2oceans Vibe

South Africa’s own “Hof” tweeted yesterday that he dumped his U2 concert tickets in the Jukskei River, in protest of statements made by Bono regarding political songs. Bono has not yet responded. Apparently he is first figuring out who the hell Steve Hofmeyr is. Follow link for more..

Today is 21 years since Nelson Mandela walked from Victor Verster prison a free man. To mark the occasion, he is throwing a massive party this evening. BYOB.

It didn’t work the first time, after Jude was caught spooning with his kids’ nanny, but after a few years Sienna forgave his indiscretions and decided to give their relationship another try. Now they have officially split. Again. Devastating news.

The memoir of former US defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, is to be released soon. In it he says that he ‘made a misstatement’ when he claimed for the first time that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. How long did his lawyers search for this synonym for lying?

Friday night was mental, Saturday was spent recovering in the Breede and the evening was again off the charts. Catherine from 5fm called Up the creek “the best festival in South Africa”. I tend to agree.

The Daily Maverick reports that the IEC will be going on a massive registration drive this weekend, in a bid to get our apathetic youth to the polls . That’s you, bru. They want you to get off the couch and go register.

Up The Creek Festival takes place this weekend, on the banks of the Breede River outside Swellendam. Judging by this photo from last year, a lilo and plenty of sunscreen are essential items. Full line up and details after the jump.

When the world’s greatest living icon sends a message that simply says, “bring back the trophy”, AND your president dresses up in Proteas gear to send you off, you know the pressure is on. One wonders if that dreaded c-word is banned from the Proteas camp as they prepare to leave our shores in search of that ever elusive first World Cup triumph…

If you’re struggling with which of your thousands of facebook friends to exclude from your 21st invite list, and daddy is an oil/diamond/perlemoen tycoon, the City of Cape Town has come up with a wonderful solution; the Cape Town stadium’s nightly rental tariff has been set at R700k. Of course you don’t have to rent the whole thing…

After sustaining a drumming injury, Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill tweeted his apologies to their fans last nights, saying “sorry to all the fans in Australia and South Africa. My bum wing needs more time to heal but we’ll be back later this year. Sorry again.”

Just the sort of news we need on a Monday morning.

What on earth is a ‘bum wing’ anyway?

When Tunisians marched en masse a few weeks ago, their long-serving president fled the country. The success of the popular protests have since set off a wave of dischord across North Africa. Yemen is fast following Tunisia’s lead, while Egypt is reportedly on its last legs, parliamentarily-speaking. Shit, as they say, is going down.

If you’re feeling like a dose of good, solid live performance, head down to the Fugard Theatre to catch Neels van Jaarsveld and co in Athol Fugard’s ‘Die Kaptein Se Tier’. That’s Afrikaans for ‘the Captain’s Tiger.’ But don’t worry too much if you barely scraped through tweede taal Afrikaans, the performance comes complete with subtitles.

In it’s 2011 Traveller’s Choice Awards, Lonely Planet has named Cape Town the second best beach city in the world. Who was first? Barcelona. So we don’t feel too bad. We’ll take second, ahead of Rio, Sydney and a whole bunch of US cities.

The inventors and perfectors of binge drinking, the British, have come up with a handy little tool called the Booze Calculator. This highly scientific test will help you find out exactly what you did to your body and your wallet this weekend. Click through to take the test.

American comedic genius Stephen Colbert once famously said, in reference to Wikipedia, “if you make something up and enough people agree with you–it becomes reality”. Check out this link to 15 of the best Wikipedia hoaxes and blunders. Special mention to the person who managed to edit Sepp Blatter’s middle name to ‘Bellend’, cockney slang for ‘tip of the penis.’ Classic.

The American coffee giant Starbucks announced this week that customers with iPhone and Blackberry smartphones can now download an application to purchase their daily fix. The app will display a bar code that the barista can scan and voila, off you go. How much longer until cards are rendered obsolete?

After three princes named Brooklyn, Cruz and Romeo, the Beckham’s are finally expecting a princess. I shudder to think what the poor girl’s name will be. Any ideas? This exciting news takes me way back to when Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were expecting their first born.