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PAUL STANLEY Says Pyrotechnics At KISS’s New Year’s Eve Concert Were ‘Frightening’ And ‘Glorious’
In a new interview with The Rock N Roll Channel on TalkShopLive, Paul Stanley reflected on KISS‘s New Year’s Eve performance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. “It was surreal, because, like everybody, we’ve been in basic quarantine for a year,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And when this idea came up to do a New Year’s Eve show in Dubai, it was interesting, but it became more interesting. It was, ‘And we’ll build this massive stage.’ It took 500 people to build that stage. ‘And we’ll have the largest fireworks display ever.’ I forget how many millions of dollars was spent on pyro. Everything was just top grade. “We flew in on Emirates [airline], and everybody — all the staff and all the crew,...
FOREIGNER’s THOM GIMBEL To Leave Band After Nearly Three Decades
FOREIGNER multi-instrumentalist Thom Gimbel is planning to leave the legendary rock act. The news of Gimbel‘s departure was broken by his bandmate, FOREIGNER bassist Jeff Pilson, in a new interview with Rocking With Jam Man. Speaking about the fact that FOREIGNER occasionally plays shows without any original member members — including founding guitarist Mick Jones — Pilson said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It is really all about the music, and especially with FOREIGNER. FOREIGNER was never any kind of an image band at all, and that’s actually worked to our advantage now in these later years where can tour — and we can tour without Mick — because the music is so strong that it is more about the music than it is about the personnel. And I think that’s kind o...
Ex-GREAT WHITE Singer JACK RUSSELL: ‘I Don’t Understand Why MARK KENDALL Hasn’t Called Me In All These Years’
Former GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell says that he “woud love to” reconnect with the band’s founding guitarist Mark Kendall. Russell exited GREAT WHITE in December 2011 after he was unable to tour with the group due a series of injuries, including a perforated bowel and a shattered pelvis. Jack largely blamed these injuries on his alcohol and painkiller addictions as well as the prednisone drug he was prescribed. In a new chat with the “Ouch, You’re On My Hair” podcast, Russell stated about Kendall (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I would love to see Mark again and talk to him again. It’s been many, many years. I have no grudges; I never have. And I never had any ill will towards him. I understand why they didn’t want me back in ...
10 Years Ago, The Strokes Triumphed Through Adversity to Create Angles
Throughout the 2000s, New York quintet The Strokes were considered the kings of post-punk revival. Drawing from artists like The Doors, Jane’s Addiction, Pearl Jam, Bob Marley, and most notably, The Velvet Underground, their charming indie/garage rock raucousness was virtually everywhere for several years. Of course, it all started when they inspired their own set of peers and protégées — including LCD Soundsystem, The Killers, and Kings of Leon — while skyrocketing into critical and commercial favor with 2001’s debut LP, Is This It, which topped our list of “The Top 100 Albums of the Decade” in November 2009. Although 2003’s Room on Fire and 2005’s First Impressions of Earth weren’t as widely celebrated by the press — due mainly to a perceived lack of newness and a penchant for safe...
DijahSB Goes Into “Overtime” on New Single: Stream
Rising Toronto rapper DijahSB is back with more new music that packs plenty of atmospheric style. Earlier this morning, they released “Overtime”, a slice of trip-hop funk featuring fellow Canadian artist Chris Castello. Stream it below. “Overtime” is an infectious, uptempo dance groove, especially compared to DijahSB’s previous single “By Myself”. Whereas that track was a more straightforward hip-hop number meant to showcase DijahSB’s freestyle skills, this new one is all about smooth choruses, slick rap verses, and finding the perfect casual-but-energetic balance between a shimmering synth loop and a funky bass line. Needless to say, DijahSB pulls it off perfectly. Considering DijahSB is behind some of the best new sounds of the year so far, we’re eager for the MC to drop their upcoming a...
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Stumbles Slightly on Takeoff: Review
The Pitch: In the wake of the blip and the events of Avengers: Endgame, Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon (Anthony Mackie), has settled into a modest life of crimefighting with his signature wingsuit. Why isn’t he the new Captain America?, eagle-eyed Endgame viewers might be asking; after all, Old Cap handed him the signature star-spangled shield the last time we saw him. Well, Sam feels uncomfortable with the weight and responsibility of the title — it feels “like someone else’s.” Meanwhile, former Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) is wrestling with his own post-terrorist trauma, struggling to reintegrate into society after ninety years of cryogenically-frozen evildoing. But the two might get drawn back into each other’s orbits with the arrival of a mysterious flash mob...
Outside Lands 2021 Moves to Halloween Weekend with Tame Impala, Lizzo & The Strokes
Tame Impala (photo by Ben Kaye), The Strokes (photo by Philip Cosores), and Lizzo Lizzo (photo by Amy Price) Outside Lands locked in its 2021 lineup on the same day it canceled its 2020 edition back in June. However, the lineup has now been tweaked a bit as the San Francisco music festival has shifted to Halloween weekend — October 29th-31st — adding some acts and removing others. Originally targeting August 6th-8th, Outside Lands’ previously billed performers The 1975, Beach House, Polo & Pan, Big Thief, Parcels, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, The Beths, and a handful of others won’t make the transition to the new dates. Filling in those gaps will be Glass Animals, Kaytranada, Lord Huron, Claud, Bartees Strange, Sofía Valdés, 24kGoldn, SG Lewis, Flo Milli, Cannons, JESSIA, Q, Brijea...
Outside Lands Announces Halloween Return With Lizzo, the Strokes, Tyler, the Creator, and More
Get your most comfortable walking shoes and backpacks with hidden pockets ready, because music festivals are clearly going to attempt a post-COVID comeback this fall. Outside Lands is the latest major event to announce their dates and lineups, setting Halloween weekend (Oct. 29-31) as the return date for the massive Bay Area-based festival. While other locations might be hesitant about bumping a summer concert series that late into the fall, anyone who’s been to San Francisco for the event before knows that the weather can be just as miserable and frigid in early August as it at the end of October, so there’s no real loss there. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”2511...
Justice Sends ‘Cease and Desist’ Letter to Justin Bieber Over Justice Album Art
French dance duo Justice is seeking legal justice from Justin Bieber over the singer’s forthcoming LP, which is titled Justice, and uses a logo similar to Justice’s trademarked “cross” band logo. “The morning Bieber announced his album [Feb. 26], it was pretty tough to miss,” Justice’s co-manager Tyler Goldberg of Jet Management told Rolling Stone. “Aside from seeing it all over the internet ourselves, we heard from hundreds of people throughout the day — industry people, Justice fans — and the Justice guys received a ton of messages, not only compelled to point out the similarities between the Justice Justin Bieber album, but confused. ‘Is this a Justice collaboration?’” <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “B...
Struggle Magnet Famous Dex Arrested For Gun Possession
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Famous Dex has been catching all the L’s lately. The troubled rapper just got popped for gun possession after recently getting robbed at gunpoint. Per TMZ, Dex was the passenger in the backseat of a car when it got pulled over by LAPD on Tuesday (March 16) in North Hollywood. The whip got flagged because it didn’t have a rear licence plate, but the kicker is the cops say Dex tried to get out and walk away during said traffic stop. After the authorities ran the ID’s of everyone, they discovered one of the passengers was on probation. Naturally, cops searched the car and discovered a loaded gun under Dex’s seat, allegedly. Dex was promptly arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapon, which is a felony. Reportedly, his bail ...
Drake Attributes His Career Success To Bow Wow, Salty Soulja Boy Responds
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin/BET / Getty Drake was in a celebratory mood this week after debuting three songs atop the Billboard Hot 100. To commemorate the special moment, the rap star threw a private event with close friends, including Bow Wow who he says helped shape his successful career. Per Rap-Up, the exclusive “1-2-3” themed dinner took place at Mastro’s in Houston on Monday (March 15) with clips of the soiree appearing on Drizzy’s Instagram Stories. “I didn’t know how else to bring in 1, 2, 3. I had to link with Wizzle,” he said about Bow Wow in the video. “Everybody wants to have drinks and everybody wants to celebrate and turn up, I just had to see Wizzle. I had to see Wizzle in person. If it wasn’t for you, there wouldn’t be no me. That’s why—yo...
Fred Savage Announces EJ Williams As Star Of ABC’s ‘Wonder Years’ Revival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @ejwilliams_42 / Instagram The Wonder Years has found the new face for the beloved lead character, Kevin Arnold. According to Deadline, staple actor Fred Savage officially announced the name of the young actor that will be taking over the role of the boy next door. On Monday, original series star Fred Savage virtually broke the news to actor Elisha “E.J.” Williams that he’d landed the lead role of 12-year-old Dean, who comes of age in the late 1960s. The new Wonder Years will be written by Saladin K. Patterson and will focus on a Black family in Montgomery, Alabama. The original series takes place from 1968 to 1973 and was filmed in Los Angeles, though its setting was deliberately never specified on-screen. Setting the reboot in Alabama will pro...
