Pop stars’ weddings and why Noel Gallagher’s right about World Cup music

6/15/202652 min

Amid much parping of vuvuzelas, the week’s news stories sprint onto the pitch. And these make it to the quarter-finals …

… Dua Lipa’s mega-wedding and its echoes of Mick & Bianca

… when did publicity turn into “perpetual planetary attention”?

… Chris Martin “curating” the World Cup Final half-time show

… if you can’t stand the noise, move out of Soho!

… watching Rufus Wainwright do Judy Garland

… when Madonna was troubled by helicopters

… JBs’s Dudley, Mr Pickwicks, the Band On The Wall: who imagined old rock venues would be celebrated by the V&A?

… “Keep music away from sport!”

… is Taylor Swift really getting married in Madison Square Garden?

… and the Nation Blue, the Green Falcons, the Golden Lilies: starry-eyed indie act or World Cup team nickname?

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David Hepworth· Host1:00
Mark, it's my turn to have a stack waddy.
Mark Ellen· Host1:02
Terrific.
David Hepworth· Host1:03
And it's related to something I did this week. I was in Retford in, in Nottinghamshire, uh, doing a thing about my book at the Retford Literary Festival, which was very nice, and, um, I think I sent you a picture that evening.
Mark Ellen· Host1:20
You did- Um- 'Cause I'd asked you, is the Retford Porterhouse [laughs] still there? And are there a load of people in denim jackets with their, with tins of Kestrel sitting outside?
David Hepworth· Host1:29
We ought to explain