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MÅNESKIN Announces First-Ever North American Tour
Italian rockers MÅNESKIN have announced details for their first world tour, which will consist of 48 dates spanning across North America and Europe. The “Loud Kids” tour dates, produced by Live Nation, have expanded to include the band’s very first headline tour of North America, as well as upgrades and additions to their rescheduled European indoor shows due to popular demand. Commencing on October 31 in Seattle, the tour will see MÅNESKIN play 17 North American cities — including stops in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Washington and Canada — before embarking on their rescheduled European tour in 2023, plus new dates. Due to popular demand, MÅNESKIN have upgraded European shows to iconic venues including London’s O2 Arena, Accor Arena in Paris, Berlin’s Merce...
BLACK SABBATH’s GEEZER BUTLER Teams Up With YELLOWHEART To Launch Multi-Part NFT Graphic Novel
YellowHeart, the NFT marketplace for music, ticketing and community tokens which accepts both crypto and credit card payments, has teamed up with Geezer Butler, legendary Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter and bass player and founding member of BLACK SABBATH, for his first-ever NFT, a graphic novel called “The Antibody Collection” which will go live on March 25 at 12 p.m. EST. The exclusive multi-part NFT collection will offer each chapter as an animated limited edition NFT, each featuring original bass driven-music composed by Geezer Butler, as well as original artwork by notable artist KOL (Kolin Humphries). Butler will also donate his proceeds from the NFT to various organizations involved in Ukrainian relief efforts including IFAW, Harmony Fund, Save The Children and...
Ignite – IGNITE
RATING: 9/10 IGNITE‘s new self-titled album comes six years after the release of their previous full-length, “A War Against You”. But the tangible excitement that radiates from “Ignite” makes the band sound like they never missed a day. Yet in that time, they underwent a major member change, with Eli Santana (HOLY GRAIL) taking over vocal duties. And while his style isn’t much different from Zoltán “Zoli” Téglás, there is an infectious energy that Santana brings to the record. By self-titling a release that’s more than 25 years into their career, IGNITE are clearly celebrating a new beginning. “Ignite” is brimming with the charms of West Coast skate punk: quick tempos, group vocals and adrenaline-fueled, anti-establishment l...
Under Satan’s Wrath – MYSTIFIER / LUCIFER’S CHILD
RATING: 7/10 Demos and splits have been cherished building blocks for numerous death and black metal bands since the tape trading days of the early eighties and nineties. While the rightfully romanticized tape trading network is now a page from a chapter of metal’s past, to new bands the value of these kinds of releases continues to be relevant. Established bands, too, keep that flame burning. Brazil’s classic blackened death horde MYSTIFER has just partnered with the Greek black metal entity LUCIFER’S CHILD for a thoroughly enjoyable split release titled “Under Satan’s Wrath”, a collection that features three tracks from each band. MYSTIFIER has been spewing its bestial sonic bile since 1989, revered among devotees of death, black and war metal alike. T...
Denzel Curry and T-Pain Bemoan Their “Troubles” on New Single: Stream
We’re one step closer to hearing one of our most anticipated albums of 2022: Denzel Curry has shared the T-Pain-featuring single “Troubles” today, another sample of his upcoming album Melt My Eyez See Your Future before it drops this Friday, March 25th. Produced by Curry’s frequent collaborator Kenny Beats, “Troubles” sees him and fellow Floridian T-Pain detail their rise to fame, and the unexpected grievances that come along with being in the public eye. “Maneuver through the game I put my n***** in a huddle/ Now we all just running routes and fitting pieces to the puzzle,” Curry spits in his trademark rasp. Then, T-Pain’s instantly-recognizable vocals arrive in the chorus to deliver the track’s most pertinent line: “Got some problems that the music can’t fix.” Advertisement Related ...
Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, and Benny the Butcher Announce 2022 Griselda Tour
It’s a phrase so nice, their songs say it thrice: “Griselda, Griselda, Griselda.” Now, the three biggest stars of Griselda Records — founder Westside Gunn, his brother Conway the Machine, and their cousin Benny the Butcher — are hitting the road for a 2022 US tour. This marks the first Griselda jaunt since the pre-pandemic days of 2020, and since then, all three members have released a lot of music. Just in the past six months, Benny has dropped the excellent Tana Talk 4, Conway unveiled his Shady debut God Don’t Make Mistakes, and Westside Gunn finished up Hitler Wears Hermes 8, the eighth installment in his ongoing mixtape series. The trio will kick things off at Coachella in April, before officially embarking on their 10-date headlining trek in Chicago on ...
Ben Stiller to Play Jack Torrance in The Shining Stage Adaptation
Jack Nicholson immortalized Jack Torrance in the 1980 film adaptation of The Shining, but Ben Stiller may soon take his own stab at the character on the stage. According to Variety, Stiller is in talks to star in Ivo van Hove’s upcoming theater adaptation of Stephen King’s classic story. van Hove’s production is scheduled to open on London’s West End next January, with rehearsals set to begin in the fall. According to Variety, the production is expected to stick more to King’s novel than Stanley Kubrick’s film, which King famously criticized for, amongst other things, attributing Torrance’s psychological breakdown to the isolation of the Overlook Hotel more than to the hotel’s supernatural forces. Simon Stephens has signed on as a writer, while Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender ...
Greta Van Fleet Postpone Remainder of Spring US Tour as Guitarist Struggles with Pneumonia
Greta Van Fleet have decided to postpone the remainder of their spring US tour as band member Jake Kiszka continues to struggle with pneumonia. The guitarist is home after spending four days in the hospital, but the “healing process is long and slower than anticipated.” Originally, both Jake and his twin brother Josh (lead vocals) fell ill last week, forcing Greta Van Fleet to postpone a show in Flint, Michigan, one of five planned gigs in a row in their home state. Then the band announced that Josh had mostly recovered but that Jake was hospitalized with pneumonia, resulting in the postponement of two more shows. Now, the rest of the Spring jaunt has been called off. As it stands, Greta Van Fleet only played the first three shows on what was supposed to be a 13-date outing, including the ...
Pusha T Collabs With Arby’s For Spicy Diss Track, McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish Gets Cooked
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Victor Boyko / Getty Pusha T will secure the bag, and “Diet Coke” doesn’t need to be involved. The VA rapper collaborated with Arby’s to drop a spicy diss track aimed at a competitor. Yes, that Arby’s. “Just dropped a diss track with @Arbys. Grab some popcorn and a Spicy Fish Sandwich. #ArbysSpicyFishDissTrack #ArbysPaidMeButIWouldSayThisAnyway,” wrote Push on Instagram, sharing the song. Related Stories Pusha T uses his bars to disparage the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish because apparently the beef is on. “A little cube of fish from a clown is basic,” spits Push A Ton. We can’t front, the beat is hard. [embedded content] The collab shouldn’t be too surprising because Push is credited with securing the bag for Arby’s “We have the meats” campaign music. It ...
Struggle Rap Icons 6ix9ine, Lil Pump & Lil Xan Ferociously Slandered On Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: John Parra / Getty It all seems like a blur now but there was a time that rappers like 6ix9ine, Lil Pump, Lil Xan had the culture in a chokehold for some reason. On Twitter, the aforementioned struggle rap icons are getting ferociously slandered and the reasons should be self-explanatory. Source: BLW Media/Star Max / Getty The person we believe is responsible for this current track of online insults would be Twitter user @kirawontmiss, who issued a tweet reading, “that 6ix9ine, lil pump and lil xan era of music was heII,” something we’re sure plenty of others thought at one point. Today, 6ix9ine claims he’s struggling to make ends meet, Lil Pump will be best remembered as a stooge for Donald Trump, and Lil Xan, well, at least he got off the xans but...
Buffalo Brick Talk: Griselda Announces U.S. “Claires Back Tour”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty For all those voicing concerns or spreading the false rumors that the Griselda squad is moving in different directions, it’s time to fix your face. Dubbed the “Claires Back Tour,” Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher are set to embark on a 10-city tour of the United States this coming spring. 2022 already proved to be a big year for the Buffalo, N.Y. trio, with Conway The Machine releasing his long-awaited major-label debut, God Don’t Make Mistakes, and his cousin Benny The Butcher dropping the potent Tana Talk 4 project. Westside Gunn, currently having a quiet year on the audio side, is still masterminding deals on the backend as he’s always done. Related Stories The squad will rock the Coachella stages in Apri...
T.I. & Domani “Family Connect,” 5ive Mics & Fat Joe “New New York” & More | Daily Visuals 3.21.22
HipHopWired Featured Video T.I. seems to be getting his seed, Domani more familiar with the family hustle as the father and son connect to make some pretty impressive music over some production provided by Tip’s other seed, Messiah. In the family visuals to “Family Connect,” Tip and Domani get together to put that work in the studio where they put pen to paper before boxing up their belongings in their home to move on to, well, we’re not sure where they moving to. Pretty dope song though. Related Stories From the Big Peach to the Big Apple, 5ive Mics calls on Fat Joe to roll through the streets of the city that never sleeps before sitting on some thrones in Times Square for their clip to “New New York.” Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weeken...
