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DAVID COVERDALE Blasts DEEP PURPLE Over His Treatment At ROCK HALL Induction: ‘What The F**k Was Up Their A**?’
David Coverdale has expressed his exasperation at DEEP PURPLE for how he and Glenn Hughes were treated by their former band ahead of their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2016. The WHITESNAKE frontman made the comments while speaking to Eonmusic about the band’s new album, “Love Songs”, which will be released on November 6 via Rhino Records. Coverdale said that initially he was going to decline the invitation to attend the event if founder Ritchie Blackmore was going to turn it down. He explained: “[Ritchie and I] had been talking about it. We’d been nominated before and never got in, and I said, ‘Are you going to go?’, and he said, ‘Nah.’ I said, ‘Well, I won’t go then.’ [Laughs]”. He continued: “B...
BRUCE KULICK Reacts To ACE FREHLEY’s ‘BRUCE Blows TOMMY THAYER Off The Stage’ Comment
Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick has addressed Ace Frehley‘s recent comment that Bruce blows Tommy Thayer off the stage. In a chat with “That Jamieson Show”, the original KISS axeman stated about Bruce: “Of all the guitar players that have taken my place in KISS, Bruce by far blows them all away, as far as I’m concerned. He’s definitely the best guitar player. “When Tommy gets up there and does my solos, he tries to play ’em note for note, but he doesn’t have the swagger or the attitude,” Ace explained. “Bruce used to play my solos, but he’d kind of make ’em his own, and he’d switch notes a little, and he had some originality. Tommy is just going through the motions. Bruce, by far, blows Tommy off the sta...
CASSIUS Chats: Meet The Men Behind Tina Knowles’ Hit Instagram Live Show “Talks With Mama Tina”
Source: Trell Thomas/ Jasper Hagan Tina Knowles doesn’t need no introduction, she is the woman who blessed us with Beyoncé and Solange, but she has become a star in her own right thanks to her Instagram Live show, Talks With Mama Tina. Now it’s time to get to know the two men who support her in making her show the hit it is. Cassius had the opportunity to talk with Trell Thomas and Jasper Hagan. In our discussion with the two men, they shared how they came together to work on Talks With Mama Tina as producers. The show touches on topics ranging from voter suppression, race relations, and other social issues affecting the Black community. The show is much-needed as the country is literally engaged in the most important presidential election of our lifetime and have shattered early voti...
Beenie Man Gives Fans An Update After Fainting At Mother’s Funeral
Source: 2020HHA / Getty Dancehall legend Beenie Man has spoken out after passing out at his mother’s funeral earlier this week. On Tuesday (Oct 27) Beenie Man took to Twitter to share an update amid rumors that he was hospitalized after fainting at his mother’s funeral after footage of the dancehall icon passing out in front of his mother’s casket began circulating the web last weekend. The heartfelt message detailed his grief of losing his mother before thanking fans for their overwhelming support, well wishes, and love. “On Sunday, October 25th I laid my Mom to rest. It was by far and still is the most difficult thing I have ever had to do,” Beenie Man wrote. “Leading up to the day of the funeral I was [physically] involved in every aspect of the planning and execution.” The death ...
Puscifer Share Enigmatic Video for ‘Theorem’
Puscifer, who dropped their first album in five years, Existential Reckoning, on Oct. 30, have released a video for the song “Theorem,” which offers an update on the search for Pusciverse desert dweller Billy D. It was directed by singer Maynard James Keenan, who recently spoke with SPIN about the album, including how “The new world order of the internet has polarized us to the point where we don’t look at what’s in front of us. We don’t really look up.” In the new “Theorem” video, shot in the middle of the desert — Keenan lives in rural Arizona — a briefcase is recovered from the bottom of a crater. It’s taken to some kind of lab to be examined. Kennan said in a statement: “People ask us ‘What is in the Briefcase?’ ‘Puscifer.’ And what is Puscifer?’ ‘What is Puscifer i...
Damon Albarn Says Live Music is a ‘Prescription’ for COVID-19 Pandemic Stress
With all the social restrictions and now, a month-long lockdown in England to prevent COVID-19 cases from rising further, Damon Albarn has opened up about how the ongoing pandemic has not only hurt the live music industry but also the overall well-being of people. “It’s a medical emergency but an existential one as well,” Albarn told Sky News over the weekend. “You’ve got to allow music to continue… We are trying to preserve everyone’s health at the moment so passionately, we mustn’t ignore live music in that prescription.” He added, “If people are willing to perform, they should be allowed to, no one should be forced to do anything but if people are willing then somehow we can make it work so everyone can feel comfortable and participate.” And while he understands that these restrictions ...
La Doña’s ‘Chuparrosa’ Honors Sean Monterrosa Who Was Killed by Police: Exclusive Premiere
Bay Area singer-songwriter La Doña premieres exclusively on Billboard her new single “Chuparrosa” honoring Sean Monterrosa who was killed at the hands of police on June 2 in the Bay Area. The title, which translates to hummingbirds, was inspired after “both mine and other people’s experiences of seeing hummingbirds when Sean passed,” La Doña (real name Cecilia Peña-Govea) tells Billboard. “There was a wounded hummingbird at his memorial, just hummingbirds all over the place. It’s like he’s visiting us and I couldn’t get it out of my head.” Monterrosa, an unarmed 22-year-old man, was shot and killed by a police officer of the Vallejo Police Department who fired at him through the window of an unmarked car outside of a Walgreens in Vallejo, ...
Steve Earle, Bobbie Gentry, Kent Blazy to Be Inducted Into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Three-time Grammy winner Earle has released 18 studio albums, beginning with his acclaimed 1986 debut, Guitar Town, and is known for writing songs such as “Copperhead Road” and “The Devil’s Right Hand.” Singer/songwriter/producer Gentry is best known for her 1967 No. 1 smash “Ode To Billie Joe,” as well as “Fancy” and “Mornin’ Glory.” Blazy’s songwriting credits include “If Tomorrow Never Comes” (Garth Brooks), “Ain’t Goin’ Down (’Til The Sun Comes Up)” (Garth Brooks) and “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song)” (Chris Young). James has a long list of songwriting credits, including “Jesus Take The Wheel” (Carrie Underwood), “When The Sun Goes Down” (Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker) and “Summer Nights” (Rascal Flatts). Oldham has written such R&B and pop hits as “I’m...
‘Taylor Is Free’: Taylor Swift Can Officially Re-Record Her First Five Albums & Fans Are Celebrating
Swift herself first revealed the new recording deadline for her first five LPS — 2006’s Taylor Swift through 2014’s 1989 — back in August 2019 following her highly public feud with Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta over control of her masters. (In July 2019, Braun bought Swift’s former label, Big Machine Records, in a landmark $300 million deal through his company Ithaca Holdings, effectively giving him ownership of the star’s entire pre-Lover catalog of work. At the time, Swift called the move her “worst case scenario.”) “Yeah, that’s true and it’s something that I’m very excited about doing because my contract says that starting November 2020, so next year, I can record albums one through five all over again,” she told Good Morn...
Stevie Wonder Serenades Crowd at Joe Biden Rally With Classics, New Tracks
“The only way we’re going to win this fight, a fight against injustice, is by voting,” he continued, calling this year’s election the most important of his life. “You must vote justice in and injustice out.” He also took Trump to task for saying “stand back and stand by” to the white supremacist group the Proud Boys, noted that instead of promising to make Juneteeth an official national holiday, President Trump should be focused on reparations for “the work that we’ve all done for the last 400 years, unpaid.” “When I’m in California hearing about a group of people that are trying to kidnap and murder the governor of this state [Gretchen Whitmer], excuse my language, but that’s some bulls–t. Unacceptable,” Wonder said, referring to...
J Dilla’s Welcome 2 Detroit Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Vinyl Box Set
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of J. Dilla’s Welcome 2 Detroit. And to celebrate the occasion, BBE Music will be releasing a remastered deluxe 7″ vinyl box set in next February. “Peter (Adarkwah, founder of BBE) let me do whatever I wanted to do,” the late Dilla said in a previous statement about his first solo project. “So, I wanted to put people on there who are gonna spit y’know, lyrically and represent Detroit. Because I wouldn’t have been able to pull this album off if it came out under a major. Cos they’re not gonna let you just do a song or you can’t just do an instrumental. You gotta have this feature and you’re Jay Dee, why ain’t you got Erykah Badu? Why ain’t you got so and so on your album? I’d have had to go through all of that, instead of just putting out…y’know, Beej on...
Neil Young Shares Unreleased Version of ‘Powderfinger’
Neil Young continues to drop the sonic gems. This time, he offered up a previously unreleased version of “Powderfinger” off his 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps. While it was released in the late 70s, this version was actually recorded on June 12, 1975, in Point Dume, Calif. It was produced by Young and David Briggs and featured Frank “Poncho” Sampedro on guitar, Billy Talbot on bass and Ralph Molina on drums. Young has spent a lot of 2020 not only releasing unheard tracks, but he’s also been taking on Trump and tech companies and playing a series of livestream shows. Subscribers to the Neil Young Archives can listen to the entire track here or on the site’s mobile app. Or you can hear it below. The song is one of Young’s most popular and revered; It has been covered by Ban...
