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K.K. DOWNING Is ‘Glad’ He Released His Autobiography: ‘I Wanted Fans To Get To Know Me A Little Bit Better’
During a recent appearance on “The High Way With Kyle Shutt”, the podcast hosted by THE SWORD guitarist Kyle Shutt, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing spoke about the process of writing his autobiography, “Heavy Duty: Days And Nights In Judas Priest”, which was released in September 2018 via Hachette Audio as a digital download, and in print and ebook from Da Capo Press. The book was co-written by the Scottish author and journalist Mark Eglinton, whose previous collaborations include “Official Truth, 101 Proof” with Rex Brown of PANTERA and “Confessions Of A Heretic” with BEHEMOTH‘s Adam “Nergal” Darski. Downing said: “It was something different, really. It was definitely interesting. It was quite time consumin...
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says Losing Rights To ACCEPT Name Was ‘Biggest Mistake’ Of His Professional Career
In a new interview with Simfonia Metàl·lica, former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider was asked to name the biggest mistake he made in his professional career. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I can tell you. This is the only thing I’m really not happy with. I was creating the name ACCEPT. And then, when we came — let’s say in ’80, ’81, we had to sign a lot of documents. And sometimes you’re not really looking on this. And then, in the end, when they fired me [from] my own band, I found a paper [saying] all the rights [to the ACCEPT name] go to [ACCEPT guitarist] Wolf Hoffmann. And that’s really a big point, a bad point for me. The name is normally on me and not on Wolf Hoffmann.” He continued: “This was a big mistake — not ...
Miles Morales Returns To Action In Trailer To ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Part One)’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sony / Sony Pictures Entertainment It’s been three years since Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse took the comic book world by storm with its critical acclaim and successful box office run, but now we’ve finally gotten a trailer for the highly anticipated sequel that was teased at the end of the original film. Picking up where the original left off, the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Part One) trailer finds Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) inter-dimensionally creeping into the room of Spider-Man (Miles Morales) and asking him to join her on a new adventure in her own universe. A “grounded” Miles Morales reluctantly accepts only to find himself slung through a multiverse and facing off against Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara). What’s the beef all ...
Stephen Sondheim Voted for Team America: World Police for Best Picture at Academy Awards
Legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim wrote a letter to Trey Parker in 2005 informing the South Park creator that he had voted for Team America: World Police in Academy Awards’ best picture category. In light of Sondheim’s passing last month, the Twitter account for another one of Parker’s beloved projects, The Book of Mormon, shared a letter sent to Parker by Sondheim in February 2005. “I saw Team America and voted for it as the best movie of the year (a fat lot of good it did you),” Sondheim writes in the letter. “I gather from friends to whom I’ve burbled on about it that it was treated rottenly by the critics and that you are much discouraged. I can’t blame you, but then again this is the time of discouragement. In any event, congratulations to you and your partner [Matt Stone]....
Tom Petty Posthumously Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Music from University of Florida
Call him Dr. Petty. On Friday, Tom Petty received a special posthumous award: an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Florida. University officials from the board of trustees voted unanimously on the motion to recognize the late musician, who was arguably the most famous native resident of their city. Petty and his music have special ties to the school. Not only did the rock icon grow up in Gainesville, Florida, his seminal hit “I Won’t Back Down” has been adopted by the University of Florida’s athletic teams as their unofficial theme song of sorts. Advertisement Related Video “[He’s] widely considered among the most distinctive and influential musicians over the past 50 years,” UF provost Joseph Glover said during the ceremony according to reporting by the Tampa Bay Times. “Hi...
Dave Grohl Covers KISS and Drinks Slurpees with Greg Kurstin on Night Eight of Hanukkah: Watch
Tonight is the final night of Hanukkah, and so too is Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin’s covers song series celebrating the Festival of Lights. To close things out, they’ve shared a seriously fun cover of KISS’s “Rock and Roll All Nite,” and a goofy music video to boot. Grohl introduced the cover, writing, “Ladies and gentlemen….we made it. Night 8! And what better way to celebrate another year of Hanukkah Sessions than Chaim Witz and Stanley Eisen….two young lads from Queens that set the world (and thousands of stages) on FIRE as Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS!!!” “Greg and I would like to thank all of the people that helped ramp up the Hanukkah Sessions this year. It’s gonna be tough to beat! (But we will. Oh, we will…..) We hope that this year’s batch of hits has brought a little joy ...
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover KISS on the Final Night of Hanukkah
For the last night of Hanukkah, Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin concluded the Hanukkah Sessions by covering KISS’s “Rock and Roll All Nite.” [embedded content][embedded content] “Ladies and gentlemen….we made it. Night 8! And what better way to celebrate another year of Hanukkah Sessions than Chaim Witz and Stanley Eisen….two young lads from Queens that set the world (and thousands of stages) on FIRE as Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS!!!” a statement began “Greg and I would like to thank all of the people that helped ramp up the Hanukkah Sessions this year. It’s gonna be tough to beat! (But we will. Oh, we will…..) “We hope that this year’s batch of hits has brought a little joy to you, as it surely did to us! “Now let’s rock and roll all nite and party everyday until next Hanukkah! “L’C...
Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent Are No Longer Grammy Nominated for Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour
When the nominees for the Grammys were announced last month, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent received nods for Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour. The trio were credited as songwriters on the album. On Sunday, the Recording Academy announced on its website that the trio’s nominations were removed from the Album of the Year category. On the Grammy’s site, the Recording Academy said the following when it comes to changing nominations: Each year, the Recording Academy makes adjustments to the nominations list as-necessary after the list is first published. Common changes are often the result of updated credits and may include spelling corrections, title modifications, and the addition of nominees who were not included in the original submission, among other revisions. This year, for ...
Box Office: ‘Encanto’ Leads Quiet Post-Holiday Weekend
Walt Disney Animation’s original musical animated adventure Encanto led a quiet post-Thanksgiving session at the box office, which is always quiet the weekend following the holiday. This year was further complicated by the ongoing pandemic and concerns about the new omicron variant. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Encanto, featuring original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, grossed $12.7 million from 3,980 theaters in its second weekend for a domestic total of $58 million and $58.1 million overseas — where omicron is more of a concern — for a global cume of $116.1 million. The pic is setting records in parts of Latin America, where it has earned $5.9 million in Colombia, the film’s No. 1 foreign market behind France ($6.5 million). Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife followed closely i...
Adele’s ‘30’ Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Adele’s 30 spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set earned 288,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 2, according to MRC Data. That’s down 66% compared to its chart-topping debut sum of 839,000 units a week earlier. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news However, 30 logs the largest second week for an album in over three years, since Drake’s Scorpion earned 335,000 units its sophomore frame (chart dated July 21, 2018), following its No. 1 debut with 732,000 units a week prior. Elsewhere in the top 10, Michael Bublé’s former No. 1 Christmas surges 9-3, while Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to the TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas returns to the top 10, bounding 21-10. The Billboard 200 chart rank...
Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff & St. Vincent Are No Longer Grammy Nominees for Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’
When the Grammy nominations were announced on Nov. 23, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent were listed as album of the year nominees for their role as songwriters on Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour. That raised some eyebrows because those three songwriters weren’t actively involved in the creation of Sour. It’s simply a case that Rodrigo and her producer and frequent collaborator, Daniel Nigro, interpolated an old song of theirs. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Recording Academy announced on Sunday (Dec. 5) that it has withdrawn the nominations for Sour for Swift, Antonoff and St. Vincent (Annie Clark). Swift and Antonoff are still listed as album of the year nominees for their work on Swift’s evermore. Antonoff also remains a nominee for pro...
Fans Choose Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi’s ‘Just Look Up’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi‘s new collaboration “Just Look Up” has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Dec. 3) on Billboard, choosing the soaring pop track as their favorite new music release of the past week. “Just Look Up,” which appears in Adam McKay’s upcoming sci-fi black comedy Don’t Look Up, brought in 35% of the vote, beating out new music by Juice WRLD and Justin Bieber (“Wandered to LA”), Shawn Mendes (“It’ll Be Okay”), SZA (“I Hate U”), Ed Sheeran and Elton John (“Merry Christmas”), and others. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Just Look Up” finds Grande steering some romantic balladry with a gorgeous tone and open heart, while Cudi takes a few seconds to fully deploy his croon but sounds com...
