about helping Jagger with his moves as young artists in the 1960s. 'Mick showed up at the dressing room I shared with our dancers and said in his unmistakable voice: 'I like how you girls dance,'' Turner wrote. 'Well, we had seen him strutting on stage with his tambourine and thought he looked a little awkward.' She and her dancers taught Jagger how to do the Pony. 'Mick caught on fast but found it difficult to do certain steps,' Turner wrote. 'Not that he ever gave us credit for his new fancy footwork. To this day, Mick likes to say: 'My mother taught me how to dance.' OK fine – but I know better.' A month before her death in 2023, Turner spoke of her affection for Jagger and the Stones. 'I always had a crush on Mick Jagger,' Turner told The Guardian. 'I loved when we toured with the Rolling Stones.' The love was mutual. 'She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer,' Jagger wrote of Turner in a tribute to her. 'She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her.' Both were rock 'n' roll powerhouses who thrilled the audiences who watched Live Aid, a benefit concert organized by musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to draw attention to a famine in Ethopia and raise money for relief efforts. Decades later, the Turner and Jagger duet remains one of the highlights of the concert, which spanned multiple locations, drew an estimated 1.8 billion viewers and raised more than $125 million. Their performance is a reminder of a time when the world could come together for music and charity in a shared experience that proceeded social media. Jagger remains a cultural force. The 81-year-old toured with his famed band last year and joined another Live Aid alum, Elton John, for a state banquet held at Windsor Castle in honor of France's President Emmanuel Macron. Turner's pop culture icon status has also endured, thanks, in part, most recently to Beyoncé. There's been speculation her anticipated 'Act III' album will be rock 'n' roll themed. That theory heated up after Beyoncé, who performed with Turner and credits her as an artistic influence, recently wore a t-shirt during her Cowboy Carter Tour with Turner's image. Jagger and Turner ended their Live Aid performance by strutting off opposite sides of the stage, the band still playing. 'Thank you, Tina,' Jagger said into his mic, no longer in sight.
