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Here Are All the Livestreams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During the Coronavirus Crisis: Week of Oct. 5
Oct. 6: BTS joins Radio.com for a live performance, beginning at 6 p.m. ET. The event streams on Radio.com, Facebook and Twitter. Oct. 7: Linda Perry joins “SohoMuse Presents Voices” in honor of LGBTQ history month. The former 4 Non Blondes lead singer will be joining the virtual event’s co-founder for a one-on-one discussion that begins at 8 p.m. ET. Visit SohoMuse’s website for an invite. Oct. 8: Gloria Estefan and the cast of Hamilton will be performing during The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis’ 35th annual Great Sports Legends Dinner, which is going virtual this year. The event will be livestreamed, beginning at 7 p.m. ET. Tickets are available through the Buoniconti website; all proceeds will benefit&nb...
Machine Gun Kelly Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Tickets to My Downfall’
Machine Gun Kelly previously reached the Billboard 200’s top 10 with Hotel Diablo (No. 5, 2019), Bloom (No. 8, 2017), General Admission (No. 4, 2015) and Lace Up (No. 4, 2012). The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Oct. 10-dated chart (where Tickets to My Downfall starts to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Oct. 6. For all chart news, foll...
Mick Fleetwood Recreates Viral ‘Dreams’ TikTok, Cran-Raspberry Juice in Hand
Mick Fleetwood is taking on the “Dreams” TikTok challenge with a smile and a swig of juice. The Fleetwood Mac drummer gave a good-natured nod to Nathan Apodaca — the TikTok star whose video skateboarding down the road, while drinking cran-raspberry juice straight out of the bottle to the soundtrack of the band’s 1977 hit, made the rounds over the past week — in his own TikTok Sunday afternoon (Oct. 4). “@420doggface208 had it right. Dreams and Cranberry just hits different,” he captioned his take. 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, sharing ...
Mick Fleetwood Recreates Viral ‘Dreams’ TikTok
Nathan Apodaca single-handedly tripled the sales of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 hit “Dreams” when his TikTok went viral a couple weeks ago. For those unaware, the clip shows Apodaca skateboarding down the street and lip-syncing the song between swigs of Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice straight from the container. The band gave his performance a thumbs up by retweeting with the caption “We love this,” and now Mick Fleetwood is giving the viral sensation a nod by recreating the video, cran-raspberry juice and all. “@420doggface208 had it right. Dreams and Cranberry just hits different,” the Fleetwood Mac founder captioned his first ever TikTok video, which you can watch below. @mickfleetwood@420doggface208 had it right. Dreams and Cranberry just hits different. ##Dreams ##Cranberry...
Marshmello Teases Release of Papa Khan’s Highly-Anticipated Single “Rain” on JoyTime Collective
Way back in June, rising star Papa Khan shared a clip of a new tune that shook the bass community to its core. Although it was just a thirty-second preview, listeners became instantly addicted to its dreamlike melody and it became one of the most talked-about tracks in the scene. It would also go on to amass well over 100,000 views on Twitter and inspire countless begging and pleading for the release of the full track. Thankfully, we won’t have to wait much longer as Marshmello revealed that the song will be released on his JoyTime Collective label this week. Artists and fans alike were excited to see Mello once again use his platform to introduce burgeoning bass acts to his gargantuan fanbase and celebrated Papa Khan’s inclusion. On Twitter, the masked superstar...
Listen to Pendulum Drop Unreleased Hybrid Minds Collab During Spitbank Fort Performance
It’s been a great month to be a Pendulum fan. In the past thirty days, the legendary band released their first songs in ten years, dropped a new music video, and took part in a live performance from Spitbank Fort in the middle of the English Channel. If all of that wasn’t enough to stave off your decade-long Pendulum hunger, during the aforementioned performance, the band premiered an unreleased collaboration with Hybrid Minds. Attentive viewers (or those who checked out the tracklist after the performance) noticed the new track and couldn’t believe their ears. Fans were excited to see the band switch things up and incorporate their iconic sound with that of the veteran duo. Leaving no room for incorrect speculation, shortly after the show, founding member ...
GRiZ Shares Preview of Wobbly Unreleased Dubstep Tune
Although fans are still trying to wrap their heads around the release of last month’s scintillating Chasing The Golden Hour Pt. 3, GRiZ is already teasing a new song. For this track, Detroit’s finest will be returning to the bass side for a new dubstep offering. On Twitter, he shared a short video preview of the new single. Alongside the music, he stated that he would be finishing the new song that day, so fans have already begun to hold their breath waiting for its official release. It’s worth noting that the name on the project file shown in the video reads “medusa dubstep remix update [medusa dubstep remix],” leading many to believe that the new song is a remix of his and Wreckno‘s Pride Month anthem of the same name. While he’s b...
ZHU Teases New Music Before Upcoming Locomotive Livestream
Just days after announcing his upcoming livestream from a train, ZHU revealed that new music would be premiered during the performance. On Twitter, he shared a teaser video of himself walking on train tracks while gentle piano keys twinkle away in the background. The date of his set is also shown. You can check out the teaserb elow. Due to the video’s brevity and the limited details provided within, it’s not yet clear if his new music is a single song release or something more. In the meantime, ZHU fans were recently treated to a new Dillon Francis remix of his collaboration with Kito and Jeremih, “Follow.” ZHU’s locomotive livestream will take place on Thursday, October 8th from a train in Montana. The performance is a part of the TitoR...
What Drives DREAM THEATER’s JOHN PETRUCCI To Keep Making Music?
In a new interview with United Rock Nations, DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci was asked what keeps him motivated to write music and perform live after all these years. He responded (see video below): “I think the thing that drives me the most is that I enjoy it so much. I think that I’ve always been a creative person. Even when I was younger and I didn’t play guitar, I was into drawing and painting. It’s just something that is part of what I am, what I do. “I love playing guitar,” he continued. “The whole process of creating music on the instrument and then going into a place and building it into something, I always find it very inspiring and just a lot of fun and engaging. And then the performance side is a whole different thing. Some people ...
MITCH HARRIS Clarifies His Involvement With New NAPALM DEATH Album
NAPALM DEATH guitarist Mitch Harris, who has been taking a leave of absence from the band since late 2014 to focus on his family life, spoke to Rock Titan about his involvement in NAPALM‘s new studio album, “Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism”. Harris, who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, played guitar on the disc but is not part of the group’s touring lineup. Mitch discussed his status with NAPALM DEATH while promoting “Scarcity”, the debut album from his BRAVE THE COLD project, also featuring MEGADETH drummer Dirk Verbeuren. Harris said: “I flew over [to England] and [recorded] guitars [for ‘Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism’]. I was there for a week. Shane [Embury, NAPALM bassist] had so much material. I saved my [original] mater...
Why Do So Many Heavy Metal Fans Love Cats? ROB HALFORD Weighs In
In a new interview with the “Cobras & Fire” podcast, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford explained why he posts so many pictures on his Instagram of him wearing cat-related t-shirts. He said (hear audio below): “I think I have about a hundred cat t-shirts now. I used to have a beautiful kitty cat called Ben, who lived a long life and then suddenly passed, like they all do. It’s like losing a family member. But it was kind of difficult, because I’m on the road all the time and there’s nobody here at the house. “As much as it’s great sometimes for the cats to go into kitty jail [laughs], kitty vacation, my cat never liked that very much,” he explained. “So I’m kind of making up for that with my cat t-shirts every Saturday on m...
DEF LEPPARD’s RICK ALLEN Says He Is ‘Still Trying To Master The Art Of One-Armed Acoustic Drumming’
DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen says that he is “still trying to master the art of one-armed acoustic drumming.” Last December marked 35 years since the life-altering accident suffered by Allen in which he lost his left arm in an auto accident in England. Allen had to relearn how to play drums and drum manufacturer Simmons worked with him to build a kit. The band stuck with Allen through the difficult time and the drummer persevered through an accident that would have ended most people’s careers. On Saturday (October 3), Allen shared a short video clip of him playing on a Yamaha drum kit at his home studio, and he included the following caption: “Still trying to master the art of one armed acoustic drumming #blessed #rickallen #leadwithlove”. Allen spoke about ...
