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The Weeknd Poured $7M Of His Own Money Into Super Bowl Performance
Source: Mike Ehrmann / Getty The Weeknd hit the big stage during the halftime show for Super Bowl LV, and it was obvious that the affair wasn’t put together cheaply. After revealing last month that he spent $7 million of his own cash to fund the lavish performance, the results prove that he did indeed spend a grip while reportedly not being paid a dime from the NFL. Last Friday (Feb. 5), The Weeknd shared a trailer for his upcoming Super Bowl LV Halftime Show performance in a quirky video featuring the Canadian crooner having a posh lunch on a football field. Suddenly, footballs rained down from the sky as the clip rolled on, signifying that viewers were definitely going to get a visual treat. Sunday pic.twitter.com/U4TCfPmnJy — The Weeknd (@theweeknd) February 5, 2021 The artist born Abel...
50 Cent, The Migos & More Party In Tampa Like COVID-19 Doesn’t Exist During Super Bowl Weekend
Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty In case y’all have forgotten, COVID-19 is still here and getting even scarier in some cases. That didn’t stop your favorite celebs/rappers from heading to Tampa to party the night away. COVID-19 is still a problem, but you didn’t see any indication of that in Florida over the weekend. Celebrities and fans flocked to the state that is the official home heada** behavior to partake in festivities that usually accompany the Super Bowl. Now, during normal circumstances, when the country isn’t in the middle of a pandemic, that’s very understandable, BUT, being that the coronavirus is still spreading uncontrollably, partying should be the last thing on people’s minds. Unfortunately, Black celebrities like 50 Cent, Tory Lanez, French Montana, and Hip-Hop trio the Migo...
Casanova To Be Disciplined For Doing The Junebug Challenge From Prison
Source: @Stretchd_34 of http://www.p3.photography / Radio One Digital 2021 really hasn’t been Casanova’s year as he’s found himself facing some serious charges and could possibly end up doing a long bid when it’s all said and done. Now TMZ is reporting the 34-year-old Brooklyn rapper has once again run afoul of the law and might end up getting disciplined by authorities for participating in a TikTok “Junebug” dance challenge from behind bars. The challenge itself calls for people to do something similar to the Shmoney Dance in the weirdest locations they can think of. Well, prison is a strange place to partake in the challenge, no? Casanova thought so and after a visitor recorded him doing the challenge and uploading it to social media, authorities weren’t too pleased and are now apparentl...
Governor Cuomo Announces “NY PopsUp” Outdoor Performance Series w/ Q-Tip, Chris Rock & More
Source: NY POPS UP / NY POPS UP New York is opening back up slowly but entertainment was still in limbo. The states highest elected official has given his cosign for a special series of performances. Today (Monday, February 8) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo marshalled the return of the performing arts to New York with “NY PopsUp.” This series of events, intended to revitalize the spirit and emotional well-being of New York citizens with the energy of live performance while jumpstarting New York’s struggling live entertainment sector, is a private / public partnership overseen by producers Scott Rudin and Jane Rosenthal, in coordination with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and Empire State Development (ESD). The Festival will serve as a ...
WHILE SHE SLEEPS Releases Video For New Single ‘You Are All You Need’
Following the launch of their new fan-oriented platform Sleeps Society and the announcement of their fifth album “Sleeps Society”, Sheffield’s metal impresarios WHILE SHE SLEEPS have revealed their hard-hitting new single “You Are All You Need”. “Sleeps Society” arrives April 16 via Sleeps Brothers/Spinefarm Records. “We somehow managed to inject enough personal inspiration from each member for it to completely embody ‘the SLEEPS sound’ with ease,” says guitarist Sean Long. “We are always trying to express a certain kind of emotion or internal insight and sometimes you really hit the nail on the head, expressing it how you imagined, and other times you miss it completely. Well, this time we hit it dead-on, with no room...
VIO-LENCE’s PHIL DEMMEL And TYKETTO’s DANNY VAUGHN Team Up For Quarantine Cover Of SCORPIONS’ ‘Blackout’ (Video)
Members of VIO-LENCE, TYKETTO, U.D.O. and BONFIRE recently teamed up to record a quarantine cover version of the SCORPIONS classic “Blackout”. You can watch the video below. Recording lineup: Vocals – Danny Vaughn (TYKETTO) Guitar – Phil Demmel (ex-MACHINE HEAD/VIO-LENCE) Guitar – Dee Dammers (U.D.O.) Bass – Michael “Mülli” Müller (JADED HEART) Drums – André Hilgers (BONFIRE) Backing Vocals – Peter Östros (JADED HEART) Demmel announced his exit from MACHINE HEAD in October 2018, explaining at the time that he wanted “to step away and do something else musically.” Two years ago, Demmel told the “In The Pitts Of Metal And Motor Chaos” podcast that MACHINE HEAD ended up becoming a Robb Flynn solo project towar...
JAMES DURBIN Explains Why He Doesn’t Listen To The Two Albums He Recorded With QUIET RIOT
In a new interview with Talking Metal, James Durbin reflected on his time as the singer for QUIET RIOT. Durbin recorded two studio albums with QUIET RIOT — 2017’s “Road Rage” and 2019’s “Hollywood Cowboys” — during his three-year stint with the group. In September 2019, QUIET RIOT parted ways with Durbin and replaced him with Jizzy Pearl. Pearl previously fronted QUIET RIOT from 2013 until October 2016, when he was briefly replaced by Seann Nichols, who played only five shows with the group before the March 2017 arrival of “American Idol” finalist Durbin. Asked how he looks back on his time with QUIET RIOT, Durbin said (hear audio below): “The M3 show [in May 2019] is one of my favorite shows I’ve ever played in my entire life. I ...
THE PRETTY RECKLESS’s TAYLOR MOMSEN Is ‘Hopeful’ About Concerts In Post-Pandemic World
THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen says that she is optimistic that, in a post-pandemic future, concerts will be “bigger and better than ever.” Momsen, who is promoting THE PRETTY RECKLESS‘s upcoming album, “Death By Rock And Roll”, tells NME that she has a bright perspective of where the touring industry will be once the coronavirus crisis has subsided. “Yeah, I think I’m always hopeful,” she says (see video below). “I’ve got a little hippy in me, so I’m maybe at times naïve, but I think that peace, love and understanding and compassion are things that, as a society, we need to focus on. And I am very hopeful for change and that the world will start to right itself and we’ll get back on track and not be back...
Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood Calls for UK Government to Renegotiate Brexit Touring Provisions
On February 1st, the long-running Brexit saga finally came to an end, and British citizens woke up on an island both figuratively and literally. But the ramifications of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union are still being parsed. On February 8th, Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood wrote an op-ed in The Guardian that looked at the new requirements for British bands on the Continent and called for the government to “renegotiate on the provision for touring in Europe.” Greenwood opens the op-ed by recalling Radiohead’s first European excursions, the “small clubs and early festival slots across Sweden, The Netherlands and France in a crappy old bus that smelled of diesel and had sad grey curtains.” He adds, “There were so many different kinds of milk.” Beyond the fond memories, G...
Wolf Alice Singer Ellie Rowsell Says Marilyn Manson Filmed Up Her Skirt
It’s been just over a week since Evan Rachel Wood named Marilyn Manson as her abuser. Since then, numerous other women have come forward with stories of sexual assault, psychological abuse, and coercion they experienced at the hands the disgraced musician. The latest to join that chorus is Wolf Alice singer Ellie Rowsell, who claims that Manson once filmed up her skirt without her consent while backstage at a music festival. After offering solidarity to Wood, Rowsell revealed her alleged experience in a public statement. “I met Marilyn backstage at a festival a few years ago,” tweeted Rowsell. “After his compliments towards my band became more and more hyperbolic I became suspicious of his behaviour. I was shocked to look down and see he was filming up my skirt with a GoPro.” “There were n...
Jason Momoa Says Performing Tool’s “Sober” Inspired His Love of Playing Bass
Jason Momoa (via Instagram), Tool’s Maynard James Keenan (photo by Melinda Oswandel) Heavy metal-loving actor Jason Momoa has revealed that performing Tool’s classic song “Sober” inspired his love of bass guitar. The Game of Thrones actor certainly looks the part of a heavy metal bassist. He has pursued the instrument with fervor, even recently jamming with Primus bass legend Les Claypool. But it was performing “Sober” with his kids that initially sparked his love for the low end, as he divulged in a new interview. While he had already been an avid guitar player, his passion for bass developed on the set of 2018’s Aquaman. “I always have instruments on the set, so my son was playing drums and my daughter was playing guitar,” Momoa told Bass Player magazine. “It was my assis...
New York to Jumpstart Live Events Return With 300 Performances Over 100 Days
“Creative synergies are vital for cities to survive, and our arts and cultural industries have been shut down all across the country, taking a terrible toll on workers and the economy,” said Cuomo in a release. “We want to be aggressive with reopening the State and getting our economy back on track, and NY PopsUp will be an important bridge to the broader reopening of our world-class performance venues and institutions. New York has been a leader throughout this entire pandemic, and we will lead once again with bringing back the arts.” The programming for NY PopsUp will be curated by the interdisciplinary artist Zack Winokur, in partnership with a council of artistic advisors who represent the diversity of New York’s dynamic performing arts scene. The hundreds of fr...
