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Adele Shows Off Her Comedic Chops As Host of Saturday Night Live: Watch
Adele proved herself to be more than just as a power-house singer by serving as host of this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live. To open the show, Adele used her monologue to address two questions on everyone’s mind. “My album is not yet finished,” she revealed, before going on to explain why wasn’t also musical host: “I’m too scared to be both. I’d rather put on some wigs, have a glass of wine or six and just see what happens!” Regarding her recent weight loss, Adele quipped, “I know I look really, really different since you last saw me, but, actually, because of all the COVID restrictions and the travel bans, I had to travel light and only bring half of me, and this is the half I chose.” All told, Adele appeared in six sketches over the course of the 90-minute episode. Her fir...
Kanye West’s Epic Interview With Joe Rogan Has Arrived: Watch it Here
As promised, the in-depth conversation with West — where the two discussed everything from the rapper’s interest in running for president to his ongoing battle over music industry contracts — premiered on Rogan’s YouTube page Saturday at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. ET. In mid-October, West took to Twitter to share his interest in appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience. “Would love to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast LIVE this week I have my team trying to get your number Joe I’m in Calabassas Let’s do this my friend,” West tweeted on Oct. 12, hoping to get Rogan’s attention. Watch West’s three-hour interview with Rogan in the video below, and stay tuned for Billboard‘s recap of the conversation. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Da...
10 Takeaways From Kanye West’s Conversation With Joe Rogan
See several excerpts from his three-hour symphony with Rogan below. He’s prioritizing his relationship with God over the music industry: “When I made Sunday Service, I completely stopped rapping, because I don’t know how to rap for God. All my raps always had nasty jokes. When I went to the hospital in 2016, I wrote, ‘Started church in Calabasas.’ As we left from 2018 going into 2019, I said, ;I’m not going to let one Sunday go by without starting this church.; To start a ministry, I’m like the little drummer boy, where I’m saying, ‘This is all I got to bring, my drum.’ I might not be well versed in the Word, but I know how to make music and I know how to put this choir together. And all things can be made good for God. It qu...
Major Lazer Drops Collaboration-Heavy Fourth Album “Music Is The Weapon”
Five years after the release of their third studio LP, Major Lazer have returned with Music Is The Weapon, their latest and perhaps final album, according to Diplo circa 2018. In 2015, prior to the release of Peace Is The Mission, the group had already revealed their next effort would be titled Music Is The Weapon. While the title may not have changed, the timeline certainly did. At the time of the announcement, the group had originally aimed to release it within the year. Things were shaken up further after longtime Major Lazer member Jillionaire departed the group in 2019, when Ape Drums stepped in to fill the spot. We can only speculate how those changes impacted the group’s final vision for their latest effort, but Music Is The Weapon stays true to Major...
Listen to a Preview of REZZ’s Spine-Chilling Single “ORBIT” Out Next Week
REZZ has shared a preview of a new single, which officially drops next week. Dubbed “ORBIT,” the track is sounding—for lack of a better term—nasty. The prodigious bass music producer and recent Juno Award winner shared a preview via Twitter, sharing a clip that offers a glimpse into the build and drop of “ORBIT.” It’s a hypnotic yet bone-rattling midtempo tune that will slide in nicely with the rest of her groundbreaking catalog. Back in August, Space Mom announced that she’s working on a brand new album. While she is yet to confirm “ORBIT” as one of its singles, fans can certainly wonder whether or not the haunting track is a harbinger for the record in question. At the time of this article’s publishing, REZZ has not rev...
Watch BLACK SABBATH Drummer BILL WARD Read Halloween Poem ‘Stepping From Broomsticks’
Founding BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has released a video of him reading another original Halloween poem called “Stepping From Broomsticks”. Check it out below. The clip comes less than a week after the release of Ward‘s first Halloween poem video, “It’s Nearly Time”. Ward was on board for the SABBATH reunion when it was first announced nine years ago, but backed out soon after. The drummer later claimed that he sat out the recording and touring sessions because of unfair contractual terms, although the members of SABBATH have hinted in other interviews that he wasn’t physically up to the task. All four original members of SABBATH were present when the band announced its reunion in late 2011. But Ward split from the group in 2012, citing an ...
SOEN Feat. Ex-OPETH Drummer MARTIN LOPEZ: ‘Imperial’ Album Due In January
SOEN, the progressive heavy rock group featuring world-renowned drummer Martin Lopez (formerly of AMON AMARTH and OPETH), will release its fifth album, “Imperial”, on January 29, 2021 via Silver Lining Music. The lyric video for the first single, “Antagonist”, directed by Zev Deans, can be seen below. “Imperial” continues SOEN‘s unique journey through the psyche of our species and the conundrum of our times. Founding members Joel Ekelöf (vocals) and Lopez, along with Lars Enok Åhlund (keyboards and guitar), Oleksii “Zlatoyar” Kobel (bass) and Cody Ford (lead guitar) have never shied away from challenging perceptions of life and humanity and have conjured eight crisp and supremely constructed songs spanning themes of frustration, reflect...
KORN’s BRIAN ‘HEAD’ WELCH Signs With EARACHE RECORDS For New LOVE AND DEATH Album
KORN guitarist Brian “Head” Welch has inked a deal with Earache Records for the the next album from his LOVE AND DEATH project. According to Welch‘s Nashville-based management company Straight 8 Entertainment, Earache will handle international distribution for both physical and digital formats for the effort, which is due in 2021. Last year, Welch confirmed to “Good Company” that he was “almost done” recording his new LOVE AND DEATH album. “I’m working with Jasen [Rauch] from BREAKING BENJAMIN,” he said. “And I’m talking to Spencer [Chamberlain] from UNDEROATH about possibly doing something. And Lacey [Sturm] from FLYLEAF… She is singing on a cover song, but I can’t tell you which song it is. It’s gotta be ...
ORGY Unearths Video For ‘Talk Sick’ Track ‘Spells’
To tide fans over during trying times, electronic rock band ORGY has unearthed a never-before-seen video for the track “Spells”, taken from its 2015 “Talk Sick” EP. “We just wanted to reach out during these hard times to let you know we haven’t forgotten about all of you,” ORGY says. “These times are especially difficult for everyone, not just the music industry. While it’s probably for the best, it sure does suck not being able to perform live for all of you. We miss it just as much as you probably do, if not more.” The “Spells” video was directed by Mykyta Samusiev, produced by Anna Tveritina and featuring visual effects, direction and production by Henry Lipatov, and has been on the shelf for some time, as the band ...
Foo Fighters to Headline Joe Biden Virtual Benefit Concert
Foo Fighters will headline “I Will Vote”, a benefit concert supporting Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and other Democratic candidates running for office in 2020. “Music has the power to change the world. So does voting,” Foo Fighters wrote in a tweet announcing their participation in the event. “Join us and many other performers for a concert to support @JoeBiden, @KamalaHarris, and Democrats down the ballot.” The virtual concert takes place Sunday, October 25th at 8:00 p.m. ET. Other scheduled performers include Dave Matthews, P!NK, John Legend, Cher, Ciara, A$AP Ferg, Jennifer Hudson, and Jon Bon Jovi, among others. Additionally, the event promises a number of special guests, including Joe and Jill Biden, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Billy Porter, the cast of Queer Eye f...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan to COVID-19 Deniers: “Eat a Dick”
Maynard James Keenan recently revealed that he contracted COVID-19 in February, and that he still has lingering effects months later. Apparently, there are some who’ve questioned the Tool singer’s story, leading him to deliver a blunt message to his doubters. After disclosing his coronavirus battle to the Arizona Republic earlier this month, Keenan offered a more detailed account during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast this week. The singer confirmed that he contracted COVID-19 while on tour of Australia and New Zealand in late February. “I’m in Australia, we went out to dinner… and immediately food didn’t taste right, but this is now, this is all hindsight, right — I didn’t know at the time,” explained Keenan. “We didn’t know that these are the things you’re looking...
Drake to Release New Album Certified Lover Boy in January
For all intents and purposes, 2020 has been a clusterfuck. Drake will look to kick off the new year on a more positive note with the release of his sixth studio album, Certified Lover Boy. Today, on his 34th birthday, the Toronto rapper-singer revealed the album will be released in January. In a corresponding teaser video, which you can see below, Drizzy recreates his past album covers, including those for Take Care and Nothing Was the Same. Certified Lover Boy serves as the follow-up to 2018’s Scorpion. In August, Drake released the album’s first single, “Laugh Now Cry Later” featuring Lil Durk. [embedded content] 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 Be...
