Entertainment
Wazupnaija – Naija Entertainment blogs & Forums – Entertainment
GEORGE LYNCH And JEFF PILSON Cover DURAN DURAN, PRINCE, OASIS, Others On ‘Heavy Hitters’ Album
Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with his former DOKKEN bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems. Due on December 18 via Deadline Music, a division of Cleopatra Records, Inc., “Heavy Hitters” features jaw-dropping renditions of DURAN DURAN‘s “Ordinary World”, Prince‘s “Kiss”, ONEREPUBLIC‘s “Apologize”, Carole King‘s “I Feel The Earth”, OASIS‘s “Champagne Supernova” and more. George discussed the “Heavy Hitters” project in a recent interview with Audio Ink Radio. He said: “I’ve got another project I did with Jeff Pilson called ‘Heavy Hitters’, which is really intere...
Taylor Swift Announces folklore: the long pond studio sessions Film
Unable to tour due to the ongoing pandemic, Taylor Swift opted instead to write and record her new album folklore. The album’s intimate, lo-fi sonics are largely a reflection of its recording process, as the normally bombastic pop singer was forced to record the 16-track LP in isolation, with collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff contributing remotely. Now, months after the album’s release, the trio is finally meeting in-person for a live performance of folklore. Premiering tomorrow (!), November 25th on Disney+, folklore: the long pond studio sessions finds Swift, Dessner, and Antonoff holed up at The National’s Long Pond Studio in Hudson, New York, performing tracks from the album live for the first time. What’s more, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon even stops by to sing his duet with S...
BTS Bring “Life Goes On”, Holiday Cheer to Corden: Watch
On Monday, BTS fans were gifted the best holiday present of them all: the Bangtan Boys under their Christmas tree. Following appearances on Good Morning America and the 2020 American Music Awards, the K-pop megastars visited The Late Late Show with James Corden, where they performed their latest single “Life Goes On” in extraordinary festive fashion. The group’s virtual setup was made to look like a series of cozy living rooms decked out in seasonal decor, complete with Christmas trees, wreaths, candles, and even indoor snow. All seven members of BTS — J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jungkook, V, RM, and Suga — were of course dressed for the occasion, outfitted in toasty sweaters, cardigans, and hoodies. We now clearly need an entire merch line dedicated to BTS Christmas. Replay the video down be...
R.I.P. Daria Nicolodi, Italian Horror Icon Dies at 70
Italian horror icon Daria Nicolodi has died at the age of 70. Nicolodi’s daughter, actress Asia Argento, confirmed her mother’s passing in a statement. “Rest in peace beloved mother. Now you can fly free with your great spirit and you won’t have to suffer anymore. I will try to go on for your beloved grandchildren and especially for you who would never want to see me so grieved. Even if without you I miss the ground under my feet, and I feel I have lost my only true point of reference. I am close to all those who have known and loved her. I will always be your Aria.” Nicolodi will be remembered for her on-screen collaborations with her one-time partner, Dario Argento. She starred in several of Argento’s films, including Deep Red (1975), Inferno (1980), Tenebrae (1982), Phenomena (1985...
Bad Bunny Talks Surprise New Album ‘El Ultimo Tour del Mundo’ & Rosalia Collab
“It’s completely different from YHLQMDLG. This is a more sentimental album, more chill, the kind of thing you can listen to in your room,” Bad Bunny tells Billboard. Here’s everything important you need to know about the 16-track El Último Tour Del Mundo, in his own words. First and foremost, “Dákiti,” your No. 1 global song. Tell us more. I had the album ready for a while. And I’d say: Damn, I’m missing a song. Because the album goes into a different, weird direction. It needed a track that connects with everyone. A party track. Jahycor [Jhay Cortez] and Mora already had the song written and prepared. I added my lyrics, my touch, over Jhay Cortez’s rhythm. Then we sent it to Tainy so he could also put his touch, and everything was a very dynamic, very cool team effort. I really liked the ...
Miley Cyrus Drops ‘Plastic Hearts’ Featuring Billy Idol, Joan Jett & More: Stream It Now
In a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Miley recounted how Billy Idol’s works had inspired her album and attitude. “His music… the way that he married rebellion but also his music where he had incredible hooks. And he showed me that I could have balance, that I could make music that I and other people love,” she said. “And sometimes I’ve lost that and I’ve found that again where it’s like, ‘I want to make music for me.’” In addition to her originals, the new set also carries Miley’s recent live covers of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and The Cranberries‘ “Zombie” from the iHeart Festival and the NIVA Save Our Stage Festival, respectively. Miley was trending worldwide ahead of the release, as fans used their Thanksgiving downtim...
Smashing Pumpkins Return With Double Album ‘CYR’: Stream It Now
Cut in Chicago and produced by Corgan, CYR features fellow founding members James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin alongside longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder. CYR represents, at least “symbolically,” the “makings of a dissociative life, which best as we can tell is modern life: as presented through a variety of sources; past, present, and future,” explains Corgan. With the new LP, “you get 20 pieces of fractured ideology, neither here nor there but that’s sort of the point,” he continues. “To ape that which in the post-technology age is not so easily defined and pinned down, but can be shown in a lithe, restless melody”. The two-time Grammy winners have more on the way. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Mellon Collie, the Chicago alternative rock legends recently anno...
‘The Oldest Trick In The Book’: Will RSVP’s Plan To Reunite The Jersey Shore Girls Work?
It’s true what they say: Desperate times call for desperate measures. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the Jersey Shore speechgate drama, so Mike “The Mediation” Sorrentino called in his RSVP reinforcements for one “last shot” at reconciliation between Angelina and the girls. Enter… the double booking. “What did they expect us to do? The only option is to double book them,” Mike explained. “This is the oldest trick in the book.” The plan? Enjoy a boys’ weekend for a couple of days at a nearly deserted Las Vegas resort (cue Jersey Shore: COVID Edition) and then invite Angelina and the girls for a good ol’-fashioned family vaca — unbeknownst to each other. It wasn’t long before Mission: R...
MICHEL ‘AWAY’ LANGEVIN: Why Now Is Right Time For VOIVOD To Release Live Album
Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD will release a new live album, “Lost Machine – Live”, on November 27 via Century Media Records. The disc was recorded in Québec City during the worldwide touring cycle for the band’s latest studio LP, “The Wake”. Asked in a new interview with Bandbond why now is the right time to release a VOIVOD live album, drummer Michel “Away” Langevin said (see video below): “For the album ‘The Wake’, we toured a lot, and we had many plans put aside. Now that we are sort of confined at home, this year was a good year to catch up with these plans. We had shows recorded from last year, when we played festivals here in the province of Quebec, so we released in July an EP with a performance...
Watch Pro-Shot Video Of GUNS N’ ROSES’ 2019 Performance In Wichita, Kansas
GUNS N’ ROSES has released video footage of the band’s October 7, 2019 performance from at InTrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. The 27-minute clip is part of the GN’R web series dubbed “Not In This Lifetime Selects” featuring highlights from the four-year “Not In This Lifetime” tour. Featured songs: 00:00 “Estranged” 09:20 “Civil War” 16:58 “Wichita Lineman” (Glen Campbell cover) 21:00 “Nightrain” In July, GUNS N’ ROSES announced the rescheduled dates for its North American stadium tour. GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Not In This Lifetime” tour, which began four years ago, recently became the No. 3 highest-grossing tour in the history of Billboard Boxscore. Launched in April 2016, ...
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD: ‘A Lot Of The Music Has Gotten Safer But The World Has Gotten So Much Scarier’
In a new interview with Greg Gutfeld of Fox News Radio‘s “The One” podcast, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked if he thinks rock artists today are more reticent about taking risks than they used to be several decades ago. He responded (hear audio below): “For me, it does seem as though a lot of the music has gotten safer but the world has gotten so much scarier, whereas back a few decades — back even maybe less than a decade — it was the flipside. There was a lot of controversial artists, there was a lot of controversy in the music. But that seems to have dissipated now. It’s almost as though we’ve been shocked and stunned into kind of an emotionless state to some extent, which is a real shame, because music plays on your hearts, it plays on your ...
Did ANVIL ‘Invent’ Speed/Thrash Metal?
In a new interview with the “That Metal Interview”, Steve “Lips” Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL spoke about how he and his bandmates came up with the speed/thrash blueprint which paved the way for groups like METALLICA, ANTHRAX and SLAYER. Asked how ANVIL managed to create that sound first, Lips said: “We’re older. What else am I gonna say? I’m two or three years older than those guys. End of story. I was in line first. [Laughs] Somebody had to do it. And let’s face it, it’s a different kind of situation. “Our drummer, Robb Reiner, is a very, very spectacular, special drummer and inventive and innovative,” he continued. “So when I came up with speed riffs that I thought were like DEEP PURPLE and he’s play...
