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UK Nightlife Sector Faces New COVID-19 Restrictions Amid “Freedom Day” Celebrations
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that COVID-19 vaccine passports will be mandatory for nightclubs and other public venues that draw large crowds. The regulation is set to take effect in September, amid a strong push to get the 35% of currently unvaccinated UK residents aged 18 to 30 to begin scheduling appointments. Vaccine passports are becoming increasingly common throughout Europe. The UK is following France in implementing similar policy as the nation led by Emmanuel Macron is now requiring vaccine validation in order for citizens to enter restaurants and other indoor establishments. The announcement drew pushback from a number of nightlife industry professionals, notably Michael Kill, CEO of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA). He points out that while the ...
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CRAY and GG Magree Drop Punk-Inspired Mix as Bad Boys Club Ahead of HARD Summer Debut [Exclusive]
The 2021 edition of HARD Summer bears numerous attention-grabbing B2B DJ sets, but perhaps none more intriguing and unexpected than CRAY and GG Magree‘s new collaborative alias, Bad Boys Club. “Cray and GG Magree got drunk and made a DJ project lol,” the group’s Twitter bio reads. Despite their seemingly spur of the moment decision to start the venture, the project has instant supergroup potential. Both artists have been major success stories over the last few years, each earning a “triple threat” reputation as vocalists, producers, and songwriters respectively. Ahead of their debut at HARD Summer, Bad Boys Club have released their first-ever mix, exclusively premiered by EDM.com. CRAY and GG Magree of Bad Boys Club. Bad Bo...
Watch PHILIP ANSELMO Perform PANTERA Classics At Wisconsin’s ROCK FEST
Fan-filmed video footage of PHILIP H. ANSELMO AND THE ILLEGALS performing their “A Vulgar Display Of Pantera” set at this year’s Rock Fest on July 16 in Cadott, Wisconsin can be seen below (courtesy of Concert Mania). “A Vulgar Display Of Pantera” finds singer Philip Anselmo and his solo group celebrating the legacy of PANTERA with a set featuring select cuts from the iconic metal band’s five classic albums: “Cowboys From Hell”, “Vulgar Display Of Power”, “Far Beyond Driven”, “The Great Southern Trendkill” and “Reinventing The Steel”. In a recent interview with The News-Herald, Anselmo said that part of the reason for performing PANTERA classics is to honor the band’s guitarist “Dime...
METALLICA: ‘The $24.95 Book’ To Be Released In August
“Metallica: The $24.95 Book” will be released on August 15 via Backbeat Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. With more than 125 million records sold worldwide, METALLICA is the biggest metal band of all time. Four decades into their unparalleled career, METALLICA is a massive cultural force which drastically changed the sound of popular music by creating its own rules. Yet for all their popularity, METALLICA can seem impenetrable, raising more questions and inspiring more discourse as their mythos grows. They’re rarely given the kind of literary appreciation and analysis usually saved for the biggest rock artists, until now. “Metallica: The $24.95 Book” looks at METALLICA‘s cultural significance, with chapters devoted to each member, each album...
ARMORED SAINT Announces December 2021 Tour Dates With BLACK LABEL SOCIETY And PRONG
Last October, California metal vetetans ARMORED SAINT released their eighth full-length album, “Punching The Sky”, via Metal Blade Records. Today, the band has announced its first tour dates in support of this record: a short run of shows with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and PRONG in December 2021. ARMORED SAINT frontman John Bush comments: “We’re super excited to finally be doing some dates in support of ‘Punching The Sky’!! Albeit a year in two months after it came out. What makes it even more exciting is to support Zakk Wylde and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY!! Let’s do it!!!!” “Doom Trooping Over North America” tour dates with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, ARMORED SAINT, PRONG: Dec. 27 – Reno, NV – Virginia Street Brewhouse Dec. 28 – S...
ROBERT PLANT Plays First Pandemic-Era Concert With SAVING GRACE (Video)
Robert Plant played his first pandemic-era concert, appearing with his band SAVING GRACE on Monday (July 19) in Worthington, England. Joining the former LED ZEPPELIN lead singer on stage were vocalist Suzy Dian, mandolinist and guitar player Tony Kelsey, banjo and guitar player Matt Worley, and percussionist Oli Jefferson. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below. SAVING GRACE made its debut in early 2019 with a series of surprise gigs in small venues across England, Wales, and Ireland and later, a trio of U.K. dates supporting FAIRPORT CONVENTION. The intimate performances saw the band drawing from a repertoire of “music inspired by the dreamscape of the Welsh Marches,” songs that span Plant‘s diverse tastes and influences, notably his lifelong passion for ...
Elvis Costello & The Imposters Announce 2021 Fall Tour
Elvis Costello & The Imposters are headed back on the road for a 2021 fall US tour. Entitled “Hello Again,” the trek takes place in October and November. The 20-date tour kicks off in Memphis, Tennessee at Graceland on October 10th. It will make stops in cities like New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles before wrapping up at Fox Theater in Oakland, California on November 14th. Tickets will go on sale at Ticketmaster on Friday, July 23rd at 10:00 a.m. local time, and look on the secondary market here for deals once they sell out. Check out the full tour schedule below. Advertisement Related Video Costello released his most recent album, the excellent Hey Clockface, in November before closing out last year with “Farewell, OK 2020.” On September 10th, Costello will release Spanish Mo...
The Jackass Forever Trailer Is Here in All Its Absolute Glory: Watch
Don’t try this at home, but Paramount Pictures has shared the first trailer for Jackass Forever, the upcoming fourth and final (?) installment in the Jackass franchise. In theaters on October 22nd, Jackass Forever does perhaps irreparable damage to stars Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, and Preston Lacy alongside Jasper, Rachel Wolfson, Sean “Poopies” McInerney, Zach Holmes, and Eric Manaka. Some of the moments shown here have already been reported for their ambulance-calling glory. In one bit, the crew dress up as a marching band and hop on a treadmill, in a stunt that landed Knoxville and Steve-O in the hospital. Elsewhere, testicles meet softball and only one sphere wins, and people go flying into the water from all sorts of positi...
R.I.P. Martin Kahan, Music Video Director (KISS, Rush, Mötley Crüe) Dead at 74
Martin Kahan, a prolific music video director, has died at age 74. He passed away this past Sunday (July 18th) in Lakewood, New Jersey, following a battle with cancer. Kahan directed numerous videos for hard rock acts in the 1980s. If you watched MTV during that era, you surely caught Kahan’s work. Some of his best known clips include KISS sans-makeup (“Lick It Up”, “All Hell’s Breakin Loose”), Mötley Crüe (“Too Young to Fall in Love”), Scorpions (“I’m Leaving You”), and Bon Jovi (“In and Out of Love,” “She Don’t Know Me”). Videos for Ian Hunter (the VMA-nomiated “All of the Good Ones Are Taken”), Loverboy (“Queen of the Broken Hearts”), and Michael Bolton (“Fool’s Game”) also garnered rotation on MTV. Advertisement Related Video Kahan got a break early in his career when he shot three vid...
The Avalanches Reveal 2022 North American Tour Dates
The Avalanches have announced a North American tour for 2022. The trek will mark just the second time the Australian electronic samplers have toured the US, and their first since 2017. The duo’s latest American jaunt will stretch 13 dates between February 17th (Washington, DC) and March 6th (San Francisco). Along the way, they’ll stop in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Vancouver, and Seattle. The full schedule is ahead. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 23rd at The Avalanches’ website. You can also check the usual sources like Ticketmaster and the secondary market. Advertisement Related Video The last — and first — time The Avalanches toured the States and Canada was in 2017 around the release of their comeback record, Wildflower. That in turn was their first LP since ...
A Rare Nintendo ‘Kirby’ e-Reader Card From E3 2002 Has Popped Up on eBay.
A rare Nintendo card that doesn’t fall into the Pokémon category has just popped up on eBay. This card was part of Nintendo’s e-Reader series of collectible cards that could be read on the GameBoy Advance (GBA) for special items and unlocked features. This particular Kirby card was handed out at the 2002 E3 event where only 100 cards would garner a second-place prize and only 10 for the first-place prize. This card is extremely rare as all existing first-place cards were either redeemed or destroyed. As this is an uncommon card that hasn’t really popped up, there is no point of reference as to how much it is actually worth or the grading it would receive. It’s currently listed at $9,999 USD with 41 bids with just under three days left on the auction. [embedded content] In other gaming news...
Ubisoft Unveils Free-to-Play ‘Tom Clancy’s XDefiant’
Continuing to expand on Tom Clancy‘s video game universe, Ubisoft has now unveiled the latest addition to the iconic franchise: a first-person shooter called Tom Clancy’s XDefiant. Similar the Overwatch and Valorant, XDefiant will be a character-based shooter pitting two teams of six players up against each other. The characters you can choose from are inspired by other titles within the franchise, such as the Wolves, Echelon, and Outcasts and Cleaners, all inspired by Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell and The Division respectively. Much like the other two aforementioned games, XDefiant will also allow you to use various traits and abilities native to the character you choose while combating your opponents, and also included a custom loadout feature fo...
