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Shooting Near SXSW Leaves 4 Injured
Four people were injured during a shooting in downtown Austin, Texas early this morning (March 20), Variety and Deadline point out. In an official press statement regarding the incident, Austin Police confirmed that at 1:59 a.m. authorities responded to shots fired in the 400 block of East 6th Street in the city’s entertainment district. Although the shooting took place on the final weekend of the 2022 South by Southwest festival, the incident did not take place at a SXSW venue or event, Deadline confirmed via a spokesperson. The four victims were transported to local hospitals to be treated for minor injuries. Earlier today, the Austin Police Department announced via social media that a suspect related to the shooting is currently in custody. Today’s incident follows a similar event that ...
Watch the Weeknd’s Guest Starring Appearance on The Simpsons
Tonight on the latest episode of The Simpsons, the Weeknd lent his voice to an animated character named Orion Hughes. He’s a child influencer and owner of fictional skate brand “Slipreme,” the logo for which bears a striking resemblance to Supreme’s ubiquitous red rectangle. In the episode, Orion befriends Bart Simpson, helping him become cool. The episode is about Homer rallying local dads to adopt the style of the Weeknd’s famous kid character. Michael Rapaport also appears in the episode. Watch clips below. The Weeknd previously co-wrote and appeared as a version of himself in a 2020 episode of American Dad, which featured an original song he also co-wrote titled “I’m a Virgin.” This summer, the Weeknd will set out on tour behind his last two albums, Dawn FM and 2020’s After Hours...
Lil Baby’s ‘My Turn’ Sets New Billboard Record
Lil Baby‘s My Turn has set a new record on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. According to Billboard, the 2020 album now holds the title for most weeks in the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums top 10 since the chart’s inception in 1965. My Turn logs its 85th week, remaining at No. 8 with 21,500 equivalent album units earned. The album breaks Post Malone’s previous record with Hollywood’s Bleeding, which clocked 84 weeks in the top 10 between 2019 to 2021. My Turn originally dropped on February 28, 2020 and has spent a total of 106 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The 20-track record featured guest appearances from Gunna, 42 Dugg, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez, and went on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Take a look ...
Shawn Mendes & Sebastian Yatra Bring the Heat to the Stage at 2022 SXSW
From one star to another, Shawn Mendes and Sebastian Yatra joined forces for a sizzling joint concert, closing a series of superstar shows as part of Samsung Galaxy + Billboard Present THE STAGE at SXSW. The set, which took place at the newly-opened Moody Amphitheater at Austin’s Waterloo Park on Saturday night (Mar. 19), saw Mendes take center stage for a 60-minute performance, where he was joined by his band for a run of his biggest pop hits like “If I Can’t Have You,” “Treat You Better,” “Señorita” and “In My Blood.” During the concert, the Canadian star offered up his talent and charm, inviting a young girl from the audience to duet with him, getting candid with between song banter and taking a photo with the roaring crowd using the Samsung Galaxy S22, which served as the official host...
Daddy Yankee Announces Retirement With Farewell Tour, Album
Daddy Yankee has announced that he is retiring from music. The reggaetón star, born Raymond Ayala — whose career exploded with 2004’s breakthrough hit “Gasolina,” launching a genre that altered the sound and business of Latin music and became a global phenomenon — will culminate his musical run with Legendaddy, his first new studio album in 10 years, and a world tour. Daddy Yankee had hinted at retirement and a last album and tour during an interview at Billboard’s Latin Music Week last year, but had yet to make an official announcement. “Today, I’m announcing my retirement from music by giving you my best production and my best concert tour,” Daddy Yankee said in a statement in a press release issued on Sunday (March 20). “I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 years of experience with t...
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Encanto’ Ballad ‘Dos Oruguitas’ Wins at 2022 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: Full Winners List
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto won best song written and/or recorded for a film at the 2020 GMS Awards, presented by the Guild of Music Supervisors virtually on Sunday (March 20). So, does this mean momentum in the Oscar race for best original song is shifting Miranda’s way in the closing days of Oscar balloting? (The final-round voting period for the Oscars runs from March 17-22.) It may be, but you can’t draw that conclusion from this outcome. Miranda’s chief rival for the Oscar, Billie Eilish and Finneas’ “No Time to Die” from the film of the same name, wasn’t nominated here. That James Bond theme still seems to be the song to beat for the Oscar. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news While the Oscar for best original score ...
Lil Durk Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘7220’
Lil Durk scores his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 26) as 7220 debuts in the top slot. The rapper previously topped the list with The Voice of the Heroes, a collaborative set with Lil Baby, for one week in 2021. 7220 launches with 120,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 17, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data – Lil Durk’s best week for a non-collaborative project. 7220 was released on March 11 via Alamo Records. See latest videos, charts and news After eight weeks in a row at No. 1 – and nine weeks in total on top – the Encanto soundtrack is pushed down to No. 3 with 64,000 units (down 12%). Also in the top 10, Ghost debuts at a career-high No. 2 with Impera – which launches with the largest sales week of any album in 2022 – whil...
MESHUGGAH’s TOMAS HAAKE Always Counts Steps While Walking Up Staircases
In a new interview with Elliott Fullam of Little Punk People, MESHUGGAH‘s Tomas Haake was asked if he naturally keeps count of everyday tasks since he’s a drummer. He responded: “Not really. I do have one weird thing, though. I don’t necessarily see the connection with me being a drummer, but maybe there is. And that’s… I really can’t walk up staircases without counting the steps. And for a while, actually, I used to count my steps when I was just walking too. But that would be the only thing where I have some kind of weird OCD that kind of kicks in. But you can ask me, all the staircases that I use in life, that I’ve used more than a couple times, you could ask me, and I would tell you the exact amount of steps for all of them. Anything that’...
WEDNESDAY 13 Talks Upcoming Album: ‘I Found It Really Hard To Be Inspired’ During The Pandemic
Heavy horror punk icon Wednesday 13 spoke to Brutal Planet Magazine about his upcoming album which is due later in the year. The follow-up to 2019’s “Necrophaze” will mark the former MURDERDOLLS frontman’s first release for Napalm Records, with whom he signed last year. “I started writing music as soon as I got home [at the beginning of the pandemic], and by the time this whole thing was over, I think I wrote about 50 pieces of music, and I only liked about 10 songs out of it, or 10 songs made sense to me,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I found it really hard to be inspired during this time,” Wednesday 13 admitted. “And I wasn’t gonna force anything, but it was a really difficult time to write. Even though I had a...
DAVE GROHL’s New DREAM WIDOW Metal Album Gets Release Date
According to Variety, Dave Grohl‘s metal album that he recorded as the fictional band DREAM WIDOW in the FOO FIGHTERS‘ horror-comedy film “Studio 666” will be made available digitally next Friday, March 25, with a physical release to follow later this year. The LP’s first single, “March Of The Insane”, came out last month. In “Studio 666”, FOO FIGHTERS move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album. Once in the house, Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces related to related to the studio’s former residents — the aforementioned fictional act DREAM WINDOW — that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the FOO FIGHTERS. “I wind...
KID ROCK: ‘I Am Uncancelable’
Outspoken conservative rocker Kid Rock recently sat down with Fox News host Tucker Carlson for a rare one-on-one interview. According to a message on Tucker‘s official Twitter, “nothing” was off the table in this “fascinating discussion”, part of which will air Monday, March 21 on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” at 8 p.m. ET on Fox News. In a short preview clip shared by Carlson, the Fox News host asks Kid Rock, “Why haven’t you been canceled? Like, people aren’t allowed to say what they think. You are.” Rock responds that he is “uncancelable,” and when Carlson asks “why’s that?” Rock responds, “’cause I don’t give a [expletive]. “I’m not in bed with any big corporate thin...
Kanye West Barred From Performing at the Grammys
Kanye West will not be performing at the upcoming 2022 Grammy Awards. The development was shared by the rapper’s “Eazy” collaborator The Game in a lengthy Instagram post on Saturday. “The Grammys have at the last minute decided to pull [Kanye West] from performing on the show as if we didn’t know it was coming.” The Game attributed the Grammys’ decision to a myriad of factors, including West’s recent beef with the ceremony’s host, Trevor Noah, which led to his temporary suspension from Instagram. Related Video A representative for West confirmed as much in an email to Rolling Stone, as they linked back to article by The Blast which cited the Donda rapper’s “concerning online behavior” as the primary factor for the Grammys’ decision. Advertisement In his Instagram post, The Game also sugges...
