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Kurt Cobain’s Childhood Home Is Being Restored for Private Tours
Kurt Cobain‘s childhood home in Aberdeen, Washington, where he lived from 1968 to 1984, is being restored to host private tours for fans of the late artist. Speaking to Rolling Stone, current owners Lee and Danielle Bacon revealed that their plans to recreate the home’s vintage feel are “90 to 95 percent” complete. They will not be able to transform the house as a full museum due to neighborhood zoning regulations, so Lee is working to host infrequent private tours beginning Spring 2022. “Our goal is to make the house a tribute project to Kurt’s early life and career, with museum detail,” he said. “The next chapter is how to make that happen.” The Bacons purchased the house from the Cobains for $225,000 USD in 2018 and have been renovating it since 2019. Its interior will feature the origi...
The Weeknd Previews New Music With Visual Teaser
The Weeknd has cleared out his Instagram and shared a new visual teasing what could be new music. The video clocks in at a minute and 40 seconds and features an unreleased song with elements of electronic music and his After Hours era. A one-take shot of a fast-moving camera zooms in to see the sun rising — following his previous hint that “the dawn is coming.” Nothing is confirmed as of writing, however The Weeknd has been very vocal about his upcoming project. He recently tweeted that he’s “really proud of this one” and that he’s “massaging it now, being sweet to it. giving it some tlc.” The Weeknd also teased that “we gettin’ there” and “just so there’s no confusion, it’s a full body of work,” adding that “the tour is gonna be MADNESS.” Watch the visual below and stay tuned for more inf...
Beyoncé Drops Two New Visuals To Celebrate ‘Black Is King’ Film Anniversary
Just a year after Beyoncé has released her Disney+ musical film, Black is King, Queen B has dropped two stunning visuals for tracks “Mood 4 Eva” and “OTHERSIDE” to remind viewers of the dazzling world of the film. “Mood 4 Eva” features her husband and hip-hop mogul, JAY-Z, Childish Gambino and Oumou Sangaré. In one scene, Beyoncé is dressed in a sparkling cheetah print gown, confidently standing next to a matching buggy, seemingly embodying “Mood 4 Eva” in the best way she knows how. In “OTHERSIDE” Beyoncé and JAY’s twins’ Rumi and Sir make a guest appearance in an angelic video that sees Beyoncé with a glow-like aura surrounding her as she walks audiences through emotional scenes. The film served as a visual album to Disney’s The Lion King also featured a number of high-profile guests inc...
FRED DURST’s Haircut Steals The Show During LIMP BIZKIT’s LOLLAPALOOZA Concert
Fan-filmed video footage of LIMP BIZKIT‘s July 31 performance at Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago can be seen below. LIMP BIZKIT‘s Fred Durst debuted his new look at the band’s July 29 concert at Metro in Chicago, with the frontman now sporting wavy salt-and-pepper locks accompanied by a horseshoe-style mustache. Just hours before Thursday night’s concert, the 50-year-old, who was best known for wearing baggy clothes and an iconic red backwards cap during the height of the band’s fame, posted a picture of his new look on Instagram, writing in a caption “Thinking about you 70,” alongside an emoji of a flying saucer. His Instagram profile bio has also been updated to read: “You’re confused? Classic.” During a recent appearance ...
WENDY DIO Explains How RONNIE JAMES DIO’s Memoir Was Completed After His Death
Ronnie James Dio‘s wife and manager Wendy Dio spoke to Junkman about the legendary heavy metal singer’s just-released memoir, “Rainbow In The Dark: The Autobiography”, which she, along with writer Mick Wall, completed after Ronnie‘s death. On the topic of the writing process, Wendy said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Ronnie started writing the book. And he wasn’t in a hurry, but he wanted it out. And he would write a bit and then leave it for a while, and then write a bit and leave it for a while. And then, when he was sick, he scribbled a bunch of notes. ‘Cause he wrote the book right up until almost the end of RAINBOW. And then he would scribble notes and put different things down that he wanted to remember to put in the book, and s...
DAVE MUSTAINE Shares Brutal New Riff From Upcoming MEGADETH Album
Dave Mustaine has shared another song snippet from MEGADETH‘s upcoming album. The MEGADETH leader offered a brief preview of the track at the end of a promotional video for his account on Cameo, which lets users hire celebrities to record brief, personalized video messages about virtually any topic. Check out the punishing new riff starting at the 22-second mark in the YouTube clip below. Earlier in the week, Mustaine revealed in a Cameo message that MEGADETH‘s long-awaited sixteenth studio album is “almost done.” He added: “I’m just listening to the last little bits right now. Kiko‘s [Loureiro, guitar] stuff is all done. We should be turning this in any day now. We’ve been turning in individual songs, and right now it’s down to just ap...
PAPA ROACH Teams Up With FEVER 333’s JASON AALON BUTLER, Rapper SUECO On New Single ‘Swerve’
PAPA ROACH has released a new single called “Swerve”. The track, which is a collaboration with FEVER 333 frontman Jason Aalon Butler and Los Angeles rapper Sueco, is expected to appear on PAPA ROACH‘s upcoming eleventh studio album, due next year via the band’s own record company, New Noize Records, Inc., under exclusive license to ADA. This past May, PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix spoke to the FM99 WNOR radio station about the band’s decision to release its next LP through its own label. Asked how the move came about, Jacoby said: “Way back in the day when we were with DreamWorks Records — this was right after we released our album ‘Infest’ — we had this pact with this band ALIEN ANT FARM. We were, like, ‘Whoever gets signed first,...
Matt Damon Just Stopped Using a Gay Slur After His Daughter Called Him on It
Matt Damon recently retired the use of a certain gay slur from his vocabulary, and it’s all thanks to his teenage daughter. The actor opened up about being dressed down by his daughter in a new interview with The Sunday Times. “The word that my daughter calls the ‘f-slur for a homosexual’ was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application,” he said before explaining that he’d upset her by using the word in a joke at the dinner table. “She left the table,” Damon continued, not specifying which of his three daughters protested. “I said, ‘Come on, that’s a joke! I say it in the movie Stuck on You!’ She went to her room and wrote a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous. I said, ‘I retire the f-slur!’ I understood.” Advertisement Related Video In the 2003 com...
Roddy Ricch’s ‘Night’ Rises to No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay Chart
Roddy Ricch banks a fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Late at Night” surges from No. 5 to lead the list dated July 31. The single advances with a 17% burst in plays in the week ending July 25 to become the most-played song of the week on monitored U.S. rhythmic stations, according to MRC Data. With the new champ, here’s a rundown of the rapper’s five leaders: Song Title, Artist (if other than Roddy Ricch), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1“Ballin,” with Mustard, two, Dec. 21, 2019“The Box,” six, Feb. 22, 2020“High Fashion,” featuring Mustard, one, July 13, 2020“Rockstar,” DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, nine, July 4, 2020“Late at Night,” one (to date), July 31, 2021 You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating shoul...
Charles Connor, Drummer for Little Richard, Dies at 86
“He was one of those drummers that was a bricklayer of creating that rock ‘n’ roll genre,” she said. “He played behind so many legendary musicians in the 1950s. He was a loving grandfather and was very proud of his family and took a lot of pride in his contributions to rock ‘n’ roll.” Connor began playing drums at age 12. Three years later, he started his professional career when Professor Longhair, a singer and pianist, hired him as a last-minute replacement for the 1950 Mardi Gras in New Orleans. After Connor turned 18, he joined Richard’s original road band, The Upsetters. The band appeared in several popular feature films including The Girl Can’t Help It with Jayne Mansfield along with Don’t Knock the Rock and Mr. Rock ‘n’ Roll. During his career, Connor toured ...
iTunes R&B Sale Sends Otis Redding, Mariah Carey & Aretha Franklin Back Onto Charts
Otis Redding’s “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” leads the R&B resurgence as it returns to the list at No. 3, having sold 7,700 downloads in the week ending July 22, according to MRC Data. Among notable feats for the recording, “Dock” posted four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 and became the first posthumous leader in the chart’s history, as Redding died in December 1967 in a plane crash. Including “Dock,” 13 of the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart’s 25 positions can be traced at least in part to the iTunes discount. Here’s a full rundown of the markdown’s impact: Position, Song Title, ArtistNo. 3, “Sittin on the Dock of the Bay,” Otis ReddingNo. 4, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” Marvin Gaye & Tammi TerrellNo. 6, “Suga Suga,” Baby Bash featuring Frankie JN...
Ariana Grande, ‘Vaxxed n Masked,’ Urges Others to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
Any person age 12 or older is currently eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. Grande explained that she was “sharing some info because i care and if i can, i’d like to help anybody who is hesitant or curious with making their decision.” “this delta variant is very new and since data is changing all the time, i’ll source some links for you to stay up to speed yourself but so far,” she wrote. “we do know that it spreads much more easily compared to previous variants. most of the spread is among unvaccinated people and in areas with low vaccination rates ! and yes although you can still get it while vaccinated, the vaccine helps to protect against severe illness, hospitalization, and death ! all great things to be protected against in my book. ...
