Music and Youth
MTV US ‘Meets The Barkers’
MUMBAI: Encouraged by the success of its reality show The Osbournes MTV US has announced a new initiative that will follow yet another music superstar.
MTV has greenlit the reality series Meet the Barkers. The show will focus on rock group Blink 182’s drummer Travis Barker and his new wife Shanna Moakler who is a former Miss USA.
MTV’s cameras will follow Travis and Shanna who are living the rock n’ roll/Hollywood fantasy life together while simultaneously adjusting to parenthood — and all that comes with it. The 10-episode series is scheduled to premiere in April.
MTV series entertainment executive VP Lois Curren said, “Our audience is always looking for MTV to provide access and a deeper connection to their favourite artists. Meet the Barkers will provide an inside peek into one of our viewer’s favourite band members’ crazy rock n’ roll life, along with his tender home life. With a new mansion, two children, and a hilarious set of friends and extended family, The Barkers give a new meaning to the term ‘nuclear’ family.”
The show will capture Travis and Shanna’s marriage, from their star studded wedding on the eve of Halloween in 2004 to the trials and tribulations of moving into a new home together and raising two children.
Together, they share the parenting of Atiana, Shanna’s five year old daughter, and Landon, Travis and Shanna’s one year old son.
Their lives are anything but mundane as Travis and Shanna go from Playboy parties and hangovers to Thanksgiving dinner and watching their son’s first steps.
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
