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Watch WOLFGANG VAN HALEN’s MAMMOTH WVH Perform In Austin
Fan-filmed video footage of MAMMOTH WVH‘s September 2 concert at Emo’s in Austin, Texas can be viewed below. Last week, MAMMOTH WVH announced a handful of new headlining shows for October. Support on the dates will come from the all-female rock outfit PLUSH. During its current U.S. tour, which kicked off in late July, MAMMOTH WVH is playing a mixture of stadium shows with GUNS N’ ROSES and headlining club gigs. In a recent interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, MAMMOTH WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen spoke about what it was like to tour the U.S. during the pandemic. “I’m a super-germaphobic sort of guy,” he said. “We’ve got a whole bubble of people on here. We’re all being safe, we’re all being tested. We’re all vaccinated. W...
Mark Hoppus Is Done With Chemotherapy
Mark Hoppus is done with chemotherapy treatment, and his former blink-182 bandmate Tom DeLonge shared the news in the most Tom DeLonge way ever. Tom posted a screenshot of a text conversation between him and Mark on Instagram with the caption: “I wanted to be a good friend to @markhoppus and just give some modest advice on what he should do next, now that his Chemo treatments have subsided and it looks like they may have worked wonderfully.” In the thread, Tom asks “No more treatments right?” to which Mark responds: “No more planned.” “Doctor said I can take my port out,” Mark adds. “I think because he thinks the chemo did the trick and I’m done but also if the chemo didn’t work we do a different treatment entirely?” “Wow … That’s great news … Time for LIVING,” Tom replies in three se...
Jesse Jo Stark Sings From Her Wild Heart on ‘A Pretty Place to Fall Apart’
Jesse Jo Stark sets her two loves — old-school country and punk — ablaze on her new EP, A Pretty Place To Fall Apart. The title track is an intense rock ballad — half the Lana, double the Alanis. Stark’s voice twists from soft to a full-on tornado of anguish, belting about she’d like to be alone if she wasn’t so good at getting in her own damn way. As she says, “it’s a mess, but it’s all mine.” The single, as well as the other songs on her EP, are also the soundtrack to Fracture, a five-episode limited series created by Oliver Rousteing, the creative director at Balmain. Stark stars in the series and learned to play guitar for her role as Mya, a struggling singer-songwriter living in Le Reve, a romantic-yet-nightmarish motel outside L.A. (Watch the full series here.) The show and Star...
Lorde Drops Out of MTV VMAs Performance
Lorde is no longer performing at the 2021 MTV VMAs. The awards show cited “a change in production elements” as the reason why she dropped out in a Twitter statement. “Due to a change in production elements, Lorde can no longer perform at this year’s show,” the tweet reads. “We love Lorde and cannot wait for her to perform on the VMA stage in the future!” Due to a change in production elements, Lorde can no longer perform at this year’s show. We love Lorde and cannot wait for her to perform on the VMA stage in the future! 💛 — Video Music Awards (@vmas) September 3, 2021 The pop star’s “Solar Power” video is nominated for best cinematography. Andrew Stroud, who directed the visuals, was also at the helm of Lorde’s “Mood Ring” clip. Foo Fighters, Olivia Rodrigo, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil...
Drake Leaks Kanye West and André 3000 Collaboration “Life of the Party”
Drake has leaked an unreleased collaboration between Kanye West and André 3000. The Certified Lover Boy rapper played the track, titled “Life of the Party,” early Saturday morning during a guest DJ set on SiriusXM’s Sound 42 radio show. “Life of the Party” appears to be a diss track aimed at Drake, as Kanye takes several swipes at the Toronto rapper. “I put Virgil and Drake on the same text/ And it wasn’t about the matching arc’teryx or Kid Cudi dress,” Kanye raps, referencing his recent text exchange with Drake and former collaborator/fashion designer, Virgil Abloh. “Just told these grown men stop it with the funny shit/ I might hire the whole team from ACG/ So don’t text me like I’m Juanita JCV.” A few bars later, Kanye fires off another warning shot: “Told Drake don’t play with me on GD...
Mark Hoppus Completes Chemotherapy Treatment
Mark Hoppus has completed his chemotherapy treatment, revealing to his former Blink-182 bandmate Tom DeLonge that his doctor “thinks the chemo did the trick.” Hoppus was diagnosed with 4-A diffuse large B-cell lymphoma earlier this year. His mother previously battled the same cancer and successfully beat it. In a text message exchange with DeLonge, which was subsequently shared to DeLonge’s Instagram, Hoppus shared that he has no more chemotherapy treatments currently planned. Advertisement Related Video “Doctor said I can take my port out,” Hoppus wrote, “I think because he thinks the chemo did the trick and I’m done but also if the chemo didn’t work[,] we do a different treatment entirely?” In response to the news, DeLonge offered some sage advice on how Hoppus should celebrate: “Time fo...
Charlie Puth Releases New Track for LG Campaign, Reveals Progress on New Album
While Puth has been busy working on his solo album (the follow-up to 2018’s Voicenotes), the singer says it was a fun challenge to work on a song with multiple voices. “I had the melody in mind when LG asked me to write a song, but I left the verses open for [the contest winners] to get a different melodic take,” he explains. “I loved hearing all their distinct voices and seeing how they kind of filled the missing ‘gaps’ in the song.” With Covid restrictions limiting their time together in-person, Puth reveals that the majority of the track was created online, with the singers and musicians sending their parts in digitally. “One girl didn’t have a microphone, so she used her phone, and you know, I feel like 20 years ago you would never ...
Drake Breaks Apple Music’s One-Day Song Streaming Record Three Times
“Girls Want Girls (feat. Lil Baby),” “Champagne Poetry,” and “Fair Trade (feat. Travis Scott)” Drake’s sixth album, Certified Lover Boy continues to break records on Apple Music, with three songs from the project beating the record for most-streamed songs in 24 hours, Apple Music tells Billboard. “Girls Want Girls (feat. Lil Baby),” “Champagne Poetry,” and “Fair Trade (feat. Travis Scott)” are the three biggest song debuts ever on the platform, surpassing Drake’s “Nonstop” from his 2018 album Scorpion. Released just after midnight eastern on Friday (Sep 3), the project has also landed at the top spot on Apple Music’s Top Albums chart in 145 countries in its first day of release, and songs from Certified Lover Boy earned the number one spot on 51 of Apple Music’s Daily Top 100 charts, and s...
Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish & More Celebrate ’40 Years of Slayage’ in Star-Studded Beyonce Birthday Tribute
In addition to a slew of standard happy birthday messages, some shared their favorite Beyoncé song while others emphasized the impact — both personal and cultural — she’s had over the years. Former Saturday Night Live cast member and actress Maya Rudolph thanked the singer for sharing her grace, humanity and bravery. “The world is a better place with you in it,” Rudolph said. Taylor Swift acknowledged Beyoncé for paving “the road that every female artist is walking down now.” “Then the fact that you’ve done so with such kindness and such grace, I just to say I admire you as like there’s just not a word for it,” Swift continued. “You’ve given me and so many others permission to be free to embrace all that we are,” said Promising Young Woman and Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox. “You...
Enrique Iglesias Says Forthcoming Album ‘Might’ Be His Last One
Although it might be his last album, Iglesias reassured fans that it doesn’t mean he’ll stop making music. “I’m never going to stop writing songs because I love writing songs, but I’m going to do it in a different way — meaning they don’t necessarily have to be packaged as an album — so this project to me is important.” Final Vol. 1 will be Iglesias’ 11th studio album and will follow 2014’s Sex and Love, which peaked at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Latin Albums chart (dated April 4, 2014). Most recently, Iglesias teamed up with Farruko for the summer gem “Me Pasé,” which was released in July and became his first single since 2019. The reggaeton-infused rhythmic anthem is the first track off Igles...
Excision Announces First-Ever All-Original Throwback Set for Lost Lands 2021
Those who attend Lost Lands this year will experience something no Excision fan has before. Friday evening, the dubstep virtuoso informed fans about what they can expect from his performances at his flagship music festival later this month. Like previous outings, Excision will be throwing down a two-hour set, a special Detox performance, and for the first time in his career, an all-original throwback set. Excision took to Twitter to offer a glimpse of what’s in store. “I have never performed a set of just Excision tracks and remixes before,” he wrote, “and I can’t wait to debut this for Lost Lands!” In a reply to the initial announcement, Excision shared that the set will primarily feature tracks from 2013 to 2018. He also mentioned his albums Codename X...
Hardwell Reemerges for DJ Set With Ran-D At Private Party: Watch
It feels like it’s been forever since Hardwell announced his shocking retirement from live shows back in 2018. Now, at a time perhaps least expected, the Dutch electronic music icon has reemerged at what appears to be a small private party at Paintball Games Venhorst in the Netherlands. The sighting is intriguing for multiple reasons, but first and foremost, it is driving speculation as to whether or not the famed “Apollo” producer will return to touring in a more formalized capacity. In videos that have surfaced on social media, Hardwell appears to be going back-to-back with Ran-D in an intimate crowd setting. Clubs in the Netherlands are currently shuttered due to COVID-19 restrictions, which could explain the unusual venue choice. Beyond that, it’s stil...
