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Street Artist Turns NYC Subway Station into “Van Halen Avenue”
A New York City street artist paid tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen in the most clever way, turning the Van Siclen Avenue stop in Brooklyn into “Van Halen Avenue”. The same artist pulled a similar stunt last month, turning the 50th St. station in Manhattan into “Ruth St.” in honor of late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Adrian Wilson is the artist who conceived the subway tributes in honor of the guitar legend and the Supreme Court justice. After being featured on the news for his Ginsburg tribute, he figured someone else would have taken the initiative for the Van Halen guitarist, or at least taken credit for it. But, as he wrote on his Instagram, he ultimately took matters into his own hands. “Come on people,” he wrote on Instagram alongside a pic of his “Van Halen Avenue” sign. “I even explaine...
The Wanted’s Tom Parker Reveals He’s Been Diagnosed With A Brain Tumor
Tom Parker, one of the five members of the early-2010s boy band The Wanted, has revealed he’s been diagnosed with a brain tumor and that he’s been undergoing treatment. In an emotional Instagram post on Monday (October 12), the British singer wrote that instead of battling privately or trying to keep his diagnosis a secret, he decided to “lay out all the details and let everyone know the facts in our own way.” He also gave an accompanying interview to OK! magazine where he revealed he has an inoperable “grade four glioblastoma tumor,” diagnosed after he began experiencing seizures. “We are all absolutely devastated but we are gonna fight this all the way,” he wrote on Instagram in a note co-signed by his wife, Kelsey Hardwick. “We don’t...
Ava Max Powered Through Heaven And Hell With Pasta And Late-Night Dancing
What is Ava Max going as for Halloween this year? “Something hellish. I feel hellish, as you can tell,” she said to MTV News on a recent Zoom call. “I’m wearing all black. I’ve been wearing all black the last two weeks a lot.” Of course, feeling hellish is only half of Max’s story. On the “Sweet But Psycho” singer’s energetic debut album, Heaven & Hell, she’s both angel and devil, as asymmetrical as her trademark hairstyle. Max split the LP into its two titular parts after dreaming up the concept en route to the 2019 VMAs, where she performed during the red-carpet pre-show. She finished the ethereal opening track, “H.E.A.V.E.N.,” during quarantine earlier this year with producer and collaborator Cirkut. And t...
Logic Drops Over $200,000 on a Single Pokémon Card
Do you want to be the very best? Like no one ever was? Well, we have some bad news for you: unless you have a spare $226,000, you probably won’t top Logic‘s Pokémon card collection. Over the weekend, the now-retired artist shared photos and a video of a $23,000 box of unopened Pokémon cards he purchased. In the spread, you can see a number of characters, including the Pokémon card community’s white whale, Charizard. For those unfamiliar with the pop culture phenomenon, Charizard is widely considered the rarest and most sought-after card out there. Check out the video below in which Logic pulls the card for the first time and loses his mind. While that alone is better than most collections, Logic took things a step further with his staggering $226,000 purch...
Marc Rebillet Announces Halloween Weekend Drive-In Shows and Landmark Rose Bowl Performance
Marc Rebillet has been one of the most talked-about artists in all of 2020. From popular livestreams to viral recording sessions, fans of nearly every genre on the musical spectrum can find something of his to enjoy. Back in May, before it became the new normal, he toured the US on his very-first drive-in tour. He’s now once again preparing to take his show on the road with a new mini drive-in tour in California at the end of the month. He’s set to deliver one of his iconic improvisational sets at the Rose Bowl and a pair of performances at the Bayshore Drive-In for Halloween weekend. In addition to sharing the dates of the show, he asked fans if they’d be willing to pay to see a recording of the performance. It’s not yet known if he will be going thr...
Tchami’s Upcoming Debut Album Features a Collab With ZHU: See the Full “Year Zero” Tracklist
Tchami‘s debut album has been a long time coming. After many months of teasing the record, the renowned DJ and house music producer is finally on the verge of releasing Year Zero. Now, the album is available for pre-order, and along with it came the unveiling of its official tracklist. The tracklist reveals a number of mouthwatering collaborations, including one with electronic music superstar ZHU. Included among the record’s 16 tracks are additional joint efforts with chart-topping rapper Gunna, Chinese dance music prodigy Chace, house music legend Todd Edwards, and vocalist Stacy Barthe, who featured on Tchami’s breakthrough 2015 single “After Life.” In the months leading up to the album’s release, Tchami has remained nothing short of prolific. In...
HARD Summer Announces 2021 Return and Dates
COVID-19 was the Grim Reaper of the live music scene in 2020, but Insomniac is stomping forward with its plans for festival domination in 2021. In a matter of two weeks, Insomniac has announced the 2021 return of EDC Europe and two Beyond Wonderland events. The latest announcement from dance music’s de facto festival leader, which arrived today, was about its famed HARD Summer event, one of the company’s most popular. HARD Summer will officially be returning to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California on July 31st and August 1st, 2021. Pre-sale tickets for the sun-kissed California fest will go on sale Thursday, October 15th at 12PM PT (3PM ET). You can check out the announcement below. At the time of this article’s publishing, Ins...
OZZY OSBOURNE’s ‘No More Tours 2’ Has Been Rebooked, Says SHARON OSBOURNE
Sharon Osbourne says that Ozzy‘s previously canceled U.K. tour will now take place in 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic struck, Ozzy had just released his first solo album in a decade, “Ordinary Man”, which he recorded late last year while recovering from surgery and related illnesses. The BLACK SABBATH singer had previously scrapped all his 2019 and 2020 tour plans. Speaking to U.K.s Planet Rock about the difficulties artists will face finding venues to play once the pandemic has subsided, Sharon said: “Well that’s the thing right now. Everybody’s booking their tours again for like 2022, and to find availabilities right now, it’s crazy. Agents and facilities are going nuts, trying to get everybody back. It will be exciting. I think it will be a ...
FUNKO To Release ‘Pop! Rocks’ Figure Based On Cover Model Of BLACK SABBATH’s First Album
The popular vinyl collectible company Funko — best known for its big-headed Pop! figures — will release a new figure based on the woman on the cover of BLACK SABBATH‘s first album. The figure is available for pre-order now, with an expected ship date of December 26. Earlier this year, “Black Sabbath” model Louisa Livingstone spoke to Rolling Stone about the shoot for the LP’s cover. “I remember it was freezing cold,” she recalled. I had to get up at about 4 o’clock in the morning. [Photographer] Keith [Macmillan] was rushing around with dry ice, throwing it into the water. It didn’t seem to be working very well, so he ended up using a smoke machine. It was just, ‘Stand there and do that.’ I’m sure he said it was for BLACK SA...
ALTER BRIDGE’s MARK TREMONTI To Record New Solo Album In November
ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti has confirmed to Myglobalmind that he has used the downtime during the COVID-19 pandemic to begin work on a new solo album “My producer lives here in Orlando, Florida, and Myles [Kennedy, ALTER BRIDGE singer] has been here the last two months recording his solo album,” he said. “He just finished tracking it a day or two ago, so I’m next on deck to go into the studio for mine in November/December. Once that’s done, Myles and I will start to work on writing the next ALTER BRIDGE album while touring for our solo projects. That’s when we start compiling ideas for the next ALTER BRIDGE album.” Asked how far along he is with the songwriting process for the next TREMONTI album, Mark said: “I’m pretty very f...
STYX’s TOMMY SHAW To Be Inducted Into White Castle’s ‘Cravers Hall Of Fame’
White Castle, America’s first fast-food hamburger chain, has been an inspiration to artists and bands for decades. Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 13), the home of The Original Slider will celebrate titans of the music industry by inducting three extraordinary Cravers into its exclusive Cravers Hall Of Fame. STYX singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw, renowned concert promoter Danny Zelisko, and the late singer-songwriter John Prine will join fellow legends in the Castle halls of Crave. John Prine very sadly passed away in April 2020 due to complications caused by COVID-19. Reserved for the most devout fans, White Castle‘s Cravers Hall Of Fame has been inducting legends from main street to the main stage for nearly 20 years. Among the well-known honorees are rock icon Alice Cooper, the late c...
Mick Fleetwood Says Band Owes Nathan Apodaca After ‘Dreams’ Went Viral
After the viral success of Nathan Apodaca’s TikTok video featuring Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” both the social media star and drummer Mick Fleetwood have been talking (separately) about the revival of the 1977 track. But on Oct. 9, the two finally met virtually on a BBC News broadcast. “One, we owe you,” Fleetwood said after surprising Apodaca during the newscast. “It’s such a celebration of everything. I’ve heard you talking about it, and it’s so joyous and fun.” Fleetwood continued, “I just wanna say, outside of Fleetwood Mac, we owe you. It’s such a great story, and so needed. In days that are really challenging…it makes people smile, and I’m so happy to be part of it. Congratulations on a wild, wild skateboard journey that has led us to talking today.” Apodaca, still getting over the sho...
