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Glastonbury 2021 Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Concerns
Despite their “efforts to move Heaven & Earth,” the organizers of Glastonbury have decided to pull the plug on the iconic music festival’s 2021 edition. Citing COVID-19 concerns, the announcement marks the festival’s unprecedented second consecutive cancellation. “With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us,” organizers Emily and Michael Eavis wrote in a statement shared via Glastonbury’s Instagram. “In spite of our efforts to move Heaven & Earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the festival happen this year. We are so sorry to let you all down.” Read the full statement bel...
CHEAP TRICK To Release New Single ‘Light Up The Fire’ On Thursday
CHEAP TRICK will release a new single, “Light Up The Fire”, on Thursday, January 28. A short preview is available below. Last fall, CHEAP TRICK singer Robin Zander said that fans won’t have to wait too long to hear new music from the band. “We have an album that’s already done and it’s ready to go,” he told AXS TV‘s “At Home And Social With”. “It’s been put on hold because of the virus… We’re very excited about it. We signed a deal with BMG. And we’ll see what happens.” According to Robin, the new CHEAP TRICK LP will please the band’s longtime followers, including those who have supported the group since its inception nearly five decades ago. “We’ve made a lot of records, and we just...
EVANESCENCE’s AMY LEE: ‘I’m Looking Forward To A Better Tomorrow’ For All Of Us
EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee was honored with the “Powerhouse Award” at the ninth annual She Rocks Awards, which was streamed live on Friday, January 22 on Believeinmusic.TV, Parade.com and AXS.TV. During the She Rocks Awards “red carpet” portion of the event, Lee was asked by John Stapleton from M.A.C Cosmetics about the title of the upcoming EVANESCENCE album “The Bitter Truth”, which will be released on March 26 via BMG. She said (see video below): “Every day I have a new thing. I’m, like, ‘That’s the bitter truth.’ [Laughs] Right now, it’s hard, because it’s a lot of things that aren’t funny or smiley to say. But I think the fact that we’re facing a lot of these realities is really healthy, and we h...
RATT’s STEPHEN PEARCY Announces ‘Backstage Past’ Docuseries
As the landscape of live music has changed since 2020’s shutdown of music venues and close public gatherings, so have the ways of which to bring music to the fans. You can take the rock and roll out of the venue, but you can’t take the rock and roller away from his music. Folks will always find a way to have a good time. When it comes to fans who wanna have a good time, look no further than RATT fans. Fans of RATT and singer Stephen Pearcy are the best rock and rollers on the planet. Pearcy fans will always find a way to “cheers” their way through life’s good and bad. Pearcy lives life much the same way as his fans. He has therefore answered the call by bringing back the days of the “house party.” Back in the ’70s, when Stephen‘s pre-RA...
QUIET RIOT Singer JIZZY PEARL Criticizes Virtual Concerts: ‘The Constant Pandering For Money Doesn’t Look Good’
QUIET RIOT and LOVE/HATE singer Jizzy Pearl has criticized musicians for hosting livestreams on social media or via other platforms as a way of capturing revenue from their performances since the COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out artists’ touring revenues. With concert promoters forced to suspend or delay the majority of their schedule for as long as social distancing is still taking place, livestreaming performances have been a way for some rock bands to generate the revenue they and their crew depend on to survive, or simply to keep their fans (and themselves) entertained while we all wait for venues to re-open. And as much of the world remains in quarantine, many industry experts believe that livestreaming will likely remain a crucial part of the live music experience in 2021. On We...
Remembering Larry King’s Interviews With Lady Gaga, Prince, Beyonce & More
It’s estimated that King, a 25-year veteran of CNN, conducted an estimated 50,000 on-air interviews during career. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989. Watch 10 of King’s most memorable sit-downs with musicians below. Frank Sinatra (1988) Sinatra gave a rare interview to King in 1988, marking the iconic singer’s last major TV appearance before his death 10 years later. During the chat, Sinatra revealed that he never got over his stage fright (“I tremble every time…”) and called writers of kiss-and-tell books “pimps and whores.” Barbra Streisand (1995) Streisand appeared on CNN’s Larry King Live several times dating back to the early 1990s. In this mid-’90s appearance, the legendary singer and actress discussed her f...
Justin Bieber Reflects on His DUI Arrest in 2014: ‘God Has Brought Me a Long Way’
On Jan. 23, 2014, Bieber was arrested in Florida for drag racing on a Miami Beach street in a yellow Lamborghini and failing a sobriety test. He was later charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license. “All this to say God has brought me a long way,” Bieber continued in his post. “From then til now I do realize something.. God was as close to me then as he is right now. My encouragement to you is to ‘let your past be a reminder of how far god has brought you. Don’t allow shame to ruin your “today” let the forgiveness of Jesus take over and watch your life blossom into all that God has designed you to be.” Following the arrest, Bieber was able to avoid jail time by pleading guilty to a lesser charge of reckless drivin...
Justin Timberlake & Ant Clemons’ ‘Better Days’ Feat. Kirk Franklin Breaks Shazam Record After Inauguration
Following the festivities of the Biden-Harris inauguration on Jan. 20, “Better Days” — a duet by Justin Timberlake and Ant Clemons, which was released to streaming services featuring Kirk Franklin — has topped the record for most-Shazamed song in a single day in the United States. “Better Days” was performed by Timberlake and Clemons during the Celebrating America primetime inaugural special honoring President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. According to stats released by Shazam, the song was Shazamed more than 90,000 times within 24 hours of the performance, bringing it to No. 1 on the U.S. Shazam chart and breaking previous records held by “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” by Willie Nelson (heard on Big Little Lies) and “Jenny ...
Cardi B Plans to Just ‘Enjoy Life’ in This Show-Stopping Dress
“Majin Buu & Goku,” she captioned a photo of herself in the dress, with Offset by her side. The pair were photographed out in Los Angeles with their masks on (with Cardi’s matching her red dress, of course). While social media buzzed about the fun, bold look on Saturday, Cardi took a moment to shoot down a negative comment. “I’m just tryna figure what man is ok with their woman/girl/gf/wife walking out in public with her a– and g string showing,” one person tweeted Saturday , to which Cardi replied: “A confident one who know his b—- a star and bad.” See her show off the full outfit on Instagram. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving...
HHW Gaming: Microsoft Has A Change of Heart & Will Not Be Raising Xbox Live Gold Subscription Prices
Source: Microsoft / Xbox Live Gold Microsoft is now saying sike after indicating it was going to raise Xbox Live Gold subscription prices. Cyberbullying can be used for good. Friday (Jan.22), Microsoft managed to ruin whatever goodwill it established with gamers when it announced that it would ridiculously raise Xbox Live Gold subscription prices. Understandably people were upset that if you didn’t already have a 12-month subscription — which Microsoft no longer offers — you wouldn’t see a price increase. Still, if you’re a new six-month subscriber, you would have to pony up $59.99, basically $120 for an entire year. Well, Microsoft paid attention to the cries from the pissed off button mashers and has decided not to follow through with the subscription price hike. The company announced vi...
ASOT1000 Festival Officially Slated for 2021 With Two Shows
A State Of Trance fans, rejoice: ASOT1000 Festival is officially moving forward in 2021. In celebration of the landmark 1,000th episode of the historic A State Of Trance radio show, the world’s biggest trance festival is set to make its grand return in Utrecht for twin concerts in late September 2021. The highly anticipated news was announced on the episode live today by trance music legend Armin van Buuren. The unprecedented two-show run for the ASOT 1000 celebration will kick off on September 3rd with a concert that pays tribute to 20 years of A State of Trance with special guest appearances, according to a press release issued by organizers. The second show, slated for September 4th, is being promoted as more of a familiar festival experience in ...
NGHTMRE Announces SoCal Drive-In Rave Performance
The latest to swerve into the drive-in rave craze is NGHTMRE, who will soon be descending on the sprawling parking lot of San Bernardino’s NOS Events Center for a massive socially distanced concert. Insomniac‘s patented “Park ‘N Rave” series has hosted a bevy of dance music’s finest in recent weeks, including deadmau5, JOYRYDE, and Wax Motif, and the company has more planned in the near future with the likes of Jason Ross, MiTiS, and 4B, among others. NGHTMRE will now enter the fray on Friday, February 12th. Joining the trap and dubstep superstar will be fellow bass music heavyweight Effin and Las Vegas-based DJ Black AM. Pouring gasoline on the excitement surrounding the show, NGHTMRE announced the performance on social media, tweetin...
