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AUGUST BURNS Shares Cover Of SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s ‘Chop Suey!’
AUGUST BURNS RED has been playing SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s “Chop Suey!” before taking the stage at its always-packed live shows for several years now. Today, the band has dropped its official cover of the song. They have put a very AUGUST BURNS RED spin on the beloved ’00s track. The original video for SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s “Chop Suey!” just crossed a billion views, so there’s no time like the present for this cover to arrive. “After years of playing ‘Chop Suey!’ over the PA system right before we took the stage at our shows, we decided to take a crack at the song ourselves,” says guitarist JB Brubaker. “This is truly one of the most legendary rock/metal songs of all time and it was so much fun to cover. I’m especia...
UFO Guitarist VINNIE MOORE Tests Positive For COVID-19
Vinnie Moore has tested positive for COVID-19. The UFO guitarist revealed his health status in a social media post earlier today (Tuesday, December 15). He wrote: “I was recording some new songs a couple weeks back and was going to post about it, but started not feeling so well and unfortunately tested positive for covid. Feeling better now but have been really tired. In fact, I have become a world champion at napping….. which is frustrating because I hate napping. Biggest waste of time ever. “Be careful everyone, and Happy Holidays,” he added. “I’ll be back soon with music news.” The follow-up to Moore‘s critically acclaimed 2015 “Aerial Visions” album was released in October 2019 on his label Mind’s Eye Music. Titled ̶...
Recording Academy Paid $4.5M in Legal Fees in 2019, Filings Show
Dugan’s short-lived tenure as Portnow’s successor began Aug.1, 2019, and her salary — as well as any changes in expenditures that occurred under her short-lived tenure — are not indicated in this filing. Five days after being put on administrative leave on Jan. 16, 2020 — just 10 days before the 62nd Grammy Awards — and eventually terminated, Dugan filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to Dugan’s EEOC complaint, she learned in May 2019 that “[Joel] Katz and his law firm [Greenberg Traurig] are paid an exorbitant amount of money by the Academy.” She accused the academy of being “boys’ club network” — a place “where men work together to the disadvantage of women and disen...
Kelly Clarkson’s 10 Best ‘Kellyoke’ Covers of 2020
Our lives in 2020 would especially suck without Kelly Clarkson‘s covers of every hit known to man. Whether it’s pop, rock or country, she never fails to bring the house down with her “Kellyoke” covers to kick off The Kelly Clarkson Show. But this year, the double doors with theater marquee lights didn’t reveal the Grammy-winning singer’s grand entrance to the studio, where in-house audience members clapped, cheered, danced and sang along with her. Instead, vertical screen panels replaced physical seats but doubled as performance decor. And she had more room to turn her show into a full-on movie set for a Halloween-themed special. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins...
Faith No More Reschedule Australia Tour to 2022
“Once again in this world of things being temporarily out of our control, we are having to postpone our AU/NZ dates,” reads a statement from Mike Patton and Co. “Postponed and not cancelled being the silver lining here and we’re grateful for that. We intend on making it up to you only at a time when things are safe for all of us. Until then, thanks for sticking this out with us and take care. We’re all in this together and when it happens we promise to make it special.” The rescheduled dates see Faith No More kick off their tour Feb. 10, 2022 at Christchurch Arena, followed by a show Feb. 12 at Spark Arena in Auckland, followed by arena shows at each of the Australia’s five big cities. All original ticket purchases are valid for entry at the rescheduled shows, confirms Frontier Touring, wh...
St. Vincent Confirms 2021 Album Release
We’ve waited more than three years since Vincent’s sixth and most recent album Masseduction, which gave the American artist (real name Annie Clark) her first Top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at No. 10. Its title track scored a Grammy Award, her second, for best rock song. The Tulsa, Oklahoma native won her first career Grammy for the 2014 effort St. Vincent, which took out best alternative music album. Vincent has just been announced to the lineup for The Ally Coalition’s seventh annual Talent Show, a livestream event set to raise money for various LGBTQ youth programs around the country. The event will be streamed on Jack Antonoff’s Twitch channel Monday, Dec. 21, at 9 p.m. ET. To learn more about the event, click here. You Deserve to Make Mo...
Twitter is Shutting Down Periscope in 2021
Twitter has announced that it’s shutting down its live-streaming service Periscope. In a blog post shared to Medium, the social media company said that it will be discontinuing all Periscope apps by March of 2021, and folding all of their live video capabilities into the Twitter Live feature on the main Twitter app. “The Periscope app is in an unsustainable maintenance-mode state, and has been for a while,” Twitter wrote in the post. “Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen declining usage and know that the cost to support the app will only continue to go up over time.” Although Periscope will be up and running for active users until next year, the app’s latest update, which was rolled out today, is currently blocking any new account signups. The company assured existing users that ...
Jack Antonoff’s Ally Coalition Announces Talent Show Livestream with St. Vincent, Spoon, Brittany Howard, More
Brittany Howard (photo by Amy Price), Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers (photo by Heather Kaplan), St. Vincent (photo courtesy of MasterClass), and Spoon (photo by Amy Price Jack Antonoff and The Ally Coalition have announced an absolutely bonkers lineup for the seventh annual Talent Show. This year’s event will be livestreamed on December 21st, and feature performances from St. Vincent, Sleater-Kinney, Spoon, The Chicks, Brittany Howard, Lana Del Rey, Tierra Whack, and more. Founded in 2013 by siblings Jack and Rachel Antonoff, The Ally Coalition raises money for non-profits servicing the LGBTQ community. This year’s edition comes with a suggested donation, with proceeds earmarked for organizations that service homeless youths. With an in-demand ghostwriter making the calls, the T...
Lady A Releases New Song “My Name Is All I Got” in Response to Lady A: Stream
Anita White, the Seattle blues singer best known as Lady A, has released a new song called “My Name Is All I Got”. The track was seemingly written in response to her ongoing legal battle with Lady A, aka the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum. Stream it below. “My Name Is All I Got” is a boisterous, heartening, blues number about standing tall and being proud of your identity. “Oh they tried to take my name, but my name is all I got,” she sings in the opening verse. Later on in the song, she thanks Margo Price for saying “the real Lady A” should be invited to play the Grand Ole Opry (“That’s what true allyship looks like,” sings White) and comends Chris Stapleton for saying “Black lives matter” in a CBS interview, notes Pitchfork. This is the latest in an ongoing tug-of-war between the...
Minari’s Steven Yeun on His Performance of the Year: “I Just Want to Keep Playing My Part”
Two things you need to know about Steven Yeun: He calls comparisons “comps”, and he has a better understanding of who he is as an actor and cultural figure than many other stars his age. Of course, it helps that he’s taken the long road to stardom, breaking out in a big way as zombie apocalypse survivor Glenn for six years on The Walking Dead, before moving on to roles in films by some of our most idiosyncratic, interesting filmmakers working today: Bong Joon-ho (Okja), Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You), and Lee Chang-dong (Burning), to name a few. His latest, A24’s soul-stirring family drama Minari, feels like a turning point of sorts, both in the gripping complexity of his performance and the film culture that’s finally taken due notice of him. In Lee Isaac Chung’s thoughtful melodrama, ...
Meghan Markle Makes Surprise Appearance To Honor COVID-19 Heroes
Source: ABC News / Getty Meghan Markle has been staying away from the spotlight, but after seeing the devastating effects of coronavirus, The Duchess of Sussex made a surprise appearance to pay homage to the people who’ve made a difference in the fight against the pandemic. On Sunday (Dec 13), Meghan Markle surprised the frontline fighters with a surprise appearance during the annual “CNN’s Heroes” special event, thanking the “individuals (who) stood up and made sure the most basic needs of our communities were met” in the past year, which she described as being “universally challenging for everyone.” “In the face of this devastating reality, we saw the power of the human spirit and the remarkable ways that communities respond in challenging times,” the Duchess said. “We saw the good...
Busta Rhymes ft. Bell Biv Devoe “Outta My Mind,” Dave East “Never Had Sh*t” & More | Daily Visuals 12.16.20
Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN After taking a lengthy hiatus from the game, Busta Rhymes returned with a certified banger in Extinction Level Event 2 a month and some change ago and has since dropped a few visuals in support of the project. Today the Hip-Hop OG links up with legendary R&B group Bell Biv Devoe for his video to “Outta My Mind” where Busta and BBD get in the holiday spirit and turn up at an underground club in what could be a potential super spreader event. Wasn’t no one wearing a mask when those cameras was rolling. Just sayin.’ From Brooklyn to Harlem, Dave East takes to the block with Quany Gz in his clip to “Never Had Sh*t” where they demonstrate they got a whole lotta everything now. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Drag-On, Westside Boog...
