Performing artists

BTS, Madonna, Shakira and Bieber light up World Cup half-time show

(Clockwise from top left) Former Brazil football players Ronaldinho and Ronaldo appear on stage with Madonna. Shakira, BTS and Justin Bieber perform during the World Cup final halftime show on July 19.

It’s a crowded and contested World Cup final halftime show

Members of BTS on a balcony at Mexico’s National Palace. The South Korean Kpop boy band will be taking the stage at the World Cup final’s halftime show.

The Studios 2026

Award-winning Fragments Of Tuah finds contemporary relevance in 15th-century Malaysian warrior

Fragments Of Tuah is a deep dive into the confusing and layered figure of 15th-century warrior Hang Tuah.

The Studios 2026

Claire Teo’s Monstress finds troubled Medeas and Medusas in a S’pore HDB estate

Claire Teo has written her first play, Monstress, which will be part of the Esplanade’s The Studios programme.

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce already married, New York Post’s Page Six reports

Cameras caught Taylor Swift cheering on Travis Kelce at Chiefs games and followed him as he jetted around the world to her concerts.

Against odds, Agam Theatre Lab organises first Singapore international Tamil theatre festival

Horror play Kaivarisai (The Monkey Paw) replaces Obsession’s one wish willow with the cursed monkey paw for a tense drama of human desire in 1935 Malaya.

Theatre review

Pangdemonium’s Tracie Pang signs off with grippingly subversive censorship play A Mirror

Coco Wang Ling (left) and Ghafir Akbar as an assistant and her boss in A Mirror.

The Nether is a whodunnit play for the AI age

HuM Theatre's The Nether tackles internet fetishes and how they translate to real world actions.

Spice Girls’ debut Wannabe turns 30, amid reunion talk

British pop group Spice Girls performing during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in August 2012.

BTS’ RM is now the face of South Korea’s national museum

The National Museum of Korea announced the appointment of BTS leader RM (right) as its global ambassador on June 20.

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