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New York’s Central Park ‘Homecoming Concert’ Closes Down Due to ‘Approaching Severe Weather’
“This is NOT an emergency,” clarified New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio via his official Twitter account when the announcement was made. According to local news, tropical storm warnings were issued for New York City, with hurricane warnings from Long Island to Rhode Island. Amid CNN’s continued coverage after the event was stopped — while it was unclear whether it would continue — Anderson Cooper spoke on the phone with stars including Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Colbert. “I am watching historic broadcasting right now,” said Colbert from the performance tent. “I am enjoying this moment of you killing time. You are spinning straw into gold.” Smith, who told Cooper that she was “on-call” offsite with her band as they waited for further instructions, shared a message she felt was importa...
Kacey Musgraves ‘Sets the Scene’ for New Song With Some Heartbreaking Lyrics
The words described the heartache of a relationship that’s ended, perhaps alluding to her own divorce from Ruston Kelly. Put together, her posts read: “Let me set the scene/ Two lovers ripped right at the seams/ They woke up from the perfect dream/ And then the darkness came/ I signed the papers yesterday/ You came and took your things away/ Moved out of the home we made/ And gave you back your name/ What have we done? / Did we fly too high?/ Just to get burned by the sun?/ No one’s to blame/ ‘Cause we called all the angels to save us/ But I guess they got lost…” Comments ranged from sad faces to announcements about being “all in” and “ready” for the new tune. “They see me as this starry-eyed, rose-colored glasses kinda girl...
TRIVIUM’s MATT HEAFY: SLIPKNOT’s First Album ‘Changed My Life’
In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station, TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy was asked which musician deaths in the past year he’s been most affected by. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s been so many. There’s three I wanna go over. Joey Jordison, obviously. SLIPKNOT‘s ‘(sic)’ was the first song TRIVIUM ever played. I remember being in middle school and high school hiding my headphones underneath my hair during class to listen to that first SLIPKNOT record. That record changed my life. I got to do ‘Family Values’, and Joey Jordison was on that tour, playing drums for KORN. And I’m so happy I was able to tell Joey that. I told Joey those stories, about what an impact SLIPKNOT had on my ...
LIGHT THE TORCH Cancels Tour Due To COVID-19 Concerns
LIGHT THE TORCH (formerly DEVIL YOU KNOW), the band fronted by former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Howard Jones, has scrapped its previously announced tour dates due to the coronavirus pandemic. LIGHT THE TORCH shared the news of the cancelation in an announcement on social media earlier today (Saturday, August 21). The group wrote: “We are sorry to announce that we are pulling off of the September tour with MOTIONLESS IN WHITE and all of the festivals along the tour. We have concerns about the ability to keep ourselves and our crew healthy and the ramification we could incur if shows need to be cancelled in this current climate. “We were really looking forward to playing for all of you again, supporting our new album, and sharing the stage with MOTIONLESS IN WHITE. Ultimately it w...
KISS: Tomorrow’s Concert In Hartford, Connecticut Postponed Due To Hurricane Henri
The KISS concert at Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut originally scheduled for Sunday, August 22 has been postponed due to Hurricane Henri. The new show date is Monday, August 23. Ticket holders can hold on to their tickets for the rescheduled date, which will be honored. Tonight’s KISS concert at Mark G Etess Arena at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey will go ahead as scheduled. The National Hurricane Center is forecasting the storm to come ashore over Long Island and then into Connecticut somewhere between New Haven and New London sometime Sunday afternoon or evening. 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, ch...
LORDI To Release Seven New Studio Albums In November: ‘Lordiversity’ Box Set Details Revealed
Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI will release no less than seven new studio albums in the fall. The LPs will mark the first new music from LORDI since the arrival of 2020’s “Killection”, a fictional compilation album which contained songs that LORDI would have written had the band existed between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s. The “Lordiversity” box shall be available on November 26 as seven-CD box set and as seven-vinyl box set in three different color editions. Each album has a different genre approach: hard rock, disco, progressive rock, heavy metal, AOR, thrash/speed metal and industrial metal. The band’s leader, Mr. Lordi, explains: “Within a week when the ‘Killectour’ was cut short in March 2020, I realized we’re gonna...
NYC Homecoming Concert Canceled Due to Hurricane
The remainder of We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert has been canceled due to severe weather caused by Hurricane Henri. Organized by Clive Davis, the massive event in Central Park celebrated New York City’s re-opening following the COVID-19 pandemic. While acts like Journey, LL Cool J, Santana, Andrea Bocelli, and Barry Manilow did take the stage, the event was canceled before headliners including Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, and The Killers were able to perform. The capacity crowd of 60,000 were asked to vacate the concert’s grounds and seek shelter. Organizers initially hoped to resume the concert once the weather cleared, but the event was officially canceled shortly after 10:30 p.m. local time. Advertisement Related Video Hurricane Henri is expected to ma...
“What a Time”: Calvin Harris Reflects On 10th Anniversary of “Feel So Close”
A decade ago, Calvin Harris wanted to step into the background. It was summer of 2010, and the emerging producer had just finished his last “band”-style gig at Creamfields. With a newfound desire to focus on presenting his music within the scope of DJ sets instead, Harris was eager to blend into the background a bit. That meant delegating the role of singing his own music. Harris subsequently spent months in the studio working with singers on what he believed would be his next chapter of music, but after presenting the demos to his label, the response was “overwhelmingly lukewarm.” With the wind taken out of his sails, Harris was feeling impulsive. An emotional cocktail of disappointment, sadness, and determination was what it took for Harris to write “F...
Kanye West Shares Childhood Home Photo Ahead of ‘Donda’ Release, Deletes Other Instagram Posts
Last year, Kanye bought his childhood home for a reported $225,000. His late mother, Donda West, purchased the house in the early 1980s and sold it in 2004. The property reportedly went through foreclosure before it was bought by West’s former collaborator, Rhymefest, who planned to turn the home into an “arts incubator.” Since returning to Instagram in late July, West had shared numerous posts on the social media platform. The images included his makeshift bedroom inside Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium, where he held his first two Donda listening events and had been living while completing work on the album. While Yeezy fans have clamored online over the superstar collaborations he’s cooked up with Jay-Z, The Weeknd and Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch, and more, Donda has not been given...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (August 21)
Following safety measurements due to the current global pandemic, organizers will require that all concert attendees show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or an official Vacu-Id provided by CESCO Digital. Tickets for his “P FKN R” concert are now on sale via ticketera.com. 1st round of performers at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards Camila Cabello, Christian Nodal, Juanes, Natti Natasha, Prince Royce, Ana Barbara, Carlos Rivera, Myke Towers, Reik and Rauw Alejandro are confirmed to perform at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards, set to take place on Sept. 23. The chart-topping artists make up the first lineup of confirmed performers at the annual awards show that will broadcast live on Telemundo beginning at 7 p.m. ET with...
Dead & Company Fans Falls to His Death During Concert at New York’s Citi Field
The fan was later pronounced dead after being taken to the New York Presbyterian Hospital in Queens. His identity has not yet been released to the public. It was unclear at press time if the man’s death was accidental, police spokesman Hubert Reyes told CNN. A police source told the Daily News that the concert-goer “attempted a body flip, fell, and landed on the balcony below.” A driver working at Citi Field supported that claim, telling The New York Post that he witnessed the fan fall after attempting to flip. “He was unresponsive and he hit the ground head first. There was no way he survived,” the driver told the Post. “His brother came downstairs and found out he jumped. His brother was with him. He was crying.” Billboard has reached out to the Dead & Company’s rep...
Marchers Demand Return of Dutch Music Festivals
Leonie der Verkleij, a freelancer who works in hospitality services at events, was among those marching in Amsterdam. “The festival industry feels like an unwanted child,” she said. “It feels like all sectors are important except ours.” Amsterdam municipality appealed mid-afternoon for no more people to join the march as it was too crowded. The Dutch government has banned large-scale events such as festivals until at least Sept. 19 amid fears over the spread of the highly infectious delta variant. One-day events with a maximum of 750 visitors are allowed for people with a COVID-19 app showing they have been vaccinated, have recently tested negative or have recovered from a case in the past six months. Organizers of Saturday’s protest want the ban lifted on Sept. 1. They point to overseas e...
