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Watch Above & Beyond Play From the Top of a Granite Monolith in Colombia
Attendees of the most recent Above & Beyond show had to put in work to get there, with the trance trio performing Monday from the top of a looming granite monolith in the Colombian Andes. The show, hosted by electronic livestream series producer Cercle in partnership with ProColumbia and Medellin Travel, required audience members to take 740 stairs to the top of Piedra del Peñol, a 787-foot granite dome located in Guatapé, Colombia, about two hours from Medellín. Explore See latest videos, charts and news At the summit of this National Monument, the beloved UK act played an hourlong set that oscillated between the shimmering highs and darker outer edges of trance. Watch the complete performance below. Above & Beyond’s Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki then sat down for a brief in...
How Spotify Helped Nearly 300 Afghan Music Students and Teachers Reach Portugal
On Dec. 1, Elizabeth Nieto‘s boss at Spotify — chief human resources officer Katarina Berg — learned that nearly 300 Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) students and teachers and their families were in limbo in Doha, Qatar. Promised asylum in Lisbon, Portugal, they were attempting to charter a plane to the European city and needed money. “See what we can do,” Berg told Nieto, the streaming giant’s global head of equity and impact. Nieto had to wrangle with Spotify’s in-house lawyers to cut a sizable check for the plane by Dec. 6; on Monday (Dec. 13), the SAS flight carrying 273 Afghans landed in Lisbon, where the musicians and faculty members will be able to recreate their school. “The renaissance of Afghanistan music will start in Lisbon,” Nieto says. “We have an opportunity to...
U.K. Introduces Vaccine Passports for Clubs and Venues
LONDON – New restrictions for nightclubs and music venues in England have been introduced to tackle a sharp rise in cases of the coronavirus omicron variant. Members of Parliament backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial ‘Plan B’ measures on Tuesday (Dec. 14), with 369 MPs voting in favor of making COVID-19 vaccine passports a legal requirement to enter clubs and some concert halls, versus 126 against. The rules come into force on Wednesday, meaning that people aged over 18 in England will need to show they’ve either had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or proof of a negative test taken in the past 48 hours to enter a number of music venues, including nightclubs and indoor unseated venues with more than 500 people. Proof of vaccine status via an NHS Covid Pass is also needed fo...
Watch Kelly Clarkson Send a Holiday Kiss-Off With ‘Merry Christmas Baby’
Kelly Clarkson delved into her own Christmas songbook on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Tuesday (Dec. 14) with a performance of “Merry Christmas Baby.” Dressed in a sparkling gray gown, the pop singer powered through the opening track of her new holiday album, When Christmas Comes Around…, which she co-wrote with Aben Eubanks. “You’ll wake up all alone and/ Wonder why I’m not home/ And I’ll let my phone ring/ A dose of your kind of love and/ I’ll let my absence show you/ What I got you for Christmas/ Is losing me/ Merry Christmas, baby,” she belted on the chorus while flanked by a trio of back-up singers and her talk show’s house band, Y’all. The track is just one of five original Christmas tracks penned by the American Idol champ on the new LP, including lead single “Christmas Isn’t Canceled ...
Diamond Platnumz – Unachezaje
Wasafi Records boss Diamond Platnumz is back again with a new record titled “Unachezaje” out now. As promised, Tanzanian music heavyweight Diamond Platnumz unleashes a new song “Unachezaje” for his fans. It is a follow up to “Gimme” released about two months ago which featured Rema. It is the season of festivities and Diamond does well to give his fans across the globe a new anthem for the season. As usual, the tune is upbeat and made to elicit a dance from you. Listen, enjoy Diamond Platnumz – “Unachezaje” below & share. [embedded content]
Ajebo Hustlers – Solace (Amapiano Remix)
Don’t miss this Amapiano remix of “Solace” from Ajebo Hustlers out now. The amazing Nigerian music duo Ajebo Hustlers are here with “Solace (Amapiano Remix)” for the fans. Due to high demand, the music duo serve fans with an Amapiano version of their hit song “Solace“. The remix is even more exciting as the bad boys jointly kill the record with an Amapiano vibe. Listen, enjoy Ajebo Hustlers – “Solace (Amapiano Remix)” below.
PEPPER KEENAN Didn’t Want To Play With DOWN Again Unless KIRK WINDSTEIN Came Back
In a new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, Pepper Keenan spoke about DOWN‘s plans to resume touring in 2022. Plans for select shows featuring Keenan, vocalist Philip Anselmo, guitarist Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower and bassist Pat Bruders performing DOWN‘s 1995-released, now-classic debut, “NOLA” in its entirety to celebrate its 25th anniversary were sidelined due to the global pandemic. “Everybody’s just trying to come up for air,” Pepper said. “We played Psycho [Las Vegas festival] in Vegas and we played at Fillmore in New Orleans, and they were both slamming shows. We did live streams. It was just so bizarre to be sitting on your ass for a year — literally. We had shit planned all over the fucking place — both [DOWN and CORROSION...
THE AMITY AFFLICTION Drops Another New Song, ‘Death Is All Around’
Australian metalcore trailblazers THE AMITY AFFLICTION have announced a limited-edition seven-inch EP “Somewhere Beyond The Blue”, with the third and final single to be released out today, “Death Is All Around”. The seven-inch title “Somewhere Beyond The Blue” is an extrapolation from a message one of singer Ahren Stringer‘s close friends sent him not long before he sadly took his own life, “I’ll be in space.” The EP, which will include “Death Is All Around” as well as the previous two singles “Like Love” and “Give Up The Ghost”, is available for pre-order in five variants. “Death Is All Around” was heavily influenced by everything that has gone on globally over the last two years. &...
10 Babymetal Budokan – BABYMETAL
RATING: 8/10 The metal world is roughly divided into two camps: those who think BABYMETAL are a splendid and wildly entertaining force for heavy metal joy, and those who would rather have their limbs sawn off with a rusty Samurai sword than ever hear the Japanese crew’s pop-metal hybrid again. A thunderous encapsulation of the BABYMETAL live experience, captured at Tokyo’s legendary Budokan, “10 Babymetal Budokan” is not aimed at the latter camp. If you haven’t been won over by the exuberant, skewed silliness of the whole enterprise yet — or by the startling brutality and precision of the music itself — then a 70-minute live album is definitely not going to change your mind. But for everybody else, this is a stupidly entertaining reminder that BABYMETAL transc...
Former DEATH Members Honor CHUCK SCHULDINER At Second Tribute Concert In Tampa (Video)
On Sunday (December 12), former DEATH members played the second of two shows commemorating the 20th anniversary of the passing of the band’s mastermind Chuck Schuldiner at Brass Mug in Tampa, Florida. James Murphy (guitar) and Terry Butler (bass) performed DEATH‘s classic third album, “Spiritual Healing” (1990), in its entirety under the LIVING MONSTROSITY banner, while Steve DiGiorgio (bass), Bobby Koelble (guitar) and Kelly Conlon (bass) joined forces as SYMBOLIC to play songs from “Human” (1991), “Individual Thought Patterns” (1993), “Symbolic” (1995) and “The Sound Of Perseverance” (1998). Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. SYMBOLIC lineup: * Steve DiGiorgio (DEATH; bass on “Human̶...
Hideaki Anno’s ‘Shin Ultraman’ Receives a New Teaser and Release Date
During the recent Tsuburaya Convention 2021 livestream event, Tsuburaya Productions shared a new teaser for Studio Khara‘s Shin Ultraman. Additionally, the upcoming film received a release date after its initial 2021 release was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new teaser shows Ultraman rising from a cloud of smoke before dramatically delivering his signature finisher, the Specium Ray. It is interesting to note that the early looks at Ultraman do not show the hero sporting his familiar color timer. The teaser ends with a retro title card inspired by the materials associated with the original TV series created back in 1966. Watch the new teaser for Shin Ultraman above and look for the movie to release in Japanese theatres May 13, 2022. For more entertainment news, The Matrix: Resurrect...
Here’s the Complete List of 2022 Golden Globes Nominees
The official list of the 2022 Golden Globes nominees has been released. This year’s 79th Annual Golden Globes Awards come at a sensitive time as NBC had decided earlier this year that they will not be airing the ceremonies. The controversy occurred after an exposé of the Globes revealed the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. In response to the backlash, the HFPA announced in October that it has its “most diverse” class of new members this year. This year’s nominations were announced by rapper Snoop Dogg. Netflix has once again dominated the list with The Power of the Dog leading with seven film nominees, Don’t Look Up with five, Tick, Tick…BOOM! with three and Squid Game with four. Belfast also has seven nominations while HBO drama series Succession earned the mo...
