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R.I.P. Paddy Moloney, Chieftans Leader Dead at 83
Paddy Moloney, leader of the pioneering Celtic band The Chieftans, has died at the age of 83. In a sign of Moloney’s massive importance, especially in his native Ireland, news of his death was announced by the country’s president, Michael D Higgins. “The Irish music community, and indeed the much larger community throughout the world who found such inspiration in his work, will have learnt with great sadness today of the passing of Paddy Moloney, founder and leader of the Chieftains,” Higgins said in a statement released on Tuesday. “Paddy, with his extraordinary skills as an instrumentalist, notably the uileann pipes and bodhrán, was at the forefront of the renaissance of interest in Irish music, bringing a greater appreciation of Irish music and culture internationally.” A native of Dubl...
Watch This DJ Perform for 192 Passengers at Rave Aboard International Flight
French dance music artist Charles B threw quite a party over the weekend—30,000 feet in the air. The Parisian DJ entertained travelers on an international flight with a full performance which spanned the entire trip from Paris to Malta, he told EDM.com. The two-and-a half-hour set saw Charles dropping a medley of house tunes, from surefire party starters such as Daft Punk’s “One More Time” to singalong cuts like David Guetta’s remix of Shouse’s “Love Tonight.” The normal cabin lights were dimmed down, leaving a rapid swirl of neon lights from external machines and the glow of passengers donning LED headwear to wash the area in a sea of color. Charles B tells EDM.com that a total of 192 people (186 passengers, four stew...
THE OFFSPRING Guitarist Calls Capitol Rioter ASHLI BABBITT ‘A Dead Terrorist’ Who Was ‘Recruited’ By TRUMP
THE OFFSPRING guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman has blasted Ashli Babbitt, the woman who was fatally shot while invading the U.S. Capitol on January 6, calling her a “dead terrorist.” The 35-year-old former Air Force veteran was killed by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd while she was attempting to climb through a broken doorway window and into the Speaker’s Lobby during the riots at the Capitol. After Babbitt ignored law enforcement pleas, a police officer fired a single shot, and the rioter later died at a local hospital. Earlier today, Noodles tweeted: “Aside from herself, no one is more responsible for the death of Ashli Babbit than Donald Trump. His lies led her to be at the front of a violent attack on our Capitol. She’s not a martyr, she...
Måsstaden Under Vatten – VILDHJARTA
RATING: 8.5/10 Eight years have passed since VILDHJARTA released a new record (the superb “Thousands Of Evils” EP), and the heavy music landscape has changed sufficiently that the Swedes’ long-awaited full-length sounds every bit as contrary and otherworldly as its predecessor (“Måsstaden”) did in 2011, despite the familiarity of their crushing, futuristic sound. Frequently dismissed as MESHUGGAH clones, VILDHJARTA only share some bare-bones rudiments with their fellow countrymen: most notably giant, seven-string riffs and a shared disdain for traditional time signatures. Dig deeper into this sprawling, 81-minute colossus and it becomes abundantly clear that VILDHJARTA have been steadily evolving as time has ticked inexorably on. “Lavender Haze”...
DOKKEN To Be Rejoined By GEORGE LYNCH For Two Shows In December
DOKKEN has announced a seven-date fall 2021 tour of California. The trek will kick off on October 21 in Agoura Hills and will conclude with a pair of shows at the legendary West Hollywood venue Whisky A Go Go. The Whisky dates will see DOKKEN reunited with guitarist George Lynch. Tour dates: Oct. 21 – The Canyon – Agoura Hills, CA Oct. 22 – The Canyon – Santa Clarita, CA Oct. 23 – The Canyon – Montclair, CA Dec. 03 – Sycuan Casino – El Cajon, CA Dec. 04 – The Canyon at Oxnard PACC – Oxnard, CA Dec. 17 – Whisky A Go Go – West Hollywood, CA* Dec. 18 – Whisky A Go Go – West Hollywood, CA* * With special guest George Lynch Lynch previously rejoined DOKKEN on stage in July in Ashland, Virginia and in Moline, Ill...
KERRY KING: SLAYER Retired ‘Too Early’
Kerry King says that SLAYER retired “too early.” The 57-year-old guitarist touched upon his band’s decision to call it quits while recording a short video message to congratulate MACHINE HEAD on the San Francisco Bay Area act’s 30th anniversary. “So, I hear congratulations are in order for my friends in MACHINE HEAD,” King says in the clip. “Apparently, it’s 30 years, which is quite an achievement. Not a lot of bands get there. We did, and then we quit too early. Fuck us. Fuck me. I hate fucking not playing.” King went on to say that MACHINE HEAD is “the only band” he ever “demanded to open for SLAYER.” The two group’s shared the stage for the first time in 1994 when MACHINE HEAD had just released its debut...
‘Fortnite’ Reveals Upcoming KAWS ‘Fortnitemares’ Collaboration
KAWS is officially receiving the Fortnite treatment. As part of Fortnite‘s Halloween event, Fornitemares, Epic Games is unveiling a series of special cards that provide hints on upcoming skins on a weekly basis. After revealing four cards last week, Fortnite has presented six cards for round two, one of which dons KAWS’ familiar iconography. Details of what the in-game collaboration will look like have not yet been revealed; however, later this week, the Fortnitemares card will be flipped to reveal the official KAWS Fortnite skin. Aside from the KAWS crossover, five other cards, which appear to front a variety of creatures, faces and pickaxes, will be flipped this week. Ahead of their reveal, Epic shared a cryptic hint about what to expect from this hand: “Week 2 is packed with new cards f...
Coachella No Longer Requires Vaccine at 2022 Festival
In August, officials with Goldenvoice’s parent company AEG Presents announced that starting Oct. 1, fans attending events produced by the company would need to show proof of full vaccination to gain entry to events like Coachella and the country-music-focused Stagecoach festival, which takes place in the same location the weekend after Coachella. “We have come to the conclusion that, as a market leader, it was up to us to take a real stand on vaccination status,” said AEG Presents CEO Jay Marciano at the time. “Just a few weeks ago, we were optimistic about where our business, and country, were heading. The Delta variant, combined with vaccine hesitancy, is pushing us in the wrong direction again. We realize that some people might look at this as a dramatic step, ...
All-Star ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ Tribute Hits Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now MRC Data. Pure album sales were the measurement solely utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Of The Metallica Blacklist’s sales of 8,000 in the latest tracking week, physical album sales comprise effectively all of that sum. The CD editio...
17-Year-Old Iván Cornejo Continues Trend of Teens in Top 10 on Regional Mexican Albums Chart
Alma concurrently gives the Riverside, Calif.-born singer his first Top Latin Albums visit with a No. 11 debut. The set, released Aug. 20 via Manzana Records, earned 9.4 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs in its opening week. “The most challenging aspect of the recording process for me is probably the synchronization of instruments and vocals,” Cornejo adds. “Usually when I’m improvising and coming up with new songs, I’m in the comfort of my room just jamming with my cousin; but once we step foot in the studio, everything is more surreal and amplified mistakes can be more noticeable, and all I want to create is something perfect, that I’m proud of.” Cornejo’s recent popularity is fueled by his strong TikTok presence. He took a first shot ...
John Ashton Thomas, Conductor and Orchestrator on ‘Black Panther,’ Dies at 60
The pair also teamed on the Paul Greengrass-directed The Bourne Supremacy (2004), United 93 (2006) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007); three Ice Age films and two Rio films helmed by Carlos Saldanha; Happy Feet and Kung Fu movies; and The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), The Italian Job (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), among other efforts. Thomas partnered with composer James Newton Howard on films including The Last Airbender (2010), The Bourne Legacy (2012) and installments of the Hunger Games, Fantastic Beasts and Maleficent franchises. More recently, he worked on Captain Marvel (2019), Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019), The Call of the Wild (2020), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and Operation Mincemeat, set for release next year. He also wrote ar...
‘I Am Bisexual’: Amber Opens Up About Her Sexual Orientation On Teen Mom OG
Amber is about to be “more honest” in her second memoir. And during tonight’s episode of Teen Mom OG, the mother of two shared something that she will discuss in the upcoming book. “People are probably gonna be a bit shocked, but I am bisexual,” Amber told her producer David after he asked if there will be anything that she has not yet disclosed publicly. Amber explained that she had a relationship with a woman for eight months when she was 20. “How do you feel saying it?” David posed. “I’m really scared right now,” Amber confessed, adding that Gary knows and she doesn’t think he will be “very open” about it. “I think he’s going to think it’s going to be bad for Leah. The thought of going to the...
