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Best All-Time Celebrity Met Gala Fashion Outfits

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For serious fans of fashion, there’s no bigger red-carpet affair than the annual Costume Institute Benefit—a.k.a. the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala, or Met Gala for short—where celebrities and high fashion collide in a bonanza of couture gowns that more than rivals the Oscars in unabashed glamour. Part of the evening’s fun—even for us spectators—is seeing what attendees choose to wear on the red carpet at the Gala, which will be held Monday night. Considering attendees’ high-design attire is typically loosely inspired by the exhibition’s theme, we have a feeling this particular red carpet will be one for the record books, and we’ll see some of the best Met Gala dresses yet.

However, before we can look ahead to this year’s extravaganza, we decided to look back at some past memorable Met Gala gowns that we’re still talking about.

From supermodels (Karolina Kurkova in a head-to-toe custom Rachel Zoe creation that resembled liquid gold, Gisele Bündchen’s red-hot Valentino, Anja Rubik’s skin-baring Anthony Vaccarello) and starlets (Beyoncé in showstopping Givenchy, Diane Kruger in Jason Wu) to the fash pack (Alexa Chung in Marc Jacobs, Ashley Olsen in vintage Dior, Zoe Kravitz in Alexander Wang), there’s no denying that everyone who shows up to the year’s most major red carpet does so with a serious fashion moment in mind.

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Rihanna, Met Gala 2017

As an annual Met Gala favorite, Rihanna didn’t disappoint when she wore a Comme des Garçons structured flower-like dress by Rei Kawakubo, a Japanese designer who was honored with that year’s theme. The look, which was straight from Comme des Garçons’s Fall 2016 runway, used floral fabrics, which were layered and pulled apart to look like petals.

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Zendaya, Met Gala 2017

Though Zendaya strayed from 2017’s avant-garde theme, she still shut down the red carpet when she showed up in a colorful Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda ball gown decorated with vibrant orange and blue parrots. Z complemented her look, which boasted a floor-length train, with a voluminous Afro.

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Cardi B, Met Gala 2018

Cardi B’s 2018 MOSCHINO Met Gala look (with the theme Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination) was beyond iconic.

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Taylor Swift, Met Gala 2016

As 2016’s Met Gala chair, Taylor Swift created chatter on the internet for the metallic minidress she wore in honor of that year’s theme, Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. The look consisted of a robot-like Louis Vuitton dress with cutouts and a ruffled skirt with knee-high lace-up heels and black lipstick complementing Swift’s electric-blonde hair.

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Solange, Met Gala 2016

Solange didn’t exactly fit 2016’s technology-inspired theme, but many fans considered her lemonade-yellow David Laport dress, which featured accordion-like pleats, to be a nod to her sister Beyoncé’s album Lemonade, which came out a month earlier. Solange completed her look with matching latex leg warmers and clear sandals.

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Lena Waithe, Met Gala 2018

When Master of None’s Lena Waithe showed up to the 2018 Met Gala in a literal rainbow cape, we knew it was going to be a good night.

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Lupita Nyong’o, Met Gala 2016

Lupita Nyong’o stunned on the Met Gala red carpet in 2016 when she wore a jade sequined Calvin Klein shift dress with a near-translucent train. But it was her hair that caught the attention of the internet. Shortly after Nyong’o walked the red carpet, Vogue published an article comparing her sky-high bun to Audrey Hepburn’s in a 1963 Vogue photo shoot. The actress later called out the magazine on Instagram, explaining that her hair wasn’t inspired by Hepburn, but by traditional African hairstyles and Nina Simone.

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Kendall Jenner, Met Gala 2017

Kendall Jenner definitely turned heads in 2017 when she showed up at the Met Gala in a near-naked La Perla dress. The sheer look, which featured a large diagonal cutout on Jenner’s torso, was flecked with glitter and featured a low-scooped open back, revealing Jenner’s derriere.

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Katy Perry, Met Gala 2017

As one of 2017’s Met Gala chairs, Katy Perry raised the bar when she wore an avant-garde red-tulle dress by John Galliano. The look, which featured a floor-length veil and sleeves embellished with large jewels, also included a crown-like headpiece with the word “Witness,” which would later become the title of Perry’s 2017 album.

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Claire Danes, Met Gala 2016

From a first look, Claire Danes’s 2016 sky-blue Cinderella-like Zac Posen ball gown looked like another pretty dress and far from that year’s technology-inspired theme. But in the dark, fans learned that the one-of-a-kind dress was sewn with dozens of fiber optics, allowing it to twinkle with lights when it was pitch-black. Posen revealed the high-tech effect on his Instagram.

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Cara Delevingne, Met Gala 2017

Cara Delevingne took advantage of her freshly shaven head at the 2017 Met Gala by glazing it with slick silver paint. She paired her metallic buzzcut with a sci-fi-inspired pantsuit by Chanel with bold shoulders and a futuristic, star-like pattern.

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Rihanna, Met Gala 2018

Rihanna really stuck to the 2018 “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” Met Gala theme when she game dressed as the literal Pope. We’re still screaming about it.

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Madonna, Met Gala 2016

Madonna earned mixed reviews when she wore a sheer and skin-baring Givenchy dress to the 2016 Met Gala. The look, which exposed Madonna’s butt and breasts, was criticized by some for being too revealing. Of course, Madonna had the last word. After the controversy, the singer took to her Instagram to explain that her dress was a “political statement” against “an ageist and sexist society.”

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Kim Kardashian, Met Gala 2013

A pregnant Kim Kardashian didn’t exactly stick to the PUNK: Chaos to Couture theme of 2013’s gala, but her Givenchy dress spawned 10,000 memes—and was of particular significance, given it was the first time Anna Wintour allowed her to attend.

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Diana Ross, Met Gala 1981

Diana Ross’s 1981 Met Gala gown would look right at home on the 2018 red carpet, given fashion’s recent obsession with ruffles and off-the-shoulder cuts.

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Solange, Met Gala 2015

When every other star was tripping over themselves to prove their dresses were the most naked, Solange rolled up to the 2015 Met Gala in this round Giles dress—and killed it.

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Amber Valletta, Met Gala 1999

Amber Valletta looked every inch the supermodel in shiny gold at 1999’s “Rock Style” gala.

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Sarah Jessica Parker, Met Gala 2013

Sarah Jessica Parker, patron saint of the Met Gala, can always be counted on to show up in something fabulously OTT, like this Giles Deacon gown and Philip Treacy Mohawk headpiece in 2013, proving that she truly gets the spirit of the event every year.

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Diana Vreeland, Met Gala 1981

Legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland and Bill Blass at the 1981 gala, whose theme was “‘Eighteenth Century Woman.”

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Lauren Santo Domingo, Met Gala 2008

In 2008, socialite and fashion It-girl Lauren Santo Domingo wore a silver glittering Nina Ricci gown—created by then-designer Olivier Theyskens—end of story. But it wasn’t, because the dress caused a bit of a scandal when the house dressed SJP in the same exact dress months later for the premiere of the “Sex and the City” movie. The brand responded to the controversy by saying LSD isn’t technically a celebrity, so they didn’t recycle.

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Lupito Nyong’o, Met Gala 2014

Fresh off her fame-making red-caped-dress moment, Lupita Nyong’o made a dramatic grand entrance at the 2014 gala in flapper-inspired Prada.

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Zoë Kravitz and MIA, Met Gala 2010

The cool crowd—also known as MIA and Zoë Kravitz—arrived on the arm of Alexander Wang at 2010’s “American Women”-themed gala.

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Florence Welch, Met Gala 2012

Florence Welch brought it to the 2012 gala honoring Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli, although she opted to wear a stunning multitiered McQueen dress. She showed up on several “worst-dressed” lists, proving again that the masses just don’t get it.

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Anja Rubik, Met Gala 2013

Supermodel Anja Rubik rolled up to the 2013 punk-themed gala in a mini red leather Anthony Vaccarello number—and it promptly went down in the annals as one of the coolest, most memorable looks ever.

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Karen Elson, Met Gala 2015

In 2015, supermodel-turned-rocker Karen Elson debuted a jaw-dropping Dolce & Gabbana look on the red carpet. Whether it played into the night’s theme—”China: Through the Looking Glass”—is debatable, but the glamour is not.

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Anne Hathaway, Met Gala 2013

Anne Hathaway shed her goody-goody image at the 2013 punk-themed gala, replacing her long brown hair with a cropped platinum cut and debuting an on-theme Valentino gown.

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Miley Cyrus, Met Gala 2013

A logical step in Miley Cyrus’s 2013 emancipation from Hannah Montana? Attending the punk-themed Met Gala on Marc Jacobs’s arm in a  totally sheer dress and with blonde spiky hair.

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Diane Kruger, Met Gala 2004

A lot of the looks at 2004’s “Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century” gala look wildly outdated now, but Diane Kruger—in Nicolas Ghesquiere—still looks chic and sexy.

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Nicole Richie, Met Gala 2013

Nicole Richie stunned due to the simple fact that she made both a Topshop gown and silver hair look ridiculously chic in 2013.

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Kim Kardashian, Met Gala 2015

In 2015, Kim Kardashian caught major flak for wearing a dress nearly identical to the one Beyoncé wore in 2012. Granted, they’re by different designers and were different colors—Beyoncé’s black and purple gown was Givenchy, while Kim’s white dress was part of Peter Dundas’s first collection since returning to Roberto Cavalli, but the similarities were shocking, down to the sheer nakedness, the curve-hugging fit, and—of course—the feathered train that Bey worked like a pro on the Met’s red stairs when she made her dramatic entrance three years ago.

(And let it be known, Kim—who was on the event’s host committee that year—also showed up toward the end of the carpet, just like Ms. Knowles did.)

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Rihanna, Met Gala 2015

Perhaps the most memorable gala gown—and the most memorable example of a star sticking to the theme—was at 2015’s “China: Through the Looking Glass”: Rihanna showed up in an imperial-yellow fur-trimmed caped number with a multifoot-long train created by Chinese couturier Guo Pei. “I was researching Chinese couture on the Internet, and I found it,” she told Vanity Fair.

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Ashley Olsen, Met Gala 2011

Ashley Olsen didn’t wear McQueen to the 2011 gala, whose theme was in his honor, but looked absolutely perfect in a vintage Dior with puffy sleeves.

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Beyoncé, Met Gala 2015

Beyoncé turned heads in revealing Givenchy Couture at 2015’s gala, though some critics slammed the look for being too shameless in its approach to grab headlines. In the year of the “naked dress” on the gala’s carpet—J.Lo and—predictably—Kim K. also showed up in similar styles—we kind of hoped Beyoncé would have risen above the fray and had fun with her look, much like Rihanna did that year.

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Gisele Bündchen, Met Gala 2011

Part of one of the best-dressed couples of all time, supermodel Gisele Bündchen made jaws drop in 2011 with her dramatic red Alexander McQueen.

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Bianca Brandolini D’Adda, Met Gala 2012

Italian It-girl Bianca Brandolini D’Adda stunned in a serious gold Dolce & Gabbana ensemble in 2012.

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Elizabeth Hurley, Met Gala 1995

Quintessential ’90s couple Elizabeth Hurley—in her signature curve-hugging gown style—and Hugh Grant at 1995’s gala.

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Amber Valletta, Met Gala 2004

It’s hard not to applaud Amber Valletta for fully embracing the 2004 “Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century” gala theme.

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Diane Kruger, Met Gala 2011

In 2011, Diane Kruger was the picture of modernity—instead of an OTT gown, she opted for a sleek black slit-skirt and embellished top by Jason Wu.

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Rihanna, Met Gala 2011

Been there, done that: Rihanna was doing the naked-dress thing long before Kim, Bey, and J.Lo. Here she is in Stella McCartney in 2011.

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Karolina Kurkova, Met Gala 2012

Karolina Kurkova brought some serious Studio 54 vibes in 2012 with her gold beaded Rachel Zoe number.

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Kirsten Dunst, Met Gala 2012

Kirsten Dunst might have worn prim Rodarte to 2012’s gala, but the look did its part to play into the Prada and Schiappareli theme.

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Alexa Chung, Met Gala 2013

It-girl and style-setter Alexa Chung took the “real fashion” route in a buttoned-up Marc Jacobs look in 2013.

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Nina Dobrev, Met Gala 2012

Actress Nina Dobrev looked glamorous in a serious Donna Karan Atelier gown in 2012.

  A version of this story originally appeared in May 2016.

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LUVBOT LEICA Shot in 4K with Sony F65 and Leica Summilux-C lenses from Philippe Ros www.philipperos.com on Vimeo.

SHE FALLS FOR HER BUT SHE’S AN ANDROID. CLASSIC FUTURE Directed by Ben Elia Philippe Ros, cinematohgrapher A.F.C., explored the 4K potential with Olivier Garcia, engineer (Gamma designer, calibration manager), Laurent Desbrueres, senior colourist and François Dupuy, technical manager at Digimage Cinema post house. We chose a classic way to tell the story of this science-fiction film: two women of different ages with scenes that embody beauty shots as well as drama shots. Also inclining to show "skin tone control" ranging from low lights to bright lights, making this a huge task for Luna Elisa Federowicz, the make-up artist. How to create and distinguish two strong characters (a human and an android) through make-up, lighting and colour correction?

Produced by Martin Kreitl a Munchen-Calabrian brother, LUVBOT was shot in Munchen, Germany, in the first class FGV Schmidle Studio lent to us by Markus and Oliver Schmidle. Special Thanks to Gerhard Baier From Leica and the Munchen Dream Team leaded by Production manager: Benedikt Wiedenmann and First assistant Thomas Fischer. Ainara Porron and Peter Sykes from Sony Europe joined former contributors Digimage Cinema and HD Systems.

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Our goal was to make the android believable.I knew that grading is part of his imaging work. During this phase, Laurent Desbrueres emphasised on light directions, overexposure and low light as well as on make-up choices. It worked so well that we had to give this research phase a name: The "Aesthetic Quality Control" or "Beauty Control". Cinematographer: Philippe Ros AFC Camera operator: Christian Meyer Focus puller: Philipp Chudalla Digital Image Technician: Kai Daniels Preparation of camera, DIT: Florian Rettich – BVK Gaffer: Jürgen Thiele Lighting technicians: Stefan Jütte, Niko Szabo & Christian Weischer (‘’Spanier’’) Set runner: Bernhard Koesters Make-up artist: Luna Elisa Federowicz, assisted by: Karin Steinhäuser HD make-up consultant: Isabelle Voinier Costume designer: Jolanta-Irma Kämmer Set constructor: Josef Jacob, François Rolland, Mathieu Lamare Catering: Kyra Thaysen Editor: Claire Balbusquier Original music: Christian Fabre dit Garrus Sound design: Marcel Rouste, Sound engineer: Karim Lekehal Foley recording: Gling-Glang

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Con calma e un po’ a freddo. L'attentato a Barcellona pochi giorni fa. È incredibile che a quasi due anni dal Bataclan, le analisi giornalistiche e i commenti politici siano ancora così scadenti.

A partire dal mescolare la questione degli attentati con quella religiosa con l'immigrazione. Gli attentatori - a parte i lupi solitari psicotici che si fanno vedere ormai ovunque, dalla Finlandia alla Siberia - sono nella grande maggioranza dei casi giovani imbecilli, spesso europei (ossia cittadini francesi, belgi, tedeschi…), spesso figli di immigrati. Fino a qualche anno fa cazzeggiavano, si facevano le canne, spacciavano, passavano da un lavoretto all'altro, Sono incappati in qualche sbandato tipo loro, autoproclamatosi imam, con un'infarinatura di salafismo, e si sono - a quanto dichiarano - convertiti all'Islam. Un Islam talmente rabberciato, confuso, da sembrare quasi una caricatura di una fede, se non fosse appunto una parodia tragica.

Parlare di islamici estremisti (come ancora peggio di Islam moderato) non ha senso. E persino la parola fondamentalismo è problematica. Sono islamici per sbaglio, gridano Allah Akbar come potrebbero gridare Heil Hitler o Boia chi molla. Negli Stati Uniti nella Rustbelt ragazzi come loro incontrano qualche pazzo filoconfederati e diventano nazisti. Come giustamente scrive Olivier Roy, non c'è nessuna radicalizzazione dell'islamismo, ma un'islamizzazione del radicalismo.

Affermare cose come “non riusciamo a capirli” è stupido. Sono usciti ormai decine di saggi su questo tipo di terrorismo. Basta leggerli, e capire per esempio come questa conversione, a uno pseudo-Islam e alla violenza contro i civili, avvenga in contesti di emarginazione sociale in cui l'Islam viene riscoperto come elemento paranoicamente identitario (pensiamo ai foreign fighters), o in carcere spesso, e che quindi le leggi speciali (vedi leggi Bossi-Fini in italia) o il sistema di sospensione delle garanzie creato da Hollande non soltanto sono razziste e non servono a nulla, ma incoraggiano questo tipo di radicalizzazione.

È altrettanto stupido affermare “non cambieremo il nostro stile di vita” o “non ci faremo intimidire”. Il mio stile di vita è già cambiato, e l'ho subito. La militarizzazione dello spazio pubblico che sta avvenendo nelle città europee, non l'ho scelta, e mi sembra una reazione idiota. Camionette e barriere nelle strade del centro, metro e chiese presidiate, aeroporti che sembrano check-point. Una risposta hobbesiana chiaramente inefficace e incongrua. Se voglio fare un attentato nelle modalità da pazzo mi basta prendere una macchina a nolo o un furgone anche a Roma e puntare su qualunque fermata dell'autobus. Il mio stile di vita non è la chiusura delle frontiere, i controlli indiscriminati, la xenofobia antiaraba sdoganata. Non è il mio stile di vita, quello che ha scelto Israele per esempio militarizzando uno stato. Non è il mio stile di vita quello in cui alcuni passaporti valgono più di altri.

Come tutto questo abbia a che fare con l'Isis, con una strategia di guerriglia o con una semplice adesione simbolica all'ideale del Califfato, anche questo ormai non è un mistero. Sono usciti centinaia di articoli, decine di saggi. Affermare, come fa ieri Gentiloni al meeting di Rimini (tra parentesi, perché un capo di governo va a trovare il suo palco dopo l'estate ad una riunione di un movimento religioso?) che “Daesh è stato sconfitto” è un'affermazione che lascia il tempo che trova. Dal punto di vista militare Daesh non è stato sconfitto, ha in mano ancora molte città tra la Siria e l'Iraq. Ma è soprattutto dal punto di vista politico e simbolico che non è stato sconfitto. C'è un paese come la Siria che è in guerra da sei anni, in questi sei anni è sparita, è scomparsa società civile. Si sono distrutte le infastrutture culturali, le scuole, le università. I ragazzini di dieci anni che hanno visto i genitori morire o uccidere con le autobombe, che sono stati educati nelle tragicamente caricaturali scuole dell'Isis che adulti diventeranno? Si tratta di centinaia di migliaia di persone. La prossima generazione terroristica sarà peggiore dell'Isis dal punto di vista di ciò che concepiamo come umano, come l'Isis è stata peggiore di Al Qaeda, e Al Qaeda peggiore del terrorismo mediorientale degli anni 80. Non c'è nessuna utopia, in questo nuovo terrorismo. Le primavere arabe sono state spazzate via da inverni lunghissimi che non sono finiti. C'è nichilismo puro, un'ideologia da analfabeti, che attecchisce dove la società è stata spazzata via e dove l'Isis garantisce un controllo del territorio e millanta una redistribuzione delle risorse. Ci sono intere zone nel Medioriente che non hanno visto altro che guerra da trent'anni.

La morte per noi è un tabù. E quando affiora sulle timeline di Facebook per l'allerta attentati ci sembra uno strazio ogni volta sconvolgente. La mia Parigi ferita, la mia Barcellona colpita al cuore. Per un ventenne siriano la morte è l'acqua in cui nuota. Per un quindicenne palestinese a Gaza la morte è una possibilità come la scelta delle superiori.

Se ormai sono solo molesti gli interventi della maggior parte degli opinionisti televisivi che becerano di cose che non hanno studiato, che parlano di occidente, di non ci faremo intimidire, non cederemo alla paura, eccetera, è abbastanza singolare come anche gli intellettuali poi chiamati in causa si pieghino alle semplificazione più distorsive. L'altro giorno era il caso del lungo pezzo di Arturo Perez-Reverte sul Corriere. Che uno scrittore che è stato un reporter di guerra, che ha scritto un libro bellissimo sulla guerra in Jugoslavia come “Territorio comanche” e che ha visto come un paese civile come la ex Jugoslavia appunto possa improvvisamente venire dilaniata da estremismi pseudonazionalisti e pseudoreligiosi, dica “Basta buonismo, con i fanatici non si può dialogare” o “Aveva ragione la Fallaci”, sembra grottesco. Perché il Corriere sceglie di pubblicarlo come la voce più autorevole?

La Fallaci non soltanto non è stata profetica, e non aveva ragione, ma quei suoi articolacci malscritti e biliosi spacciati per analisi, a rileggerli ora sono - pace all'anima sua, davvero - ridicoli per l'ignoranza geopolitica, per l'approssimazione, per il razzismo implicito, per la mole di fallacie che propalano. Il punto è la quantità di ignoranza, semplificazione, razzismo che hanno generato. Chi, a partire dal Corriere della Sera che ne fece un'edizione speciale a chi oggi la cita come un santino, ha continuato a nutrirsi a quella fontanella velenosa e a spacciare il suo verbo paranoico, ha responsabilità culturali non da poco.

Anche oggi il Corriere rincara con Can Dündar, che risponde in un'intervista la solita baggianata: “La maggioranza degli islamici non sono terroristi. Ma quasi tutti i terroristi che agiscono in Europa e anche nelle nazioni musulmane sono islamici. Dunque è evidente che c’è un problema all’interno dell’Islam”. Ancora? Ancora? Tocca poi a chi fa l'insegnante, sui banchi di scuola, contraddire queste idiozie, cercare di ripartire dagli accordi infami di Sykes e Picot del 1916, e provare a mettere in fila le ragioni politiche che sono più complesse di una demenziale spiegazione di scontri di civiltà o di fedi.

Come poi a partire da tutto questo si possa finire a parlare di immigrazione è nel migliore dei casi becera campagna elettorale, nel peggiore fascismo e razzismo radicato. Anche lì quello che indigna è la mancata indignazione di politici e intellettuali di fronte ai respingimenti in regimi repressivi come la Libia, i ricatti contro le ong, gli sgomberi di profughi a Roma, i ritardi su una legge necessaria come lo ius soli… Il resto è la malafede o stupidità.

L'Europa, negli anni dal 1945 al 1953, era attraversata da decine di milioni di profughi. Due guerre mondiali si erano generate dalle follie distorte dei nazionalismi (militarismo, colonialismo, razzismo…). La capacità di creare un luogo pacifico dove vivere nacque dagli antifascismi, dalle resistenze, dagli investimenti nelle infrastrutture sociali e culturali. Quello che occorrerebbe in Medio Oriente non è un'altra guerra in nome di valori democratici o della sicurezza occidentale, ma un Piano Marshall che metta le basi per una società civile. Ma questo non accadrà, la prossima ondata terroristica sarà peggiore di quella che siamo vivendo. E ci saranno ancora intellettuali mediocri e irresponsabili che berceranno di basta buonismo.

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LIVE REPORT - Rock en Seine 2019 : une édition ovni qui a tenu ses promesses

Fort d’un line up qui a (enfin) réussi à rassembler, le cru 2019 de Rock en Seine restera dans les mémoires, en remerciant The Cure, Foals ou encore Johnny Marr

Il était une fois, Rock en Seine. 17 ans que le festival français le plus côté de la fin de saison estivale fait couler l’encre. Il y a les détracteurs, les fameux « c’était mieux avant », ou encore les bon vieux « Rock en Seine, plutôt Rap en Seine ! » dont on se passerait bien, il faut l’avouer. Mais il y a aussi les fervents défenseurs d’un événement qui, certes, a eu du mal à assurer face à l’émergence d’une concurrence grandissante (Lollapalooza Paris, Paris Summer Jam l’été dernier…), mais dont l’emblème a su, pour autant, rester intacte (ou presque), en appuyant sur l’originalité de la programmation (en témoigne la venue de PNL l’an dernier).

Du 23 au 25 août 2019 s’est donc déroulée la 17ème édition de Rock en Seine, toujours en plein cœur du Parc de Saint-Cloud. Un site partiellement réaménagé (de nouvelles scènes, dont la Firestone et la Scène des 4 Vents), un line up une nouvelle fois re-calibré entre pointures et découvertes, le tout en équilibrant les forces entre la Grande Scène et sa petite sœur la Cascade. Un cocktail savamment mûri, qui a porté ses fruits : ce fut bel et bien la meilleure édition depuis au moins trois ans.

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Un line up au galop

Outre le show de folie offert par The Cure (dont on vous parle en détails par ici), Rock en Seine a misé, durant ces trois jours, sur des têtes d’affiches de qualité mais jamais écrasantes. Ainsi, la programmation découlait naturellement : on pouvait compter sur Johnny Marr pour nous régaler de quelques classiques des Smiths, tout en abordant l’angle le plus fédérateur de son répertoire solo. Toujours classe, le guitariste à la mèche blanche a assuré son show dans une certaine intimité, investissant la Scène des 4 Vents. Un choix audacieux, qui a notamment permis à Jeanne Added d’officier pour la première fois sur la Grande Scène.

Johnny Marr – ©Olivier Hoffschir

  Jorja Smith – © Photos de presse Rock en Seine

La seconde journée, légèrement en-dessous (même si on retient les présences iconiques de l’étoile soul Jorja Smith, Alpha Wann, Girl In Red ou encore Jungle) nous a échauffé pour un dernier round tout simplement renversant.

Pour la clôture de sa 17ème édition, Rock en Seine a donc redoré avec fierté le blason qui fit jadis sa réputation. Se sont enchaînés des shows mémorables : les géniaux Mini Mansions (dont le nouvel album vient d’être dévoilé, une fraîcheur), l’énergie électrisante de Two Door Cinema Club – des habitués de Rock en Seine, leur show semblait bien plus détonant qu’en 2016 – la douce claque pop de Clairo (une révélation à surveiller de très près) et la violence abrupte de Bring Me The Horizon. Le temps d’un set d’une heure, le groupe mené par Oli Sykes a fait honneur à son dernier opus en date, amo. Un régal pour les néophytes d’un metal qui ne vieillit pas et qui essaie même, par de simples détours sonores, d’accrocher les sceptiques en scandant d’irrésistibles refrains. Une scénographie visuellement immense, un son particulièrement énorme, qui n’a (heureusement) pas fait d’ombre à Bradford Cox et sa bande, formant les fous furieux Deerhunter. Une belle rencontre du troisième type.

Que dire du dernier segment de la soirée, assuré par les poulains les plus excitants du rock britannique ? Foals a renversé la tendance en ramenant la foule au pied de la Cascade, pour un set d’une heure sous effet de one shot : « On the Luna », « Mountains at My Gates », « My Number », « Providence », « Inhaler », « What Went Down » et même l’inédit « Black Bull », issu de la seconde partie d’Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, le double-album conceptuel du groupe, prévu pour octobre. Une aura cathartique s’évapore de la foule après le final « Two Steps, Twice ». Le groupe a indéniablement tout donné, son public aussi. « Merci d’être, après les anglais, notre public le plus fidèle à ce jour » déclare le frontman Yannis Philippakis avant de s’essayer au traditionnel bain de foule, tout en déchaînant un riff ravageur. Le meilleur concert de Foals depuis bien longtemps.

Foals – © Photos de presse Rock en Seine

On ne trouvera donc guère l’énergie suffisante, pour rejoindre les aventuriers des premiers rangs pour le show sous amphets d’Aphex Twin. Le compositeur britannique, véritable magicien de l’électronique, n’a pas chômé pour nous mettre la tête à l’envers. En enchaînant les visuels déformés et dérangeants (on passe des politiciens aux personnalités les plus connues et controversées de l’Hexagone) Aphex, de son vrai nom Richard David James, a livré le concert le plus hallucinant du festival, et ce depuis au moins dix ans – on pèse nos mots. Les derniers lasers baignent la plaine de Saint-Cloud, un nuage sonique de beats vient souffler les arbres… Rock en Seine 2019 se termine dans une autre dimension. Qui sait ce que nous prépare le festival pour 2020. En tout cas, ça y est, la tension est redevenue palpable.

Samuel Regnard

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Branco, fascinazione e nichilismo: l'Isis 2.0 spiegato da De Giovannangeli

Branco, fascinazione e nichilismo: l'Isis 2.0 spiegato da De Giovannangeli Un pezzo di Umberto De Giovannangeli da leggere e discutere: La "car Jihad" che semina morte nel cuore di Barcellona, è "solo" un frammento di una strategia invasiva. Targata Isis 2.0 Una sconfitta che può trasformarsi in un incubo. Un incubo che è già diventato realtà: Barcellona, Parigi, Bruxelles, Nizza, Strasburgo, Monaco, Berlino, Manchester, Londra, Colonia, Stoccolma... Solo in Germania nove attacchi in un anno. Duemila foreign fighters con passaporto britannico addestratisi in Iraq, in Siria, in Libia, sono, quelli rimasti in vita, rientrati in patria per scatenare la Jihad globale. E lo stesso vale per i "fighters" tedeschi, francesi, belgi, olandesi, italiani... In rotta a Mosul, accerchiati a Raqqa, in difficoltà in Libia, i comandi militari del Daesh hanno deciso di puntare all'Europa come nuova trincea avanzata della lotta per il "Califfato". Il "Califfato" globale. Il numero dei foreign fighters partiti dall'Europa per combattere in Siria e Iraq, secondo le ultime stime è tra i 3.922 e i 4.294 individui, tutti pronti a morire per la bandiera dell'Isis. La maggior parte, 2.838, sono partiti da soli quattro Paesi europei: Belgio, Francia, Germania e Regno Unito. Quelli che sono tornati in patria, sono circa il 30%, indicativamente tra 1.176 e 1.288. Il censimento è dell'International Center for Counter-Terrorism (Icct) dell'Aja. Un recente studio dell'Istituto Elcano ha rilevato che dei 150 jihadisti arrestati in Spagna negli ultimi quattro anni 124 (l'81,6%) erano collegati all'Isis e 26 (il 18,4%) ad al-Qaeda. Se ritirata è, quella delle milizie di al-Baghdadi, è una ritirata strategica. Un passo indietro, per colpire mortalmente l'Occidente e, in esso, l'Europa. Raqqa, Mosul, Sirte, Fallujia non sono più difendibili: troppo possente è la potenza di fuoco messa in atto dalle coalizioni, quella a guida americana e quella russa, per poter reggere da parti dei terroristi di Daesh. Meglio ripiegare nello spazio desertico fra il Maghreb e l'Africa Occidentale, a cavallo di confini desertici inesistenti fra Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Algeria, Libia e Ciad, un'area ideale dove riorganizzare le cellule dopo le sconfitte subite in Medio Oriente e da lì, nel Sahel, provare a dar vita al "Califfato del Maghreb" e al tempo stesso riorganizzare le forze e coordinare gli attacchi all'Europa. In Europa a scatenarsi non sono più solo i "lupi solitari". Perché i "lupi jihadisti" agiscono sempre più in branco, come dimostrano gli attacchi a Barcellona, Cambrils e Alcanar, si strutturano in cellule compartimentalizzate, i cui membri sono legati in termini generazionali e parentali, acquisiscono elementi fondamentali per colpire attraverso la rete di siti on line legati all'integralismo islamico armato. Oltre la suggestione della Jihad che si fa Stato. Di più: Califfato. Oltre la dimensione integrista-religiosa che si fa legge – la "sharia" - e regola ogni atto della vita quotidiana del miliziano. La "fascinazione" dell'Isis non è nelle sue indubbia capacità mediatiche, né in una invincibilità militare fortemente intaccata sia in Iraq (Mosul) che a Raqqa (Siria). E non sta neanche nella figura, tutt'altro che carismatica, di Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. La forza dell'Isis, quella che attira a sé migliaia di giovani con passaporto europeo, è la sua narrazione. Come ben argomenta Olivier Roy nel suo libro "Generazione Isis. Chi sono i giovani che scelgono il Califfato e perché combattono l'Occidente" (Feltrinelli 2017) , il fascino dell'Isis risiede nella "volontà del movimento, presente fin dalle origini, di creare un nuovo tipo di 'homo islamicus', staccato da tutte le appartenenze nazionali, tribali, razziali o etniche, ma anche familiari e affettive, per creare una nuova società a partire da una sorta di tabula rasa..". La fascinazione è in questo, così come l'elemento di novità dell'Isis sta, riflette Roy, nell'associazione di jihadismo e terrorismo con la ricerca deliberata della morte. Non è dunque l'Islam che si radicalizza ma, guardando all'identikit dei terroristi entrati in azione in Europa, da Parigi a Bruxelles, da Nizza a Manchester, da Monaco a Berlino e Londra, e ora a Barcellona, ciò che colpisce è il fatto che, tranne pochi casi, i jihadisti non passano alla violenza dopo una riflessione sui testi. Per farlo, rimarca ancora lo studioso francese, "dovrebbero disporre di una cultura religiosa che non hanno e, soprattutto, non sembrano intenzionati ad acquisire. Non si radicalizzano perché hanno letto male i testi o sono stati manipolati: sono radicali perché vogliono esserlo, perché è solo la radicalità ad attrarli...Non è l'Isis che è andato a cercare i giovani di Molenbeek o di Strasburgo, sono loro che sono andati all'Isis". La radicalizzazione precede il reclutamento, ed essa avviene in genere al di fuori dell'ambiente sociale circostante. Non è il "Paradiso di Allah" ad esercitare su di loro una fascinazione che li porta ad ambire a chiudere la loro vita da "shahid" (martiri). Ad affascinarli è l'idea della "bella morte". Qui, e viene in soccorso ancora Roy, "sta il paradosso: questi giovani radicali non sono utopisti, sono nichilisti in quanto millenaristi. Il domani non sarà mai all'altezza del crepuscolo. Si tratta della generazione no future". Il loro avvicinamento alla Jihad globale non si fonda tanto sulla condivisione dei precetti più estremi dell'Islam radicale, quanto sulla convinzione che il riscatto dei diseredati, se un tempo passava attraverso il terzomondismo "modello Che" oggi s'incarna nella sollevazione contro l'Occidente colonizzatore operata dai seguaci di al-Baghdadi. Sociologia più che religione. Volontà sovversiva globalizzata. La Jihad come tratto identitario unificante. Molti di loro non hanno alle spalle storie di disperazione sociale, di nuclei famigliari distrutti, la loro conversione all'Islam è un processo di identificazione con una causa per la quale vale la pena combattere e sacrificare la propria vita. Alcuni cercano di fuggire dall'emarginazione, hanno conosciuto il carcere per piccoli furti o spaccio, ma altri, la maggioranza, è alla ricerca di una realizzazione personale. Quella che prende forma è una identità transnazionale messa al servizio della comunità in pericolo. "Lungi dal ridursi ai capricci di una barbara idiosincrasia culturale – annota Pierre-Jean Luizard nel suo libro "La trappola Daesh. Lo Stato islamico o la Storia che ritorna" – il discorso dello Stato islamico è portatore di una potente dimensione universalista che seduce oltre le frontiere della sua base sunnita mediorientale. Quando si rilegge 'Lo Scontro di civiltà' di Samuel Huntington, si viene colpiti dal gioco di specchi che si instaura con le concezioni del salafismo jihadista. Lo Stato islamico riprende a volte parola per parola la tesi di Huntington al fine di inscenare questo 'scontro di civiltà'. Non si tratta di un conflitto tra due culture, tra Oriente e Occidente – prosegue Luizard , storico e direttore di ricerca al Cnrs – tra arabismo e mondo euro-atlantico, ma uno scontro tra titani, tra Islam e miscredenza. E, nell'Islam, ognuno è benvenuto, anche gli europei biondi con gli occhi azzurri di origine cattolica, come, d'altro canto, la miscredenza include anche arabi e cattivi musulmani... Questa universalità (dell'Isis, ndr) che trascende ogni limitato particolarismo e questo radicamento nella costruzione di una 'utopia' concreta sul campo incontra una eco importante tra giovani che vivono in Occidente...". L'integrismo islamista cancella l'idea di Stato-nazione, la considera il frutto avvelenato del colonialismo crociato, ne attenta l'esistenza, in nome della "umma", la comunità dei musulmani che non ha confini, di certo non quelli tratteggiati agli inizi del secolo scorso dalle potenze coloniali francese e britannica con gli accordi di Sykes-Picot, e non conosce singole identità nazionali. L'Occidente sta favorendo non solo l'islamizzazione delle radicalità ma il radicamento di questa suggestione ben al di là dei miliziani della Jihad globale. La nuova leva di foreign fighters risulta più difficile da individuare perché l'avvicinamento alla Jihad globale non avviene attraverso la frequentazione delle moschee radicali nel Vecchio Continente, poste sotto controllo dai servizi di sicurezza occidentali. La frequentazione di ragazzi di origini arabe avviene nelle palestre, le prime manifestazioni a cui si partecipa hanno origine dalla rabbia sociale piuttosto che in solidarietà verso i "fratelli mujaheddin" iracheni, siriani, palestinesi. I "radicalizzati" usano il web per le lezioni coraniche e dal web traggono i contenuti motivatori di un nuovo terzomondismo che vede proprio nel jihadismo militante l'opportunità di combattere le ingiustizie perpetrate dall'Occidente. E al web affidano la propria determinazione distruttiva: "Uccidere gli infedeli, e lasciare solo i musulmani che seguono la religione", era il messaggio lasciato sui social due anni fa da Mousa Oukabir, il diciassettenne ricercato quale presunto conducente del furgone della strage di Barcellona. Al di là del dato quantitativo, quello che colpisce è la potenza della Rete, dei social network, dei siti legati alla galassia dell'estremismo islamico, per mezzo dei quali sia l'Isis che al-Qaeda riescono a fare opera di proselitismo, a raggiungere, indottrinare e addestrare centinaia di migliaia di giovani", rimarca una fonte d'intelligence da anni impegnata nel contrasto al jihadismo armato. "Emerge con sempre maggiore evidenza – aggiunge la fonte – l'importanza che sia lo Stato islamico che la nuova al-Qaeda danno alla "mediatizzazione" del loro agire. I filmati che postano sono sempre più sofisticati ed è chiaro che a confezionarli sono dei professionisti. Si tratta di un reclutamento mirato, ancora più importante dell'addestramento militare". Le parole chiave della nuova strategia jihadista 2.0 sono viralità e coinvolgimento: snodi centrali di una propaganda orientata sui social media. La decapitazione dei due reporter di guerra Foley e Sotloff, a suo tempo, non ha soltanto riempito le prime pagine dei principali quotidiani online, ma ha anche generato una escalation virale su piattaforme come Twitter e Youtube. Su quest'ultimo social sono stati pubblicati circa 175mila video riguardanti la decapitazione di James Foley: tra questi soltanto i tre più popolari hanno generato circa sette milioni di visualizzazioni. È quanto era emerso da una ricerca realizzata da "IlSocialPolitico.it", magazine che indaga sulle attività 2.0 di politica, istituzioni, "influencer" e fenomeni sociali. "Per i gruppi jihadisti la guerra di propaganda è dunque altrettanto decisiva di quella in armi sul campo di battaglia. Il cyber-jihad permette di far conoscere la propria visione del mondo, di intimorire e minacciare il Nemico, di reclutare...", rimarca Renzo Guolo nel suo libro "L'Ultima utopia. Gli jihadisti europei". È il nichilismo che si fa Jihad. Sono i "banlieusards" che arrivano al terrorismo attraverso un percorso fatto di segregazione spaziale, segregazione sociale, disperazione, rivolta, fuga. E, alla fine" immolazione. "I giovani jihadisti di banlieu – rileva in proposito Guolo – hanno percorsi simili. Vengono da famiglie numerose, spesso caratterizzate dalla dissoluzione dei legami genitoriali e da un tenore di vita sotto le soglie di povertà; hanno alle spalle un percorso segnato dall'insuccesso scolastico, dalla vita di strada, dalla deviazione e dal carcere. Questo grumo di insoddisfazione e rabbia culmina nell'intenzione di vendicarsi di una società percepita come ingiusta, alla quale vengono imputati i propri fallimenti". Emarginazione e non solo. Rileva Nabil El Fattah, già direttore del Centro di Studi strategici di Al- Ahram del Cairo, tra i più autorevoli studiosi arabi dell'Islam radicale armato: "Basta studiare le biografie di alcuni dei foreign fighters europei morti in Siria o in Iraq o anche di alcuni degli attentatori di Parigi o di Bruxelles: non siamo di fronte a dei disperati che devono vendicarsi della fame patita, ma abbiamo a che fare con individui che trovano nella suggestione politico-terroristica del Califfato un ancoraggio identitario, una ragione di vita e di morte. Per contrastare questa deriva, non è solo questione di intelligence, di sicurezza, di militarizzazione delle città, né bombardare a tappeto Raqqa o Mosul. Quella che va condotta è anche una battaglia culturale", avverte lo studioso egiziano. E sulla stessa lunghezza d'onda si muove Loretta Napoleoni quando, a conclusione del suo libro: "Isis. Lo Stato del terrore", annota: "Esiste una terza opzione tra il fallimento della Primavera araba e i successi dello Stato islamico? Sì, esiste, e riguarda l'istruzione, la conoscenza e la comprensione dell'ambiente politico in evoluzione in cui viviamo, gli stessi strumenti usati in passato per dar vita con successo al mutamento politico non in maniera cruenta ma con il consenso, cosa che tanto i giovani combattenti degli smartphone quanto i colletti bianchi della politica continuano a non capire". E se questa incapacità-non volontà di comprendere permarrà, una cosa è certa: l'Isis sarà probabilmente sconfitta in Siria e Iraq ma il "nichilismo che si fa Jihad" troverà altre forme e altre sigle per manifestarsi. E colpire. Barcellona docet. (fonte)

Un pezzo di Umberto De Giovannangeli da leggere e discutere: La “car Jihad” che semina morte nel cuore di Barcellona, è “solo” un frammento di una strategia invasiva. Targata Isis 2.0 Una sconfitta che può trasformarsi in un incubo. Un incubo che è già diventato realtà: Barcellona, Parigi, Bruxelles, Nizza, Strasburgo, Monaco, Berlino, Manchester, Londra, Colonia, Stoccolma… Solo in Germania nove…

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Des concerts à Paris et alentour

Mai 13. Foals – Bataclan 14. Romain Berteau + Claus & Clausen + Borja Flames + Ambeyance (fest. Switch) – théâtre de Vanves 14. Erikm & Anthony Pateras + Dieb13 & Burkhard Stangl – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 14. Ramona Cordova + Charlène Darling – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 16. Saudaá Group + Orgue-Paysage – Fondation Cartier 16. Voiski + Myako & Basses Terres + Marylou (RA Paris) – Silencio 16. Franck Vigroux & Antoine Schmitt : "Chronostasis" + Quatuor Impact & Giani Caserotto + Open Women Orchestra (fest. Switch) – théâtre de Vanves 17. Crave + Zaltan & PAM + Full Circle + Low Jack + Oko dj + Clara3000 (RA Paris) – Dizonord (gratuit) 17. Ujjaya + Archétype – Salle Icare|Médiathèque (Vélizy-Villacoublay) (gratuit sur résa) 17. Philip Glass : Études pour piano – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 17. Jacco Gardner + Chris Cohen + Eerie Wanda + Tonn3rr3 + Discovery Zone (Le Beau fest.) – Trabendo 17. Hen Ogledd + Faune – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 17. Inigo Kennedy + Möd4rn + Stephanie Sykes – Rex Club 17. Polar Inertia + Dement3d + Ninos Do Brasil + Lokier + A strange Wedding + Full Circle – La Machine 17. Surgeon + S.Y.R.O.B + DJ Jee + Cénile Technorama – NF-34 18. Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper : Glasstronica – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 18. Eliane Radigue : musique (diff.) pour "Continuum" de Félicie d'Estienne d'Orves – Centre Pompidou 18. Planningtorock – Gaîté lyrique 18. Thurston Moore +  HAHA Sounds Collective + L'Éclair + Luis Ake + Domotic + Pantin Plage (dj) (Le Beau fest.) – Trabendo 18. Croatian Amor + Re:Ni + dj Sacom + Hanah (RA Paris) – Badaboum 18. Brandt Brauer Frick + Collectif sin ~ + Axel Rigaud (fest. Switch) – théâtre de Vanves 18. Orphx + Konkurs (Blush Response & Sarin) + Blush Response + O/H – tba 18. Function + dj Deep + Lewis Fautzi – Concrete 19. DJ Sundae + Crystallmess + Betty + Toma Kami (RA Paris) – Concrete (gratuit) 19. Julien Claus – Ancienne Brasserie Bouchoule (Montreuil) (gratuit) 19. Commando Koko + The Soft Rider + We Will Woo ! – L'International 22. Housewives – Supersonic (gratuit) 23. Lots in Kiev + Thot + Brusque – Petit Bain 23. 1919 + Guerre froide + Pest Modern + Warum Joe – Gibus 24. Beak> + TVAM – Gaîté lyrique 24. Shonen Knife – Petit Bain 24. Antichildleague + Corps + Geography of Hell – Les Voûtes 24. Othello Aubern + City Dragon + None + Graal – Espace B 24. Felix Kubin & Hubert Zemler + Phuong Dan + RVDS & Best Boy Electric + Ron Morelli – La Station 24. Codex Empire + Dimitri Rivière + Nari Fshr + Sina XX b2b Munsinger – Petit Bain 25. Sydney Valette + Blind Delon + Ruines – Supersonic (gratuit) 25. Xeno & Oaklander + Automelodi + Void Vision – Petit Bain 25. Rebekah + Schwefelgelb + JKS + Regal + Parfait – tba 26. Jérôme Poret – Ancienne Brasserie Bouchoule (Montreuil) (gratuit) 26. New Berlin + Euromilliard – Pointe Lafayette 27. Me Donner + Somaticae + Nani ∞ Guru – Espace B 27. USA Nails + Dead Arms + Cohaagen – ESS'Pace 28. Alice in Chains + Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Olympia ||COMPLET|| 29. Flotation Toy Warning + Raoul Vignal – Petit Bain 29. Unit Moebius + Scorpion violente + Prettiest Eyes (fest. Ideal Trouble) – La Station 29. Pizza Noise Mafia + Laz (Air Lqd & Lost Sound Bytes) + Bear Bones, Lay Low + Summer Satana + Tav Exotic + La Souris & l'éléphant + DJ Athome (fest. Ideal Trouble) – Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles 29. Big Brave + My Disco + Tu brûles mon esprit – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 30. Cuntre (Lionel Fernandez & Nicolas Mazet) + Couloir Gang (fest. Ideal Trouble) – Le Zorba 30. AnD (dj) + Dyen + Parfait [Blawan + ABSL : ANNULÉ] – NF-34 31. François Bonnet + Knud Viktor + Jim O'Rourke + Florian Hecker (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 31. De Ambassade + Beau Wanzer + Anna Funk Damage + Le Matin + Bernardino Feminielli + Unas + Fiesta en el vecchio (fest. Ideal Trouble) – La Station

Juin 01. Eryck Abecassis & Reinhold Friedl + Hilde Marie Holsen + Anthony Pateras + Lucy Railton (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 01. Millimetric + Phase fatale + Terence Fixmer + Dersee + Raffaele Attanasio + 14Anger + Arnaud Rebotini & David Caretta – Studio de Lendit (La Plaine-Saint-Denis) 01/02. Metronomy + Laurent Garnier + Ricardo Villalobos + Mr Oizo + Bonobo (dj) + Yves Tumor + Marie Davidson + Pond + Sleaford Mods... (fest. We Love Green) – Bois de Vincennes 02. Bernard Parmegiani + Jean Schwarz (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 02. Vanishing Twin + Eye (fest. Ideal Trouble) – Lafayette Anticipations 04. Kurt Liedwart + Billy Roisz + Julien Ottavi + Eryck Abecassis – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 05. Shellac – La Maroquinerie 05. Institute + Last Night + The Cherry Bones – L'International 05. Otzeki – Safari Boat 06. Tim Hecker & Konoyo Ensemble + Mondkopf + Kelly Moran (Villette sonique fest.) – Cabaret sauvage 06. Umwelt + Falhaber + VII Circle – NF-34 07. Danny Brown (Villette sonique fest.) – Périphérique 07. Constant Mongrel + Computerstaat + Warm Swords – Espace B 07. Kuss + HDN – La Plage|Glazart 08. Julia Holter + Cate Le Bon (Villette sonique fest.) – Trabendo 08. Deena Abdelwahed + David August + Ross from Friends + Objekt (dj) + Apollo noir (dj) (Villette sonique fest.) – Grande Halle 08. Thurston Moore Group + Modern Men – La Maroquinerie 08. Nova Materia + Maria Violenza + Aïsha Devi + Belmont Witch + Black Midi + Coucou Chloé + Front de cadeaux + Juan Wauters + Krampf (dj) + Musique chienne + Nyoko Dokbaë + Novelist + Shanti Celeste + Szun Waves + Wiki (Villette sonique fest.) – parc de la Villette (gratuit) 09. Fontaines DC + Crack Cloud + Efrim Menuck + Bracco + Mdou Moctar + Corridor + The Messthetics + Warm Drag + Borja Flames + Myako + Zaltan & Oko + Tiger Tiger + Sinkane 09. Stereolab + Jonathan Bree + Anémone (Villette sonique fest.) – Grande Halle 12. The Soft Moon – Safari Boat 12. Rouge Gorge – L'International 12. Matmos + John Wiese – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 13. Minuit Machine + Hørd + Marble Slave – Supersonic (gratuit) 13. Christian Death + Little Nemo – Gibus 13. Fat White Family – Élysée Montmartre 13. The Horrorist + Poison Point + Melania + Philipp Strobel – NF-34 14/15. Jessica 93 + Year of No Light + Hangman's Chair + JC Satan + Vox Low + White Heat (15 ans de New Noise) – Trabendo 15. Karen Gwyer + Gudrun Gut + Dorit Chrysler joue Laurie Spiegel – Gaîté lyrique 15. Ensemble Citrouille + Félicie Bazealire + Foxtrt + Delphine Dora + Manolito + Anna Serra + Sophie Agnet & Olivier Benoit + Trans Aéolian Transmission + Hippie Diktat (fest. Les Oreilles libres) – Théâtre Les Thénardiers (Montreuil) 16. Siglo XX + The Arch – La Maroquinerie 16. Plaid – Petit Bain 16. Vomir + Straub Mocky + Achille + Strie + LV2 + Trans Kabar + Club Sieste (fest. Les Oreilles libres) – Théâtre Les Thénardiers (Montreuil) 18. Simon Whetham + Estelle Schorpp – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 19. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – La Gaîté lyrique 21. Anne Clark : perf. pour "Ocean 21" de Maggie Boggaart – Auditorium Saint-Germain 22. The Intelligence + Flatworms – La Maroquinerie 22. LA Witch – Black Star 23. La Pince + Leon + Howdoyoudance + Polar Polar Polar Polar – Cirque électrique 26. Magma – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 26. Cannibale – Safari Boat 26. Caterina Barbieri + SKY H1 – La Gaîté lyrique 26. Pigalle – La Maroquinerie 26. Daniel Menche + Point invisible + Tzii – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 27. Plomb + Perm36 + Pour X raisons – Cirque électrique 28. To Live & Shave in LA + Carrageenan + TTTT – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 28/29. Rammstein – La Défense Arena (Nanterre) ||COMPLET||

Juillet 02. Interpol – Olympia 04. Cat Power + H-Burns (fest. Days off) – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 05. Klimperei, Sacha Czerwone, David Fenech, Denis Frajerman & Christophe Micusnule – Chair de poule (gratuit) 05. Pantha du Prince + Scratch Massive (fest. Days off) – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 05. I Hate Models + Jardin + Mount Kimbie + Oktober Lieber + Rodhad + Mor Elian + Olivia... (The Peacock Society fest.) – Parc floral 05. The B-52's – Olympia 05/06. The Psychotics Monks + La Jungle + Yachtclub + Zombie Zombie + Frustration + Fleuves noirs + Bruit noir + Le Singe blanc + Le Sacre du tympan + Enablers + Os Noctambulos + The Scanners... (fest. La Ferme électrique) 06. Jonsi & Alex Somers jouent "Riceboy Sleeps" (fest. Days off) – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 06. Helena Hauff b2b DJ Stingray + Jon Hopkins + Motor City Drum Ensemble + Len Faki + Robert Hood + Octavian + The Black Madonna + Clara! + Nicola Cruz... (The Peacock Society fest.) – Parc floral 07. Jonsi, Alex Somers & Paul Corley : "Liminal Soundbath" (fest. Days off) – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 07. Ministry – La Machine 07/08. Thom Yorke (fest. Days off) – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 08. Gossip – Salle Pleyel 08. Melvins – La Plage|Glazart 11. Full of Hell + The Body + Pilori – Gibus 11. Masada + Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman + Mary Halvorson quartet + Craig Taborn + Trigger + Erik Friedlander & Mike Nicolas + John Medeski trio + Nova quartet + Gyan Riley & Julian Lage + Brian Marsella trio + Ikue Mori + Kris Davis + Peter Evans + Asmodeus : John Zorn's Marathon Bagatelles – Salle Pleyel 11. Flamingods + Warmduscher + Triptides (Garage MU fest.) – La Station 12. Tomaga + Утро + Tôle froide + Society of Silence + Sharif Lafrey + Elzo (dj) (Garage MU fest.) – La Station 11>13. Kraftwerk (fest. Days off) – Philharmonie 13. The Will Gregory Moog Ensemble (fest. Days off) – Le Studio|Philharmonie 13. Chloé & Vassilena Serafimova : "Sequenza" + Apparat (fest. Days off) – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 13. La Récré (Garage MU fest.) – canal de l'Ourcq 13. Metz + Bo Ningen + Ashinoa + Die Ufer + Panstarrs (Garage MU fest.) – La Station 17. Grand Blanc – Safari Boat 18. Neurosis + Yob – Bataclan

Août 18. The Driver – But Mortemart|Bois de Boulogne 23>25. The Cure + Aphex Twin... (fest. Rock en scène) – parc de Saint-Cloud 26/27. Patti Smith – Olympia ||COMPLET|| 28. Arnaud Rebotini – Safari Boat

Septembre 05. Oh Sees – Bataclan 12. Blawan – NF-34 14. Clan of Xymox + Plomb – Gibus 14. Danny Elfman & le Grand Orchestre d'Ile-de-France : cinéconcert sur "Alice au Pays des merveilles" de Tim Burton – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 20. Spiral Stairs + Canshaker Pi – Olympic café 23>25. John Cale – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie

Octobre 05. Nuit de l'orgue avec des œuvres d'Éliane Radigue, Arvo Pärt, Olivier Messiaen, Phillip Glass, Nico Muhly, Jonathan Fitoussi... (Nuit blanche) – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie (gratuit) 06. Daughters – La Maroquinerie 08. Sleep – Bataclan 09/10. Ty Segall & Freedom Band – La Cigale 11. New Order – Grand Rex 14. King Gizzard & Tle Lizard Wizard – Olympia 17. Puppetmastaz – Trabendo 18. Dream Syndicate – Petit Bain 19. Sisters of Mercy – Bataclan 19. Pixies – Olympia

Novembre 08. Bedroom Community – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 08. Boy Harscher – Trabendo 10. Amiina : cinéconcert sur "Fantomas" de Louis Feuillade – Le Studio|Philharmonie 10. Ôlafur Atnald + Hugar – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 17. Nitzer Ebb – La Machine 24. The Young Gods + Les Tétines noires – La Machine 26. Wardruna – Olympia

Décembre 06. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Koyaanisqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 07. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Powaqqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 08. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Naqoyqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie

2020

Janvier 04. Rokia Traoré + Ballaké Cissoko & Vincent Segal – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie

Février 16. Orchestral Manoeuvre in the Dark – La Cigale

Mars 07. Ensemble intercontemporain joue Steve Reich : cinéconcert sur un film de Gerhard Richter – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 20. Ensemble Dedalus joue "Occam Ocean" d'Éliane Radigue – Le Studio|Philharmonie 21/22. Laurie Anderson : "The Art of Falling" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie

Mai 08. Max Richter : "Infra" + Jlin + Ian William Craig – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 09. Max Richter : "Voices" – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 10. Max Richter : "Recomposed" & "Three Worlds" – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 24. Damon Albarn – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie

en gras : les derniers ajouts / in bold: the last news

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[lsradio]

Will disadvantaged regions in the UK benefit from the £1.6 Billion 'Stronger Towns Fund' negotiation between May and Labour MPs?

Is Theresa May’s Brexit deal bargaining chip just putting a plaster on an axe-wound?

Just before the second vote of her Brexit deal, Prime Minister Theresa May continues to push for a deal before the UK is leave the EU on the 29thof March. May has faced strong opposition and difficulties in the commons in her attempts to secure a deal and earlier last week it was reported that May put forward negotiations of a £1.6 billion ‘Stronger Towns Fund’ deal between Labour MPs in order to gain their vote for her second Brexit deal in the commons.

Towns and areas in the UK that have been suffering from the impacts of 10 years of austerity are reported to be getting funding of £1.6billion, as part of a negotiation between Prime Minister May and Labour MPs to get parliamentary support for a Brexit deal. The new initiative to tackle the regional deprivation divide in the UK by the Conservative government, headed by PM May has been criticised as barrel-rolling and political bribery. 

The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said the fund “smacks of desperation from a government reduced to bribing MPs to vote for their damaging flagship Brexit legislation”.

However, the attempts to support regions which have on average less funding and opportunities than the capital, are comparatively a drop in the ocean to the regional funding the UK was set to receive in the next 10-15 years, and fails to acknowledge the history of regional investment the EU has spent in the UK. This large investment comes from an effort to reduce the impact of austerity further in disproportionately underprivileged areas in the UK, which are likely to continue to face cuts in the now possible event of a no-deal Brexit, which will be made worse by the removal of funding from the EU regional funding policy. 

An example of where the longstanding and vast differences in regional wealth have not been solved by UK government policy is where, despite suggestions by the EU is from the “2014 -2020 round of funding, the UK government chose to allocate Merseyside €202m(£167.835m) of funding, when the European Commission suggested the area should receive around €350m (£290.147m).” 

In an interview with Olivier Sykes from the University of Liverpool, who only in December 2018 wrote on a paper titled The Great British Recession, in which he states ‘EU regional investment saved UK neglected regions’, Sykes revealed that regional funding promised by May is a fraction of the funding the UK’s unequal regions receive from the EU, and her £1.6 billion deal is like “putting a plaster on an axe-wound” for some of these deprived areas in the UK.

The regions which are set to receive this funding would however be in line to receive far more in EU regional funding from 2021 – 2027 than from this ‘Stronger Towns Initiative’, because some regions have been struggling so much over the last 10 years, that the UK would actually see an increase in its allocation of funding of around 22% for the 2021-2027 period getting around €13bn.

Liverpool happens to one of the areas most affected by austerity, in 2015 Liverpool City Region was ranked the most deprived out of nearly 40 Local Enterprise Partnerships, of the Indices of Deprivation, which could be one of the many reason why in a graph published by the PM’s press office, Liverpool (as part of the North West region) is set to receive £281 million from the Stronger Towns Fund, individually the most out of all the UK regions. 

The hypocrisy of the negotiation between May and Labour MPs undermines the history of inequality of spending between regions in the UK. The amount May plans to spend in these areas is short-sighted in regards to the larger EU funding these areas could receive in the case of no Brexit.

Olivier Sykes emphasises that why “The symbolic and political value of EU structural funds to some places, and the opportunities they opened-up for empowerment of local decision-makers and communities, should also not be underestimated.” In the interview with Olivier, factors such as higher budgets can mean long-term infrastructure and bigger goals for areas that need radical economic changes in order to provide regional equal opportunities.

With the second vote on a Brexit deal happening later today (12th March), we can only wait and anticipate whether or not the promise of funding has swayed certain Labour MPs.

Tune into the UK Politics Hour tomorrow from live 10am on LSradio to get the latest on the Brexit vote.

Listen to the full interview, with more on the implications of a no-deal Brexit for regional funding on The Politics Hour’s Soundcloud, link below!

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21 of the best jokes from the Clinton, Bush, and Obama White House Correspondents dinners.

The White House Correspondents' Association dinner is an opportunity for the politically powerful to showcase their ability to take a joke. Naturally, Donald Trump won't go near it.

For the second straight year, Trump won't be in attendance for the dinner. Not exactly known for his ability to poke fun at himself or smile along, it makes sense that he wouldn't want to be there for an evening that both undercuts and exaggerates the press's supposedly adversarial relationship with our nation's leaders.

While the event itself dates back more than 100 years, it wasn't until 1993 that C-SPAN began airing the whole thing live. Since then, comedians, such as Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jay Leno, Drew Carey, Wanda Sykes, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers, have taken the stage to jab at the politicians and the press — all in good fun.

Let's look back at some of the funniest and most daring jokes from past White House Correspondents' Association dinners, made by celebs and politicos alike.

Larry Wilmore in 2016 took jabs at the obscurity of C-SPAN and a failed promise.

"It is good to be on C-SPAN. Glad I’m not on your rival network, 'No input, HDMI1.'"

"Oh, I just got a note from the president saying that if you want another drink, you should order it now because the bar will be closing down. Of course, he said the same thing about Guantanamo, so you have at least another eight years."

Comedian Larry Wilmore hosted in 2016. Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images.

During his final dinner in 2016, President Obama starred in a video contemplating life after the White House.

In 1995, Conan O'Brien implored loyal C-SPAN viewers to please find something else to do on a Saturday night.

"I have an announcement for those of you watching this event live on C-SPAN. For God's sake, it's Saturday night! Go outside! ... There are things you can do!"

President Bill Clinton laughing during the 1996 event. Photo by Ted Mathias/AFP/Getty Images.

The show must go on, as they say.

Last year's host was Hasan Minhaj, who scorched the president with a comparison to King Joffrey from "Game of Thrones." This year, the event will be hosted by Michelle Wolf. It's sure to be as awkward as ever — and it's still pretty strange to see the press rubbing elbows with the same politicians their jobs require them to criticize. But with the world as dark as it is right now, maybe we do need to just find a way to laugh.

Comedian Hasan Minhaj hosted the 2017 White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images.

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Euro 2020 Team Previews: Group D

England:

In their first Euros outing in 1968, England finished third, of four teams. They’re still waiting to improve on that. Only Belgium and the old Yugoslavia could claim to have performed better at European Championships without winning one. England have been international football’s big underachievers since 1966, from home-soil heroes to the failed Golden Generation. The Three Lions have won one knockout game in the history of this competition. On penalties. As hosts. I'm not even kidding, look it up. Five years ago, they crashed out to Iceland; as the song goes, we’d seen it all before. What followed, though, was new: it led to a scorched earth rejuvenation of English football, led by some of the greatest minds in the game. Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and Marcelo Bielsa all arrived, followed by a cast of club legends making early forays into management. Together, they’ve helped to reshape the country’s tactical make-up into something more modern. An Icelandic volcano turned English football to ash, but from the rubble, something new and exciting has risen from it. There’s hope for the class of 2021. The Three Lions’ current pride isn’t an empty collection of big names – there are still titans of elite European sides, but vitally, there’s a balance that seems to have evaded the national team for 55 years. England finally have defensive midfielders and left-footers. A good grouping of the current XI are captains of their clubs. Importantly, the country’s youth-level champions of recent years are coming of age, giving Gareth Southgate genuine selection migraines. For many, England’s talent reserves are the envy of Europe as many sitting on the bench would have started for other nations competing in Euro 2020. Since 2018, the pragmatism of Southgate’s World Cup semi-finalists has come to the fore: they are prepared to win ugly, even if a squad packed with attacking prowess suggests otherwise. If we're being honest, the 12-month postponement of Euro 2020 may have even worked in England’s favor, too, as so many young Lions have received a year’s extra education before the big tournament. Mason Mount and Phil Foden have developed into legitimate superstars, Reece James looks like one of the best fullbacks in football and this new "Golden Generation" may actually be better than the last. Could the stars align? We haven’t seen a crop quite like this for some time, and while England doesn’t quite expect to win it all, there’s plenty of serious promise.

Euro 2020 may be a bridge too far for Southgate’s squad, but their journey over the last five years shows they’re on the right track. If they can shake off the nation’s tag as perennial underachievers in football, then maybe, just maybe, this fucking thing is "coming home".

Croatia:

In the past three years, Croatia seen a generational shift occur within their national team – never an easy task for a country with so small a talent pool. The situation was hardly helped by Ivan Rakitic’s sudden international retirement last September; the midfielder following forward Mario Mandzukic and goalkeeper Danijel Subasic in saying goodbye to the national team in the aftermath of the sepia-tinged summer of 2018. Yet, still led by Luka Modric’s effortless brilliance, the perennial dark horses remain a strong outfit, albeit a little green around the edges. Some squad members have already shown great maturity in stepping up, particularly 26-year old Dinamo Zagreb keeper Dominik Livakovic, whom has between fantastic between the sticks, and 23-year-old former Everton midfielder Nikola Vlasic. Dinamo’s Mislav Orsic is still floating on air after his stunning hat-trick knocked Tottenham out of the Europa League. Most encouragingly? Manager Zlatko Dalic can also rely upon one player the wider European public has yet to meet: striker Bruno Petkovic. Similar to Olivier Giroud in many ways, the hulking Dinamo centre-forward offers Croatia an important tactical variant as a hulking in-the-box presence amidst a sea of pint-sized technicians. Yet more vital is that Modric, the quintessential captain, who is still playing at the highest level after yet another fine Real Madrid season, isn’t tired of wearing the famed checkered shirt. They'll go as far as his mastery, wizardy, incredible ability and undying passion for his national team will take them. This team is green, but by no means does that mean they're incapable of making a semi-finals appearance. Croatia’s group is extremely demanding because it contains two hosts (England and Scotland) and the reawakened Czech Republic, whose players increasingly recall previous generations. That being said, reaching the knockout stages should not be an issue. The fact that reaching the knockout stage is now the minimum expectation from the Croatian public is proof of just how far this team has come. The big names may lack their forebears’ name recognition, but the talent remains for them to go far.

Scotland:

Don’t let anyone tell you that international football is irrelevant and that representing your country doesn't matter anymore in the age of mega-contracts, "Super Leagues", "Champions Leagues" and endorsement deals. If they persist, point them in the direction of Ryan Christie’s post-match interview with Sky Sports on the night that Scotland finally ended their agonizing 23-year wait to appear at a major international tournament. For about two minutes, the Celtic star did his best to juggle obvious exhaustion, joy and sheer relief while the tears flowed down in his face in an abject display of patriotism that would make even the biggest skeptic struggle to watch without wondering who was cutting onions or who opened the window and let all this pollen into the room. This had been a long time coming. The night of their play-off in Serbia was about as ‘Scotland’ as it gets. Even though Steve Clarke’s side put in a confident, and composed performance against visibly shaken opposition; given the lead through a Christie goal that looked to be enough for victory, Serbian star and all-together disappointment Luka Jovic delivered a sucker-punch equalizer in stoppage time. Long-suffering Scotland supporters at home feared the worst. And, as it were, the Serbians pushed Scotland to the brink in extra time. But Scotland stood firm, then David Marshall secured legendary status among the Tartan Army with a superb save from Aleksandar Mitrovic's effort to settle the penalty shootout at 5-4. Back in Scotland, there was utter pandemonium. Football can’t do much to make up for a year of loss and sacrifice, but it has at least reaffirmed its status as the most important of the least important things. For one night, Christie & company gave their country the gift of a priceless distraction in a year when we needed it most. Scotland’s hard-fought win in Belgrade lengthened their unbeaten stretch under Clarke to nine games – their best run in 44 years. It hasn't been easy, however. Clarke and his management team have had to tweak their system along the way and injuries have forced some previously unheralded players to earn caps. Others have been forced out for resting on their old laurels (sorry Leigh Griffiths), while others have been handed opportunities based on merit and ability (hello, Lyndon Sykes). For all that qualification represented to Clarke, though, he’s too proud for his side to just make up the numbers this summer. They probably won't make it to the next round. They were handed a rough draw this time around and the Czech Republic is a tough out. That said, Scotland is going to fight until they can't anymore. It's what they know.

Czech Republic:

Back in England for another major tournament a quarter of a century after their incredible run to the Euro 96 Final, the Czechs travel to the UK with a buoyant mood and a settled squad. They’re unencumbered by expectation, and bring a team of promising young players and hungry internationals from Europe’s top five leagues, so another underdog showing is the hope for the nation's fans and for manager Jaroslav Silhavy.

Tomas Soucek – he of the granite forehead, man-mountain shoulders and elbows that can be thrown like boulders – and full-back Vladimir Coufal already delivered solid performances for Slavia Prague, but not even the most ardent Czech fan would have expected the level both have reached in West Ham’s excellent 2020-21 Premier League campaign, thus leading both players to capture the imagination and incite the excitement of a country who is beginning to believe this team may have what it takes Meanwhile, the Czechs’ best forward, Patrik Schick – on loan at RB Leipzig last year – has finally sorted out his future by leaving Roma for Bayer Leverkusen. The 25-year-old looks settled at his new club, and by mid-April he had scored 13 goals in 29 appearances for the German outfit. He'll be expected to lead the line, and from all appearances, looks prepared to do so, finally living up to the potential and expectations bestowed upon him at a young age. That being said, no Czech side has ever been about individuals, not even in Pavel Nedved’s era: even in a loaded team, with Karel Poborsky and Vladimir Smicer, the Czechs were more than a one-man show and played united, hard-nosed football, stoked more in pragmatism and a cohesive identity than individual moments of brilliance. Team spirit, tactical preparation, defensive organization and a well-balanced squad tend to trump all when it comes to the Czech squad. Boosted psychologically by their promotion to Nations League A, Silhavy’s troops also know what to expect in this group: they’d already beaten England in qualifying when they pipped Scotland to top spot in their Nations League division. Their football is unlikely to be beautiful, but they will be tough to beat, and with their would-be stars in top-form coming into the tournament, do not be surprised to see the Czech Republic make the knockouts as one of the best Third-Place teams.

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