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GUNS N’ ROSES’ Australian Arena Tour To Receive More Government Funding
Music promoter TEG Dainty has received another AUD $600,000 (approximately $432,000) in rescheduling assistance from the Australian government’s Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) fund for GUNS N’ ROSES‘ COVID-delayed tour of the country. GUNS N’ ROSES‘ Australian tour was initially scheduled to kick off last month, but was pushed back to November 2022 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a statement in September, TEG Dainty CEO Paul Dainty said that his company “worked for months with the various state governments trying to create a safe environment so that the GUNS N’ ROSES tour could proceed this year. Despite our best efforts, it recently became clear that we could not proceed in 2021 and it has taken time to finalize a plan...
Watch SEPULTURA’s ELOY CASAGRANDE Play Song From His CASAGRANDE & HANYSZ Project
The Paiste YouTube channel has been updated with a video of SEPULTURA drummer Eloy Casagrande playing the song “To Not Belong” from CASAGRANDE & HANYSZ, his prog metal project with João Hanysz. Paiste says in a message accompanying the YouTube release of the video: “Could he play even more energetic? We don’t think so. Always a great pleasure to see and hear Eloy Casagrande banging on those drums. Here he plays the track ‘To Not Belong’ from CASAGRANDE & HANYSZ. Hell Yeah!” CASAGRANDE & HANYSZ‘s debut EP, “Edge Of Chaos”, was released in September. The effort was produced, recorded and mixed by Andre Kbelo and was mastered by Carlinhos Freitas. This past summer, guitarist Andreas Kisser spoke to France’s Loud TV ...
DENNIS DEYOUNG On STYX Reunion: ‘The Vast Majority Of Fans Wanna See The Band Back Together One Last Time’
Ex-STYX vocalist and keyboardist Dennis DeYoung has once again said that he wants to reunite with his former bandmates for one final tour. DeYoung, the voice behind such STYX classics as “Come Sail Away”, “Best Of Times”, “Pieces Of Eight” and “Babe”, spoke about his previous group while chatting with U-Man and Favazz of the St. Louis, Missouri radio station KSHE 95. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “The vast majority of fans, and I know this, they wanna see the band back together one last time. But [the STYX guys] chose a different path. “The people say, ‘Stop whining, Dennis.’ I say, ‘I’ll whine as long as I like. I’m gonna be 75.’ But the truth is [for them] to go out [on tour] w...
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE’s MATT TUCK: ‘COVID And Brexit Are Making Our Lives Doubly Horrible’
Matt Tuck of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE spoke to AndrewHaug.com, Australia’s first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station, about it’s going to be like for the band to embark on its first pandemic-era international tour. “I think the best thing that we can do now, as far as the band and the crew, is just get double vaccinated and just kind of do what we need to do if we need to travel,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “It’s not a huge ask to do a test before getting on a flight, for example — it’s not really a big ask — and if that’s what it takes for us to be able to continue on with our life and our musical journey and our career, that’s what we’ll do. “The world is a big place, a...
Chris Martin Announces Coldplay Will Stop Making Music After 2025
Chris Martin has confirmed that Coldplay will likely put out their final album in 2025. Formed in London back in 1996, Coldplay has taken the world by storm with big hits including “Yellow,” “Fix You,” and “Paradise.” Since then, the band has put out nine albums with their most recent being Music of the Spheres in October. Their collaboration with Korean supergroup BTS “My Universe,” earned the group their second Billboard No. 1 hit. iNews reported that Martin announced in a conversation with BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley the band’s future plans, “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.” He continued, “Maybe we’ll do some collaborative things but the Coldplay catalog as it were, finishes then.” The entirety of the...
Pusha T Reportedly Almost Bailed On Kanye’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ Sessions
New details regarding Pusha T‘s involvement in Kanye West‘s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album have surfaced. According to Steven Victor, during the Hawaii recording sessions for the album, Pusha T grew to be incredibly frustrated with Kanye West’s creative process. In a recent interview with Idea Generation Victor revealed that Push spent two weeks on the island with Ye but nearly bailed on the sessions. When Ye’s process proved to be a waste of Push’s time, Push left Hawaii with the intention of completely dropping out of the album. Victor explained the situation, “There’d be periods where we would be in Hawaii for like two or three weeks and no work would be getting done. So for someone like Pusha, it’s like, ‘What is this? This doesn’t make sense.’” He added, “We were supposed to ...
JAY-Z Has Forgiven Lil Mama for Crashing His and Alicia Keys’ 2009 VMAs Performance
JAY-Z shared in a recent Twitter Spaces conversation that he’s “forgiven” Lil Mama after she crashed his and Alicia Keys‘ performance of “Empire State of Mind” at the 2009 VMAs. Hov referred to Lil Mama as “our sister,” continuing, “Man, we love her. I wouldn’t recommend people just jumping on other artists’ stages but you know, we don’t wish her no harm. That’s corny.” He added, “She’s a New Yorker, you know what I’m saying? She got excited. Things happen. And of course, of course we love her. Yes, she’s forgiven. It’s all love and she was coming from a place of love it’s just… she may have been a little too excited.” Lil Mama also chimed in after hearing the conversation, writing a lengthy Instagram post about love for her “big brother, big sister and [her] city.” She continued: “It brin...
Eric Clapton ‘Does Not Intend’ to Collect Money from German Widow in Bootleg CD Case
A German woman has been ordered to pay nearly $4,000 for attempting to sell a bootleg Eric Clapton CD on eBay, according to a report on the German website DW. But after facing widespread condemnation online, Clapton’s management team now says the musician won’t be pursuing what he’s owed. The 55-year-old woman, identified in court documents as Gabriele P., claims she inherited the bootleg CD Eric Clapton – Live USA from the estate of her late husband, who purchased it at a department store in 1987. But after listing it for sale on eBay for €9.95 ($11.27), lawyers for Clapton issued an affidavit in Düsseldorf regional court stating the CD was illegal. The court eventually issued an injunction barring the woman from selling the CD online and ordering her to pay €3,400 ($3,852) in legal fees ...
Latto Gives Back to Young Moms in Need During ‘Latto 4 The Ladies & Babies’ Christmas Event
Latto is spreading holiday cheer to moms in need. Last Friday, in partnership with her nonprofit organization Win Some Give Some and Georgia’s Rainbow House, the Billboard chart-topper hosted her first Latto 4 The Ladies & Babies Christmas party. The charitable event took place at the Virginia Gray Burton Recreation Center in Riverdale, Ga. During the celebration — which benefited teenagers, young moms and their children — families were gifted meals, Black Santa merchandise, toys, Visa gift cards, filled stockings, free skating passes to their local rink and more goodies. The 23-year-old rising star was thrilled to give back in Georgia, where she was raised. Ohio-born Latto first rose to fame as the inaugural winner of Jermaine Dupri’s The Rap Game in 2016. “It was immediate growth,” s...
5 Seconds of Summer Hit with $2.5M Breach of Contract Suit by Former Management Firm
5 Seconds of Summer’s former management company, YM&U Group, is suing the Australian pop-rock band for breach of contract, according to court documents reviewed by Billboard. Filed in California Superior Court on Dec. 17 by YM&U attorneys Howard King and Stephen Rothschild of King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, the complaint alleges that 5SOS – with the encouragement of their current manager, Benjamin Evans – has refused to pay YM&U commissions the firm is owed for multiple lucrative deals it negotiated on behalf of the group, including a $10 million single-album recording contract with BMG and a $1.5 million merchandising extension with Bravado International Group. Evans is named as a defendant in the lawsuit alongside 5 Seconds of Summer members Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, As...
Metro Boomin Hosts Fifth Annual Christmas Charity Drive Benefiting Single Moms
Metro Boomin is back with his fifth annual Christmas event. The charitable festivities took place on Dec. 16, in partnership with his label Boominati Worldwide and the McCaskill Treatment Family Home. The proud St. Louis native returned to his hometown to provide helpful resources and a special dinner for single mothers and their families at .ZACK Urban Ballroom. During the dinner, more than 200 families were gifted $200 gift certificates. Attendees also received Boominati gift bags complete with donated items from sponsors including McDonald’s, Republic Records, SalxCo, Essentia, Blk Water, Taco Bell, Baby Bjorn, Master Dynamic, Barebell Protein and Budgeting Buddies. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Since the first event in 2017, Metro Boomin has continuously given back to sing...
Why Hawkeye Was the Best MCU Adventure of 2021
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers through the season finale of Hawkeye, “The Boss.”] 2021 was the MCU’s busiest year to date, thanks to films and shows delayed by the pandemic. It was also a period rich with the inclusion of new voices behind the scenes and on-screen, as well as some of the franchise’s most experimental storytelling to date. From WandaVision breaking all the fourth walls to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings incorporating wuxia and mythical wonder to Loki giving us the gift of Richard E. Grant in that costume, Marvel delivered some truly wild moments. Given all of that, it could have been the case that Hawkeye, now having completed its six-episode run on Disney+, would have ended up being a bit of an afterthought. Instead, the complete series may not f...
