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Jim Carrey Says He’s Done Playing Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live
Jim Carrey is done playing President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live. The veteran comedian announced his departure in a tweet posted on Saturday ahead of the show’s Christmas episode. “Though my term was only meant to be 6 weeks,I was thrilled to be elected as your SNL President…comedy’s highest call of duty,” Carey wrote. “I would love to go forward knowing that Biden was the victor because I nailed that shit. But I am just one in a long line of proud, fighting SNL Bidens!” Carrey’s tenure as Biden was met with mixed reaction from fans and critics alike. In a recent piece for Consequence of Sound questioning whether SNL should consider replacing Carrey, contributor Jesse Hassenger argued that SNL isn’t “a format that works particularly well for Carrey, a stranger and less pred...
Watch Bono and the Edge Perform ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’
Bono and the Edge got in the holiday spirit this week and performed an in-studio cover of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” during Ireland’s Late Late Show holiday episode. The performance was a tribute to the annual Christmas Eve Grafton Street Busk, and the U2 stars were joined by a number of local musicians. The band also recorded a version of the Darlene Love classic for the 1987 compilation A Very Special Christmas. In addition to the festive tune, Bono and the Edge also played an acoustic rendition of “Walk On” off U2’s 2000 album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Watch both performances below. [embedded content] [embedded content] Aside from performing, Bono and the Edge also chatted with Ryan Tubridy about U2’s 10 million euro donation to Ireland’s COVID-1...
MERCURY CIRCLE Feat. SWALLOW THE SUN, Ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM Members: ‘Our Funeral (Like Xmas)’ Music Video
MERCURY CIRCLE, the new band featuring former CHILDREN OF BODOM drummer Jaska Raatikainen and SWALLOW THE SUN‘s Jaani Peuhu, has released a music video for “Our Funeral (Like Xmas)”, a song exclusively featured on “Noble Demonic Metal – Chapter 1”, a brand new label sampler by Noble Demon, celebrating its first anniversary. Labeled as “a band you need to watch out for in 2021” by Metal Hammer U.K., MERCURY CIRCLE is creating a diverse offering of atmospheric and dark music where the songs differ wildly in expression and sonic aesthetics, establishing their very own kind of “new doom”. While the band is working on their upcoming full-length record right now (to be released in early 2021), they felt the need to take a break from the...
METALLICA’s ‘The Shortest Straw’ Reimagined By Orchestra In New Music Video
What would happen if you took “…And Justice For All”, the iconic 1988 album from thrash metal pioneers METALLICA, and reimagined it for a classical orchestra? Add to that four emerging jazz and soul vocalists. You’re left with one of the most intriguing interpretations of rock material ever recorded. Brought to you by LITTLE KRUTA, featuring a band comprised entirely of women, “Justice” will forever change the way you perceive METALLICA, classical music, and what an audiophile recording can be. On “Justice”, LITTLE KRUTA — consisting of Kristine Kruta (musical director and cello), Maria Im (concert mistress and violin), Katie Jacoby (violin and soloist), Chiara Fasi (violin), Molly Fletcher (violin), Laura Sacks (viola), Tia Allen (viola), Adi Meye...
Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS Guests On New RICHIE SCARLET Single ‘The Catman & The Emperor’
Original KISS drummer Peter Criss has come out of retirement to lay down his drums on “The Catman & The Emperor”, the new single from his former bandmate Richie Scarlet. The track, which also features former FREHLEY’S COMET bassist John Regan, was released on Friday, December 18 and can be streamed below. Known worldwide as “The Emperor Of Rock And Roll”, Scarlet has played guitar and toured with Criss and original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. He has also performed with Sebastian Bach and Alice Cooper, and played bass with MOUNTAIN. Scarlet was in FREHLEY’S COMET from 1984 to 1985 and played in three of the band’s seven different lineups. He most recenty played in Frehley‘s solo band in 2018 before being fired by the original KISS guitaris...
ACCEPT’s WOLF HOFFMANN Reveals ‘One Of The Biggest Lessons’ He Has Learned In Music Business
In a new interview with Metal Master Kingdom, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann was asked to name the biggest lesson that he has learned in all his decades in the music business. He responded (see video below): “I’d say one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is that you shouldn’t settle for mediocrity. Sometimes there’s a tendency — any artist, but surely in music — to think, like, ‘Yeah, this might not be as exciting as I had hoped, but I’m sure the fans will love it anyhow.’ That’s something that’s super dangerous. Everybody has made that mistake along the way where they thought — they had that nagging feeling in the back of their mind, thinking, like, ‘Eh. Something isn’t right about it, but I hope nobody will find ou...
How to Watch the 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards Special
Three new awards will also be presented this year: Warren Buffett will receive the prize for philanthropy, the Black Lives Matter organization co-founders Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors will receive the prize for activism, and the Sesame Workshop will receive the prize for culture and education. Legend will be pulling double-duty that evening by also performing during the awards special, along with Alessia Cara, Carrie Underwood, Common, Gwen Stefani, JoJo and Tori Kelly. Miley Cyrus, Usher, Oprah Winfrey, Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Katie Couric, Scott Evans, John Oliver and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will be presenting. The 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards will broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. The awa...
Billie Eilish Gets Love From Finneas, Alicia Keys & More for Her 19th Birthday
“Happy 19th birthday Billie! It is the privilege of my life getting to be your brother and making music with you is my greatest joy. I have been so lucky in unlucky time,” he wrote. Keys commented, “Blessings and more blessings!!!!” and Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Flea sent his love in the form of heart emojis. Ashe, meanwhile, couldn’t get over the “casual Hans Zimmer cameo.” Melii and Quenlin Blackwell also wished the “bad guy” singer a good one. The rapper reshared Eilish’s shots from her latest Billboard cover alongside Interscope Records CEO John Janick and fellow Interscope artists Selena Gomez and DaBaby. “@billieeilish happy birthday baby girl love you !!!and congratulations punk!” she wrot...
Heather Morris Defends Tweet About Late ‘Glee’ Co-Star Mark Salling: ‘He Was a Part of Our Family’
Morris replied to McHale’s tweet, sharing that “the vomit face on Marks [sic] face is offensive.” Glee fans flooded Morris’ replies with criticism, expressing disapproval that she seemingly chose to side with Salling, whose crimes were worse than an emoji. The actress took to Twitter on Friday (Dec. 18) to defend her thoughts on her late co-star. “I don’t feel the need to ever justify something because somethings are better left unsaid,” she wrote. “Y’all who have lots of things to say, I get it, I UNDERSTAND you…somethings are unforgivable. But this holiday season, amongst ALL holiday seasons is INCREDIBLE hard for so many of us.” “We did not loose [sic] just 2 cast members, we lost 3,” she continued, ...
Van Morrison & Eric Clapton Are Anti-Lockdown in New Song, ‘Stand & Deliver’
“Stand And Deliver” follows a few other anti-lockdown protest tracks from Morrison, including “Born to Be Free” and the more directly titled “No More Lockdown.” Proceeds from “Stand and Deliver” will benefit Morrison’s Lockdown Financial Hardship Fund, which aims to assist musicians who are struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic, Variety reports. Listen to “Stand And Deliver” below. 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 you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Pete Davidson Says He’s Getting All His Tattoos Removed
Covering up one tattoo at a time apparently isn’t working for Pete Davidson anymore. The Saturday Night Live comedian says he’s currently in the process of removing every one of his 100 tattoos. Davidson is one of the most heavily tattooed celebrities around. He doesn’t go off the rails with one giant phoenix on his back like some actors, but instead tends to get one-off tributes to influential figures, like Hillary Clinton, RBG, and Harry Potter. In a 2019 interview with Inked, he said getting tatted is “just a release … When [I’m] so manic and upset, sometimes that’s the only thing that will work for me.” However, now that his Hollywood career seems to be heating up on the back of films like The King of Staten Island and the upcoming The Suicide Squad, all that ink is slowing him do...
Andrea Bocelli Delivers Stunning Christmas Performance from Inside Italy’s Frasassi Caves: Watch
Andrea Bocelli is truly the gift that keeps on giving. The famed singer has already delivered two inspiring performances in 2020 — first an Easter Sunday concert in Milan titled “Music For Hope”, followed by “Believe in Christmas”, a holiday show done in collaboration with his own young daughter Virginia. But it turns out Bocelli has been saving the best for last. To close out the year, the Grammy-nominated opera legend performed a magical Christmas set from inside Italy’s famed Frasassi Caves. Surrounded by stunning and surreal limestone formations, Bocelli sung timeless classics like “White Christmas” and “Silent Night”. He also did “Caro Gesù Bambino”, “Pianissimo”, and “Fratello Sole Sorella Luna (Dolce è sentire)”. What’s more, Bocelli also gave a special poetry reading. His piece cau...
