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MIKKEY DEE To Lead MOTÖRHEAD Tribute Concert In Sweden This July
On July 23, Mikkey Dee will take part in a special “tribute to MOTÖRHEAD” concert at Mellby Horsepower in Laholm, Sweden. This “unique” gig will feature the former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer and as-yet-undisclosed “friends” performing MOTÖRHEAD classics. For more information, click here. In a 2021 interview with the “Waste Some Time With Jason Green” video podcast, Mikkey said that MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister refused to quit touring in the weeks leading up to his death, even when his health was clearly deteriorating. “We played the last show the 11th of December [of 2015] in Berlin, and he passed just [two] weeks later,” Mikkey recalled (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And that tel...
MESHUGGAH Drops Music Video For New Single ‘The Abysmal Eye’
Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH have released the official music video for “The Abysmal Eye”, the first single from their upcoming ninth studio album, “Immutable”. You can now watch the Scott Hansen-directed clip below. Due on April 1 via Atomic Fire, the follow-up to 2016’s “The Violent Sleep Of Reason” was recorded at Sweetspot Studios in Halmstad, Sweden; mixed by Rickard Bengtsson and Staffan Karlsson; and mastered by multiple Grammy Award winner Vlado Meller (METALLICA, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN). Visionary artist Luminokaya once again created the stunning cover artwork. Full of surprises and yet instantly recognizable as the work of metal’s most idiosyncratic force, “Immutable&...
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Drummer Says Making ‘Perdida’ Album Was An ‘Amazing And ‘Cathartic Process’
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS drummer Eric Kretz spoke to Australia’s “Everblack” podcast about “Perdida”, the group’s first-ever acoustic album, which came out in February 2020. Asked if the follow-up effort will see him and his bandmates returning to the heavier sounds of STP‘s earlier releases, the 55-year-old musician said: “On every STP record, we’ve always had one or maybe two songs that had that kind of vibe to it — where it was just softer and kind of acoustic based. And I think it was, like, ‘Let’s just do a whole album like that — have some fun and do something different.’ And it was an amazing and it was a cathartic process to record it because it was a whole different thing… It was really trying to do more with less ...
Oak View Group Rebrands Facilities Division as OVG360, to Launch New Suite of Services
Months after finalizing the purchase of Spectra, Tim Leiweke‘s Oak View Group has rebranded its OVG Facilities division as OVG360 and announced plans to launch a new suite of services for its venue management and hospitality clients. The news comes after six years of rapid growth across Oak View Group in partnership with music executive Irving Azoff and private equity firm Silver Lake, going from six employees in 2015 to more than 25,000 employees and more than $5.3 billion in deployed capital across nine projects, including the recently opened Savannah Enmarket Arena in Georgia. Last year, Oak View Group opened the $1.2 billion, 18,100-seat Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle as well as UBS Arena, a $1.1 billion multi-purpose, state-of-the-art arena located on the grounds of Belmont Park in E...
‘Broadway Bares’ Benefit Sets Live Onstage Return for June
Broadway is back, and so too is the long-running Broadway Bares spectacular. The annual, one night only charity burlesque show will return — live, onstage and in-person — for its 30th anniversary celebration on June 26 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. For the last two years, COVID-19 sidelined the show to a virtual event. The theme for 2022 Broadway Bares show will be announced at a later date, along with any special guests that may take the stage. Previous installments of the show have included appearances from musicians like Billy Porter, Vanessa Williams, Cyndi Lauper and Adam Lambert. The extravaganza is a showcase for the dancers of Broadway and New York, and in 2019, more than 200 performers took the stage. The 2022 show will be directed by Laya Barak, who also helmed the 201...
Who Gets Paid for a Stream?
Over a trillion times a year, somebody streams a song within the United States and sets in motion the process of paying royalties to the rights holders and creators responsible for the music. Each individual payment is minute — usually less than a cent — but for the most popular songs, royalties can add up to millions of dollars in a single year. Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” for example, which was 2021’s most-streamed song in the U.S., according to MRC Data, earned her, its songwriters and its various rights holders about $4 million, Billboard estimates. Exactly how each involved party is paid varies, but the recipients are the same: record label, performing artist, songwriter, music publisher and an intermediary or two. Both the sound recording and its underlying musical work receive royaltie...
Why Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Deal Won’t Include 2Pac and Dr. Dre, Lizzo Talks New Album & More Top Stories | Billboard News
Snoop Dogg won’t get 2Pac and Dr. Dre in his new deal, Lizzo talks new music and we catch up with legendary rocker Sting. Plus, Megan Thee Stallion calls out Tory Lanez, a look at Kelly Clarkson’s latest cover and your chart update. This is Billboard News for Thursday, Feb. 24. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_title” class=”fl-input” title=”Title” value=”” required=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”category” title=”Select category”][flexi-form-tag type=”tag” title=”Insert tag”][flexi-form-tag type=”article” class=”fl-tex...
2 Chainz Drops “Kingpen Ghostwriter” Visual With Lil Baby
2 Chainz has dropped a new music video for his Dope Don’t Sell Itself track “Kingpen Ghostwriter,” featuring Lil Baby. The track marks the third time that the Atlanta rappers have collaborated, following “Anyway” on Lil Baby’s 2018 record Street Gossip and Juicy J‘s 2020 cut “Spend It.” “Kingpen Ghostwriter” is the latest Dope Don’t Sell Itself track to receive a video, following “Free B.G.,” “Neighbors Know My Name,” “Million Dollars Worth of Game” and “Pop Music.” Dope Don’t Sell Itself, which was released earlier this month, runs for approximately half an hour with a total of 12 tracks. The College Park rapper employed a slew of artist for features, including Moneybagg Yo and Beatking on “Pop Music,” Roddy Ricch on “Outstanding,” 42 Dugg on “Million Do...
Baby Keem Drops Anecdotal “16” Music Video
Baby Keem on Thursday released a new Jonas Lindstroem-directed music video for his The Melodic Blue track “16.” The visual provides an artful interpretation of the 21-year-old rapper’s vivid love life, between a slew of metaphorical and more literal scenes. “Won’t you think about you and I?” Keem raps on the track. “Just grab my hand and look me in the eye / But this ain’t something you should decide.” The Melodic Blue, which debuted in September of last year, clocks in at almost one hour and includes guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar on “range brothers” and “family ties,” Travis Scott on the track “durag activity” and Don Toliver on “cocoa.” The 16-track record debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, moving 5...
Rosalía Releases Playful New Song “Chicken Teriyaki”: Stream
With her highly-anticipated MOTOMAMI album on the way, Rosalía has dropped her party-starting new single “Chicken Teriyaki.” Watch the accompanying music video below. Featuring a thumping, hypnotic beat co-produced by El Guincho, Sky Rompiendo, Michael Uzowuru, and Noah Goldstein with Rosalía herself, the playful new track features the Spanish artist boasting about her fame and wealth. “En Nueva York visitando a mi joyero,” she sings in a rapped delivery. “Solo quiere cash, yo le doy mi dinero.” In English, this translates to, “In New York visiting my jeweler/ He just wants cash and I give him my money.” In the Tanu Muino-directed video, Rosalía takes a moment to show off some thick gold chains in-between putting on a fierce dance routine alongside a bevy of backup dancers. Advertisement R...
Deb Never Drops New Song “Crutches”: Stream
Deb Never has shared the new song “Crutches,” a rocking ode to leaping before you look. “‘Don’t get ahead of yourself,’” the Pacific Northwest songwriter quotes to begin the song. “‘You’re running too fast/ Before you learn how to walk/ And now you’re on crutches,’” a person says. But Never ignores them: “Nobody cares about the things that you want/ You’ve got to go and get ’em,” she sings, before launching into a barnstorming chorus: “I’m tearing down the walls/ I’m storming in like thunder/ ‘Cause I’m tired of waiting for/ Better days.” Check it out below. “Crutches” is Deb Never’s first song since releasing her 2021 EP Where Have All the Flowers Gone. Next month she’s touring the UK with slowthai, and in April she’s hitting the road with Omar Apollo. Tickets a...
Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Deal Won’t Include 2Pac and Dr. Dre Albums: Report
It looks like three of the most definitive albums released on Death Row Records won’t be part of Snoop Dogg’s pending acquisition of his former label. Per Billboard, 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory “are no longer on the label,” while Dr. Dre’s The Chronic is slated to leave the catalog as early as 2023. More than two weeks after announcing the deal, Snoop Dogg is still negotiating for the label’s catalog with MNRK Music and its parent company Blackstone. In April 2021, MNRK Music acquired the Death Row catalog from previous owner Hasbro, which in turn had purchased the infamous label as part of a deal for its parent company Entertainment One (eOne) two years prior. According to Billboard, neither All Eyez on Me nor The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory ...
