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Watch Sets by Noisia, Carl Cox, Skream, Fatboy Slim, and More from VR Festival Lost Horizon
Over the weekend, fans plugged into the virtual festival Lost Horizon for a fully-interactive music event. Hosted by Beatport and the minds behind Glastonbury Festival‘s iconic “Shangri-La” experience, revelers were able to dance alongside their fellow festival-goers in full 360° using virtual reality technology. Fans were able to witness the performances using a VR headset, mobile device, or simply by watching the 2D livestream on Twitch. Those who were out and about over the holiday weekend are in luck because Beatport has uploaded a number of the festival’s performances to their YouTube channel. The videos feature complete sets alongside footage of the virtual crowd dancing and taking in the lights. Organizers brought out some of the best and brightest ...
UK Government Reveals £1.57 Billion Emergency COVID-19 Support Package for the Arts
The government of the United Kingdom announced that it will be delivering a £1.57 billion emergency support package to stimulate the country’s arts in the wake of COVID-19. Concert venues, movie theaters, and museums are among a wide range of establishments that will be able to receive either grants or loans to assist their operations in the difficult times created by the pandemic. The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, Oliver Dowden, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, went to the world-famous Shakespeare’s Globe playhouse and spoke about the emergency funding before sharing a clip from their visit on Twitter. In a quote obtained by NME, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, spoke abou...
Kanye West’s Yeezy Company Received a PPP Loan for Over $2 Million
Kanye West, a literal billionaire, sought a government-backed loan to pay his employees during the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Small Business Administration (via The Daily Beast), the 2020 presidential candidate (?) has received between $2 and $5 million for his Yeezy fashion line company through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program. The Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program was created so that companies with 500 or fewer employees could apply for loans to cover the cost of eight weeks of payroll, up to two and a half times the company’s average monthly payroll costs, with a cap of $10 million total. It’s weird to think Kanye’s “small business” was allegedly in dire need of financial support despite its expensive shoes regularly selling out, its branc...
Posthumous Juice WRLD Album Legends Never Die Dropping Later This Week
The first posthumous album from Juice WRLD has been announced, and its due date is literally just days away. Fittingly titled Legends Never Die, the effort arrives later this week on July 10th. This new collection marks the third album overall from Juice WRLD, following Goodbye & Good Riddance from 2018 and 2019’s Death Race for Love, which hit shelves just a few months prior to his passing in December. A tracklist hasn’t been revealed, but previous teasers “Righteous” and the Trippie Redd-assisted “Tell Me U Luv Me” are expected to appear on the album. As a third preview, a single dubbed “Life’s a Mess” is now being shared by the late rapper’s estate. A collaboration with pop singer Halsey, it sees Juice WRLD detailing the ups and downs of life, especially his arduous search for ...
Supermarket Sweep is Now on Netflix
It’s time to go wild in the grocery aisles. Starting today, a handful of episodes from the 1993 season of Supermarket Sweep are now available to stream on Netflix. A few hours ago, the streaming giant broke the news via social media. “I don’t know who needs to hear this,” the company tweeted, “but 15 episodes of the iconic Supermarket Sweep are now on Netflix in The US.” Supermarket Sweep originally aired on ABC from 1965 to 1967. It was then picked back up on Lifetime from 1990 to 1995, and again for PAX TV from 2000 to 2003. There’s perhaps no better time to watch strangers run through a grocery store grabbing armfuls of produce and snacks than now, during the coronavirus pandemic, when picking up food for the week feels chaotic and thrilling in a very different way. Editors’ Picks...
Trump Administration Considering Banning TikTok in the US
TikTok’s days in the US could be numbered, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In an interview with Fox News, Pompeo said the Trump Administration is considering banning the popular Chinese social media app due to security and privacy concerns. “I don’t want to get out in front of the President, but it’s something we’re looking at,” Pompeo told Fox News on Monday night. He added that Americans should only download the app “if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.” The video sharing platform is estimated to have upwards of 65 million active users in the US and consistently ranks as among the most downloaded apps on Apple’s App Store. However, US government officials have expressed concern over the amount of data collected by TikTok comp...
Stray Kids Deliver Explosive ‘Easy’ Music Video
Just weeks after Stray Kids dropped their highly anticipated GO LIVE album, the group unveiled a bold new music video for “Easy.” The clip finds the boys exploding into dynamic choreography in various locations, including a colorful but empty hall and out in the desert. “I wanna let everything go and play without my mom knowing / I wanna let everything go and play with everyone /All of it all of it all of it all of it / Come and watch me now whenever it may be / Imma make it look, make it look, look so easy,” they proclaim in the chorus. [embedded content] That’s not all. Stray Kids also had another treat for fans in the form of a dance practice video for their hit, “God’s Menu.” Watch it below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Mon...
A Timeline of Kanye West Getting Political
Kanye West paved a long road before reaching his 2020 presidential run, which he announced on the 4th of July. From criticizing former President George W. Bush on national television to supporting President Donald Trump on social media, Billboard compiled a timeline of when he hit the Ye button when it comes to hot-button political issues. Sept. 2, 2005 – West declares, “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people” in historic moment during A Concert for Hurricane Relief. Following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, La., NBC hosted an hour-long, star-studded benefit concert titled A Concert for Hurricane Relief. The rapper stood side-by-side with comedian and actor Mike Myers when he veered off script and spoke from the heart about the d...
Rivers Cuomo Once Tried to Start a Metal Band
In a different life, Rivers Cuomo would have fronted a metal band instead of Weezer. In an interview with Kerrang, the musician discussed his previous group Sixty Wrong Sausages and how he initially intended to create metal music. “I was always in bands growing up, when I was in school and when I first moved to LA,” he said. “In those days I was almost anti-punk: I did not like punk music, or the whole punk aesthetic. My attitude was pretty much exclusively metal: practice your scales, your arpeggios, use a metronome and don’t play sloppy. I was anti-nihilist, really.” “Then I got a job at Tower Records where I met this guy named Pat Finn who was 100 percent punk,” he continued. “He had a shaved head, he’d try to grab your testicles, he’d try to get the bo...
The Pussycat Dolls Congratulate Blackpink on a Major Chart Milestone
Girls supporting girls! We love to see it. Blackpink made waves with their hit new single “How You Like That,” and the success reflected on the charts. The confidence-filled tune became the highest charting single by a girl group in Digital Song Sales chart history. The song’s placement on the chart now ties a record set by Pussycat Dolls‘ “Don’t Cha” (2005) and The Chicks‘ “Not Ready to Make Nice” (2007). The PCD are always keen to shed out the girl power, so they were quick to spread love to their fellow all-female group. “Congrats girls!!!” they tweeted, tagging Blackpink and adding a fire and heart-eyed emoji. See below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a d...
SCORPIONS/Ex-MOTÖRHEAD Drummer MIKKEY DEE Confirms He Contracted COVID-19
Mikkey Dee has confirmed that he recently tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer took to his social media to address rumors of his illness after Don Dokken recently said that Mikkey “lost 35 pounds” and “was really in bad shape” after contracting the virus in Australia. Earlier today, Dee wrote on Instagram: “Hello guys! “I just want to set some rumors straight regarding Don Dokkens statement about my Corona situation. “I did get Corona and was sick for about 1 month. I am now fully recovered since mid April. I was already playing hockey and drums by the end of April. “Unfortunately my good friend Don got some info wrong. I did not get Corona in Austra...
SAMMY HAGAR Mourns Death Of Country Music Legend CHARLIE DANIELS: He ‘Was The Real Deal’
Sammy Hagar has paid tribute to country music and southern rock legend Charlie Daniels, who died Monday morning after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83. Hagar took to his social media earlier today to share a a photo of him with Daniels, and wrote in an accompanying message: “Had the honor of spending a day talking and playing music together at his home outside Nashville for a Rock&RollRoadTrip. Charlie Daniels was the real deal–a great musician, singer-songwriter, and outlaw. Legend, innovator, and good person. RIP.” Daniels died at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee. Funeral arrangements will be announced in the coming days. From his Dove Award-winning gospel albums to his genre-defining southern rock anthems and his CMA Award-winning country hits, few ...
