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MAMMOTH WVH Cancels Remaining ‘Young Guns’ Tour Dates
MAMMOTH WVH has canceled the remaining six shows of the “Young Guns” tour starting with tonight’s (Tuesday, April 5) performance in Raleigh, North Carolina at The Ritz due to members of the touring personnel testing positive for COVID-19. The other affected dates are April 6 in Charlotte, North Carolina; April 8 in Nashville, Tennessee; April 9 in Dothan, Alabama; April 10 in Orlando, Florida; and April 12 in Orlando, Florida. Refunds are available at point of purchase for anyone who purchased a ticket to see MAMMOTH WVH. DIRTY HONEY will still perform at the scheduled dates as advertised. MAMMOTH WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen explained: “After an incredible weekend in Las Vegas with my family for the Grammys, I flew back yesterday to meet up with my band and crew...
PAPA ROACH’s JACOBY SHADDIX Explains ‘Ego Trip’ Album Title
PAPA ROACH vocalist Jacoby Shaddix spoke to U.K.’s Rock Sound about the inspiration for the title of the band’s upcoming album, “Ego Trip”. The effort will be released on April 8 via New Noize Records in partnership with ADA Worldwide (WMG‘s independent label and artist services arm). “This album essentially is a journey through the ego, a wrestling match of the ego of my higher self and my lower self,” Jacoby said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And I’m always challenging myself to try to become a better person — treat myself better, treat other people better, put other people first, but I’ve got this part of me that’s selfish and self-centered and self-seeking. And it’s that wrestling match with the ego — it&#...
Cardi B Leaves Social Media After GRAMMY Absence
Cardi B has deactivated her social media after fans accused her of hinting that she would be present at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards, where her track “Up” was nominated for Best Rap Performance. The “WAP” artist got in a back-and-forth with several fans on Twitter, many of whom claimed that she “hyped” them up for the annual ceremony and labelled her “lazy” for having an album in the works for several years. “When did I hype y’all up? Where and when did I ever gave hints? Like are you ok? I’m not going to a award if I don’t got a new song to perform Or my album ain’t out …Next year,” she replied to one fan, and stated in a separate tweet, “I been posting on my IG stories where I been at … like clearly I’m in my house and I’m in NY the f*ck.” Her and Offset‘s six-month-old son was also dragged in...
Mike Dean Apologizes to BTS After Launching Criticism
Upset over Kanye West not winning Album of the Year for DONDA at the 2022 Grammy Awards, legendary producer-engineer and frequent collaborator Mike Dean replied to a tweet from the Recording Academy. Responding with “Anyone” to the Recording Academy’s tweet that said “Name a group ~smoother~ than @bts-bighit, we dare you.” Catching the attention of BTS‘ fan group, which calls themselves the “Army,” Dean received a heavy amount of backlash on Twitter. Dean went on to respond to some fans noting that the K-pop supergroup doesn’t write their own music and joked about potentially producing a song for them in the future. Met with even more tweets after his remarks, Dean would go on to issue a series of apologies, highlighting his mistake of calling out BTS in anger. Check out the tweets made by...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Ceaser & Suzette’s Relationship Is Looking Real Suspect
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Last week Ceaser had to make a tough decision after learning Suzette’s illegal butt injections are affecting her health, requiring a trip to Columbia to fix the issue. This week their once happy relationship seems to be crumbling. Ceasers Wants Space From Suzette. Teddy Is Happy After heading to Columbia to be by Suzette’s side as she cuts corners and gets the surgery to remove the silicone in her butt that has spread all over her body, he is back in Brooklyn. Ceaser immediately links up with Teddy and Puma to speak about the sacrifices he made for his business to be by her side during the excruciating process. Ceaser feels Suzette has not been reciprocating the same energy and does not appreciate everything he has done for her...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Clarifies Recent LeBron James Criticism
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sean M. Haffey / Getty NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is taking the opportunity to further clarify his recent criticism of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, spelling his points out in an email. The Hall-Of-Fame center and former Laker wrote an email to the Los Angeles Times after making comments critiquing James after a ceremony held at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday (April 3rd) to present Carmelo Anthony with the newly created Social Justice Champion Award that bears his name and honors his legacy of activism. Abdul-Jabbar spoke to reporters for 10 minutes afterward, who pointedly asked him about his criticism of James in the past. Related Stories “Some of the things he’s done and said are really beneath him, as far as I can see,” he began. “Some of...
HHW Gaming: Lara Croft Will Return In New ‘Tomb Raider’ Game Powered By Unreal Engine 5
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Square Enix / Shadow of The Tomb Raider Lara Croft will return, and her new adventure will be powered by Unreal Engine 5.Honestly, with any game coming to either the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series S|X, improved graphics should come as no surprise. Nor should the fact that there is another Tomb Raider game in the works, but for her latest world-saving romp, Crystal Dynamics has announced that its new Unreal Engine 5 will be powering it. The video game studio saved this news for last during Tuesday’s (Apr.5) Unreal Engine 5 presentation by Epic Games. If you haven’t gotten a chance to experience Unreal Engine 5, Epic Games gave us a small sample size of what it can do in The Matrix Awakens demo released a few days before The Matrix Resurrections. ...
Lil Uzi Vert Announces Breakup With City Girls Rapper JT Because Of Old Tweet?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Rapper Lil Uzi Vert appears to have just been dumped by City Girls rapper JT, and their breakup comes with a few lessons. First, it just isn’t smart for young-ish couples who haven’t been together long to get tattoos of each other’s names. You might also want to put off renting out Nickelodeon studios and buying your significant other a McLaren for her 29th birthday if you don’t know if y’all are going to make it to her 30th (It’s like 3 Stacks said, “You can plan a pretty picnic but you can’t predict the weather,” and a lot of folks just kept jamming without heeding the words). Related Stories But anyway, that’s all just a bunch of rich negro sh*t that’s well above most of our pay grades. The real moral to this break-up story is simp...
How to Get Tickets to Korn and Evanescence’s 2022 Tour
Whether you’ve already got the life or need just the thing to bring you to it, Korn and Evanescence have you covered this summer. The two iconic groups are joining forces for a month of hard-rock excellence and mutually assured head-banging. Get tickets here, and read on for more info including pre-sale dates. What Is Korn and Evanescence’s Next Tour? The 18-city tour kicks off in Denver on August 16th and will hit cities across the continental US including Clarkston, Michigan, Camden, New Jersey, Charlotte, Houston, Dallas, Salt Lake City, and Spoke, Washington. The final joint show will be held in Ridgefield, Washington on September 16th. Who Is Opening for Korn and Evanescence on Tour? Advertisement Related Video No openers have been revealed yet, but the tour announcement poster teased...
Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Defamation Trial to Air on Court TV
Next week, Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard goes to trial in Fairfax County, Virginia. With expected witnesses including James Franco and Elon Musk, it will draw plenty of media attention on its own and now, Court TV has announced it will be providing the televised feed. The network will be the official pool feed provider for the lawsuit, promising in a press release to “provide viewers unobstructed and unbiased views of the proceedings.” Of course, Court TV will also air its own analysis of the trial. “Court cases that are as high-profile as this one often create a lot of noise, and it can be difficult for viewers to break through these distractions to have a clear picture of the facts, but that’s where we come in,” said Acting Head of Cour...
Stephen Merchant Explains Why He Wanted to Act in The Outlaws (A Decision He Came to Regret)
The groundbreaking British sitcom The Office and FX’s captivating Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans M.C. couldn’t have less in common, except for one thing: Their respective co-creators are now collaborators. Writers Stephen Merchant and Elgin James recently teamed up together for the new original dramedy The Outlaws, which focuses on a group of eclectic strange ers brought together by court-ordered community service in Bristol. The idea for The Outlaws originated with Merchant, whose parents worked as supervisors of offenders doing community service. But to take on the story, as he recently told Collider, he told his agents “Put me in touch with someone who you just think is from the completely other side of the tracks to me.” This led to his first meeting with James, and together the pair c...
Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Employees “Lovingly” Refer to Him as “The Eye of Sauron”
Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t always had a squeaky-clean reputation, and the Facebook/Meta founder and CEO has accrued a slew of less-than-flattering nicknames throughout his career. But during his recent appearance on The Tim Ferriss Show, he shared a particularly eyebrow-raising label given to him by his own employees: The Eye of Sauron. Zuckerberg brought up the moniker after he and Ferriss began discussing how he manages his energy in the workplace while constantly being barraged with news and information. “Maybe I’m not strong-willed enough or calm enough to do just straight-up meditation,” Zuck said. “I actually need to put myself in a situation where it’s difficult to not focus on that thing.” He continued: “Some of the folks I work with at the company — they say this lovingly — but I thin...
