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A DAY TO REMEMBER Shares ‘Everything We Need’ Music Video
A DAY TO REMEMBER has shared an official Reel Bear Media-directed music video for its single “Everything We Need”, which is featured on its recently released album “You’re Welcome”. Co-written by A DAY TO REMEMBER‘s Jeremy McKinnon with multi-platinum superstar Jon Bellion, Nick Long and Collin “Doc” Brittain, “Everything We Need” is an understated, yet uplifting exhale of emotion. The track is currently impacting Active Rock Radio, rising to Top 25 this week on the airplay charts and approaching 2.5 million streams worldwide. “You’re Welcome” is available now on all streaming platforms, with exclusive merch bundles and multiple vinyl variants of the LP available in the band’s official store. Pegged as one ...
COREY TAYLOR To Guest On ‘No Such Thing As A Fish”s Comic Relief Livestream Marathon
SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor will take part in a a live-streamed one-off special in aid of Comic Relief from Friday, March 12 to Saturday, March 13. To mark Comic Relief‘s 35th year, “No Such Thing As A Fish”, the award-winning podcast from the team behind BBC Two’s “QI”, will host 35 guests for 35 minutes each — a whopping 1,225 minutes of live broadcast, and over 20 hours of non-stop fun-fact chit-chat. The phenomenal guest list also includes Michael Palin, Sally Phillips, Tim Minchin, Rhys Darby, Shappi Khorsandi, John Lloyd, Richard Osman, Sue Perkins, Ian Hislop, Eddie Izzard, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Gemma Whelan, Stephen Fry, and Comic Relief co-founder Richard Curtis. Taylor will be a guest for 35 minutes at 2:40 a.m. U.K. time o...
GEEZER BUTLER Clarifies Comment He Made About His DEADLAND RITUAL Bandmate STEVE STEVENS
Geezer Butler has clarified a recent comment he made about his DEADLAND RITUAL bandmate Steve Stevens. On Monday (March 8), Butler was a guest on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, where he discussed the status of the supergroup he started a few years ago with Stevens (BILLY IDOL, VINCE NEIL), drummer Matt Sorum (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) and singer Franky Perez (APOCALYPTICA). “DEADLAND RITUAL‘s dead,” the BLACK SABBATH bassist said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET. “The virus put the final nail in the coffin. We had 12 or 13 songs written. We were about to go into the studio last March, and everything closed down. Matt left the band. And Steve has got, I think, a lung condition or something, so he couldn’t leave the ...
TOMMY’S ROCKTRIP Feat. OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK SABBATH Touring Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS: ‘Got To Play Some Rock ‘N Roll’ Music Video
TOMMY’S ROCKTRIP is drummer Tommy Clufetos‘s (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK SABBATH) new hard rock outfit, where he offers his take on the rock ‘n roll influences that made him one of the most sought-after drummers in the current hard rock scene. “Beat Up By Rock ‘N’ Roll”, TOMMY’S ROCKTRIP‘s debut album, will arrive on May 7 via Frontiers Music Srl. Eric Dover, known for singing and playing guitar with JELLYFISH, SLASH’S SNAKEPIT and Alice Cooper, handles lead vocals on the LP (though Tommy grabs the mic for three tracks). Eliot Lorengo (bass), Hank Schneekluth (guitar) and Nao Nakashima (guitar) round out the supporting cast. The official music video for the disc’s first single, “Got To Play Some Rock ‘N Roll”, is...
Chart Rewind: In 2006, ‘High School Musical’ Started Something New
High School Musical went on to become the year’s best-selling album in the United States, according to Nielsen Music (with 3.7 million copies sold), while the movie spawned two successful sequels – High School Musical 2 in 2007 and the theatrical release High School Musical 3: Senior Year in 2008, which, in turn, produced two more chart-topping soundtracks. “I’m grateful for every bit of that early success,” actor Zac Efron told Billboard sister publication The Hollywood Reporter in 2014 about his career-launching High School Musical days. (In March 2006, he was just 18.) “It was, hands-down, the most honest, carefree, passionate experience of my life.” High School Musical also helped clear the path for similarly music-centric shows like Disney’s o...
Kenneth Branagh to Direct Paramount’s Bee Gees Movie
The Bee Gees, comprised of Gibb brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice, are among the world’s best-selling music artists of all time. The British-Australian pop trio rose to fame in the 1960s and ’70s and saw global success with hits such as “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,” “Too Much Heaven,” “Nights on Broadway” and “Stayin’ Alive.” Barry Gibb is the only surviving member of the band, after Maurice Gibb’s sudden death from complications of a twisted intestine in 2003 at the age of 53 and Robin Gibb’s death from complications related to colorectal cancer in 2012 at the age of 62. This article originally appeared in THR.com. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a datin...
Bill Harkin, Designer of Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage, Dies at 83
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis pays tribute to Harkin, whose ideas were so unusual they took some time to sink in. “I liked the idea but was slightly wary of the reality, although was captivated by their childlike excitement,” recounts Eavis, the dairy farmer who turned a small concert on his property into the world-famous event, with the help of Harkin. A top-flight architect working for British Leyland car launches, Harkin first came to Glastonbury toward the end of 1970, following the first iteration of the event. The original stage was erected out of scaffolding and plastic sheeting and made its debut for the second edition of Glastonbury Festival, in 1971. Several versions of the Pyramid Stage have popped up over the years, one of which burned down shortly before the 1994 ...
Charles Caldas, Ex-Merlin CEO, Talks Exceleration Music
Prior to leaving at the end of 2019, Caldas had struck licensing deals with Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, SoundCloud, Pandora, Facebook, Tencent and more. Merlin is a multiple winner of the A2IM Libera Awards’ Independent Champion honor, Caldas is a recipient of the Indie Champion honor at the AIM Independent Music Awards. Post-Merlin, Caldas stayed true to his independent roots by joining the newly-formed Exceleration Music, spearheaded by former Concord Music Group CEO Glen Barros with a calling to “invest in the future of independent labels and artists.” Unveiled earlier in the year, its mission statement touts a values-led approach to investment and acquisition, and a mindset of preserving and building on the legacies of labels and the artists the venture works with, with an eye to a...
Mike Patton Sings Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song for Shredder’s Revenge Video Game: Stream
What’s cooler than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song? Mike Patton singing that theme song in the trailer for the new video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. That’s right, the lead singer of such bands as Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Dead Cross, and Fantômas lends his vocals to the infectious song that so many of us still have in our heads since it first debuted in 1987 as part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV show. Oddly enough, the original theme was co-written and co-recorded by Chuck Lorre, who would go on to famously produce such TV shows as Two and a Half Man, The Big Bang Theory, and others. Patton, whose six octave ranged once earned him the title of greatest singer of all time, offers a rocking take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles&nb...
Las Vegas’ Life is Beautiful Announces 2021 Festival with Billie Eilish, Tame Impala & Green Day
St. Vincent (Amy Price), Tame Impala (Riikka Vaahtera), and Billie Eilish (Ben Kaye) to play Life is Beautiful in 2021 Las Vegas’ Life is Beautiful is set to become the first major music festival to hold — or, at least, attempt to hold — an event since the beginning of the pandemic. And organizers have put together a big lineup in hopes of drawing in wary festival-goers. Billie Eilish, Green Day, Tame Impala, ASAP Rocky, HAIM, and Modest Mouse top the newly unveiled bill. Other notable acts include St. Vincent, Young Thug, Ludacris, Brittany Howard, Death From Above 1979, Glass Animals, Jamila Woods, J.I.D, Purity Ring, White Reaper, Yaeji, and Earthgang, among others. Life is Beautiful is currently scheduled to take place September 17th-19th, 2021 in downtown Las Vegas. Tickets — inc...
Jorja Smith Releases New Single “Addicted”: Stream
Jorja Smith is back with an irresistible new track called “Addicted”. The song comes with a music video filmed entirely in isolation, which you can watch ahead. Following last year’s “Come Over” with Popcaan, “By Any Means” of Roc Nation’s Reprise compilation, and The Eddy contribution “Kiss Me in the Morning”, “Addicted” marks Smith’s first single of 2021. Musing in the atmosphere of a hazy beat punctuated with live guitars, the song is as alluring as a siren. Which is fitting, since the lyrics call for a lover to recognize how good they have it and “be addicted to me.” In a press statement explaining the track, Smith noted it’s about “focusing on wanting the full attention of someone who’s not giving enough (or any) when they should be.” “Addicted” comes with a self-directed video (...
Rapper & Activist Obe Noir Shot & Killed In Houston
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy / Courtesy A shooting incident in Houston this past Monday (March 8) has left a local rapper and activist dead. Obe Noir, who was raised in the same housing projects as George Floyd, was found dead from gunshot wounds in the city’s downtown section. Local publication The Houston Chronicle reports that Noir, real name Xavier Roberson was shot and killed in the early morning hours after a press release regarding the shooting was issued by the city’s press arm. The outlet made mention of Noir’s ties to the region and noted that he was considered the “Nipsey Hussle of East Texas” due to his presence in the community, most especially the city’s Third Ward. Coupled with his music career and activism, it was clear by the outpouring of condolences from t...
