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Tomorrowland Formally Announces 2020 Virtual NYE Festival: See the Full Lineup
Tomorrowland fans rejoice: the festival has formally announced its first-ever New Years Eve edition. Along with the momentous announcement came the event’s staggering lineup, which doubles as a who’s who of dance music’s corps d’elite. Set to appear at the fest are Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Charlotte de Witte, Diplo, Tchami, Netsky, and many more. Each will perform on four meticulously designed, digital stages in NAOZ, the brand new digital world that Tomorrowland’s 3D artists have developed for the occasion. Check out the full lineup below. Tomorrowland Tomorrowland’s virtual NYE stream has the potential to solidify itself as the most important digital music event to emerge from the COVID-19 epoch. All of its facets—stream...
Failed Candidate Kanye West Sued For $1 Million Over Unpaid Wages
Source: Neil Mockford / Getty Has anyone seen Is Kanye West? A couple of disgruntled Sunday Service employees want to settle a stack of overdue invoices after working for the rapper last year. Apparently, staff that worked on a live performance for the musical live production of “Kanye West Nebuchadnezzar Opera” claimed they were never paid for their work, so they’re suing the rapper and Live Nation via a class-action lawsuit for a cool $1 million. The Blast reports that a hair assistant claims she is owed “unpaid wages, continuing wages, damages, civil penalties, statutory penalties and attorney’s fees and costs.” Her day rate was paid late and the production team, consisting of background actors, performing as audience members also faced charges with their delinquent checks. &...
Run-DMC & adidas To Drop New Collaboration Collection
Source: adidas / adidas Three decades and change after putting adidas on the Hip-Hop map like no other, Run-DMC will be getting a special capsule collection with the three striped brand for the OG heads. Source: adidas / adidas According to HypeBeast, adidas Original will be teaming with the legendary Hip-Hop crew (R.I.P. Jam Master Jay), and dropping some new colorways of their OG silhouette and even some attire to go with the new pieces. The upcoming adidas Superstar 50’s will come in white/black joint and black/white colorways. Though the classic silhouettes will remain the same, details will be different. The accents are entirely new thanks to Run-DMC branding on the midfoot, tongue and sockliner. The white pair adds a dash of red on the heel tab, while the black pair offers a direct n...
Travis Scott’s McDonald’s Limited Action Figure Is Reselling For $55K
Source: Ray’s Corrupted Mind / Ray’s Corrupted Mind If you need more proof that Travis Scott is one of the most influential performers of our time look no further than his most recent collaboration. A fast food chain toy is now translating to a heavy bag. As spotted on Hype Beast Cactus Jack’s co-branded effort with McDonald’s is doing numbers even past the limited-time purchasing window. According to the article the promotion is living its best life on the resale market, specifically the action figure in his likeness. But when you know the mathematics it is clear why these dolls are going for top dollar. The Travis Scott figurines were super limited with only five in production and could only be won via a sweepstakes hosted on the McDonald’s app. These items were individually numbere...
Tencent Music Entertainment Grew Subscribers 10% to 4.6M In Third Quarter
Tencent Music’s music apps fared relatively well, with paying users growing 7%, 10.3% and 9.8% in the first, second and third quarters. Revenue didn’t keep the pace as third quarter paying users were just 0.3% over the final 2019 count. Music subscribers grew by 4.6 million to 51.7 million, up 46% year-over-year and up 9.8% from the second quarter. In unit terms, subscriber growth improved on the 2.8 million in the first quarter and 4.4 million in the second quarter. Music monthly active users (MAU) fell 2.3% to 646 million, down from 661 million in the prior-year period Monthly music ARPU (average revenue per user) grew 5.6% to 9.4 yuan ($1.42) Signs of the COVID-19 pandemic are visible on Tencent Music’s metrics. In the first quarter, as much of China was under lockdown orders, Tencent M...
Britney Spears ‘Will Not Perform Again’ If Father Controls Career
The pop star has been on an indefinite work hiatus since early 2019. James Spears’ attorney, Vivian Lee Thoreen, defended what she said was his perfect record in his run as her conservator, which has seen her net worth go from in debt to well over $60 million. Thoreen argued that the disruption caused by his removal would do her the very harm the suspension is meant to prevent. “I don’t believe there is a shred of evidence to support my client’s suspension,” she said. Thoreen also objected to Ingham’s statements about the father-daughter relationship as inadmissible hearsay. The judge did approve that a corporate fiduciary, the Bessemer Trust, will now serve as co-conservator over her estate along with her father, which Britney Spears had requested. Most of the attorneys involved, along wi...
John Holiday and Julia Cooper Do Battle With a Stevie Wonder Classic on ‘The Voice’: Watch
“Both of you guys have such unusual voices,” Gwen Stefani enthused. “Julia, you have such a cool swaggy vibe up there and so much soul in you that you wouldn’t expect.” When she turned to Cooper, she said, “I have no words for you. I don’t even understand how you’re real,” meant in the best possible way. Kelly Clarkson loved Cooper’s control. Blake Shelton praised the strength of her voice. But Holiday, he explained, “you’re a force on this show. You have a gift.” John Legend had a tough call to make. “Both of you knocked it out of the park,” he insisted. But Holiday was “otherworldly.” And he got the nod. It didn’t end there. Cooper was just too good to let go. She got the save. Watch it all unfold below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Date...
Recording Academy Has 1,345 New Voting Members—About 12% of Its Total
The Academy reports that 40% of those who accepted their invitations are female. Breaking it down by race, 53% are white, 23% are African American, 9% are Hispanic, 3% are Asian American and 5% are “other.” By age, 55% of new acceptances are age 39 or younger. Before this year’s freshman class joined the academy, women accounted for 26% of the academy’s overall membership. People from “traditionally under-represented communities” (meaning: non-white) accounted for 25%. People who are age 39 or younger accounted for 25%. Counting the new members, women continue to account for 26% of the academy’s overall membership. People from traditionally-underrepresented communities (non-white) now account for 27%. People who are 39 or younger now account for 28%. (If you’re puzzled why the percen...
Why Teen Mom 2‘s Kailyn Decided To Keep Her Baby-On-The-Way
Kailyn revealed that she is 14 weeks pregnant and has “no intentions of including [father] Chris in anything.” And during tonight’s Teen Mom 2 episode, she went into more detail about this life-changing family development. “I did consider abortion, and I went to my abortion appointment,” Kail stated one-on-one. “But I had the ultrasound, and I was just like, ‘I need to see the ultrasound to see if I connect with this baby.'” She eventually decided that abortion wasn’t for her, and her kids still did not know about the baby-on-the-way. “It’s kind of been a weird time,” Kailyn elaborated. “I truly can’t picture it. I’ve never felt this way about a pregnancy. When I got pregnant with Lux, I never even th...
PEARL JAM’s EDDIE VEDDER To Debut New Songs During ‘Venture Into Cures’ Virtual Event
EB Research Partnership (EBRP) announces Venture Into Cures, an inspiring virtual event led by co-founders Jill and Eddie Vedder airing November 18, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET. The show will feature uplifting stories about individuals and families living with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) alongside appearances and performances from celebrity friends to educate viewers about EB and raise critical funds for research toward a cure for EB and other rare diseases. Venture Into Cures will include memorable and moving moments, including the premiere of new songs by Eddie Vedder, inspired by EB families: the debut of “Matter Of Time” and a new version of “Say Hi”. Venture Into Cures will stream globally for free at www.ventureintocures.org and others. The one-hour show, produced by Doo...
Epitaph – PYRAMAZE
RATING: 8/10 Increasingly regarded as leading lights in a still-flourishing prog metal world, PYRAMAZE haven’t taken the easiest route to prominence, with persistent line-up issues seeming to slow their well-deserved ascent. By this point, no such problems exist. The arrival of vocalist Terje Harøy for 2015’s “Disciples Of The Sun” seemed to lift every aspect of the Danes’ sound, sharpening their songwriting and dragging their overall sound cheerfully into a more adventurous future. This is, after all, a prog metal world that encompasses everything from DREAM THEATER to TESSERACT. If “Epitaph” proves anything, it’s that there remains a lot of room to maneuver within a genre that has often been artistically reductive. Not that PYRAMAZE have fo...
DAVID ELLEFSON Says He Was ‘A Much Better MEGADETH Member’ Upon His Return To The Band 10 Years Ago
In a new interview with the “Classic Metal Show”, MEGADETH‘s David Ellefson spoke about the fact he has pursued a number of business ventures outside of the band, including running a record label, launching a line of coffee, producing a horror film, writing books and releasing his first solo album. Asked if his his decision to expand the Ellefson “brand” was “a reaction to the fallout” that he and MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine had years ago when the bassist left the band for a little under a decade, Ellefson said: “One hundred percent. Honestly, as the saying goes, ‘Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.’ So if I got caught with my pants down a second time, I’ve got no one to blame but me. And not that I was...
