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Christina Perri Announces She Is Expecting ‘Rainbow Baby’ After Miscarriage
Christina Perri has shared the happy news that she is pregnant, six months after revealing that she had a miscarriage earlier in the year. “carmella is gonna be a big sister !!! our rainbow baby is coming in january,” the “Jar of Hearts” singer tweeted Saturday morning (July 11), along with a rainbow emoji. Carmella, pictured wearing a rainbow T-shirt with the words “big sister to be” in Perri’s update, is her two-year-old daughter. In January, Perri posted a heartbreaking note about having a miscarriage just before she and husband Paul Costabile were about announce they were expecting a second child together. “We are shocked and completely heartbroken,” Perri, who hoped to “help change the story & stigma around miscarriage, s...
Darius Rucker & Wife Beth Split After 20 Years: ‘We Have Made the Decision to Consciously Uncouple’
Darius Rucker and his wife of almost 20 years, Beth, have announced that they are separating. The country singer and Hootie & the Blowfish frontman revealed the news on social media on Saturday (July 11), noting that the split is amicable. “Beth and I would like to share that after much reflection we have made the decision to consciously uncouple,” Rucker wrote. “We remain close friends and parenting partners and continue to be each other’s biggest cheerleaders.” His statement continued: “Our priority will always be our beautiful family. We have so much love in our hearts for each other and will continue to encourage growth and expansion in one other. Please be kind as we take on this journey, and we thank you for your love and support always.” The c...
Great White Wants to Be Remembered for More Concert Disasters
While the United States continues to see record breaking COVID-19 numbers, there are some people who don’t seem to take the pandemic seriously — like all the people who went to see Great White play in Dickinson, North Dakota Thursday night. As footage shows, the hard rock band played an outdoor concert as part of the town’s “First On First: Dickinson Summer Nights” series, and there were no safety restrictions. Not only were attendees shoulder to shoulder, there also wasn’t a mask in sight. “We do not have restrictions, believe it or not, we don’t have any,” April Getz, an event coordinator for the concert series, told The Dickinson Press. “It’s one of those things where if people feel comfortable coming down and mixing and mingling, that’s their personal choice. We’re leaving it...
HHW Gaming: EA Announces ‘UFC 4’ Will Be Superman Punching Its Way Onto PS4 & Xbox One In August
Source: EA / UFC 4 You won’t need to fly to “fight island” to get in on this UFC action. EA literally announced UFC 4 hours ahead of UFC’s biggest pandemic pay-per-view, UFC 251 taking place Sunday morning (Saturday in the states) on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates which has been dubbed “fight island.” The cover of the game features current UFC middleweight champion Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya and Welterweight contender Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal who happens to be on the UFC 251’s card. Masvidal was a late sub for Gilbert Burns after he tested positive for COVID-19. So what’s new in UFC 4? Well, fans of the mixed-martial-arts game franchise will be happy to learn one the game’s biggest problems have been fixed. Players have complained constantly that the control sch...
Sony Purchases $250 Million Stake In Fortnite Developer Epic Games
Sony‘s latest strategic investment is sure to augment the already flourishing link between the music and gaming industries. The parent company of Sony Music has moved to acquire a $250 million minority stake in Epic Games, makers of the hit video game franchises Fortnite and Borderlands. The investment will enable the continued pursuit of crossover partnerships that have already begun to shakeup a rapidly shifting digital entertainment landscape. The two companies have already demonstrated record-setting synergy this year. In April, Travis Scott, a member of Sony’s Epic Records roster, drew in Fortnite’s single largest audience to date with his virtual Fortnite concert, pulling in over 12.3 million concurrent viewers. Kenichiro Yoshida, President and CEO of...
Biscits Releases Irresistible New Single “From The Start”
Biscits has returns to his familiar home of Solotoko and Insomniac Records to drop an enticing new house single, “From The Start.” Biscits sought to put a modern twist on MSTRKRFT and John Legend‘s piano-driven collaboration “Heartbreaker,” which is now more than a decade old. Biscits builds “From The Start” slow as enamored vocals and subtle background risers take the initial spotlight. The track gradually leads up to a chorus of tapered house drums while introducing a twangy pluck bass lead and pitched down vocals. The combination results in what can only be described as an irresistibly groovy, lounge-style drop. Biscits recently employed “From The Start” to set the tone for his recent Diplo & Friends appearance, un...
Electronic Music Exhibit Featuring Kraftwerk Set to Open with Enhanced Speaker System
The Design Museum in London is making new investments into its sound system to support the museum’s electronic music exhibit, which is set to open at the end of this month. The exhibit, titled “Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers,” was originally scheduled to launch in April, but was postponed due to mandatory closures following the onset of COVID-19. Ahead of its reopening, the museum will be installing a PMC 7.1 surround system based on the company’s result6 monitors, which is sure to simulate the experience of a live electronic music show. As long-time PMC users themselves, Kraftwerk was influential in making the decision, insisting the museum adopt the award-winning technology. Kraftwerk Live The exhibit features a 3D Kraftwerk show com...
Mind Control Meets Midtempo in Lucille Croft’s Gripping New Single
Blossoming Australian DJ and producer Lucille Croft has dropped the curtain on her new single “Control,” a blistering bass tune that plunges its listeners into a rabbit hole with its haunting motif of mind control. In something that sounds like it was plucked straight out of a Blade film, “Control” is midtempo mayhem. Croft’s own alluring vocals are at the forefront here, moonlighting as a siren song that beckons listeners into a rip-roaring 100BPM drop brimming with electro gravitas. With its metallic sound design and relentless energy, “Control” marries the sonic verve of an industrial Boys Noize track with the ferocity of a REZZ release to deliver a nasty bass tune from the depths of a dystopian dungeon. However, what renders R...
NICKELBACK’s RYAN PEAKE Didn’t Realize His Band Would Be So Polarizing
NICKELBACK guitarist Ryan Peake says that he never expected his band’s popularity to be so polarizing. Arguably the most disliked band in America, NICKELBACK has earned a type of hatred so potent it’s hard to fathom what they did that was so terrible to the public consciousness. It’s gotten to the point that people who enjoy NICKELBACK are denying their fandom and hiding their CDs like criminal contraband. Speaking to “Talk Is Jericho” about how he feels about the attention NICKELBACK has gotten because of this, Ryan said (hear audio below): “Everybody lives in their own miscrocosm. It’s always worse for you, it seems. But everybody gets their degree of hate and degree of detractors and vitriol on the Internet. So you understand it more when you...
BOB ROCK On LED ZEPPELIN’s JOHN PAUL JONES: ‘He Was So Insulted’ That I Produced First KINGDOM COME Album
Canadian producer, engineer, and musician Bob Rock recently spoke to Tone-Talk about his work on the debut album from ’80s rockers KINGDOM COME, a band perhaps best known for its uncanny musical resemblance to LED ZEPPELIN. The 1988 LP featured the song “Get It On”, which had a stranglehold on AOR radio, prompting thealbum to ship gold. The quintet took to the road immediately as part of the North American “Monsters of Rock” tour alongside VAN HALEN, SCORPIONS, METALLICA and DOKKEN. In addition to touring and extensive radio airplay, they also became MTV favorites with such videos as “Get It On” and “What Love Can Be”, helping the band sell two million albums worldwide. Speaking about how his collaboration with KINGDOM COME came about, ...
Producer TOM WERMAN Accuses DEE SNIDER Of ‘Embellishing’ Facts Surrounding Their Collaboration On ‘Stay Hungry’ Album
Veteran hard rock producer Tom Werman has once again fired back at Dee Snider over the TWISTED SISTER singer’s comments regarding their collaboration on the triple-platinum “Stay Hungry” album. During a recent appearance on “The Jasta Show”, the Internet program hosted by HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, Snider said had “begged” Werman to put the songs “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock” on the LP. “[Tom] didn’t want those two tracks on the record,” Dee said. “I was on my knees in front of him… I wasn’t begging on my knees, but because he was sitting and there was noise going on… And he’s going, ‘Eh, ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’, it’s a little [hums...
GREAT WHITE Plays Concert In North Dakota With No Restrictions In Place: No Social Distancing, No Masks (Video)
GREAT WHITE played an outdoor show this past Thursday night (July 9) in Dickinson, North Dakota as part of “First On First: Dickinson Summer Nights”. Video footage of the concert is available below. More video, shot from a different location, can be found here. While numerous events have been imposing restrictions, such as wearing masks and social distancing, “First On First” has no such rules in place. “We do not have restrictions, believe it or not, we don’t have any,” April Getz, an event coordinator for Odd Fellows, which organizes, runs and comes up with the funding for the events, told The Dickinson Press. “It’s one of those things where if people feel comfortable coming down and mixing and mingling, that’s their personal ch...
