Juno-Nominated Harpist Lara Somogyi Announces Second Album ‘a [time] patterned’ With Lead Single “sojourn”
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Lara Somogyi has announced her second album, and it’s one of the most quietly ambitious records of 2026.
‘a [time] patterned’ arrives August 28 via Mercury KX, and lead single “sojourn” is out now with a video that makes an immediate case for the record’s world. Written for harp, strings and electronics, the track opens with extended pedal technique blurring tonality before a melodic thread gradually surfaces, granular processing fracturing and reconfiguring time around it while strings provide a subtle architecture underneath. It’s fluid, alive and deeply immersive.
Somogyi is a Juno nominee and Royal Academy of Music graduate, awarded an honorary Associate (ARAM) for her innovations in the field. Her credits include Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated Da 5 Bloods, Hans Zimmer’s Blue Planet II featuring Radiohead, and Ari Aster’s Eddington for A24. She’s collaborated with Bonobo, Ólafur Arnalds, the London Symphony Orchestra and Bat For Lashes, bringing a compositional range to the harp that consistently pushes past the instrument’s traditional boundaries.
‘a [time] patterned’ was written with producer Cyrus Reynolds and shaped through tape loops, delay and repetition, a process that became deeply personal following the loss of her father. The album reframes time as an emotional landscape rather than a linear sequence, examining how joy, grief and healing each carry their own structural logic. Somogyi describes the eleven compositions as “rooms” the listener moves through, with field recordings including birdsong from her birthplace of Kauai sitting alongside string arrangements and textural experimentation.
Featuring contributions from Rob Moose (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens) and Clarice Jensen (Max Richter), the record draws on architectural theory and the idea of pattern as structure. “sojourn opens in the in-between,” Somogyi says, “in that first step forward, tracing a quiet shift toward something open and free. It’s not a beginning, even though it was the first piece I wrote for the record. To me, it feels like an opening to the next chapter.”
Somogyi brings the album to three headline shows this August and September. ‘a [time] patterned’ is available for pre-order now.
‘a [time] patterned’ Tracklist:
- fingerprints
- sojourn
- mirabel
- open fields
- elsewhere
- overture of
- highway nocturne 40 ft. Clarice Jensen
- sitting circle ft. Rob Moose
- intimacy gradient
- holding suite
- alloy IX
Lara Somogyi Live:
Sat. August 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Live at Glass Hill
Wed. September 9 – Chicago, IL @ Constellation
Fri. September 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust
Grammy-Nominated Toronto Powerhouse Jessie Reyez Announces Fourth Album ‘A Little Vengeance’
Jessie Reyez has been moving fast in 2026, and she’s not slowing down.
The Grammy-nominated, 6x Juno-winning Toronto singer-songwriter has announced her fourth studio album ‘A Little Vengeance,’ due June 12 via FMLY / Island Records. The announcement lands in the middle of one of the most prolific stretches of her career, with two sharp new singles already out and an EP dropped as a surprise earlier this year.
“Ain’t U Tired?” featuring Muni Long is the most recent release, and it’s a stunning piece of work. Two of modern R&B’s most compelling voices, lush piano, and a shared emotional frequency that’s difficult to shake. It follows “N.Y.F.F.,” a rap-sung kiss-off to a lying ex that showcases exactly what makes Reyez so magnetic: raw, unguarded precision that makes her stories feel personal to anyone listening.
Before those two singles, Reyez surprised fans with the ‘$TILL PAID’ EP, a five-track expansion of her critically acclaimed 2025 album ‘PAID IN MEMORIES,’ featuring a remix with BRIT Award-winning rapper Stormzy. That album was already a milestone, spanning 20-plus tracks with collaborations alongside Ari Lennox, Big Sean, Miguel, Lil Yachty, 6LACK, Lil Wayne and Deyaz, and it followed a sold-out ‘PAID IN MEMORIES’ headline world tour that confirmed her status as one of the most compelling live artists working right now.
The Reyez catalog runs deep and keeps getting stronger. Her debut album ‘Before Love Came to Kill Us’ is RIAA Gold-certified. ‘Yessie’ was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. “Imported” featuring 6LACK and “Figures” are both RIAA 2x Platinum. She’s penned songs for Dua Lipa, Sam Smith, Kehlani, LISA of BLACKPINK and Calvin Harris, won a Grammy for her contribution to the Bob Marley: One Love soundtrack, and was recognized by Billboard Canada with its Women in Music Trailblazer Award in 2024. That’s not a résumé, that’s a statement.
메타 제목: 미래 국가가 된 한국, 이미 일상이 된 기술들
메타 설명: 한국에서 인공지능, 모바일 신분 확인, 초고속 통신, 무인 서비스, 디지털 여가가 어떻게 일상으로 자리 잡았는지 살펴봐요.
한국은 이미 미래에 살고 있다: 평범해진 기술의 얼굴
한국의 미래 기술은 전시장 안에만 있지 않아요. 지하철 개찰구, 병원 예약 화면, 배달 앱, 무인 계산대, 모바일 신분 확인, 학교 과제, 야간 게임 중계 안에 이미 들어와 있어요.
사람들은 더 이상 기술을 특별한 사건처럼 받아들이지 않아요. 빠르면 쓰고, 불편하면 지우고, 더 나은 대안을 찾아요. 이 냉정한 사용 습관이 한국을 빠르게 바꿨어요.
행정부터 생활까지 이어진 디지털 습관
한국이 기술을 빨리 받아들이는 이유는 단순히 인터넷이 빠르기 때문만은 아니에요. 행정, 금융, 쇼핑, 교통, 의료 예약이 이미 모바일 중심으로 묶여 있고, 사람들은 앱 안에서 문제를 해결하는 데 익숙해요.
공공서비스도 큰 영향을 줬어요. 정부 민원, 인증, 세금, 복지 신청이 디지털 절차로 이동하면서 이용자는 “기다리는 행정”보다 “확인하는 행정”에 더 익숙해졌어요. 경제협력개발기구도 2025년 한국 디지털 정부 검토에서 인공지능과 데이터 기반 공공서비스를 주요 변화 축으로 다뤘어요.
이런 환경에서는 새 기술이 낯설게 보이기 어렵죠. 은행 앱의 이상 거래 알림, 지도 앱의 실시간 경로, 쇼핑 앱의 가격 추천은 이미 생활의 일부예요. 기술은 이름보다 기능으로 판단돼요.
모바일 앱은 한국식 미래의 기본 화면이다
한국의 기술 생활은 대부분 휴대전화에서 시작돼요. 집 밖에서 결제하고, 이동 중 예약하고, 잠들기 전 계정 상태를 확인해요. 컴퓨터 앞에 앉아야만 처리할 수 있는 일은 점점 줄어들고 있어요.
스포츠와 디지털 엔터테인먼트도 이 흐름에서 벗어나지 않아요. 사용자는 경기 일정, 실시간 배당, 계정 보안, 결제 한도를 한 화면에서 살피며 멜벳 앱 같은 모바일 접근 방식을 짧은 여가 시간에 맞춰 활용할 수 있어요. 앱 중심 구조는 이동이 많은 생활과 잘 맞아요. 다만 편리한 화면일수록 이용 시간과 충전 금액을 미리 정해야 해요. 기술이 빠를수록 자금 관리 기준도 더 분명해야 해요.
무인 매장과 자동화가 바꾼 도시 감각
한국의 도시는 사람보다 먼저 화면이 말을 걸 때가 많아요. 무인 편의점, 키오스크 주문, 병원 접수 기기, 주차 정산기, 배달 로봇 시범 서비스가 생활 곳곳에 들어왔어요. 젊은 세대에게 이런 장면은 신기한 일이 아니라 조금 느린 날 더 답답하게 느껴지는 기준이 됐어요.
자동화는 시간을 줄여주지만, 모든 사람에게 똑같이 편하지는 않아요. 고령층이나 디지털 기기에 익숙하지 않은 이용자는 오히려 더 많은 설명을 필요로 해요. 그래서 미래 국가는 빠른 기술만으로 완성되지 않아요.
좋은 기술은 사람을 밀어내지 않고 선택지를 늘려요. 화면으로 끝낼 사람은 빠르게 끝내고, 도움이 필요한 사람은 사람에게 물을 수 있어야 해요. 한국의 다음 과제도 여기에 있어요.
e스포츠는 미래형 관람 문화의 실험장이다
한국에서 e스포츠는 기술, 데이터, 팬덤이 가장 자연스럽게 섞이는 분야예요. 선수의 손끝, 패치 변화, 챔피언 조합, 맵 운영, 실시간 채팅이 하나의 관람 경험을 만들어요. 팬들은 경기만 보는 것이 아니라 데이터와 반응을 함께 읽어요.
이런 관람 방식은 스포츠 베팅의 이해 방식도 바꿔요. 경기 전 전적과 조합 흐름을 살피는 팬들은 e스포츠 베팅 정보를 승패 감정이 아니라 확률과 흐름을 읽는 자료로 받아들일 수 있어요. 단판 결과는 언제든 흔들려요. 한 번의 교전, 한 번의 밴픽 실수, 한 명의 컨디션이 흐름을 바꿔요. 그래서 분석이 깊어질수록 예산 제한은 더 중요해져요.
인공지능 추천은 편하지만 오해도 만든다
인공지능은 추천을 빠르게 만들어요. 음악, 쇼핑, 영상, 뉴스, 경기 정보까지 사용자의 이전 선택을 바탕으로 더 비슷한 것을 보여줘요. 문제는 추천이 확률처럼 보일 때 생겨요.
추천 알고리즘은 무엇을 보여줄지 정하는 기술이에요. 게임이나 베팅에서 쓰이는 무작위 난수 생성 방식은 결과가 예측되지 않도록 만드는 구조예요. 두 개념은 다르게 봐야 해요.
이용자 환급률은 장기간 기준으로 이용자에게 돌아가는 평균 비율을 뜻해요. 운영자 우위는 반대로 플랫폼 쪽에 남는 수학적 기대값이에요. 보너스 이용 조건은 혜택을 실제로 쓰기 위해 충족해야 하는 기준이고, 본인 확인은 계정과 결제의 안전성을 높이는 절차예요.
하나의 브랜드보다 중요한 것은 사용 흐름이다
미래형 플랫폼은 기능을 많이 넣는 것만으로 평가받지 않아요. 빠른 접속, 안정적인 인증, 명확한 결제, 쉬운 경기 탐색, 필요한 통계가 자연스럽게 이어져야 오래 쓰게 돼요. 사용자는 복잡한 설명보다 화면의 흐름을 먼저 느껴요.
스포츠 팬의 모바일 습관을 보면 이 기준이 더 분명해져요. 경기 전에는 라인업을 보고, 경기 중에는 실시간 흐름을 확인하고, 경기 후에는 결과와 기록을 다시 살펴요. 이런 반복 속에서 MelBet 같은 플랫폼은 스포츠 라인, 계정 관리, 모바일 접근성을 한 화면 경험으로 묶는 사례로 읽힐 수 있어요. 중요한 건 이름보다 동선이에요. 화면이 길을 막지 않을수록 사용자는 정보에 더 빨리 닿아요.
미래는 거창한 기계보다 사소한 단축에서 온다
한국이 미래 국가처럼 보이는 이유는 로봇이 많아서만은 아니에요. 작은 행정 절차가 줄고, 결제가 빨라지고, 길 찾기가 정확해지고, 여가가 손안으로 들어왔기 때문이에요.
기술은 결국 시간을 줄이는 방식으로 평가받아요. 하지만 시간이 줄어든 자리에 더 많은 알림과 더 많은 선택이 들어오면 피로는 다시 커져요. 한국의 미래는 이미 도착했지만, 그 미래를 덜 지치게 쓰는 법은 아직 배우는 중이에요.
Water Conservation in Recent Times: How Modern Treatment Systems Reduce Household Waste?
By Mitch Rice
Today, new-age homeowners face increasing pressure to minimize their environmental footprint. Simultaneously, they also have to retain increased living standards. Advanced engineering has changed the way today’s households manage their domestic water supply to avoid pointless loss and foster sustainability.
Additionally, conventional systems waste several gallons of water during cleaning. However, advanced technologies concentrate on conservation and accuracy. By adopting these smart procedures, homeowners can minimize monthly utility expenses and secure crucial local water resources.
- Accurate and smart engineering in filtration systems
Modern-day filtering devices use advanced sensors and valve systems that continuously monitor water consumption and maximize every drop. The intelligent systems will only start the cleaning cycle of the inner filter media when an actual need is calculated from current data. If you partner with a well-respected company like HQ Water Solutions, your home will be equipped with today’s highest-efficiency products. Such companies take a customized approach that avoids the enormous water waste associated with older systems that operate on predetermined schedules rather than actual requirements.
- Importance of demand-driven regeneration
Traditionally run older treatment units frequently lead to unnecessary and redundant regeneration cycles. Modern-day systems incorporate demand-activated technology to identify how much water has been processed and regenerate water when required. This operational change saves thousands of gallons of water and hundreds of pounds of salt each year. Additionally, homeowners have access to consistent-quality water without concerns about excessive environmental runoff or unnecessary chemical discharge.
- Effects on waste and appliance durability
Treating water to a high standard of quality protects dishwashers, washing machines, and expensive tankless water heaters from scaling. Mineral build-up on appliances means they use far less water and energy to perform everyday tasks when they’re operating as intended. By preventing the early failure of these appliances, the quantity of heavy mechanical waste created is reduced, which ultimately gets diverted from payment to the local landfills. Furthermore, providing a clear water supply enables optimal use of your home’s infrastructure for many years.
- Minimizing plastic and chemical footprints
Whole-house filters eliminate the need for plastic bottles and are a major contributor to global pollution. High-quality drinking water delivered from your kitchen will give families another reason to use fewer environmentally harmful products. Cleaning clothes and dishes with soft water requires less soap and detergent. Reducing chemical use will also help prevent harmful surfactants from entering the local ecosystem through wastewater.
Final words: Future of advanced water management
Therefore, as technology continues to change and advance, you will experience a blend of leak detection and flow management within the treatment system. All these technological tools and features will notify homeowners of concealed pipe leaks that would otherwise go unnoticed, resulting in gallons of water waste. Instant monitoring enables immediate action to prevent all kinds of property damage. Furthermore, it ensures that each drop of water is used correctly and with intention.
That means investing in advanced systems will help you build a sturdy home well-equipped to face future regulatory and environmental challenges. Also, with an expert service provider, you can get your pain points addressed and choose a solution that’s apt for you and within your budget.
Social Distortion End a 15-Year Wait With New Single “The Way Things Were” and Album ‘Born To Kill’
Fifteen years is a long time to wait. ‘Born To Kill’ makes it worth every second.
Social Distortion’s eighth album arrives May 8 via Epitaph Records, and the California punk legends have been methodical about how they’ve rolled it out. “The Way Things Were” is the third and final advance track, landing alongside the anthemic “Partners In Crime” and the title track, which has already surpassed 4 million streams in a single month. The new single carries the emotional DNA of Social D classics like “Story of My Life” and “I Was Wrong,” with a lyric that says everything about where Mike Ness stands: “I wrote a song with a stolen riff / If you ain’t got a song you ain’t got shit.”
‘Born To Kill’ is 11 tracks of rock fury and catharsis, co-produced by Ness and Dave Sardy, and it doesn’t arrive quietly. Rolling Stone called the band “still full of piss and vinegar,” and the record backs that up at every turn, namehecking Lou Reed, Iggy and the Stooges and David Bowie not as nostalgia but as a statement of lineage. This is a band that knows exactly where it comes from and exactly where it’s going.
The album features guest appearances from Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Lucinda Williams, with collaborative cover art by Ness and Shepard Fairey. That’s a record that earns its packaging. ‘Born To Kill’ joins a catalog that includes the RIAA gold-certified ‘Social Distortion’ (1990), ‘Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell’ (1992) and ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes’ (2011), a run that spans nearly three generations of listeners and shows no signs of slowing.
The band gives the title track its network television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live on May 7, one day before the album drops. Then it’s straight into an extensive North American tour running through October 3 in San Diego, with The Descendents and The Chats supporting from August 25 onward. Multiple dates are already sold out, including both Los Angeles nights, Toronto, Detroit, Asbury Park, Las Vegas, Reno and San Francisco. Move fast.
‘Born To Kill’ Tracklist:
- Born To Kill
- No Way Out
- The Way Things Were
- Tonight
- Partners In Crime
- Crazy Dreamer
- Wicked Game
- Walk Away (Don’t Look Back)
- Never Goin’ Back Again
- Don’t Keep Me Hanging On
- Over You
Social Distortion North American Tour 2026:
July 17 — Montreal, QC — MTELUS
July 19 — Burlington, VT — Higher Ground Ballroom
July 20 — Portland, ME — State Theatre
July 22 — New Haven, CT — Toad’s Place
August 25 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
August 28 — Austin, TX — Moody Amphitheater
August 29 — Dallas, TX — The Bomb Factory
August 31 — Nashville, TN — The Pinnacle
September 1 — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy
September 3 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz
September 4 — Washington, DC — The Anthem
September 5 — Asbury Park, NJ — The Stone Pony Summer Stage (SOLD OUT)
September 8 — Philadelphia, PA — The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
September 9 — Boston, MA — Roadrunner
September 11 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount
September 12 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount
September 14 — Toronto, ON — HISTORY (SOLD OUT)
September 15 — Toronto, ON — HISTORY
September 17 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit (SOLD OUT)
September 20 — Minneapolis, MN — The Armory
September 22 — Denver, CO — The Mission Ballroom
September 23 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union Event Center
September 25 — Las Vegas, NV — The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (SOLD OUT)
September 26 — Reno, NV — Grand Sierra Resort Grand Theatre (SOLD OUT)
September 28 — San Francisco, CA — The Masonic (SOLD OUT)
September 29 — Oakland, CA — Fox Theater
October 1 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium (SOLD OUT)
October 2 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium (SOLD OUT)
October 3 — San Diego, CA — Gallagher Square at Petco Park
Video: Welsh Firebrands Skindred Prove Why They Own Every Stage in Blistering Graspop 2023 Set
Some bands play festivals. Skindred conquers them. The Welsh genre-smashers took the Graspop Metal Meeting stage in Dessel, Belgium in 2023 and delivered exactly what anyone who’s followed them already knows: a live set that operates on a different frequency than almost everything else in heavy music. Metal, reggae, punk and electronic music, all colliding at once, all working perfectly together. Frontman Benji Webbe is the engine of the whole operation, the kind of performer who turns thousands of strangers into a single, unified force within minutes, and this footage captures every second of it.
Thirty Years Deep, Impure Wilhelmina Deliver Their Most Daring Album Yet With ‘Le Sanglot’
Thirty years into one of heavy music’s most quietly essential careers, Impure Wilhelmina have done something remarkable. They’ve started over, on their own terms, and made it sound completely inevitable.
‘Le Sanglot’ arrives May 22 via Season of Mist, the sixth full-length from the Geneva-based post-hardcore quartet, and it’s the record that redraws everything. For the first time in their career, the band has written entirely in French, a shift that’s less a stylistic choice and more a full unlocking of something that’s been building since 1996.
The lead single “Électricité noire” announces the change immediately. It’s a crackling, immersive piece of music, an ode to rock itself, dense with atmosphere and forward momentum. The kind of track that makes you want to hear the whole album right now.
Impure Wilhelmina earned their reputation the hard way. Founded in Geneva in 1996, they built a loyal following through grinding European tours and a catalog that kept getting sharper, from the raw early albums ‘I Can’t Believe I Was Born in July’ (2003) and ‘L’amour, la mort, l’enfance perdue’ (2005), through to the critically celebrated run of ‘Black Honey’ (2014), ‘Radiation’ (2017) and ‘Antidote’ (2021). They’ve shared stages with Gojira, Baroness, Amenra, Sólstafir and Crippled Black Phoenix. That’s not a support slot résumé, that’s a statement of rank.
‘Le Sanglot’ was built with a new creative force in the room. Guitarist Edouard Nicod joined founding members Michael Schindl (vocals, guitar), Sébastien Dutruel (bass) and Mario Togni (drums) for the sessions, and his presence clearly pushed the band into territory they hadn’t explored before. The album was recorded and produced at Kitchen Studio in Geneva by Yvan Bing, with mastering handled by Magnus Lindberg at Redmount Studio in Stockholm. Track 9, “Demain j’abandonne,” was recorded separately by Serge Morattel at Rec Studio.
Guest musician Marion Leclercq of Mütterlein appears on “Train mort,” one of ten tracks spanning a tight, purposeful 50 minutes. The full tracklist moves with real range, from the bruising “Cent mille plaies” at 3:43 to the sprawling “Abîme” at 6:26, with the album closing on the cinematic “À jamais radieuse.” Every turn earns its place.
If you know Impure Wilhelmina, ‘Le Sanglot’ is the album you didn’t know you were waiting for. If you don’t, this is the exact right place to start.
‘Le Sanglot’ Tracklist:
- Électricité noire (5:01)
- Cent mille plaies (3:43)
- Abîme (6:26)
- Larmes de joie (5:02)
- Dévoreur d’étoiles (6:00)
- Train mort (4:03)
- Frelon ivre (4:40)
- Blanche réalité (5:35)
- Demain j’abandonne (4:04)
- À jamais radieuse (5:52)
Post Malone and Country’s Biggest Names Are Headed to Strummingbird Festival 2026
Australia’s biggest touring country festival just made its strongest case yet. Strummingbird 2026 drops into three massive outdoor venues this October, and the lineup is the kind that stops conversations cold.
Headlining is Post Malone, and this isn’t a pivot, it’s a full commitment. His Grammy-nominated album ‘F-1 Trillion’ brought together Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll on one record and earned him a Best Country Album nomination. Three years after a sold-out Spilt Milk run, he’s back on Australian soil, and country is the vehicle.
Right alongside him is Bailey Zimmerman, one of the most talked-about names in American country right now. His debut ‘Religiously. The Album.’ built a massive following on hits like “Fall In Love” and “Rock and a Hard Place,” and 2025’s ‘Different Night Same Rodeo’ pushed him even further up the ladder. His Stagecoach cover of Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb” took on a life of its own online.
North Carolina’s Cooper Alan brings rowdy energy and genre-bending confidence, with anthems like “Plead The Fifth” already locked into the set. LA-based Stella Lefty and Texan outfit Dexter & The Moonrocks, both climbing the Billboard Top 100, round out a mid-bill that hits harder than most headliners. Dexter & The Moonrocks’ self-coined Western Space Grunge alone is worth the price of admission.
The deeper you go into this lineup, the better it gets. Cam, Beyoncé’s COWBOY CARTER collaborator, brings her Grammy-nominated ‘All Things Light’ and a voice that commands every inch of any stage. Cigarettes @ Sunset deliver raw Appalachian-edged Possum Rock, Kaitlin Butts arrives as a CMT Next Women of Country Class of 2025 alumna, and Sons of the East, fresh off 750 million streams, bring their beloved blues-country-folk blend back to Australian crowds.
Australian talent holds its own here. Back-to-back CMAA Female Artist of the Year Max Jackson is in electrifying form, Brad Cox’s heartland pivot on ‘Endemic Intelligence in Multiple Dimensions’ has been one of the year’s standout stories, and Brisbane’s Briana Dinsdale arrives as a 2026 Countrytown Breakthrough Artist of the Year nominee. Central Queensland cattle station turned global sensation Mack Geiger completes a homegrown contingent that proves Australian country is no support act.
Each stop gets its own local artist. Ballarat welcomes folk-country rising talent Lewis Love, Newcastle spotlights Gamilaraay artist Loren Ryan and her powerful blend of traditional language and modern acoustic songwriting, and the Sunshine Coast closes things out with Sammy White, whose voice is quickly becoming one of the most discussed in modern Australian country. Maddison Glover returns across all three stops to lead the line dancing sessions that became a Strummo institution last year.
Camping is available at Sunshine Coast and Ballarat for the full festival experience, and buses from Melbourne to Ballarat are on offer for those who’d rather leave the driving behind. Camping and bus tickets go on sale later in May.
Presale tickets are available via sign-up at strummingbird.com.au, with GA tickets on sale May 14. Moshtix Ticket Request is open now from 12pm AEST May 6. Payment plans are available through PayPal and Afterpay from May 13.
Strummingbird Festival 2026 Dates:
Saturday, October 10 – Victoria Park, Ballarat, VIC
Saturday, October 17 – Newcastle Foreshore, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday, October 18 – Kawana Sports Precinct, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Ted Turner, CNN Founder and Media Revolutionary Who Changed How the World Watches the News, Dies at 87
Ted Turner, the brash, visionary media mogul who founded CNN and forever changed the way the world receives its news, died on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. He was 87.
Turner, who had been living with Lewy body dementia since his diagnosis in 2018, died peacefully surrounded by his family. He leaves behind five children, 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, along with a media legacy that reshaped the 20th century.
Born Robert Edward Turner III on November 19, 1938, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he grew up in Savannah, Georgia, the son of a billboard magnate whose influence over his son was both formative and brutal. His father, a demanding and mercurial man who once wrote that his son’s choice to study classics at Brown University made him “almost puke,” took his own life in 1963, leaving a 24-year-old Ted Turner in charge of the family advertising business. What followed was one of the most audacious careers in the history of American enterprise.
Turner took a struggling Atlanta UHF television station in 1970 and turned it, step by improbable step, into a broadcasting empire. He invented the superstation, used satellites to beam old movies and Braves games into living rooms across the country, bought the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks partly just to have programming, and built Turner Broadcasting System into a name that belonged on the same breath as the great American networks he had always wanted to beat.
But the thing that made Ted Turner immortal was CNN.
On June 1, 1980, he launched the first 24-hour cable news channel out of a converted mansion in Atlanta with $21 million and a staff the industry dismissed as the Chicken Noodle Network. A decade later, when CNN broadcast the Gulf War live from Baghdad while the other networks sat their anchors behind desks in New York, the argument was settled. He had changed journalism permanently and irrevocably. “For the first time in history,” Turner wrote in his 2008 autobiography Call Me Ted, “a war was being televised live from behind the scenes.” Time magazine named him Man of the Year in 1991.
He followed CNN with TNT, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, and a string of other ventures that demonstrated a man perpetually incapable of thinking small. In 1997 he donated $1 billion to the United Nations, at the time the largest single gift in philanthropic history. He co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He owned more than two million acres of American land, the largest private bison herd in the world, and 14 ranches across six states.
His personal life was as outsized as his professional one. He was married three times, most famously to actress Jane Fonda from 1991 to 2001, a union that generated as many headlines as any of his business deals. His nicknames, the Mouth of the South and Captain Outrageous, were earned honestly. He compared Rupert Murdoch to Hitler. He challenged him to a televised fistfight. He showed up drunk to his own America’s Cup victory press conference in 1977 after piloting his yacht Courageous to one of the great sporting triumphs of his era. He called the AOL Time Warner merger “better than sex,” a remark he spent years regretting after losing an estimated $7 billion when the stock collapsed.
He was contradictory, combustible, and utterly alive in a way that made him impossible to dismiss. CNN CEO Mark Thompson said in a statement Wednesday that Turner was “the presiding spirit of CNN” and “the giant on whose shoulders we stand.”
He was also, in his way, prophetic. His environmental activism, his warnings about overpopulation and climate change, his creation of the animated series Captain Planet in 1990 to reach young people about the planet, all of it looked eccentric at the time and looks prescient now.
Ted Turner was not a man who did anything quietly or halfway. He built things nobody believed in, said things nobody else would say, and left behind a world that looks meaningfully different because he passed through it.
He had nothing more to say. He said it all.