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THE OFFSPRING Guitarist Blasts Parents Who Are Angry About Mask Mandates In School
THE OFFSPRING guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman has blasted parents who believe masks are harmful to their children and claim that they reinforce an environment of stress and fear. Earlier today (Thursday, January 20), Noodles took to his Twitter to write: “It is Covid that is killing people, not masks. If you think masks are more dangerous than Covid, then you are an idiot. If you are for #UNMASKOURCHILDREN then you are an irresponsible parent and a lousy fellow human.” Because most countries do not vaccinate children under 12, proponents of mask-wearing argue that masks protect the wearer and those around them from COVID-19. Studies have repeatedly shown that in-school spread of COVID-19 can be contained through masking, sanitation and distancing. Earlier this w...
QUIET RIOT Announces 2022 Tour Dates
QUIET RIOT has announced the first batch of shows for its upcoming 2022 tour season, which is set to begin on Friday, February 18 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The concerts will feature bassist Rudy Sarzo who recently rejoined QUIET RIOT after an 18-year absence. Rudy was one of the members of QUIET RIOT‘s “Metal Health” lineup. He played bass on the classic LP, which sold over ten million copies and spawned the hits “Cum On Feel The Noize” and “Metal Health” and on the follow-up record “Condition Critical”. Sarzo appeared in the most notable music videos in the MTV age and toured with the band until 1985 and again from 1997 to 2003. During his years out of the band, Sarzo was a member of OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE...
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2022: Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, The Who to Headline
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will return with a stacked lineup. The 2022 headliners are the Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, The Who, Jimmy Buffett, Luke Combs, Lionel Ritchie, the Black Crowes, Willie Nelson, and Erykah Badu. The festival will take place from April 29 through May 8. The rest of the roster runs that gamut from Lauren Daigle to Ludacris (now that is an iconic duo), plus lots of tributes we can’t wait to see, from James Brown to Dr. Dog. This year’s Jazzfest will undoubtedly pay special tribute to local hero, Bennie Pete, the co-founder and sousaphone player of the transcendent New Orleans outfit, the Hot 8 Brass Band. Pete died in September at age 45 due to complications from sarcoidosis and COVID-19. Other notable acts slated for the fest include Elvis Costello ...
Pedro the Lion Returns with New Album Havasu: Stream
David Bazan has released Havasu, a surprise new album under his Pedro the Lion moniker. Stream it below on Spotify and Apple Music. While creating the 10-track LP — which serves as the follow-up and sequel to 2019’s Phoenix — Bazan found inspiration in the community of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where he lived for a year as a middle schooler. “It’s this very synthetic, gimmicky place set in this soulful, desolate landscape,” he said in a statement about returning to Lake Havasu City. “An intersection I hadn’t remembered for 30 years would trigger a flood of hidden memories. I was there to soak in it as much as possible.” Advertisement Related Video However, the threads that run through Phoenix, Havasu, and the album that will come next are meant to explore something deeper than simple chil...
Grimes Announces Visions 10th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue
It’s hard to believe Grimes has been around long enough to get the reissue treatment, but as her breakthrough album Visions turns 10, a new vinyl package is on the way. Today the singer announced Vinyl Me, Please would reissue Visions and make the album its February Essentials Record of the Month. Before she dated Elon Musk and became the self-appointed spokesperson for artificial intelligence, Grimes (born Claire Boucher) was a relatively unknown Canadian artist recording experimental synth pop. On January 31st, 2012, however, she released her third studio album, Visions, on renowned indie label 4AD. With the help of single/perfect song “Oblivion,” it proved the first step in cementing her place as an endlessly fascinating public figure. Grimes looked back on Visions with c...
Jon Stewart to Receive 2022 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
“The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow,” Mark Twain wrote in 1897. He might have been talking about Jon Stewart, the former Daily Show host who is once again mining life’s agonies for laughs with his Apple TV+ program The Problem with Jon Stewart. In honor of his accomplishments, Stewart will be awarded the 2022 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 24th. Via Rolling Stone, Stewart said in a statement, “I am truly honored to receive this award. I have long admired and been influenced by the work of Mark Twain, or, as he was known by his given name, Samuel Leibowitz.” (It was actually Samuel Langhorne Clemens.) “For more than three decades, Jon Stewart has brightened our lives and ch...
Neil Young Unveils Documentary on Making of New Album BARN: Watch
Back in December, Neil Young and Crazy Horse released BARN, an album recorded in a restored 19th century farm shed. Now, they’ve released a documentary on the making of the album. Stream it for free via YouTube below. Recorded in the Summer of 2021, BARN (the album) marked Young’s 14th long player with Crazy Horse, and saw the folk veteran reunite with longtime bandmates Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, and Nils Lofgren. Directed by Young’s wife Daryl Hannah, BARN (the film) takes an organic approach to documenting the recording process. Single shots depict the band recording entire songs, which is Hannah’s attempt to show the group’s chemistry and prove that no studio tricks polished the album’s finished product. The documentary enjoyed a limited run in theaters last month to coincid...
Rage Against the Machine Postpone Their Reunion Tour
If you’ve been waiting to see Rage Against the Machine reunite, well, you’re gonna have to wait a little bit longer. The reunion, which was supposed to kick off in March 2020, has been postponed. The tour was originally supposed to launch in El Paso then, and more recently, March 31, will now start on July 9 in East Troy, Wisconsin. The Public Service Announcement tour will be Rage Against the Machine’s first show since their LA Rising festival that took place in July 2011. Run the Jewels will remain as the opener. The run concludes with a five-night stand at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The Rage Against the Machine dates that have been canceled begin with the March El Paso date and run their May 23 headlining show in Detroit and their Boston Calling appearance. Rage Against the ...
Lusia Harris, 1st Woman Drafted By NBA Team, Dies At 66
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ABC Photo Archives / Getty Lusia Harris made her mark in the history books by becoming the first and only woman officially drafted by an NBA team, along with other notable firsts. According to a new report, the standout basketball star has died. NBA.com published a report stating that Harris passed away this past Tuesday (Jan. 18) and shared the family’s statement in its post. From NBA.com: “We are deeply saddened to share the news that our angel, matriarch, sister, mother, grandmother, Olympic medalist, The Queen of Basketball, Lusia Harris has passed away unexpectedly today in Mississippi,” the family said in a statement. “The recent months brought Ms. Harris great joy, including the news of the upcoming wedding of her youngest son and the outpouring of...
Hip-Hop Icons Get Together For The 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show In ‘The Call’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NFL / Pepsi/Roc Nation Feels like just yesterday the people in charge of putting together the Super Bowl Halftime Show couldn’t buy a Hip-Hop act as the culture was boycotting the annual entertainment segment of the big game due to the NFL league blackballing Colin Kaepernick. But times have changed and with Jay-Z having a say in things these days, the 2022 SB Half-Time Show won’t just be Hip-Hop based, but it’ll be boasting some of the most iconic names in the game as Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. To hype up this year’s Halftime Show, OG director F. Gary Gray put together a new cinematic commercial spot dubbed The Call featuring the aforementioned artists and best believe it got us older heads hype as hell. Starting off w...
Senate Republicans Block Voting Rights Legislation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael A. McCoy/CNP/startraksphoto.com / WENN The tenuous fight to pass voting rights legislation came to a crashing halt on Wednesday night (January 19th) as all of the Senate Republicans blocked two attempts to pass it, including a change to filibuster rules in which they were aided by two Democratic Senators. Hours after President Joe Biden held a White House press conference marking his first year in office, the Senate Democrats saw their efforts to get voting rights legislation thwarted. The legislation combined two bills, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom To Vote Act, which would set nationwide standards for voting access including automatic voter registration and making Election Day a national holiday in addition to rend...
Akon Sued For $4M By Ex Business Partner
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Instagram / Instagram If we’ve learned anything about the music game it’s that someone somewhere at some point is owed money and it’s usually in the millions. This time around it’s Akon’s former business partner who’s claiming that the “Locked Up” artist owes him a Galactus sized grip and he wants his money. According to Page Six, Devyne Stephens just hit the R&B singer with a lawsuit claiming that he’s owed close to $4 million dollars from a prior settlement agreement that Akon has still not paid. In the lawsuit filed in 2021, Stephen claims that aside from being owed $750,000 personally, he’s also owed $3 million in unpaid royalties. “Under the 2018 agreement, the “Smack That” singer agreed to pay Stephens $3.25 million over the course of four years...
