One Direction’s Zayn Is Playing His First Concert… Eight Years Into His Solo Career

Zayn announces his first-ever live concert in London, eight years after going solo. He toured with One Direction, but never on his own. Read More

Iran state TV uses footage of crazed One Direction fans to show ‘Israelis panicking’ after missile attacks

Iran’s propaganda is going One Direction. Iranian state TV shared footage it claimed showed “Israelis panicking” while under attack from missiles and drones – but was really just a throng of excited ... Read More

Iran state TV shares video of excited One Direction fans, claims it shows ‘Israelis panicking’ after attack

Iranian state TV shared footage it claimed showed “Israelis panicking” while they were attacked, but it only showed a group of crazed Louis Tomlinson fans ... Read More

A Nigerian chess champion plays the royal game for 60 hours — a new global chess record

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate has played chess nonstop for 60 hours. Tunde Onakoya was attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Read More

Mdou Moctar’s Guitar Is a Screaming Siren Against Africa’s Colonial Legacy

Funeral for Justice,” the musician from Niger’s album due next month, amps up the urgency in his work: “I want you to know how serious this is.” ... Read More

Video doesn’t show Israelis panicking after Iran’s attack. They’re music fans in Argentina.

After Iran launched hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel late on April 13, some social media accounts circulated a video that they claimed showed dozens of people running and ... Read More

Meet the diehard music fan who runs one of the world's busiest arenas

Copy Link It may not be the world's most famous ... area behind the stage one chilly afternoon in March, just a couple of hours before a Jason Derulo concert. Sayer says the O2 is one of those venues ... Read More