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“We Back, Baby”: Inside Day Trip, the First Post-Pandemic Music Festival in Southern California
Peppered with confusion, bewilderment, and apologies, the road to Day Trip was a windy one. But Insomniac delivered. Marking the return of music festivals in Southern California, the event was pure bliss—a stark contrast to the troubling week leading up to it. After an unprecedented two venue changes in the weeks prior to Day Trip, the fabled promoter pulled a rabbit out of its hat and hosted a radiant masterstroke of a music fest. Keiki-Lani Knudsen/Insomniac Events Venue switcheroo In the aftermath of the explosive EDC Las Vegas postponement debacle, all eyes were on Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella ahead of Day Trip. In late June Rotella moved the house music-focused fest from the LA Waterfront to The Lot at Hollywood Park to allow for a more spacious la...
DOWN Announces ‘NOLA Town Throwdown’ Livestream
Long-running heavy metal supergroup DOWN, featuring vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower and bassist Pat Bruders, will return to the stage Friday, August 13 for a very special in-person live and virtual experience. The fittingly titled “NOLA Town Throwdown” will take place at the Fillmore in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fans can attend the show in person while those who can’t make it, can still catch it in real time from the comfort of their living room. Support will be provided by special guest comedian Dave Hill. Comments Anselmo: “It’s gonna be great to play our hometown again! Always a blast!” Says Keenan: “‘NOLA Town Throwdown’ is a long time coming. Let’s do this and make it...
Watch Trailer For New HBO Documentary ‘Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, And Rage’
HBO‘s “Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, And Rage”, the first film in the Music Box series, directed by Garret Price (“Love, Antosha”) and executive produced by Bill Simmons (HBO‘s “Andre The Giant”, “Showbiz Kids”), tells the story of Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults. The grim outcome earned the event the infamous distinction of “the day the nineties died.” “Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, And Rage” focuses a spotlight on American youth at the end of the millennium, in the shadow of Columbine and the looming hysteria of Y2K, pinpointing a moment in time when the angst of ...
THE WINERY DOGS Are Working On Material For Long-Awaited Third Album
THE WINERY DOGS have regrouped in Los Angeles to begin writing material for their long-awaited third album. On Wednesday (July 7), bassist Billy Sheehan shared a new photo of him, drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen, and he included the following message: “It’s a beautiful day here in Los Angeles. And what a great reason to visit — with THE WINERY DOGS writing new songs! I am VERY happy and excited about this.” This past March, Kotzen once again opened the door to a possible third album from THE WINERY DOGS, telling Eonmusic about the band’s last activity, which was a run of U.S. live dates dubbed “Who Let The Dogs Out”: “We did a tour in 2019, and it was a nice time. We had a good time on the road, and we were talking about t...
Home Once Owned By AC/DC’s PHIL RUDD Hits Market In Melbourne, Australia
According to RealEstate.com.au, a home once owned by AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has hit the market in Beaumaris, an affluent bayside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The three-bedroom mid-century home, which is up for sale with a AUD $2.5 million – $2.65 million price tag, features six entertaining spaces, including a billiards room that reportedly still has the musician’s own pool table from its old AC/DC days, according to Belle Property Sandringham‘s Ryan Castles. “If the walls could talk I’m sure there would be some stories to tell,” Castles said. Rudd owned the property from 1981 until 1984, selling it shortly after he initially parted ways with the band in 1983. He rejoined the iconic Australian rockers about ten years later. Last November, d...
R.I.P. Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker and Father of Robert Downey Jr., Dead at 85
Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished underground filmmaker, actor, and father of Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., has died at the age of 85. His son confirmed the news on Instagram, noting that his father passed away “peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson’s” on Wednesday. Downey Jr. also called his late dad “a maverick filmmaker” who “remained remarkably optimistic throughout.” “Maverick” well describes Downey Sr.’s early career. The auteur filmmaker began directing, producing, and writing cult underground movies in the 60s marked with his uncompromising vision and left-field humor. Projects like 1969’s Putney Swope, a corporate satire that saw a Black board takeover an white-run advertising company, and 1970’s Pound, which saw human actors playing an...
Woodstock 99 Crashes and Burns in First Trailer for Documentary Peace, Love, and Rage: Watch
Chaos reigns in the first trailer for Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage. The documentary will air on HBO July 23rd and stream on HBO Max. Like its original incarnation in 1969, Woodstock 1999 was held in upstate New York as a celebration of music. The event hosted 400,000 miserable attendees, as excessive heat and poor planning combined for one of the worst debacles in modern festival history. The crowd turned violent, at one point tearing plywood off the walls and setting it on fire. The concerts gave way to multiple reports of rape and sexual assault, as well as looting, vandalism, and arson. Directed by Garret Price and executive produced by Bill Simmons, Woodstock 99 tells the grim story of “the day the nineties died.” Organizers Michael Lang and John Scher explai...
Dizzy Fae Details Origins of Ying Yang Twins Collaboration “Body Move (Remix)”: Exclusive
Our new music feature Origins gives artists the platform to share the inspirations behind their most recent release. Today, Dizzy Fae lives out her dream of collaborating with Ying Yang Twins on “Body Move (Remix)”. In her dance floor-ready hyperpop cut “Body Move”, Dizzy Fae pays homage to her childhood idols Ying Yang Twins. With a scratchy whisper she sings, “I just might do it again/ I’mma speak it to you quiet like the Ying Yang Twins.” The shout out got the Atlanta duo’s attention, and now they’re doing their own whispering on the new “Body Move (Remix)”. Kaine and D-Roc join the 22-year-old Fae to put their distinctive Southern flare on the cut. D-Roc comes in first with that familiar hush as he raps, “Let me see you get nasty” before kicking it up with, “Turn it back up, though/ Sh...
Atlantic Records UK & ADA Strike Partnership With U.K. Latin-Based Label Candela Records
Warner Music UK has unveiled details of a partnership between Atlantic Records UK, Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – Warner Music Group’s label services division – and UK Latin-based record label Candela Records. Candela Records, co-founded by Luciano Santana Pinto and Jose Luis Seijas, will focus on “developing the Latino sounds of London, which fuse the city’s unique urban beats with the sound of the Latin Caribbean and beyond, and on bringing this unique hybrid to the global stage,” according to a press release. Under the terms of the partnership, Atlantic Records UK and ADA will help guide Candela Records in signing and developing new artists, as well as distributing their current roster, which includes Angelo Flow and Esko, globally. “The Latin mus...
Universal Music Publishing Group Opens Office In Israel
Move follows opening of UMG outpost for recorded music in June 2020. Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) is opening an office in Israel, establishing UMPG as the only major label publishing company currently operating in the Middle Eastern country. The office, in Tel Aviv, opens today (July 8). To helm the newly minted UMPG Israel operation, the company has tapped 20-year music business veteran Itamar Shafrir as the General Manager of Publishing and Production Music. Prior to his new role, Shafrir held jobs in the music industry in New York, Tel Aviv, and London, and he worked for 12 years in film and television at UMG sister company Havas London. 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 ba...
As Football Fever Sweeps England, Atomic Kitten Returns With ‘Southgate You’re The One’
The song is a new version of Atomic Kitten’s No. 1 from 2001 “Whole Again,” featuring new vocals from bandmate Jenny Frost, who last performed with the group 13 years ago. “It’s been a whirlwind couple of days, but we are super excited and grateful to be able to contribute to the awesome energy and patriotism that is filling the England streets with this version of ‘Whole Again,’ comments band members Frost, Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon. “Southgate You’re The One” is “totally inspired by the England football fans in support of Gareth Southgate and the super talented England football team, we will be singing loud and proud ‘Football’s Coming Home.’” The song dropped ahead of England’s 2-1 semi-final win Wednesday (July 7) against Denmark, which propels the 3 Lions in...
Japanese Breakfast Dish up ‘Paprika’ on ‘Kimmel’: Watch
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