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EVANESCENCE’s AMY LEE: We Need A Leader Who Accepts That COVID-19 Is Real And It Is Killing People
EVANESCENCE‘s Amy Lee has criticized President Donald Trump for continuing to downplay the severity of the coronavirus, saying that we need a leader “who accepts that it is real and it is killing people.” Earlier today, Lee took to her Instagram to share the following message: “For anybody out there who hasn’t voted yet, for anybody who isn’t motivated enough or feels like one voice doesn’t matter: we need you. We need to heal. We cannot defeat this virus without a leader who accepts that it is real and it is killing people. Nearly 1/4 million of us have died and it’s not going away by ignoring it. We are better than this. It’s time to move forward together in reality. In truth. We desperately need change. Every voice counts. Use yours!...
AC/DC Previews New Song ‘Demon Fire’
A one-minute snippet of “Demon Fire”, a brand new song from AC/DC, is available below. The track is taken from the legendary rockers’ long-awaited comeback album, “Power Up”, which is due on November 13. The follow-up to 2014’s “Rock Or Bust” features AC/DC‘s 2020 lineup of Brian Johnson (vocals), Phil Rudd (drums), Cliff Williams (bass), Angus Young (guitar) and Stevie Young (guitar). “Power Up” was recorded over a six-week period in August and September 2018 at Warehouse Studios in Vancouver with producer Brendan O’Brien, who also worked 2008’s “Black Ice” and 2014’s “Rock Or Bust”. “What I like about Brendan is that he keeps you working when you’re doing a project with...
DANGER DANGER’s TED POLEY Announces ‘Miss Your Touch’ Jewelry Collection
Ted Poley has a secret. It’s a whopper but it probably isn’t what you think. Best known as the lead singer for the rock band DANGER DANGER (voted one of VH1‘s all-time “hair metal” bands), Ted is a highly skilled, original and creative jewelry designer. Ted has teamed with Novell and Continental Jewelry to commemorate this difficult, but what is sure to be resilient period of world history. At this time of social distancing, when we are masking facial expressions so we can protect each other, we are speaking much more through our eyes. The one common feeling most shared is that we miss the physical human touch of others. Ted took that emotion and turned it into a heartfelt collection of jewelry ideas. Miss Your Touch is the easiest way of reminding someone how...
ENTREPRENEUR: Pharrell Williams’ “The Goodtime” Hotel Is Slated To Open Soon
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN One of the game’s top creatives is extending his golden touch to the hospitality category. Pharrell has confirmed his newest property has been given the greenlight. As spotted on Hype Beast the award winning producer gave his fans a big update via social media this week. On Wednesday, October 28 he posted a photo of his forthcoming boarding house. The Goodtime Hotel is his first foray into hosting travelers abroad. He has once again partnered with titan of industry David Grutman of Club LIV fame and famed developer Eric Birnbaum on the tourist hub. The establishment clocks in at seven stories tall and accommodates 266 rooms. Additionally it has several points of differences when compared to other hotels including a recording studio and 45,000 square fee...
Busta Rhymes ft. M.O.P. “Czar,” Trippie Redd “Love Scars 4” & More | Daily Visuals 10.30.20
After years of laying dormant in his dungeon, the Flatbush Gawd known as Busta Rhymes has returned to Hip-Hop game with a new album, Extinction Level Event 2, and with it some new visuals that capture the royalty status that the man has built and constructed bar by bar. Linking up with M.O.P. for the 300-ish visuals to “Czar,” Busta gets draped in Middle Eastern attire and rocks the crowd while Michael Blackson gets juxed for his jewels and sent back to the essence by the hands of the Hip-Hop legend. From the old school to the new school, Trippie Redd finds himself in a brand new relationship with a magic practicing beauty for his clip to “Love Scars 4.” She really have to hit him with the voodoo doll? Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Blac Youngsta featuring Lil Baby...
Saweetie Channels Her Inner Destiny’s Child For Halloween
Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty Saweetie has already been crowned the winner of Halloween for her amazing costume depicting all three members of Destiny’s Child. On Thursday (Oct 29), Saweetie took to Instagram to share a picture of who she chose to be this year for Halloween and fans can’t get enough. Using the caption from the group’s hit single, “Bootylicious”, Saweetie revealed the looks by duplicating the cover iconic cover for the single. “I don’t think you ready for this jelly! 💅🏽 #saweetaween,” Sawettie captioned the pic revealing that she mastered all three iconic looks and played the role of each member duplicating everything from the facial expressions and hair all the way to the curve-hugging outfits. Kicking things up a notch for fans who thought the jaw-...
Tiny Toons Revived for New Series on Cartoon Network, HBO Max
Tiny Toons Looniversity, image courtesy of Warner Bros. Animation The Tiny Toons are set to invade your TV once again. The beloved Looney Tunes spin-off has been revived with a two-season, straight-to-series order of Tiny Toons Looniversity. The new cartoon is set to air on both Cartoon Network and HBO Max, though exactly how WarnerMedia plans to roll out the episodes across the platforms isn’t yet clear. What is known, however, is that Steven Spielberg is back to produce through his Amblin Television. Erin Gibson of the Throwing Shade podcast is on as showrunner, in addition to co-executive producing with Nat Cash (Adventure Time). Amblin’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank are also on as executive producers. As the name implies, the show will be set in Acme Looniveristy, the institution whe...
Cindy Blackman Santana: “Drums Drive Everything, But They Have to Be Musical”
Kyle Meredith With… Cindy Blackman Santana Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Legendary drummer Cindy Blackman Santana speaks with Kyle Meredith about Give the Drummer Some, an album that finds her singing lead for the first time. Together, they discuss the ways to make fun music with a message, tapping Metallica’s Kirk Hammet and Living Colour’s Vernon Reid to guest, and working with producer Narada Michael Walden. The former Lenny Kravitz drummer and now Santana member also weighs in on the freedom of making a record with the drums front and center in the mix, paying tribute to Miles Davis, and partnering with Yoko Ono and husband Carlos Santana to start SongAid. Kyle Meredith With...
Nathaniel Rateliff Covers Leonard Cohen’s “There Is a War” with Kevin Morby and Sam Cohen: Stream
Kevin Morby (photo by David Brendan Hall), Nathaniel Rateliff (Ben Kaye), Sam Cohen (Kenneth Bachor) Nathaniel Rateliff, Kevin Morby, and Sam Cohen have teamed up for a new cover of Leonard Cohen’s “There Is a War”. The timely track was produced by Sam Cohen (no relation), and will benefit Rateliff’s The Marigold Project. The song first appeared on 1974’s New Skin for the Old Ceremony, at a time when President Nixon’s message of “Law and Order” was getting drowned out by the Watergate scandal. Well, Trump has been beating that “Law and Order” drum, but he’s one-upped Nixon by providing so many competing scandals that none can dominate the headlines for very long. Meanwhile, the deep-seated conflicts that Cohen wrote about show no signs of abating. The new cover has the three cont...
Killer Mike Links Up with WooDaReleast for New Song “Greatness”: Stream
Killer Mike (photo by Ben Kaye) and WooDaRealest (photo courtesy of his Instagram) Killer Mike has joined the up-and-coming Atlanta rapper WooDaRealest for a new single called “Greatness”. It’s part of a forthcoming compilation album that Pharrell’s creative collective i am OTHER is releasing in collaboration with SoundCloud. As to be expected with Killer Mike on the track, “Greatness” is a politically-charged banger meant to rally up listeners as Election Day grows ever closer. “Ain’t no savior coming, Black folks gotta save ourselves/ If it come to your life or a crooked copper don’t be slaughtered/ Word to Assata,” the Run the Jewels rapper spits raps in his classic, matter-of-fact flow. At the end of the track, Mike returns with a mini sermon urging people to take to the streets instea...
What’s Really Going On With Q Prime, Ron Burkle & Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hits retracted its story on Wednesday, saying, “The fact is, we fucked up. We apologize to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric [Greenspan, the band’s lawyer] and Guy O for any disruption we’ve caused.” Here’s what really happened: Earlier this month, a well known promoter introduced Burkle to Q Prime founders Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch, as Burkle explores buying several management firms during the pandemic and folding them into a larger management group company, similar to Live Nation-backed firm Maverick. They discussed a deal, but no numbers were finalized and there was no formal offer on the table. Then the Chili Peppers told Mensch they were taking management inhouse, difficult news for the band’s manager of 20 years. “The article [that followed] was like a double gut punch” says o...
Dave Grohl, His Mom & Jill Biden All Agree That Teachers Are ‘Rockstars’
Grohl has been an outspokenly anti-Trump since the 2016 election, most recently slamming the President’s administration for the handling of the coronavirus and the rushed re-opening of schools. “When it comes to the daunting and evermore politicized question of reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, the worry for our children is paramount,” Grohl said in an episode of Dave’s True Stories titled “In Defense of Our Teachers.” “Yet, teachers are also confronted with a whole new set of dilemmas that most people would not consider. ‘There’s so much more to be addressed than just opening the doors and sending them back home,’ my mother tells me over the phone. Now, 82 and retired, she runs down a list of concerns based on...
