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Mr Funny: A South-South Comic King with Cultural Mix in Comedy Skit Making
Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, popularly known as “Mumu Man”, Mr. Funny or Investor Sabinus, is the replica of a creator who draws comic inspirations, attributes, and creativity from a mix of the culture he grew up from and has been influenced. Mr. Funny, 26, was born and was raised in the Southern part of Nigeria in Port-Harcourt city, where creatives have been distinguished from a range of creators in the Nigerian creative industry. The likes of Burna Boy, Omah Lay, and more are seen in a new light. However, one can experience this reality from Mumu Man’s comedy skits. How he explores the core Port-Harcourt people’s culture whereby they react even as to how his comic activities present him in a state where he deserves almost every sympathy. Mumu man is always a victim of circumstance wheth...
Imanbek Teams Up With Hollywood Undead for Persevering Single, “Runaway”
Imanbek has returned with one of the most unexpected collaborations of the year, bringing a slew of new faces into the dance music fold in the process. Teaming up with California-based rap-rock group Hollywood Undead, Imanbek brings a new energy to the production side of “Runaway,” a track that represents something of a departure from his previous work. The hit-making, 20-year-old Grammy winner has come out on top in meteoric fashion over the last year on the back of numerous club-killing singles. With Hollywood Undead, Imanbek channels a new trap-inspired energy complimentary of the band’s no-holds-barred attitude. Recommended Articles A rallying cry for deriving strength even in the darkest times, “Runaway” is an energizing anthem that incorporates bot...
Watch Seven Lions Debut Unreleased REZZ Collab at EDC Las Vegas
After teasing fans with the promise of a dream collab on the horizon, REZZ and Seven Lions have offered a glimpse into what they have in store. Both artists performed at the momentous return of EDC Las Vegas over the weekend and threw down signature DJ sets in what will go down as the biggest electronic music festival of the year. During his performance, Seven Lions pampered the EDC faithful by debuting the unreleased collab, which should have fans salivating for an official release date. It hasn’t come yet, but they can find solace in a lengthy preview of the song which was shared on Twitter over the weekend. The track eschews Seven Lions’ classic melodic dubstep style and instead takes inspiration from his psy-trance alias, Abraxis, who also appeared at EDC Las Vegas 202...
MATT TUCK Says BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Already Has Six New Songs ‘Ready To Go’ Following Completion Of Self-Titled Album
Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will release their new, self-titled studio album on November 5. The follow-up to 2018’s “Gravity” was previously described by frontman Matt Tuck as “brutal, heavy and technical” as well as “more visceral and passionate than it’s ever been.” Asked by the “Everblack” podcast how the switch to a more aggressive approach came about, Tuck said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It just was what it was. We just kind of hit upon this sound and this way of writing songs right now in our career which we couldn’t be happier with. I just feel like the last six albums in 15 years plus has just all been channeling to this. That’s how it sounds to me. It’s got everything that ...
SLASH Explains ‘4’ Album Title
SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS will release their new album titled “4” 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). Speaking about the decision to call the LP “4”, Slash told Germany’s Rock Antenne (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I just called it ‘4’ because it’s our fourth record which I think is an important milestone. And then also because I didn’t want to give it a nice sort of cool, clever title that relates to something in particular because so much shit happened in 2020 that there&...
JUDAS PRIEST Shares New Trailer For ’50 Heavy Metal Years’ Book
JUDAS PRIEST and Rufus Publications have published the first-ever official book documenting the band’s extensive history over the last 50 years. Titled “Judas Priest – 50 Heavy Metal Years”, the book has been put together by David Silver, Ross Halfin and Jayne Andrews. This huge, 648-page coffee table book chronicles the history of the world’s foremost heavy metal band using hundreds of previously unseen, unpublished photographs from rock’s greatest photographers including Halfin, Neil Zlozower, Mark Weiss, Fin Costello, Oliver Halfin and many more. With a linking text by renowned journalist Mark Blake, the book explores the bands exciting history on stage and off in a unique photo documentary designed to excite fans and devotees of true heavy metal the world ...
PAPA ROACH To Release ‘Dying To Believe’ Single On Friday
California rockers PAPA ROACH will release a new single called “Dying To Believe” on Friday, October 29. A preview clip is available below. “Dying To Believe” will arrive weeks after the release of PAPA ROACH‘s previous two singles: “Swerve”, which was a collaboration with FEVER 333 frontman Jason Aalon Butler and Los Angeles rapper Sueco; and “Kill The Noise”. All three tracks are expected to appear on PAPA ROACH‘s upcoming eleventh studio album, due next year via the band’s own record company, New Noize Records, Inc., under exclusive license to ADA. This past May, PAPA ROACH singer Jacoby Shaddix spoke to the FM99 WNOR radio station about the band’s decision to release its next LP through its own label. Asked how the...
Yungblud Unveils Massive Life On Mars Tour
Yungblud announced the North American run of his Life On Mars tour. Set to perform 35 stops, Yungblud will kick things off in Athens, Georgia on January 26. He will be joined by Palaye Royale, Upsahl, pouty face, and Charlotte Sands along his scheduled route. The run follows the rocker’s U.K. Life On Mars tour that wraps up on December 8 in Glasgow. General public tickets for the North American tour will go on sale at 10 a.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 29. Yungblud’s pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. local time tomorrow, October 26, and a Spotify pre-sale begins at the same time on Wednesday, October 27. All tickets can be purchased on Yungblud’s website. The Yorkshire native’s most recent record is his sophomore weird! that debuted last December. SPIN repo...
The Surprising Success of Elton John’s The Lockdown Sessions
Elton John had to pause his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour due to the unfolding COVID pandemic in March 2020. His retirement plans may have been thwarted, but John took the opportunity to keep working. The result? An expansive collection of duets called The Lockdown Sessions, featuring artists like Dua Lipa, Stevie Wonder, Brandi Carlile, Eddie Vedder, Charlie Puth, and Stevie Nicks. The record’s most recently dropped, second single “Always Love You” featuring Young Thug and Nicki Minaj is already No. 1 on iTunes. [embedded content][embedded content] John launches into the beginning of the track, “I will always love you / Even if you let me go,” with Young Thug right behind him as if it were a Soundcloud remix. Previously, John’s duet with Dua Lipa went to No. 1 in the UK, causing John ...
Jamie Chung And Bryan Greenberg Welcome Twins
Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg’s real world now has “double the trouble”: The longtime couple just welcomed twins! “We got double the trouble now @jamiejchung,” the brand-new doting dad captioned the heartwarming Instagram video above cradling the newborns. The Challenge and Real World: San Diego alum sweetly commented on her husband’s clip with two red hearts. No other details were provided about the munchkins, but they certainly look like “Good Guys” (a reference to their mama’s Inferno 2 days). Jamie and Bryan’s relationship began in 2012, but they kept quiet during their early days as a couple. Fast-forward to their Christmas 2013 celebration: Bryan proposed while commemorating the holidays in her hometown of San Francisco. T...
Midlake Announce For The Sake of Bethel Woods, Release ‘Meanwhile…’
Midlake announced their fifth studio album For The Sake of Bethel Woods, and released its first single “Meanwhile…” For The Sake of Bethel Woods is out March 18, 2022, and is available for pre-order now. The record is inspired by band member Jesse Chandler’s home of Woodstock, New York, where his father moved after attending the legendary Woodstock festival. “At age 16 my father and his friend hitchhiked from Ridgewood, NJ to the Woodstock festival in 1969,” Chandler said. “This image of him with his hand to his face appears in the 1970 Woodstock documentary, as the camera pans across the crowd during John Sebastian’s set.” The band from Denton, Texas is also set to embark on a North American tour, taking off October 28 at Fort Worth, Texas’ Tulips. “For me, the picture of t...
On the Record: Tori Amos’ Ocean to Ocean
Artist: Tori Amos Album: Ocean to Ocean Number of tracks: 10 Label: Decca Records Release Date: October 29, 2021 “You need to write yourself out of this private little hell,” Tori Amos tells me, of her despair during the third UK COVID lockdown, and the message she’d received that led to her newest album Ocean to Ocean. “I think I threw my hands up in the air and said, ‘I don’t know.’ That’s where the songs began to meet me, where they said, ‘Let’s come from you’re feeling despondent, and you feel like you’re in your own private little hell because you do. You need to write from that place.’” As if by magic, Tori consistently manages to spin a thorny yarn into something artful and exquisite. From her signature crimson locks to her star sign, she isn’t a woman who’s merely walked through fi...
