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Astroworld Fest Confirms Saturday Is Canceled Following Friday Night Tragedy
According to Houston Fire Department Chief Samuel Peña at a press conference, the “mass casualty” event occurred at 9:38 p.m. local time at Houston’s NRG Park. Estimating the crowd’s attendance at around 50,000, Peña said trouble started shortly after 9 p.m. when “the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage and that caused some panic and started causing some injuries. People began to fall out and become unconscious and that created additional panic.” Per Peña, Astroworld’s medical tent and staff was “quickly overwhelmed” by the scale of the incident, after which the Houston fire department stepped in and dispatched 50 units. Travis Scott — who brought out Drake as a surprise guest during his Astroworld...
Ex-GUNS N’ ROSES Guitarist DJ ASHBA Releases Music Video For His Cover Of Italian Folk Classic ‘Bella Ciao’
Former GUNS N’ ROSES and current SIXX:A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba has released the official music video for his new single, “Bella Ciao”. Produced by Ashba, the reimagined track gives a modern day EDM-driven makeover to the Italian folk classic, complemented by DJ‘s signature guitar work, creating a dance/rock hybrid called GDM (Guitar Dance Music). The new single marks Ashba‘s first release of 2021 and follows a series of tracks that released in late 2020 through Edgeout Records/UMG/UMe, including “Hypnotic”, “Let’s Dance” and “A Christmas Storm”. “After becoming completely obsessed with ‘Money Heist’, I became so inspired by ‘Bella Ciao’ and the history of the song,” stated Ashba. R...
NITA STRAUSS To Play Boxing Champion MIKAELA MAYER To Ring For Historic Title Unification Bout
Nita Strauss, the guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, will play Olympic medalist and WBO super featherweight world boxing champion Mikaela Mayer to the ring for the historic title unification fight on ESPN Top Rank, the first-ever female world title main event in the four-plus-year history of the series. Mikaela faces current IBF champion Maiva Hamadouche in the huge unification clash in Las Vegas tonight (Friday, November 5). Nita and Mikaela have been friends since they were teenagers, when they played and toured together in Los Angeles metal band LIA-FAIL. Once the short-lived act fell apart, both women went in separate directions with Mayer turning her focus to fighting and Strauss doubling down and further pursuing her career as a world-renowned guitarist, performer and solo ar...
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD On Still Performing At Age 70: ‘I Genuinely From The Heart Do Not Want It To End
In a new interview with Decibel magazine, JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford reflected on the fact that he is still performing and recording five decades after the band’s inception. “Most people in England are retired at 50,” the 70-year-old singer said. “You put your feet up; it’s the end. You start puttering around your garden and sitting in your deck chair with a cup of tea. It’s true that you thought back then that rock ‘n’ roll was a young man’s adventure, that even 50 is a stretch. “There was a little kid at a [PRIEST] recent show. He was on his dad’s shoulders, and he knew all the words to all these PRIEST songs. He was like eight years old. I brought him up on the stage and signed his shirt. And that’s when I go...
Watch SLIPKNOT Perform New Single ‘The Chapeltown Rag’ Live For First Time
SLIPKNOT performed its new single, “The Chapeltown Rag”, live for the first time ever Friday night (November 5) at Knotfest Los Angeles. The event was livestreamed as it happened, giving fans access to both the studio version and SLIPKNOT‘s live performance of “The Chapeltown Rag” within only hours of its premiere. The studio version of “The Chapeltown Rag”, which was released Friday morning, was produced by Joe Baressi, who has previously worked with AVENGED SEVENFOLD, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and CHEVELLE, among many others. SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor described the song to Knotfest.com as “a punisher,” saying it documents what happens when the distortions of mass media circulate within the echo chambers of social media. “It&#...
Nation of Language on Finding Their Momentum Over the Pandemic: “It Feels Like Winning the Lottery”
Several years ago, Ian Devaney found his NYC musical project at a standstill. “At one point, it was like half the band suddenly and separately moved to Los Angeles,” he says. “I was like, ‘Oh, I guess this has run its course, because everyone’s gone.’” Luckily, Devaney found, well, a way forward (pun intended). In addition to his longtime collaborator and bassist Michael Sue-Poi, Devaney’s wife Aiden Noell joined the band on synths, and Nation of Language was born. It was not without hardship — after releasing their debut album Introduction, Presence in early 2020, the pandemic set in and left the band without any shows to play: “We always felt like the live show was the thing that would really kind of capture people’s attention and imagination… how would anyone ever find this r...
Mastodon Apologize for Brent Hinds’ Use of Homophobic Slur, Insist Band Has “No Ill Will Towards Disturbed”
Yesterday, Mastodon singer-guitarist Brent Hinds made headlines when he expressed his disdain for touring with Disturbed on the Mayhem Festival outing in 2008. In the course of insulting his fellow metal band, he used a homophobic slur. Now, singer-drummer Brann Dailor has apologized on behalf of Mastodon for Hinds’ offensive language, while also insisting that his band has “no ill will towards Disturbed.” As we previously reported, HInds was asked on Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta’s podcast if there were any bucket-list bands he’d like to tour with. Instead, he chose to focus on bands with whom he regretted touring. “I did a lot of tours I didn’t want to do, though, like Disturbed and all that Mayhem stupid bullshit,” remarked Hinds, before using the offensive slur: “Gay ass shit.” He con...
Of Monsters and Men Reflect on the “Beautiful, Dark Forest” of My Head Is an Animal at 10
It’s been a decade since Of Monsters and Men released their debut album My Head Is an Animal in their home country of Iceland in September 2011. The success of the LP and its rollicking lead single “Little Talks” led to a deal with Republic Records, over a million records sold, a permanent spot on the festival circuit both in Europe and Stateside, and an enduring, fervent fanbase. “It’s a super special album,” Ragnar (“Raggi”) Þórhallsson, the group’s co-lead vocalist/guitarist, tells Consequence over Zoom. “I’ve always cared for it — the simplicity of it is that it’s hard to create something simple and beautiful, and I think that album is that.” Released internationally in April 2012, My Head Is an Animal grabbed listeners not just for its catchy melodies, but for the group’s sense of adv...
Song of the Week: Radiohead Return to Their Roots with the Unearthed “Follow Me Around”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Radiohead dig out a fan favorite. Even if they’re been one of the most consistent rock bands to have emerged in the 1990s, you’d be hard-pressed to find a Radiohead fan who didn’t want even more Radiohead. Thom Yorke and company know they have hundreds and thousands of listeners wrapped around their finger, and rightfully so. “Follow Me Around,” a deep cut recorded during the band’s OK Computer sessions and officially released this week, only further evidences the alt-rock legends’ hot streak in the late ‘90s and early aught...
Eight Deaths Have Been Confirmed at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival
Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas has officially been cancelled due to eight reported deaths that occurred in a crowd surge on opening night. Emergency officials said that panic broke out as fans rushed to the front of the stage, leaving around 30 people injured with cuts and bruises. 11 people were taken to the hospital and are in cardiac arrest and eight deaths. The concert, which was attended by 50,000 people was meant to occur on November 5 – 6. According to the Houston Chronicle, Travis Scott stopped multiple times during his 75-minute set to make sure that fans in distress at the front of the stage were able to get help. He asked security to help them out in the crowd continuously. The concert later came to a stop when the organizers realized that many people were ...
JAY-Z Says Kanye West’s Comments About ‘The Blueprint’ and Just Blaze Are “Unfair”
JAY-Z recently did an interview on Twitter Spaces and spoke about Kanye West‘s recent Drink Champs interview. While much of Ye’s conversation revolved around targeting some of his peers in the industry, Jay was most taken aback by his remarks regarding Just Blaze and The Blueprint. Jay’s sixth studio album The Blueprint featured several producers including Kanye West and Just Blaze. In his interview, Ye was asked to choose he thought to be the better producer, Swizz Beatz or Blaze. The rapper then went on to rant that Blaze was just a copycat on Jay’s record. However, Hov took to Twitter to debunk the myth stating, “Nore sent me a piece and I’ve seen a couple pieces. I think, again, everyone is entitled to their opinion and everyone can, sees things through their own lens. Some of it could...
A$AP Rocky Gives New Music Updates and Reflects on 2019 Stockholm Arrest
A$AP Rocky has given fans a small glimpse of what to expect for his new music in his latest interview with Desus & Mero. The artist jumps right in to discuss his forthcoming album, All Smiles. Rocky reveals that he has been working hard at the album sharing, “I kinda been in the zone. Just, like, trying to isolate from everything, to try and stay focused and try not to be too influenced by everything but still keep my eye on what’s going on and stuff. I have just been low-key.” The artist also dives into how finds a unique sound with each of his albums later stating, “We really trying to just find what’s new, what’s fresh and stay on the forefront.” Later on in the interview, A$AP reflects on his highly publicized Stockholm arrest in 2019 and was even able to make a couple of jokes abo...
