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Neumos in Seattle, in a Pandemic: No-Show Rates Are 20-30%
What were your thoughts when you saw Bonnaroo was canceled? That was so brutal because that’s not even COVID that f–ked it. It was mother nature. People talk about Bonnaroo cancelling and are like, “Oh yeah. That sucks.” But they don’t think about the ripple effect. It’s massive. Bands are all routed around Bonnaroo and this impacts all those shows. They just got pummeled too. All the bus drivers, the lighting rig techs, and everyone lost jobs. It’s Manchester, Tennessee. That’s probably a huge economic driver for that city. It’s devastating. There were bands that were looking at that gig and thinking, “That’s going to pay my rent.” All those people are on-site building it out and they just got pummeled. Putting somethi...
Yebba’s ‘Dawn’: The Long, Difficult Road to the Stunning Singer’s Debut
But just before 2016 ended, Yebba agreed to perform alongside Chance the Rapper for his Saturday Night Live appearance — and ended up stealing the show. She and her team, then a bare-bones operation led by co-manager Ross Michaels and his Park Avenue Artists team, decided to capitalize on the moment and uploaded a clip from the Sofar set of Yebba singing her first original song, “My Mind.” It went viral, raking in over 18 million YouTube views. “It was like a one-two punch,” says Michaels. That kind of start-stop trajectory has hampered Yebba’s promising launch for nearly five years, with her fans begging for her debut album online. “There has never been a moment where I was like, ‘Man, we really lost out,’ because when she puts out a song, it’s amazing,” says Michaels. “It has this e...
BTS’ ‘Butter’ Rebounds for 10th Week Atop Billboard Hot 100, Kanye West, Walker Hayes Hit Top 10
Additionally, Walker Hayes ascends to the Hot 100’s top 10 with his viral country hit “Fancy Like” (11-9), and Ed Sheeran‘s “Bad Habits,” at No. 3, takes over as the most-heard hit on U.S. radio, reaching the top of the Radio Songs chart. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Sept. 11) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 8; a day later than usual due to the Monday, Sept. 6 Labor Day holiday in the U.S.) For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. “Butter,” released on HYBE/BigHit Music/Columbia Records, drew 12.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 39%) and 10.7 million U.S. str...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Leaves Amazon and Donald Glover’s ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Series
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has departed Amazon and Donald Glover‘s upcoming Mr. and Mrs. Smith series. The Fleabag star reportedly “had a different creative vision for the series than Donald Glover,” but the pair are still friends and her exit was amicable. Waller-Bridge’s role, which is opposite Glover’s, is now being recast as the series aims to stick to its premiere and production year of 2022. Glover will still be the show’s leading actor, co-creator and executive producer while Francesca Sloane, who worked with him on Atlanta, will also serve as co-creator, showrunner and exec producer. Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer of New Regency will also executive produce. Elsewhere in entertainment, Dune received an eight-minute standing ovation during its Venice Film Festival premiere. Read Full A...
‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Breaks Labor Day Box Office Record With $90M USD
Marvel‘s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has set a new Labor Day box office record with a $90 million USD earning across four days. According to reports, the film surpassed 2007’s record holder Halloween, which garnered $30.6 million USD. Shang-Chi also earned $75.5 million USD from 4,300 domestic locations across across three days, while its international earnings are at around $127.6 million USD. Its three-day earnings also marks the second-biggest domestic opening of 2021, just behind Black Widow‘s $80.3 million USD and above F9‘s $90 million USD. Unlike Black Widow, however, Shang-Chi will be exclusive to theaters for 45 days before hitting Disney+ Premier Access; the Scarlett Johansson-led film, which is also the basis of an ongoing lawsuit, hit both the Disney+ streami...
Zendaya Pledges Her Leads “Will Always Be Black Women” if She Becomes a Filmmaker
These past few years have seen Zendaya‘s film career propel into blockbuster success across genres. In a recent British Vogue cover story, Zendaya reveals she has no signs of stopping. The Dune star has plans to go into filmmaking and directing and admits that she would love to be able to “figure out” how to make films that center around Black women as leads. When asked if she plans to share with her future children the current Black American experience, she responded with, “I don’t know what I’m going to tell them. Hopefully, they’ll be able to look at what I’ve done and my body of work and see it.” She emphasized that art itself is a “huge catalyst for change” and adds, “If I ever do become a filmmaker, I know that the leads of my films will always be black women. I gotta hurry up and fi...
The 41st Volume of ‘Berserk’ Will Roll Out This Christmas Eve
Adding onto the latest preview of chapter 364 of late Kentaro Miura’s manga Berserk, Japanese publishing house Hakusensha announced that the 41st volume of the dark fantasy series will be rolling out this Christmas Eve. The first volume in three years will be published in both regular and special editions with the latter boasting a canvas artwork done by Miura himself along with a drama visual CD. In the upcoming Berserk art exhibit to be held in Tokyo’s Sunshine City, the event will be utilizing the artwork as its main key visual. On the other hand, the CD will be showcasing the manga’s focal chapter “Awakening” as the anime’s cast returns in the segment that has never been applied in any of the adaptations. To further celebrate the release, Hakusensha’s 18th issue of Young Animal magazin...
VIDEO: 2Baba – Searching ft Bongos Ikwue
Here is the official music video for “Searching”, a song by Nigerian singer 2Baba featuring the legendary Bongos Ikwue. Earlier, today Hypertek Digital boss 2Baba released a brand new song “Searching” with veteran singer and fellow Idoma native Bongos Ikwue. The video tells a beautiful love story between an aspiring couple who are get for their traditional wedding rites in Idoma. The visual was shot in the beautiful city of Otukpo, Benue State. Watch, share 2Baba – “Searching” ft Bongos Ikwue below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and...
Rich Brian Is First Indonesian Artist to Surpass 10 Million Monthly Spotify Listeners
Rich Brian has achieved a historic Spotify feat, becoming the first Indonesian artist to surpass 10 million monthly listeners on the streaming service. The 88rising staple, who was born and raised in Jakarta, shared the news and expressed his gratitude on Twitter. “Holy shit. i would not have been able to do this without u amazing & hot ppl that bump my music,” he tweeted, continuing, “thank u with all my heart.” The 22-year-old artist recently contributed to the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings soundtrack, however his last full-length dates back to 2019’s The Sailor. Between then now, Rich Brian dropped off the seven-track EP 1999 in August 2020 and teamed up with the likes of Guapdad4000, NIKI, Warren Hue, Diamond Pistols and bbno$. holy shit. i would not have been able...
EDM.com Presents The Heat Check 008: NotLö, Killa Nova, Super Future and More
In modern bass, dubstep and trap music, listeners and tastemakers are always chasing the next big track to blow crowds away at a festival stage. EDM.com Presents The Heat Check is a list of the most ear-catching, incendiary, and ‘fire’ tracks that emerge from the bass and freeform scene. “Open Up” – Super Future Super Future’s style make him as versatile an artist as there is today in bass music. While his sound thrives on the hype energy, his Equilibria project with SSKWAN delivers ambient production backed by magnetic sounds that put the listener into the soundscape. “Hallucination Effect” – NotLö NotLö continues to grow as a producer and professional. As she simultaneously tours the country on her own one-off dates and B2B sets with VEIL, the Denver-native dropped her first ...
IRON MAIDEN’s BRUCE DICKINSON Fires Back At Critics Over His Brexit Comments
Bruce Dickinson has defended his past comments on Brexit, saying that he is “less concerned with IRON MAIDEN‘s position” and more worried about the “younger” British musicians who don’t have the resources and the time to go through all the paperwork required to tour across Europe after Britain’s departure from the European Union. During a June 2021 appearance on Sky News, the MAIDEN singer, who previously admitted he voted to leave the EU, said that Brexit was making it harder for British acts to do tours and concerts in Europe and that the government should be doing more to help. Predictably, his complaints fell on deaf ears, as many rushed to social media to mock his plight, noting how quick he was to change his stance when it began to affect him...
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Has ’16 Or 17 Songs’ To Choose From For Upcoming Album
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE frontman Chris “Motionless” Cerulli spoke to Ethan Jackson of the Topeka radio station V100 about the progress of the recording sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2019’s “Disguise” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “All that’s really left to do is record the vocals, which I’m gonna start right after this tour. I was in California working with our producer Drew [Fulk] throughout a lot of the summer. And now it’s just, like, okay, well, we’ve got everything in place, all of the stuff’s written. Now it’s just time to record the vocals. The music’s all good. So, yeah, as soon as this tour is over, I’m going right there and working on it till it’s done.”...
