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Harry Styles Announces 2022 North American Tour Dates
Harry Styles has announced his 2022 North American tour dates in support of the new album Harry’s House. He’ll be performing at just five venues: Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, New York’s Madison Square Garden, Austin’s Moody Center, Chicago’s United Center, and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. Support at the Toronto shows will come from Madi Diaz; Blood Orange will open for Styles at Madison Square Garden; and Jessie Ware is the opener for the Chicago concerts. Find Styles’ schedule below. At the 2021 Grammy Awards, Styles played “Watermelon Sugar” with a band that included Blood Orange’s Devonté Hynes. Hynes also musically directed the performance. This spring and summer, Styles is performing in the United Kingdom and Europe. Support on the UK and European legs of the tour include Mitski, Arlo Parks...
New Posthumous Dr. John Album On the Way
A new album from the late Dr. John is on the way, a project the New Orleans titan was working on at the time of his death in June 2019. It’s called Things Happen That Way, and it’s out via Rounder Records on September 23. Karla R. Pratt, the daughter of the musician born Mac Rebennack, worked as an executive producer on the project, as Rolling Stone reports. Guitarist Shane Thierot co-produced the album with Dr. John, recording the project in New Orleans in 2018. Things Happen That Way includes covers of classic country songs, new material, and a re-worked version of Dr. John’s “I Walk on Guilded Splinters” with Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real. Willie Nelson and Aaron Neville also make guest appearances on the album. Dr. John’s final album before his death was the 2014 Louis Armstrong...
Pastor Sues Kanye West For Sampling His Sermon on ‘Donda’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Reaves / Getty Kanye West might’ve used Donda as a way to spread the gospel according to Yeezus, but a pastor in Texas wasn’t too happy when he realized his sermon was sampled without his knowledge or consent and found it’s way onto the hit album. According to TMZ, Bishop David Paul Moten is suing Kanye West claiming that Kanye West sampled his sermon without his permission and used it on his Donda cut, “Come To Life.” [embedded content] Related Stories In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Moten claims his sermon is used for 70 seconds of the 5-minute, 10-second track … which is more than 20 percent of the song. Moten says his voice and sermon are used in the song intro and looped throughout the song … and he says it’s the latest example of Kanye and the...
Pastor Sues Kanye West For Sampling His Sermon on ‘Donda’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Reaves / Getty Kanye West might’ve used Donda as a way to spread the gospel according to Yeezus, but a pastor in Texas wasn’t too happy when he realized his sermon was sampled without his knowledge or consent and found it’s way onto the hit album. According to TMZ, Bishop David Paul Moten is suing Kanye West claiming that Kanye West sampled his sermon without his permission and used it on his Donda cut, “Come To Life.” [embedded content] Related Stories In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Moten claims his sermon is used for 70 seconds of the 5-minute, 10-second track … which is more than 20 percent of the song. Moten says his voice and sermon are used in the song intro and looped throughout the song … and he says it’s the latest example of Kanye and the...
Better Now: Post Malone Expecting First Child With Girlfriend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Post Malone is entering a new phase of life, as he’s confirmed that he and his girlfriend are awaiting the arrival of their first child. The 26-year-old rapper confirmed the news when he was contacted by the press on Tuesday (May 3rd), and expressed his joy at welcoming this new plateau. “I’m excited for this next chapter in my life,” he began. “I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, and for since I could remember I was sad. Time to take care of my body and my family and friends, and spread as much love as we can every day.” He didn’t share the potential due date of his child, although sources have said that he and his girlfriend spent some quality time celebrating with family and friends at a private event he threw in Souther...
Better Now: Post Malone Expecting First Child With Girlfriend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Post Malone is entering a new phase of life, as he’s confirmed that he and his girlfriend are awaiting the arrival of their first child. The 26-year-old rapper confirmed the news when he was contacted by the press on Tuesday (May 3rd), and expressed his joy at welcoming this new plateau. “I’m excited for this next chapter in my life,” he began. “I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, and for since I could remember I was sad. Time to take care of my body and my family and friends, and spread as much love as we can every day.” He didn’t share the potential due date of his child, although sources have said that he and his girlfriend spent some quality time celebrating with family and friends at a private event he threw in Souther...
Sony’s Next Flagship Headphones Confrimed By Recent Leak, Claims of “Improved Battery Life” Looking Shaky
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty A Reddit leak featuring photos of Sony’s new flagship headphones in the wild has hit the web and is also causing concern about the accessory. Spotted on The Verge, photos of Sony’s WH-1000XM5 flagship headphones packaging surfaced online, confirming its existence and giving headphone enthusiasts hints at what to expect from them. The headphones rumored design feature a thinner headband and redesigned connector, plus right and left ear cups have been confirmed. But the leak puts into question Sony’s new headphone’s battery life, especially when using the best its best feature, noise canceling. Per The Verge: Related Stories Unfortunately, the new leak calls into question a previous report from TechnikNews, which claimed t...
Sony’s Next Flagship Headphones Confrimed By Recent Leak, Claims of “Improved Battery Life” Looking Shaky
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty A Reddit leak featuring photos of Sony’s new flagship headphones in the wild has hit the web and is also causing concern about the accessory. Spotted on The Verge, photos of Sony’s WH-1000XM5 flagship headphones packaging surfaced online, confirming its existence and giving headphone enthusiasts hints at what to expect from them. The headphones rumored design feature a thinner headband and redesigned connector, plus right and left ear cups have been confirmed. But the leak puts into question Sony’s new headphone’s battery life, especially when using the best its best feature, noise canceling. Per The Verge: Related Stories Unfortunately, the new leak calls into question a previous report from TechnikNews, which claimed t...
Hip-Hop Pioneer Kidd Creole Hit With 16-Year Sentence For Stabbing
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Kidd Creole, a member of the pioneering Hip-Hop group Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, was given a 16-year sentence for the fatal 2017 stabbing of a homeless man. Creole, born Nathaniel Glover, rejected a plea deal that would’ve lessened his sentence to 10 years. The New York Daily News reports that Glover, 62, already spent five years at Rikers Island awaiting trial for the stabbing of John Jolly, who approached the veteran rapper on the street in Midtown. The outlet adds that Creole rejected the plea deal for manslaughter back in March of this year. Jolly was 55 at the time of his passing. Related Stories Creole said that Jolly frightened him as he was heading to work an overnight shift at a print shop near where the...
Hip-Hop Pioneer Kidd Creole Hit With 16-Year Sentence For Stabbing
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Kidd Creole, a member of the pioneering Hip-Hop group Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, was given a 16-year sentence for the fatal 2017 stabbing of a homeless man. Creole, born Nathaniel Glover, rejected a plea deal that would’ve lessened his sentence to 10 years. The New York Daily News reports that Glover, 62, already spent five years at Rikers Island awaiting trial for the stabbing of John Jolly, who approached the veteran rapper on the street in Midtown. The outlet adds that Creole rejected the plea deal for manslaughter back in March of this year. Jolly was 55 at the time of his passing. Related Stories Creole said that Jolly frightened him as he was heading to work an overnight shift at a print shop near where the...
A$AP Rocky Drops New Track “D.M.B.” With Video Featuring Rihanna
A$AP Rocky on Thursday dropped off his latest single, “D.M.B.,” alongside a music video featuring Rihanna, who is currently pregnant and expecting her first child with the rapper. The visual, which was written, directed, and executive produced by Rocky for AWGE, is described as “an ode to the classic love story, with Rocky and Rihanna depicting true ride-or-die characters in a devoted relationship despite their circumstances.” Bouncing between several New York City scenes, the two icons express their affection for one another across an almost five-minute adventure filled with special effects and comical plot lines. Later in the video, Rocky poses the big question — “Marry Me?” — by opening his mouth and revealing his grill, to which Rihanna responds with her own icy grill reading “I Do.” T...
Kane Brown to Launch International Tour, Including Australia & New Zealand Shows: See the Dates
Kane Brown will launch his upcoming international tour, the Drunk or Dreaming Tour, on Sept. 17 in Melbourne, Australia. The tour, which will include shows in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK and Europe, will also mark the first time Brown has toured Australia and New Zealand. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Blanco Brown, Chris Lane, Jessie James Decker and Restless Road will be opening select dates on the 23-show tour, which includes stops in Sydney, Auckland, Ottawa, London, Amsterdam, Munich, Toronto, and more. The tour stretches into 2023, wrapping with a show in Stockholm on Jan. 31, 2023. Pre-sale tickets go on-sale on Tuesday, May 10 at 10 a.m. local time for all Canada and UK/EU dates, while Australia and New Zealand ticke...
