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How Madeon and a Team of Architects Designed the Hallucinatory “Good Faith” Experience—And Blew Everyone’s Mind
They say ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind—and Madeon has four of them. The French electronic music virtuoso, whose real name is Hugo Leclercq, is currently on his “Good Faith Forever” tour, where he’s been baffling ravers with a new, pupil-popping stage production. But just like any groundbreaking show, there’s more to it than meets the eye. Four visual artists, Shinichiro Fujita, OSEAN, Mollie Tarlow and Mike Kluge, function as the brainstem of “Good Faith Forever” as well as its illusory encore, which finds Madeon lifted atop a giant cylindrical structure as his silhouette morphs into the tour’s phantasmagoric imagery. Their cerebral work, Leclercq says, has shaped not only the tour, but also his own cre...
PinkPantheress Announces Release Date for Collab With Willow Smith, Skrillex and Mura Masa
PinkPantheress is set to unveil her superstar collaboration with Willow Smith, Skrillex and Mura Masa. Later this month, the young superstar will release “Where You Are,” featuring the vocal stylings of Smith and production from the pair of renowned electronic music producers. This will not be the first collaboration between the duo, who joined forces back in 2018 for Masa’s bubbly track “Complicated” (with NAO). As for the upcoming song’s lead artists, it marks the first collaborative release from PinkPantheress and Smith. Fans of the two have been begging for a team-up for quite some time now, and PinkPantheress herself shared that she’s been waiting for this moment for years. PinkPantheress took to Instagram in the winter to showcase the upcomin...
Martin Garrix Drops Opening Track From Ultra 2022 Set, “Good Morning”: Listen
Martin Garrix simply cannot stop releasing new music. The last few weeks have been prolific for the Dutch dance music luminary, who has been releasing new tracks at a furious pace as he rolls out his debut club album, Sentio. The latest to arrive from the record has now arrived in the form of “Good Morning,” a monster single with frequent collaborators Matisse & Sadko. While the trio of producers typically go the progressive house route, like in “Hold On” and “Forever,” they’ve opted for a grittier feel this time around. “Good Morning” is a stomping electro tune with a downright nasty drop. It’s so high in energy that Garrix has been playing it out as the opening track in his recent live sets, like his wild performance at...
SHINEDOWN To Be Inducted Into Mohegan Sun’s Walk Of Fame
Uncasville, Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun has announced that SHINEDOWN will be the newest Walk Of Fame inductee — the 36th group or individual to receive the honor. The members of SHINEDOWN will be presented with a Walk Of Fame star outside Mohegan Sun’s Box Office a few hours before their sold-out show on Saturday, April 16 in a public ceremony starting at 2:00 p.m. Media and the public are invited to attend. The multi-platinum band’s upcoming show will be its sixth performance and its fifth sold-out show at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Walk Of Fame award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the success of Mohegan Sun as the Northeast’s premier entertainment destination. All of the individuals inducted into the Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame will have ...
HYPOCRISY Recruits THE CROWN Drummer HENRIK AXELSSON
HYPOCRISY has announced the addition of “session” drummer Henrik Axelsson to the group’s ranks. Earlier today (Tuesday, April 12), HYPOCRISY released the following statement via social media: “Please welcome Henrik Axelsson! This talented Swedish musician played in IMPLODE and SOILS OF FATE. Since 2014, he is the drummer for THE CROWN. Now Henrik is going to join HYPOCRISY as a session member. Looking forward to performing together”. Longtime HYPOCRISY drummer Reidar “Horgh” Horghagen left the band earlier in the month. At the time, the band said about the split: “It’s not easy for us. We’ve played together for 18 crazy years filled with music, tours and friendship. So many countries, so many songs, and so many gigs with Horgh on ...
JIMMY PAGE Is Working On ‘Multiple’ Projects: ‘I’ll Leave It To Your Imagination’
Jimmy Page says that he is working on “multiple” projects. Although the LED ZEPPELIN guitarist reportedly turned down an offer to contribute a guest solo to Ozzy Osbourne‘s new album, he has since revealed that he hasn’t been sitting idle. “There’s various things I’m working towards,” Page told Classic Rock magazine in a new interview. “It’s not just one thing, it’s multiple things, and I don’t want to even give a hint, because if you do … you give a one-sentence sound bite, and then if it doesn’t materialize, it’s like: ‘Why didn’t you do a solo album?’ So I don’t want to say what it is that I’ve got planned, because I don’t want to give people the chance to misinterpret...
PAPA ROACH’s JACOBY SHADDIX On ‘Last Resort’: It’s ‘A Cult Classic And A Best-Seller Wrapped Into One’
In a recent interview with Nik Nocturnal, PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix spoke about how the band’s classic 2000 song “Last Resort” has sparked so many memes over the years. “It’s everywhere, dude,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “It’s even in my house, with my kids. It’s funny, dude. It’s one of those things that, honestly, I’m absolutely grateful for because we have a cult classic and a best-seller wrapped into one. And in meme culture, people take the piss out of it, and I love it, ’cause it means that you’ve made it into the fabric of pop culture and we’re part of the landscape of what people are talking about still. And what else can you ask for? It’s such a great thing. And ev...
Thomas Rhett & Katy Perry Get ‘Started’ on Billboard Country Charts
Thomas Rhett‘s sixth full-length, Where We Started, bounds onto Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart (dated April 16) at No. 2. In its first frame, the set, released April 1, earned 29,000 equivalent album units according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. Rhett earns his sixth total and consecutive top five entry on the survey. The album, released on Valory/Big Machine Label Group, follows his Country Again (Side A), which entered at its No. 2 Top Country Albums high last May. Rhett banked his second No. 1 in June 2019 with Center Point Road, which launched atop both Top Country Albums and the all-genre Billboard 200, marking his second and latest leader on each list. Life Changes opened atop the tallies in September 2017 (with 123,000 units, including 94,000 sold, his biggest week in both m...
How Afrobeats Artists Are Using Fashion To Tell Us Who They Are
This piece was created in partnership with Afro Nation. Billboard and Afro Nation recently launched the first-ever official Billboard Afrobeats U.S. Songs Chart, tracking the most popular rising new music in the rapidly growing genre. The 50-position Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, which went live last month on Billboard.com, ranks the most popular Afrobeat songs in the country based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of leading audio and video music services, plus download sales from top music retailers. When alté music, a genre defined by its inability to be conclusively defined as it moves through different genres and maintains a highly experimental form, began to enter mainstream Afrobeats music in the late 2010s,...
Sony Music Publishing Commits $100,000 to Songwriters Org The 100 Percenters
Sony Music Publishing is donating $100,000 to The 100 Percenters, a 250-member organization that advocates for music creatives with a focus on BIPOC and marginalized songwriters, composers and producers, it was announced Tuesday (April 12). The money will help provide financial relief through the organization’s Songwriter Stimulus Program and its Emergency Fund, both slated to launch later this year, as well as other efforts. “It’s an honor to have the support of [Sony Music Publishing chairman and CEO] Jon Platt,” said 100 Percenters founder and executive director Tiffany Red. “He heard us and took action in a way that I could never have imagined. This is just the beginning.” The relationship between SMP and The 100 Percenters — which recently sponsored a rally in front of Spotify’s forme...
Latin Music US Recorded Revenue Hits Record $886M in 2021: RIAA
Latin music continued its relentless expansion path in the U.S. last year, with recorded revenues reaching $886 million, according to a year-end report released by the RIAA Tuesday (April 12). That’s the highest figure ever for Latin music before adjusting for inflation and marks overall revenue growth of 35% compared to 2020 — far outpacing the 23% growth rate seen in the overall U.S. music market, as previously reported by the RIAA. “With growth of 35% – far surpassing the overall growth rate for recorded music revenues – Latin music is connecting with fans in a historic way,” said RIAA COO Michèle Ballantyne in a statement included in the report. The 2021 numbers mark the sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth in revenue for Latin music, which is defined as music recorded predom...
Alice Cooper Announces Fall 2022 North American Tour
Alice Cooper will keep his show on the road this fall with a newly announced set of North American dates. The legendary shock rocker will embark on a month-long outing beginning in early September. Since the concert industry started to open back up last year, Cooper has been a road dog. He embarked on a Fall 2021 trek with support from Ace Frehley, and is currently in the midst of a spring run with openers Buckcherry (with Frehley taking over the support slot for the final three shows). The fall “Detroit Muscle” tour kicks off September 7th in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and runs through an October 8th show in Las Vegas. No opener has been announced yet, but tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster, with a VIP pre-sale beginning tomorrow (April 12th). Advertise...
