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Coldplay’s Chris Martin Hints at Retirement
For Coldplay, the end of the line is in sight. Maybe. In a new interview for the BBC, Chris Martin has indicated Coldplay will hang up their guitars in 2025, a year that would mark a quarter century since their first album release, 2000’s Parachutes. The revelation comes in an interview Martin gave with Jo Whiley for BBC Radio 2, a snippet of which aired on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. “Well I know I can tell you: our last proper record will come out in 2025 and after that I think we will only tour,” Martin says in a preview clip. “Maybe we’ll do some collaborative things but the Coldplay catalog as it were finishes then.” Explore Explore Coldplay See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news There are several takeaways from Martin’s comments. A final album release ...
Lee Mujin on Being Billboard K-Pop 100 Rookie of the Year: ‘I’m Still Hungry for More’
At the turn of the year 2021, no one expected that the “Rookie of the Year” on the year-end Billboard K-Pop 100 would go to a male solo artist. Major entertainment companies had introduced brand-new bands such as aespa, ENHYPEN, Treasure and STAYC at the end of 2020 and most of us had our attention on them. To our surprise, a young male singer showed that he was not an ordinary rookie singer by setting the record for most No. 1 appearances on the Billboard K-Pop 100 in 2021. This up-and-coming star singer is Lee Mujin, who was the runner-up in Sing Again, JTBC’s music competition show. Explore Explore Lee Mujin See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sing Again is a rebirth talent show for unknown singers, including those who have released popular original sou...
COVID-19 Is Playing at My House: How LCD Soundsystem and Their Fans Gambled and Lost
LCD Soundsystem have made a career out of iconic lines, from, “Daft Punk is playing at my house,” to “I’m losing my edge,” but nothing they’ve written has been quite as prescient as, “[U]s playing the show is no way an indicator that it’s safe to attend.” The band posted those words in a December 17th statement explaining why they wouldn’t be cancelling their residency at Brooklyn Steel, despite private misgivings and a COVID-19 surge in New York City. Two days later, they finally pulled the plug, bowing to outside pressure as well as a growing unease within the band. Before that happened, scores of concert-goers may have been infected with the novel coronavirus. Consequence has spoken to over a dozen people who attended the residency, all of whom say they have had at least the first ...
James Franco Addresses Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Says He Has a Sex Addiction
James Franco recently agreed to his first interview in nearly four years, during which he addressed the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him back in January 2018. In a sitdown with SiriusXM’s Jess Cagle, the actor claimed he is a changed man, and while he didn’t explicitly apologize, he said he’s been “doing a lot of work,” which involves being in recovery from sex addiction since 2016. Franco also continued to dismiss the accusations of sexually exploitive behavior put forth in a 2019 lawsuit from two former students of his now-defunct acting school. “There were people that were upset with me and I needed to listen,” Franco said, when asked why he has mostly remained silent about the accusations. “When something like this happens, like the natural human instinct is to just ma...
Bob Dylan Gives Our Half-Assed Year a Half-Assed Christmas Light Show
As the neighbor of Bob Dylan, author and journalist Merrill Markoe has become a celebrity reporter of sorts. For over a decade, she’s documented and analyzed the folk singer’s Christmas lights outside his Malibu home, and this year’s interpretation — Markoe’s last ever — has finally arrived. From half-assed string lights to basic plaster nativity scenes, Dylan’s decorations have prompted Markoe to ask one simple question: “What does it mean?” But the task has proven gruesome as the years have gone by. “Because people keep bugging me, here are you-know-who’s Xmas lights. For THE VERY LAST TIME,” Markoe wrote on Twitter. “But I can no longer take the strain of trying to translate such an obscure method of communication. See thread for my LAST interpretation EVER.” This year, Dylan resorted t...
The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special Aims for Nostalgia to Mixed Effect: Recap
Even after COVID forced LCD Soundsystem to cancel the remaining three shows of their 20-night Brooklyn Steel residency, the band hasn’t given up on trying to keep things jolly. On December 22nd, James Murphy and co. brought the holiday cheer to Amazon Prime Video with their part comedy, part concert film Christmas special, appropriately titled The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special. Directed by Eric Wareheim (of Tim & Eric fame), the hour-long special aims to capture nostalgia twofold. It opens with a parody of a ’90s sitcom titled “All My Friends,” in which Wareheim stands in as Murphy in a fictionalized version of LCD Soundsystem. With Macaulay Culkin portraying drummer Pat Mahoney, the band fumbles through assembling the perfect setlist for the night’s gig. Spanning their 2005 de...
Gucci Mane Young Dolph Tribute Track “Long Live Dolph” Receives Visual
Gucci Mane has dropped a visual for “Long Live Dolph,” just a few days after its audio release. The song, which is the closing track to Mane’s compilation mixtape So Icy Christmas, pays tribute to his late friend Young Dolph who was fatally shot outside of a local bakery in his hometown of Memphis last month. The music video, which is helmed by Omar the Director is a nostalgic look at Gucci and Dolph’s friendship. The video showcases never-before-seen photos of the two rappers as well as footage from the Memphis artist’s memorial service. The sentimental to the track highlight the legacy Young Dolph has left behind. Gucci mourns the loss of his dear friend, “R.I.P. to Dolph, long, long live the legend/From Memphis to the 6, they felt you in the bricks/The day you died, it broke my heart, a...
VIDEO: Tiwa Savage – Tales By Moonlight ft Amaarae
Don’t miss the official music video premiere for Tiwa Savage – “Tales By Moonlight” ft Amaarae out now. Finally, Tiwa Savage gives fans the highly anticipated visuals for “Tales By Moonlight” featuring Amaarae. The song is lifted off her “Water & Garri” EP. A couple of weeks ago, she gave us the video for “Somebody’s Son“. Tiwa Savage and Amaarae both look amazing in their costumes as they get heads spinning in their direction. Watch, enjoy Tiwa Savage – “Tales By Moonlight” ft Amaarae below. [embedded content]
VIDEO: Blaqbonez – Okwaraji Remix ft Bella Shmurda
Check out this music video “Okwaraji Remix” coming from Blaqbonez featuring Bella Shmurda out now. From the “Love Over Sex” Deluxe album is this visual for “Okwaraji Remix” by rapper Blaqbonez. He tapped in sensational singer Bella Shmurda for this deluxe version of the song. Blaqbonez is all swagged up in this video as he drops those banging rap verses on the hip-hop instrumental. Bella Shmurda comes on with a good flow to keep the energy going. Watch, enjoy Blaqbonez – “Okwaraji Remix” ft Bella Shmurda below. [embedded content]
Diddy Buys Back Sean John: Velour Suit Twitter Is Pleased
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Diddy has his baby back. He has just won a bidding war for the rights to his Sean John clothing brand. As spotted on Women’s Wear Daily the mega mogul has bought back the line that he made global back in the 1990’s. According to sources he shelled out a whopping $7.551 million dollars to win control of the brand. He detailed his enthusiasm in a formal press release. “I launched Sean John in 1998 with the goal of building a premium brand that shattered tradition and introduced Hip-Hop to high-fashion on a global scale,” Combs said. “Seeing how streetwear has evolved to rewrite the rules of fashion and impact culture across categories, I’m ready to reclaim ownership of the brand, build a team of visionary designers and g...
Ghana Parliament Gets Into A Brawl Over New Tax Proposal
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube Politics in America have gotten incredibly divisive and tribal ever since Donald Trump took office in 2016, but it’s discord pales in comparison to what’s going on in Ghana these days. The New York Post is reporting that the parliament in Ghana went from a debate into an all out melee when sides came to blows over a proposed tax that would allow electronic transactions to be taxed by the government dubbed the 1.75% e-levy. For weeks the house had been divided over the new law and even held up the passing of the national budget. Once it was time for the debate over the new tax, things went from 0 to 100 real quick. “Members of parliament rushed the front of the chamber after Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu suggested the tax be debat...
Infamous Suge Knight Inks Deal to Have Biopic Produced
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Winston Burris/WENN.com / WENN The infamous former head of Death Row Records, Suge Knight, has taken the first step to having his life story on the big screen. According to reports, the music executive who co-founded the iconic label that entrenched gangster rap further into the cultural landscape by signing Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg among others has struck a deal with producer Steve Whitney and his TSW Films company to produce a film on his life. The terms of the arrangement ha Knight signing over his life rights to the producer to begin the process, and actor/writer Nick Cassavetes has been tapped to pen the script for the film. Suge Knight has factored in as a major subject in movies and documentaries within the past decade, with Straight Outta Compton an...
