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Jeff Jarrett Recalls How Taylor Swift Was ‘Like a Big Sister’ to His Daughters After His Wife Died
If singing didn’t pan out, Taylor Swift could’ve made her name in babysitting. In a recent interview with WREG News Channel 3, pro wrestler Jeff Jarrett revealed that the 34-year-old pop star used to watch his three daughters when she was a teenager — something that was extra meaningful as his wife Jill Gregory had just passed away.
“She’s a friend of the family,” Jarrett told the organization. “Very good to my family during a very dark period in our family. My wife got sick and she passed away, but Taylor was like a big sister and came over and took the girls, baking cookies and just kinda hung out at the house.”
“I can’t say enough good things about Taylor,” he continued. “Just a sweetheart. I still call her ‘our girl’ and now she’s hanging out in the NFL circles.”
Gregory died in May 2007, just a few months after Swift released her self-titled debut album. The WWE Hall of Famer also clarified that Swift “was never on the Jeff Jarrett payroll,” implying that the 14-time Grammy winner watched over the girls — Joslyn, Jaclyn and Jerlyn — out of the kindness of her heart.
The “Anti-Hero” singer has been friends with the Jarrett family since she moved to Hendersonville, Tenn. as a teenager to pursue her music career. In 2010, she cast Jaclyn to play a younger version of herself in the “Mine” music video, for which the wrestler and his kids all flew up to Maine to shoot with several other young family friends Swift casted to play her future children.
“I know all of these families personally for different weird uncanny reasons,” the singer said in a behind-the-scenes video at the time. “I’m just excited that they’re going to be in the video because I just didn’t want them to be strangers, the people playing my future family.”
Almost fifteen years later, Swift is now embarked on her global Eras Tour, which most recently set up shop in Zürich for two shows starting Tuesday (July 9). Exactly one year and a day prior, the superstar released the re-recorded version of 2011’s Speak Now, featuring an updated take on lead single “Mine.”
Watch Jarrett talk about Swift above.
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Calvin Harris Teases New Collaboration With Ellie Goulding
Calvin Harris is back with a brand new collaboration, and this time he’s reuniting with a familiar face – the powerhouse vocalist Ellie Goulding.
The Scottish DJ teased the unreleased track during a recent set at Ushuaïa Ibiza, sending the crowd into a frenzy. This marks their fourth collaboration, following the chart-topping hits ‘I Need Your Love’ (2012), ‘Outside’ (2014), and last year’s ‘Miracle.’
Based on the snippet Harris shared, the new track looks like an absolute banger. The preview features Ellie’s soaring vocals paired with Harris’ signature high-octane production and tasteful lyrics.
While no official release date has been announced, the positive fan reaction at Ushuaïa suggests this new collaboration could be another summer smash. With festival season in full swing, dance music fans can expect to hear this electrifying track heating up sets worldwide soon.
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DJ Dris Presents a Powerful Listening Experience with H….
DJ Dris returns with yet another Afro House track, ‘Eternal Flame,’ featuring the vocals of Roxa Damas. Known for his dynamic and genre-blending style, DJ Dris keeps pushing the boundaries of his creativity, offering his audience a fresh listening experience with each release. Set for release via Born Digital Music, ‘Eternal Flame’ is poised to be a standout track within DJ Dris’ discography, showcasing his sonic originality with groovy beats, mesmerising lines, and inspiring vocal layers.
Throughout his musical journey, DJ Dris has demonstrated a unique ability to blend elements from various genres, incorporating influences from Afro House, Tribal House, and Funky House to create a signature sound that is both distinctive and engaging. With his career spanning radio show host, podcast presenter, Producer and DJ, DJ Dris’ passion for creative expression remains at the centre of his motivation, supporting his ambition to make his mark with unique and original music. As his release catalogue grows, DJ Dris continues to find fresh ways to elevate the sound and energy of his productions, often incorporating the vocals of gifted Artists into his tracks to add an extra layer of captivating vibes for his listeners to enjoy. Having featured Roxa Damas in his single, ‘Riding Ecstasy,’ DJ Dris once again presents a track with the Vocalist, tying his rhythmic grooves with her emotive sound to deliver another captivating sonic experience.
With ‘Eternal Flame,’ DJ Dris exemplifies his signature blend of genres while showcasing his innate ability to curate vibrant yet deeply moving music. As the production offers rhythmic beats and rich sonic details, the instrumental arrangement evolves into the perfect backdrop for Roxa Damas’ soulful and powerful vocals, weaving mesmerising synth hits, shuffled rhythms, and driving chordal lines with her inspiring vocal layers. With the interplay between Roxa Damas’ vocal lines and the driving soundscape creating a track that is fresh in sound yet impactful in emotive depth, ‘Eternal Flame’ comes as the ideal addition to playlists for fans of Afro House and beyond, making it a must-listen within DJ Dris’ catalogue of work.
Be sure to stay tuned to DJ Dris by following him across social media as he guarantees more music soon, ready to capture the attention of genre enthusiasts around the globe. ‘Eternal Flame’ is out now via Born Digital Music and is available to stream and download across platforms.
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Hello, Dolly! and nine other sparkling revivals to see in the West End this summer
On Saturday, Hello, Dolly! opened at the London Palladium, starring veteran of the stage and screen Imelda Staunton as Dolly Levi. Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman’s classic story of a matchmaker tasked with finding love for a standoffish ‘half-a-millionaire’ is back in London for the first time in 40 years, marking its fourth run to date in the West End. Yet the idea of reaching back into the musical theatre canon to pull out a winner is far from unusual. Shows like Hello Dolly! never really disappear. In fact, summer 2024 is one of the busiest ever for revivals, with shows reappearing on our stages that first arrived as far back as 1951.
In celebration of the opening of Hello, Dolly! and all the musical theatre history we’re welcoming to our stages this summer season, here are nine other shows you won’t want to miss. Make sure to secure your Hello, Dolly! tickets here.
Until 31 August at the Dominion Theatre
Based on the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act the musical first opened in the West End in 2009. It wasn’t until 2022 that we welcomed it back, with Beverly Knight in the role of lounge singer turned nun in witness protection, Deloris Van Cartier. In the show’s current run at the Dominion Theatre, Knight reprised her role before handing over to Alexandra Burke, who plays Van Cartier until the production closes on August 31. Also in the cast is Gavin & Stacey’s Ruth Jones, making her West End debut as Mother Superior.
31 Jul – 25 Aug at Sadler’s Wells
A Chorus Line won an Olivier for Best New Musical when it first arrived in the West End in 1976. Centered around 17 professional dancers auditioning for spots in the chorus line of a Broadway show, the musical gained attention for its atypical structure and narration style, with each of the dancers and the choreographer getting to have their moment centre stage. This new production comes to Sadler’s Wells at the end of the month, transferring from Curve after an acclaimed run.
Booking until 31 May 2025 at the Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre
First arriving in the West End in 1968, Cabaret has remained one of the most performed and most celebrated musicals in Britain and beyond, returning to London time and time again. This particular revival has been playing at the purpose-built Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre since 2021, when it launched starring Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee and Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles. Plenty of big names have taken on the roles since then – and the show currently stars Heartstopper’s Rhea Norwood and Bad Education’s Layton Williams.
Booking until 4 Jan at the Bridge Theatre
Frank Loesser’s musical about the characters of the New York underworld first came to the West End in 1953, playing at the London Coliseum. The musical has had numerous London and West End revivals over the years, but none quite like its current iteration at the Bridge Theatre, which employs an immersive in-the-round staging that has to be experienced to be believed.
Until 14 Sept at the Barbican Theatre
If you’re looking to really wind back the clock then this 1940s Cole Porter musical is the one for you. The story is somewhat meta: a theatre group stage a musical version of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew, and drama ensues both on and off stage. Premiering on Broadway in 1948 and the West End in 1951, Kiss Me, Kate is decidedly vintage but far from outdated. Given director Bartlett Sher’s success with revivals of other classics like The King and I and My Fair Lady, this is going to be unmissable.
Until 2 Feb at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
For a taste of the 80s, you might want to catch Luke Sheppard’s new production of Starlight Express, the story of a young steam train hoping to win a race and impress a certain observation car. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s roller-skating classic first arrived in the West End in 1984, but certainly not in this much style – this version is housed in its own purposely designed Starlight Auditorium.
Until 14 Sept at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Many of the shows that roll back into the West End for repeated runs are instantly recognisable, but Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein’s 1989 musical is something of a hidden gem. The Baker’s Wife delighted audiences when it came to the West End at the end of the 80s, but despite strong reviews and a dedicated cult following, we’ve hardly seen it back on our stages since. This new production at the Menier Chocolate Factory offers a great re-introduction to the show, which follows the disruption to the inhabitants of a French village when the baker’s wife leaves him for another man.
6 Sept – 20 Sept at the Dominion Theatre
The Rocky Horror Show first debuted in London in 1973 and ran for over seven years, with plenty of other productions and tours staged in the years since. This fan favourite is only back with us for a limited run, so if you want to experience all the thrills, frights and fabulousness of Frank-N-Furter (and see him played by none other than Jason Donovan) then you’ll need to act fast.
12 Aug – 8 Sept at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
There have been multiple musical adaptations of both L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz, but Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams’ 2011 version combines the best elements of all. The Wiz comes back to the West End this summer with JLS’s Ashton Merrygold as the Tin Man and Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne as the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Rick Astley: The Piece Hall – Live Review
Rick Astley | The Lighting Seeds The Piece Hall 7th July 2024 Rick Astley’s entertaining set of new material and his megahit Never Gonna You Up showed why one of pop’s good guys was back. Paul Clarke took a trip back to the eighties with the Rickroller. Rick Astley was probably facing a lifetime on the 80’s revival […]
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Another Place Show, July 8, 2024
Source: 90.9fm WDCB. Chicago journalist and jazz aficionado Andy Pierce hosts “Another Place” Sundays at midnight. The show explores creative music, jazz and the avant-garde, and delves into the longer, more complex compositions and improvisations in jazz.
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