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Pat Sajak Defends ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Players Who Goofed On Solving “Another Feather In Your Cap” Riddle
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Christopher Willard / Getty Wheel Of Fortune made its debut in 1975 with its current host taking on the duties dating back to 1981 and owns the distinction of being the longest-running game show host of all time. Sajak took to Twitter to defend some contestants who had trouble solving what many observers at home assumed was a solvable riddle, but the veteran hosts shared his views that it’s easy to be great at the game from the comforts of one’s couch. On Wednesday (March 2), Sajak, 75, took up arms for contestants Laura Machado, Christopher Coleman, and Thomas Lipscomb, who all had trouble figuring out the riddle, as noted in the video below from a reported former Wheel of Fortune champion and current enthusiast, WheelRob10. Sajak, who has seen his...
Premiere: Listen to Freejak’s Rework of Darude’s “Sandstorm,” a Favorite In Tiësto’s DJ Sets
The dust from the sandstorm that Darude stirred up almost 23 years ago still hasn’t settled. Now, U.K. producer Freejak is swirling it up once again. He will soon release an official rework of Darude’s iconic, shape-shifting track “Sandstorm,” which changed the course of dance music as we know it after its 1999 release. Freejak’s rendition of “Sandstorm,” which will release via Perfect Havoc, shrewdly utilizes Darude’s original structure while reimagining its iconic lead synth. After the first drop, he introduces a big break—just like Darude’s original—to allow for the energy to soak in before he brings the track home with an electrifying coda. Grooving big room basses and a snappy kick keep this classic storm brewing. Tiësto...
FISHER Announces First Ibiza Headline Residency
The world’s top clubbing destination is getting a healthy dose of FISHER this summer. The Grammy-nominated house music star is set to return to Ibiza in 2022 for his first-ever headline residency on the White Isle. He’ll perform at Hï Ibiza every Wednesday from June 15th to September 28th. It’s a full-circle moment for the chart-topping “Losing It” producer, who made his debut at the renowned Ibiza club back in 2019. “I cannot tell you how excited I am for this,” FISHER said in a press statement. “It has been a dream of mine to have my own headline residency in Ibiza, the home of the most epic parties in the world, so for it to finally be happening is such a buzz. Ibiza, brace yourselves… The Fish is coming.” Recommended Artic...
Excision Announces Massive Stadium Concert In Los Angeles
Excision has once again taken dubstep where it’s never been before. The music entrepreneur and dubstep tastemaker has announced a massive concert at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. The venue is currently home to Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles FC and will soon be the home of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Angel City FC. With a capacity of 22,000, the Banc of California Stadium offers Excision the opportunity to perform for the largest crowd of his illustrious career. He joins an elite list of electronic music artists to perform at the $350 million arena, such as Kygo and RÜFÜS DU SOL, each of whom performed for sold-out crowds. Trance music legend Armin van Buuren is also performing there in April 2022, headlining the hotly anti...
Trippie Redd Has Signed a Three-Album Deal for $30 Million USD
Trippie Redd on Wednesday announced that he has signed a $30 million USD deal with Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects label. According to the 22-year-old rapper, the deal will last three years and include three albums, beginning with A Love Letter To You 5. “Just signed to @elliot for 30million,” the rapper wrote on Instagram. “Now it’s time to start dropping ALLTY5 Songs.” In the comments, Redd responded to an account inquiring about the length of the deal, confirming that the contract includes “3 albums for 3 yrs.” Additionally, the rapper revealed in another comment that the $30 million USD figure only represents “the label bag” and does not include touring, merch or sponsorships. Along with the deal, Redd announced that he has raised his performance rate, revealing that he now cha...
The Weeknd Announces 2022 North American Tour
The Weeknd has announced a 2022 tour in support of his most recent albums, Dawn FM and 2020’s After Hours. The first leg of the trek will see him perform concerts in stadia across the United States and Canada. The tour will feature special guest Doja Cat. According to a press release, there will be more concerts in Mexico, South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East announced soon. Find the dates for the first leg below. The Weeknd has also partnered with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to launch the XO Humanitarian Fund, Powered by World Food Programme. The fund works toward ending the global hunger crisis. The Weeknd has donated $500,000 to the fund, according to a press release, and plans to contribute an additional $1 from each tour ti...
Jack White and Q-Tip Share New Song “Hi-De-Ho”: Listen
Jack White is back with more new music from his two new albums that are set to arrive this year. “Hi-De-Ho” is his long-promised Q-Tip collaboration from the first of the two albums, Fear of the Dawn (out April 8 via Third Man). Give it a listen below. He’s also shared another new song from Entering Heaven Alive, which is out July 22. Listen to “Queen of the Bees” below, too. White previously shared “Taking Me Back” and “Fear of the Dawn” from the former album. The latter album features the previously shared single “Love Is Selfish.” White and Q-Tip have collaborated together before; White appeared on the final album from A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service. They also performed each other’s songs together at a 2015 Madison Square Garden show. White will tour...
Jack Harlow to Star in New White Men Can’t Jump Reboot
Jack Harlow will star in 20th Century Fox’s new reboot of White Men Can’t Jump, Deadline reports and a representative for the rapper confirmed to Pitchfork. The revamped film will feature a script by Kenya Barris and Doug Hall. Originally released in 1992, the basketball comedy was led by Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. Harlow will take on Harrelson’s role, and, according to Deadline, the rapper was offered the part after his first screen audition. Lately, Jack Harlow has been pretty much everywhere. He played in the 2022 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game and featured on Kanye West’s Donda 2 after making an appearance at the Miami premiere. Ahead of Donda 2, Harlow dropped his new single “Nail Tech.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Swedish House Mafia Announce Debut Album Release Date, Share New Song Featuring Sting: Listen
Swedish House Mafia have revealed the release date for their debut album: Paradise Again is out April 15 via Republic. The record will include the singles “It Gets Better,” “Lifetime,” “Moth to a Flame,” and the new Sting collaboration “Redlight.” For the new single, Sting recreated his hook for the Police’s “Roxanne.” Find the “Redlight” video (which has an epilepsy warning) below. Swedish House Mafia—the trio of Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso—disbanded in 2013 after their 2008 formation. The group eventually reconvened for a 2018 performance at Ultra Music Festival in Miami. Swedish House Mafia are performing at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April before heading out on tour in July. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates ...
Diplo Talks New Solo Album, Why He Didn’t Join Neil Young’s Spotify Exit and His Misinterpreted Taylor Swift Diss
If you’ve spent even one minute on Diplo‘s socials you know he takes NGAF to stratospheric levels on the regular. But in a new interview with Input magazine in which he explained why he’s releasing his first solo album in 18 years (Diplo) and the reason he didn’t follow Neil Young‘s exit from Spotify over Joe Rogan’s spreading of disinformation, the EDM star also served up a on-brand shruggy response to a nearly decade-old tweet in which he joked, “someone should make a kickstarter to get taylor swift a booty.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I don’t take it that seriously. When I first started using social media, it was a big joke for me,” he explained. “On Twitter, I was an unabashedly crazy person. And I didn’t realize that there was power ...
Inside Madonna Biopic Auditions & Top Contenders | Billboard News
At the moment, the biggest role available for some young actresses is one of pop music’s biggest icons: Madonna. Everyone from Emmy winners and Oscar nominees to signers turned actresses has been seen for the role, with some advancing on to what can be best described as a Madonna Bootcamp. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_title” class=”fl-input” title=”Title” value=”” required=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”category” title=”Select category”][flexi-form-tag type=”tag” title=”Insert tag”][flexi-form-tag type=”article” class=&...
Virgin Music President Jacqueline Saturn on Navigating COVID, a Rebrand & the Distribution Craze
Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Caroline Distribution staffers were able to renovate their floor of the famed Capitol Tower to meet their particular needs: open floor plan, no offices, a collaborative environment where sharing ideas freely became paramount. So when office life shut down, president Jacqueline Saturn did what she could to try to preserve some of that open-air feel in which her team had begun to thrive: she invited the staff to her back yard, where a friend had a banner made with the division’s logo that hung above an area where her team could work outside. “People really needed a safe space, so that’s how it started — we could have people spaced here, people could wear their mask and be six feet apart and that was the beginning of it,” she tells Bill...
