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Harry Styles’ Very Merry Harryween
The costumes were on full display: paisley hippie mini dresses, glam cowboys, drag queens, sunflowers (of the Vol. 6 variety), angels, Cher Horowitzs, Britney (mostly circa “Baby One More Time,” but a single “Oops I Did It Again” red latex jumpsuit stood out courageously, a feat among the exceptionally brave), a Fleetwood Mac/Lindsay Buckingham reunion, and countless Harry Styles cosplay cuties — on the cover of Vogue, as Elton John, at the Grammys (on stage and off), in the fictional land of Eroda, in his Love on Tour custom outfits. For two sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden, a concert that doubled as a “Fancy Dress Party,” Styles was the sun — tens of thousands of impeccably dressed music fans orbiting his aura, so bright it bled into the outside world. The entire neighborhood of ...
Supreme Teases New Gundam Release With Action-Packed Animated Video
Ramping up its much hyped Fall/Winter 2021 release of the new Supreme®/MG 1/100 RX-78-2 GUNDAM Ver.3.0 plastic model kit, Supreme has teased an animated video featuring the coveted Gundam character engaged in a seismic stop motion battle. Made in part with Gunpla and Bandai, the video includes voiceover by NY Instagram account @crimefacesx proclaiming the Japanese figurine’s animated hood as “Gundam Town,” describing itself as “a robotic Don Cheadle, dressed as a hot Cheeto!” In the video, Gundam dons a brand new, fiery-red body armor with a Supreme logo arm shield, fighting against a competing Zaku that bows out in defeat. Also appearing in the video is a glass display case containing additional “handy” items like a Supreme-branded blowhorn, a red and yellow handsaw and a canteen, accesso...
TOM KEIFER, L.A. GUNS And FASTER PUSSYCAT Announce ‘Sonic Slam’ 2022 Tour
Rock fans rejoice! It’s been far too quiet the past couple of years, and it’s finally time for the return of a tour that cranks it to the max! “Sonic Slam” with Tom Keifer, L.A. GUNS and FASTER PUSSYCAT will head out on the road together starting June 1, 2022. The official itinerary is available at TomKeifer.com, with more dates to come. Keifer says: “#keiferband is amped for the ‘Sonic Slam’ 2022 tour with our friends L.A. GUNS and FASTER PUSSYCAT! Get ready for a 100% live, raucous, loud & slammin’ rock show. Looking forward to seeing everyone in 2022.” L.A. GUNS‘ Tracii Guns agrees: “I’m excited L.A. GUNS will be heading out on the road with Tom Keifer. We are really looking forward to touring again.” FAST...
NONPOINT To Release ‘Ruthless’ EP This Month
NONPOINT will release its new EP, “Ruthless”, on December 27. The official music video for single “Back In The Game” will arrive on the same day. With the roar of one word “independence”, NONPOINT has transcended the underground and taken its rightful place in metal history. Even now they continue to change the rules with their newest song “Back In The Game”, which keeps the NONPOINT tradition of inviting you in close, kicking you in the chest, then imprisoning an infectious lyric like “’cause you’re looking at a one-man death squad” into your mind knowing it will never escape. This song and official video go live across all streaming platforms December 27 at midnight along with the remaining songs from the “Ruth...
RUSH Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of ‘Moving Pictures’ By Making Rare Photo Outtakes Available
Photographer Deborah Samuel is credited for capturing the now-iconic album cover images for the RUSH albums “Permanent Waves”, “Moving Pictures”, “Exit…Stage Left” and “Signals”. Now in the 40th anniversary year of “Moving Pictures” — long considered one of rock’s all-time classic albums — fans will be able to obtain extremely rare photograph outtakes from the album cover shoot. Incredibly, these “Moving Pictures” photographs have never been made public. No alternate versions have appeared in magazines, in calendars, in books, or online anywhere, and have now been made available for the first time ever with the release of the Deborah Samuel Collection. Contained in this ultra-limited-edition curated collection ar...
NITA STRAUSS: ‘Alcohol Was Extremely, Extremely Detrimental In My Personal Life’
During appearance on “Guitar Autopsy”, the video podcast hosted by Rusty Cooley, ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss spoke about how she managed to lose 50 pounds and get sober while on tour back in 2015. “My whole approach to sobriety and health and fitness is to educate but not ever force,” she said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I wouldn’t ever want it to be, like, ‘You have to stop drinking. You have to do cardio every day,’ or whatever. All I can share is really what worked for me, and that was alcohol was extremely, extremely detrimental in my personal life. “I got sober in 2015 and I basically just decided to make the most of it and said, ‘If I’m gonna do this, I’m gonna do it right,'” she continue...
Billboard’s Greatest Pop Stars of 2021: No. 3 — Adele
For this year’s update of our ongoing Greatest Pop Star by Year project, Billboard is counting down our staff picks for the top 10 pop stars of 2021 for the rest of this week. At No. 3, we remember the year in Adele — a long-dormant pop titan who returned late in the year and proved herself still one of the industry’s mightiest forces. Explore Explore Adele See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news If you had Adele on your mind back in January, maybe you were celebrating the 10-year anniversary of her blockbuster 21 album (alongside the singer) – or maybe you were still pondering why she decided to host Saturday Night Live in fall 2020 without anything to promote. After all, it had been more than five years since the world had heard a musical peep from the...
Here’s What Mariah Carey Had to Say About a Verzuz Battle With Beyonce
The fans want to know: Who would Mariah Carey be willing to do a Verzuz battle against? Though the list of potential opponents that are able to hold a candle to her 19 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits, six Billboard 200 No. 1 albums and five Grammy Awards is short, there’s one singer who Carey is against entertaining speculations of possible Verzuz battle. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In an interview with E! published Wednesday (Dec. 15), Carey was asked if she would ever challenge Beyoncé to a Verzuz battle. “I love Beyoncé and I admire her so much as a performer, for what she’s done for the world and everything else, so I ain’t answering that question,” she said. “I’ll be disrespecting myself and I’m not going to do that, because it’...
Ed Sheeran & Elton John Bring ‘Christmas’ Cheer to Hot 100, Holiday & Adult Contemporary Charts
Ed Sheeran and Elton John‘s “Merry Christmas” debuts on multiple Billboard charts dated Dec. 18. The carol, which the British stars co-wrote, drew 4.9 million all-format radio audience impressions and 4.6 million U.S. streams and sold 11,800 in the week ending Dec. 9, according to MRC Data, following its Dec. 3 release. The single launches at No. 2 on Holiday Digital Song Sales, No. 4 on Digital Song Sales, No. 10 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S., No. 20 on the Billboard Global 200 and No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100. John earns his 70th career Hot 100 hit, becoming the 23rd artist to reach the mark since the list originated in August 1958. It’s his third of 2021, after he hadn’t appeared on the chart since 2000 until this August. The song follows this year’s “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” with ...
Fred Armisen, Mark Hamill, Ringo Starr, Jon Hamm & More Cameo in First-Ever Video For George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’
As part of the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of late Beatle George Harrison‘s landmark triple-disc 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass, director Lance Bangs gathered a group of more than 40 actors, musicians and comedians to film the first-ever video for one of the collection’s most beloved songs, “My Sweet Lord.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The cameo-stuffed seven-minute clip — executive produced by Harrison’s son, musician Dhani Harrison — finds metaphysical special agents Fred Armisen and Vanessa Bayer searching high and low for… something. Tasked by Star Wars icon Mark Hamill with finding “something out there,” the pair of psychic detectives set off on a search across Los Angeles that has them bumping into dozens of familiar fac...
Exit Interview: Wolfgang Van Halen Won’t Back Down
On a brisk December afternoon, Wolfgang Van Halen is weary but in good spirits. The admitted late riser is sitting in 5150, the studio home of Van Halen [the band] since 1983, nursing a coffee amidst the construction taking place around us. Wolfgang leans carefully on the studio’s console, wrapped in plastic. He’s in the process of updating the legendary space with longtime studio manager Matt Bruck and his producer, Michael “Elvis” Baskette. Towards the end of our chat, I get a notification on my phone that I knew would get his attention. In the thick of Hanukkah, Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin have been plowing through their Hanukkah Session covers — and today’s selection? None other than Van Halen’s “Jump.” After I fumble with my phone for a second to get some semblance of service (we are ...
Between the Buried and Me Announce 2022 North American Tour
Between the Buried and Me have announced a 2022 North American tour with support from Car Bomb. At each stop, BTBAM promise to play an “extended set” in support of their excellent 2021 offering, Colors II, which recently landed in our Top 30 Metal & Hard Rock Albums of 2021. The outing kicks off February 22nd in Asheville, North Carolina — near the band’s hometown in Raleigh — and runs through a March 31st date in Columbia, South Carolina. The extensive itinerary will hit most markets across the country. Tickets go on sale this Friday (December 17th) via Ticketmaster, with pre-sales beginning tomorrow (December 16th). “Human Is Hell Tour ’22 is starting this February, and we couldn’t be more pumped for it!” the band posted on Facebook. “We will be ripping an extended set alongside our ...
