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Watch: SEBASTIAN BACH Performs SKID ROW Classics At ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp’ In Las Vegas
Video footage of Sebastian Bach performing a couple of SKID ROW classics with several campers at this month’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp at Count’s Vamp’d in Las Vegas, Nevada can be seen below. Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp was created 26 years ago to provide real people the once-in-a-lifetime experience of connecting and jamming with their musical heroes. The Camp has provided unforgettable memories, advice and feedback for attendees worldwide. Camp events span over four jam packed days where campers join a band mentored by today’s top touring musicians, and work up to final performances with the headliner rock stars at legendary venues from Abbey Road Studios in London, to Hollywood’s Whisky A Go Go, to the Atlantic resort in The Bahama...
‘”The Flash’ Actor Ezra Miller Arrested For Assaulting Woman In Hawaii
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Handout / Getty Warner Bros. upcoming film The Flash: Flashpoint is one of the DCEU’s most anticipated films, but the forthcoming movie’s star, Ezra Miller, can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble with the law. BBC is reporting that yesterday, Ezra Miller was taken into custody by Hawaiian authorities after assaulting a woman when he threw a chair at her causing her to suffer a cut to the forehead in the process. The Flash actor was eventually arrested early Tuesday morning at a private property in Pahoar on Hawaii’s Big Island and hit with second-degree assault. Related Stories The arrest comes a few weeks after Miller was arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment due to the incident at the South Hilo bar in Hawaii after he got irate over some kar...
HHW Gaming: Volition Reveals How Customization Plays A Big Role In ‘Saints Row’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Volition Games / Saints Row Saints Row is going all-in with the customization for the soft reboot, and it will play a vital role in helping you build your version of the 3rd Street Saints from the ground up. Wednesday (Apr.20), Saints Row developer Volition and publisher Deep Silver held a presentation hosted by actress Mica Burton primarily focused on the upcoming game’s deep customization system. Saints Row as a franchise set itself apart from other games in its genre like Grand Theft Auto thanks to its over-the-top action and wackiness, and we are happy to report that will continue to be the case with the new Saints Row. Players will be thrown into the fictional metropolis of Santo Ileso, located in the American Southwest, where the action will take pl...
Nas “Ugly,” Young M.A “Aye Day Pay Day” & More | Daily Visuals 4.20.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ANGELA WEISS / Getty On the heels of sending Hip-Hop OGs into a frenzy with the announcement that he’d be going on tour with the Wu-Tang Clan, Queensbridge’s Nas blessed fans even further and dropped some new visuals for a fan-favorite cut off from Magic. Coming through with some new black-and-white visuals to “Ugly,” the Hip-Hop legend strolls through the streets of New York City in the back of a limo accompanied by Hit-Boy and some models as they take in the essence of the Big Apple and the people that make it the greatest city in the world. Gotta love NY. Related Stories Keeping that New York vibe going, Young M.A keeps it gully while flossing and in her clip to “Aye Day Pay Day” shows off some stacks of cash while politicking in her kitchen before tak...
Debatable GOAT Future Covers GQ, Journalism GOAT Elliott Wilson Delivers The Words
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Future lands between two camps of opinion. He’s either the greatest rapper, certainly of his generation, or he’s an unwelcome embodiment of the current musical landscape. A new cover story featuring the Atlanta star examines the finer points of this much-ballyhooed barbershop debate. Future Hendrix is made the cover of GQ magazine’s May cover issue with words from the self-proclaimed GOAT of Hip-Hop journalism, Elliott Wilson. The feature dives into the 38-year-old star’s creative arc, his influence on Hip-Hop as a whole, and the lofty claims of him being the greatest rapper alive as the story’s title boldly suggests. From GQ: Related Stories Artistically, his impact can’t be denied. Especially not after eight solo albums, 19 solo ...
Aaron Paul Reveals Bryan Cranston Is the Godfather of His Baby Boy
Bryan Cranston’s Breaking Bad protagonist Walter White likely fancied himself as surpassing The Godfather once he became Heisenberg, but co-star Aaron Paul has made him a different kind of godfather in real life. While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night, Paul revealed that he recently had a second baby with his wife Lauren. When it came time to choose a godparent, his close friend was a natural fit. “His name is Rydin and I love him,” Paul told Fallon, adding that he’s understandably exhausted by the arrival of his infant. The Tonight Show host proceeded to show off photos of Paul’s adorable baby boy, with whom the actor’s 4-year-old daughter Story is already “madly in love.” Cute stuff. Naturally, Fallon asked if Cranston had met the newborn yet, and...
Why Bill Nighy Was Chosen to Succeed David Bowie For Showtime’s The Man Who Fell to Earth
The new Showtime series The Man Who Fell to Earth isn’t a remake — it continues the story of the cult classic Nicholas Roeg film, which starred David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, a mysterious alien whose arrival on our planet ends in tragedy. So while the show starts decades after the film, with the arrival of a new titular man who’s fallen to Earth (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the original man is still there, albeit with a new face in veteran stage and screen actor Bill Nighy, beloved from roles in Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Shaun of the Dead. Despite Bowie no longer being alive, there was never a question of continuing the story without the presence of Thomas Jerome Newton, according to co-creator Jenny Lumet. “He’s important — the first alien and the second alien that was alw...
Maren Morris on Taking Inspiration from Jack White and the Future of The Highwomen
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Maren Morris sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about her latest album, Humble Quest, and how it tells the story of her road to success using specifically personal stories in the vein of classic ’60s and ’70s country. Related Video The Grammy-winning artist also discusses finding her way to happier songs after coming out of a depression, taking inspiration from Jack White as a way to kick her writing into gear, and adding a little darkness to her romantic musical moments. Morris also talks about the future of The Highwomen, the supergroup that includes Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, and Natalie Hemby. Advertisement E...
Rudy Giuliani’s Appearance on The Masked Singer Was As Gross As Expected
Aside from helping to stage an attempted coup, seducing an underage girl, and getting sloppy drunk in the middle of the day, Rudy Giuliani doesn’t have a lot of fun these days. He admitted as much during Wednesday’s episode of The Masked Singer as he attempted to explain how “America’s Mayor” found himself participating in a singing competition series alongside other D-list celebrities dressed like a lemur, armadillo, and teddy bear. In Giuliani’s case, he performed George Thorogood & the Destroyers’ “Bad to the Bone” dressed up as the Jack in the Box. “I want [my granddaughter] to know that you should try everything. Even things that are completely unlike you and unlikely,” Giuliani explained. “I couldn’t think of anything more unlike me and unlikely than this. And I enjoy the show. I...
Megan Thee Stallion Announces Release Date of New Single “Plan B”
Megan Thee Stallion is set to drop her newest single “Plan B” — which she debuted during her recent Coachella set — on Friday, April 22. The Good News rapper took to social media to announce the news and clarify that the song’s title is “Plan B” and not “Letter to My Ex,” despite popular belief. The song, which samples Jodeci and Wu-Tang‘s “Freak’n You Remix,” took the internet by storm when she previewed it at Coachella, with many stating that they are looking forward to the single’s release and praising her rapping style on the track. In late March, it was reported that TIME Studios and Roc Nation are working on a documentary about the Houston Hottie, which will feature “rare archival footage and fresh verité video” that spotlights her Texas upbringing, rise to fame and important milesto...
Artist Plugs Mushrooms Into a Synthesizer and Makes Blissful Electronic Music
Mushrooms aren’t always used for their hallucinogenic effects. They are used to create music, too. Artist and composer Tarun Nayar, who creates and performs music under the moniker Modern Biology, plugged mushrooms into a synthesizer and wrote music with the electrical waves the fungi produce. To achieve this sound, he places electrodes into the mushrooms and wires them up to his soundboard, allowing electrical signals to flow through the plants and trigger a synthesizer before turning them into sounds that humans can hear. Nayar has also written music with watermelon, cacao, mango, and cactus. His raving mushrooms don’t have a method to their madness, as to be expected with nature. This unique ability to transform electrical waves from mushrooms and other objects has given Nay...
Texas’ Astroworld Task Force Calls for Better Permitting Regulations and Security Training
A new report from the Texas Task Force on Concert Safety published Tuesday offered insights and takeaways from the November 5 tragedy at Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld Festival, Rolling Stone reports. The group, formed by Gov. Greg Abbott days after a crowd rush resulted in the deaths of 10 people, cited an inconsistent permitting process across Texas and lack of event security training and communication as contributing factors to the tragedy. The findings in the task force’s report outlined five points for improvement. The lengthiest section of the report focused on event permitting rules within unincorporated areas of Texas. The report cited a lack of an occupancy load permit. “A consistent permitting process could have helped established jurisdiction and authority over ultimate event sh...
