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Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow to Join Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid on Return to Raleigh; Neil Young Bows Out Again Due to Pandemic
Willie Nelson’s annual Farm Aid festival, taking place Sept. 24 in Raleigh, N.C. and focusing on climate resilient agriculture, will feature Chris Stapleton and Sheryl Crow, along with Farm Aid board members Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Margo Price. Additional acts at the Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek will include Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Allison Russell, Charley Crockett, Brittney Spencer and Particle Kid. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Absent from the festival stage for the second consecutive year will be Farm Aid board member Neil Young, who recently responded to a fan’s letter on his website, stating: “I will not be at Farmaid this year. I am not ready ...
Colleen Ironside, One of ‘Most Respected’ Promoters in Asia, Has Died
Colleen Ironside, the live music professional who, with her force-of-nature personality, set the groundwork for a pan-Asian touring network and produced scores of tours in the region for Live Nation and other companies, has died. Ironside cut her teeth in the music industry as a booking agent for the Harbour Premier Agency in Sydney, Australia. She went out on her own, establishing and running APA Booking Agency, which booked INXS, Ratcat, James Reyne, Jenny Morris and Wendy Matthews for Australia, New Zealand and Asia. In 1994, a promotion for Ironside with Frontier Touring, which gave her the reins on regional tours for such acts as Pearl Jam, REM, Tom Jones and Hootie and the Blowfish. In 1999 she set up her business, Live Limited, which would tour acts through Asia including Cold...
Music Execs Flood to Invest in New Contract Creation Tech
Creative Intell has raised $3 million in seed funding that includes some of music’s top industry veterans for a service that automates how legal contracts are written. As everything from banking to project management has been revolutionized by online platforms, entertainment law remains the domain of Word, Dropbox and email. “This industry is absolutely behind,” says co-founder Steven Ship, who along with co-founder David Fritz of the entertainment law firm Boyarski Fritz is intent on making contracts accessible and understandable for independent musicians and producers while improving the workflow and efficiency of enterprise clients such as law firms. The product is currently in private beta and is expected to roll out to a wider audience this fall. Creative Intell has not revealed its p...
Joseph Quinn Recounts ‘Master of Puppets’ Scene on ‘Stranger Things’: I Got To Feel Like A Rock Star’
When the dust — and bodies — settle on season four of Stranger Things, fans can argue about the killer moments. There’s the evil Vecna and his bone-snapping ways. Kate Bush coming to the rescue. And, of course, Eddie Munson wielding the axe for an end-of the-world Metallica shred. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news That moment has powered Metallica’s ‘80s song into charts around the globe, and turned actor Joseph Quinn in the next hot thing. On Monday night (July 25), the British actor stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for what was his talk-show debut. He played it like a pro, just like he did in his special “metal” moment on Stranger Things, though as he tells Fallon, the scene everyone’s talking about was mildly terrifying to sho...
Consequence Claims JAY-Z Wanted to Sign Him to Roc-A-Fella
Consequence has revealed that JAY-Z once wanted to sign him to Roc-A-Fella Records. In a recent appearance on Drink Champs, the rapper shared that all this happened while he was still signed to Q-Tip‘s The Ummah. “I was supposed to sign to Roc-A-Fella, that was what was so ironic,” he said. “Well, not saying supposed to, but JAY was very interested in picking me up.” Consequence continued that he and JAY-Z first met in 1995 and that they “always kinda intermingled.” He added, “We never had, like, a one-to-one direct relationship, but we always kind of intermingled. It’s just so funny because, like, he spoke to Q-Tip about me, and you know at the time me and Q-Tip was going through a lot of personal things so we didn’t go that route, but I ended up kind of going that direction anyways, so i...
Entire North Carolina Police Department Resigns After Black Town Manager Hired
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Town of Kenly / Town of Kenly Was the new boss really that bad? An entire North Carolina police department handed in their resignations, citing a “hostile environment” after a new town manager was hired. It just so happens that the new town manager is a Black woman. The town has two weeks to lock in another police force. Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson made the announcement via Facebook on Thursday July 20. “The new manager has created an environment I do not feel we can perform our duties and services to the community,” wrote Gibson about new town manager Justine Jones. WRAL reports that Gibson and his full time officers resigned, leaving three part-time officers in Kenly PD to serve about 2000 people. Reportedly, nearby Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizz...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Bright Memory: Infinite’ Is Short & Definitely Not Sweet
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FYQD-Studio / Bright Memory: Infinite If you ever wanted to play a video game that feels like a cheesy sci-fi film with great action and some stunning graphics, Bright Memory: Infinite is the game you’re looking for. Bright Memory: Infinite, developed by FYQD, a small studio, initially sparked our interest a year ago when the first trailer arrived. Being introduced by an up-and-coming developer, the game looked gorgeous and promised to deliver some over-the-top action. That was a trailer, and does Bright Memory: Infinite live up to what the game’s teaser promised? Not quite, but that doesn’t mean that the game is a total miss. It’s more like a valiant attempt. The Story In Bright Memory: Infinite Does Not Make Any Sense Source: FYQD-Studio / Bright Memory...
Thirst Trapper & Student Advisor Brittany Renner Gets Into Some Funk At Rolling Loud Miami
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Unique Nicole / Getty Brittany Renner is back in the trending topics sweepstakes again, and it’s definitely for reasons that have nothing to do with advising students or thirst trapping. While at Rolling Loud Miami, the former Jackson State University soccer player got into an altercation with a gentleman near the front of the stage. Brittany Renner, 30, was filmed by TikTok user @JadenTooRare engaging in what looked like some mutual flirting between her and a concertgoer who was on the other side of the photo pit gate at Rolling Loud Miami. Renner appears to try to lick the man on the face, and the pair exchange words. Suddenly, Renner throws a bottle of water in the man’s face who then returns fire with a water dousing of his own before stage secu...
Tainy and Rauw Alejandro Share Video for New Song “Sci-Fi”
Tainy has shared the video for “Sci-Fi,” his new song with Rauw Alejandro. It’s the latest single from the producer’s forthcoming debut full length Data. Check out the Elliott Muscat–directed video below. Last fall, Tainy shared Data’s first single, the Bad Bunny and Julieta Venegas collaboration “Lo Siento BB:/.” A month later they performed it on stage at the 2021 American Music Awards. Tainy was also sued—along with Bad Bunny and the rest of his “Safaera” collaborators—for copyright infringement of DJ Playero mixes sampled for the YHLQMDLG track. Check out Pitchfork’s video “How to Create a Reggaetón Track with Producer Tainy.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Bobby Shmurda Announces New BodBoy EP, Shares Video for New Song
Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda has announced a new nine-song EP. It’s called BodBoy and it arrives August 5 via Shmurda’s own label GS9 (in partnership with OneRPM). Shmurda has also shared the BodBoy single “Hoochie Daddy,” which is a spin-off of Uncle Luke’s “Hoochie Mama.” Check out the colorful music video for “Hoochie Daddy” below and scroll down for the BodBoy tracklist and cover art. BodBoy marks Shmurda’s first collection of new songs since he was released from prison in February of 2021. Since then, he’s collaborated with Eladio Carrión, J Balvin, and Daddy Yankee for a remix of “Tata,” and issued “Splash,” “Cartier Lens,” “No Time for Sleep (Freestyle),” and “Shmoney,” which features Quavo and Rowdy Rebel. Shmurda formed his label GS9 after breaking free from his record deal with ...
Adele Announces New Las Vegas Residency Dates
Adele has announced the rescheduled dates for her 2022 Las Vegas residency, dubbed Weekends With Adele. On November 18, the singer will kick off her previously postponed concert series, which will run through late March 2023. Find the list of dates at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace below. Adele shared a statement about the newly rescheduled performances: Words can’t explain how ecstatic I am to finally be able to announce these rescheduled shows. I truly was heartbroken to have to cancel them. But after what feels like an eternity of figuring out logistics for the show that I really want to deliver, and knowing it can happen, I’m more excited than ever! Now I know for some of you it was a horrible decision on my part, and I will always be sorry for that, but I promise you it was the right...
NAV Shares Release Date of Travis Scott and Lil Baby Collab “Never Sleep”
NAV is prepping for his upcoming album Demons Protected By Angels by announcing the release date of “Never Sleep,” his new collab with Travis Scott and Lil Baby. The new cut was unveiled by RapCaviar and confirmed a July 29 release date, along with a short clip of the single. “New @nav album otw but first… Never Sleep with @travisscott and @lilbaby this Friday on Spotify,” the caption read. “Never Sleep” will mark NAV’s first lead single of the year after hopping on Vory’s “Do Not Disturb.” Demons Protected By Angels was announced in late June and will be NAV’s first release since his Emergency Tsunami mixtape in November 2020 and his first full-length studio album Good Intentions, which dropped in May of the same year. Check out the teaser below. “Never Sleep” drops July 29. View t...
