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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Dances Like Any Other Awkward Dad at Son’s Wedding: Watch
Metal singer, pilot, author, accomplished fencer: Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is a man of many talents. Dancing at weddings doesn’t appear to be one of them! The legendary vocalist could be seen cutting the rug at the reception for his son Austin’s wedding earlier this month. Dickinson might be known for his energetic stage presence, but it turns out he’s like any other awkward dad on the dance floor. Facebook footage from the reception sees Dickinson in lively spirits, vibing and flailing his arms about as he shimmies and shakes next to his freshly wedded son, who beams a huge smile. It all looks like a cracking good time, and Bruce certainly has no shame about his dance moves. In fact, he’s quite the trooper. Advertisement Related Video Austin is Bruce’s son with his second...
How to Get Tickets to Coldplay’s 2023 “Music of the Spheres World Tour”
Coldplay have been making the rounds on their ongoing “Music of the Spheres World Tour” since spring 2022 with over four million tickets sold, but they’re just getting started with a new slate of tour dates coming in 2023. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Coldplay’s Next Tour? The band’s ongoing world tour has taken them nearly around the entire globe already, but they still have legs in South America and Europe ahead while also hinting at future dates in North America and southeast Asia as well. Advertisement Related Video Coldplay’s next run kicks off at Brazil’s Rock in Rio on September 10th, followed by two double-headers in Lima, Peru and Bogota, Colombia. They then stop for a four nights in Santiago, Chile and two headlining shows back ...
Super 7 Unveils Beastie Boys “Sabotage” Action Figures
So, so, so, so listen up, Beastie Boys fanatics: Super 7 has today unveiled its trio of Beastie Boys “Sabotage” ReAction Figures. Now, you can have Ad Rock, MCA, and Mike D right in the palm of your hand, dressed as their alter-egos from the iconic music video to their 1994 hit. In case it’s been a minute since you’ve seen it, the “Sabotage” music video features the Beastie Boys as fictional movie stars in a 1970s crime dramas: MCA plays “Nathan Wind” playing “Cochese,” Ad-Rock plays “Vic Colfari” playing “Bobby, ‘The Rookie,’” and Mike D plays “Alasondro Alegré” playing “‘The Chief.’” (Don’t worry if you can’t keep the Russian nesting doll train of names straight — it’s all on the packaging.) Each figurine’s outfit stays faithful to the music video, with their bad mustach...
Alter Bridge Announce 2023 North American Tour with Mammoth WVH
Alter Bridge have announced a 2023 North American tour with Mammoth WVH. The 30-city outing is split into two legs. The first kicks off on January 25th in Tampa, Florida, and runs through February 18th in Chicago. After a brief break, the trek picks back up on March 10th in Quapaw, Oklahoma, and wraps up on April 1st in Highland, California. In addition to Mammoth WVH opening each show, Red and Pistols at Dawn will also support select dates. Ticket pre-sales begin tomorrow (August 23rd) at 10 a.m. ET using the password BLACKBIRD, with a general on-sale beginning Friday (August 26th) at 10 a.m. local time. Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster. Related Video The tour will follow Alter Bridge’s recently announced seventh studio album, Pawns & Kings, due for release on October 14th. The group...
Steve Carell and Domhnall Gleeson Square Off In FX’s Riveting Psychothriller The Patient: Review
The Pitch: Psychotherapist Alan Strauss (Steve Carell) is a man in the grips of mourning — not just for the recent loss of his wife (Laura Niemi) to cancer, but also for his strained relationship with his son Ezra (Andrew Leeds), whose choice to become an Orthodox Jew has drawn a deep rift against his more liberal Jewish father. But Alan receives the challenge of a lifetime in the form of Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson), a new patient who seems cagey, mysterious, and unable to truly open up. Turns out, that’s because Sam is a serial killer, one desperately searching for a way to stamp out his compulsions, and he hopes that Alan’s expertise can help. In classic serial-killer fashion, that means kidnapping Alan, chaining him to the basement of his mother’s remote house out in the woods, ...
The National Team with Bon Iver for “Weird Goodbyes”: Stream
The National have shared a new song with Bon Iver called “Weird Goodbyes.” Check it out below. The National offered a bit of background on “Weird Goodbyes” via their Instagram. “Last spring, the band reconvened at Long Pond to begin writing and recording new music that we’ve been working on ever since,” they said. “’Weird Goodbyes’ featuring Bon Iver felt like the right track to share first and is one of a handful of new songs we’ve been performing on tour this summer. We’re so grateful to our friend Justin Vernon for joining us on this song.” “It’s about letting go of the past and moving on, then later being overwhelmed by second thoughts,” The National frontman Matt Berninger further explained in a statement. Advertisement Related Video Along with Bon Iver, the song features strings by t...
Welcome to Wrexham Review: Watching Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds Buy a Sports Team Is Damn Compelling
The Pitch: English: PitchAmerican: FieldWelsh: Traw In 2020, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds bought a Welsh football team. Neither of them had ever been to Wales before taking such an enormous leap, let alone Wrexham. Nor had either of them ever followed the English football league, let alone the fifth-tier Wrexham Red Dragons. And yet, they saw some real potential both in the club (which is the third oldest football team in the world and the oldest professional club in Wales — they even play at the Racecourse, the oldest international football pitch in the world, est. 1807) as well as in the residents of Wrexham. Potential for historic sporting success, sure, but also the potential for an incredible story. And so they started making this docuseries. And then they bought the club. (Y...
HBO Offers First Look at The Last of Us TV Series: Watch
HBO has revealed the first look at The Last of Us, its upcoming episodic series based on the popular video game franchise of the same name. Set for release in 2023, the 10-episode first season stars Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, and Nick Offerman. Released on PlayStation in 2013, The Last of Us is among the most critically acclaimed blockbusters in the history of the video game medium, with a Metacritic rating of 95 out of 100 and over 20 million units sold. It’s set 20 years after the zombie apocalypse, when the Infected roam freely and most survivors live in heavily policed militarized zones. One smuggler, a bereaved father named Joel (Pascal), is tasked with helping 14-year-old orphan Ellie (Ramsey) to reach a mysterious group called the Fireflies. While Ellie herself i...
House of the Dragon Star Paddy Considine on Why It’s Tough to Be King
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for House of the Dragon, Season 1 Episode 1, “The Heirs of the Dragon.”] Game of Thrones was a show that, as its title indicated, had a lot to do with the battle for power. But the king we meet in the House of the Dragon pilot, King Viserys Targaryen, has a complicated relationship with his place as ruler. “There’s a part of Viserys that wishes Rhaenys would have been named and not him,” star Paddy Considine says. “I don’t think it’s a responsibility, I think he was happy to get it, but then there’s a sense of ‘Oh god, why me?’ I think he’s a guy who’s damned, no matter what, by his duty. As he says to Rhaenyra, ‘[The Iron Throne] is the most dangerous seat in the room.’” House of the Dragon might take place within the very well-establi...
My Chemical Romance Launch North American Tour with Howlingly Chaotic Oklahoma City Show: Recap, Photos + Setlist
Donning a green camo jacket and a face full of Heath Ledger-style Joker makeup, Gerard Way leads My Chemical Romance into their first North American tour in more than 900 days, often channeling the same chaotic energy of whom he decorated his visage. The fizzing static distortions in the intro to “The Foundations of Decay,” the surprise single released this May in support of the reunion tour, practically serve as white noise behind the jubilant roars of the crowd as the band takes the stage inside Oklahoma City’s Paycom Arena. (Grab tickets to the rest of MCR’s tour dates here.) Clocking in at an epic six minutes, “The Foundations of Decay” features a bite-sized version of the same world-building story-craft often associated with the My Chemical Romance albums. Way’s soft-spoken early vers...
HBO Shares New Teaser for The Weeknd’s Upcoming Drama Series The Idol: Watch
HBO has shared another teaser for The Idol, the upcoming series from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and The Weeknd. The pop star also appears in the show as a self-help guru who pursues a relationship with a rising pop star, played by Lily-Rose Depp. While this preview doesn’t explain much in terms of the show’s plot, Euphoria fans will easily pick up on Levinson’s vivid, high-drama style (and the omnipresence of sex). In the clip, we see bits and pieces of Depp’s character’s lavish Hollywood lifestyle — namely a nightclub that appears to be a central aspect of the show’s plot. Perhaps even more exciting are some of the new cast members who are revealed in the trailer. Considering The Idol centers around a pop star, it’s not too surprising that a few real-...
Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten Wrap “The Wild Hearts Tour” in New York City’s Central Park: Photos
On what turned out to be a perfect summer evening in New York City, Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, and Julien Baker played the penultimate show of their joint “The Wild Hearts Tour.” Taking place Saturday, August 21st at Central Park’s SummerStage, the show validated why we called the trek one of this summer’s must-see tours. Having such a heavyweight trio of performers may lead to some relatively truncated setlists, but each musician gave their all during their time. Baker took her songs from delicate to ripping , Van Etten was at a dynamic peak, and Olsen broke up her emotive alt-country with a card’s wit. It was a wonderful night of powerful music delivered by three of the best in the biz. Closing with SVE joining Olsen for “Like I Used To” and Baker coming out for “Without You” by...
