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The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia Replace Kanye West as Coachella 2022 Headliners
Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd are replacing Kanye West as the Sunday night headliners of the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Their performances will take place on April 17 and 24. Find the new Coachella poster below. “I’m so looking forward to this moment with Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd finishing out the Sunday night slot this year,” Paul Tollett, president/CEO of Coachella promoter Goldenvoice, said in a statement to Variety. “Coachella has a special relationship with Abel [Tesfaye aka the Weeknd] and I’m so thankful to have this upcoming performance with these iconic artists all on the same stage.” (The Weeknd previously headlined Coachella in 2018.) It was reported earlier this week that West would no longer perform at Coachella. His representatives have not ...
Portishead to Livestream Rare Concert to Benefit Ukraine
Portishead will regroup next month for their first show in 7 years, playing a short set as part of a War Child benefit concert supporting relief efforts in Ukraine. The 1200 tickets for the show, which takes place in the band’s Bristol hometown, will be raffled off in pairs, but everyone who enters will gain access to a livestream. (A single entry is free for those who send a postcard to a UK address—see more below.) Donating £10, or around $13, creates three entries. Enter here before 7 p.m. on April 24. Idles, Billy Nomates, Katy J Pearson, Heavy Lungs, and Wilderman are also playing the six-hour concert. In a statement, Portishead said: “We are really pleased to be able to support the people of Ukraine by performing a few songs at this event in collaboration with the amazing War C...
“Zedd in the Park” Set to Return to Los Angeles In Summer 2022
Zedd in the Park is officially returning to Los Angeles. The summer show at LA Historic Park is set for Friday, July 8th. Performing alongside the Grammy-winning producer will be Loud Luxury, Wolfgang Gartner, Regard, So Tuff So Cute, and a B2B set from Brownies and Lemonade’s Goj!ra and Fernet. Zedd has been on fire in recent months, most recently releasing a long-awaited and relentless collaboration with Martin Garrix called “Follow.” The collab-made-in-heaven resulted in a mainstage smash hit and will appear on Garrix’s upcoming debut club album, Sentio. At the beginning of 2022, Zedd teamed up with Disclosure to release bubbly and sultry track called “You’ve Got To Let Go If You Want To Be Free,” a song about...
Twitter Is Testing an ‘Edit’ Button
Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board. Twitter said it will test the feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.” So it may be a while before most Twitter users get to use it, if they ever do. Twitter spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to say whether an edit feature might be rolled out for all users. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Many Twitter users — among them, Kim Kardashian, Ice-T, Katy Perry a...
WMG Canada Offices Relocating to Downtown Toronto in 2023
Warner Music Group is relocating its Canadian businesses to The Well, a newly-constructed building in downtown Toronto. Beginning in March 2023, WMG employees from Warner Music Canada, Warner Chappell Music Canada and Sodatone (a predictive A&R and marketing intelligence platform) will move into the new office, which will include a recording studio, performance space, songwriting rooms and content creation workrooms. The relocation comes as part of WMG’s Future of Work project, which aims to improve the company’s office spaces globally and better align with hybrid working models. Located at 410 Front Street West in downtown Toronto, The Well “offers a curated collection of premium and new concept retail, commercial, dining, and wellness businesses, as well as office and residential spa...
Nicki Minaj Makes ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Debut, Raps ‘Monster’ Just Like Adele Did: Watch
The Late Late Show With James Corden‘s popular “Carpool Karaoke” segment returned Wednesday night (April 6), with none other than the Queen herself sitting in the passenger seat. Nicki Minaj joined Corden on a hilarious ride around Los Angeles, where the duo rapped along to some of the star’s biggest hits, including “Super Bass,” “Starships” and “Chun-Li,” plus two of her newest Hot 100 entries — “Do We Have a Problem?” with Lil Baby and “Blick Blick” with Coi Leray — and, of course, “Anaconda.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “You see how meaningful the words are, the inspiration?” Minaj joked in a British accent about her 2014 ode to having junk in the trunk. “It’s motivational speaking, James, for the world.” Upon hearing her take on...
Multi-Headed Hydra Revealed on ‘The Masked Singer’: Watch
A magical trick was played, two in fact, when the latest contestant was revealed on The Masked Singer. This time, the multi-headed Hydra was sent to the exit of Fox’s popular show. But not before the masks came off, to reveal the two jokers Penn and Teller. The legendary magicians and comedians were unmasked at the climax of “Masking For a Duel — Round 2, after performing ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This week’s “mega clue” should have been a giveaway to anyone paying attention: a deck of cards. The most incredible trick of all was that Teller, the quiet of the two, performed vocal duties on the number. [embedded content] With Penn and Teller the latest celebrities to disappear, they join Christie Brinkley (Lemu...
Future Teases New Album’s Release Date and Kanye West Feature
In a recent update posted to his Instagram Story, Future shared a few updates surrounding his new album. The follow-up to his 2020 mixtape High Off Life is believed to be arriving later this month. Though he did not share too much info, he responded to Young Scooter‘s sneak peak photo of himself and DONDA 2 rapper Kanye West seemingly shooting a new music video together. Scooter wrote, “@future @kanyewest this to hard im about leak it album soon.” Future chimed in and specified that the album release will be coming sooner than expected, potentially even arriving later this week. He also teased his Ye collaboration writing, “Ima have album date this week jus holdup…YE SPAZZED ON DIS SHIT.” Ye and Future have had a long-standing relationship over the past few months. Future appeared on the t...
Jack White on Working With JAY-Z: “Some of That Stuff I Think Will See the Light of Day”
With Jack White set to release his newest album Fear of the Dawn this Friday, he sat down with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to discuss the album and what it was like working with JAY-Z. The Third Man Records founder first confirmed the initial rumor that he and Hov did work on something, and opened up about the experience. “That’s true. It’s not me who doesn’t finish stuff so it’s … I’m not that guy. No, I’m just teasing but I’m more … The personality that I got, I’ll be there tomorrow. So it’s different working styles,” White explained. “So some of that stuff I think will see the light of day when those guys aren’t busy with other projects and stuff.” White also shared that it working with JAY was “fun” and that they learned a lot from each other: “It’s so different because when I went in t...
Vevo Confirms Drake, Lil Nas X, Kanye West & Other Artists YouTube Pages Were “Vandalized”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty You were not alone if you stopped by Vevo pages recently to watch some music videos and experienced some weirdness. Vevo has acknowledged The Weeknd, Drake, Lil Nas X, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Eminem, Michael Jackson, Ariana Grande, and other artists’ pages were the victim of an “attack” by someone who goes by the Twitter handle @lospelaosbro. First reported by The Verge, people who visited those pages Wednesday (Apr.6) were greeted by weird clips featuring rapper Lil Tjay and a man named Paco Sanz, who was sent to prison for being a scammer after grifting donations claiming he had cancer. Vevo confirmed the intrusions to Engadget, telling the website, “some videos were directly uploaded to a small number of Vevo artist channels earli...
Bad Gyal Billionaire: Rihanna Makes Debut on The ‘Forbes’ List
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Rihanna continues to reach new plateaus of success, as it has been confirmed that she’s the newest addition to Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires. The singer and entrepreneur made the annual tally of billionaires back in August 2021 with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion, placing her at 1,729 out of 2,668 on the list. The report cites that the 34-year old’s inclusion on the list is due to her highly successful stake in the Fenty Beauty company that she co-owns with LVMH, the luxury brand conglomerate. Fenty Beauty raked in $550 million in revenue in 2020. Another component is her 30 percent stake in the Savage x Fenty lingerie line, which raised approximately $115 million in series B funding leading to a $1 billion...
People Are Getting The Chris Rock Slap Tattooed On Them
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Adam Berry / Getty Chris Rock getting pimp slapped by Will Smith is already etched in the memories of everyone who witnessed the historic television event, but some people are taking things further and getting the moment inked on their person because, well, we don’t know. Page Six is reporting that tattoo artists have begun inking the slap heard ’round the world on their customers who want to live in that moment forever. While you’d expect one or maybe two of the seven billion people living on this earth to the slap tatted on their person, it seems to have become a growing trend these days and tattoo artists can’t believe it. Related Stories “Tattoo artist Jon Arton found it “hilarious” when someone asked to get the infamous outburst tattooed on his leg r...
