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Kygo Purchases Minority Stake in Top-Selling Finnish Alcohol Company
Highlighted by warm chord progressions and sun-kissed xylophone plucks, Kygo‘s music has long been synonymous with summer. The tropical house pioneer is now taking his bubbly brand from figurative to literal, bottling it into a new partnership with top-selling Finnish alcohol business The Long Drink Company. The company’s flagship product is the “Finnish Long Drin...
deadmau5 Announces New Merchandise Drop, Shares Teaser of Collection
deadmau5 fans rejoice, because the man himself is dropping a new collection of merchandise soon. The Grammy Award-nominated electronic producer and DJ took to Twitter today, August 21st, to share a teaser of the merch drop, which will arrive tomorrow. Soundtracked by his single “FALL,” the video shows numerous items that will be available for sale, including t-shirts, hoodies, swe...
Queen + Adam Lambert Releasing First-Ever Live Album
Though they’ve been touring for what feels like forever, Queen and Adam Lambert have yet to release a live album together. The 20-plus song collection Queen + Adam Live Around the World is the group’s first-ever release live release with Lambert. It drops worldwide on Oct. 2, in CD, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray and vinyl formats. The former American Idol contestant joined the band in 2011 and has played 218...
Senator Akpabio: NDDC received N15 trillion in 19 years
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has faulted the National Assembly inquest into the financial activties of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between February and July 2020 rather than embark on a comprehensive probe of the interventionist agency’s 19 years of existence. The NDDC, he stated, received over N15 trillion in the last 19 years, with nothing on t...
PTF: Nigerians poor attitude towards virus testing is worrisome
The Presidential Taskforce, PTF, on COVID-19, on Thursday, decried the poor attitude of Nigerians towards COVID-19 testing and safety protocols, saying, despite the increased capacity, sample collection remains very low. Expressing displeasure during the weekly COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, the Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce, Boss Mustapha, further lamented that the numbers of local governme...
Joe Biden is your worst nightmare – Donald Trump tells US voters
President Donald Trump told voters just outside his opponent Joe Biden’s Pennsylvania birthplace that the Democrat has sold out American workers and would be a “nightmare” if he got into power. Biden is “your worst nightmare,” Trump told the crowd in Old Forge, just down the road from Biden’s old hometown of Scranton. “He spent the last half century in Washington selling out our country and rippin...
IPOB warns Nigerian government to stop harassment of members
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, told the Federal Government to halt “the incessant harassment and arrest of its members and their families in South-East.” It also called on South-East and South-South governors, particularly Ebonyi State government, to prevail on the security agents in their states to release IPOB and their family members, particularly its Ebonyi State Coordinat...
Rolling Stones, Ariana Grande, Elton John Are Music’s Highest-Paid Musicians
This year may be a disaster for the music biz, but that doesn’t (obviously) mean that 2019 wasn’t. Last year, a number of artists made a shit-ton of money on the strength of touring. Billboard shared its ranking of last year’s highest-paid musicians, and the Rolling Stones top the list. The band made $65 million last year, including $60.5 million in touring. Ariana Grande was in sec...
What’s Your Favorite Demi Lovato Hit? Vote!
Demi Lovato was “Made in the USA” 28 years ago today, Aug. 20, and to ring in her birthday, Billboard wants to know which of her Hot 100 hits is your favorite! She’s spent over a decade on the chart, with her career-first entry being the Camp Rock highlight “This is Me” with Joe Jonas, who played Shane Gray in the 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie...
‘Drag Race’ Stars Mourn the Loss of Chi Chi DeVayne: ‘Rest Well, Sister’
On Thursday (August 20), news broke that fan-favorite RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Chi Chi DeVayne, who appeared on season 8 of the show and on season three of the show’s All Stars spin-off series, had died at age 34 following a battle with pneumonia. In her two appearances on Drag Race, DeVayne (born Zavion Davenport) charmed audiences everywhere with her stellar ...
Taylor Swift Donates $30,000 to 18-Year-Old Student to Help Pay Her Tuition
Vitoria Mario is a self-described “young Black 18 year old with a dream” on her GoFundMe page, in which she sought help to pay her university tuition. Luckily, Taylor Swift was there to help out her fan in need. “I have received a conditional offer to study Mathematics (MMath) at the prestigious University of Warwick,” Mario wrote, before noting that she is “in a posi...
Brytiago Drops Mysterious & Seductive ‘Condena’ Video Featuring Farruko: Exclusive
After keeping fans intrigued with the mesmerizing instrumental for “Condena,” Brytiago and Farruko officially dropped the full track and video, premiering exclusively on Billboard today (Aug. 20). Produced by Cromo X and Lanalizer, “Condena” forms part of Bry’s debut studio album Organico, a project that was long overdue for loyal fans and is home to 16 songs including the previously-released “Cos...
