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Wizards of the Coast and Riot Games Partner for ‘Magic: The Gathering’ x ‘Arcane’ Crossover
Wizards of the Coast has unveiled two upcoming Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair card drops in partnership with Riot Games. The collaboration celebrates the upcoming release of Riot Games’ new Netflix series Arcane, a prequel to the League of Legends game. Available for streaming on Netflix now, Arcane, which took six years to make the first season of, follows two sisters pitted against one another as they fight on opposite sides of a dystopian war. The game developer is currently working on the second season of the animated series, Riot CEO Nicolo Laurent recently shared. While this coming season is expected to be made on a shorter timeline, it won’t be debuting in 2022. The limited-edition cards will drop in both foil and non-foil sets. A sneak peek of the cards given to fans de...
Spotify Tests Out a TikTok-Style Video Feed
Spotify is testing out a feature similar to TikTok’s video feed, TechCrunch reported. Spotted first by Chris Messina, the beta version of the feature shows up as a new icon in the Discover bar and takes the form of a vertical video feed where users can discover new music via swiping, just like you would on TikTok. In the feed, short song clips play alongside full-screen music videos. Users can continue scrolling in the feed or choose to like or skip the song. They can also tap the three-dot menu to view Spotify’s standard song information sheet. Sharing his findings on Twitter, Messina described the Discover feature as “basically a pared-down version of a TikTok-style feed.” Not only that, @Spotify Discover is basically a pared down version of a TikTok-style feed of vertical music videos (...
Juice WRLD’s ‘Already Dead’ Debuts in Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
The late Juice WRLD brings his top 10 total on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart to an even dozen as “Already Dead” debuts at No. 6 on the chart dated Nov. 27. The single previews the artist’s second posthumous album, Fighting Demons, set for release Dec. 10, nearly two years to the day since the rapper died of an opioid overdose on Dec. 8, 2019. With “Already Dead” securing Juice WRLD’s 12th top 10, here’s an updated look at his career collection on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Song Title, Artist (if other than Juice WRLD), Peak Position, Peak Date“Lucid Dreams,” No. 1 for two weeks, Oct. 6, 2018“Bandit,” with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, No. 5, Dec. 21, 2019“Godzilla,” Eminem featuring Juice WRLD, No. 3, Feb. 1, 2020“Righteous,” No. 8, May 9, 2020“Wishing Well,” No. 4, July 25, 20...
Polo G’s Michael Jackson Interpolation Hits Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
Polo G scores his fourth top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as his new single, “Bad Man (Smooth Criminal),” debuts at No. 10 on the list dated Nov. 27. “Bad Man” owes virtually all of its high debut to its 11.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending Nov. 18, according to MRC Data. That eight-figure sum yields a No. 8 start on R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs and No. 6 on Rap Streaming Songs. In addition, it does manage to gain a few activity points from sales (1,000) in that same window, with negligible radio airplay contributions. [embedded content] “Bad Man” becomes Polo G’s fourth top 10 appearance on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, following his 2019 breakthrough hit “Pop Out,” featuring Lil Tjay (No. 7), a featured role on the following year’s Juice WRLD and Marshmello’s...
‘Chosen’ One: Blxst, Tyga & Ty Dolla $ign Top Rhythmic Airplay Chart
Rising rapper Blxst crosses off a career milestone on Billboard’s charts with a first radio airplay No. 1. His single “Chosen,” with Tyga and featuring Ty Dolla $ign, advances from the runner-up slot to lead the Rhythmic Airplay chart dated Nov. 27. “Chosen” ascends through an 8% boost in plays at U.S. monitored rhythmic radio stations to become the format’s most-played song in the week ending Nov. 21, according to MRC Data. “Chosen” gives the 29-year-old rapper, born Matthew Burdette, his first Rhythmic Airplay champ on his third appearance. He logged his first visit in a featured role on Bino’s “Brand New,” which reached No. 33 in 2020, and followed that with his own track “Overrated,” a No. 22 success in May. [embedded content] For Tyga, “Chosen” secures his third No. 1 on Rhythmic Airp...
TWICE’s ‘Formula’ Equals Success on Top Album Sales Chart
TWICE collects its second top 10 album on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, and largest sales week yet, as Formula of Love: O+T=<3 debuts at No. 2 on the Nov. 27-dated chart. It sold 58,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 18, marking the biggest sales frame for the South Korean girl group yet, surpassing the 43,000-sales launch of Taste of Love in June (No. 1 debut). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Of Formula of Love: O+T=<3’s 58,000 sold, physical album sales comprise 56,000 (all from its CD editions) and digital album sales comprise 2,000. Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of the new album was issued in multiple collectible packages (six, including two Target-exclusive editions) each with a set of standard internal pa...
Gared O’Donnell, Planes Mistaken for Stars Singer, Dies at 44
Gared O’Donnell, the singer of post-hardcore band Planes Mistaken for Stars, has died. He was 44. The band shared the news in a social media post. In August 2020, O’Donnell revealed he had Stage 3 esophageal cancer. “It is impossible to express the depth of sorrow in which we must announce that Gared O’Donnell, our brother, our leader, our captain, who has done more to cultivate love and light in this world than any of us can understand, has moved on from his physical form here with us and crossed the rainbow bridge into the eternal ether. In his final days/hours, he was surrounded by the love of his family, his friends, his bandmates, and many others from afar,” the statement said. O’Donnell joined forces with guitarist Mat Bellinger, drummer Mike Ricketts, and bassist Aaron Wise to form ...
Watch MASTODON Perform ‘Teardrinker’ On ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’
Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON performed the song “Teardrinker” on last night’s (Tuesday, November 23) episode of “Late Night With Seth Meyers”. You can now watch their appearance below. “Teardrinker” is taken from MASTODON‘s latest album, “Hushed And Grim”, which came out on October 29. The follow-up to 2017’s “Emperor Of Sand” was recorded at West End Sound, which is located inside of Ember City, the rehearsal facility that members of MASTODON manage in Atlanta. Helming the effort was Grammy-winning producer/mixer/engineer David Bottrill, who has previously worked with MUSE, DREAM THEATER and TOOL, among many others. The “Hushed And Grim” artwork was created by longtime MASTODON collaborator...
FRANK BELLO On ANTHRAX’s Longevity: ‘We Are Brothers’
In a new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio, ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello was asked what the glue is that has kept him and his bandmates together for 40 years. He responded: “Booze. No. I’m kidding. [Laughs] You know what it is? We are brothers. As much as brothers have their things — and look, we’re no angels; we have our brawls. We’re like brothers, and we have arguments about writing and stuff like that. But we all know we’ve been through a lot together. Look, I’ve known these guys, God, since I was 16, 17 years old, and I’ve been in the same band. I got in ANTHRAX when I was 17 years old. So, these guys — I spent more time with the guys in my band than I have with my family at this point. So we all know each other pretty well, I wou...
WHITESNAKE Has ‘Something Special’ Planned To Coincide With Farewell Tour Launch
David Coverdale has revealed that WHITESHAKE is planning “a very special project” to coincide with the band’s farewell tour which kicks off in spring 2022. The WHITESNAKE leader also said that there is little chance of John Sykes appearing with the band, even in a one-off capacity during the tour. Coverdale made the comments while speaking to Eonmusic about the band’s just-released 25th-anniversary edition of the “Restless Heart” album. Speaking to Eamon O’Neill about the farewell dates, which kick off in Dublin on May 10, 2022, Coverdale said: “We have this farewell tour, and when I say that I’m retiring, I’m retiring from touring at this level. It’s so huge and it takes months and months and months to set up. I was hoping,...
IAN GILLAN On RONNIE JAMES DIO: ‘We Were Very Close’
In a recent interview with Vikram Chandrasekar of Tales From The Road, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan was asked if he was good friends with legendary heavy metal frontman Ronnie James Dio. “Yeah, we were close. We were very close,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “It was Ronnie Dio, Klaus Meine [SCORPIONS] and myself; we were on a tour together. And, of course, as you probably know, Klaus and Ronnie are diminutive figures — they’re not very tall — and I’m just over six foot. And so we had a photograph taken together with me in the middle and the two little ones on either side of me. And it was hilarious. And we got the picture pinned up in the dressing room, and it was called ‘the three fivers’ as opposed to ‘the three tenners.&#...
Siesta Key‘s Garrett Miller And Makenna Quesenberry Are Engaged
Garrett Miller just made Makenna Quesenberry his “forever n ever”: The Siesta Key couple is engaged! “Dear my love, I promised you that I’d be with you & only you till the day I ask you to marry me,” Garrett captioned the heartwarming album from the proposal. “Well today is that day where I asked you to be my forever n ever. Words can’t describe this feeling or emotions I’m feeling right now but I can’t stop smiling. The thing is I knew since the night I met you when I kept telling you this is destiny, I didn’t have a doubt in my mind that it wasn’t.” He continued: We’ve been through so much together which has made it feel like a lifetime already but guess what that’s exactly what we get to do. I truly ...
