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Tom Waits Announces 20th Anniversary Vinyl Reissues of Alice and Blood Money
Tom Waits has announced vinyl reissues of Alice and Blood Money, the twin albums he recorded and released in 2002. The 20th anniversary versions will come on translucent blue and red vinyl, respectively. Leading up to the October 7 release date, Waits is sharing a handful of live tracks, starting with “All the World Is Green,” from Blood Money, recorded in Milan, and stripped-down piano version of Alice’s “Fish and Bird,” recorded in London in 2004. Check them out below. In the album’s original press materials, Waits said, “During the ‘70’s, too many of my songs were drowning in strings. I didn’t want to hear another blasted violin. So, we found string players who felt the same way about their instrument, formed an odd, skeletal chamber orchestra and tried to avoid all the old famili...
MTV VMAs 2022: Nicki Minaj to Receive Video Vanguard Award
Nicki Minaj is the recipient of this year’s Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMAs. She will also perform at the ceremony and accept the award, which honors artists for their contributions to the world of music videos. Past recipients include Beyoncé, Madonna, Rihanna, Missy Elliott, Kanye, Justin Timberlake, and Britney Spears. “Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” Bruce Gillmer—head of music and music talent, Viacom and chief content officer of music, Paramount+—said in a press release. “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki’.” This year’s VMAs take place on Sunday, August 28 at Newark, New Jersey’s Pru...
Watch Jessie Ware’s New “Free Yourself” Video
Jessie Ware has shared a video for “Free Yourself,” the single she released last month. Watch her stride into a regal hall to lead a freaky congregation in a ritual dance below. The song, co-written and produced by Clarence Coffee Jr. and Stuart Producer, is a taster of a new album, according to a press release. “‘Free Yourself’ is the beginning of a new era for me,” Ware said in press materials. “I’m so excited for people to have this song for the end of their summer; to dance, to feel no inhibitions, and to feel joyful because that’s how I’ve been feeling recently being able to tour again and being able to sing again. Enjoy yourself, Free Yourself!” Ware released What’s Your Pleasure? in 2020 and Platinum Pleasure Edition the following year. She supports Harry Styles on tour in the Unite...
Olivia Newton-John Dead at 73
Olivia Newton-John has died, according to a statement from her husband posted to her official Facebook and Instagram pages. The venerable Australian singer-songwriter and actor, whose decades-long career resulted in over 100 million albums sold, passed away at her ranch in Southern California on Monday morning (August 8). She died due to undisclosed causes. Newton-John was 73 years old. Newton-John’s death follows a battle with breast cancer. She was initially diagnosed with the disease in the early 1990s. She fought multiple rounds of the disease, which returned in 2013 and 2017, when Newton-John announced that it had also spread to her back and into her bones. Throughout, she remained active and outspoken about her illness, founding the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centr...
The Game Shares 30-Song Tracklist for 10th Album ‘Drillmatic’
The Game has shared a lengthy tracklist for his forthcoming tenth studio album, Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind. After a series of delays in putting the project together, the LP is slated to drop this Friday, August 12. The Compton rapper originally planned to release Drillmatic at the beginning of this year but wound up postponing its debut a few times. Last week, he penned an Instagram post explaining the reasons behind the delay, including he had been receiving physical therapy for injuries due to overexercising. In the same post, The Game announced the album’s new August release date. Today, the rapper returned to share the Drillmatic album artwork and tracklist. The cover art shows The Game sitting on a couch that’s been lit on fire with a woman standing behind him. “DRILLMATIC the REAL AL...
Adult Swim Releases ‘Rick and Morty’ Season Six Teaser
With season six of Rick and Morty releasing in just a little over a month, Adult Swim has dropped a short and sweet promo. While the first teaser for the upcoming season is short, it does give audiences a glimpse of what to expect in the adventures of Rick and Morty. In one clip in the teaser, Morty can be seen taking a yellow portal gun and entering into a universe where he realizes that Rick is no longer the most intelligent one around. The events of season six follow the shake-up of season five, opening the series to a whole new multiverse. With the fifth season ending with a question of redefining the multiverse, it left fans with several questions regarding the future of the duo. The adventure of Rick and Morty is slated to continue this Fall on Adult Swim starting on September 4 at 1...
Bad Bunny And adidas are Set to Fly Out Lucky Fans to Puerto Rico
adidas‘ music roster is stuffed with iconic artists of various genres, one of which is the global icon Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican legend has linked up with the Three Stripes for an array of sneaker collaborations atop the Forum, CL Response and the Powerphase, and now he’s schemed up a new activation that celebrates his creative journey. A select number of fans will receive the opportunity to hop on a flight to spend a night in Puerto Rico and then fly to New York to attend his concert at Yankee Stadium. The trip is representative of PR’s everlasting summers and the innate creativity has gotten Benito to where he is today. The plane is custom-wrapped with a baby blue and white color scheme and is embellished with an oversized Trefoil logo at the tail as well as “Bad Bunny” underneath the ...
Idris Elba Takes Fans Behind-the-Scenes of ‘Beast’ in Newly Released Featurette
Idris Elba and Universal Pictures are bringing one more summer thriller to close off the season later this month. The British actor stars in the new survival thriller, Beast directed by Baltasar Kormákur as Dr. Nate Samuels, a father who takes his two daughters on a journey to South Africa. The family later finds themselves being hunted by a rogue lion in the wild, a turn of events that forces the newly widowed Dr. Samuels to fight for his and his daughters’ lives. While this trip was meant to heal his strained relationship with his daughters, it has turned into one that tests his bonds with his girls in a fight for survival. Elba takes audiences on a behind-the-scenes look at filming, going in-depth as to what the film actually means. Producer Will Packer says that “Beast is a story about...
‘One Piece’ Manga Breaks Guinness World Record, Surpassing 500 Million Copies
Just last week, Eiichiro Oda’s legendary One Piece manga officially broke a Guinness World Record. The ever-popular manga has surpassed 500 million copies published globally. Amongst the copies sold, 416,566,000 are sold in Japan with 100 million copies sold in areas outside of the origin country in 60 countries and regions overseas. In June 2015, the manga also set another record for selling 320,866,000 copies worldwide by December 2014. The major feat sees the manga receive the title of the “World’s Most Published Comics Series by a Single Author.” Recently, Oda took a one-month break in June to prepare for the manga’s “final saga,” returning on July 25. While the final saga is imminent, the One Piece franchise has recently released the One Piece Film Red in Japanese theaters last week w...
Kevin Smiths Says Warner Bros. Canceling ‘Batgirl’ Is “Incredibly Bad Look”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @lesliegrace / Instagram Last week, Warner Bros. felt the wrath of the comic book and Latino community when they announced that their Batgirl films starring In The Heights star, Leslie Grace would not be seeing the light of day ever. Now OG comic book head and Hollywood heavyweight, Kevin Smith has weighed in on the decision and he said what we’ve been saying since last week, Warner Bros. f*ckin’ up. According to Deadline the Jay and Silent Bob actor bluntly stated the obvious on his Hollywood Babble-On YouTube series saying “It’s an incredibly bad look to cancel the Latina Batgirl movie.” Related Stories Exactly. Felt like a smack in the face of the Latino community who’d been waiting to see a Latina superhero on the big screen or at least HBO ...
Mike Tyson Hits Hulu With An Uppercut On Social Media About Unauthorized ‘MIKE’ Biopic
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JOCE/Bauer-Griffin / Getty The baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson, is not here for Hulu’s MIKE, the unauthorized biopic series on his life, and said “#headswillroll” due to it being made. One person you do not want to piss off is Mike Tyson, and that’s what Hulu and the people behind the unauthorized biopic about the polarizing boxers’ life have managed to do. Related Stories Taking to Instagram, Mike Tyson hit the streaming network and the biopics creators with a social media uppercut alleging that the upcoming limited series Mike was developed without his permission and that he was not compensated for the use of his life story. “Don’t let Hulu fool you. I don’t support their story about my life. It’s not 1822. It’s 2022,” Tyson said in a statement sh...
N.O.R.E. Gets Driver’s License At Age 44
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Rapper and podcast host N.O.R.E celebrated this week that he passed his driver’s tests and got his first driver’s license at the tender age of 44. The Queens, NY native tweeted on Thursday,, “On my way to take the road text [sic] for my very first license I’ve had 35 cars in my life but never had a license wish me luck!!!” He later shared a follow-up that he passed the test. “Passed the test n road test now gotta go take the picture hopefully I make it in time!!!” The Drink Champs host also shared a post on his Instagram where he shared, “Shit different the Yalla got his license!” He said excitedly in the clip. “It’s over, road rage everywhere! I’m outside, I can finally drive my own cars goddamnit.” He noted in the caption, ...
