Ireland: Last News

picked up the garbage can from his front yard and threw it at a drummer in what appears to be the Bangor Protestant Boys Band as they marched down the street. The entire band suddenly rushed the perpetrator, who then ran inside his home. But band members seemingly won the fight when they picked up a large trash can on the man’s property and threw it at — and smashed — his front window.

Signs of Life, the product of months of self-reflection and assembled in the relative stillness and isolation of 2020.It bears signs of a pandemic and a world in tumult, but even more so into Vance’s own concurrent personal struggle.“Sapling,” the first single, opens the album with a cathartic swell of emotion and captures the spirit of renewal that Vance brought into writing and recording the album, as well as offering a window into Vance’s mental state at the time as he attempted to turn around a problematic relationship with drugs and alcohol.Much more than a vehicle for its radio-friendly, folk-rock singles, the real gems can be found scattered in between on Signs of Life, some of them unfolding more slowly and rewarding a more attentive listen.Ultimately, the magic holding Signs of Life together is Vance’s songwriting, which demands attention and keeps things interesting when they might otherwise end up plodding.On a casual listen, the nuance and finesse that Vance brings to tracks like the album closer “Percolate” could easily be missed.On tour, the new songs will no doubt travel well with his knack for live performance and the energy and stage presence he’ll bring to them, showing Vance back on his game.Tuesday, May 10, at The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35.Call 703-549-7500 or visit www.birchmere.com.

In Ireland, the slew of unsettling news for LGBTQ people continues to mount. Most recently, a gay man was assaulted in the capital city of Dublin.Twenty-three-year-old Evan Somers, an openly gay rugby player, was attacked by a “marauding gang” in the parking lot of a supermarket during the pre-dawn hours of April 10 after a night of partying at The George, a local pub in Dublin.Somers said that, at first, just one man confronted him, “getting in [his] face,” mocking him, and insulting him with homophobic slurs before punching him.

Squid Game.“But “Harry Wild” and series star Jane Seymour got there first. “We have some crazy episodes, like people gambling for their lives.

Awards Chatter” podcast. “I’ve been in the car when one of our songs has come on the radio and I’ve been the color of, as we say in Dublin, scarlet,” he said in an interview along with bandmate The Edge. “I’m just so embarrassed.”He continued: “The one that I can listen to the most is ‘Miss Sarajevo’ with Luciano Pavarotti.

they’re sans Samatha (Kim Cattrall), but they’re joined by old favorites like Mr. Big (Chris Noth) and Stanford Blatch (the late Willie Garson) as well as four new characters played by Sara Ramirez,Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker and Karen Pittman. “The surreal aspect of meeting Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis was really wild,” Ramirez, 45, told The Post.