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KORN And EVANESCENCE Announce Summer 2022 U.S. Tour
KORN has announced a summer tour with fellow rock culture icons EVANESCENCE, produced by Live Nation. Accompanied by special guests varying across select dates, the 18-city tour kicks off on August 16 at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, making stops across the U.S. in Boston, Chicago, Houston and more before wrapping up in Ridgefield, Washington on September 16. “We’re looking forward to going on tour this summer and bringing our friends EVANESCENCE, out,” said Jonathan Davis of KORN. “Whenever Amy [Lee, EVANESCENCE singer] comes to one of our shows, I always love seeing her on the side of the stage watching the whole set and rocking out. We’re gonna have a great time on this tour, and we can’t wait to see you there.” Lee added: “I fell hard i...
Watch: DEE SNIDER Performs Acoustic Version Of ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ At ‘Concert For Ukraine’
Dee Snider performed an acoustic version of the TWISTED SISTER classic “We’re Not Gonna Take It” last night (Monday, April 4) at a concert to raise funds for refugees from Ukraine in Agoura Hills, California. Video of his appearance can be seen below (courtesy of California Rock News). All proceeds from the “Concert For Ukraine”, which was organized by independent promoter Ken Greene, at the BL Dancehall And Saloon will go to the Children’s Emergency Fund, part of the nonprofit Save The Children. Donations will help provide Ukrainian children and families with food, water, shelter and other immediate needs. The nonprofit also supports families displaced by conflict elsewhere around the world. In late February, Snider announced his steadfast support of th...
RUSH’s ALEX LIFESON On War In Ukraine: ‘It’s Heartbreaking To See What Happened’
RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson, whose parents were Serbian immigrants from Yugoslavia, was asked in a new interview with Regina-Leader Post for his thoughts about what is happening in Ukraine right now. He responded: “When this all started happening a month ago, my mother said it was so shocking to her because she remembered when the Nazis came into her town in Serbia very early in the (Second World War) and how terrified they were and how brutal they were. It just seemed to go on and on and on. Then finally the Russians came and got rid of the Germans … and they were quite brutal in a different way. Any invading army is. We could say what the Americans did in Iraq was just as brutal as what we’re seeing. But this is so seemingly uncalled for, so medieval and so wrong in so many w...
Father John Misty Announces World Tour, Shares New Song: Listen
Father John Misty has announced a world tour in support of his forthcoming album Chloë and the Next 20th Century. Joining him on the North American leg of the tour will be Suki Waterhouse. Father John Misty has also shared the LP’s closing track, “The Next 20th Century.” Check out the song and all of the tour dates below. Ahead of the new record’s release, Father John Misty has also shared “Goodbye Mr. Blue,” “Q4,” and “Funny Girl.” His last album was 2018’s God’s Favorite Customer. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Father John Misty: North America Summer/Fall 2022 Tour Father...
SZA Confirms Broken Ankle After Accepting 2022 Grammy Award on Crutches
On Sunday night, SZA hauled herself to the 2022 Grammys on a pair of crutches; during the ceremony, Lady Gaga help her on-stage to collect the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award with Doja Cat. SZA later said that she had fallen out of bed before the ceremony—what she didn’t know was that her ankle was broken, a diagnosis she shared from a hospital bed in an Instagram story the following day. “Chipped the corner of my ankle bone right off doing NOTHING,” she wrote alongside a picture of the x-ray, adding that she was expecting it to be a sprain. “I was NOT missing that red carpet.” After the event, she had said, “Whenever something big happens to me, something crazy happens too.” The award for “Kiss Me More” was her first ever, out of 14 total nominations. Pitchfork has emailed her ...
Watch the Weeknd and Jim Carrey’s New Video for “Out of Time”
The Weeknd has shared the Cliqua-directed video for his Dawn FM track “Out of Time.” The video features the Weeknd and South Korean model and actress HoYeon Jung singing karaoke and enjoying their time together at a hotel… until the old-man version of the Weeknd shows up and causes trouble. The visual closes with Jim Carrey as a doctor in an operating room. Watch below. Jim Carrey is featured across Dawn FM. Before “Out of Time,” the Weeknd shared visuals for the record’s “Take My Breath,” “Sacrifice,” and “Gasoline.” He also released The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience. Check out “5 Takeaways From the Weeknd’s New Album Dawn FM” on the Pitch. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Listen to Floating Points’ New Song “Grammar”
Floating Points has shared a new single “Grammar.” It’s out now via Ninja Tune; check it out below. Last month, Floating Points shared a new track called “Vocoder,” his first new solo music since Promises, last year’s collaboration with Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. Floating Points also had an entry on the Caribou Suddenly Remixes LP. The producer’s last solo LP was 2019’s Crush. Read about Promises in Pitchfork’s feature “Ambient Jazz’s Quiet, Forceful Return.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Marcel Searches for Other Shells in Trailer for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: Watch
Marcel the Shell is going from short film marvel to A24 star. The production company just shared the first trailer for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, which you can watch below. Over a decade after starring as the shell with a face in Dean Fleischer-Camp’s stop-motion short film, Jenny Slate reprises her role as Marcel in a Finding Nemo-type quest to find his family. Even though “it’s pretty much common knowledge that it takes at least 20 shells to have a community,” Marcel finds himself alone with his grandma, Connie, and their pet lint, Alan. After a documentary filmmaker finds the family while doing some spring cleaning, he documents their journey to reunite with their community. Much like real life, the trailer sees Marcel go viral, with Leslie Stahl, Conan O’Brien, Brian Wil...
Father John Misty Announces Massive World Tour
Father John Misty has mapped out an extensive world tour in support of his latest album, Chloë and the Next 20th Century. Following a series of intimate album release shows in the UK and New York in April, the lengthy headlining tour in late July with a show at Red Rocks. All told, FJM’s J. Tillman will play 35 North American shows through October, including a gig at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall with The New York Pops. Further shows are scheduled in the UK and Europe in 2023. Check out the complete tour itinerary below. A ticket pre-sale begins Wednesday, April 6th at 10:00 a.m. local time (use code: CanFlub), with a public on-sale following on Friday, April 8th. Tickets will be available to purchase through Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video Sub Pop Records labelmate Suki Waterhouse...
Alt-J Perform “Hard Drive Gold” on Kimmel: Watch
Alt-J swung by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night to perform “Hard Drive Gold,” a cut from their new album The Dream. Check out the performance below. Thom Sonny Green, Gus Unger-Hamilton, and lead singer Joe Newman rocked out in front of a projection screen with geometric shapes floating across it, the most common type being golden blocks. The performers stayed relatively still behind their mics, but Newman put lots of energy into his voice, having loads of fun on the long, drawn-out “brr” when he sang, “Non-shatter ruler, put it on the table and go ‘brr’/ Watch it shatter.” Check out “Hard Drive Gold” below. Back in February, Alt-J appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where the trio performed the new song “U&ME” and the 2012 classic “Breezeblocks.” The ...
Korn and Evanescence Announce Summer 2022 US Tour
Two of rock’s longstanding powerhouse acts, Korn and Evanescence, are teaming up for a 2022 US tour. This summer, the two bands will hit the road for a month-long late outing. The 18-city tour begins August 16th at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, and runs through a September 16th show at the RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater in Ridgefield, Washington. Tickets for the show go on sale to the general public beginning Friday (April 8th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster, but a special Consequence pre-sale runs Thursday (April 7th) from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time using the code KORNEV22. Advertisement Related Video “We’re looking forward to going on tour this summer and bringing our friends, Evanescence, out,” said Korn singer Jonathan Davis. “Whenever Amy [Lee] comes to one of our show...
Hillsong United – Spirit Lead Me (Oceans)
Hillsong United of Hillsong Church, an American gospel music group, released an ocean song known as “Spirit lead me.” Hillsong’s “Spirit Lead Me” is a fantastic song that will bless your soul. Hillsong is a massive gospel music soloist whose resume wouldn’t be complete without thanking God’s grace as a blessing, as spirit directed me to drop this well-known and career-changing song. It was released as the second and final single from their third studio album, Zion, on August 23, 2013. Taya Smith sings lead, and the song was written by Matt Crocker, Joel Houston, and Salomon Ligthelm, with Michael Guy Chislett handling production. At the 2014 GMA Dove Awards, the song won several major categories. It took home the awards for song of the year, “Contemporary Christian Performance of the Year,...
