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ALICE COOPER Announces January/February 2022 Tour Dates
Following his just-completed successful fall tour, Alice Cooper will be back on the road again in 2022, starting in Cincinnati on January 28 and running through February 8 in Orlando at the Hard Rock Live. He will then headline the Monsters Of Rock Cruise February 9-14. All dates are below. VIP pre-sale is set for Tuesday, November 2 at 10 a.m. local time in each market. The public on-sale follows on Friday, November 5 at 10 a.m. local time. Cooper, a Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, usually spends up to six months a year on the road, bringing his iconic brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock rock, Cooper (in both the original ALICE COOPER band and as a solo artist) has rattled the cages and undermi...
JOHN PETRUCCI On ‘A View From The Top Of The World’: ‘If You’re A DREAM THEATER Fan, You’re Going To Like This Album’
In a new interview with Japanese music critic and radio personality Masa Ito of TVK‘s “Rock City”, DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci spoke about the initial fan reception to the band’s fifteenth studio album, “A View From The Top Of The World”, which came out on October 22 via InsideOut Music/Sony Music. “It’s funny. Whenever we make new music, we’re not really sure how the audience will accept it or what they’ll think of it,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “But with this album, if you’re a DREAM THEATER fan, you’re going to like this album. It sounds very much like it’s exactly what we do. But it’s modern, so it sounds modern, it sounds like the band has definitely progressed...
RIVAL SONS Have A New Album ‘Almost In The Can’
In a recent interview with RadioactiveMike Z, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM radio program “Wired In The Empire”, RIVAL SONS guitarist Scott Holiday spoke about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the follow-up to 2019’s “Feral Roots” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We have a record almost in the can right now. We’re pretty much done. It’s just really difficult. Our dear friend Dave Cobb, our longtime producer, is a busy man, and he’s only gotten busier and harder to nail down. So with everything, between all the protocol and COVID stuff and finding time with him, and now he’s out on tour with Chris Stapleton where he plays acoustic guitar part time, we’re just looking for our window to...
Rolling Stone Unveils First Ever Digital Cover NFTs With Bored Ape Yacht Club
Rolling Stone is officially diving into the world of NFTs, announcing its first ever digital cover NFT created in partnership with Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC). The publication and BAYC will mint a digital cover image as an NFT, and will serve as one of two pieces from the collaboration that utilizes Rolling Stone’s logo. The full collection will feature a total of seven NFTs, including the two logo-infused animated cover designs by Yuga Labs and five commissioned pieces by NFT artists, each of which will focus on different Bored Apes or Mutant Apes. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Bored Ape Yacht Club,” Gus Wenner, President and COO of Rolling Stone, said in a statement. “The cultural groundswell associated with these artists is in line with movements Rolling Stone has covered for dec...
A$AP Ferg ft. Pharrell & The Neptunes “Green Juice,” Big Sean & Hit-Boy ft. Lil Durk & Bryson Tiller “Loyal To A Fault” & More | Daily Visuals 10.29.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Last week it was announced that A$AP Ferg had signed with Jay-Z’s ROC Nation imprint and with that came the news that Ferg would soon be dropping a new Neptunes produced track and we’ve finally gotten the highly anticipated new cut and a video to boot. For A$AP Ferg’s Neptunes assisted visuals to “Green Juice,” the Harlem representative finds himself traveling through a Matrix like reality where the people and environment are digitally constructed and deconstructed, but the nudity is blurred out old school style. Yes, there’s somewhat strong sexual content in this. Back in the bowling alley, Big Sean links up with Hit Boy, Bryson Tiller and Lil Durk to have some good ol’ fun and face off against rival bowling clicks in the clip to “Loyal To A Fault.” Bowling is h...
Donald Glover Drops ‘Atlanta’ Season 3 Trailer On The Low
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: gilga.com / FX Donald Glover’s award-winning Atlanta series on FX is coming back, and we finally have a trailer. On Sunday (October 31), the artist still known as Childish Gambino dropped a link via Twitter that made you sort of hunt for the teaser. The tweet sent you to gilga.com, but its “hours” of operation are from 8pm to 3am because it’s a “nite site.” Right. Related Stories So if you didn’t catch it at night, you missed it. But, this is the Internets, where people always find a way and you can watch it below. In the teaser, Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) is the only character from the series present, and he’s rocking gold chains and one of those Gucci sweaters from the brand’s “FAKE” collection. Behind Paper Boi (last officially seen at the end of At...
Grand Puba & Brand Nubian Affiliate DJ Stud Dugee Has Reportedly Passed Away
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Elektra / @HevNamedMeGrap Fans of Grand Puba and his solo efforts are well aware that he ventured off on his own with DJ Alamo of his group Brand Nubian and Stud Dugee in tow. According to a tweet from Grap Luva and others, Stud Doogie has reportedly passed away and some have chimed in with thoughts. Not much is known about the passing of Stud Dugee, and we must note that Grap Luva spelled the name Doogie and an older tweet from Brand Nubian’s Sadat X spells it as Doughie. We happened across the Facebook page of Ron Cherry, which we can confirm is the given name of DJ Stud Dugee. Via the page, Dugee’s connection to Hip-Hop elite circles spread far and wide as he shared photos with late legends Biz Markie, Black Rob, and also appears in photos with Ra...
Showtime Launches Multi-Year ‘HIP HOP 50’ Project, Nas To Direct First Documentary
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ESCOBAR CIGARS / ESCOBAR CIGARS This December Showtime will kick off HIP HOP 50, its multiyear, cross-platform programming initiative celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop. HIP HOP 50 will continue to run over the next three years and will encompass unscripted series and features, podcasts and digital shorts by and about some of the foremost names in the genre, culminating with the 50th anniversary of the genre in 2023. The initiative is driven by Nas and Mass Appeal Chief Creative Officer and Emmy-nominated partner Sacha Jenkins (WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN, BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES). VIDEO MUSIC BOX will chronicle the longest-running music video show in the world, Video Music Box, launched and hosted in Ne...
Outside Lands 2021 Photo Gallery: See Exclusive Portraits of Noga Erez, Claud, Bartees Strange and More
Over the Hallowen weekend (October 29th-31st), Tame Impala, Lizzo, Vampire Weekend, Glass Animals, The Strokes, Caroline Polachek, Sofi Tukker, Rico Nasty and more artists lit up the scenic Golden Gate Park for the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Consequence was on the ground all weekend, taking in the sights and sounds at the San Francisco fest. If you weren’t able to make it out, be sure to check out our full recap here. Photographer Kris Lori also caught up with some artists backstage; see our photo gallery of Outside Lands 2021 portraits below. You can also take a look at our daily live galleries from Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 of the festival. Advertisement Related Video Share this: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a ...
Judge Tosses Out Restraining Order Requests Filed Against Josh Homme on Behalf of Sons
On Friday, a judge dismissed the pending restraining order petitions filed against Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme on behalf of his two young sons. Judge Lawrence Riff ruled that Homme’s ex-wife and the boys’ mother, Brody Dalle, had sought the restraining orders without the proper court authorization, according to Rolling Stone. The petitions previously failed to win emergency approval. A restraining order taken out against Homme by the former couple’s 15-year-old daughter remains in place. Advertisement Related Video Homme also took the stand on Friday to testify in a contempt hearing related to Dalle’s refusal to share custody with Homme during the times allotted he him in August and September of this year. Dalle has pleaded not guilty to the charge. The trial is set to begi...
Carole Baskin Sues Netflix for Using Footage of Her In Tiger King 2
Chances are that during the early weeks of the pandemic, you spent more time with Carole Baskin than your best friends. But the big cat rights activist, who rose to national fame last year with Netflix‘s Tiger King, isn’t so keen on returning to the small screen: Baskin and her husband, Harold, are suing the streaming giant for using footage of her in the forthcoming sequel, Tiger King 2. According to Variety, the colorful couple filed suit in their Tampa hometown Monday (November 1st) against both Netflix and the show’s production company, Royal Goode Productions. In the documents, Baskin alleges that Royal Goode breached contract by continuing to use footage of her in Tiger King 2, as they had only legally agreed to appear in the docuseries’ first season. The Baskins also added that they...
Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson Documentary Coming to Hulu This Month
Now that Britney has effectively been freed, FX and Hulu are following up their New York Times Presents documentary Framing Britney Spears with a deep dive into Janet Jackson’s ill-fated performance at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. Entitled Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson, the documentary will explore the events that went down that evening and the pop culture shift that followed. In the off chance that you need a recap, Jackson found herself at the crux of a professional and personal crisis when she took the stage with Justin Timberlake at the Super Bowl in 2004. Near the end of the halftime show, Timberlake briefly exposed Jackson’s breast to millions of viewers. The move left Timberlake’s legacy intact, but unfairly tarnished Jackson’s for years to com...
