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Adrian Noble Shares Debut Single “Bubble Up”
There is no one secret to building a career and making a name for yourself within dance music. Over the years, many artists have exploded overnight off the back of a viral festival song, while others have consistently been releasing quality music that slowly but surely caught the attention of an ever-expanding audience. For Dutch DJ and music producer Adrian Noble, however, the road has been vastly different. Focusing on building a strong community on YouTube as a DJ via his consistent mixes, he has methodically gathered more and more attention, which ultimately led to the recent release of his debut single “Bubble Up.” Adrian Noble Noble’s slow rise shows nothing but strong signs of determination and versatility. When we caught up with him at Amsterdam Dance Event for an interview, ...
Listen to Alesso and Katy Perry’s High-Profile Collaboration, “When I’m Gone”
Alesso and Katy Perry have dropped their high-profile collaboration just in time to soundtrack your New Year’s Eve festivities. From the moment the track was announced earlier in the month, fans were immediately hyped to see the superstar dance music producer work alongside one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. To start the new year off on a high note, the duo are set to premiere the music video for “When I’m Gone” at one of the biggest sporting events of the season. Next month Alesso and Perry will become the first artists to debut a music video during halftime of a televised event on ESPN, when the video will debut during the broadcast of the College Football Playoff National Championship. Recommended Articles In a press release, Perry said the upc...
GENE SIMMONS Shares Video Of Tree Planting On His Las Vegas Estate
After KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons bought a nearly 11,000-square-foot estate in Henderson, Nevada’s Ascaya luxury community and an adjacent half-acre lot for $10.8 million in May, he planted 137 trees on the parcel. Earlier today, the 72-year-old rocker shared video of the process to cover the adjacent vacant land with trees, saying “it was all done in two days.” Check out the clip below. Five months after buying the Southern Nevada estate, he put it on the market in October for $14.95 million, but that price came down on November 17 to $13.5 million. Among the improvements Simmons made to the Las Vegas house is installing all new floors and ripping up wall-to-wall carpeting in some of the rooms. Speaking to TMZ about his decision to sell the home only five months a...
RIK EMMETT Says Upcoming Memoir Will Tell More Of His Side Of The Story Of What Happened With TRIUMPH
TRIUMPH guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett spoke to Dr. Music about his upcoming memoir and how it will compare to the band’s documentary, “Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine”, which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Rik said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “People are gonna get the memoir. Is it gonna be warm and happy and fuzzy? Ehhh… I think they’re gonna get real Rik Emmett, so they’re gonna get some truth that might hurt, or that they might go, ‘Ooooh, shit. I didn’t realize that he was like that. I didn’t realize Rik was that kind of guy.’ But I’m not afraid anymore to speak truth. What am I saving it for? [Laughs]” He continued: “I was doing an interview the other day talking ab...
KIX Guitarist RONNIE YOUNKINS Is ‘Working Hard On His Rehabilitation’
KIX has offered an update on guitarist Ronnie Younkins, who is unable to tour with the band because he has been placed under house arrest after repeatedly getting in trouble with the police. Ronnie is being temporarily replaced by Bob Paré, an accomplished musician who studied at the Music Institute in Los Angeles and taught music theory and guitar at several institutions, including Western Maryland College and Maryland Institute of Music. Earlier today — one day before Ronnie‘s 63rd birthday — KIX posted the following statement via social media: “Hey KIX fans! Thanks to everyone who has been asking about Ronnie. Straight away, we want to wish him a very Happy Birthday! “Ronnie has been working hard on his rehabilitation and he is still on the long road to recovery. We sp...
TED NUGENT: The People Who Run ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Are ‘Rotten’ And ‘Dishonest’
Ted Nugent says that he hasn’t been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame because the people that run the organization are “dishonest” and “rotten.” The conservative rocker, who been eligible for the honor as a solo artist since 2000, has enjoyed a remarkably successful and eventful musical career over the past five decades, but his music is increasingly overshadowed by his political outbursts. Asked in a recent interview with Ruben Mosqueda of KNAC.COM why we have yet to see him in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Nugent responded: “Why am I not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? That has a lot to do with the fact that you can’t always explain why people are rotten. Why do some people violate other people and commit vicious crimes and lie? &...
Dr. Dre’s Divorce Finalized, Nicole Young Awarded More Than 20% of His Net Worth
After more than year of acrimonious divorce proceedings, Dr. Dre and Nicole Young are finally ready for the next episode. As Rolling Stone notes, their divorce is now finalized, and the couple will move on from recent accusations of domestic abuse as Young walks away with more than 20% of Dre’s net worth. The couple married in 1996 and Young filed for divorce after 24 years together in June 2020. As part of the split, she’s been awarded $100 million, which includes more than half of Dre’s liquid assets, as well as a Rolls Royce, Range Rover, Spyder motorcycle, Escalade limousine, and all of her jewelry. In the process, Young successfully fought off a prenuptial agreement from 1996, arguing that it had been signed under “duress.” Dre had been cited as the world’s first ...
Motörhead Crew Get Tattoos Using Ink Blended with Lemmy’s Ashes
Members of Motörhead’s road crew paid the ultimate tribute to the late Lemmy Kilmister by getting tattoos with ink blended from his ashes. The band’s longtime tour manager Eddie Rocha and production assistant Emma Cederblad recently got inked up with a portrait of Lemmy and the iconic “Ace of Spades” image, respectively. A short video documenting the process was posted on Motörhead’s official YouTube channel on Tuesday (December 28th) — six years since the day Lemmy passed away at age 70. Advertisement Related Video Tattoo artist Stina Nyman of Eye Scream Tattoo handled the blending and artistry. Clearly gifted with the tattoo needle, Nyman rendered a striking portrait of Lemmy on Rocha’s calf. As previously reported, Lemmy’s ashes were encased inside bullets and sent to his closest friend...
Rush Are Getting Their Own Pinball Machine
Rush are the latest legendary rock band to get their own pinball machine. Stern Pinball announced that their first machine of 2022 will be themed around the iconic prog act, sharing a short teaser video featuring a list of featured songs. Although a mockup design for the machine and play field have yet to be revealed, the teaser does depict an impressive CGI rendering of the Fly By Night owl — the kind of graphics one would expect to see on a modern pinball machine as you’re racking up points. Most importantly, the video reveals at least 17 songs that will be featured in the new game — a large playlist compared to other band-themed pinball machines. Fans and players will hear classic tracks such as “Tom Sawyer,” “Spirit of the Radio,” and “Limelight” alongside deeper cuts like “Subdiv...
Ice Cube Says Chris Tucker Declined Next Friday Over “Religious Reasons”
Next Friday — the 2000 sequel to Ice Cube’s beloved stoner comedy, Friday — had a conspicuous missing piece with the absence of Chris Tucker. Though the original 1995 film was made on a small budget, its smash success meant a follow-up had more cash to work with. Still, it wasn’t enough to bring Tucker back, who Ice Cube recently said backed out of the franchise over “religious reasons.” “We were ready to pay Chris Tucker $10-12m to do Next Friday but he turned us down for religious reasons,” Ice Cube wrote in a tweet Wednesday, December 29th. “He didn’t want to cuss or smoke weed on camera anymore.” Considering Tucker’s character in Friday was literally named Smokey, it’s no wonder the sequel’s script didn’t align with his beliefs. He even confirmed himself that weed w...
Future Is the First Artist to Hit 10 Million Soundcloud Followers
Future has officially set a new Soundcloud record as the first artist to hit 10 million followers. According to reports, the Freebandz head first became the most-followed artist on Soundcloud around June with approximately 9.92 million followers — surpassing Big Sean’s No. 2 record of 9.5 million followers. Future responded to the news on social media by sharing an Instagram Story of the announcement and a simple “thank u” to his fans. Back in June, other artists who trailed Future included the Young Money roster with 8.48 million followers, Wale with 8.32 million, Pusha T with 8.20 million, Big K.R.I.T. with 8.07 million, Lana Del Rey with 8.01 million and Justin Timberlake with 7.83 million. Elsewhere in music, Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon III has broken hip-hop vinyl sales recor...
Vinyl Records Earn Biggest Sales Week in 30 Years
Vinyl albums sales just hit a new 30-year high as it sold 2.11 million records in the week ending December 23. According to reports, it marks the largest sales week since MRC Data began tracking vinyl numbers in 1991. The week of December 23 also became the first week that record sales surpassed 2 million, outdoing its previous record of 1.84 million in the week of December 24, 2020. The surge in vinyl records were up by 45% compared to its previous week due to Christmas shopping, with Adele’s 30 holding on to the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Vinyl Album charts for the fifth week in a row. In addition to the new record, Billboard states that the week of December 23 is the sixth consecutive week in where vinyl records surpassed one million copies — this has only happened 14 times since 1991, a...
