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SLIPKNOT Concert In Alabama Canceled Due To Flooding At Venue
Last week’s flash flooding in Alabama has forced the cancelation of SLIPKNOT‘s October 24 concert at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham. On Thursday (October 14), SLIPKNOT issued the following statement via social media: “Due to flooding of the venue caused by recent storms in the area, we are unfortunately unable to play our October 24th show at Oak Mountain Amphitheater. All of our fans and everyone in Birmingham is in our thoughts and we look forward to coming back and playing for you all soon! Stay safe. Refunds will be available at point of purchase, tickets purchased online will be refunded automatically.” The Pelham area was one of the hardest hit in the Birmingham metro area by the heavy rainfall on October 6 which produced widespread flash flooding in Alab...
CODE ORANGE Cancels Headlining Shows Due To ‘Newly Enhanced COVID Protocols’ On SLIPKNOT Tour
CODE ORANGE has canceled five previously announced headlining shows due to “newly enhanced COVID protocols” on the band’s U.S. tour as the support act for SLIPKNOT. This past July, CODE ORANGE announced a handful of fall 2021 headline tour dates that were supposed to see the band making stops in several markets as they simultaneously traversed the country on “Knotfest Roadshow”. The “Knotfest Roadshow” tour, also featuring KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and FEVER 333, kicked off in late September and is scheduled to wrap up in Arizona in early November. Earlier today, CODE ORANGE released the following statement via social media: “ANNOUNCEMENT: due to newly enhanced COVID protocols on the Knotfest Roadshow Tour, we are no longer able to perform at our upc...
EXODUS Releases Lyric Video For New Song ‘The Years Of Death And Dying’
San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS will release their new album, “Persona Non Grata”, on November 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The official lyric video for the disc’s third single, “The Years Of Death And Dying”, can be viewed below. Drummer Tom Hunting comments: “‘The Years Of Death And Dying’ started out as a poem, from the perspective of Death, being a thinking entity, always watching and looking for weakness and opportunity to come calling for people. A Grim Reaper story. We were losing legends: Bowie, Cash, Petty, Prince, Frey… the list goes on and on. Then we started losing family members and friends in our own orbit. Anyway, the title came first, then the poem, which became a song. I shared the lyrics with Gary [Holt,...
Watch SYSTEM OF A DOWN Perform ‘Protect The Land’ And ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’ Live For First Time
SYSTEM OF A DOWN played the songs “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz” live for the very first time during its October 15 concert at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Front-row fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz” are the only two songs the Los Angeles-based outfit has managed to record since ending its hiatus in 2011. Released last November, the tracks were motivated by the recently erupted conflict between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, with all proceeds supporting humanitarian efforts in SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s ancestral homeland of Armenia. Along with other donations from fans on their social pages, they have raised over $600,000. This past April, SYSTEM OF A ...
Carly Pearce Reveals Winners for 2021 CMA Broadcast Awards
The nominees for broadcast personality of the year were evaluated based on aircheck, ratings, community involvement and biographical information; while nominees for radio station of the year were evaluated based on aircheck, ratings, community involvement and format leadership. Market size was based on population as determined by Nielsen. Here’s the full list of winners. CMA broadcast personality of the year Weekly national: Country Countdown USA, Lon Helton – Westwood OneDaily national: CMT After Midnite, Cody Alan – Premiere NetworksMajor Market: Double-L, Lois Lewis – KNIX, Phoenix, Ariz.Large Market: Ridder, Scott and Shannen, “Ridder” Shaun Ridderbush, Scott Dolphin, and Shannen Oesterreich – WMIL, Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.Medium market: Mo & St...
Jussie Smollett Trial Date Set After Judge Refuses Dismissal Request
But Judge James Linn noted that Smollett’s case now was being led by a special prosecutor appointed by another judge, an arrangement that he would not upset. Linn said jury selection in Smollett’s trial would start Nov. 29. Smollett, a gay Black man, told police in 2019 that two masked men attacked him when he was in Chicago working on “Empire.” But he was charged weeks later with filing a false police report, after investigators concluded that he staged the attack and paid two brothers to carry it out because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career. That case, however, was dropped. The case was revived when a special prosecutor charged Smollett with disorderly conduct over the police reports. The actor has pleaded not guilty. Although Uche tried to have the case d...
Here’s Why Cardi B Isn’t Talking About Politics As Much As She Used To
The 29-year-old MC received a lot of flak when she released her sexually explicit Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “WAP” collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion. And Cardi aptly described the song as “the one that had Republicans crying on Fox News about it.” Ben Shapiro read the uncomfortably censored lyrics on his own show shortly after the single dropped in August 2020 and sarcastically analyzed what part the song plays in the feminist movement. And when Cardi interviewed now-President Joe Biden as well as former Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Shapiro brought his fellow conservative commentator Candace Owens onto his show, who claimed the tactics were “pandering” to Black American voter...
Live Nation, Oak View Group and GL Events Team Up for New São Paolo Arena
The 20,000-capacity venue begins construction next year and is slated to open in 2024. Live Nation, the world’s largest entertainment company, and global development company Oak View Group are teaming up for a 20,000-capacity arena in São Paulo, Brazil. The city’s mayor, Ricardo Nunes, announced the collaboration — which will be in partnership with Brazilian-based event company GL Events — on Friday (Oct. 15). The city of São Paulo, which has a population of 12 million, awarded the three entities a 30-year lease for the Anhembi campus, which spans 4 million square feet. Arena São Paulo, as it will be called, will anchor the Anhembi entertainment district and produce live even...
PinkPantheress Drops Debut Mixtape to hell with it: Stream
TikTok pop phenom PinkPantheress has dropped her debut mixtape to hell with it. Stream it below via Apple Music or Spotify. The British producer is about 20 years old, and that’s an estimate because she’s either cultivating an air of mystery, or just clinging to some semblance of privacy in our increasingly online world. Her music is steeped in turn-of-the-millennium sounds — what she has called the “new nostalgic.” In an interview with i-D, she talked about her fascination with the early aughts, explaining, “The music was so unpolished and cool because I feel like people weren’t afraid of being a little bit cringe. It was all way more experimental.” Advertisement Related Video This shows up in her samples, which can feel like an easter egg hunt for older listeners. Her...
The Beatles Officially Join TikTok
Here comes the sun, because The Beatles are officially on TikTok. The news coincides with the release of the previously-announced special edition reissue of Let It Be, The Beatles’ twelfth and final studio album as a group, which was released in May 1970. TikTok users will now be able to use 36 of the rock band’s most iconic hits to soundtrack their videos, including “Get Back,” “Across the Universe,” and, of course, the ever-popular title track. TikTok will also be home to exclusive content from the recording process of Let It Be, with fans able to watch archival, behind-the-scenes footage of the creation of individual songs from the album as well as interviews with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Advertisement Related Video The band joins the social media platform just in time for #Rockt...
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Unveil New Album Sticky: Stream
UK punk rockers Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have just released their latest album, Sticky. The full LP is available to stream below. Sticky marks the band’s fourth album, following up 2019’s End of Suffering. Carter and company unveiled a few singles prior to the release, including “Sticky,” “My Town,” and “Get a Tattoo” (for which Heavy Consequence exclusively premiered the music video). “This entire record is a celebration of everything that has been taken away from us, the chaos that makes us human,” said Carter in a press release. “The emotional scavengers we are, hunting around in all the wrong places for an immediate feeling we can compartmentalize and inject straight into our hearts without fear of consequence.” Advertisement Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have establis...
‘The Batman’ Director Matt Reeves Teases New Upcoming Trailer, Riddler Poster Drops
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matt Reeves / Twitter/@mattreevesLA As Batman fans eagerly await Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s iteration of the Dark Knight in The Batman, the director has been teasing his upcoming film and fans are going crazy on social media. After dropping a soundbite featuring Pattinson’s voice as the Dark Knight, Reeves decided to share a photo on Twitter which shows us what Gotham City will be looking like at the break of dawn. In the post we see Batman overlooking the city he protects which lowkey looks just like Christopher Nolan’s version of Gotham. In the post Reeves wrote “Good Morning, from Gotham City…Can’t wait to show you more at #DCFanDome this Saturday…#TheBatman #Trailer Shot.” Fans cannot wait for the next trailer to The Batman which is set to pre...
