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Peep The New Trailer To ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ ft. Gorr The God Butcher
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Marvel Now that Marvel heads know how Doctor Strange saved all the worlds in The Multiverse of Madness, fans are now awaiting the release of Thor: Love and Thunder to see what direction the MCU will be taking. In fact, rumors have begun to swirl that Thor will not survive his latest adventure. Source: Marvel / Marvel The latest trailer to the highly-anticipated film dropped and not only did we get to see the new Thor in Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) in action, but we also got our first glimpse of the film’s antagonist, Gorr The God Butcher (Christian Bale). Athough he’s lowkey frail, he does seem as menacing as they come. Wielding the All-Black the Necrosword as his weapon of choice to murder the Gods who cross his path, Gorr has a bone to pick w...
Oak View Group’s Acrisure Arena Strikes Social Impact Partnership With Stand Together
Entertainment development company Oak View Group has tapped community nonprofit Stand Together as the exclusive social impact partner and one of eight founding partners for Acrisure Arena, an OVG-owned and operated venue set to open in the greater Palm Springs area in December, the company tells Billboard. Stand Together will also serve as the social impact partner for the arena’s home team, the American Hockey League’s Coachella Valley Firebirds, who will be debuting in October 2022. In addition, the organization will serve as the arena’s music series title sponsor. “There is no denying the remarkable power of music to bring people together. With the launch of Acrisure Arena and our partnership with Stand Together, we will harness the power of music to bring people together and create mov...
Sadie Sink Calls Taylor Swift an ‘Amazing’ Director, Talks Max’s ‘Emo Phase’ on ‘Stranger Things’
Sadie Sink visited The Tonight Show on Monday night (May 24) to talk about the terrifying upcoming season of Stranger Things and her origin story as a living room musical theater geek. But before she could get to any of that, avowed Swiftie host Jimmy Fallon just had to ask the 20-year-old actress what it was like to star in Taylor Swift’s short film for “All Too Well.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Taylor was saying she wasn’t going to make it if you didn’t star in it,” Fallon told Sink in recounting a chat he’d recently had with the singer. “She really wanted you to star in this film.” Shaking her head in disbelief, Sink appeared to still be gob-smacked by her good fortune, saying, “No! Like I didn’t know she knew I existed! And if...
No ‘Trouble’ At All: Jason Aldean Scores His 25th Country Airplay No. 1
Jason Aldean notches his 25th leader on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart with “Trouble With a Heartbreak,” up 15% to 24.9 million audience impressions, according to Luminate, as it crowns the May 28-dated tally. The song — which Kurt Allison, Brett Beavers, Tully Kennedy and John Morgan wrote — is from Aldean’s double album Macon, Georgia, which was released in two 15-song halves; Macon arrived at its No. 3 high on Top Country Albums last November and Georgia started at No. 2 earlier this May. “Trouble” is from Georgia. Aldean adds his fourth Country Airplay leader in succession, following “If I Didn’t Love You,” with Carrie Underwood (No. 1 for three frames starting last October), “Blame It on You” (one week, last July) and “Got What I Got” (one, October 2020). [embedded content] Aldean,...
Kendrick Lamar Tops Billboard Artist 100 Chart Thanks to ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ Debut
Kendrick Lamar leaps from No. 9 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated May 28), returning as the top musical act in the U.S. for a sixth total week, and for the first time since 2017, thanks to the opening week of his new LP, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The set soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 295,500 equivalent album units earned, according to Luminate – the biggest weekly total for an album this year. Lamar lands his fourth No. 1 on the chart, following 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly, 2016’s untitled unmastered. and 2017’s DAMN. Lamar concurrently sends all 18 tracks from the new release onto the Billboard Hot 100, plus his non-album single “The Heart Part 5.” Of those 19 entrie...
88rising Unveils Lineup for Head In The Clouds Festival 2022
Shortly following its Coachella main stage takeover, 88Rising is returning to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California for round three of its Head In The Clouds Festival. This year’s show sees the return of the LA-based Asian media group’s heavy hitters Jackson Wang, NIKI, Rich Brian, and Joji (DJ Set as Yebi Labs) headlining the show accompanied by BIBI, Chung Ha, Jay Park, and an unrevealed artist. Audrey Nuna and Deb Never have readied a joint set and the Japanese hip hop group Teriyaki Boyz (VERBAL, Ilmari, Ryo-Z & Wise) make a rare appearance. 626 Night Market will return as the food curator for the festivities accompanied by Enjoy YEAR OF seltzer, “Joji’s Pop Up Shop” and “Magic Man and the Thunder Theater” activations. Pre-registration for the 88rising Head in the Clouds 2022 ...
Lupe Fiasco Is Teaching a Course in Rap at MIT
On top of announcing his eighth studio album Drill Music in Zion Lupe Fiasco has just revealed that will also be taking on the role of professor at MIT. In a Tweet, the Chicago rapper mentioned, “I been holding this for a while. I’ll put together something more sophisticated later that really captures the nuance and gravity, but for now, I’ll just say it straight and raw: I’m going to teach Rap at MIT.” Confirming this, MIT’s Arts account followed up with, “MIT’s MLK Visiting Professor Program their 2022-23 appointments! Three have expertise in the arts & humanities: associate professor of theater Eunice Ferreira, Grammy-award winning rapper Lupe Fiasco, and documentary filmmaker Louis Massiah. Congrats all!” There’s no news yet on how the curriculum will look but stay tuned as Lupe ...
Watch Turnstile Perform “Blackout” on Fallon
Turnstile have been taking over late-night TV one show at a time, and they continued that streak on Monday night with a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. For the occasion, the Baltimore hardcore band played “Blackout” from their album Glow On. Watch a replay of their performance below. During a stop in Vancouver, the band also connected with Nardwuar for an interview. Watch him present them gifts and blow their minds with intimate knowledge of their respective histories below. Last December, Turnstile made their TV debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers with passionate renditions of “Mystery” and “T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection).” In March, the band also played Jimmy Kimmel Live! where they performed a four-song medley of Glow On material. Right now, Turnstile are on the ro...
Gold Panda Shares New Song “I’ve Felt Better (Than I Do Now)”: Listen
Gold Panda has released the video for new song “I’ve Felt Better (Than I Do Now).” It’s the first track from the British producer since 2019, and according to the accompanying announcement, it’s a “hint of what else is to come in 2022.” Gold Panda also revealed that, in the intervening years, he had (and recovered from) a brain haemorrhage. Listen to the song and read more below. “I made this when my daughter was two years old and I felt knackered and I’d turned 41,” he said in a statement. “The samples just came together and sounded like ‘I’ve felt better…’ and at the same time I was looking at my anti-depressants feeling tired and just thought ‘ha, that’s right!’” He continued: “I mess with chopping up samples until I get an interesting loop so I never set out to w...
Only One in Ten UK Festival Headliners Are Female This Year
According to a study from the BBC, only 13% of UK festival headliners in 2022 are female. In 2017, two major projects were launched by ReBalance and KeyChange with hopes to find more gender-inclusive festival line-ups in the future. However, five years on, 80% of this year’s festival headline slots are all-male. Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar, and Billie Eilish are headlining Glastonbury this year, while the Reading and Leeds headliners are Dave, Arctic Monkeys, and Rage Against the Machine. If you head to Latitude festival, you’ll see Lewis Capaldi, Foals, and Snow Patrol heading the bill. With the vast majority of major UK festivals being headlined by men this year, some progress has been made with SZA, Cardi B, and Nicki Minaj being the Wireless festiv...
Rick Ross Is Dropping Two Albums This Summer
Rick Ross has an exciting summer for fans as he has announced that he will be dropping two albums in the coming months. In a recent cover story with HotNewHipHop, the Biggest Boss confirmed that the formal announcement and the title of his projects will be revealed very soon. He also opened up about going independent after parting ways with Epic Records, stating that he’s still in-demand even without the backing of a major label. “I got huge offers on the table right now. Huge huge offers. Conversation with Def Jam. Everybody,” Ross shared. “Everybody wants to be in business with Ricky Rozay. They know when Ricky Rozay wants to make music, I make the best music. When I want huge collaborations it’s easy. I don’t even gotta text n****s. I can have my homies DM a n***a.” His latest album Ric...
Lil Baby Teases New Album’s Release Date
Lil Baby took to Twitter to hint that his new album is on its way just in time for summer. “7/?/22,” the rapper tweeted, teasing fans for a probable release date sometime in July. The Atlanta rapper has slowly been jumping back on the music scene with a few releases this year with “In A Minute,” “Right On,” “Frozen.” Lil Baby previously hyped up the record when he tweeted “It’s Gone Be A Nastyyyyy Summer” earlier this March, hinting that he’s ready to deliver during the warmer season. The GRAMMY winner’s last solo studio album dates back to 2020’s My Turn, which debuted at No. 1 and earned two GRAMMY nominations. Last year, he teamed up with Lil Durk for the collaborative effort The Voice of the Heroes, which also debuted at No. 1. It’s Gone Be A Nastyyyyy Summer ?...
