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2022 Grammys: BTS Perform “Butter”: Watch
BTS, everyone’s favorite seven-member international force of nature, took the stage at the 2022 Grammys Awards on Sunday night to perform “Butter.” Watch the replay below. After joining Lil Nas X onstage at the 2020 Grammys and performing virtually from South Korea in 2021, this evening marked the first chance for BTS to perform their own song in person at the show. The spy thriller-inspired performance was fine-tuned for the Las Vegas setting, from Jungkook descending from the ceiling to V enlisting Olivia Rodrigo for some truly top-tier theatrics. Jin, who is recovering from a recent surgery on his hand, embodied a hacker before joining the group towards the end of the performance. The group made history in 2021 when they were nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (for “Dynamite”)...
2022 Grammys: Billie Eilish and FINNEAS Perform “Happier Than Ever”: Watch
Billie Eilish and FINNEAS took the stage at the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday to play “Happier Than Ever.” Watch the replay below. While wearing a t-shirt paying tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Eilish started off with a restrained solo performance of the track before joining FINNEAS and a drummer for a rock-infused version of the hit. Eilish is nominated for seven Grammys this year. Her sophomore full-length, Happier Than Ever, is up for Album of the Year, while the album’s title track is up for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Advertisement Related Video Last weekend, Eilish and FINNEAS performed “No Time to Die” at the 2022 Academy Awards, where the James Bond theme picked up the trophy for Best Original Song. Eilish is currently on the roa...
Grammys 2022: Brandi Carlile Performs “Right on Time”: Watch
Brandi Carlile took to the stage at the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday night to perform her song “Right on Time.” Carlile wore a disco ball-inspired three-piece suit, and began the song accompanying herself on the piano. After the first chorus, she strutted over to center stage and took up the guitar, showing off her musicianship as a pyramid of lights flickered between gold and a shimmering rainbow. Watch the replay below. Going into the evening at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the singer-songwriter had five nominations under her belt, including nods for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best American Roots Performance. In fact, she was even nominated against herself in the second category — with her single “Right on Time” and “A Beautiful Noise,” her duet w...
THE DEAD DAISIES Release ‘Long Way To Go” (Live From Daisyland)’
THE DEAD DAISIES have released “Long Way To Go (Live From Daisyland)” which was recorded in November 2021 at the legendary Rock City music venue in Nottingham, England. It is the second release from THE DEAD DAISIES‘ “Live From Daisyland” series. THE DEAD DAISIES took the extremely enthusiastic and vocal crowd on a trip down memory lane with “Long Way To Go”, the classic hit from their 2016 album “Make Some Noise”. It’s been a crowd favorite and always in the setlist at live shows. The song took on new life with lead singer Glenn Hughes and the drive from the engine room with Tommy Clufetos on drums and the dynamic dueling guitars of Doug Aldrich and David Lowy. Lowy said: “It’s a hard-driving rock and roll track with ...
FOO FIGHTERS Sweep ‘Rock’ Categories At 2022 GRAMMY AWARDS
FOO FIGHTERS were honored in three categories in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which is being held tonight (Sunday, April 3) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The band won “Best Rock Performance” for “Making A Fire”, “Best Rock Song” for “Waiting On A War” and “Best Rock Album” for “Medicine At Midnight”. FOO FIGHTERS were supposed to play at this year’s Grammy Awards but canceled the performance following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. Although the FOO FIGHTERS will no longer appear at the event, the Grammy telecast will still pay tribute to Hawkins. CBS executive Jack Sussman told Variety: “We will honor his memory in some way. We want to figure out what is th...
BILLIE EILISH Wears TAYLOR HAWKINS Shirt During Her Performance At GRAMMY AWARDS
Pop superstar Billie Eilish performed the title track from her album “Happier Than Ever” at this year’s Grammy Awards in a t-shirt paying tribute to the late FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins. During her performance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Eilish wore a black t-shirt with an image of Hawkins emblazoned across the front. Last weekend, Eilish and her collaborator brother, Finneas O’Connell, discussed the passing of Hawkins with Access Hollywood‘s Scott Evans and Zuri Hall on the red carpet of the 94th annual Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Finneas said: “Taylor was such a legendary player. We were admirers of his work years before we got to meet him. And we only met him a handful of times — I wish we got to spend ...
2022 Grammys: Nas Performs Medley of Classics: Watch
Nas took to the stage at the 2022 Grammys to perform a thrilling medley of his songs “I Can,” “Made You Look,” “One Mic,” and “Rare.” Watch a replay below. After being introduced by host Trevor Noah as “your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper,” the 16-time Grammy nominee kicked off the performance with a young boy sitting on the stage, lip-syncing to the playground call-and-repeat of 2002’s “I Can.” From there, he segued seamlessly into a quick verse of 2002’s “Made You Look” before launching into a high-octane rendition of “One Mic” while backed by a full band. Finally, Nas fast-forwarded to the current day by treating the audience to “Rare,” an album cut from 2021’s King’s Disease II. During this year’s ceremony, the New York native added two additional nods to his litany of Grammy nomina...
2022 Grammys: President Zelenskyy Says, “Our Musicians Wear Body Armor Instead of Tuxedos”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Recording Academy at the 2022 Grammys, reminding the international audience that since Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion, “Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos.” Before becoming the face of the Ukrainian resistance, Zelenskyy was a professional actor, writer, and comedian, and last week he pressed the Oscars to allow him to appear. Via The New York Times they balked, telling one of the organizers of the attempted cameo that, “They don’t want to overly politicize the show.” Where the Academy Awards showed a concern for politics, the Recording Academy came through. Zelenskyy appeared in a pre-taped video, speaking as fluently in English as he has often spoken in Ukrainian and Russian. He said, “The war. Wh...
2022 Grammys: Jon Batiste Performs “FREEDOM”: Watch
Jon Batiste gave the type of triumphant performance one might expect from the most-nominated artist at the 2022 Grammy Awards. Watch the replay below. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert musical director turned up the party with a thrilling and colorful rendition of “FREEDOM” from his 2021 studio set We Are, beginning the number seated at the piano cloaked in a dramatic black cape. As the song gained momentum, he disrobed to reveal a sparkling turquoise suit, joyfully singing, “When I move my body just like this/ I don’t know why/ But I feel like freedom/ I hear a song that takes me back/ And I let go with so much freedom/ Free to live how I wanna live/ I’m gon’ get what I’m gonna get/ ‘Cause it’s my freedom” as he danced around stage. Eventually, the onstage dance party spilled out in...
Better Call Saul Season 6 Review: The Beginning of the End Is As Exquisitely Stressful As Ever
The Pitch: “Meticulous.” “Chilling.” “Engrossing.” There are so many words that come to mind when sitting down with a new installment of Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spin-off which has somehow soared to a whole new tier of quality over the years. No spoilers (for fear of the Salamancas knocking at the door), but it can be said that the first two episodes of Season 6 keep this proud tradition going. As the show gears up for its last hurrah (the first seven episodes of the final season debut starting Monday, April 18th, with the second half of the season returning in July), every element of one of TV’s best-made shows is working hard to invest us in so many of the show’s biggest questions, including the most important one of all: How’s it going to end? Where Were We? Season 5 of Saul e...
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s The Smile Unveil New Single “Pana-vision”: Stream
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have unveiled “Pana-vision,” their latest single as The Smile, a supergroup with Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner. Stream it below. The song first premiered on Sunday night’s episode of Peaky Blinders — titled “Lock and Key” — along with an instrumental piece by Yorke called “That’s How Horses Are.” “My eyes are open wide and now I see you/ Without your robes on, without your crown/ I don’t want to hate you, I don’t want to beg/ That kind of fascination, it gets in my way,” Yorke intones on the opening verse over eerie an piano line. “Pana-vision” marks the fourth single released by The Smile after “Skrting on the Surface,” “You Will Never Work in Television Again” and “The Smoke.” Meanwhile, “That’s How Horses Are” serves as the sequel to Yorke’s recent...
LAMB OF GOD’s RANDY BLYTHE ‘Wouldn’t Mind’ Playing In Czech Republic Again
LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe says that he “wouldn’t mind” playing a show in the Czech Republic again if the circumstances were “right.” In 2012, Blythe was arrested in the Czech Republic and charged with manslaughter for allegedly pushing a 19-year-old fan offstage at a show two year prior and causing injuries that led to the fan’s death. Blythe spent 37 days in a Prague prison before ultimately being found not guilty in 2013. Randy addressed the possibility of performing in the Czech Republic during an appearance this past Wednesday (March 30) on SiriusXM‘s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I don’t rule it out. But it would have to be under the right circumstances. I mean, I’...
