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JIMMY PAGE Says Official LED ZEPPELIN Documentary Has ‘Clearly Touched The Hearts Of Both Audience And Critics Alike’
The official LED ZEPPELIN documentary “Becoming Led Zeppelin” debuted last Saturday (September 4) at the Venice International Film Festival in Italy. Directed by Bernard MacMahon, the film documents the legendary rockers’ “meteoric rise to stardom.” LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page, who premiered the documentary at the event, took to his social media earlier today (Thursday, September 9) to write: “I recently returned from the Venice Film Festival where the world premiere of ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ was unveiled. With Bernard MacMahon (the director), Allison McGourty (producer of the film) and accompanied by @scarlettzsabet, we were about to feel the feedback of the documentary. “The first run was 2pm on Saturday 4th September. The full...
GENE SIMMONS Says He Was ‘Shocked’ When He Tested Positive For COVID-19
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, who tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week ago, gave an update on his breakthrough case during a September 8 appearance on KTLA 5 Morning News. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Yes, I did test positive for COVID, but because I got my Pfizer vaccines twice, and because my immune system is really good, I have zero — zero — side effects. Literally, I don’t feel a thing. But out of respect to everybody else, I’ve self-quarantined right here in L.A. And the days have passed — it’s now been 13 or 14 days, so I’m perfectly fine. Tomorrow, KISS [will perform] at Irvine. We’re gonna shake the heavens.” Asked what reaction he had when he was told that he tested positive for COVID-19, Gene said: “...
JASON NEWSTED: ‘Nothing Else Matters’ Broke Down ‘The Most Serious Walls’ For METALLICA
While promoting the the 30th-anniversary reissue of METALLICA‘s self-titled fifth LP, better known as The Black Album, the band’s former bassist Jason Newsted spoke to Germany’s Rock Antenne about the record’s more streamlined direction compared to the thrash metal overtones of METALLICA‘s first four albums. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I had no problem with coming back to the midtempo crushing as opposed to the fast stuff, ’cause we’ve still got plenty of stuff fast to play live. And live was all that mattered to me anyway. So we still had the repertoire to be able to do all that all the time — with ‘Battery’ and ‘Fight Fire [With Fire]’ and anything you wanted — along with the softer songs. The one ...
Phil Collins Is Touring Again With Genesis But Says He ‘Can Barely Hold a Drumstick’ Due to Health Issues
Collins has long suffered from nerve damage following a spinal injury in 2007, which has hindered his ability to play the drums and made him sit down while he’s singing. Rutherford quoted Collins by saying the tour is the band’s way of “putting it to bed.” He continued in his own words, “We’ve been 50 years doing this sort of stuff, and it’s nice to sort of have a round like this.” Genesis is set to travel across the U.S. and Canada this November and December with Nic Collins, Phil’s son, on drums and the band’s longtime lead guitar and bass player Daryl Stuermer. The Last Domino? North American Tour 2021 marks the first time the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers has performed stateside since 2007’s Turn It On Again: The Tour...
Afrika Bambaataa Sued for Alleged Sex Abuse & Trafficking
The lawsuit claims that after Doe attended Zulu Nation meetings, Taylor began inviting Doe to his apartment “several times a week” and encouraging him to use a gym on the premises, where Taylor “would comment about Plaintiff’s muscular body and would touch Plaintiff on the shoulders, biceps and torso.” At Taylor’s apartment, Taylor began touching Doe’s “private areas” and encouraging him to masturbate while watching pornographic videos together, the lawsuit alleges, and the “mutual masturbation” later “progressed to sodomy.” The lawsuit claims that Doe is also a sex trafficking victim, as Taylor allegedly transported Doe to other locations and offered Doe “for sex to other adult men” in exchange for m...
How to Watch Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Star-Crossed: The Film’
See below for how to watch Star-Crossed: The Film online, and how to see Kacey Musgraves live in concert. How to Watch Kacey Musgraves’ Star-Crossed: The Film Online for Free Star-Crossed: The Film will be available to stream on Paramount+ starting September 10. If you don’t have a Paramount+ account, the streaming service offers a seven-day free trial for new customers, which allows you to watch Star-Crossed for free online the same day. After your first week, Paramount+ costs $4.99 a month for its Essential plan. The monthly Essential plan does include ads, but you can pay $9.99 for Paramount+’s Premium package, which also includes a seven-day free trial and is mostly ad-free. Both plans include access to stream Kacey Musgraves’&nbs...
Ed Sheeran Releases ‘Shivers’: Stream It Now
Ed Sheeran got his fans moving when he dropped his latest single “Shivers” and its accompanying music video on Thursday (Sept. 9). “I wrote this as soon as the Divide tour ended in a rented farm in Suffolk where we had set up a studio for a couple of weeks to see what happened. It was written over the course of 3 days which is very different for me, but I felt it was too special to get wrong,” he wrote in an Instagram post announcing the single. “It was originally meant to be the first single but I just didn’t see a world where ‘Bad Habits’ existed if it didn’t come out in the summer. Shivers always felt more autumnal. I hope you like it, I bloody love it.” To hype up the new record, Sheeran channeled Elton John by donning fe...
The Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay Publishes First Novel
Autor and musician Franz Nicolay published his first novel, Someone Should Pay For Your Pain, which follows the story of singer-songwriter Rudy Pauver, who navigates resentment, family obligations, and everything else that comes with life as a cult icon in middle-age. And as a lifelong musician in various bands (he’s currently the Hold Steady’s keyboardist) Nicolay’s insight into that world comes across vividly. His first title was the nonfiction travel book, The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar. As for the Hold Steady, the band just released never-before-heard live concert audio with nugs.net, including performances from thesome Brooklyn Bowl. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined...
Sneak Peek: Vinny Officially Begins His Double Shot At Love Journey
“The Chooch” Vinny wants to find an everlasting romantic connection on Double Shot at Love. But in order to find his wifey, Vin has to, well, arrive at the site of the hit MTV dating series. With DJ Pauly D and Nikki by his side, of course. “Look at how dope this place is! This is a place for love,” Pauly exclaims in the sneak peek above about the Adero in Scottsdale, Arizona. Nope, we’re not at Drai’s anymore! Nikki leaves to “freshen up,” which means it’s time for the Jersey Shore bros to wax nostalgic about their previous DSAL experiences. “When we walked out of here the first time, I had somebody and you were single,” Vin remembers. “Now, you have a serious relationship and I’m still single.” What kind ...
Sneak Peek: Aimee’s Pet Pig Makes His (Stinky) Debut On MTV Floribama Shore
MTV Floribama Shore is “back in the South, baby” after the crew spent some QT in Montanabama Shore and Lake Havasuuuuuu. In the sneak peek, below, the Georgia-based vacation is off to a bit of a dirty (and stinky) start. “I don’t who smells worse — me or the pig,” Codi declares about his and Aimee’s current state (they are covered in mud) and her petite pet as they arrive at their new Athens abode. When Aimee and Codi reunite with Nilsa and Kirk, the latter pair is visibly confused about their roomies’ filthy state. And the oinking generating from Aimee’s purse. “Leave it to Aimee to have a Louis Vuitton bag as a pig carrier,” Nilsa quips. So why are Codi and Aimee filthy? And how do Aimee’s pig and Nilsa’s puppy...
Mad Max: Fury Road Cars Are Being Auctioned Off Online
Grab some extra canisters of chrome and start your engines: Over a dozen cars from Mad Max: Fury Road are being auctioned off this month through Lloyds Auctioneers, and chances are everyone will be racing to come out on top with a prized vehicle of their choosing. Film buffs with deep pockets can purchase the iconic War Rig, as driven by Charlize Theron‘s character Imperator Furiosa, or the fan-favorite Doof Wagon, which strapped the flaming guitar-rocking Doof Warrior to its hood made out of speakers. Imagine going for a joy ride in one of those ridiculous vehicles through your neighborhood. The starting bids for each one are listed at $1 each, but it will obviously end up going for thousands, if not millions, more — especially when compared to other high-selling cars that aren’t totally ...
Afrika Bambaataa Sued for Sexual Abuse and Child Sex Trafficking
A new lawsuit alleges that Afrika Bambaataa sexually abused and trafficked a 12-year-old boy beginning in 1991 and continuing through 1995. Via Metropolis and Pitchfork, the suit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on August 4th, as part of the 2019 Child Victims Act, which temporarily opened a window for adults to sue over childhood sexual abuses even in cases where the statute of limitations had expired. The 64-year-old Afrika Bambaataa, who was born in New York as Lance Taylor, has been accused of sexual misconduct numerous times, with several different now-adult men saying they were molested as teenagers in the 1980s and ’90s. These latest allegations come on behalf of a plaintiff listed as John Doe, and include civil battery, assault, gross negligence, intentional...
