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Calvin Harris to Headline Debut HARD Summer Festival In Croatia
For the first time, is HARD Summer making its way to Croatia. The debut HARD Summer EU is set to take place on August 6th, just a week after the brand’s namesake festival in SoCal. Attendees from around the globe will descend on an entirely different setting: the idyllic Žnjan Beach in Split. The festival is much shorter than its American counterpart, but attendees will have the chance to experience an iconic locale most could only dream of raving at—and it’ll be headlined by none other than Calvin Harris. c/o Press Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles This isn’t HARD’s first attempt to break into Europe’s festival circuit. The brand previously planned on debuting a London offshoot in 2021 before cancelling the fest due to impact of the pandemic. The HARD Lond...
Darren Tate and Above & Beyond’s Jono Grant Join Forces for Synthwave-Inspired Alias, JODA
Above & Beyond‘s Jono Grant has caught the synthwave bug. Working in secret alongside longtime friend and fellow trance producer Darren Tate, Grant has formulated a new collaborative alias, JODA. Dropping their debut track, “We Find Ourselves,” Tate and Grant say the single is inspired by 2011’s Drive soundtrack, one of the most acclaimed film scores of the modern era. The working relationship between Grant and Tate was first established nearly two decades ago. In 2003, they linked in the studio and produced two melodically dense, uplifting trance singles, “‘Let The Light Shine In” and “Nocturnal Creatures.” As Grant’s career began to take off with Above & Beyond and Tate’s solo career as DT8 prospered, the two...
The Rome and Duddy Show Shares Fan Photoshops and Gets Into Sublime’s First Show Back
Listen via: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Pocket Casts | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS This week, Sublime with Rome’s Rome Ramirez and Dirty Heads’ Duddy B launch a brand new segment on The Rome and Duddy Show where they share their favorite fan photoshops. Make sure to watch the video below to see the images in all their glory. Related Video Also on this episode of the podcast, Rome and Duddy reveal the latest TGATS winner and answer a bunch of great fan Q&A. Do Dirty Heads play “Vacation” live? Should I try to make it as an indie artist? What moments in the guys’ lives would they want to relive? Advertisement Find out the answers to these questions...
Bruce Greenwood to Replace Frank Langella in Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher
Bruce Greenwood is replacing Frank Langella in Netflix’s upcoming series The Fall of the House of Usher, Variety reports. Earlier this month, Langella was fired from the show after an internal investigation determined that he “had been involved in unacceptable conduct on set.” It was later confirmed Langella’s misconduct involved making “an inappropriate joke that was sexual in nature.” Greenwood will now star as Roderick Usher in the eight-episode series, which is a modern retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s story of the same name. Created by Mike Flanagan, the man behind The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass, the show also stars Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, and Mark Hamill. Langella, 84, is best known for his roles in Frost/Nixon...
Netflix Cancels Space Force After Two Seasons
Netflix has canceled Steve Carell’s comedy series Space Force after two seasons, as first reported by Deadline. The decision comes just two months after Season 2 debuted on February 18th. Reuniting Carell with The Office creator Greg Daniels, Space Force also starred John Malkovich and Ben Schwartz. Space Force was a workplace comedy centering around a group of people tasked with establishing the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, which was formed under President Trump and continued under the new administration. After an uneven first season, Space Force was retooled by Daniels and Carell to be more like The Office with promising results. In our review of Season 2, Senior Entertainment Editor Liz Shannon Miller described how the changes improved the sho...
Almost Famous Musical Headed to Broadway
It’s all happening! The musical adaptation of Almost Famous is headed for the bright lights of Broadway. Based on the 2000 film of the same name, the production subtly shared the news on social media, where it updated its Twitter profile to read, “It’s all happening…Broadway 2022 #AlmostFamous.” The book and lyrics for the show were written by Cameron Crowe, who based the movie on his experiences as a teenage writer for Rolling Stone in the 1970s. Starring Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, and Kate Hudson, the film tells the story of 15-year-old William Miller as he follows fictional rock band Stillwater and attempts to land his very first cover story. Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Zoey Zeschanel, Anna Paquin, and Philip Seymour Hoffman rounded out the cast. Advertisement Related Video Upon its...
Future, Lil Nas X, Tyler, the Creator, Demi Lovato & More of the Week’s Biggest Winners (April 29)
Love runs deep in Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox’s veins — and pours out of it, too. She explained how the couple actually drinks each other’s blood “for ritual purposes.” But what sounds more toxic is Future‘s latest album, I NEVER LIKED YOU. Lil Nas X has made it clear whom he would really like to join him on his upcoming Long Live Montero Tour, and the desired act is “ready to wiggle” alongside him! And Demi Lovato planned the sweetest surprise reunion for a Make-A-Wish recipient she met over a decade ago. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Take a look at Billboard’s weekly roundup and the “awards” we’re giving to this week’s headlines. Funniest Music News: Wiggles agree to Lil Nas X’s request to join him on his first tour The “...
Capitol Studios Set to Close for Two Years, 13 Staffers To Be Let Go
Hollywood’s historic Capitol Studios are closing for as much as two years starting this summer, as the Capitol Records Tower building continues to undergo repairs. Thirteen studio staffers were informed Friday (April 29) that their jobs will be eliminated when the studio shuts down in a few months. Paula Salvatore, who has managed Capitol Studios for more than 30 years and is now VP, client relations and studio marketing, Universal Music Group, told Billboard in a statement: “I have been informed that Capitol Studios will have to shut down starting this summer for a lengthy structural improvement project. It’s the first time in the studios’ 66-year history that they will have to shut down for an extended period of time.” The legendary studio, which had stayed open during the pa...
What Is Your Favorite Kanye West Met Gala Look? Vote!
Ahead of the 2022 Met Gala next week, Billboard is delving into some of the most memorable musician looks from past events — and today, we’re taking a closer look at the artist formerly known as Kanye West. Ye has attended eight Met Galas, from 2009 through 2019, with five of those appearances alongside his ex-wife Kim Kardashian. In the video above, you can see the rapper’s evolution from a classic black tux for his first three galas to his much more experimental looks, like his Balmain silver sequined jacket and blue contact lenses in 2016 to his no-frills black Dickies jacket in 2019. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It remains to be seen whether Ye will attend Monday’s 2022 Met Gala, where Lin-Manuel Miranda, Regina King, Blake Liv...
Burna Boy Announces New Album ‘Love, Damini’ Coming This Summer
Burna Boy has revealed that his next album, Love, Damini, is dropping this summer — just in time for his birthday. The Nigerian sensation announced the project while headlining New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. Love, Damini is set to be released in celebration of his 31st birthday in July; fans can pre-save the album in advance. The new project comes two years after the release of his fifth studio album, Twice as Tall (2020), which earned his highest placement on the Billboard 200 chart, debuting at No. 54 on the list. His previous album, 2019’s African Giant, debuted at No. 104 on the list. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Burna Boy has gained global success beyond his native Africa and the U.S., with his m...
Arkansas Juneteenth Soul Food Event Cancelled After Featured Hosts Were All White People
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Twitter / Twitter First, let’s just acknowledge the fact that Black people were pretty much split in our reactions to Juneteenth becoming an official federal holiday last year. While many of us were excited that this thing that had been part of the culture for decades had finally been recognized nationally for the first time, there were those of us who were immediately reminded of what happens to culturally Black things once they’re Columbused by the white majority—those culturally Black things get swept up swiftly into the “it’s all of our culture now, we’ll just keep it at my house” world of whiteness. (See Black slang, Black vernacular, Tik Tok dances, virtually every popular American music genre and, currently, the word “woke.”) That second set of Bla...
Lamar Odom Got A Tattoo of Kobe Bryant On His Neck
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images / Getty Most basketball fans are aware that Lamar Odom’s road to recovery hasn’t only been a rocky one, but it’s often times seemed an impossible one. After being surprisingly traded away from his beloved Los Angeles Lakers in 2011, the NBA Champion’s life infamously spun out of control to the point where he almost lost his life in a brothel in 2015 (Kardashian Kurse?). Since then he’s been slowly piecing back together his health and his life, and has had a reoccurring role on Celebrity Big Brother where a few weeks ago he teased a “mentality” tattoo that left many wondering what he would have painted on his person. Well, mystery solved as Page Six is reporting that Lo went and got himself a ta...
