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Exploring Potential Alternative Revenue Streams for Musicians
Musicians throughout Nigeria have primarily focused their efforts to expanding their networks through live performances. Artists who compose their own musical works have opportunities to showcase their talents at performance venues, concert halls, bars, and many other places locally with the hopes of being discovered. However, are playing gigs and performing at venues the best way to accumulate revenue for musicians? Up until the global pandemic of COVID-19, there weren’t many other options that musicians explored for earning revenue besides playing live shows. However, when the pandemic hit and people were forced to stay home, concerts and live performances were canceled, so playing at any venue was no longer an option. Many Nigerian musicians and other independent artists aro...
Lady Gaga Poses Nude for ‘British Vogue,’ Talks Playing Patrizia Reggiani in ‘House of Gucci’
Though Gaga went all in with method acting while playing Patrizia, she also revealed that she never took the next step — meeting Patrizia Reggiani in person to get a better idea of what she is like in real life, minus the tabloid fodder. “I only felt that I could truly do this story justice if I approached it with the eye of a curious woman who was interested in possessing a journalistic spirit so that I could read between the lines of what was happening in the film’s scenes,” she said, adding that “nobody was going to tell me who Patrizia Gucci was. Not even Patrizia Gucci.” Playing the role for such a long time — which Gaga says consisted of a year and a half — got in the singer-turned actress’ head. “I had some psychological difficulty at ...
H.E.R. Is Top Nominee at 2021 Soul Train Awards; Maxwell & Ashanti to Receive Special Awards: Exclusive
The Soul Train Awards, which recognizes the best in soul and R&B, will be taped at the legendary Apollo theater in Harlem on Nov. 20. It will premiere on Sunday, Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET and BET Her. As previously announced, Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold will co-host the show for the fourth consecutive year. The show will be special on two counts. This will mark the first time the show has been taped at the Apollo (or in New York, for that matter). It will also honor the 50th anniversary of Soul Train, which made its debut in October 1971. Maxwell will receive the Legend award, which has gone in recent years to Babyface (2015), Teddy Riley (2016), Toni Braxton (2017), Erykah Badu (2018) and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (2019). “It’s an honor to be presented with the Legend awa...
Doja Cat & Adele in Billboard & VersusGame Matchups: Recapping the Latest Winners
Will Doja Cat have two simultaneous top 10s on the next Hot 100?Answer: No. Doja Cat has one top 10 on the latest Hot 100, with “Need to Know.” The song rises 11-9, becoming her fourth career top 10. Prior single “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, helped make way for her new top 10, as it dips 10-12, after hitting No. 3. As announced last week, Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes and monetize trend predictions. Billboard is hosting biweekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite artists and songs and wager on who will top the charts and more. In previ...
Halestorm Is ‘Back’ at No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart
Concurrently, “Back” climbs 13-11 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay ranking with 2.6 million audience impressions, up 7%, according to MRC Data. It’s the band’s highest-charting song ever on the tally, having exceeded the No. 15 peak of “I Miss the Misery” in November 2012. “Back” also leaps 17-11 on the multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, equaling its best rank first reached in early September. In the Oct. 22-28 tracking week, in addition to its radio audience, it earned 157,000 U.S. streams. A release date for Halestorm’s latest album has not yet been announced. The group’s most recent album, Vicious, debuted at No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts in August 2018 and ha...
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Releases Cover of Sparks’ ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us’
In 2006, Weird Al Yankovic paid homage to the alt-pop duo Sparks in his parodied “Virus Alert” on his Straight Outta Lynwood album. Having already appeared in the Sparks documentary, directed by Edgar Wright earlier this year, Yankovic dropped an accordion cover of the Mael brothers’ “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us.” “Edgar asked me to bring my accordion to the Q&A session and perform the Sparks classic for him, and I gladly obliged,” Yankovic said in a statement. “I’m sure I could have played it better, but Edgar was happy with the first take – one and done, baby!” [embedded content][embedded content] Yankovic’s performance is featured in the bonus disc of the Blu-Ray release of The Sparks Brothers. Last October, SPIN‘s Jonah Ray interviewed Yankovic for our ...
JOHN 5 Releases Cinematic Music Video For ‘Land Of The Misfit Toys’
ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 has released a cinematic music video for his solo song “Land Of The Misfit Toys”. The clip is set in 1980 and tells the tale of a young John Lowery who stumbles into a haunted house and becomes possessed by an entity. This entity gradually turns him into the guitar-shredding face-painted icon we all now know as John 5. “Land Of The Misfit Toys” is taken from John 5‘s brand new solo album, “Sinner”, which was released on Friday, October 29 via Big Machine Records and is available everywhere now. Speaking on the new track and accompanying video, John 5 shares: “‘Land of The Misfit Toys’ is my favorite track on the record. It’s a real epic and the longest track on the new album. “I was watching...
SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS Drop Lyric Video For New Single ‘The River Is Rising’
The official lyric video for “The River Is Rising”, the opening track and first single from SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS‘ new album, titled “4”, can be seen below. Due on February 11, 2022, via Gibson Records in partnership with BMG, “4” is Slash‘s fifth solo album and fourth overall with his band featuring Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass, vocals) and Frank Sidoris (guitar, vocals). Last month, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS released the official music video for “The River Is Rising”, shot on location in downtown Los Angeles with Gibson TV director Todd Harapiak. In a “Behind The Track” clip uploaded to Slash‘s official YouTube channel, he sta...
Watch SEBASTIAN BACH Perform SKID ROW’s ‘Slave To The Grind’ Album In Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Fan-filmed video footage of Sebastian Bach‘s October 26 performance at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg, Pennsylvania can be seen below. The former SKID ROW singer recently returned to the stage for a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band’s double-platinum, acclaimed album “Slave To The Grind”. The trek kicked off on September 25 in Waterloo, New York and will wrap in San Diego, California on December 17. Last month, Sebastian was asked in a new interview with Rockin’ Metal Revival if he ever regrets writing such high vocal parts that he now has to reproduce live on stage three decades later. He responded: “All I can tell you is that I’ve been singing so much in the last four or months. I can’t tell you exactly what I was doing ye...
MEGADETH To Release ‘A Night In Buenos Aires’ Multimedia Concert Extravaganza From 2005
Hot on the heels of the first-ever commercial release earlier this year of a rare acoustic set from 2001, “Unplugged In Boston”, metal giants MEGADETH have another treat in store for fans: a monster, fully electrified and electrifying concert extravaganza filmed in Argentina 2005 to a stadium full of 25,000 adoring fans. Due on November 26, “A Night In Buenos Aires” finds founder/vocalist Dave Mustaine leading his band of metal magicians — guitarist Glen Drover, drummer Shawn Drover, and bassist James MacDonough — through several of MEGADETH‘s best-loved tracks, including “Symphony Of Destruction”, “Tornado Of Souls” and “Holy Wars…The Punishment Due”, plus tracks from the then-brand-new album “The System Has Fai...
Juice WRLD Earns 50 Posthumous Platinum and Gold Certifications
Late Chicago rapper Juice WRLD‘s continued impact on the music industry is nothing short of legendary. On Tuesday, it was announced that the hip-hop icon received 50 posthumous RIAA platinum and gold certifications. Among the multitude of plaques, “Lucid Dreams” received nine-time platinum certification, and “All Girls Are the Same” earned five-time platinum certification. Meanwhile, Death Race for Love received two-time platinum certification, Goodbye and Good Riddance obtained its third platinum certification and Legends Never Die earned its second platinum certification. DJ Akademiks shared the full list of Juice WRLD’s newest RIAA certifications on Instagram. Since his passing, Juice WRLD has made several posthumous appearances on projects for the likes of Young Thu...
Juice WRLD Earns 50 Posthumous Platinum and Gold Certifications
Late Chicago rapper Juice WRLD‘s continued impact on the music industry is nothing short of legendary. On Tuesday, it was announced that the hip-hop icon received 50 posthumous RIAA platinum and gold certifications. Among the multitude of plaques, “Lucid Dreams” received nine-time platinum certification, and “All Girls Are the Same” earned five-time platinum certification. Meanwhile, Death Race for Love received two-time platinum certification, Goodbye and Good Riddance obtained its third platinum certification and Legends Never Die earned its second platinum certification. DJ Akademiks shared the full list of Juice WRLD’s newest RIAA certifications on Instagram. Since his passing, Juice WRLD has made several posthumous appearances on projects for the likes of Young Thu...
