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Baja Beach Fest Day 2: Farruko, Anuel & More Perform Euphoric Sets Amid Stricter Safety Measures
Farruko, smiling from ear to ear, donning an MLB-styled BBF jersey and bedecked in diamonds that are basically shooting rainbows, is wailing out the chorus to one of the most hard-hitting songs of the summer, the anthemic EDM banger “Pepas.” Before him, a sea of festivalgoers (30,000, to be exact) are losing their minds. It’s Day 2 (Aug. 14) of Baja Beach Fest, the largest Latin music-focused festival in the Americas to resume since the coronavirus pandemic. The two-weekend fest kicked off Aug. 13 in Mexico’s Rosarito Beach, with reggaeton stars Ozuna, J Balvin and Karol G among the headliners, and with strict COVID-19 protocols in place. After some concertgoers took to social media to criticize enforcement of protocols during Day 1, organizers seemed to be stricter on Saturday, implementi...
Ex-ANTHRAX Singer NEIL TURBIN Says Band’s Recent 40th-Anniversary Documentary Didn’t Represent Him In The Best Light
To celebrate ANTHRAX‘s 40th anniversary, the band’s social media accounts recently offered a series of video testimonials sent in by former bandmembers, fellow musicians, colleagues, and industry veterans sharing behind-the-scenes stories of working with the band and what ANTHRAX‘s legacy has meant all these years on. These videos honored each album in chronological order beginning with the original release, “Fistful Of Metal”. The 11-week series included video contributions from former ANTHRAX bandmembers Dan Lilker, Dan Spitz, John Bush, Neil Turbin and Rob Caggiano. Turbin, who sang on “Fistful Of Metal”, told the “That Metal Interview” podcast about his involvement in the ANTHRAX video series (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): &#...
Watch DOKKEN Perform In El Paso
Fan-filmed video footage of DOKKEN‘s August 14 concert at Speaking Rock in El Paso, Texas can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user “Oscar Olivas“). DOKKEN‘s classic lineup — Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown — reunited for a short Japanese tour in the fall of 2016. The trek marked the first time in 21 years the four musicians had hit the road together. A DOKKEN concert DVD focusing on the band’s reunion tour, “Return To The East Live (2016)”, was made available in 2018. In addition to the Japanese performance, the set included footage from the classic lineup’s only U.S. show in September 2016 at Badlands in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as well as newly recorded acoustic reworkings of “Heaven Sent” and “Wi...
POP EVIL Cancels Denver Concert After ‘Team’ Member Tests Positive For COVID-19
POP EVIL has canceled its show tonight (Sunday, August 15) at The Oriental Theater in Denver, Colorado after an undisclosed member of the band’s “team” tested positive for COVID-19. POP EVIL shared the news of the cancelation in a statement posted on social media. The band wrote: “Dear Denver, one of the members of our team has tested positive for COVID-19. Out of concern for everyone in our organization and the safety of our fans, we will be postponing tonight’s show. We will test again tomorrow to determine the status of our upcoming shows.” In the past couple of weeks, a number of high-profile hard rock and heavy metal artists — including KORN, IRON MAIDEN‘s Bruce Dickinson, TESLA, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, SHINEDOWN and LIMP BIZKIT — have called off show...
Primordial Arcana – WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
RATING: 8/10 Pacific Northwest black metal collective WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM have spent the last two decades firmly establishing themselves as a musical force isolated from the majority of scene politics and accepted imagery. Their fairly minimalist approach to non-musical aesthetics and live performance forcefully keeps focus exactly on their music. The brother duo of Aaron (drums/percussion/keyboards/vocals) and Nathan Weaver (lead vocals/guitars) — alongside a revolving door of various musicians throughout the band’s existence — long ago established themselves as generators of engrossing black metal that is overloaded with riffs and atmosphere. Their latest record, “Primordial Arcana”, has proven to be well worth the wait since the release of 2017’s “Thr...
Meek Mill “Mandela Freestyle,” Bow Wow & Soulja Boy “Bow Wow vs. Soulja Boy” & More | Daily Visuals 8.13.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Nwachukwu / Getty Meek Mill’s sudden shift from rapper to social justice warrior seems to not only be influencing his personal life, but also his professional career as well. Conjuring the spirit of Nelson Mandela in his visuals to “Mandela Freestyle,” Meek takes to the park shirtless with his ice on to spit facts about his plights in life while showing footage of Nelson Mandela in-between scenes of him living his best life. Them kids selling water don’t wanna hear or see none of this ish. Elsewhere Bow Wow and Soulja Boy link up to get their own personal Verzuz on and in their clip to “Bow Wow vs. Soulja Boy” get things popping with a pool party where the women are thick and the cars are whips forreal. This isn’t the Verzuz we thought we’d get after ...
Sneaker Store Employee Shot & Killed During Sneaker Raffle Dispute
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gary Coronado / Getty Sneakerbots, resellers, and even sneaker apps have ruined the sneaker game something seriously. But now its gotten to the point where trying to win a pair of coveted sneakers (that would’ve probably been a general in-store release pre-pandemic) is leading to violence out in these streets. The latest incident actually cost someone their life as KTLA5 is reporting that an employee at famous sneaker boutique Shoe Palace was shot and killed over a sneaker raffle in the store this past Wednesday (August 11). According to the report a group of men and a woman began arguing in front of the store on Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax district over a sneaker raffle. When store employee Jayren Bradford went out to intervene, he was shot and killed....
VIDEO: Timaya – Eff All Day ft Phyno
Dancehall heavyweight Timaya unleashes the music video for his song “Eff All Day” which features Phyno. Self-styled Chulo, Timaya links up with Phyno once again for this braggadocious track “Eff All Day”. The audio of the tune was released a while ago and fans are loving it. This visual shows the Egberi Papa having a nice time chilling with his guy and beautiful ladies. You should have this on your favourite TV channels soon. Watch, enjoy Timaya – “Eff All Day” ft Phyno 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 help give users back t...
You Can Fly In a Helicopter Straight to the Stage of Kygo’s Palm Tree Music Festival
With a unique brand partnership, Palm Tree Music Festival is giving a whole new meaning to flying high. Attendees are able to book chartered helicopter flights directly to and from Kygo‘s single-day fest from Manhattan, Montauk and East Hampton. The endeavor is powered by BLADE, an organization that charters flights for clients around the world. One-way tickets are currently going for $450-$1,250 if flyers want to carpool—or helipool—with copters available for anywhere between $2,550 and $8,120 each way. A BLADE representative told EDM.com that patrons will arrive and depart just steps away from Palm Tree Music Festival’s main stage. Flying with BLADE is also practically environmentally guilt-free: the company’s operations are transitioning...
Elton John and Lady Gaga’s Next Collab Is “Extreme Hardcore Drum & Bass”
Two of the most decorated musicians in pop history walk into a bar—and make a drum & bass track? According to a report from The Sun, Sir Elton John and Lady Gaga will soon release a “hardcore drum & bass” remix of their 2020 song, “Sine From Above,” off the latter’s sixth studio album, Chromatica. “It’s about as far away from ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘Candle in the Wind’ as you can get,” an anonymous source told The Sun. “(The) collaboration with Gaga took everyone by surprise but the remix will leave them speechless… It’s gone from a pop dance track to extreme hardcore drum & bass.” The original version of “Sine From Above” generated buzz with its bouncy elec...
Watch Brandi Carlile Perform Soundgarden Hits With the Band’s Surviving Members
Brandi Carlile brought out the surviving members of Soundgarden to perform a pair of songs during her show at George, Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre on Saturday night. Guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron and bassist Ben Shepherd joined Carlile and her band onstage to play “Black Hole Sun” and “Searching With My Good Eye Closed,” which were both featured on the singer-songwriter’s Record Store Day release, A Rooster Says. Though they united for a live rendition of “Black Hole Sun” at the 2019 Chris Cornell tribute I Am the Highway, this was the first time Carlile, Thayil, Cameron and Shepherd performed “Searching With My Good Eye Closed” onstage. It also marked the first time Soundgarden’s surviving members played together in their home state since Cornell’s death in ...
The Cure’s Simon Gallup Announces His Departure From the Band
Simon Gallup has announced he’s left the Cure. The bassist shared the news in a succinct Facebook post that read: “With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure ! Good luck to them all …” The band has yet to address his departure; however, Stereogum pointed out a tweet by current keyboardist Roger O’Donnell that alludes to Gallup leaving while also poking fun of former keyboardist/drummer Lol Tolhurst. “A friend just told me they saw Lol in the Guitar Centre buying a bass???????” he wrote. A friend just told me they saw Lol in the Guitar Centre buying a bass??????? — Roger O’Donnell (@RogerODonnellX) August 14, 2021 Gallup technically isn’t a founding member of the Cure, but he joined the band in its infancy — after the release of its 1979 debut album Three Imaginar...
