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You Can Win a Lifetime Spot on deadmau5’s Guest List in New Video Game Contest
deadmau5 and Lights are teaming up with the video game Core for a contest featuring a number of wild prizes. The creative session is in honor of the artists’ latest collaboration “When The Summer Dies.” For those unfamiliar with Core, it’s far from your traditional video game. It’s actually not even a game half of the time, but rather a platform that lets you create your own games and visual art, and share them with the world. Creators will have a chance to have their work featured in the upcoming music video for the new song. Players are tasked with creating worlds that fit four specific themes: War-Torn, Cyberpunk/SciFi, Abandoned Stages, and Dystopian. Core‘s developers shared a video on their YouTube channel explaining the details of the in...
Excision Unveils Lost Lands 2021 Lineup
This fall, bass music fans from around the world will travel to the middle of Ohio and step into a time machine to enter Excision‘s grand creation, Lost Lands. Debuting in 2017, the festival immediately became the world’s leading bass music event and has improved every year since. With extra time to plan this year’s festivities, it’s very clear that Excision and his team of organizers went all-out on the upcoming outing to make up for the lost time. Now, fans can begin to prepare their schedules as the lineup for Lost Lands 2021 is finally here. Lost Lands The lineup was revealed during his special two-day event, Reunion, hosted at the same venue as the prehistoric party. While each of the previous three years has featured an all-star cast of bass music ma...
Biz Markie, ‘Just A Friend’ Rapper And Hip-Hop Icon, Dead At 57
Biz Markie, the rapper behind the iconic 1989 single “Just a Friend” who later found success as a DJ and producer, has died at age 57. His manager, Jenni Izumi, confirmed Markie’s death to multiple outlets. “Biz created a legacy of artistry that will forever be celebrated by his industry peers and his beloved fans whose lives he was able to touch through music, spanning over 35 years,” Izumi said in a statement, per CNN. No cause of death was given, but Markie had a history of diabetes, and TMZ notes his death comes after “a series of complications.” Markie, born Marcel Theo Hall in New York City, found Top 10 chart success in his mid-twenties through “Just a Friend”‘s memorably wailing chorus and a notable video that saw him dres...
Bassist LEXXI FOXX Quits STEEL PANTHER
Bassist Lexxi Foxx has left California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER. The band announced Foxx‘s departure in a tongue-in-cheek social media post earlier today (Saturday, July 17). STEEL PANTHER wrote: “The End of an Era “The great pandemic of 2020-2037 has affected all of us. For some though, it has opened doors of opportunity and been a catalyst to seek out one’s true calling in life. This is Lexxi‘s story. He started his side business, ‘Sexy Lexxi’s Prettiest Pets,’ to bring in money for Botox during the lockdown. But something miraculous happened. He realized that his love for making pets pretty was greater than his love for being pretty himself. Lexxi discovered a greater love. Possibly, the greatest love of all. “Lexxi has cho...
DECAPITATED Pushes Back Against Attempts ‘To Cause Damage’ To Band By Revisiting Four-Year-Old Rape Charges
Polish tech death masters DECAPITATED have pushed back against attempts by unnamed individals to force the cancelation of the band’s recently announced European 25th-anniversary tour. The controversy stems from the fact all four members of DECAPITATED were accused by a woman of gang-raping her after a concert in 2017 in Spokane, Washington. In January 2018, rape and kidnapping charges against the musicians were dropped by prosecutors in Washington state. At the time, the prosecutors filed a motion in Spokane County Superior Court dismissing the charges, citing only the “well-being of the victim” as the reason. Earlier today, DECAPITATED released the following statement: “As many of you may or may not be aware, back in 2017 in the midst of our USA tour we had the wor...
SEBASTIAN BACH Pays Tribute To CINDERELLA’s JEFF LABAR: ‘He Did Not Deserve To Leave Us So Soon’
Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has issued a brief statement regarding the passing of CINDERELLA guitarist Jeff LaBar. Jeff was found dead by his wife, Debinique Salazar-LaBar, on Wednesday, July 14 inside his apartment in Nashville. He was 58 years old. On Friday, Bach took to his Twitter to share a photo of him with LaBar, and he wrote in an accompanying message: “Rock in Peace to my buddy Jeff LeBar. We had some good times together and he did not deserve to leave us so soon. To his son Sebastian hang in there dude & be strong from the other Sebastian your dad will always be by your side”. LaBar joined CINDERELLA in time to record the band’s debut album, 1986’s “Night Songs”, which peaked at position No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart and was e...
Watch FLOOR JANSEN Perform NIGHTWISH Classics At First Pandemic-Era Solo Concert
NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen played her first pandemic-era solo concert this past Thursday, July 15 at Het Zomertheater in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below. The setlist was as follows: 01. Ever Dream (NIGHTWISH song) 02. Euphoria (Loreen cover) 03. Storm In A Glass (NORTHWARD song) 04. Nemo (NIGHTWISH song) 05. Mama (Samantha Steenwijk cover) 06. Sweet Curse (REVAMP song) (with Henk Poort) 07. Dangerous Game (“Jekyll & Hyde” cover) (with Henk Poort) 08. Face Your Demons (AFTER FOREVER song) 09. Winner (Tim Akkerman cover) Set 2: 01. Slow, Love, Slow (NIGHTWISH song) 02. Shallow (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper cover) 03. Strong (AFTER FOREVER song) 04. Élan (NIGHTWISH song) 05. Energize Me (AFTER FOREVER song) 06. L...
Foo Fighters’ Debut as the “Dee Gees” Is a Fun Foray Into the Legacy of the Bee Gees
In a clip from his new Paramonut+ docuseries From Cradle to Stage, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl tells Pharrell Williams that he ripped off old disco and funk songs when coming up with his drum parts for Nirvana’s Nevermind. And while his hard rock ethos has always been present, Grohl has been outspoken in the past about his appreciation for ‘70s pop, disco, R&B and funk. This time, however, the Foos are taking that appreciation one step further with Hail Satin, their debut EP as the Dee Gees, which is out today (July 17th) exclusively on vinyl for Record Store Day. Hail Satin sees the Foo Fighters taking on five classic Bee Gees songs (“You Should Be Dancing,” “Night Fever,” “Tragedy,” “Shadow Dancing,” and “More Than A Woman”) and bringing their own unique spin to them under a dis...
John Mayer Just Gifted BLACKPINK’s Rosé Her Very Own Pink Guitar
Rosé received a surprise package in the mail this week from none other than John Mayer. The Sob Rock singer-songwriter gifted the BLACKPINK idol her very own John Mayer model Silver Sky electric guitar — in rose pink, natch — to thank her for covering his 2006 hit “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” last week on South Korean variety show Sea of Hope. (The guitar also appears to be the exact same model Mayer plays in the music video for his latest single “Last Train Home.”) “Rosé – I should be thanking you! (So thank you.) – John,” Mayer’s handwritten note read, which Rosé posted on her Instagram story with the caption “…….!!!!!!! Life is complete…… Ty @johnmayer.” Check out a fan-grabbed snap of the sweet gift below. Advertisement Related Video The K-pop star has made weekly appearances on Se...
Missy Elliott, Questlove, Q-Tip & More Pay Tribute to Biz Markie: “Your Impact in the Culture Is 4EVER”
In light of Biz Markie’s passing on Friday, countless figures from the music and entertainment community have paid tribute to the hip-hop legend. “Biz built me man,” declared Questlove. “In my early early stages it was Biz who taught me the REAL places to cop records….Biz taught me what cities had good digging…..Biz taught me where to collect 45s……Biz taught me where to collect 8TRACK TAPES!!” “He taught me ALOT. Im using ALL the education he taught me,” added Questlove. “We will miss him. But he will be here forever. Love you Biz.” Advertisement Related Video “This one hurts baad,” said fellow hip-hop legend Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest. “ahhh man @BizMarkie damn im gonna miss u so so many memories.. hurts bad. My FRIEND.” “I can remember so many times trying to beat box like you until m...
Britney Spears Appears to Call Out Family Members In Cryptic Instagram Post
With the #FreeBritney movement at its crux, Britney Spears has become more and more vocal about her 13-year conservatorship and the strain it’s put on her relationships — even those between her and her family members. On Friday night, the pop star shared a cryptic Instagram post that reads: “Never forget who ignored you when you needed them and who helped you before you even had to ask.” While Spears didn’t name names, fans are speculating that her caption was targeted at her family, most notably her sister Jamie Lynn Spears. Spears wrote in the caption: “There’s nothing worse than when the people closest to you who never showed up for you post things in regard to your situation whatever it may be and speak righteously for support … there’s nothing worse than that !!!! How dare the people ...
‘I’ll Be Missing You’ Tops SiriusXM’s ‘Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits’ Countdown
The Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits channel is celebrating the hottest summer hits from 1958 through 2020 based on Hot 100 chart data, featuring artists such as The Beatles, Bee Gees, Mariah Carey, Drake, Elton John, Madonna, Katy Perry, Elvis Presley, Rihanna, The Rolling Stones, Usher and Donna Summer. Joining Puff Daddy (aka Diddy, born Sean Combs), Evans and vocal group 112 in the top 10 of the Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits spotlight are fellow summer smashes by Brandy and Monica, Andy Gibb, Lil Nas X, Prince and the Revolution and more. After launching Friday (July 16) and running through July 30, Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits on SiriusXM channel 104 and the SiriusXM app is counting down the songs that made summers feel even hotter over the past six decades-plus. You can also liste...
