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Getter Apologetically Cancels Shows Due to Ear Ailment, Surgery
Getter has cancelled a number of shows on his 2021 North American tour due to a severe ear ailment. Sadly, it seems the superstar electronic music producer and DJ can’t catch a break with his health. In 2019, he took some time off to focus on his mental health. Considering the precarious nature of musicians’ mental and physical wellbeing, such respites are incredibly important for them since they often endure grueling music production and touring schedules. “we all know i have been having some weird ear problems,” Getter said in a tweeted statement on December 2nd. “i got the surgery for it, i took all the medicines they gave me, i even quit my juul because so many ppl told me it could be making it worse. all these efforts have done nothin...
Kanye West and Drake’s Larry Hoover Benefit Concert Will Stream for Free on Amazon
Kanye West and Drake’s Free Larry Hoover benefit concert will be livestreamed by Amazon. The two rappers, who just recently squashed their years-long beef, will reunite on Thursday, December 9, to perform at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The concert will center around the cause of freeing Hoover, who is currently serving six life sentences, and bring awareness to criminal justice reform. “I believe this event will not only bring awareness to our cause, but prove to people everywhere how much more we can accomplish when we lay our price aside and come together,” West said. The event will be West’s first headlining show in five years since he abruptly canceled his 2016 Life of Pablo run mid-tour. Amazon announced that it will be livestreaming the concert on Prime Video, the Amazon Music app and ...
Khruangbin and Leon Bridges Announce Follow-Up Album Texas Moon
Khruangbin and Leon Bridges teamed up again for their forthcoming EP, Texas Moon, out February 18. The record is an extension of the two’s chart-topping, 2020 release, Texas Sun. The 5-track EP will release via Dead Oceans, in partnership with Columbia Records and Night Time Stories Ltd. Alongside the announcement, the collaboration unveiled the video for “B-Side,” which was shot in the J. Lorraine Ghost Town and directed by Philip Andelman. [embedded content][embedded content] Paying homage to their mutual home state of Texas—and to the marriage of country and R&B within it—Texas Moon examines the state’s musical perception. “It’s like a short story…,” Laura Lee of Khruangbin said of the EP in a statement. “And it leaves room to continue having these stories together. I...
French Montana Drops “Handstand” Video With Doja Cat and Saweetie
French Montana has released the official music video for “Handstand” featuring Doja Cat and Saweetie. The video, directed by Edgar Esteves and Jon Primo, sees the chart-topping trio exist in a post-apocalyptic world, where they land in the center of a violent street war with weapons including barbed wire baseball bats, laser eyes and machine gun bikinis. “Handstand” arrived on Montana’s latest record, They Got Amnesia, which he released last month and includes features from the likes of Drake, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Durk, Coi Leray, the late Pop Smoke and more. “This album reflects my personal journey, so it’s the most special for me,” French Montana said in a release. “God gave me another chance at life and this music healed me. I’m grateful to my collaborators and my fans for supporting...
Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters, KISS Set to Headline 2022 Welcome To Rockville Festival
America’s largest rock festival, Welcome To Rockville, is set for 2022 at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida over the weekend of May 19-22. In the fest’s biggest lineup ever, tickets are on sale now to see the eclectic and ante-upping string of scheduled artists including headliners Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters, KISS, and KORN, and artists Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, The Smashing Pumpkins, Breaking Benjamin, Megadeth, Jane’s Addiction, Papa Roach, Rise Against, Halestorm, In This Moment, Seether, Bush, Mammoth WVH, Dirty Honey, Poppy, Plush and more. The festival is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents. “Welcome To Rockville this past November was truly incredible,” Danny Wimmer Presents founder Danny Wimmer said in a statement. “Our new home, Daytona International Speedway,...
Old Crow Medicine Show Unveil New Video For Paint This Town
Old Crow Medicine Show detailed their seventh studio record, Paint This Town, out April 22 via ATO Records. The Grammy-winning band also shared the video for the album’s title-track today, which was directed by Travis Nicholson. [embedded content][embedded content] “This song is about growing up in a small town, and having to make fun wherever you could find it,” bandleader Ketch Secor said in a statement. “Our band has always drawn its inspiration from those elemental American places, where water towers profess town names, where the Waffle House and the gas station are the only spots to gather; this is the scenery for folk music in the 21st century. And the John Henry’s and Casey Jones of today are the youth who rise up out of these aged burgs undeterred, undefeated, and still kickin...
A Day in the Life of…Spencer Morphy of The Velveteins
“At the time I was really into ‘60s bands, and thought ‘Velveteins’ kinda sounded like one,” explains lead singer/guitarist Spencer Morphy. He and drummer Addison Hiller met around six years ago “most likely at the venue Wunderbar” in their native Edmonton, Canada. True to their name, they create easy, groovy which Spencer classifies as “very chill indie rock”. It’s earned them millions of streams and an ever-growing global fan base. Inspired by touring, and feeling “kinda crazy and overtired”, Spencer created a home studio in his bedroom, flipping the bed against the wall to accommodate Addison’s drum kit. “I had this old 4 track TEAC tape machine with a matching board from an old friend and went into experimentation mode,” he says. “Addison would then come over and we’d sift throug...
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, SHINEDOWN, SMASHING PUMPKINS, Others Added To Next Year’s WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE
Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the lineup for the 2022 edition of the Welcome To Rockville festival. Returning to its new home at the iconic Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida over the weekend of May 19-22, 2022, the event includes previously announced headliners GUNS N’ ROSES, FOO FIGHTERS, KISS and KORN. The music legends will be joined by an equally impressive who’s who of rock and metal, including FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, SHINEDOWN, SMASHING PUMPKINS, BREAKING BENJAMIN, MEGADETH, JANE’S ADDICTION, PAPA ROACH, RISE AGAINST, HALESTORM, IN THIS MOMENT, SEETHER, BUSH and many more, including buzzworthy up-and-comers MAMMOTH WVH, DIRTY HONEY, POPPY, PLUSH and more. “Welcome To Rockville this past November was truly incredible. Our new home,...
DEF LEPPARD And LIVING COLOUR To Perform At Second Annual ‘A Bowie Celebration’
DEF LEPPARD, DURAN DURAN‘s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor, LIVING COLOUR, Rob Thomas, Gary Oldman, WALK THE MOON, Jake Wesley Rogers along with a special appearance by Ricky Gervais are among the artists joining the second annual “A Bowie Celebration”, set for January 8, 2022, what would have been David Bowie‘s 75th birthday. The event, like last year’s inaugural live stream, will be available on RollingLiveStudios.com to enjoy worldwide for 24 hours. This year’s “A Bowie Celebration” will also celebrate the 35th anniversary of “Labyrinth”, the classic fantasy film and Jim Henson/David Bowie collaboration, with a special performance from actress Evan Rachel Wood and an appearance by Brian Henson. The show will be dedicated to freque...
NITA STRAUSS On Upcoming Solo Album: ‘It’s Gonna Be Half Vocal Songs And Half Instrumental’
During a new appearance on “The Mistress Carrie Podcast”, Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, spoke about the progress of the writing and recording sessions for her follow-up to 2018’s “Controlled Chaos” solo debut. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We’ve got half and half — so it’s gonna be half vocal songs and half instrumental. I did feel, and the label and everybody agreed, it’s still important for me to keep my identity as a guitar player and not just branch off too much and go, ‘Okay, well, now it’s just guests.’ Let me still have a little of what makes me me, which is the instrumental shred stuff. And the instrumental pieces that I’ve written on this...
Imprisoned – MERCURY X
RATING: 8/10 Putting aside the age-old debate about the difference between ‘progressive’ and ‘prog’ for a moment, it’s always exciting to hear someone gleefully nailing a classic sound. Thunderously heavy but technically adept on a level that seems slightly unfair, MERCURY X are undoubtedly going to excite a huge number of DREAM THEATER and SYMPHONY X fans with their new album. “Imprisoned” is a rampaging and exuberant piece of work, and one that serves up every desirable aspect of those aforementioned bands’ trademark sounds. Frontman and guitarist Martin Björklund has a powerful voice, full of Russell Allen-like grit but able to switch seamlessly to misty-eyed pathos, and, as you might expect, his colleagues are all absurdly gifted technici...
Harrysong – She Knows ft Fireboy DML & Olamide
Alter Plate boss Harrysong comes through with an amazing song “She Knows” featuring YBNL finest Fireboy DML and Olamide. Nigerian music star Harrysong is back again with a brand new track for his fans and it is titled “She Knows“. On the track, he features the sensational singer Fireboy DML and YBNL boss Olamide. It is a beautiful follow up on his previous track “Be By Me” released a while ago. The singer teased the new track on his Instagram page as he created awareness for the track amongst his fans. Listen, enjoy Harrysong – “She Knows” ft Fireboy DML & Olamide below. Download link coming soon You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat a...
