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Kanye West Concedes 2020 Presidential Election
The results of the 2020 presidential election are still to be decided, but one thing is for sure: Kanye West will not be residing in the Oval Office come January 20th, 2021. The rapper-turned-presidential candidate formally ended his campaign shortly after midnight on Wednesday. He tweeted simply, “WELP”, alongside a map of the United States shaded in with the evening’s winners. However, Kanye is seemingly keeping the door open for a 2024 campaign: WELP KANYE 2024 🕊 pic.twitter.com/tJOZcxdArb — ye (@kanyewest) November 4, 2020 Related 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, sha...
FILTER Unveils ‘Murica’ Album Cover Art
FILTER mainman Richard Patrick has unveiled the Mister Sam Shearon-created cover art for the band’s upcoming album, “Murica”. Check it out below. Late last month, FILTER released the official music video for the “Murica” title track. Patrick is recording the LP with such players as original FILTER member Brian Liesegang and guitarists Jonny Radtke and Alex Crescioni. Speaking to Alternative Press about the “Murica” clip, Patrick said: “The character in the video is a Trump-supporting, gun-loving, unmedicated, super-freak ‘merican unhinged and at his wits’ end. And he’s trying to take control of something that is not out of control. And he’s afraid. He’s the super-afraid white male. The Trump-supporting nutbag tha...
SLIPKNOT Teases 2021 South American KNOTFEST Stops In Chile, Colombia And Brazil
SLIPKNOT has released a teaser for the 2021 South American installments of its curated music festival Knotfest. Dates are apparently planned for Brazil, Chile and Colombia, with the video instructing fans to follow the @KnotfestChile @KnotfestCo and @KnotfestBrasil Instagram handles for further updates. Earlier in the year, SLIPKNOT canceled all of its previously announced summer 2020 tour dates, including the “Knotfest Roadshow”, Knotfest UK and Knotfest At Sea, due to the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe. The Knotfest brand has expanded around the globe, with landmark events held in the U.S., Japan, Mexico and Colombia, as well as 2019’s debut collaboration with French destination festival Hellfest for Knotfest Meets Hellfest. The first-ever Knotfest UK ...
IRON MAIDEN’s ADRIAN SMITH: EDDIE VAN HALEN And JIMI HENDRIX Have Had The Biggest Effect On The Electric Guitar
IRON MAIDEN‘s Adrian Smith has reflected on the passing of Eddie Van Halen, saying the VAN HALEN axeman was a “fantastic” player who had a tremendous impact on the guitar community. Smith discussed his appreciation for the groundbreaking musician, who died from cancer on October 6 at age 65, in a brand new interview with Canada’s The Metal Voice. He said (hear audio below): “Probably him and Jimi Hendrix, certainly in my lifetime, have had the biggest effect on the electric guitar. I loved his playing, although when he came out, I had already been playing five or six years. If I had been starting out when I heard him, I would have just copied him, like 99 percent of the other guitarists did. But, yeah, he was fantastic. I’d love to have met him. I came c...
MEGADETH’s DAVID ELLEFSON Says He Still Gets ‘S**t’ From ‘Not Professional Bass Players’ About Playing With A Pick
In a new interview with Metal Asylum, MEGADETH‘s David Ellefson was asked if he ever “got crap” from other bassists for playing with a pick/plectrum instead of his fingers. He said (see video below): “Weekend-warrior and, in my opinion, not professional bass players give me shit about it all the time. And I say that because if you were a professional player, you would realize that, while you don’t maybe always have to use the plectrum, it is a desired tone, especially in the studio. “Sting, Phil Lynott, Paul McCartney, Gene Simmons… What I find is most of those bass players, like myself, also play guitar, and they probably write most of their things on guitar and they move ’em over to bass so they can easily go back and forth between bass and guita...
Glasses Half Full
There are few things more intrinsically associated with Bono than his sunglasses — other than his ego, of course. And while the U2 frontman has taken his shades to the White House and the Vatican to help lend a lead singer’s perspective to the Pope and President on how to save the planet, he and his specs have not always seen eye-to-eye. As close as they are, Bono’s spectacles offer a unique and dark perspective inside the Easter Island head that rests on the self-important shoulders of the née Paul David Hewson. We spoke with his shades to get an intimate view behind the mysterious ways the Irish rocker looks at himself — which he does a lot — and the world he’s convinced is lucky enough to have him. CREDIT: Sandra Mu/Getty Images How long have you two been together?That depends on your p...
The Most Influential Artists: #33 Billie Eilish
As part of our 35th-anniversary, we’re naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years. Today, we’re at #33. From Los Angeles, California, here’s Billie Eilish. CREDIT: Heather Hazzan/SPIN It may seem tough to gauge Billie Eilish’s cultural impact at this emerging juncture of her career — she’s only been a household name for about two years. Still, she makes it easy. Her debut EP, Don’t Smile at Me, was the first sample of what Eilish, then 16, could create in her bedroom. Airy and atmospheric, the project showcased pop craft beyond her age. Then came her multi-platinum debut LP, When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?. After the triumphant “Bad Guy” shattered records and Eilish cruised through the Grammys, she had every teenager on the globe seeking green hair dye at Sally’s Beau...
Joel Corry & MNEK on Why the Timing Was Just Right for Their ‘Uplifting’ Dance Smash ‘Head & Heart’
“I was fascinated anyways just to get a DM from MNEK, ’cause I’ve been a fan of his for so many years,” Corry tells Billboard‘s Pop Shop Podcast (listen to the full episode below). “…We couldn’t get into the studio because all of the studios were being closed. But he recorded his vocals at home, and he’d written the new parts to the song that needed writing and sent it back to me. And I was just like, ‘Bang!’ I was like, ‘That’s it! You’ve absolutely smashed it.’ He kind of put all these missing pieces of the ‘Head & Heart’ puzzle together that I needed.” Now, the unstoppable song has spent six weeks at No. 1 in the pair’s native U.K., and it breaks through to the Bill...
The Players Behind Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’: See the Full Credits
Artists:Main Artist – Ariana Grande Songwriters:Composer Lyricist – Angelina BarrettComposer Lyricist – Ariana GrandeComposer Lyricist – Brian Vincent BatesComposer Lyricist – James JarvisComposer Lyricist – London HolmesComposer Lyricist – Nija CharlesComposer Lyricist – Steven FranksComposer Lyricist – Tommy Brown Vocal Arranger – Ariana Grande Producers:Producer – London On Da TrackProducer – Mr. FranksProducer – Tommy Brown Production Team:Vocal Producer – Ariana Grande Engineers:Engineer – Ariana GrandeEngineer – Billy Hickey Mastering Engineer – Randy Merrill Mixer – Serban Ghenea Performers: Background Vocalist – Ariana Grande Guitar – James Jarvis Other Contr...
Bella Hadid Calls Lil Pump ‘Irresponsible’ for Endorsing Trump
“And speaking of sound, music and other things, one of the big superstars of the world, Little Pimp,” Trump said at the event. “There he is! How’s it going? Do you want to come up and say something?” Trump eventually used Lil Pump’s correct name and asked the crowd, “Does everyone know who he is? Do you know how big he is?” “I came here to say, Mr. President, I appreciate everything you’ve done for our country,” Lil Pump, wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat and no mask, said. “You brought the troops home and you’re doing the right thing. MAGA 20, 20, 20. Don’t forget that! Don’t forget that. And do not vote for Sleepy Joe at all!” He’s now using the Trump-given “...
Kylie Minogue Reveals She Nearly Cut a Song With Prince
“Well, I had an almost dream come true, which was with Prince,” she recounts. Following his show at London’s Earl’s Court in the early ‘90s, Minogue met the Purple One and summoned the courage to mention her album plans. “We just kind of hung out. I don’t even know what that means, but we hung out and he kind of put me on the spot a bit. He was like, ‘So where are your lyrics?'” After some back and forth, Prince sent his driver to Kylie’s apartment with a tape. “There’s a cassette in my hand with Prince singing, a song called ‘Baby Doll,’ that I kind of was involved with, but he who slept four hours a night or something and just created stuff the rest of the other 20 hours. That was my almost, we didn’t record it.” How close did it get to a full studio t...
You Mad Bro?: Benzino Goes On Salty Twitter Rant Against Eminen
Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Unless you are Ja Rule and 50 Cent time has proven to be the healer all Hip-Hop beefs. Unfortunately Benzino still wants all the smoke with Eminem. As spotted on Hot New Hip Hop the Boston rapper and reality show star still very much feels a way about his infamous Rap rival. Earlier this week the “Bootee” rapper took to social media to make it clear he still does not bear witness to Slim Shady’s greatness. He started throwing salt rocks at his fans saying, “Face it stans y’all will always be hip hop goofiest most out of touch fan base Rolling on the floor laughing straight bozos,” he wrote. “All Stans are ugly awkward pussies that aren’t accepted in the real black culture because of how goofy and out of touch they are in the streets.” The venom would be q...
