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Demi Lovato Shares Release Date of Marshmello Collab and Interactive Website with Mood Quiz
Lovatics can finally breathe a sigh of relief after Demi Lovato announced the official release date for her highly anticipated collaboration with Marshmello, “OK Not To Be OK.” The two stars took to social media on September 4th to tease the track, sharing a video of Marshmello being “roasted” in anticipation of its release. They also published an interactive website that allows users to take a mood quiz and answer questions about their current state of mind before being led to hotline numbers offered by Hope For The Day. You can visit the site here. oknottobeok.com In a year marred by unprecedented economic, racial, and social strife, it seems as if the EDM and dance-pop superstar is furthering his altruistic endeavors and trying to initiate the conversation s...
LA Producer Figment Signs With Chicago Label Trax Records for Latest Single “Klimmen en Dalen”
Figment, the Los Angeles-based music producer, DJ, and host of the “Not Figment” Podcast, continues his breakout 2020 by signing a record deal with iconic Chicago label Trax Records. Figment’s latest release and first single on Trax Records is titled “Klimmen en Dalen.” Last month we covered the release of Figment’s first ever single, “Welcome to the Acid Jungle,” which he released independently. He was also recently featured as “One of 5 Artists Who Stole The Show” after performing at Insomniac’s EDC Festival. Viewers and listeners agreed, because shortly after that story was released, Figment was notified that he received the most votes in the Insomniac Records Discovery Project, winning the competition handily. These two massive victories led him to q...
A Collaboration Between DJ Snake and The Weeknd Could Be on the Way
A new collaboration between DJ Snake and The Weeknd could be on the horizon. According to a report by Sada El-Balad, the two artists are set to appear on a forthcoming album by iconic Algerian singer Khaled. While details of the album are scarce, sources say the tracklist will feature 12 songs. Pouring gasoline on the rumor of a collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning R&B and pop superstar, DJ Snake retweeted a post from a fan, who wrote, “If only [DJ Snake] and [The Weeknd] could announce a collab.” Considering the innumerable number of Twitter mentions he receives from his 1.6 million-plus followers on the platform, the fact that he chose to share this specific post is emblematic of an impending announcement. The retweet could also be a red herring, but taki...
Avicii’s Father Talks About Attempts to Help His Son in Intimate Interview
Avicii would have celebrated his 31st birthday this week, and to honor him, his father Klas Bergling took the time to share some memories of his son in an intimate interview. During the discussion on SiriusXM‘s BPM channel, Bergling touched upon the many times he and his family had attempted to convince Avicii to take a break from touring. The mental and physical stress he endured while on tour played a major factor in the late dance music superstar taking his own life back in 2018. “Almost every day, every year,” Bergling says of the frequency of the conversation. “The music business, you know it, it absorbs you, with such a success that Tim went through. All the time he spent traveling, making music, and at that time he was really happy doing it, even i...
Hipgnosis Songs Buys Big Deal Music
Merck Mercuriadis‘ Hipgnosis Songs has acquired independent publisher Big Deal Music, Billboard has learned. A formal announcement is expected as soon as Thursday. Under the deal, Big Deal will keep its Los Angeles-area office and staff, rebrand under the Hipgnosis banner and operate as Hipgnosis’ full-service U.S. office, a source familiar with the situation tells Billboard. Big Deal’s catalog includes songwriters Teddy Geiger (Shawn Mendes, Niall Horan), Kamasi Washington, Gary Numan, Ross Golan (Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande), and Sleater-Kinney, among others, as well as joint venture deals with Ricky Reed (Lizzo, Jason Derulo) and Diplo‘s Mad Decent. The company was founded by publishing vet Kenny MacPherson, whose resume includes founding Redhead Music Publishing...
Wonho to Partner With LiveXLive for Pay-Per-View Global Concert
Wonho is coming to a screen near you. The South Korean singer announced on Wednesday (Sept. 9) that he’s partnering with LiveXLive for a global pay-per-view concert on Sept. 26. The show will mark his first live solo act and the debut performance for his first solo album, Love Synonym #1 : Right for Me, out Sept. 4. The performance will feature songs from Wonho’s new solo album, plus other original and cover songs and a unique PPV experience with behind-the-scenes footage. “LiveXLive is fortunate to be able to support Wonho’s return to his fans, the WENEE’s, and the career he loves. Our platform is built for moments like these and we are excited to power this one-of-a-kind concert experience together. We saw an incredible response for the Monsta X live show and anticipate W...
SiriusXM Boosts 2020 Subscriber Forecast on ‘Strong’ Demand
Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM has raised its 2020 subscriber forecast ahead of an appearance by CEO Jim Meyer at a virtual investor conference on Wednesday. SiriusXM now expects full-year self-pay subscriber net additions of approximately 700,000, up from 500,000. The company reiterated its financial guidance for the year. “Our business continues to demonstrate strong performance and favorable trends since we resumed providing our subscriber and financial guidance in conjunction with our second- quarter earnings report” following the initial hit from the novel coronavirus pandemic, Meyer said in a statement. “It’s clear that demand for SiriusXM remains strong – quite simply, consumers continue to find immense value in our unique audio bundle and all of the ente...
Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Nettles to Judge TBS Talent Competition
TBS is adding a talent competition to its roster — and it’s not looking for the next great singer or comedian. The cable outlet has ordered 10 episodes of Go-Big Show, which will feature “supersized talents” including monster truck drivers, alligator trainers and stunt archers, among others. The show has begun production in Macon, Georgia; host Bert Kreischer and judges Snoop Dogg, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Nettles and Cody Rhodes announced the series Wednesday night in a promo that aired across TBS and sister networks TNT and TruTV. “Go-Big Show celebrates unique, untraditional and unforgettable American talent,” said Corie Henson, executive vp and head of unscripted programming for TBS, TNT and TruTV. “Each contestant brings tremendous heart and swagger...
DAVE MUSTAINE Was ‘Proud’ Of BRUCE DICKINSON After Speaking To Him About His Cancer Battle
MEGADETH‘s Dave Mustaine has confirmed that he reached out to Bruce Dickinson after he was diagnosed with throat cancer nearly a year and a half ago. The IRON MAIDEN frontman himself had surgery to remove a cancerous lump on his throat back in 2015. He has since recovered and continues to sing with the band, although he said that his vocal cords were “cooked” due to the required cancer treatments. Asked in a new interview with Forbes if he called Dickinson for advice on how to deal with cancer, Mustaine said: “After I was diagnosed with it, I thought, ‘I want to call Bruce,’ it’s not like I have a whole Rolodex of rock friends that sing heavy metal music that have throat cancer [laughs], so my choices were limited. “I was pretty proud of Bruc...
Watch SEBASTIAN BACH Sing Along To JUDAS PRIEST’s ‘Solar Angels’
Sebastian Bach has uploaded a video of him singing along to the JUDAS PRIEST song “Solar Angels”, which originally appeared on the band’s “Point Of Entry” album. In a statement accompanying the YouTube release of the video, the former SKID ROW frontman wrote: “Happy belated birthday to Mr Rob Halford – absolutely cannot wait for your book ‘I Confess’ later this month! Lord knows we have time to read books and I can’t think of one I’d rather read than yours! I am going to sing a song with you here. This is one of my favorites from ‘Point Of Entry’, thank you for a lifetime of inspiration!” In a 2014 interview with Classic Rock Revisited, Bach said that he uses JOURNEY and JUDAS PRIEST albums to prepare for a...
QUIET RIOT To Continue Without FRANKIE BANALI
QUIET RIOT has announced plans to continue, less than a month after the death of the band’s drummer Frankie Banali. The veteran rockers revealed their plans to carry on in a social media post on Wednesday. They wrote: “QUIET RIOT – 2020/2021 Because life goes on! “It was Frankie Banali‘s wish that the band continue and we keep the music and the legacy alive. “[Bassist] Chuck Wright has been in the band off and on since 1981 and played not only on the song ‘Metal Health’ but many other QUIET RIOT Albums. [Guitarist] Alex Grossi has been in the band since 2004 touring and recording. [Singer] Jizzy Pearl has been a member of the QUIET RIOT family since 2013 and [drummer] Johnny Kelly [DANZIG, TYPE O NEGATIVE] has been doing a great job filling i...
Listen To New MARILYN MANSON Song ‘Don’t Chase The Dead’
Marilyn Manson will release his eleventh studio album, “We Are Chaos”, on September 11 Via Loma Vista Recordings. Produced by Grammy Award winner Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) and Manson, the ten-track opus was written, recorded, and finished before a pandemic blanketed us all. The second single from “We Are Chaos”, a song called “Don’t Chase The Dead”, can be streamed below. Manson‘s painting “Infinite Darkness”, which can be seen on the album cover, was specifically created to accompany the music. His fine art paintings continue to be shown all over the world, including gallery and museum exhibitions from Miami to Vienna to Moscow. Manson says of the album: “When I listen to ‘We Are Chaos’ now...
