Amethyst Ballroom, Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland, 1982 British photographer Martin Parr (1952-2025) spent two years in the early 1980s photographing rural Ireland. He looked at dance halls, horse fairs, religious shrines, the rain, the Morris Minors and the pubs. We’ve been there with him before. And now a his black and white photographs are in display at London’s The Photographers’ Gallery.   O’Connell Bridge, Dublin, Ireland, 1981 Mary’s Holy Well, Killargue, County Leitrim, Ireland, 1981 “I like the idea of tourism, it’s a huge business – the biggest business in the world – and there’s this difference between the mythology of a place and the reality. We all have this idea of what a place will be like before we get there, and a lot of the time there’s many people trying to do the same thing. It’s a subject full of propaganda.” – Martin Parr   Lynotts Bar, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland 1983 Glenbeigh Races, County Kerry, Ireland, 1983 Puck Fair, Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland, 1981 Mayflower Ballroom, Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, Ireland, 1983 “It is always fascinating to look at fashion from the 80s because it looks much more interesting now than it did at the time, and the same will apply… it is only after we take in now in 50 or 40 years’ time.” – Matin Parr   Mayflower Ballroom, Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, Ireland, 1983 Manorhamilton Sheep Fair, County Leitrim, Ireland, 1981 Dingle Races, County Kerry, Ireland, 1983 Abandoned Morris Minors, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland, 1982 “You’ll also see some Morris Minors, from my time when I lived in Ireland in the early 80s. I was very aware of looking for these parts, and I kept seeing these abandoned Morris Minors, so I’d have a look at them, and then decided to photograph them. They had multiple uses, like Chicken huts and general storage, or they were just generally eroding away, slowly falling apart.” – Martin Parr   The post A Fair Day: Martin Parr’s Photos of Rural Ireland In the Early 1980s appeared first on Flashbak.

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Spotify is being MESSY. A little over a week ago, Megan Moroney released her third studio album Cloud 9, which includes a song called “Who Hurt You?” that fans are convinced is about Riley Green. There’s been speculation about that one for months, and Moroney says writing it was a cathartic moment, that finds her being incredible honest about this elusive situation. She explained that she tried to include “every possible detail” so she never has to talk about it again: “I remember coming up with that song and trying to include every possible detail that rhymes, so that I could put it out into the world and never have to talk about that situation again. Songwriting is always therapeutic for me—but with ‘Who Hurt You?’ in particular I released so many emotions, and it feels really great not to have that all pent-up inside me anymore.” That she did… it’s pretty ruthless, opening with a line that seemingly gets straight to the point about who it’s about, and while I’m sure she’ll never say for sure, it’s one of those “read between the lines” moments, I think… Really, where she sings “the devil went down to Georgia, then he crossed the Bama line” says a LOT about who the subject of this song might be. She goes onto reference “hometown happy hours” and “hand-delivered flowers,” explaining that she “tried to run” while it was still a fun fling, alleging it was the man who “cosplayed someone with feelings” and convinced her to stay: The last verse is really the most scathing, where she calls this person out for dating 21-year-olds and constantly needing his ego fed… she admits that even though she fell for it, she knows she’ll eventually move on, and he won’t. He’ll “stay the same forever”: “You said you needed less flashy, more fun Oh, of course she’s 21 On your arm through the bar God, I hate how gross you are And how did I not see it? Your ego, it needs feeding Endlessly, relentlessly At the cost of me And I’ll move on and I’ll find better But you’ll stay the same forever” Ultimately, she boils it down to the fact that this guy has a lot of unresolved issues from someone who hurt him before, and honestly, scathing doesn’t feel like nearly a harsh enough word to describe this song. Riley seemingly had something to say about it too, putting out his own song called “POS Like Me” that same evening, which tells his side of this supposed breakup story: View this post on Instagram But it sounds like they’re not the only ones getting involved, and streaming giant Spotify is taking sides… the side of miss Megan Moroney. She shared a very interesting photo on Instagram over the weekend of The Nashville Sign yesterday, which is a 38-foot-tall digital billboard located in downtown Nashville at 1616 Broadway, situated at the intersection of Broadway, West End Avenue, and 16th Avenue, which isn’t far at all from Riley’s Midtown bar, Duck Blind, for whatever that’s worth. It’s a very popular place for artists in particular to advertise when they have new music coming out because of it’s great location, a lot of them will post photos standing in front of it on Instagram during a big release, but Spotify was very careful with what they put up, sharing lyrics from the bridge of “Who Hurt You?” where Megan sings: “You said you needed less flashy, more fun. Oh, of course she’s 21…” They also put a pink animal print background on it to advertise the theme of Cloud 9, and Megan shared it to her millions of followers simply saying in the caption: “Hahaha.” Obviously, they could have chosen different lyrics and any other song, but Spotify is coming for the subject of this song in support of Moroney, that’s for sure: View this post on Instagram The people in the comments of course had a field day with this whole thing: “Placement is perfection.” “Spotify is on the right side of history.” “Read it and weep bebeeeee.” “Messyyyyy Spotify.” “Spotify is that girl.” “Spotify is a girls girl.” “They’re always younger than us huh.” “Spotify about to get blocked next.” “I am deceased. The placement is spot on.” “Putting bets on Duckman taking his music off Spotify the next day.” “Oh I know this pissed him off LOL.” “Oh he’s gonna hate that.” “Oh you gave him a big ole heaping spoon of his own medicine.” “Oh they get it.” “Not Spotify thinking how gross he is too.” “They get it.” “The lyric choice for the billboard. They know you so well.” “ICONIC.” “Diva behavior.” I guess Spotify is team Moroney… even though Riley is in the top 10 of artists with the most monthly Spotify listeners. “Who Hurt You?” The post Picking Sides? Country Fans React To Spotify Using Very Specific Lyrics From Megan Moroney’s “Who Hurt You?” On A Sign In Nashville first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Jelly Roll had himself an UTV accident and somehow managed to keep it under wraps for over a month. The rapper-turned-country-artist whose real name is Jason DeFord has secretly been recovering from a broken collarbone for over a month, and he and his wife – Bunnie XO – just shared that news on social media over the weekend. According to the “Need A Favor” singer, he was riding his Can-Am Maverick R XRS UTV shortly before he was set to go to the Grammys, and he flipped it. Jelly Roll thought he had totaled his off-road vehicle when it happened, but that wasn’t the worst part of the accident. Following the crash, Jelly Roll went to the hospital and discovered that he had broken his collarbone. Obviously, the main concern was for the country star to get his broken bone back to 100% as quickly as possible. The side concern? Just getting his injury under control enough so that he could still attend the 2026 Grammy Awards. According to both Jelly Roll and his wife, the crash and subsequent collar-bone-breaking occurred in the days leading up to the awards show where the 41-year-old was nominated in three different categories (Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, and Best Contemporary Country Album). Though Jelly Roll did end up making it to the Grammys, and won in all three of those categories, he was evidently in a lot of pain while he was there: “I was just thinking, I was out there running all over the Grammys with a broken collarbone. Every time I hugged somebody that week, I wanted to scream. I just didn’t say it, but every time somebody squeezed me, dude, I thought I was gonna cry.” You wouldn’t have ever been able to tell that Jelly Roll was going through that with how he carried himself at the Grammys. Those three Grammys (the first of his career) were huge wins for the “I Am Not Okay” singer, but what ended up arguably being the biggest win following his UTV wreck was the fact that he decided to get back behind the wheel of the off-road vehicle around a month after his accident: “I was so scared to get back on this thing. I just knew if I didn’t get back on it sooner than later, I was just going to be more and more afraid of it.” View this post on Instagram Sheesh… that’s a nasty bone break. Jelly’s wife, Bunnie XO, also shared some footage and content from the UTV wreck. Her video that was posted close to the same time as Jelly Roll’s showed the Grammy-winner in a hospital bed… still trying to look tough while sporting a neck brace: “When your hubby snaps his collarbone in half after flipping an ATV and thinks he’s so tough with his neck brace on.” View this post on Instagram All in all, I’m just glad Jelly Roll was okay, and based upon Bunnie XO’s caption, it appears that he’s already made a full recovery from the injury. It’s crazy to think that just a couple of days after that video above was taken, Jelly Roll gave this fiery, Jesus-praising acceptance speech when he won “Best Contemporary Country Album” for Beautifully Broken. Ironic that he was dealing with a broken collarbone as his Beautifully Broken project took home a Grammy award, eh? Jelly Roll delivers emotional Speech after winning best country album. pic.twitter.com/8XYSEQ5maw — TheHumanOpinion (@HumanOP69) February 2, 2026 The post “Every Time I Hugged Somebody… I Wanted To Scream”: Jelly Roll Broke His Collarbone In ATV Accident Shortly Before The Grammys first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Keeping the hype train rolling. After what felt like months upon months of anticipation and speculation, back on January 7th, Luke Combs announced his sixth studio album The Way I Am, which is set for release on March 30th. Produced by Combs, Jonathan Singleton and Chip Matthews, the record will feature a whopping 22 songs, and he says he’s very proud of the album: “It’s been a long process getting this thing going, but I’m really proud of this record. I’ve loved the song ‘Sleepless in a Hotel Room’ for a long time and it’s been awesome to see how excited the fans are for that one as well.” Even before the announcement of the new album, Combs had been on a tear release-wise, dropping the likes of “Giving Her Away,” “Back in the Saddle,” “My Kinda Saturday Night,” “Days Like These” and the highly anticipated “Sleepless in a Hotel Room.” The new drops have been so successful, in fact, that “Days Like These” and “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” are currently both sitting inside the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. In February, the “Hurricane” singer would finally reveal the full 22-song tracklist for the record, which highlights include the inclusion of the highly-anticipated “Wish Upon Whiskey,” an Alison Krauss duet, “Ever Mine,” a Cody Johnson-penned track, “I Ain’t No Cowboy” and the previously-teased song, “A Man Was Born.” View this post on Instagram With it officially being March and The Way I Am set to drop 18 days, Combs is giving fans an limited-time preview of all 22 tracks on the album. Fittingly, he’s also doing it in celebration of his 36th birthday, which is today, March 2nd. In an email sent exclusively to his fanclub, the Bootleggers, Combs would note how instead of wanting a birthday gift from his fans, he’d rather give them something special. Of course, this special gift was none other than an exclusive preview of the 15 unreleased songs that are set to appear on The Way I Am. The only catch with this exclusive birthday gift is the fact that fans only have 24 hours to listen to the previews, which all total roughly 45-seconds each and can be listened to HERE. “Bootleggers, today’s my birthday but rather than y’all giving me a gift, I want to give you one. My new album The Way I Am is out in a little over 2 weeks on March 20, but starting now and for the next 24 hours all 15 unreleased songs from the album are on a site I had my team create so y’all could preview them. I’m not posting this anywhere else. I’m only sending the link to the Bootleggers, and I would love for you to check them out via the button below and let me know what you think. I can’t wait for y’all to have the full album very soon. As always, thank you for everything.” If you’ve been keeping up with Combs’ recent interviews leading up to The Way I Am’s release, he’s made it clear that he’s looking to remind fans that he still the artist that came off firing right out of the gate with heaters like “Hurricane,” “One Number Away,” “Beer Never Broke My Heart” and more. In particular, he’d tell Apple Music’s Kelleigh Bannen upon the release of “Back in the Saddle” that song and album itself was a reminder to fans that he can still “kick your teeth in” with some classic, crowd-pleasing anthems “It’s not an arrogance thing. It’s this mindset you need; you have to have this unwavering confidence in yourself to just keep going and to succeed. My mindset is, ‘Let me make you remember if you can’t.’ Just ’cause I don’t make enough TikToks doesn’t mean I can’t kick your teeth in, ’cause I can. That’s the mindset.” Though time will tell upon the full release of The Way I Am, these teasers point exactly in that direction. Particularly, “Alcohol of Fame,” “Daytona 499” and “Tell ‘Em About Tonight” all sound incredibly reminiscent to the early days of Combs and are bound to be fan-favorites when the album officially releases. Additionally, the Cody Johnson co-write, “I Ain’t No Cowboy,” and the Krauss duet, “Ever Mine” look to be some of the standouts when they’re fully released on March 20th. Before you go, fire up Combs’ latest release, “Be By You.” The Way I Am Tracklist “Back in the Saddle” “My Kinda Saturday Night” “Days Like These” “15 Minutes” “Alcohol of Fame” “Daytona 499” “The Way I Am” “Wish Upon Whiskey” “Soon As I Get Home” “Rethink Some Things” “Giving Her Away” “Seeing Someone” “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” “I Ain’t No Cowboy” “Ever Mine” (feat. Alison Krauss) “Can’t Tell Me I’m Wrong” “Miss You Here” “Tell ‘Em About Tonight” “Be By You” “The Me Part of You” “Rich Man” “A Man Was Born” The post Luke Combs Is Giving Fans A Early Preview Of His New Album, “The Way I Am,” For The Next 24 Hours first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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As the American-Israeli war on Iran entered its third day Monday, Israel was rocked by Iranian missiles while Israel and the U.S. continued air operations over Iran.  Hezbollah also retaliated against Israel, launching missiles against Israel from Lebanon. Israel responded with strikes, killing more than two dozen people President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told reporters that the war will continue, probably for about four weeks, and that the U.S. has not ruled out sending ground troops into the conflict. In a phone interview conducted by CNN’s Jake Tapper early Monday morning, President Donald Trump said that  the “big wave” is yet to come in the war with Iran. “I think it’s going very well. It’s very powerful. We’ve got the greatest military in the world and we’re using it,” he said. Trump told the Daily Mail that the Iran War would last four weeks or less. “It’s always been a four week process… It’s a big country. It’ll take four weeks — or less,” he told the paper. Trump later told the New York Post that he has not ruled out sending U.S. ground troops into the conflict.  Secretary of War Pete Hesgeth told reporters at a press conference on Monday morning that the operation had a “clear, devastating, decisive mission” to “destroy the missile threat” from Iran, as well as to destroy its naval forces and ensure “no nukes.” Asked whether or not there are U.S. boots on the ground in Iran, Hegseth said, “No, but we’re not going to go into the exercise of what we will or will not do.” “This is not a so-called regime-change war, but the regime sure did change and the world is better off for it,” Hegseth added.  CENTCOM reported that an additional U.S. servicemember had been killed, bringing the reported American fatality count to four. Qatar announced on Monday that it has halted liquefied natural gas (LNG) production due to attacks from Iran against its operating facilities. Meanwhile, Qatar’s Ministry of Defense reported that it shot down two Iranian Su-24 bomber planes on Monday, on behalf of the U.S.-Israeli war effort. Qatar hosts the Middle East’s largest U.S. military base, Al Udeid Air Base, near Doha.  Oil prices and defense contractor share prices surged in reaction to the ongoing war and closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which carries roughly 20 to 30 percent of global seaborne oil shipments. A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Saturday and released on Sunday found that only 27 percent of Americans approve of U.S. strikes against Iran, compared with 43 percent who disapprove. Surveys taken before the attacks likewise showed only minority backing for the war the U.S. is now engaged in. The post Iran War Enters Third Day appeared first on The American Conservative.