NHL and Rogers to Co-Host Free Live shows Outdoors Rogers Place Earlier than Recreation 3 & 4
Rogers Holding Nationwide Buyer Contest for Stanley Cup Closing

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA (June 10, 2024) – The Nationwide Hockey League (NHL) and Rogers right now introduced plans for the Rogers Competition on the Closing live performance collection to have fun the 2024 Stanley Cup Closing between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. World celebrity and five-time GRAMMY winner Shania Twain and four-time JUNO Award-winning rock band Our Woman Peace will headline free musical performances exterior Rogers Place in Edmonton.

Our Woman Peace will carry out for followers earlier than Recreation 3 on Thursday, June 13. Shania Twain would be the featured performer earlier than Recreation 4 on Saturday, June 15. Each performances will start at 4 p.m. MT in Scotiabank Fan Park exterior Rogers Place earlier than the 6 p.m. MT sport occasions.

Each concert events might be open to the general public. No ticket might be required to view the performances. Doorways to Rogers Place will open at 4:30 p.m. MT for followers with tickets to every sport. 

Parts of every efficiency might be featured in protection of the Stanley Cup Closing sport broadcasts, which start at 6 p.m. MT / 8 p.m. ET on Sportsnet, Sportsnet+, TVA Sports activities and CBC in Canada and ABC, ESPN6+ and ESPN Deportes within the U.S.

Because the proud associate of the Oilers and the NHL, Rogers is holding a nationwide buyer contest, Carry Stanley Residence, to ship Rogers clients and hockey followers from throughout Canada to the Stanley Cup Closing in Edmonton. Rogers clients have the possibility to win 10 VIP journeys for 2 to attend Recreation 4 at Rogers Place, premium viewing on the live performance, together with journey and lodging. Followers can go to Rogers.com/StanleyCup to enter for an opportunity to win. The Carry Stanley Residence contest is a part of a brand new nationwide program, Rogers Past the Seat, that delivers premier sports activities and leisure experiences to Rogers clients throughout the nation. Particular live performance viewing might be reserved for Rogers clients as a part of this system.

Rogers Competition on the Closing is produced by NHL Leisure. For up-to-date data on the Stanley Cup Closing and the live performance collection, observe the NHL on Instagram, X and TikTok.

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About Our Woman Peace
Our Woman Peace is likely one of the most profitable Canadian bands of the post-grunge period, reaching widespread acclaim with multi-platinum-selling albums and world hits like “Superman’s Lifeless,” “Clumsy,” and “Someplace Out There.” Celebrating 30 years since their debut album “Naveed” and 25 years of “Happiness…Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch” in 2024, the band has bought over 5 million albums worldwide and gathered greater than 360 million streams so far. They’re one among solely 13 Music Canada Diamond-certified artists, boasting 3x-Triple and 5x-Double Platinum certifications from Music Canada. Our Woman Peace has achieved 19 High 10 radio hits in Canada, together with 5 primary singles. The band has received 4 JUNO Awards and ten MuchMusic Video Awards, making them one of the vital awarded teams in MMVA historical past. They’ve toured globally with acts like The Rolling Stones, Weapons N’ Roses, Smashing Pumpkins, The Stereophonics, Foo Fighters, and Alanis Morissette. In addition they launched their iconic music pageant, Summersault, and have performed at legendary festivals together with Woodstock ’99 and Dwell 8. New music from Our Woman Peace is forthcoming this yr. The present lineup consists of Raine Maida (lead vocalist), Duncan Coutts (bass), Steve Mazur (guitar), and Jason Pierce (drums).

About Shania Twain
World Famous person, Celebrated Songwriter, and Type Icon Shania Twain is a five-time GRAMMY winner and one among music and vogue’s most famous trailblazers. With six albums launched and greater than 100 million albums bought worldwide, Twain stays the top-selling feminine nation pop artist of all time. Her hits embrace “Any Man of Mine,” “That Don’t Impress Me A lot,” “You’re Nonetheless the One” and “Man! I Really feel Like A Lady!”. Shania was the primary artist in historical past to launch 3 consecutive diamond-certified albums. Twain’s first album in 15 years, NOW, was launched in September 2017 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard High 200 albums, making it the primary feminine nation launch in over 3 years to high the all-genre chart. The discharge was adopted by a year-long sold-out NOW World Tour. In 2021, Shania kicked off her second residency in Las Vegas referred to as “Let’s Go!” which fully bought out and continued via September 2022. In July 2022, Netflix launched “Shania Twain: Not Only a Woman,” a brand-new, career-spanning documentary on Twain’s life and profession with an accompanying Highlights album. Most just lately, Shania launched her sixth full-length album Queen of Me on February 3, 2023, by way of Republic Nashville, which acquired glowing opinions from NPR, Rolling Stone, Consequence, Billboard, Selection, and plenty of extra.  In April 2023, Shania kicked off her sold-out world Queen of Me tour, which ran via November 2023, and was one of many High 10 highest-grossing nation excursions of the yr. This yr Shania returned to Las Vegas for her third residency entitled “Come On Over!”.

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The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will take the subsequent step towards competing with hybrid know-how when an oval take a look at is held Tuesday on the Milwaukee Mile.

Twenty car-and-driver combos shall be on the historic 1-mile oval which can host the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.

The hybrid know-how will make its race debut within the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio offered by the 2025 Civic Hybrid on July 7 on the Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course in Lexington, Ohio.

INDYCAR, Chevrolet and Honda have collaborated to develop the first-of-its-kind hybrid unit. The two.2-liter, twin-turbocharged V-6 engine was initially paired and examined with hybrid energy in August 2023 at Sebring Worldwide Raceway. In simply seven months, 23,518 miles have been efficiently accomplished amongst 28 NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers.

Tuesday will function the biggest discipline for a hybrid take a look at. Earlier on-track hybrid testing has taken place at Barber Motorsports Park, the Homestead-Miami Speedway street course, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the IMS street course, the Milwaukee Mile, Highway America, Sebring and World Huge Expertise Raceway to reflect the varied disciplines of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule.

The Milwaukee Mile shall be internet hosting its first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race since 2015. Amongst drivers testing Tuesday, Ed Carpenter, Graham Rahal, Will Energy, Josef Newgarden and Katherine Legge have sequence expertise on the observe. Jack Harvey has not competed in a sequence race on the observe, however he completed fifth within the INDY NXT by Firestone race held there in 2014.

Chip Ganassi Racing and Juncos Hollinger Racing should not taking part on this week’s take a look at as a consequence of a number of of their drivers being in France for this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans sports activities automotive race. Drivers who haven’t examined the hybrid at Milwaukee will get their likelihood throughout a session held later within the season.

The premise of Tuesday’s session shall be to adapt to the hybrid with a customary take a look at in the course of the morning hours. Within the afternoon, rivals shall be allowed to simulate race situations with group operating and pit stops.

INDYCAR’s hybrid energy expands the sequence’ efforts to ship probably the most aggressive motorsport on the planet. The brand new powerplant unit will function extra overtake (Push to Move) choices, in the end giving NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers extra decisions and management, enhancing the on-track competitors and pleasure.

The modern hybrid system is made up of the low voltage (48V) Motor Generator Unit (MGU) and Vitality Storage System (ESS) – consisting of 20 ultracapacitors – each of which match contained in the bellhousing positioned between the Chevrolet and Honda INDYCAR SERIES inner combustion engine and the gearbox. Throughout regeneration, appearing on the clutch shaft, the MGU builds energy to be saved within the ESS. The extra horsepower is deployed by means of the identical motor generator on driver demand.

For competitors, choices for automated “regen” by way of braking or throttle place and guide “regen” by way of chosen steering wheel paddles and buttons shall be obtainable. Deployment of saved power will solely be obtainable manually by means of a latching button, much like the prevailing Push to Move system.

Whereas obtainable to make use of along with the standard INDYCAR Push to Move system on street and road circuits, the 2 techniques will include totally different guidelines. Push to Move will nonetheless have a restriction on the period of time per use and complete time used over the course of a race. Guidelines for the hybrid energy unit will restrict the quantity of power deployed per lap based mostly on observe size. Utilized in mixture on street and road circuits, the extra enhance will present an extra 120 horsepower for a complete of 800-plus horsepower for the primary time in twenty years. Further horsepower is predicted within the coming years as hybrid unit growth evolves.

Security parts embody the low-voltage system and, on street and road circuits, the flexibility for drivers to restart the automotive themselves in the event that they spin and stall the engine on the observe. That reduces the necessity for the AMR INDYCAR Security Workforce to be deployed leading to extra green-flag motion.

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to motion Sunday, July 23 with the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (6 p.m. ET, USA Community, Peacock, INDYCAR Radio Community).

Maren Morris is celebrating Delight Month in an enormous manner.

On June 9, the singer revealed that she is bisexual and shared a number of pictures of herself holding a satisfaction flag to mark the event.

“Blissful to be the B in LGBTQ+,” she wrote on Instagram. “Blissful satisfaction 🌈.”

The 34-year-old’s followers rapidly took to the feedback to share their assist.

“Crying! So glad for you! Blissful Delight, bb! ❤️🌈,” musician Heather Mae wrote.

“Love you a lot Maren!!!!!!” singer Scott Hoying commented.

Musician Allison Ponthier penned the next message for Morris: “HAPPY PRIDE!!!!! thanks for being an inspiration and what a particular satisfaction this one is 🏳️‍🌈🤍.”

A lot of Morris’ followers flooded the feedback part with loving messages.

“Welcome to the fam!” one wrote. One other stated, “YES MA’AM!!!!!! Blissful Delight divaaaaa!!!!! 🌈❤️.”

In October 2023, Morris filed for divorce from her husband of 5 years, musician Ryan Hurd, citing “irreconcilable variations.” The couple shares one little one, a 4-year-old son named Hayes. The divorce was finalized in January.

Whereas chatting with TODAY’s Willie Geist in 2022, the brand new mother stated she skilled postpartum melancholy and “plenty of id crises” after her son was born.

“Not simply being a brand new guardian and a brand new mom and coping with postpartum melancholy for the primary time, and reeling from that, and making an attempt to love discover the forest by way of the bushes. But in addition simply understanding my price with out somebody clapping for me,” she stated.

In January 2023, Morris commented in regards to the lack of inclusivity in nation music.

“Coming from nation music and its relationship with LGBTQ+ members, I simply wish to say I’m sorry,” she stated throughout an look on “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked.”

“And I really like you guys for making me really feel like a courageous voice in nation music. So, I simply thanks guys a lot for uplifting me.”

Whereas chatting with Ellen DeGeneres in 2021, Morris additionally spoke in regards to the want for inclusivity in her business. She particularly shouted out T.J. Osborne of Brothers Osborne, who had come out as homosexual that 12 months.

“I hope that him having the bravery to even do this has made just a few extra those that love nation music which can be homosexual really feel like they’ve a house there too,” she stated. “I’m so happy with him. He was certainly one of my first associates once I moved to Nashville eight years in the past. He’s simply so proficient, so variety. For him to place all of it out there’s simply, I’m not a sliver of that courageous so I’m actually happy with T.J.”

Morris and The Brothers Osborne collaborated on the music “All My Favourite Individuals” in 2022. “It’s who it’s and we love who we love,” they sing

When Mark Yannetti visits Kings Of The Podcast, primarily based on fan suggestions, he ranks amongst the most effective friends to be featured on the present. His breadth and depth of solutions are second to none. In truth, you’d be laborious pressed to discover a extra open sports activities government, who effortlessly educates these paying consideration at any time when he speaks.

Over the previous 18 years, Yannetti has served because the central determine among the many LA Kings numerous scouting teams centered on NHL prospects. As the present Director of Beginner Scouting, he has confirmed to be one of the crucial educated individuals within the recreation.

As such, there was a treasure trove of insights and behind the scenes nuggets that have been shared throughout his 75+ minute interview final week. Though that’s far an excessive amount of to transcribe, we’ll share some choose highlights by way of a collection of articles over the following few weeks.

First up, let’s sort out one of many stylish subjects across the league this month. A couple of years after the Kings received their championships in 2012 and 2014, there was a push by most golf equipment to go for ‘velocity and ability’ over dimension; a notion that appears to be seeing the pendulum swing again the opposite path all through many of the chatter throughout this 12 months’s Stanley Cup playoffs.

With that in thoughts, Yannetti was requested if dimension was again in type heading into the 2024 NHL Draft:

[ed. note: the below transcript is a 95% word-for-word recap, with unmercenary transitions and misc. words removed, along with some minor paraphrasing done for clarity when reading]

“When all the things is equal, dimension issues,” started the veteran hockey thoughts, talking via his occasional thick Boston accent. “Measurement doesn’t matter for size-sake, however you actually would quite be huge and quick than small and quick, and even common dimension and quick. You need to be huge and sensible, quite than common dimension and sensible. So, dimension issues. However there’s heavy dimension and there’s mushy dimension. I’d like to have a bunch of 6-foot-4 Drew Doughty’s working round our blueline, with a little bit sprinkle of [Victor] Hedman and perhaps some Darian Hatcher thrown in.

“There are particular issues we’ve got to do to fill out the roster and I hope every year […] we study some classes alongside the way in which about the way to construct a greater mousetrap for subsequent 12 months. One of many issues can be to get — and Rob [Blake] mentioned it, it’s not prefer it’s a secret — we’ve got the ability half down. I believe we’ve got the velocity half down. So, sure, dimension is essential; but it surely’s a scale. At what level does dimension and ability hit a tipping level, or dimension and skating hit that stability level? At what level does the smaller, higher participant win out? And at what level does the scale mute a few of the different issues, and the scale win out?

“Measurement issues, up to a degree. Then it doesn’t. Measurement can’t trump an enormous hole. It could possibly trump a smaller hole. However, on the finish of the day, if in case you have a bunch of [tall guys] who can’t get the puck up rapidly or they will’t achieve a zone, then it doesn’t do you any good. After we received our Cups, everyone thought we have been this huge, heavy staff. We have been, however that’s not what we have been constructing. We have been constructing a staff to do two issues: a staff that bought the puck up the ice as quick as potential — out of our zone and into [the opposition’s] zone as quick as potential, and [we wanted guys who] once they misplaced possession or didn’t have possession, bought it again as quick as potential. These have been the 2 issues that we have been actually seeking to do.

“And the truth that a few of the guys had dimension was nice, however Drew wasn’t actually huge, [Slava] Voynov wasn’t actually huge, [Alec] Martinez wasn’t actually huge. Matt Greene was; he was the proper man in the proper function on the proper facet. Having Kopitar as your middle [was great], however he has all the opposite attributes too.

“There are many groups on the market that attempted to [copy us]. They bought what we have been doing flawed. They tried to imitate the massive, heavy factor, or the truculent factor or the powerful factor. It doesn’t work when that’s the primary ingredient. When that’s the first attribute you’re seeking to do, I don’t assume it really works.”

In terms of the Draft, Yannetti continues to be satisfied you go about issues in a extra systematic means than merely saying, ‘Draft larger gamers.’

“You create tiers,” he defined. “Then, if in case you have 5 gamers in a tier, now dimension issues. You probably have three smaller gamers in a tier and an enormous participant in a tier, it’s apparent. If that’s what you need to do, you’re taking the massive participant within the tier. Then it really works, then it’s sound and that’s logical. Measurement will not be the first issue, but it surely’s the separating issue between 4 or 5 pretty equal property.

“Then once more, dimension in itself doesn’t essentially imply heaviness, doesn’t essentially imply aggressive, doesn’t essentially imply ‘laborious to play towards.’ We are able to consider 10 huge mushy guys offhand who don’t actually influence the sport. And we may consider 5-foot-10 guys who influence the sport like an even bigger man does, like a heavier man does. Then type comes into it. There are such a lot of subtleties and layers to the scale argument or the scale debate. However individuals get fixated on simply the plain ‘dimension’ factor.

“Are Florida’s huge defensemen extra essential than their small D? I don’t know. I believe you could possibly make a very good case for both. Now, you get into staff constructing, the mix of it’s actually good. You might have a perceived smaller man — and it’s potential roster building, and it’s a little bit little bit of luck too — the place the right-handed, or the left-handed smaller D, matches with the right-handed tall D, they usually complement one another. When it really works like that, now you’ve got all of the substances working collectively.”

“It’s an extended course of to do it like that. It’s course of, however if in case you have one other staff with three small guys, and three huge guys that don’t match, now the scale is misplaced. The complementary, the cohesion of it, doesn’t work. So, there’s loads of issues that go into it. Within the Draft, I’d need each man within the tier to be 6-foot-4 to make issues simpler. It’s simply not usually the case.”

From there, the dialog veered off to speak about roster building in LA for a bit after which circled again to a pair of tall prospects that ought to be arriving within the NHL quickly — Andre Lee and Sammy Helenius.

It was identified that the duo fashioned Ontario’s greatest line through the latest AHL Calder Cup playoffs, with each elevating their recreation down the stretch of the 2023-24 common season after which once more within the post-season. Lee, particularly, appeared to seek out the stability of enjoying bodily, aggressive, and but contained, to the place he doesn’t take loads of penalties. Yannetti was requested if he agreed with that evaluation.

“Completely!” he declared, with none hesitation. “And take into accounts [Lee had] two main accidents. Think about if he had the complete season to construct on. I believe it’s exceptional that he was in a position to [do what he did this season]. He’s a man who needed to work on his transition recreation. Don’t overlook, when he was drafted, he was nonetheless extra of a of a ability man, much less of a bodily man. A variety of occasions, whenever you draft these guys, you’ll hear individuals discuss ‘backup video games.’ One of many issues that made us enthusiastic about him then is the truth that he had a backup recreation. Ought to he not fall right into a middle-six function, he has that bottom-three function, a 3rd line function.

“You’re seeing a little bit of that coming collectively now. He and Helenius appear to play very effectively collectively, they learn off one another effectively. It’s actually laborious to play towards two guys who’re that huge, which might be actually bodily.

“Helenius might be a little bit extra bodily, Lee might be a little bit bit higher with the puck. They every have attributes in different areas that complement one another. Lee had an awesome Rookie Camp. Actually, I used to be shocked extra individuals weren’t speaking about him earlier within the season. Earlier than he bought damage early, he appeared actually good. You by no means know, however I wouldn’t have been shocked if he had earned himself a short-term call-up this [past] 12 months. You see the prospects loads of occasions get known as up for a short-term, after which return right down to hone the issues they realized. Then they arrive again up once more later.

“You noticed it with [Tyler] Toffoli. You noticed it with [Tanner] Pearson, [Jordan] Nolan, a few of these guys got here up longer than others, however they arrive up, they bought their style, realized what it’s like and what they should do to remain up the following time. I believe Lee might need achieved that, and it might have been actually attention-grabbing. You don’t need to put unrealistic expectations on gamers, but when Lee hadn’t gotten damage, it wouldn’t have shocked me if he had an identical call-up like [Akil] Thomas did.

“Now, Thomas is aware of what he has to do subsequent 12 months. I absolutely count on him to be [on the Kings roster] subsequent 12 months. It will have been good for Lee to have an entire season final 12 months, however he actually seems to be like he’s placing himself within the dialog for making the LA Kings subsequent season.”

The dialog additionally provided loads of commentary on Helenius — each the thought of him and Lee making the NHL as a bundle deal, in addition to what Helenius’ general growth seems to be like shifting ahead.

That full dialog could be heard right here. We’ll share a small style of what that a part of the dialog included…

“I believe Helenius creates a little bit bit extra room on the market and I believe Lee takes benefit of it,” defined Yannetti. “I believe Lee does a little bit little bit of issues with the puck barely higher than Helenius, however Helenius is ready to benefit from that. I believe the issues that every man is healthier at enhances the issues that the opposite man isn’t fairly pretty much as good at. Enjoying towards guys that dimension, even when they’re simply leaning on you — you undergo half a recreation, by the second half of the sport, second half of the season, that stuff begins to build up.

“Method again when, once we envisioned Kopitar, Byfield, a 3C, after which Helenius at 4C sometime, you hope that timeline comes collectively in some unspecified time in the future, as a result of there’s simply no reduction. It’s simply wave after wave of getting to cope with huge guys; and it doesn’t matter what, it tires you out. It tires you out through the season, it tires you out throughout a recreation, and it actually tires you out in a seven-game collection.”

Ultimately, the dialog turned to some youthful gamers who even have dimension — together with Jared Wright and Kaleb Lawerence. The latter simply completed up a stint on the Memorial Cup and stands 6-foot-7. He performs with an edge, some particular snarl. He just lately signed his first NHL contract and shall be turning professional this summer season, earlier than becoming a member of AHL Ontario subsequent season. Learn extra about Lawerence right here.

Wright, however, is coming off a Nationwide Championship at Denver and has determined to remain in class for the 2024-25 marketing campaign. All indicators level to the 6-foot-3 ahead turning professional subsequent April or Could.

“Wright borders on being an elite skater,” Yannetti proclaimed. “By way of skating, he’s most likely not with [Adrian] Kempe or [Austin] Wagner in the case of flat out velocity, however he actually isn’t far behind them. He has a robust base, actually highly effective. Wright is coming; he has dimension, he performs the sport the proper means, and he can chip in offensively. Though the primary a part of his recreation is forechecking, pressuring pucks, and distributing them; not essentially creatively playmaking, as of now.”

Yannetti additionally provided up a daring prediction relating to two prospects from LA’s 2022 Draft class — “Barring them getting struck by lightning, [Kenny] Connors and Wright shall be NHL gamers. No one is a lock, however there’s a excessive likelihood of these two guys enjoying vital NHL video games.”

These prospects ought to all begin coming in waves. Lee and Helenius up first, adopted by Wright at ahead. On protection, there’s additionally Jakub Dvorak, who got here to North America in January and started his post-Draft journey by way of the WHL. He’s already signed his Entry Degree Contract, so he’s pushing to formally be part of the Kings pipeline quickly too. Extra on that scenario throughout Improvement Camp subsequent month.

For the complete Yannetti interview, remember to pay attention on the hyperlink beneath.

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Shortly after this text was revealed, “Espresso” was faraway from Apple Music. Nonetheless, the music stays on YouTube.

Maren Morris has been one thing of a chameleon since rising in 2016 with the R&B-tinged nation of her major-label debut, Hero. The Arlington-born star veered into full-on dance-pop in 2018 with the one “The Center,” a collaboration with producer Zedd and digital music duo Gray, then introduced that sound again along with her to Nashville by inflecting her sophomore album, Lady, with a pop-country vibe in 2019. Later that yr, she went rootsy, teaming up with Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, and Amanda Shires for the Americana supergroup the Highwomen. As a lot of the world was rising from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, she filtered a robust nation aesthetic by way of a nineties Lilith Truthful lens, channeling Sheryl Crow and Alanis Morissette on her third album, Humble Quest. In the case of self-reinvention, if she’s not fairly David Bowie, she’s confirmed bored with becoming right into a single field as an artist.

Nonetheless, when a mysterious new single popped up on-line below her title over the weekend, it was a little bit of a shock: inexplicably titled “Espresso,” the brand new music sounds not like something Morris has ever launched earlier than. Dropping into the world with out a lot as a press launch, the report artwork incorporates a lady with inexperienced hair who appears nothing like Morris, the phrase “GIRL” showing in a daring, sans serif font emblazoned over her physique. It’s filled with orchestral sounds and hovering, Florence Welch–esque vocals, with excessive drama drums and a complete friggin’ choir.

Take a hear under, after which let’s get into the questions.

Query 1: Is that this actually Maren Morris? 

To be clear: the music was posted to Maren Morris’s YouTube channel and seems on her web page on Apple Music and Tidal. (It’s not on Spotify, nevertheless it’s not unparalleled for official releases to look on one streamer earlier than one other.) If it’s not Morris, someone screwed up someplace alongside the best way. However given how a lot of a deviation that is from Morris’s present physique of labor—even by the requirements of somebody who appears to get pleasure from reinventing herself often—it’s value double-checking.

We reached out to each Morris’s label and her publicist on Monday morning to substantiate Morris launched the music, however we didn’t obtain a response by publication. If this is a brand new course Morris is embarking on with the intention of constructing intrigue round a spooky sound, we wouldn’t count on one anytime quickly. Then again, if it was a mistake or a metadata error—say whoever was liable for inputting the artist info on the monitor had an auto-complete mix-up that populated Morris’s title on one other artist’s music—the problem has gone uncorrected for greater than 24 hours, which is an eternity in PR time.

Query 2: Why is the music referred to as “Espresso”? 

One of many extra ubiquitous singles of the summer time is Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” a pleasantly poppy bop about how the singer, like a caffeinated beverage, retains a smitten fella up all night time desirous about her. Cute! Releasing a music by the identical title whereas that one remains to be close to the highest of the charts can be a curious alternative. But it surely’s even weirder, as a result of the music revealed on Morris’s channel has extra of an ethereal, Gothic really feel than a “consuming espresso and staying up late” vibe.

The “Espresso” that bears Morris’s title must be referred to as one thing like “Arwen’s Lament” or “The Siege of New Phyrexia.” It ought to play over a film trailer through which a military in chain mail expenses up a hill swinging swords over their heads to tackle a regiment of goblins. It sounds extra like one thing out of Recreation of Thrones than the precise music Morris recorded for the official Recreation of Thrones–impressed album.

Query 3: Simply what’s Maren Morris as much as? 

The final single Morris introduced and personally promoted was a canopy, launched in February, of Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself.” It’s good! She slows it down and finds slightly extra disappointment than Idol put within the unique. The monitor additionally suits in with what we all know Morris does musically—it’s bought a particular viewpoint however is a mainstream pop music that is smart on first hear.

Morris is on tour for the time being; on Saturday, in Phoenix, she celebrated Pleasure throughout a efficiency, waving a rainbow flag round onstage earlier than sharing on Instagram, “joyful to be the B in LGBTQ+” in a caption for a carousel of images. The singer, who additionally finalized a divorce from ex-husband Ryan Hurd earlier this yr, performed a 21-song set that included “Dancing With Myself,” a bunch of songs from her first three albums, and a brand new, still-unreleased monitor referred to as “Minimize” that she debuted in San Francisco on the finish of Could. That one feels like a typical Maren Morris music. She didn’t play “Espresso.” Is it as a result of it’s not her music and someone screwed up, after which everybody at her label fell asleep for twenty-four hours? Or is it simply because she didn’t have a full orchestra and Gothic choir to again her up and actually ship the drama of “Espresso”? We will guess which reply is appropriate, however absent affirmation from Morris’s label, we simply don’t know for positive. If Morris is the artist behind “Espresso,” all bets are off in terms of her subsequent album. It could possibly be a bizarre, Tori Amos–like factor. It could possibly be operatic doom steel. It may characteristic a duet with Travis Scott. If that is the place she’s going, something is on the desk.

Replace: Operating the paintings for “Espresso” by way of a reverse picture search turns up a lot of different songs with totally different titles, and in several genres, attributed to different artists. Whereas it’s unclear what trick the creator of those tracks used to get “Espresso” positioned on Morris’s pages, or what goal any of this serves, on the very least, we really feel assured that Maren Morris has nothing to do with this. After we checked to see if “Espresso” was AI generated by importing a portion of the music by way of Ircam Amplify’s AI music detector, it discovered that the monitor probably was created by AI, returning a ninety % confidence interval.

Members of the Taunton Air Pressure Junior ROTC elevate the Portuguese flag exterior Taunton Metropolis Corridor on June 8, 2024.

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Diane Torres, left, watches her grandchildren, Kingston Torres, 3, and Hudson Torres, 18 months previous, in the course of the reception inside Metropolis Corridor Chambers for the Taunton Day of Portugal ceremony after the flag elevating on Saturday, June 8 2024.

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Members of Taunton Air Pressure Junior ROTC are readily available for the Taunton Day of Portugal flag elevating on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

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Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’ Connell, middle, stands with representatives of the Veterans Affiliation for the Portuguese Armed Forces on Saturday, June 8, 2024 on the Day of Portugal flag elevating ceremony.

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Paul Ferreira, left, president of The Better Taunton Space Day of Portugal Committee, offers the opening remarks for the flag elevating ceremony exterior Taunton Metropolis Corridor on Saturday, June 8 2024.

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Members of the Taunton Air Pressure Junior ROTC elevate the Portuguese flag exterior Taunton Metropolis Corridor on Saturday, June 8 2024.

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Members of the Taunton Air Pressure Junior ROTC elevate the Portuguese flag exterior Taunton Metropolis Corridor on Saturday, June 8 2024.

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Members of the Taunton Air Pressure Junior ROTC elevate the Portuguese flag exterior Taunton Metropolis Corridor on Saturday, June 8 2024.

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Rachel Ferreira Silva sings each the Portuguese and American nationwide anthems in the course of the Taunton Day of Portugal flag elevating ceremony on Saturday, June 8 2024.

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Rachel Ferreira Silva, middle, sings each the Portuguese and American nationwide anthems in the course of the Taunton Day of Portugal flag elevating ceremony on Saturday, June 8 2024.

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Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell, proper, stands with different attendees on the Day of Portugal flag elevating ceremony exterior Metropolis Corridor on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

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State Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, speaks on the Taunton Day of Portugal ceremony on Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Metropolis Corridor.

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Representatives of the Better Taunton Space Day of Portugal Committee come collectively in Metropolis Corridor Chambers on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

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Maria Bartolomeu, Judie Brum DeSa and Lisa Mellen attend Taunton’s Day of Portugal ceremony on Saturday, June 8 2024.

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Attendance inside Metropolis Corridor Chambers for the Day of Portugal reception, held after the flag elevating. June 8 2024.

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Tony Evans, the longtime chief of a Dallas megachurch and best-selling creator, has introduced that he’s stepping again from his ministry as a result of sin he dedicated years in the past.

“The muse of our ministry has all the time been our dedication to the Phrase of God as absolutely the supreme customary of fact to which we’re to evolve our lives,” Evans mentioned in a June 9 assertion to his Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church that was posted on its web site.

“After we fall wanting that customary as a result of sin, we’re required to repent and restore our relationship with God. Various years in the past, I fell wanting that customary. I’m, subsequently, required to use the identical biblical customary of repentance and restoration to myself that I’ve utilized to others.”

Evans, 74, was not particular about his actions however mentioned they weren’t prison.

“Whereas I’ve dedicated no crime, I didn’t use righteous judgment in my actions,” he mentioned. “In gentle of this, I’m stepping away from my pastoral duties and am submitting to a therapeutic and restoration course of established by the elders.”

Evans, the founding father of the Christian Bible educating ministry The City Various, has led the congregation for greater than 40 years and has a radio broadcast, The Various with Tony Evans, that’s carried on a whole bunch of radio retailers throughout the globe.

A further assertion on the web site of the predominantly Black nondenominational church mentioned Evans made the announcement about stepping away from his senior pastoral duties throughout each of the congregation’s companies on Sunday.

“This troublesome resolution was made after great prayer and a number of conferences with Dr. Evans and the church elders,” the opposite assertion reads. “The elder board is obligated to control the church in accordance with the Scriptures. Dr. Evans and the elders agree that when any elder or pastor falls wanting the excessive requirements of Scripture, the elders are accountable for offering accountability and sustaining integrity within the church.”

The second assertion mentioned lead affiliate pastor of fellowship Bobby Gibson and the church’s elders will present extra particulars about future steps regarding interim management.

Evans famous in his assertion that he had shared this improvement together with his household and church elders who, he mentioned, “have lovingly positioned their arms of grace round me.”

Evans’s spouse of 49 years, Lois, died in 2019. He remarried in November, and the church introduced his marriage to the previous Carla Crummie in December, introducing her as “Mrs. Carla Evans.”

Tony Evans, the primary African American to have each a examine Bible and a full Bible commentary bearing his title, has referred to as on others to be accountable.

In 2021, in an interview with Faith Information Service, he spoke of how he “corrected” gospel musician Kirk Franklin, who then apologized for an obscenity-laced audio that was launched by Franklin’s oldest son after the 2 had an argument.

Evans mentioned at the moment that Franklin “was each challenged and corrected for that. And that’s a part of the accountability that each man wants in his life.”

Now, the pastor instructed the congregation that he’s getting into a interval of “non secular restoration and therapeutic.”

“Throughout this season, I will probably be a worshiper such as you,” he mentioned. “I’ve by no means cherished you greater than I really like you proper now, and I’m trusting God to stroll me via this valley.”

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Eh oui, ma femme et moi arrivons du Portugal. Un mois là-bas ! Pour le enjoyable, pour prendre ça cool, pour décrocher.

Le Portugal est vraiment un pays génial. Les paysages sont magnifiques et les gens fort sympathiques. J’avais écrit quelques chroniques à l’avance. Donc, personne ne s’est aperçu que j’étais parti ! Je pouvais même répondre aux commentaires et passer des appels à partir des maisons que j’avais louées ! En tout, j’en ai loué sept, des chics et des moins chics, query de vivre la vie portugaise de différentes façons…

Étant un fan de voitures et de tout ce qui roule, c’est sûr que lorsque je voyage, j’look at toujours les marques de voitures du pays où je me trouve. Eh bien, pour le Portugal, je peux vous dire que ça ressemble beaucoup à la France que j’ai visitée l’an dernier.

En Europe, j’adore reluquer les voitures, automotive non seulement elles sont mignonnes (automotive plus petites), mais en plus il y a une très grande variété de marques. C’est vraiment fou ! Tous les grands noms qui existent chez nous sont présents, sauf qu’en plus il y a plein d’autres marques qu’on n’a pas : Seat, Peugeot, Dacia, Renault, Skoda, Opel, Citroën, ça n’en finit plus !

Sans compter que dans les marques que l’on connait, il y a plein de modèles qu’on ne voit pas chez nous, par exemple des Toyota Aygo ou des Ford Puma !

Quelles voitures rencontre-t-on le plus souvent sur les routes portugaises ? Je vous dirais qu’il y a énormément de Renault, de Peugeot, de Volkswagen et de Dacia. Ce que ma blonde a apprécié là-bas, c’est que les Portugais ne conduisent pas trop vite. Ils ne sont pas énervés comme les Français ! (Rires !) Du moins, en général. C’est donc pas trop stressant de conduire là-bas. Par contre, il faut aimer prendre des ronds-points, automotive il y en a partout !

Et moi qui m’attendais à découvrir un pays pas trop riche avec parfois des routes défoncées, j’ai eu la shock de découvrir un pays moderne, bien organisé, avec des magasins remplis à rebords et un réseau routier bien supérieur au nôtre !

Y’a-t-il des VÉ au Portugal ? Absolument. Et il y en a beaucoup ! Pratiquement autant que chez nous, sauf que là-bas, ils ont beaucoup plus de choix. Au Québec, on voit toujours les mêmes dix modèles alors qu’au Portugal, je vous dirais qu’ils ont une trentaine de modèles grand public ! J’ai même vu des VÉ chinois comme la fameuse MG4 !

Dans quoi ai-je roulé ? 
Ayant un funds limité pour ce voyage, j’avais réservé une petite Fiat Panda hybride, une citadine. Sauf que j’arrive là, il n’en restait plus ! On m’a donc surclassé et je me suis retrouvé au volant d’une Citroën C3, une sous-compacte à essence ! Imaginez, ça m’a coûté 272 $ pour 23 jours. C’est pas cher ça !

J’ai adoré cette voiture qui était à peine plus petite que ma Bolt EUV (4 m de lengthy X 1,75 m de giant). Était-ce un VUS ? Pas à mes yeux. Bien sûr, le capot fait VUS et la conduire était surélevée, mais c’est un peu comme ma Bolt EUV, il s’agit essentiellement d’un look VUS.

Au Portugal, je vous dirais que le tiers des voitures sont des petites citadines comme la Yaris, l’autre tiers des sous-compactes comme la Citroën que j’ai louée et le dernier tiers des voitures un peu plus grosses (des compactes) avec un look familial ou VUS.

Y a-t-il de vrais VUS ? Très uncommon. Je n’ai vu qu’un seul RAV4 et un seul CR-V durant tout mon voyage !

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Toujours de plus en plus gros
J’en arrive à mon sujet du jour : je me suis rendu compte en faisant ce voyage que les voitures européennes, malgré le fait qu’elles soient plus petites, grossissent d’une génération à l’autre exactement comme les nôtres !

Je me suis aperçu de cela en conduisant ma Citroën C3. Comme je l’aimais bien, je me suis mis à regarder les autres C3 sur la route et je me suis rendu compte que plus elles étaient vieilles et plus elles étaient petites ! Regardez la picture ci-dessous. La première C3 est une 2009, la deuxième une 2016 et la troisième une 2023 comme celle que j’ai louée. La différence de taille est notable !

Je ne comprends pas qu’un modèle d’une catégorie X ou Y, grossisse sans cesse. Avouez que c’est un peu stupide. Je n’ai rien contre les grosses voitures, mais pourquoi faire grossir les petits modèles ! Je suis sure que c’est une query de advertising and marketing. Les vendeurs aiment dire à leurs purchasers que le nouveau Kona par exemple est plus grand que l’ancien, qu’il offre plus d’espace à l’intérieur. Les gens sont réticents à passer à un format plus grand, mais aiment bien que le format auquel ils sont habitués se bonifie au fil des ans. Sauf que c’est nono ! Automotive la conséquence de tout cela est un embonpoint perpétuel des voitures !

En Europe, en plus de cela, je me suis rendu compte que la plupart des modèles populaires grossissent également du fait qu’ils abordent tous à présent un faciès VUS. Regardez la Renault Megane que j’ai illustrée plus haut. C’était une 2017. Regardez à quoi elle ressemble aujourd’hui :

Mais consideration, je n’ai rien contre le look VUS ! Une voiture de taille raisonnable avec un look VUS, je trouve ça très joli ! Je comprends donc les gens d’aimer ça. Il faut juste faire consideration à ne pas grossir sans cesse les modèles. Moi j’appliquerais des règles très strictes là-dessus. Automotive on s’habitue à voir des autos de plus en plus grosses autour de soi et on finit par penser que c’est la norme. Et quand vient le temps de s’acheter une nouvelle voiture, on fait comme tout le monde et on achète trop gros.

Prenons l’exemple du RAV4. Au début, dans la tête des gens, c’était un petit VUS compact. Et aujourd’hui ? Eh bien, on croit encore que c’est un petit VUS compact SAUF QUE CE N’EST PLUS UN PETIT VUS COMPACT. C’est rendu une très grosse machine !

Il est là le hazard et c’est ça qu’il faut dénoncer !

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Donc, vivement rouler dans des voitures plus petites, sauf que l’offre n’est pas là en Amérique. Il faudrait faire quelque selected, par exemple forcer les manufacturiers à en offrir.

Regardez la Fiat Panda que je voulais louer au Portugal (picture de droite). N’est-elle pas mignonne ? J’ai eu un modèle plus gros (Citroën C3 pour le même prix), mais j’aurais préféré cette petite Panda. Elle est tellement jolie !

Et moi je trouve que c’est une grosseur qui pourrait convenir à bien des Québécois. (Elle existe même en 4X4 !)

En terminant, sachez que la voiture que j’ai conduite au Portugal (la C3) aura sa model 100 % électrique dès cette année ! La ëC3 a commencé à être distribuée en Europe et cette dernière se veut révolutionnaire en termes de prix. Elle débutera sous la barre des 35 000 $. De plus, étant donné que Citroën fait partie du groupe Stellantis, il est doable qu’on la retrouve en Amérique du Nord avec un carrosserie différente sous la bannière Jeep ou Chrysler. (Voir l’article d’Electrek.)

Enfin de bonnes nouvelles !

^{Picture couverture : ma femme et moi dans la ville d’Evora, Portugal.}