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HHW Gaming: Lastest Trailer For ‘Destiny: The Witch Queen’ Expansion Gives Us A Tour of Savathun’s Throne
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bungie / Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is almost here. Bungie is giving us a glimpse of the new world the guardians will have to navigate. The Witch Queen is shaping to be Destiny 2’s most extensive expansion and most expansive yet and will breathe new life into uber-popular loot shooter. In the upcoming update, the Guardians face their most formidable challenge yet in Savathûn, who somehow can use both the light and dark powers, plus grants Guardian light abilities to her minions called the Lucent Brood. Source: Bungie / Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Related Stories The fast-paced action will occur in Savathûn’s Throne World, which Bungie calls “a twisted wonderland of corruption and splendor,” which also hosts a terrifying bala...
Raking In $4 Million In NFT Sales, deadmau5 Is Showcasing Potential of New Creator Economy
Driven by a fundamental belief in a better creator economy and an insatiable passion for technological experimentation, deadmau5‘s leap into NFTs has been a massive success by all accounts. From releasing his collaboration with Portugal. The Man as one million NFTs to leveraging the technology to sell VIP tickets to his recent performances at Red Rocks, each iteration has invited creators to reimagine what their digital future could look like. In a new Pollstar story, deadmau5’s manager, Dean Wilson, illuminates the potential with one practical example. “I’ve been banging on for a long time about ticketing on the blockchain and secondary ticketing in general. The only people that don’t get a cut of secondary ticketing are the people that everyone’s coming to see,” W...
Nine Years Later, Foxes Reflects On Pressure Following Grammy Win For “Clarity”
For a budding musician, what could be more serendipitous than a Grammy Award right at the start of their career? That is the position singer-songwriter Foxes found herself in back in 2014, when her work on Zedd‘s “Clarity” nabbed the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. Nearly 10 years after its 2012 release, the generational anthem still manages to make crowds go gaga. “I was like, ‘Oh, wait a minute. I’ve just been writing in a bedroom, and I’m suddenly in LA holding a Grammy! I don’t really know how to deal with this!’” reflected the Brit in a recent interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “I don’t really think I was a pop act,” she remembered. “The major label I was with put me in a box…I was trying to ...
Bonnaroo Unveils Dazzling 2022 Lineup With Flume, Porter Robinson, ILLENIUM, More
After two turbulent years of canceled music festivals, the organizers of Bonnaroo have announced an eye-popping lineup for its return in 2022. The festival’s talent buyers clearly have a knack for electronic music, calling on some of the genre’s most beloved artists to perform across more than 10 stages this summer. Set to perform at the 2022 edition in Manchester, Tennessee are Porter Robinson, REZZ, Flume, ILLENIUM, CloZee, Said The Sky, Nora En Pure, Disclosure, Chris Lake, Moore Kismet and many, many more. Porter Robinson. Carlo Cavaluzzi Considering Bonnaroo’s blue-ribbon reputation for alchemizing musical generations into one event, the lineup also features an eclectic ensemble of big names, like hip-hop luminary Ludacris, jazz icon Herbie Hancock, ma...
“The Most REZZ Thing You’ve Ever Seen”: Space Mom Shares Preview of Trippy “Spiral” Tour Production
In seven simple words, REZZ perfectly encapsulated the stunning stage design for her upcoming “Spiral” tour: “the most REZZ thing you’ve ever seen.” In a short video shared to Twitter this week, REZZ addressed her fans and stated that her next tour production is “the perfect definition of her brand so far.” She then follows with a short showcase of her jaw-dropping stage, set to the sounds of her latest single, the Spiral bonus track “MENACE.” During her upcoming tour, attendees will enjoy her hits on a stage highlighted by a spiraling array of lights that surround her in the center of the stage. Hand-in-hand with a large LED display featuring her signature imagery, REZZ’s audiovisual arsenal looks to be her most impress...
Queer Country Pioneers Lavender Country Saddle Up for First Album In Nearly 50 Years
When Lavender Country arrived in 1973, mainstream culture – not to mention Nashville – was not ready for Patrick Haggerty, an openly gay country singer who sang candidly about hookups, heartbreak and homophobia. The band’s self-titled album didn’t make much of an impact beyond the widely marginalized LGBTQ communities of the ’70s, and eventually Haggerty drifted away from music. But as the decades wore on, the boldly pioneering band’s reputation grew. After some reissues, reappraisals and reunion shows, Haggerty – a self-proclaimed “screaming Marxist bitch singer” – found himself enjoying a degree of the attention that eluded him decades earlier, sharing the stage with Orville Peck in 2019 and recording a duet with Drag Race winner Trixie Mattel in 2020. On Feb. 18, a proper release of the...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Hits No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters Chart for First Time, Thanks to ‘Encanto’
Lin-Manuel Miranda crowns Billboard‘s Hot 100 Songwriters chart (dated Jan. 15), reigning as the top songwriter in the U.S. for the first time thanks to his work on six songs on the latest Billboard Hot 100, all from the new smash Disney animated film Encanto. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Leading his haul is “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” which soars from No. 50 to No. 5 on the Hot 100, becoming just the fifth song from a Disney animated film to reach the top five. It follows Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle’s “A Whole New World” from Aladdin (No. 1, one week, 1993); Elton John’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King (No. 4, 1994); Vanessa Williams’ “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas (No. 4, 1994); and Idina Menzel’s “Let It Go” from Frozen (No. 5, 2014). The song a...
Bad Bunny Continues Billboard Chart Winning Streak With ‘Anniversary Trilogy’
A month after closing 2021 as Billboard’s Top Latin Artist for a third consecutive year, Bad Bunny hits his stride again as Anniversary Trilogy, a six-LP vinyl-only box set, debuts at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums, Vinyl Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums (Jan. 15-dated charts). Anniversary Trilogy launches with 14,000 equivalent album units earned — all from album sales — in the week ending Jan. 6, according to MRC Data. The vinyl box set was initially only sold through Bad Bunny’s official website. The box comprises double-disc vinyl pressings of three other Bad Bunny No. 1 projects: El Ultimo Tour del Mundo (27 weeks at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums), YHLQMDLG (54 weeks at No. 1) and X 100PRE (46 weeks atop), the latter being the only album previously available on vinyl. Ba...
Capitol U.K. Co-President Nick Raphael Exits Company
Nick Raphael, the co-president of Capitol Records U.K., has exited the company, sources confirmed to Billboard. No reason was given for the exec’s departure, which was said to be amicable, in news that was first reported by Record of the Day. Raphael was named president of Capitol’s British outpost upon its launch in April 2013, when he moved from London Records to take over the newly-standalone frontline, shortly after Steve Barnett took the reins at Capitol Music Group. His exit comes weeks after Michelle Jubelirer was named the new chairman/CEO of CMG globally. Co-president Jo Charrington will continue to lead the label as its sole president moving forward, sources tell Billboard. Charrington has a long history alongside Raphael, having moved from London Records to Capitol U.K. in 2013 ...
Bonnaroo 2022 Lineup Announced: J. Cole, the War on Drugs, Japanese Breakfast, Tool, and More
After a weather-related cancellation last year, the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is returning to Manchester, Tennessee from June 16-19. Today (January 11), the festival has announced its full lineup, which includes headlining spots from J. Cole, Tool, and Stevie Nicks, as well as sets by the War on Drugs, Japanese Breakfast, Chvrches, the Chicks, 100 gecs, Herbie Hancock, Tierra Whack, Stevie Nicks, the Weather Station, Denzel Curry, slowthai, Sons of Kemet, Indigo De Souza, Tinashe, and many more. Check out the complete roster on the poster below. Bonnaroo, like many music festivals, has faced a number of setbacks in recent years. Its 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The festival was then pushed to September of last year. A number of artists then withdrew from...
Fontaines D.C. Announce New Album Skinty Fia and Tour, Share Video for New Song: Watch
Fontaines D.C.: 03-20 Madrid, Spain – La Riviera03-21 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz 303-23 Milan, Italy – Magazzini Generali03-24 Zürich, Switzerland – Dynamo03-25 Munich, Germany – Neue Theaterfabrik03-27 Prague, Czech Republic – Roxy03-28 Berlin, Germany – Astra Kulturhaus03-29 Hamburg, Germany – Gruenspan03-31 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser04-01 Oslo, Norway – Vulkan Arena04-02 Denmark, Copenhagen – VEGA04-04 Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof04-05 Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall04-06 Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg04-08 Antwerp, Belgium – Trix04-09 Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Den Atelier04-10 Lille, France – L’Aéronef04-11 Paris, France – Olympia 04-21 Washington D...
Rosie Thomas Enlists Sufjan Stevens, the Shins, Iron & Wine for Cover of Björk’s “All Is Full of Love”: Listen
Rosie Thomas has shared a cover of Björk’s late ’90s single “All Is Full of Love.” Thomas’ rendition features vocals from Sufjan Stevens, the Shins, Iron & Wine, Alexi Murdoch, and many others. Thomas recorded the song with producer Jeff Shoop. Hear it and find the full list of guest vocalists below. “All Is Full of Love” appears on Thomas’ new series Lullabies for Parents, a multimedia collection of music, podcast, videos, essays, resources, entertainment, and encouragement created in “an attempt to reach out to parents and help them self-sooth,” as stated in press materials. Thomas previously shared a new song from the collection titled “It’ll Be Alright.” Revisit “How 200 Musicians Joined Forces to Complete Sufjan Stevens’ Unfulfilled 50 States Project” over on the Pitch. Content Th...
