Perfume Talks 'Plasma,' the J-Pop Industry & Their Desert Island Album Picks (Interview)

JO1 have pulled out of this weekend’s KCON LA due to COVID-19.Five of the J-pop group’s 11 members have tested positive for the coronavirus, the group’s agency Lapone Entertainment revealed in a statement on its website on August 15. As a result JO1 will not appear at KCON LA, the K-pop festival and convention marking its 10th anniversary in Los Angeles this weekend.The first member of JO1 to test positive for COVID-19 was Sato Keigo, who reported symptoms last Friday.

Latest DealsA score or more of new deals announced since Sunday in exclusivity to Variety:*Germany’s Pluto Film has been in negotiations with several theatrical distributors on Locarno Piazza Grande title “Semret,” ahead of its world premiere on Aug. 10.

Ásgeir has debuted the second taste of his new album ‘Time On My Hands’. Listen to the sweeping new track ‘Limitless’ premiering exclusively with NME, below along with our interview with the Icelandic singer-songwriter.‘Time On My Hands’ was announced last month alongside a rousing lead single ‘Snowblind’. Released on October 28 via One Little Independent Records, Ásgeir’s fourth album arrives just two years after its predecessor ‘Bury The Moon’.Speaking to NME, the musician said that ‘Time On My Hands’ shows “a different mindset” compared to its predecessor.

Iceland has announced that pensioners all across the country will be able to get a £30 voucher towards their groceries amidst soaring food costs.

Amid those rumours Spice Girls might be a good bet for Glastonbury 2023 (Melanie C has a 'good feeling' it may happen one day), the group have teased celebrations for the 25th anniversary of their Spiceworld album.

NCT 127 are currently preparing to make a comeback with a brand-new album next month.Earlier today (August 8), Sports Chosun reported that the boyband are preparing to make a comeback with the goal of releasing a new album some time in September. The news outlet also claimed that NCT 127 are in the midst of filming a music video for the upcoming release, and that the album was in its “final stages”.SM Entertainment has since confirmed reports of the group’s return, writing: “NCT 127 are currently filming their new music video, and they are preparing a new album with an aim to make a comeback in September.

Conor Ryan is currently starring in the National Tour of the Tony-winning musical Moulin Rouge and we caught up with the rising star to learn more about him!

last year — with the hashtags #bamarush and #rushtok having amassed more than one billion views combined on TikTok currently.So get your Kendra Scott jewelry and tote bag ready because it’s time to watch higher ed’s most grueling popularity contest yet.Associated clips on the social media platform offer a peak into the life of a University of Alabama Greek life hopeful as they share their outfits of the day (#OOTD, for short), show off their their on-trend — and often monogramed — tote bags and discuss recruitment essentials and advice on getting into the right sorority.According to the Alabama Panhellenic Association, this year’s recruitment officially begins on August 6 for potential new members — dubbed “PNMs” — who have been preparing for weeks (if not their whole lives), all the while documenting the process online.PNMs are competing to join one of the 18 National Panhellenic Conference chapters at Bama. In July, the panhellenic association announced that 2,575 students had signed up to rush, as reported by AL.comPNMs must be ready for anything during rush “week,” which usually spans about 9 days.

A number of Iceland shoppers across the UK could be entitled to a free £30 voucher to buy food and essentials at the supermarket. Pensioners in Greater Manchester are among those eligible to receive the offer in a bid to support older people living in poverty as the cost of living rises.

The cost of living has seen supermarket prices soar in recent weeks, with the price of some items almost doubling. Shoppers have recently been infuriated by the price of staple item Lurpak after one store was selling it for nearly a tenner.

Supermarket giant Iceland has sparked demand for a change in the law after making an announcement to shoppers. The supermarket chain told shoppers about their decision earlier this week.

Two teenage boys are in custody after a horrific murder of an elderly man in rural Alabama.

Iceland has announced it will be closing all of its stores early this Sunday (July 31). Iceland and The Food Warehouse stores will all close at 4pm this weekend, so that staff can watch the football.

A mum-of-two from Wigan has praised Iceland for helping families with free food amid the cost of living crisis. Zoe Riley received not one, but two free items in her online shopping order, just because they were short dated.

Kanye West during her recent appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.When asked by presenter Lauren Laverne what her desert island tracks would be, one of the choices was a track that West specially mixed for Moss. The pair have been friends for many years and West made reference to Moss on his 2007 track, ‘Stronger’.The version Moss shared is ‘Back to Life’ by West’s Sunday Service and Jazzie B.“I’ve had this specially mixed for today,” Moss said on the show.

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has given himself plenty of challenges over the years, rebooting Batman for the modern age (“The Dark Knight” trilogy), shooting with IMAX cameras in Iceland to capture distant planets (“Interstellar”), shooting backward scenes practically (“Tenet”) and more. But his greatest challenge could be his upcoming movie “Oppenheimer,” about J.