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How to Get Tickets to ITZY’s “CHECKMATE” World Tour
Ahead of their new mini-album, CHECKMATE, set to arrive on July 15th, ITZY have mapped out their very first world tour. Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna will be making stops throughout South Korea and the US late this summer into early fall, and we’ve got the details below on how to secure tickets. With this being ITZY’s first world tour and the group’s first visit to America since the pandemic began, it’s expected to be a competitive ticketing on-sale. Get tickets here and find details below regarding on-sale times and more. What Is ITZY’s Tour? In support of their upcoming mini-album, CHECKMATE, the ladies of ITZY will be embarking on a world tour of the same name. Things kick off with two nights in Seoul, South Korea before the group arrives stateside, where they’ll make their wa...
King Crimson’s Robert Fripp Announces “An Evening of Conversation” 2022 North American Tour
Robert Fripp, known to generations of music fans as the founding guitarist of UK prog-rock legends King Crimson — and to new fans for his fun-loving “Sunday Lunch” YouTube performances with wife Toyah Willcox — has announced “An Evening of Conversation” 2022 North American tour with his longtime producer, manager and business partner David Singleton. The tour kicks off September 16th in Toronto and runs through an October 9th show in Chicago, with tickets currently available via Ticketmaster. Fripp and Singleton co-founded the record label Discipline Global Mobile in 1992, while the latter has produced a number of King Crimson’s albums since the 1990s. In addition, Singleton has managed the band since 2018. Advertisement Related Video A tongue-in-cheek press release reads, “An endless stre...
How to Get Tickets to ONE OK ROCK’s 2022 Tour
Fueled by Ramen’s ONE OK ROCK are setting out on their first headlining North American tour in over three years, starting just days after the release of their latest album Luxury Disease. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is ONE OK ROCK’s Next Tour? Following a string of festival performances in their home country Japan in August, ONE OK ROCK embarks on a full North American tour. It kicks off with three nights in Texas, starting with Austin on September 19th, then Houston the next day and Dallas the day after. They cover the East Coast next, beginning in Orlando on September 23rd and hitting Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and more over the following week. They play Toronto and Montreal at the start of October, then head west via Detroi...
Ne-Yo “You Got The Body,” Consequence “Blood Stain” & More | Daily Visuals 6.27.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard any new material from Ne-Yo but today the Sin City crooner returns with some new work, new moves, and new thick models. Dropping some new visuals for his latest single “You Got The Body,” Ne-Yo lets a few thick bodied women flaunt their curves and work the pole for the majority of the video as he only appears for a few seconds here and there throughout the joint. Back on the rap side of things, Consequence comes through with a new clip to the Kanye West produced “Blood Stain” in which the Queens rapper finds himself washed up on shore apparently at the hands of a white woman before eventually crawling to safety into the arms of a Black woman. This was a hella random concept but aight. Check o...
Cardi B Claps Back At Troll Who Called Her Daughter Autistic
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Cardi B isn’t here to take sh*t from anyone so y’all knew when someone came for her daughter she was going to clap back something serious. According to Madamenoire, Cardi B’s daughter, Kulture, became the subject of controversy when a twitter user suggested that she was autistic and that Cardi should be paying more attention to her daughter than what’s going on on the Twitterverse. “Your daughter is literally autistic and you’re on stan twitter instead of making sure she’s not sticking her finger in outlets,” user @theeminajprint wrote in a now deleted tweet. Of course they’d delete it. Naturally that kind of slander did not sit well with the Grammy Award winning artist and she promptly fired back at the troll saying that h...
Music Exec Chaka Zulu Shot In Atlanta, Twitter Is Livid & Extends Prayers
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jeff Schear / Getty The Hip-Hop music industry is reeling after renowned executive Chaka Zulu was shot on Sunday (June 26) in Atlanta. The Disturbing Tha Peace co-founder is expected to recover and is reportedly in critical but stable condition 11 Alive reports that Chaka Zulu, Ludacris’ longtime manager, shot in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta according to police. Zulu was one of three men who were shot off Peachtree Road around 11:35 p.m. Per Fox 5 Atlanta, police responded to the parking lot of APT 4B, a restaurant that Zulu owns, which is part of a strip of businesses near Peachtree Creek, located at 2293 Peachtree Road. Unfortunately, one of the men who police found shot did not survive his injuries after all three were taken to a local ho...
Dove Cameron Says She’s Never Felt Like a ‘Disney Girl’: ‘I Had Huge Imposter Syndrome’
While Dove Cameron‘s acting career skyrocketed due partially to her roles in the Disney Channel comedy series Liv and Maddie and in the Descendants films — she revealed in a new interview that she doesn’t feel like she ever fit in with past Disney stars. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I never had that moment where I was like, ‘I’m a Disney girl,’” she told the LA Times this week. “I never looked at Miley [Cyrus] or Demi [Lovato] or Selena [Gomez] or Zendaya or Bella [Thorne] or anybody — Hilary Duff or anybody that came before me — I never looked at them and thought, you and me — same.” She added that she was “always the strange outlier who doesn’t belong and who will never fit in. I had huge imposter syndrome.” “...
Hot 100 First-Timers: Corey Kent Debuts With ‘Wild as Her’
The track, released via Combustion Masters/Sony Music Nashville, debuts at No. 89 with 6.8 million U.S. streams (up 29%) and 700 downloads sold (up 16%) in the June 17-23 tracking week, according to Luminate. It concurrently rises 24-20 on Hot Country Songs. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “The last few months have been a wild ride,” Kent tells Billboard. “The way people have responded to the music is completely changing my life. It’s been humbling to see ‘Wild as Her’ continue to grow and accomplish new things. Stoked to see where it goes from here!” [embedded content] Though it’s his first time reaching the Hot 100, the 28-year-old Oklahoma native had previously made a dent on Billboard’s charts in 2015-16 as a finalist on the eight...
Britney Spears’ Ex-Husband Jason Alexander Ordered to Stand Trial on Felony Stalking Charge
A California judge found Monday (June 27) that there is enough evidence against a man once briefly married to Britney Spears who showed up uninvited at the pop star’s wedding to go to trial on a felony stalking charge. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After a two-hour preliminary hearing, Ventura County Judge David Worley ruled that 40-year-old Jason Allen Alexander should be held to answer on the charge, along with misdemeanor counts of trespassing, vandalism and battery, court records showed. Not-guilty pleas to all the charges were entered by an attorney for Alexander, who did not attend and remains jailed. Spears married longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari at her home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on June 9, in front of several dozen guests i...
Andrew Gertler Brings On Co-Manager for Shawn Mendes, New Client Lauren Spencer-Smith
Andrew Gertler’s AG Artists is expanding. The management company has brought leading client Shawn Mendes’ longtime A&R Ziggy Chareton on as a partner to co-manage the Grammy nominated artist, as well as two new artists: Lauren Spencer-Smith and JP Saxe. Chareton has worked at Island Records since 2011, most recently as head of A&R, which he’ll continue in addition to joining Gertler in management. Rising singer-songwriter Spencer-Smith has been searching for new management since May after parting ways with David Ehrlich. In February, Spencer-Smith (who competed on American Idol in 2020) signed a record deal with Island and Republic Records after breakout hit “Fingers Crossed” took off, becoming a Hot 100 top 20 hit. Saxe is behind the 2019 Grammy-nominated smash ...
Drake and 21 Savage’s “Jimmy Cooks” Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Drake and 21 Savage‘s HONESTLY, NEVERMIND collab “Jimmy Cooks” is opening this week’s Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1. According to Billboard, the track earned 42.2 million streams, 3 million radio airplay audience impressions and 6,000 downloads in its first week. “Jimmy Cooks” officially gives The Boy his 11th Hot 100 No. 1 cut and 21 Savage’s second, with the former adding the cut to this list: “What’s My Name?,” Rihanna feat. Drake (one week at No. 1, beginning Nov. 20, 2010)“Work,” Rihanna feat. Drake (nine weeks, beginning March 5, 2016)“One Dance,” Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla (10 weeks, beginning May 21, 2016)“God’s Plan” (11 weeks, beginning Feb. 3, 2018)“Nice for What” (eight weeks, beginning April 21, 2018)“In My Feelings” (10 weeks, beginning July 21, 2018)“Toosie Slide” ...
Footage of the Unreleased ‘Scarface’ Sequel Game Has Surfaced
Footage of an unreleased sequel to 2006’s Scarface: The World Is Yours has now surfaced online, giving fans a closer look at what could’ve been a video game franchise based on the classic film. Originally in development as a follow-up to the 16-year-old title that picked up after the events of the film itself, the game was long rumored to be in production, with Radical Entertainment building a working pre-alpha version, although this is the first time gameplay footage has actually been released. According to YouTube channel Mafia Game Videos, the game would’ve been called Scarface Empire and was set in Las Vegas, boasting upgraded graphics as well as new gameplay mechanics. It added over on Twitter that the sequel was built on a modified engine that was first used by the open-wor...
