New York rock band Geese will perform across North America this fall. The group announced their Getting Killed Tour represents their largest series of headlining concerts. Singer and keyboardist Cameron Winter leads the band on this extensive journey. The tour marks a major step forward for the growing act. These shows will reach more fans than any previous Geese tour.
The concerts begin October 10 at Burlington, Vermont. The band will travel through most United States cities and visit two Canadian locations. Racing Mount Pleasant and Dove Ellis will open selected performances. The final show takes place November 21 at Brooklyn, New York. This schedule brings the tour close to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Geese continues working on their...
British rapper Little Simz will tour North America this fall. She released her sixth studio album Lotus earlier this month. The artist plans to start her headlining Lotus Tour in Toronto during October. She will perform in cities like Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas. The tour concludes in Los Angeles during November.
Lotus serves as the follow-up to her 2022 record No Thank You. Little Simz curated the Meltdown festival's 30th edition this month at London's Southbank Centre. The festival featured performances from Little Simz and other artists like the Streets, Mahalia, BadBadNotGood, Kara Jackson, Jon Batiste, Nubya Garcia and James Blake. She organized the event as part of her expanding role in the music industry. The festival took place...
Cardi B plans to release her second studio album after a seven-year gap. The rapper announced Am I the Drama will arrive September 19 through Atlantic Records. The album contains 23 songs and marks her return to full-length projects since Invasion of Privacy came out during 2018. Three previously released tracks will appear on the new record. The collection features Outside, Up and WAP among its song selections.
The artist shared her first solo track called Outside last week after staying away from individual releases for over 12 months. Charlie Heat and HeyMicki produced the song with additional work from DJ SwanQo. Cardi B had released Enough from Miami earlier as her previous solo effort since Up arrived during 2021. She remained...
Bob Dylan will release a new art book this fall featuring his recent drawings. Simon & Schuster plans to publish Point Blank Quick Studies on November 18. The large format book contains about 100 sketches Dylan created during 2021 and 2022. Three writers contributed short written pieces to accompany the artwork.
Some drawings served as preparation work for paintings currently displayed at Halcyon Gallery. The London exhibition runs through July 6 under the same Point Blank name. Publisher Sean Manning praised Dylan's storytelling abilities through visual art. Manning described the images as both innocent and experienced, happy and sad at the same time.
Dylan earned the Nobel Prize for Literature back in 2016. His book The Philosophy...
A Namibian government minister spoke out against a weekend crime that involved a child and tobacco. Emma Kantema-Gaomas leads the ministry for gender equality and child welfare. She expressed strong disapproval about what happened to the young victim. Police arrested Doctor Mbeheva after the alleged incident occurred. The 28-year-old man stands accused of making a minor use a hookah pipe.
The crime took place at Otjomuise in Windhoek during weekend hours. Authorities say Mbeheva encouraged the child to smoke flavored tobacco products. Officials describe his actions as unlawful and deliberate. The suspect remains under arrest as investigators continue their work. Law enforcement agencies are examining all evidence related to the case...
Namibia's education ministry created a special team to plan free college education. The government wants all university students to attend classes without paying fees starting in 2026. Executive director Mbuma Haitengela told the public about the new team on Tuesday. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah promised free higher education during her April speech to the nation. The ministry picked experts to design the plan for making college education cost nothing.
The task force must create rules about money and policies for the new system. Officials expect the complete plan to be ready before August ends. The team will talk to different groups about making the changes work properly. Government leaders want to make sure the free education...
The Landless People's Movement backs Israel against Iran during their current conflict. Party leader Bernadus Swartbooi announced this position at a Tuesday press conference held at Windhoek. Iran has threatened to destroy Israel for more than four decades according to Swartbooi. The LPM leader stressed his party wants the violence against Palestinian civilians to end immediately. He called for both sides to agree to stop fighting.
Swartbooi explained that Israel earned his party's support after helping Namibia with its genocide court case. The Middle Eastern nation filed legal documents supporting Namibia's claims about historical killings. Israel understands what surviving genocide means according to the LPM leader. He said the case...
A Spanish businessman has admitted making dividend payments to Namibia's former president Sam Nujoma through a fishing company. Jose Bastos, who is 89 years old, says he gave money from Emeritus Fishing to Nujoma over many years. The payments have raised questions about whether the Sam Nujoma Foundation knew about the financial arrangement. Some foundation members blame Bastos and former presidential aide John Nauta for hiding the payments. The controversy has exposed the close business ties between the wealthy fisherman and Namibia's founding president.
Foundation chairman Nahas Angula says board members did not know about any company shares or dividend payments. The foundation's leadership includes former government ministers and...
Criminals damaged power lines that supply water pumps near Walvis Bay during the weekend. The vandals struck the Ruby Main Overhead Powerline that feeds electricity to two important water drilling sites. Namibia Water Corporation lost the ability to pump 650 cubic meters of water each hour after the attack. The company had to switch to backup pumps that only produce 200 cubic meters per hour. Water officials called the crime an attack against the entire country.
Police and electricity workers rushed to fix the damaged power cables after discovering the theft. The criminals escaped before authorities arrived at the remote location. Repair crews worked through Sunday to restore electrical service to the water pumps. Power returned to...
