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WMEX (AM)

WMEX (1510 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Quincy, Massachusetts, and serving the Greater Boston media market. It is owned by L&J Media, headed by Tony LaGreca and Larry Justice. WMEX broadcasts an oldies format of hits from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, as well as full service features including local DJs, news, traffic and weather. Late nights and weekends, it carries MeTV FM, a syndicated music service. The station's studios and offices are on Enterprise Drive in Marshfield.

By day, WMEX transmits with 10,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna, but 1510 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee, which itself is directional at night protecting WMEX to the northeast; KGA in Spokane, Washington, to the west, was also formerly a Class A station on the frequency. Since WMEX uses a non-directional antenna, to prevent interference to either station, during critical hours, WMEX drops its power to 2,000 watts, and at night, it further reduces its output to only 100 watts. The transmitter is on Riverside Avenue in Quincy, near the Neponset River. The station was silent from late June 2017 to November 7, 2019, when it returned to the air with new ownership, a new city of license of Quincy, and a reduction in power from the previous output of 50,000 watts directional day and night.

Early years
WMEX was founded in 1934 by Bill and Al Pote, with studios in the Hotel Manger, and was originally on 1500 kilocycles, with 250 watts daytime, 100 watts nighttime. It broadcast from a transmitter site on Powder Horn Hill in Chelsea, and later (1940–1981) from a site off West Squantum Road in Quincy, near the then-WNAC/WAAB (now WBIX) site in the Neponset River Valley. On October 18, 1934, the station officially signed on the air. On April 5, 1936, WMEX moved its studio and offices to 70 Brookline Ave.

After several unsuccessful attempts to move to 1470 with a power upgrade to 5,000 watts, WMEX finally made the move (and power increase) in 1941, just in time for the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement to move to its current frequency, 1510 kHz. Throughout this period, WMEX operated as an independent (non-network) station with a program schedule filled with such programs as live music remotes, horse racing, and ethnic programming.

One early WMEX star was future Fenway Park and Boston Garden organist John Kiley, who in 1941 broadcast three daily programs. One of them was titled Letter-Quest, on which listeners would write to Kiley in care of the station, requesting songs. The letter would be read by announcer Jay McMaster (who remained at WMEX into the top-40 era), followed by Kiley playing the requested song.

In the 1940s, jazz critic Nat Hentoff got his start as a jazz deejay at WMEX.

In the early 1950s, Nat Hentoff announced many live jazz radio broadcasts over WMEX from the Storyville nightclub at the Hotel Buckminster. Many audio recordings from these sessions are still available, including those by Billie Holiday, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, and Sarah Vaughan.

The top-40 era
In 1957, the New England Radio Corporation sold WMEX to the Richmond brothers. One of the brothers, Max Richmond changed the format of WMEX to a rock-and-roll-dominant pop-music format (among the first in the nation) and hired popular disc jockey Arnie Ginsburg away from smaller station WBOS (now WUNR). The hit format lasted from 1957 until March 1975. Max Richmond was reportedly a challenge to work for, with his alleged micromanaging and abrasive personality, yet none can deny his uncanny ability to spot DJ talent, and to keep his station—despite a poor nighttime signal in many suburban locations—a major player and innovator for many years.

Among Max Richmond's innovations was the hiring of Jerry Williams in 1957 to conduct a nighttime telephone talk show, with the caller's voice heard on the air, a revolutionary concept in the late 1950s. With the weekday-only Williams show beginning at 10:00 pm (after much of the young rock-and-roll audience was in bed), Richmond was able to expand the appeal of his station to the adult community in the late-night hours. Malcolm X was a favorite guest of Williams, and many WMEX broadcasts featuring Williams and Malcolm X survive. Larry Glick (who was to become a Boston radio talk show legend) was hired by WMEX to host a show that aired after the Jerry Williams Show (1965–1967). Larry's show steered clear of controversy and was more focused on "having a good time" while taping into Boston's well-known humor side. When the Beatles broke in the United States, WMEX played virtually every Beatles song available and fueled the already rabid Boston fans. In the early 1960s, personality Arnie (WooWoo) Ginsburg hosted a Sunday night oldies show, one of the first in the nation to feature early pioneer rock and rhythm and blues recordings in a specialty show on a top-rated radio station.

In the late 1960s, WMEX received a power upgrade to 50,000 watts daytime, still with 5,000 watts at night. Station engineers had to constantly adjust the phasing network as tides in the Neponset River would play havoc with the station's directional pattern. However, the saltwater marsh area provided the station with an excellent coastal signal. While the night signal could not be heard clearly inland at many Boston suburban locations (especially in the growing and affluent western and southwestern suburbs), the station's nighttime transmissions were heard very clearly across the water to the Boston city neighborhoods and the working class North Shore areas. The saltwater path nighttime transmissions reached up to Nova Scotia and Labrador, gaining the station an audience in those areas, as well.

WITS: Information, talk and sports
By the late 1960s, WMEX was facing tough competition in the top-40 format from WRKO, which featured a tight playlist, a more "suburban oriented" sound, and a 50,000 watt day and night signal which was heard clearly in all suburbs. However, under the programming of Dick Summer and later, John Garabedian, WMEX countered with an expanded playlist featuring some "progressive rock" album cuts. The station was one of the first two major market stations along with its sister, WPGC in Washington, DC, to pick up American Top 40 with Casey Kasem and broke "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart nationally. WMEX shot back up in the ratings and actually beat WRKO in a few demographics and time periods, but it was a temporary and final victory for the station.

In November 1971, owner Max Richmond died and FM radio began to overtake AM stations for music listening. WMEX decided to abandon top-40 hits in 1975. It briefly ran a middle of the road music format with some talk programming. Then, WMEX captured the broadcast rights to Boston Red Sox baseball beginning with the 1975 playoffs. That led to WMEX becoming an all-talk station in 1976. In 1978, to better promote its talk format and sports coverage, the station changed call letters to WITS ("Information, Talk and Sports").

Adding the Boston Bruins hockey team in the 1978-79 season boosted WITS's sports profile, but the station came in for considerable criticism after the 1978 baseball season when it fired the popular Red Sox commentary duo of Ned Martin and Jim Woods. Although Martin was able to continue broadcasting the Red Sox on television, Woods never again broadcast the team's games on a regular basis.

Long a 5,000-watt station, WMEX/WITS in the 1970s had a daytime power boost to 50,000 watts, with nighttime power remaining at 5,000 watts, a less-than-perfect signal in parts of the Boston area, especially at night. 1520 WKBW (now WWKB), with 50,000 watts in Buffalo, New York, right next door to WMEX on the dial, all but buried the weaker 5,000-watt WMEX after dark in the western Boston suburbs (such as Wellesley). On the other side of WMEX was an equally strong signal from 1500 WTOP (now WFED) in Washington, which, together with WKBW, put the squeeze on WMEX's signal at night. In 1981, WITS moved its transmitter to Waltham and was able to boost power to 50,000 watts day and night. While some areas did get an improved signal, others did not, especially at night. Not long afterward, WITS's owner at the time, Mariner Communications, suffered financial problems. The station lost the Red Sox and Bruins and had to abandon its talk format.

1983–2017: Multiple formats
On January 1, 1983, WITS flipped to an adult standards format under the call sign WMRE "The Memory Station", but was not successful. Other formats quickly followed, one after another. Among them were a return to talk (featuring Morgan White Jr. and Bob Katzen) in September 1986, a flip to soft adult contemporary (as WSSH) in July 1987, a flip to country music (as WKKU) in February 1989, a return to soft adult contemporary (WSSH again) in November 1990, a flip to Spanish-language programming in March 1991, and as WNRB, changing to brokered religious programming in February 1995. On December 18, 1997, the station flipped to an all-sports format with the call letters WWZN. Most WWZN programming came from the One-On-One Sports Network, and from One-On-One's successor, Sporting News Radio (today SB Nation Radio). For a time, sports hosts such as Sean McDonough, Ryen Russillo, and Eddie Andelman were all heard on WWZN.

During this time, Paul Allen's Rose City Broadcasting held the license. Allen also owned Sporting News Radio and The Sporting News magazine. For a few years, WWZN had the local radio broadcasts of the Boston Celtics basketball team, but the station sold the broadcast rights to WRKO at the end of the 2004–2005 season.

Prior to the station's sale, WWZN started to rely on time-brokered infomercials in addition to programming from Sporting News Radio. On May 31, 2007, Blackstrap Broadcasting completed its purchase of both this station and WSNR in the New York City area (licensed to Newark, New Jersey). In the fall of 2007, WWZN moved from Burlington, Massachusetts, to brand new studios overlooking the ocean at Marina Bay in Quincy.

From 2008 until 2012, the station aired progressive talk shows as brokered time including a local show hosted by Jeff Santos. The station then changed its call letters to WUFC and returned to a sports format as an affiliate of NBC Sports Radio from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. weekdays, with a local show, "The Bawstin Diehards", from 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Yahoo! Sports Radio (the successor to Sporting News Radio) aired at other times. The NBC Sports Radio affiliation lasted until late 2013, when Yahoo! took over NBC's hours. In June 2014, the station began airing a libertarian talk radio format. On November 17, 2014, the station reverted to its original call sign, WMEX. The change coincided with the move of The Howie Carr Show to the station from WRKO. Carr's show returned to WRKO on March 16, 2015.

Programs on WMEX in early 2015 included Boston Herald Radio, The Glenn Beck Program, Michael Savage, The Sean Hannity Show, and Alex Jones. A Saturday-night oldies show debuted on March 28, 2015, hosted by Jim Callahan and Chris Porter, which was followed by Classic Rewind with Jimmy Jay. The program featured music from the classic WMEX rock-and-roll years, along with original station jingles from the era.

On June 2, 2015, WMEX shuffled its line-up. Renegade Radio moved to the mornings, followed by Emmy-winning journalist Joe Shortsleeve with The Shortsleeve Report, radio hall-of-famer and ex-Howie Carr producer Sandy Shack followed, then came former WTKK and WRKO host Michele McPhee. Syndicated shows such as The Capitol Hill Show with Tim Constantine and Michael Savage rounded out the lineup. Premiere Networks, which syndicates Hannity and Beck, also offered The Rush Limbaugh Show to WMEX after the show's longtime Boston affiliate, WRKO, announced its plan to drop the show, WMEX openly refused to carry the show, which prompted Premiere parent company iHeartMedia to take Limbaugh (as well as Hannity and Beck) to a lower-powered, co-owned-and-operated station, WKOX (1430).

On June 23, 2015, WMEX announced that Daly XXL Communications would be purchasing the station from Blackstrap for $175,000, pending FCC approval, which was granted in September 2015. The sale was completed on September 10, 2015. On December 28, 2015, the station announced a new noontime show hosted by Nancy "Sandy" Shack, longtime producer of The Howie Carr Show, to begin on January 4, 2016. McPhee left the station on June 2, 2017, replaced by live airing of the Michael Savage show.

WMEX goes silent
During June 2017, talk programming during the evening hours was replaced by local oldies music shows, but in the final days, rumors began circulating that the station would be going off the air on June 30, 2017. The lease on their transmitter site in Waltham was due to expire. On the June 29, 2017, edition of an evening music show hosted by Jimmy Jay, the station confirmed that it was going to leave the air at 6:00 p.m. the following evening. On June 30, 2017, the hosts of the Renegade Radio morning show did a special second broadcast from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., pre-empting the syndicated Michael Savage show. The station then went silent. The Waltham towers were dismantled in May 2018.

In the interim, the station applied to the FCC for special temporary authority (STA) to remain silent until a new owner or funding was found. Based on its date of sign-off, it needed to return by June 30, 2018, in order to remain fully licensed under FCC regulations disallowing a station from remaining silent and licensed for more than 365 days.

WMEX returns to the air
On December 18, 2017, Ed Perry, owner of WATD-FM in Marshfield, announced that he would acquire WMEX for $125,000, with the intention of returning the station to the air with local news and sports for the area south of Boston. The paperwork was filed with the FCC in January 2018, the WMEX call letters were not initially included in the deal. The FCC approved the license transfer to Ed Perry's Marshfield Broadcasting on March 9, 2018, the sale was completed on March 17.

On June 6, 2018, the station was approved to diplex its signal from the broadcast tower of WBIX (1260) just south of Boston (right down the street from the station's 1940–1981 transmitter site) to temporarily broadcast daytime only at a power of 1,000 watts. On June 15, 2018, WMEX applied to permanently diplex with WBIX, with a proposed daytime power of 10,000 watts and nighttime power of 100 watts, along with a city of license change to Quincy. WMEX commenced on-air testing on the weekend of June 30, 2018, simulcasting WATD-FM, to keep its license alive; it intended to resume regular broadcasting in the fall of 2018 with oldies and South Shore-based news and sports. On July 3, 2018, the station applied for an STA to increase its temporary daytime power to 2,000 watts and implement the 100-watt nighttime signal. WMEX went silent on November 10, 2018, after losing its Internet feed from WATD-FM; in addition, the station's transmitter was in the process of being moved to Brockton sister station WATD (now WBMS).

The station did testing and a simulcast of WATD in mid-October 2019. Owner Ed Perry told the New England Radio Stations Facebook group that he intended to start original programming of South Shore-based news and sports as well as oldies by March 9, 2020. On that day, an update advised that the station was simulcasting WATD, with plans to add its own programming and live internet streaming starting in April 2020. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the date was pushed back to May 18, 2020. On that day just after 9 a.m., DJ Larry Justice -- who did the popular morning show on WMEX in the mid-1960s -- returned to the station, debuting with the first song     "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night.

Marshfield Broadcasting sold WMEX to L&J Media, headed by Anthony LaGreca and midday host Larry Justice, for $390,000 in 2021.

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José Benlliure y Gil

José Benlliure y Gil (30 September 1858, el Poble Nou de la Mar – 5 April 1937, Valencia) was a Spanish painter.

Life
He was born in the community of El Canyamelar, currently a part of the city of Valencia. He studied painting under Francisco Domingo Marqués, and showed from the first such marked talent that he was sent to the Spanish Academy in Rome. From 1903 to 1913, he was director of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts.

He was one of the select circle pensioned by the Spanish government for residence in Italy and executed several state orders for the decoration of public buildings; but he owes his chief fame to his large historical paintings, notably the "Vision in the Coliseum." He became the leader of the Spanish art colony in Rome, where he practised as painter and sculptor.

He married Maria Ortiz in 1880, after establishing his residence in Rome. In Italy he painted small genre paintings, and began in the city of Assisi on the View of the Coliseum (now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia), a painting he won a first prize in the National exhibition of 1887, together with his brother, the sculptor Mariano Benlliure, who presented the award-winning sculpture of the painter Josep de Ribera. Benlliure obtained several successes in Paris, Munich, Stuttgart and Berlin with his paintings. In 1903 he assumed leadership of the Spanish Academy in Rome, succeeding his brother Marian, a position he would keep for ten years. He was also the father of painter Josep Benlliure i Ortiz, known as Peppino, who was born in Rome in 1884. In late 1919 he offered a tribute to Rome with an exhibition of 45 paintings in Madrid in the halls of the Theatre Royal. When he returned to Valencia he was appointed as honorary president of the Circle of Fine Arts in Valencia (Cercle de Belles Arts), and became director of the Museu de Belles Arts de Valencia, a position he held until 1924. He received the Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy and the Cross of Officer of the Legion of Honor from the French government.

In 1957, the painter's daughter, Maria Benlliure Ortiz gave the City of Valencia, the family house where her father and his family lived and worked, along with a number of his paintings, his son's paintings family photographs, and paintings by Munoz Degrain, Rusinyol, family friend Joaquin Sorolla, and others. The museum also provides access to the house's garden and a studio that Benlliure y Gil had created for his son, Joseph Benlliure y Ortiz who died in 1916. The painter's wife, Maria Ortiz Fullana died in 1918. The museum, House Museum Benlliure, is operated by the city of Valencia as a public museum.

Jose Benlliure y Gil's brothers Juan Antonio Benlliure and Mariano were also a painter and a sculptor, respectively.

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Pop Is Dead

"Pop Is Dead" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released as a non-album single on 10 May 1993, several months after their debut album, Pablo Honey. It reached number 42 on the UK Singles Chart, below expectations. Members of Radiohead later said they regretted releasing it.

Music
"Pop Is Dead" is driven by a chromatic riff played by the lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood. As with Radiohead's previous single, "Anyone Can Play Guitar", the lyrics criticise the media and music industry.

One B-side, the acoustic track "Banana Co.", was described as "mildly Beatlesque" with lyrics that hinted at a loathing of multinational corporations. The electric version of "Banana Co." was later included on the "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" single. Another B-side, a live performance of the Pablo Honey song "Ripcord", was recorded at a Town and Country Club gig in London in February 1993, when Radiohead opened for Belly. This performance contains extra lyrics: "They can kiss my ass!"

Reception
"Pop Is Dead" reached number 42 on the UK Singles Chart. It was not released in the US. In 1995, the Melody Maker editor Robin Bresnark wrote that if Radiohead had released "Pop Is Dead" after their second album, The Bends, it would be a "top-five single".

"Pop Is Dead" was included on the 2009 Pablo Honey reissue. Reviewing the reissue, the IGN critic Finn White described "Pop Is Dead" as a "clever and humorous rock satire". However, Pitchfork's Scott Plagenhoef found it "dreadful". In 2019, the American music journalist Marc Hogan named it the worst Radiohead song.

Years after its release, the Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien called the track "a hideous mistake". The drummer, Philip Selway, said he regretted releasing it.

Music video
The music video was directed by Dwight Clarke, based on a treatment by the Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke. It features Yorke portraying the character of Pop as "a dandified vampire in a glass coffin", accompanied by other band members. According to Radiohead's video commissioner, Dilly Gent, "We had the entire Radiohead fan club carrying him across the Oxford Downs ... In the early '90s, we probably thought those videos were all right, but looking back at them now, we all just want to die." Stereogum likened the video to those of Nirvana.

Track listing

 * 1) "Pop Is Dead" – 2:13
 * 2) "Banana Co." (acoustic) – 2:27
 * 3) "Creep" (live) – 4:11
 * 4) "Ripcord" (live) – 3:08

Personnel
Radiohead
 * Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar
 * Jonny Greenwood – guitar, piano
 * Colin Greenwood – bass guitar
 * Ed O'Brien – guitar, backing vocals
 * Philip Selway – drums

Technical personnel
 * Jim Warren – production
 * Radiohead – production
 * Barry Hammond – mixing
 * Rachel Owen – artwork
 * Icon – design

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Talk:Northern line (Merseyrail)

Central
I've been looking at the maps and as far as I can tell the line from Brunswick to central has always been under ground, however it used to emergy into the station, which is in a cutting.

In the 70's the floor of the tunnel was lowered at the Central station end and the line connected to the Mersey Railway Tunnel. Which now surved as part of the cross rail, while the Mersey railway was put on the deep level loop.

Thinking about that is there a connection between the Loop and the spur still left over? --Son of Paddy's Ego 15:28, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

 * The CLC route into Central was indeed underground. However, they didn't simply lower the floor of the tunnels to allow for a split-level junction with the connecting tunnel to Edge Hill, which was authorised but never built.  The southbound Northern Line tunnel was built at a higher level than the northbound tunnel, so that it could pass over the top of the proposed tunnel to Edge Hill.

 * North of Central, the Northern Line follows the Mersey Railway tunnel for about half of the distance to Moorfields, where the new tunnel starts again (the junction is under Paradise Street). There is still a track in the rest of the MR tunnel to James Street, which is used for stock movement purposes, allowing the Northern Line trains to reach the main Merseyrail depot at Birkenhead North.

 * I've been reading an article from Modern Railways magazine from 1975 (a contemporary account of the expansion works). I've been meaning to add information to the Wirral Line, Liverpool Central and James Street articles about all of this, but unfortunately I've had too much real work to do!  --RFBailey 18:59, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I've seen some of those pictures in the past. (Paradise Junction) (SIL 	Stock Interchange Line) (Mann Island Junction)--Son of Paddy's Ego 22:55, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Station lists
As a resource, the station lists should contain existing stations only (or stations under construction, such as Liverpool South Parkway). Articles about stations that are closed should be linked to from elsewhere: listing St James station as part of these lists is confusing. --RFBailey 19:00, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

St James' railway station
I've noticed that an addition I made to the closed station section (St. James) has now been renamed "Saint James" whereas on maps I've found I've seen the actual station name to be "St. James'" such as here.(Stuey 182 01:04, 4 April 2006 (UTC))

 * Yep, that's right. I've corrected it to  St James' . The dot after 'St' shouldn't be there as letters are not omitted after the 't' of 'St'. That's just a picky punctuational thing more than anything; the same exists at St Michaels and St Helens. James R 18:02, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Northern Line Stations Template
I've created and added a template for Northern Line stations (previous station lists are achived below). What are people's thoughts? Anything that should be changed or added to the template? Obvious next steps are to introduce it to station pages, and do a similar template for the Wirral Line. Given LSP is opening on Sunday, I've not included Garston  Mtpt 21:54, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Very good in my opinion, a big improvement over the list. I'll do the Wirral Line now. 62.69.34.234 12:00, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Hunts Cross – Southport

 * Hunts Cross
 * Liverpool South Parkway (Will open in June 2006)
 * Garston (Will close in June 2006)
 * Cressington
 * Aigburth
 * St Michaels
 * Brunswick
 * Liverpool Central
 * Moorfields
 * Sandhills
 * Bank Hall
 * Bootle Oriel Road
 * Bootle New Strand
 * Seaforth & Litherland
 * Waterloo
 * Blundellsands & Crosby
 * Hall Road
 * Hightown
 * Formby
 * Freshfield
 * Ainsdale
 * Hillside
 * Birkdale
 * Southport

Liverpool Central – Ormskirk

 * Liverpool Central
 * Moorfields
 * Sandhills
 * Kirkdale
 * Walton
 * Orrell Park
 * Aintree
 * Old Roan
 * Maghull
 * Town Green
 * Aughton Park
 * Ormskirk

Liverpool Central – Kirkby

 * Liverpool Central
 * Moorfields
 * Sandhills
 * Kirkdale
 * Rice Lane
 * Fazakerley
 * Kirkby

Confusing lead section
Could someone please clarify the lead - "Merseyrail's City Line is not owned or operated by Merseyrail" is confusing, even to someone like me who has some knowledge in the subject. To an average reader, it just appears contradictory. —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 19:33, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I don't think the City Line even needs a mention in the lead. Thoughts? I'm planning on doing some work on the article soon as I've recently been doing with Wirral Line. Raywil (talk) 19:38, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Marsh Lane station
This station is in former stations section - is it actually closed - according to Bootle New Strand railway station it was just renamed.Sf5xeplus (talk) 15:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Merseyrail which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 20:31, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Citation issues
There's a clear issue on this article over citations, and the lack of both, citiations, and reliable sources of information.

For example, after doing some searching, there is no information relating to the 1998 Brunswick station (though it is obvious that it happened). If anyone can find any sources, lmk, however, I think it may need to be deleted as uncited, even though its obvious it happened. --- 𝓙𝓪𝓭𝓮 (Talk) •  𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎/𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂  13:41, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

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Stormont Vail Events Center

The Stormont Vail Events Center, formerly known as Kansas Expocentre, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1987 in Topeka, Kansas. Previously, the Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball Association, Kansas Koyotes indoor football team,Topeka Tarantulas, Topeka ScareCrows, Topeka Pilots ice hockey and Topeka Tropics of the National Arena League (NAL) teams played there. Many other shows, including concerts, perform here.

The Kansas Expocentre was renamed on June 13, 2019, to the Stormont Vail Events Center after signing a ten-year partnership agreement with Topeka-based Stormont Vail Health.

It has hosted the Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 5A boys and girls state basketball tournaments since its opening, and the KSHSAA Class 5A and 6A volleyball state championships since 1992. The arena also hosts the USA Wrestling Kansas Kids state championship tournament every March.

Landon Arena is the main part of the events center. Other areas include the Exhibition Hall, a building for trade shows, and Domer Arena, a livestock/horse show arena.

Features
Landon Arena contains 7,450 fixed seats, with over 2,550 floor seats. The arena is climate controlled and features computerized lighting, closed circuit TV security, a state-of-the-art sound system, 13 ft drive-in entrance, plenty of power, and built-in ice capabilities.

History
The 80 acre site in the center of Topeka has a long history of use for activities related to agriculture, farming, exhibitions, education and entertainment as the Shawnee County Fairgrounds. The grand opening of the Kansas Expocentre was on April 17, 1987, with a sold-out concert featuring Kenny Rogers, T. Graham Brown, and Ronnie Milsap.

Landon Arena, named for Kansas' elder statesman, governor Alfred M. Landon (1887–1987) was built 1987. To tie the old buildings to the new facilities, an indoor passageway was constructed between the conference center and exhibit hall. It hosted the first Expocentre event with nearly 9,000 people attending a Topeka Sizzlers basketball game.

Significant events
Landon Arena has been the venue for many concerts, family shows, trade shows, consumer shows, horse shows, dog shows and a variety of exhibitions.
 * Concert performers have included George Strait, Garth Brooks, KISS, Bob Dylan, My Chemical Romance, Aerosmith, Heart, Rush, Primus, Cher, Rise Against, Alice Cooper, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Eric Church, and Kansas.
 * It has also hosted some wrestling shows such as WCW, WWE Raw, ECW, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling house shows.
 * Ice shows include Disney on Ice and High School Musical: The Concert Tour.
 * Other Disney shows include Disney Live, Winnie the Pooh, Playhouse Disney Live, and My Little Pony Live.
 * The arena also hosts the Arab Shrine Circus each year.

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David Guetta

Pierre David Guetta (, ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 14 billion streams. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs polls in 2011, and throughout 2020 until 2023. In 2013, Billboard ranked his song "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland) as the number one dance-pop collaboration ever.

He released his debut album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). Guetta achieved mainstream success with his fourth album One Love (2009), which included his breakthrough singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (with Chris Willis featuring LMFAO and Fergie), "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon) and "Memories" (featuring Kid Cudi); the former three reached number one in the United Kingdom. His 2011 follow-up album, Nothing but the Beat was met with continued success, containing the hit singles "Where Them Girls At" (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj), "Little Bad Girl" (featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris), "Without You" (featuring Usher), "Titanium" (featuring Sia) and "Turn Me On" (featuring Nicki Minaj). In 2018, he released his seventh album 7, which included twelve tracks under his alias Jack Back. In 2019, he announced his creation of the EDM subgenre "future rave" along with fellow producer Morten Breum; they released a collaborative extended play, New Rave in July 2020. In 2022, he released the single "I'm Good (Blue)" (with Bebe Rexha), which remains the second longest-running chart-topping song on the US Dance/Electronic chart. Guetta's accolades include two Grammy Awards, an American Music Award and a Billboard Music Award. In June 2021, Guetta sold his recorded music catalog for an amount in the region of US$100 million, with Music Business Worldwide citing a source saying it was more than that, but less than US$150 million.

Early life
Guetta was born and raised in Paris. Guetta's father, Pierre, was a sociologist who was born in a Moroccan Jewish family. His mother, Monique, was of Belgian descent. Through his father, Guetta is the younger half-brother of the prominent French journalist Bernard Guetta and French-Italian actress Nathalie Guetta. He also has a half-brother, Dominique Vidal and a half-sister, Joëlle Vidal from his mother's first marriage to French cybernetician Jacques Vidal.

1984–2000: Early work
Guetta began to DJ at the Broad Club in Paris. He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley "Jackmaster" Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights. In 1987, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.

In the mid-1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle. Released in 1994 Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit. In 1994, Guetta became the manager of Le Palace nightclub and he continued to organise parties there and in other clubs, such as the "Scream" parties in Les Bains-Douches.

2001–2003: Just a Little More Love
In 2001, Guetta and Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, and in the same year Guetta's first hit single, "Just a Little More Love", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta. Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love was released in 2002 on Virgin Records and sold over 300,000 copies. The follow-up singles, ("Love Don't Let Me Go", "People Come People Go" and "Give Me Something"), were released in 2002. Guetta released a compilation, F*ck Me I'm Famous, in 2003, named after his party in Ibiza. It included "Just for One Day (Heroes)", a remix of David Bowie's song "Heroes". Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that title. Along with Garraud, Guetta remixed Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's 1980 hit "Enola Gay" for The OMD Singles (2003).

2004–2006: Guetta Blaster
Guetta's second album, Guetta Blaster, was released in 2004. It was supported with the release of four singles: "Money" and "Stay" featuring Chris Willis and "The World Is Mine" and "In Love With Myself" featuring JD Davis. In 2006 the Just a Little More Love single "Love Don't Let Me Go" was re-released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of "Walking Away" by The Egg. The mash-up single entitled "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was charted higher than the original release of the song.

2007–2009: Pop Life
In 2007, Guetta's third album Pop Life was released. The album was successful in the UK and Ireland as well as in mainland Europe. According to EMI in 2010, the album has sold a total of 530,000 copies worldwide. The lead single "Love Is Gone" reached Number 1 on the American Dance Chart and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Delirious" featured the vocals of Tara McDonald who also co wrote the record. The song was released as the album's fourth single on 31 January 2008. The song charted #27 Austrian singles chart, #17 Belgian (Flanders) chart, #2 Belgian (Wallonia) singles chart. #12 Dutch singles chart, #16 French singles chart, #16 Swiss singles chart, #36 Hungary singles chart, #29 Romanian singles chart, #51 Swedish singles chart. The remixes of the song, including mixes by Fred Rister, Marc Mysterio, Laidback Luke, and Arno Cost and Norman Doray were released. A video clip for the song was filmed by Denys Thibaut in Montreal, featuring Guetta and Tara McDonald, picturing an executive assistant throwing paint all over her boss's office. McDonald also sang and co wrote "You're Not Alone" from this album.

He has played in many countries around the world to promote the album. He played in Mauritius in January 2008, accompanied by French rapper JoeyStarr. In the same year, he and his wife Cathy also planned a new event which took place in the Stade de France on 5 July 2008. The event was called "UNIGHTED", he performed with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of a crowd of 40,000.

In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine, and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008. Since April 2009, Guetta had his own radio show on the internet radio station RauteMusik on Saturday evening. The show was afterwards moved into Radio 538, being aired every Friday evening after Tiësto's Club Life.

2009–2010: One Love and international breakthrough
Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love, was released in August 2009. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and topped many other countries worldwide, selling over 5,5 million copies worldwide. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" featuring Akon, became his second #1 in the UK. "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over You" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed. As of May 2011 the album had sold three million copies worldwide. Guetta's fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. His song "When Love Takes Over" featuring American R&B singer Kelly Rowland received two nominations; Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, and won the latter. After conflicts over whether or not an album re-issue should go ahead, One More Love was released on 29 November 2010. The first single, titled "Who's That Chick?" featuring Rihanna was released a few weeks prior.

On 16 June 2009, The Black Eyed Peas released the Guetta-produced "I Gotta Feeling" as their second single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D.. It became a worldwide hit topping the charts in seventeen countries. It became the most downloaded song of all-time in the United States with almost 7.5 million downloads and in the United Kingdom selling more than 1 million copies. He was nominated twice for his work with The Black Eyed Peas at the 52nd Grammy Awards; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. In 2010, Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly Rowland's "Commander" from her third album Here I Am. It peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States, and reached top ten positions in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Guetta has also co-produced "Forever and a Day", which was Kelly's next UK single from that album. Guetta also produced the singles "Acapella" and "Scream" for American singer-songwriter Kelis's fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, released on 14 May 2010. "Acapella" was released as the lead single on 23 February 2010 and topped the dance charts in the United Kingdom and United States. On 28 June 2010 American rapper Flo Rida released the single "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring Guetta. The song is included on the soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D and Flo Rida's third studio album, Only One Flo (Part 1).

2011–2012: Nothing but the Beat and Jack Back Records
Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing but the Beat was released on 26 August 2011. It was released as a double-disc album; one disc being vocal and the other being electronic. Guetta was inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay to add rock influences to his dance productions. "Where Them Girls At" featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj, the first single off the album, was released worldwide on 2 May 2011. "Little Bad Girl", with Taio Cruz and Ludacris, was released as the second single on 28 June 2011. The third single, "Without You" with Usher, was released on 27 September 2011. Guetta has also released four promotional singles for Nothing But the Beat which were "Titanium" with Sia, "Lunar" with Afrojack, "Night of Your Life" with Jennifer Hudson, and "The Alphabeat". The album also features the hit singles "Sweat" with Snoop Dogg and "Turn Me On" with Nicki Minaj.

Guetta teamed up with Afrojack and Tara McDonald again to release "Pandemonium" on his FMIF Ibiza Mix 2011 compilation through EMI records. Guetta also performed alongside Nicky Romero and Nervo at London's Alexandra Palace on 1 June 2012.

A re-release of Nothing but the Beat, titled Nothing but the Beat 2.0, was released on 7 September 2012. The first single from the album, "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)", which saw Guetta collaborate with Sia yet again, was released in support of the album. The next single off Nothing But The Beat 2.0 was confirmed by Guetta as "Just One Last Time" which features vocals from Swedish duo Taped Rai. In 2012, Guetta also made an album named Nothing But The Beat: Ultimate, which combined the two albums Nothing But The Beat and Nothing But The Beat 2.0 together. Summer 2012 Guetta played in Finland in Weekend Festival and he was the festival's headliner also for year 2013. 15 March saw the third single release from Nothing but the Beat 2.0 entitled "Play Hard". The song features vocals from American singers Ne-Yo and Akon.

Nothing But the Beat is a feature-length biographical documentary about Guetta's rise to fame, featuring many of his collaborators, including Kelly Rowland, will.i.am and Snoop Dogg. It was financed by the energy drink, burn, with whom Guetta became a brand ambassador from 2011. Together with burn, Guetta also provided support and mentoring for the burn-sponsored "burn studios residency" program for up-and-coming DJs.

Guetta also wrote, produced, and featured on Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic, and acts as the support act for the European leg of her Diamonds World Tour.

In 2012, Guetta created a new record label known as Jack Back Records, where he intends to focus only on electronic music releases (compared to the dance pop productions he's most known for). The label is named after a project Guetta started alongside Nicky Romero when they remixed the song "Wild Ones". The premiere release of the new label was "Metropolis", another one of his collaboration with Romero, which also became a track from Nothing but the Beat 2.0. The label also included releases from the likes of Daddy's Groove and other collaborators, as well as a two-track EP from production duo Spencer & Hill. All of the label's releases can be found on Beatport.

2013: Lovers on the Sun EP
While on tour with Rihanna, he debuted his new track at Twickenham Stadium on 15 June 2013. Guetta stated "Twickenham, I hope you like this new track, it's brand new and you're the first people in the world to hear it." The single, called "Ain't a Party", was released on 8 July 2013. It is a collaboration between GLOWINTHEDARK and Harrison. Guetta released the artwork for his new single on his Instagram profile on 19 June 2013.

In September, Guetta unveiled the music video for new track "One Voice" featuring indie singer Mikky Ekko. It was released on 4 November as part of the UN's humanitarian campaign called The World Needs More.

Guetta co-wrote and produced the song "Fashion!" on Lady Gaga's third studio album Artpop. He also had songwriting and production contributions to Britney Spears' eighth studio album Britney Jean, on multiple tracks and instrumentation imitations.

On 20 January 2014, Guetta released "Shot Me Down" featuring American singer Skylar Grey. It is an adaption of the Cher song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". The song was co-produced by Giorgio Tuinfort.

In February, Guetta released a remix of Avicii's track "Addicted to You" on Beatport. Later that month, record label Cherrytree hinted through a message on Twitter that English singer-songwriter Natalia Kills was in a studio in Stockholm, Sweden, along with Guetta and Giorgio Tuinfort to record a new song. The trio was later joined by DJ Afrojack, and Avicii. On 17 March 2014, he released "Bad", a collaboration with Showtek and Vassy on Jack Back Records, and released his remix of Afrojack's single "Ten Feet Tall" on 15 April.

Guetta released "Blast Off", with Kaz James on 14 June. It appeared on the four-track EP titled Lovers on the Sun he released later that month. The EP contains "Blast Off", "Shot Me Down", "Bad", and "Lovers on the Sun" featuring vocals from American singer Sam Martin.

2014–2016: Listen and UEFA Euro 2016

On 30 June 2014, "Lovers on the Sun" saw official single release as the first single from Guetta's sixth studio album, Listen. The second single from the album, "Dangerous", (also featuring Sam Martin), was released as the second single from the album on 5 October 2014. The album itself was released worldwide on 21 November 2014 through Big Beat Records and Atlantic Records with collaborations from prior favourites such as Sia, Afrojack, and Nicki Minaj as well as new collaborators like Ryan Tedder, Bebe Rexha, and The Script. The title track "Listen" (featuring John Legend) was co-written by Guetta and Austin Bis.

On 20 February 2015, the third single from the album "What I Did for Love" featuring Emeli Sandé was issued. On 30 April 2015, the song was released as a special version featuring vocals from Japanese singer Namie Amuro for her studio album Genic. In March 2015, Guetta released the fourth single from Listen, entitled "Hey Mama". It features the vocals of Nicki Minaj and Bebe Rexha, and also features Afrojack. The single proved successful, reaching the top ten in the UK and in the US. On 22 June 2015, Guetta became the third artist to reach 2 billion streams on Spotify and released a remix of "Hey Mama" by Boaz van de Beatz to celebrate the occasion.

On 27 November 2015, Guetta re-released Listen as Listen Again to promote the songs and then-recent singles "Sun Goes Down", "Pelican", "The Death of EDM", "Clap Your Hands" and a new version of "Bang My Head" featuring Fetty Wap alongside Sia.

In December 2015, UEFA announced that Guetta would be the music ambassador for UEFA Euro 2016, with the official song for the tournament being "This One's for You" featuring vocals from Swedish singer Zara Larsson. UEFA also announced that the song would be integrated throughout the tournament, including during the opening and closing sequences for every television match broadcast, and will also be performed by Guetta at the Opening ceremony and Closing ceremony, as well as during a free concert at the Champ de Mars under the Eiffel Tower on 9 June. "This One's for You" was released on 13 May 2016, followed by a remix pack on 8 July.

On 15 April 2016, Guetta released a single with Disciples, titled "No Worries". Later, on 16 May 2016, saw Guetta released an extended mix of his song "Pelican" on his label Jack Back Records.

On 30 September 2016, Guetta released a new single with Cedric Gervais and Chris Willis named "Would I Lie to You" on his label Jack Back Records. The song interpolates the vocals/lyrics of the 1992 Charles & Eddie hit "Would I Lie to You?". 2016 also saw Guetta collaborate with German DJ Robin Schulz on the third single from Schulz's third album, Uncovered, entitled "Shed a Light" which also featured American DJs Cheat Codes. The song was released on 25 November and certified Gold and Platinum in various European countries.

2017–2019: 7
On 24 March 2017, Guetta released "Light My Body Up". The single was his fourth collaboration with rapper Nicki Minaj and also featured Lil Wayne. The following month, on 28 April, Guetta released his collaboration with DJ Afrojack entitled "Another Life". The song featured singer Ester Dean. On 9 June 2017, Guetta's single "2U" featuring Justin Bieber was released, this song was featured on Worldhit and marked the Top 200 in over 40 countries as well as certifying Gold to Multi Platinum in many European and Oceanian countries. The end on the month saw Guetta release a remix version of "Versace on the Floor" by Bruno Mars and served as the third single from Mars's highly successful album 24K Magic.

During the summer, Guetta headlined Tomorrowland, providing a main stage performance for Night 3 on both weekends. In addition, he was a guest during Martin Garrix's closing set, during which they debuted their yet to be released single "So Far Away" which featured vocals from Jamie Scott and Ellie Goulding. Guetta also had Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike join him on stage to premier their new song "Complicated" which was released on the Friday of the festival's second weekend. During this time Guetta, Vegas, and Mike also performed the latter two's long-awaited single with W&W: "Crowd Control".

On 3 November 2017, Guetta and Afrojack released their single "Dirty Sexy Money" featuring Charli XCX and French Montana. This song is David Guetta's 3rd single from his upcoming 7th studio album, which was released in 2018. He performed a live-version of his new single at the NRJ Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards.

On 1 December 2017, Guetta released the single "So Far Away" on Garrix's label Stmpd Rcrds. The single version contained vocals from Jamie Scott and Romy Dya. Ellie Goulding's vocals were cut from the song as her label was pushing back the release. That is the reason why the two DJs decided to replace her and use the vocals of Romy Dya. On 25 January 2018 Guetta released a remix version of Sia's Helium along with Dutch DJ Afrojack. This marks Guetta's and Sia's sixth collaboration.

On 16 February 2018, David Guetta released his new song "Mad Love", together with Sean Paul and Becky G. A few months before the release Sean Paul reported that Shakira would be the singer of the song, but she has been replaced by Becky G. A week later, Guetta released his second collaboration with Martin Garrix and Dutch DJ Brooks entitled "Like I Do". Guetta's seventh collaboration with Sia, "Flames", was released on 22 March 2018.

On 29 June 2018, Guetta announced in an interview with Billboard China that he was almost finished working on his seventh studio album and that it would be released after the summer of 2018. During that summer when he played Tomorrowland, a video emerged of Guetta apparently playing a remixed version of the Spanish Falangist anthem Cara al Sol used during Francisco Franco's dictatorship. However, the video was confirmed to have been faked. On 23 August, Guetta confirmed the album's title as 7 and revealed its track list, including the singles "2U", "Like I Do", "Flames" and "Don't Leave Me Alone". The album also included the Bebe Rexha and J Balvin featured single, "Say My Name". In December 2019, Guetta led a DJ set at an Avicii tribute concert where he previewed a previously unheard collaboration with Avicii, Giorgio Tuinfort and Afrojack. In Guetta's own words, he played "Before I Say Goodbye" for the first and probably only time during the concert. It features British singer-songwriter Amanda Wilson.

2020–present: New Rave EP, United at Home and Future Rave
On 11 September 2020, David Guetta and Sia reunited for new single "Let's Love". The single was produced and recorded during isolation.

On 17 July 2020, Guetta and Morten released their New Rave EP. Guetta and Morten started the new future rave sound movement in late 2019. Less than a year later, the duo amassed more than 110 million combined streams. It consists of four new tracks “Kill Me Slow”, “Nothing”, “Bombardment”, and “Odyssey”. Their record collection includes “Never Be Alone" feat Aloe Blacc, “Make It To Heaven” with Raye, the tribute remix of Avicii's “Heaven” and “Detroit 3 AM”.

On 18 April 2020, Guetta performed poolside, overlooking the Downtown Miami skyline and the waters of the Biscayne Bay from his location at the Icon Brickell. Funds were raised for the World Health Organisation, Feeding South Florida, Feeding America, and the Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris - Hôpitaux de France.

On 30 May 2020, Guetta performed at New York City's Top of the Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center for the second edition of United At Home to a virtual crowd of over 24 million to benefit COVID-19 relief efforts. The event, titled "Major League Soccer and Heineken presents United at Home", raised half a million dollars for Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, Feeding America, World Health Organization and Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris - Hôpitaux de France. The performance was the second edition of “United At Home,” following Guetta's first fundraiser in Miami which raised more than US$750,000 for global charities and drew more than 25 million online views. Funds raised went directly to The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, chaired by First Lady Chirlane McCray, which is New York City's official fundraising arm for COVID-19 relief. However, Guetta was criticized for this performance, which included a shout-out to the family of George Floyd, followed by a fast-paced electronic dance tune which sampled a recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Critics found this decision to be "tone-deaf."

On 7 November 2020, Guetta won DJ Mag's annual Top 100 DJs poll for the second time, almost a decade after he first took the No.1 spot in 2011. Guetta was presented his award during AMF Presents Top 100 DJs, a virtual awards show in Amsterdam that was broadcast to the world. On 31 December 2020, Guetta presented a New Year's Eve virtual concert from Musée du Louvre, United at Home – Paris Edition, as a fundraiser for UNICEF and Restos du Cœur. On 20 May 2021, Guetta released his new single "Heartbreak Anthem" in collaboration with Little Mix and Galantis.

On 17 June 2021, Warner Music acquired rights to Guetta's recorded music catalog from the last two decades.

In March 2022, Guetta and Morten announced a joint US tour, which concluded at EDC Las Vegas on 21 May 2022. They also announced a residency at Hï Ibiza to take place every Friday from 3 June to 30 September 2022.

On 8 April 2022, Guetta released the song "Crazy What Love Can Do" with British singer-songwriters Becky Hill and Ella Henderson. On 2 September 2022, Guetta teamed up with British DJ and producer Sigala alongside British singer-songwriter Sam Ryder on the song "Living Without You". On 27 October, 2023, Guetta released a house-influenced afrobeat single "Big FU" featuring Nigerian singer Ayra Starr and American rapper Lil Durk.

Discography

 * Just a Little More Love (2002)
 * Guetta Blaster (2004)
 * Pop Life (2007)
 * One Love (2009)
 * Nothing but the Beat (2011)
 * Listen (2014)
 * 7 (2018)

Tours

 * Listen Tour (2014–15)

Personal life
Guetta married nightclub manager Cathy Lobé in 1992. They had two children: son Tim Elvis Eric (born 9 February 2004) and daughter Angie (born 23 September 2007). After 22 years of marriage, the couple divorced in a Paris court in March 2014. Neither party was present at the hearing and the reason for their divorce is unknown.

In 2015, Forbes estimated that Guetta's annual income was $37 million.

Guetta announced at the Latin Grammys 2023 that he was expecting a child with his long-term partner Jessica Ledon. On 17 March 2024, he announced the birth of their son, Cyan.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albrecht Folsing

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. Woohookitty 11:49, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Albrecht Fölsing
unverifiable: cannot find indication that two books 'cited' by author of biography exist, and his reply was useless; the Einstein biography is genuine but I don't think it makes this Folsing notable CH (talk) 15:28, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, since I nominated the article various editors have replaced the questionable books which books which I do not doubt are genuine, and at least one I already verified myself, so, er :-/ I am changing my vote to keep.---CH (talk) 15:34, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep and expand (Amazon did help). Google has more that 1300 hits on Folsing, in several languages. Delete all the nonsense but don't throw out the baby at the same time. Ejrrjs | What? 16:57, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It appears that this real author, who has written several biographies, was used to make the articles about "Dimitrius Josef Stachnikov" and his purported theory seem plausible, by stating that he had written a biography of Stachnikov as well. Unlike Stachnikov, this person's existence is verifiable.  He furthermore satisfies the Criteria for inclusion of biographies, having written books published by Penguin and others. Keep. Uncle G 18:06, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Has published several easily verifiable books, and the Einstein biography has been translated into at least three languages (English, Finnish and Swedish). Uppland 18:19, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep this notable author. Karol 11:06, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 'keep', as above. --Isolani 12:44, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
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Ahupuaʻa

Ahupuaʻa is a Hawaiian term for a large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climatic subdivision of land (comparable to the tapere in the Southern Cook Islands). It usually extends from the mountains to the sea and generally includes one or more complete watersheds and marine resources. The predominant traditional system in the eight high islands of the main Hawaiian Islands was based on the ahupua’a. Each ahupua‘a contained a cross section of island resources and they were managed within a complex social system associated with each area. The general belief is that each ahupua‘a met the needs of the local population, with excess for tribute and trade.

History
The traditional subdivision system has four hierarchical levels:
 * Mokupuni (whole island — main islands except Kahoʻolawe):
 * Hawaiʻi
 * Kauaʻi
 * Lānaʻi
 * Maui (with Kahoʻolawe)
 * Molokaʻi
 * Niʻihau
 * Oʻahu
 * Moku (largest subdivisions of an island)
 * For example, Oʻahu had six Moku: Honolulu/Kona, Ko’olau Loa, Ko’olau Poko, Wahiawa, Wai’anae, and ‘Ewa.
 * Ahupuaʻa
 * ʻIli (two or three per ahupuaʻa, but Kahoʻolawe, for example, had eight ʻili)

Some oral history relates that ʻUmi-a-Līloa, son of the great High Chief Līloa, took control of the land and divided it into ahupuaʻa. However, there is also a general belief that the natural organization of communities along stream systems is the foundation for the system, whose community governance system of Kānāwai is often attributed specifically to shared water usage.

The Hawaiians maintained an agricultural system that contained two major classes: irrigated and rain-fed systems. In the irrigated systems, the Hawaiians grew mostly taro (kalo), and in the rain-fed systems, they grew mostly ʻuala (sweet potatoes), yams, and dryland taro in addition to other small crops. This dry-land cultivation was also known as the mala. It also consisted of (kalo) taro, (niu) coconuts, (ʻulu) breadfruit, (maiʻa) bananas, and (kō) sugar cane. The kukui tree was sometimes used as a shade to protect the mala from the sun. Each crop was carefully placed in an area that was most suitable to its needs.

Hawaiians raised dogs, chickens, and pigs that were domesticated. They also made use of personal gardens at their own houses. Water was a very important part of Hawaiian life; it was used not only for fishing, bathing, drinking, and gardening, but also for aquaculture systems in the rivers and at the shore's edge.

The ahupuaʻa consisted most frequently of a slice of an island that went from the top of the local mountain (volcano) to the shore, often following the boundary of a stream drainage. Each ahupuaʻa included a lowland mala (cultivated area) and upland forested region. Ahupuaʻa varied in size depending on the economic means of the location and political divisions of the area. “As the native Hawaiians used the resources within their ahupuaʻa, they practiced aloha (respect), laulima (cooperation), and mālama (stewardship) which resulted in a desirable pono (balance).” The Hawaiians believed that the land, the sea, the clouds and all of nature had a certain interconnectedness, which is why they used all of the resources around them to reach the desired balance in life. Sustainability was maintained by the konohiki and kahuna—priests, who restricted the fishing of certain species during specific seasons. They also regulated the gathering of plants. Ahupuaʻa is derived from Hawaiian language ahu, meaning “heap” or “cairn,” and puaʻa, pig. The boundary markers for ahupuaʻa were traditionally heaps of stones used to put offers, often a pig, to the island chief.

Each ahupuaʻa was divided into smaller sections called ʻili, and the ʻili were divided into kuleana. These were plots of land that were cultivated by the common people. These people paid weekly labor taxes to the land overseer. These taxes went to support the chief.

There may have been two reasons for this kind of subdivision:
 * travel: in many areas of Hawaiʻi, it is easier to travel up- and downstream than from stream valley to stream valley
 * economy: having all climate zones and economic exploitation zones in each land division ensured that each could be self-sufficient for a large portion of its needs.

Each ahupuaʻa was ruled by an aliʻi or local chief and administered by a konohiki.

Rule over an ahupuaʻa was given out by the ruling chief to subordinate members of the aliʻi. On the larger mountains of Maui and Hawaiʻi, smaller ahupuaʻa extended up to about 6,000 to 8,000 feet in elevation, while the higher elevations of an entire district would be included within a single, large ahupuaʻa. These ahupuaʻa, such as Kaʻohe, Keauhou, Kapāpala, Keaʻau, Keʻanae, Puʻu Waʻawaʻa, and Humuʻula, were highly valued both for their size and because they allowed control over items obtainable only from high-elevation areas, such as high-quality stone for tools and ʻuaʻu (Hawaiian petrel) chicks. They were given to high-ranking aliʻi, or often retained by the high chief personally.

Today
Following the Great Mahele in 1848, most ahupuaʻa were split up. Manukā, Puʻu Waʻawaʻa, and Puʻu Anahulu on the island of Hawaiʻi are among the few large ahupuaʻa that remained nearly intact under single ownership (with the exception of some kuleana lots) because they were crown lands owned personally by the monarch. In spite of this, the impact of the ahupuaʻa boundaries can be seen in many areas today. For example, the ahupuaʻa of Keaʻau, near Hilo, was purchased as a single unit by the William Herbert Shipman family to farm and raise cattle. Most of the land, however, was eventually sold off to become the large subdivisions of Puna. The line between the large northern lots (sold by the state as 30-50 acre farms) and 1-3 acre southern lots in the vicinity of Kurtistown, Mountain View, and Glenwood is the boundary between the ʻŌlaʻa and Keaʻau ahupuaʻa. This boundary follows the edge of the 200- to 400-year-old ʻAilaʻau lava flow, and the ahupuaʻa of Keaʻau was undoubtedly originally created from the land devastated by this flow.

Many local towns in Hawaiʻi still maintain the names of the old ahupuaʻa. In West Maui, the towns (north to south) Honokōhau, Honolua, Kapalua, Nāpili, Kahana, Honokawai, Kaʻanapali, Lahaina, and Olowalu follow the ahupuaʻa names, with each maintaining their local flavors.

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Terrorism in India
You might want to check out: Terrorism in India. freestylefrappe 17:14, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ashish G 17:28, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

India related links
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Calendars
Do you know how people in India print gregorian calendar (with january, february, ... ) calendars? Do they print sundays red? Do they print some days in different color? Maksim-e 21:15, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Among the calenders that I have seen, Sunday is printed in different shade (not necessarily red but like red ex: red, orange, pink etc. but not green/blue), and is usually the first day of the week, though calenders starting with Monday are also common. Saturday may or may not (more common) be different colour. No other day of week gets special shade though days/dates with holiday and/or of religious significance may have picture or special colour.Ashish G 23:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
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Hindu-Arabic numerals
Hi! User:RN moved the article to Arabic numerals despite 28 votes favoring the title "Hindu-Arabic numerals" and only 17 favoring "Arabic numerals." He argues that if we don't count voters with less that 150 (or sth like that) edits, only 56% voters "support changing the title to Hindu-Arabic numerals", while at least 60% support votes are required. However, it was agreed between all parties in the beginning of the vote that the proposal is to move the article to "Arabic numerals" from "Hindu-Arabic numerals." It was also agreed (though I thought it was very unfair) that:

 * Those opposing the move have the advantage that it won't be moved unless there's a 60% majority
 * Those supporting the move have the advantage that the person proposing the move can do the *short* opening statement.
 * For all the rest of the voting procedure both parties are equal. (quoting Francis Schonken from 21:04, 18 December 2005 (UTC))

I would definitely have preferred it the other way round, since I think an opening statement makes a HUGE difference, since many people just read the opening statement and understandably don't bother with the discussion below the votes. The present situation was accepted with the agreement that the article will be moved to "Arabic numerals" only if more than 60% voters favored that title. Thus, only 40% oppose votes were sufficient to retain the title "Hindu-Arabic numerals." In the present situation (with over 60% voters opposing the change), I find the move to "Arabic numerals" ridiculous, besides being completely unjust and unfair. Your comments will be appreciated. deeptrivia (talk) 05:12, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Japanese toilet
Thank you for your great comment on Japanese toilet (diff). That made me smile all day long! (Note: I wrote most of the text, which by now is translated into German, French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) Happy Editing -- Chris 73 | Talk 18:55, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Page name for temperature articles
To avoid flip-flopping between 'degree Fahrenheit' and 'Fahrenheit' or 'degree Celsius' and 'Celsius', I propose that we have a discussion on which we want. I see you have contributed on units of measurement, please express your opinion at Talk:Units of measurement. Thanks. bobblewik 22:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Hanuman Temple at Varanasi
I created the article since the temple was assosiated with blasts that occured today. Please read this BBC article. The temple has a history assosiated with it. I feel it is notable enough. If you still otherwise, fine with me. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 23:51, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I am a strong believer that stubs eventually expand. A one-liner article still deserves to exist. I have already added the city to the title. Thanks for understanding. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 00:03, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

 * It wasn't me, but User:Mushroom (talk • contribs) has removed your speedy delete request. It was removed since no reason was specified. You should use template to provide reason. -  Ganeshk  ( talk ) 00:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:This{talk page} is not a discussion forum.
I read your remarks about how the talk page is not to be used to discuss how to tackle terrorism in India.With all due respect,why do you care?You're in the US-you don't have to worry about bombs going off the next time you visit a temple.Or a government building.Or a busstop.Or a railway station.Or a school.The list is endless.So please stay happy in sunny Cali,using your IIT education to serve America and please do not restrict Indians from talking about something which concerns them very deeply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prasi90 (talk • contribs)

WP:NUH
Your question has been answered, please take a look.  F e  tofs  Hello! 01:05, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Greetings
Holi greetings. --Bhadani 07:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Jhansi ki rani
Well said Ashish. Poem is phenomenal. +10 000 thundering typhoons 06:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)+

Request,Nomination for removal of Khalistan article
Hello Sir I'm nominating this page for deletion because it is written with a point of view, excessive use of unreliable sources.and the title "Khalistan" is wrong for the topic because "Khalistan" does not exist,lack of support from resident Punjabi's and Sikhs in India, but there was a "Movement for Khalistan" and that is the right title for the topic, and i think this whole article "a new name" should be rewritten with the help of people from sikh community "in" India and other Indians, because this topic is related to politics/people of India.We all should understand Khalistan is not a political entity and having a article is not justified, Microsoft Encarta and Britannic encyclopedia don't have an article known as "Khalistan" but they do have articles on the movement that took place decades back, and i think there are also copyright issues involved with this article because big parts of this article are written on other peoples research. Many reliable sources are used to show "one side" of their view on the topic, there are also indications that organisations banned by US and EU are involved in providing their research on the movement.I am a strong supporter to have a stub on this topic, but im afraid that such articles on wikipedia have become mouthpieces for organisation which are known for disrupting peace (assassination of one of india's prime minister, twin bomb blast in New Delhi on the eve of Diwali) in Indian sub continent. This article requires your attention, please help. Anmol.2k4 18:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism?
I have just reverted your edits to the article George W. Bush. I'm assuming that this was somehow a mistake? Wrong button? Cat jumped on the keyboard? Little sister logged on to your Wikipedia account without your knowledge? :) In any case, thought you should be made aware. Cheers. --P e ruvianLlama(spit) 00:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, the Bush article is usually watched quite closely, since it's the target of almost constant vandalism, so that's why my revert was so quick. In fact, that's why the semi-protection was probably placed there in the first place. No real harm done I suppose, although I would politely discourage you from such tests in the future. Regardless, thanks for your note explaining things. Cheers! --P e ruvianLlama(spit) 03:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

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WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology
Since you are interested in flags and emblems I would like to inform you that the WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology has just been created. Why not take a look? I hope you can join.Inge 20:14, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request
This is a form message being sent to all WikiProject Disambiguation participants. I recently left a proposed banner idea on the WikiProject Disambiguation talk page and I would appreciate any input you could provide. Before it can be approved or denied, I would prefer a lot of feedback from multiple participants in the project. So if you have the time please join in the discussion to help improve the WikiProject. Keep up the good work in link repair and thanks for your time. Nehrams2020 22:41, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest
I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 01:50, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kabadi Wala

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OGS

OGS may refer to:

Science & technology

 * Optical Ground Station, European Space Agency's ground based observatory on Tenerife, Spain
 * Oklahoma Geological Survey
 * Ontario Genealogical Society
 * Ontario Geological Survey

Technology

 * OGS (electronic toll collection), was used on toll roads and bridges in Turkey. Now defunct.
 * One Glass Solution, touchscreen technology

Others

 * Ogdensburg International Airport, New York
 * Ole Gunnar Solskjær, former Norwegian footballer and current football manager
 * Online-Go Server, a non-Java server for Go
 * Ontario Graduate Scholarship, in Canada
 * Oratory of the Good Shepherd, an international community within the Anglican Communion
 * Österreichische Gebärdensprache, sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community
 * Our Generation Speaks, a fellowship program and startup incubator

title: OGS


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of James Bond, Harry Potter and Earthsea

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was SPEEDY USERFY. N (t/c) 17:10, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Comparison of James Bond, Harry Potter and Earthsea

 * Wierd pointless "original research"? Rmhermen 15:30, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy, I'm the author, it's original research and perhaps a little weird, but certainly not pointless. — J I P | Talk 15:31, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete What's next, Comparison of Pippi Longstocking, Dune, and The Silence of the Lambs? JIP can userfy it if he really wants it though. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  16:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy as per JIP - if you really want it fine. Does seem a bit arbitrary and pointless. Whitejay251 17:03, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy. --Kwekubo 17:07, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Moved to User:JIP/Comparison of James Bond, Harry Potter and Earthsea; redir deleted. N (t/c) 17:10, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.