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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Rejoined By Singer HOWARD JONES At Opening Concert Of 2022 ‘Atonement’ Tour (Video)
Former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Howard Jones rejoined the band on stage at the opening concert of the Massachusetts metallers’ U.S. tour Friday night (January 28) at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to perform three songs, “The Signal Fire”, “Rose Of Sharyn” and “The End Of Heartache”. Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below. Support on the trek is coming from AUGUST BURNS RED and Jones‘s current group LIGHT THE TORCH. “The Signal Fire” is taken from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE‘s latest album, “Atonement”, which came out in 2019. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE‘s current singer Jesse Leach said that he wrote “The Signal Fire” lyrics “with Howard in mind and our connection through our similar ment...
Studio Ghibli Theme Park Releases Official Trailer and Opening Date
The world’s first Ghibli Park, located in Nagakute city, Japan, around three hours train ride from Tokyo, has officially announced an opening date. The heavily anticipated theme park will be split into five sections: Hill of Youth, Ghibli’s Large Warehouse, Mononoke’s Village, Valley of Witches, and Dondoko Forest. Each section blends with the expansive natural landscape of the park, and references and recreates settings from Hayao Miyazaki’s hit classics such as My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and more. The Ghibli Theme Park will open on November 1. Visitors will have access to its Hill of Youth, Ghibli Large Warehouse, and Dondoko Forest sections, while Mononoke’s Village and the Valley of Witches sections are expecte...
Janet Jackson Advised Justin Timberlake To Stay Silent About Super Bowl Incident
Janet Jackson revealed that she spoke to Justin Timberlake just once after the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” incident at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, advising him to remain silent. In part 4 of her new Lifetime documentary series Janet Jackson., recalls telling him “I don’t want any drama for you. They’re aiming this at me. If I was you I wouldn’t say anything.” Jackson also said that Timberlake reached out to perform with her again at his 2018 performance at the Super Bowl halftime show. She said that while it would be nice, she didn’t want to have to relive the ordeal, and obliquely referenced her “history” with CBS. She also re-affirmed her friendship with Timberlake, saying they’ve “moved on.” Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Timberlake for comment. ...
LCD Soundsystem to Perform on SNL
LCD Soundsystem has been announced as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on February 26. John Mulaney, a former head writer on the show, is set to host. LCD Soundsystem shared their holiday special on Amazon Prime Video last month, starring Macaulay Culkin, Aparna Nancherla, and Eric Wareheim. Their 20-date residency at Brooklyn Steel in December was cut short as a COVID-19 surged over the holidays. John Mulaney, who last hosted SNL in 2020, joined the Late Night With Seth Meyers staff as a writer shortly after that appearance. Check out Pitchfork’s “Listening Diary” feature “Comedian John Mulaney on His Post-Election Playlist and the Annoying Way He Listens to Music.”
New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert Announces He’s Cancer-Free
New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has announced that he’s cancer free. “Half a liver, a gallbladder, & one adrenal gland later, I am officially cancer free. All my tests and scans came back clear!” Gilbert wrote on Instagram. “My endocrinologist, surgeon, & oncologist [teamed] up and [took] down my Pheochromocytoma more swiftly & efficiently than the Avengers could defeat Thanos in Infinity War.” Last month, Gilbert announced that he had spent two weeks in the hospital after his wife found him unconscious on December 5th. An endocrinologist diagnosed him with Pheochromocytoma, a rare type of neuroendocrine tumor that attacks the adrenal glands and causes drastic hormone imbalances. Related Video While Pheochromocytoma is usually benign, Gilbert said his had spread to his l...
La Luz’s Shana Cleveland Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
Shana Cleveland, guitarist of the Los Angeles psych-rock band La Luz, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. As a result, the band has canceled its upcoming tour. “Normally a month before a tour we’d be blasting you with show announcements but we’ve been forced to shift our focus upon finding out that Shana has breast cancer,” the members of La Luz wrote in a message posted to social media. “While we’re still waiting to get info on what treatment will look like, it seems clear we won’t be able to make this East Coast Tour happen in March.” La Luz’s upcoming East Coast/Midwest run was scheduled to begin in Philadelphia on March 3rd, wrapping up in Washington D.C. later that month. The 14-date trek was in support of the group’s self-titled fifth album, which arrived last October. Advertiseme...
KING’S X Guitarist TY TABOR Releases First Single ‘Sister Genocide’ From Upcoming Solo Album ‘Shades’
On the heels of the announcement of his 11th solo album “Shades”, acclaimed KING’S X guitarist, songwriter, and co-vocalist Ty Tabor has released the album’s first single, “Sister Genocide”. The dynamic, mid-tempo rocker opens with a crash, and blooms with the help of Ty‘s heavy rhythms and tasteful solos. Originally slated for a future KING’S X release, “Sister Genocide” is a heavy, driving track that lays the foundation of what “Shades” has to offer, and is just one of the many colors on Ty‘s palette on his latest solo offering. The lyric video for “Sister Genocide” was created by Wayne Joyner and can be seen below. “Shades” will arrive on March 4 via Rat Pak Records. The album features ...
SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS: Making Of ‘4’ Album Part Two (Video)
The second in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS‘ upcoming album, titled “4”, can be seen below. Due on February 11 via Gibson Records in partnership with BMG, “4” is Slash‘s fifth solo album and fourth overall with his band featuring Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass, vocals) and Frank Sidoris (guitar, vocals). In October, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS released the official music video for the LP’s first single, “The River Is Rising”, shot on location in downtown Los Angeles with Gibson TV director Todd Harapiak. For “4”, Slash and the band traveled across the country together to Nashv...
ALICE COOPER Is Working On Two New ‘Entirely Different’ Kinds Of ‘Hard Rock Albums’
During an appearance on this past Thursday’s (January 27) episode of SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, legendary rocker Alice Cooper confirmed that he is putting together ideas for the follow-up to last year’s “Detroit Stories” LP. “I’m working on two albums right now, actually — two studio albums,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And all I can say is that one is written — totally written — and we’ll be doing bed tracks for that one pretty soon. And then the other one is just a touch in the future, but that’s being written right now too. They’re two entirely different kinds of albums, but they’re Alice Cooper pure rock and roll albums. The two albums will really be hard rock a...
Ex-SKID ROW Drummer PHIL VARONE Says SEBASTIAN BACH Is ‘In A War With Himself’
Former SKID ROW drummer Phil Varone has once again responded to ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach‘s claim that Varone‘s decision to pose nude for an Playgirl is “further proof that the name ‘SKID ROW‘ has completely lost all credibility, cool, accuracy and is now devoid of all meaning in every way.” Varone, who was one of eight patients featured on the “Celebrity Rehab” spin-off series “Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew”, was featured on the cover of Playgirl more than a decade ago. The publication, which included a 16-page spread on Varone, hit newsstands in December 2010. A short time after Varone‘s appearance in Playgirl was announced, Bach took to his Twitter to write: “[This is] further proof that the name ‘SKID ROW&#...
Nils Lofgren Is the Latest Musician to Pull Music From Spotify
And now it’s three. E Street Band and Crazy Horse guitarist Nils Lofgren is the latest musician to pull music off Spotify. In a statement posted on Neil Young’s website, he detailed his decision. “A few days ago, my wife Amy and I became aware of Neil and Daryl standing with hundreds of healthcare professionals, scientists, doctors, and nurses in calling out Spotify for promoting lies and misinformation that are hurting and killing people,” Lofgren said. “When these heroic women and men, who’ve spent their lives healing and saving ours, cry out for help you don’t turn your back on them for money and power. You listen and stand with them,” the guitarist continued. “As I write this letter, we’ve now gotten the last 27 years of my music taken off Spotify. We are reaching out to the labels tha...
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Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH [Certified Fresh] Playlist 1.28.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ljubaphoto / Getty Salute to the readers and supporters of Hip-Hop Wired! We’re back with a fresh update of our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) playlist and we’re opening things up differently this week. Part of our duty as a publication and crew is to school the masses on who is doing what musically and there’s no better way to do that beyond our CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) bi-weekly playlist (we’ll always add this sentence). The CRT FRSH playlist is a labor of love. We don’t take payments nor do we do favors. We only add joints to our playlist that fit the theme and vision we’re going for and don’t seek to waste the time of the listener. Further, we don’t stick to one lane of Hip-Hop. We believe that all aspects of the music should get some light whether it’s...
