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EDC Las Vegas 2021 Will Move to October If “Robust Safety Plan” Is Rejected
As electronic music fans continue to clamor for updates about EDC Las Vegas, Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella has provided a crucial update on the promoter’s most popular music festival. In an announcement shared via Instagram, Rotella said Insomniac has submitted a “robust safety plan” to Nevada officials which, if approved by the state, will allow the promoter to move forward with the festival’s dates of May 21st to 23rd. However, he cautioned that if the plan were to be rejected, EDC Las Vegas will be pushed to October 2021. Fans can expect a concrete decision by April 8th. In his statement, Rotella also attempted to allay concerns regarding travel by recommending that prospective attendees book their plans now and reschedule them to October shou...
RL Grime Announces “Big Banger” Dropping Next Week
RL Grime has remained hush-hush since his massive “Halloween IX” mix, but he couldn’t stay quiet any longer ahead of the release of a “big banger” next week. The bass music superstar took to Instagram today to share an announcement of a new single dropping next week, along with a photo dump that ends with a dog in glasses typing on a computer. The post is worth a scroll—check it out below. RL Grime’s last official release came back in August 2020 when he released “Outta Here,” a massive cinematic trap collaboration with Whethan. Later in the year, he went on to release the 9th edition of his fan-favorite Halloween mixes, livestreaming a haunting audiovisual performance that was more akin to a short horror film. At the time of this articl...
Alok’s CONTROVERSIA Imprint Delivers First Compilation EP
In just two years, Alok‘s CONTROVERSIA imprint has achieved immense success. His two most recent releases on the label, “Rapture” and “Love Again” with Alida, have racked up 14 million and 16 million plays, respectively. Today, the Brazilian superstar has released the first curated compilation for his flagship label. Alok has enlisted a handful of notable talents from around the globe for CONTROVERSIA’s first compilation including Bhaskar, WILL K, Zafrir, and Yves V, to name a few. The EP offers a great deal of consistency and aligns with CONTROVERSIA’s vision. Each of the 15 tracks remain within the realm of house music, with a handful of them being previous released such as “Empy Bottle” by Santti and Ali Bakg...
HBO’s Tina Is a Disappointing Slog for a Vibrant Legend: Review
The Pitch: You can’t keep Tina Turner down. Born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee to a sharecropper, her mother left when she was 11 years old to escape the clutches of her abusive husband. Bullock would later visit her mother in St Louis wherein she met Ike Turner at a nightclub. From there: The pair began a tumultuous, abusive relationship on the part of Ike. Bullock, by then known as Tina Turner, became entrapped but eventually escaped, rebuilt her music career, and performed one of the most unlikely comebacks in music history. Her story is one of survival, one of resilience, and one too often defined by Ike and not under the banner of Turner. The hardest working woman in show business bids adieu and recounts her life in T. J. Martin and Daniel Lindsay’s HBO documentary — Tina...
SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes Removed From Paramount+ for Inappropriate Plotlines
Two episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants have been removed from Paramount+ for content that Nickelodeon has deemed inappropriate. One is an episode about a “panty raid” involving Mr. Krabs, and another is about a dangerous flu outbreak that involves a quarantine scenario. The beloved kids cartoon is one of the big-ticket items on the new streaming service that launched earlier this month, but apparently the catalog that they’re framing as comprehensive is missing a couple items. The more glaring of the two is a notable season three episode in which Mr. Krabs tries to reignite his youthful spark by spending an evening with SpongeBob and Patrick Star. After a few boring activities that feel more like chores than fun to the middle-age restaurant owner, the boys suggest a “panty raid”: ...
Hilary Duff Welcomes Second Child With Husband Matthew Koma: ‘We Love You Beauty’
On Saturday, the Younger actress shared the first photo of her newborn, whose name is Mae James Bair. The family snapshot shows Duff holding the baby girl while sitting in a small pool alongside Banks Violet, as her husband and son Luca, 8, look on with loving expressions. “Mae James Bair- We LOVE you beauty 3-24-21,” she captioned the black-and-white picture. Duff and Koma, who married in December 2019, welcomed Banks Violet in October 2018. Duff shares her son Luca with ex-husband and former NHL player Mike Comrie. Duff announced her pregnancy last October with a cute boomerang video of Koma affectionately rubbing her belly. “We are growing!!! Mostly me…,” she captioned the clip. Shortly after announcing her pregnancy, the actress and singer revealed th...
Ciara & Russell Wilson Exchange Romantic Messages on Anniversary of First Day They Met
Wilson shared his own sweet gesture, writing, “6 years ago today we met & fell in love.” The celebrity couple married in 2016 during an intimate ceremony held at a castle in England. They share two kids together, son Win Harrison, 8 months, and daughter Sienna Princess, 3. Ciara also shares her 6-year-old son, Future Zahir, with ex-fiance Future. Ciara and Wilson also gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at their celebratory evening out with numerous photos and video clips of their delicious looking meal and romantic setting. “Yummy,” Ciara captioned a snapshot of a sausage and pepperoni pizza. A small colorful sign reading “Congratulations” is also seen on the table. “6 years of love!!!” Wilson wrote on a similar video, which was followed ...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (March 27)
Carla Morrison’s important PSA Carla Morrison has teamed up with PETA for a new campaign, where she’s asking everyone, including her fans, to love and protect dogs, and all animals, as opposed to killing them for fur coats, collars and cuffs. In a video ad, the Mexican crooner is seen performing her hit single “Disfruto” to her two dogs Tino and Chawiwi. “We should all have empathy and just think, ‘OK, maybe I shouldn’t buy this or I shouldn’t wear this,’ because animals . . . feel pain the same way we do,” she says. Watch it below: Karol G’s Tusa Airlines This week, Colombian star Karol G dropped her third studio album, KG0516, home to bangers such as “Tusa,” “Bichota” and “Location.” In celebration, she partnered with Spotify to give fans the ultimate musical experience. In the virt...
Cassie Gives Birth to Baby Sunny: ‘Welcome to the World Baby Girl!’
Fine celebrated Sunny’s birth on Instagram as well, with a letter to his two children. The couple welcomed their first child together, daughter Frankie, on Dec. 6, 2019. “I woke up this morning with you two and your mama and took a moment to let it sink in that we created the perfect family that isn’t perfect but its filled with so much love,” he wrote. Fine’s note continued: “I always thought my purpose was to inspire others through wellness and give back to those who are less fortunate but I was wrong. That is my legacy and you two girls are my purpose, I am put on this earth so I can help you shine and have your beautiful lights touch a lot of people. Just holding both of you I know you are destined for absolutely amazing things and I’m put on this earth to...
DAVID ELLEFSON Says MEGADETH Is ‘The Greatest Thrash Band In The History Of The World’, Credits DAVE MUSTAINE With Inventing The Genre
MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and SONS OF APOLLO vocalist Jeff Scott Soto have been collaborating on some new material recently under the moniker ELLEFSON-SOTO. They are joined in the group by Italian guitarist Andy Martongelli and drummer Paolo Caridi, both of whom previously worked with David on his ELLEFSON solo project. Asked by Chris Akin of “The Classic Metal Show” what ELLEFSON-SOTO will sound like, David said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I look at it like this. When people come to me, they go, ‘Oh, dude. It’s thrash,’ and, ‘It’s heavy,’ it’s, like, I’m already in the greatest thrash band in the history of the world, so I don’t need to do thrash anywhere else. I do that in MEGADETH. I play with the g...
MARTY FRIEDMAN On How He Has Dealt With Pandemic: ‘I’m One Of The Very Fortunate Ones’
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman spoke with Darren Paltrowitz — host of the “Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz” — about how he has spent his downtime during the coronavirus pandemic. He said: “I’ve held up pretty good. I’ve been lucky. A lot of my friends have been all on tour, and the plug got pulled, or worse yet, just before a tour where you rehearsed and done pre-production, rented gear and vehicles and all that, and then the plug [gets pulled]. I’ve heard horror stories. I had none of that. I had a tour coming up that got canceled before we started money spending. And I’ve had a tour postponed, I’ve had Tokyo Marathon opening ceremony postponed. But aside from that, really, I’ve been lucky. It gave me much more time to work...
SCORPIONS Were Forced To Abandon Plan To Work With Producer GREG FIDELMAN On New Album
SCORPIONS have abandoned their plans to work with producer Greg Fidelman on their new album. The German-Polish-Swedish hard rock legends spent the last few months recording the effort at Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Germany. Tentatively due later this year, the disc will mark SCORPIONS‘ first release since 2017’s “Born To Touch Your Feelings – Best Of Rock Ballads”, which was an anthology of new and classic material. SCORPIONS originally intended to record the new album in Los Angeles with Fidelman, whose previous credits include SLIPKNOT and METALLICA. However, because of the pandemic, some of the initial work was done with Greg remotely, after which SCORPIONS opted to helm the recordings themselves with the help of their engineer Hans-Martin Buff. Du...
