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Northwest Terror Fest 2023 Lineup: Autopsy, YOB, Necrot, and More
Northwest Terror Fest has unveiled its 2023 lineup. The annual underground extreme metal festival is set for May 25th through the 27th at the Seattle venues Neumos and Barboza. Tickets are available at 10 a.m. PT on Friday (November 25th) via this location. This year’s lineup is highlighted by death metal pioneers Autopsy and doom-sludge heroes YOB, both of whom are playing sets exclusive to the region for 2023. Other notable bands on the bill include the masked ensemble Ghoul, scene vets Misery Index, old-school death metal revivalists Necrot, doom/sludge act Conan, and death metal stalwarts Impaled. The bill will also showcase numerous underground extreme metal acts, some native to the Pacific Northwest region, including: Horrendous, Fetid, Torture Rack, Draghkar, among many more. One no...
Bruce Lee’s Death Could Have Been Caused by Drinking “Excessive” Amount of Water
A new study published in Clinical Kidney Journal has proposed that Bruce Lee’s death was caused by the martial arts legend’s “high chronic fluid intake,” or simply, his tendency to drink too much water. The paper, written by a group of kidney doctors from the Autonomous University of Madrid, suggests that the cerebral oedema that led to the 32-year old actor’s sudden passing on July 20th, 1973 was likely due to hyponatraemia, or “the inability to excrete enough water to maintain water homeostasis.” Lee would have been plausible candidate for the condition as the authors listed multiple risk factors including his liquid-heavy diet of juices, an increased intake of alcohol and marijuana, and prior kidney dysfunction as a result of injury. Bruce Lee’s official cause of death was determin...
Men At Work’s ‘Down Under’ Wins Billion Award
Australia’s unofficial anthem, Men At Work’s “Down Under,” is feted with APRA AMCOS’ Billions Award, in recognition for surpassing one billion streams across all platforms. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The award takes into account streaming numbers from all major services including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, YouTube Music, Vevo and Amazon, and is said to be the first of its kind to celebrate a songwriter’s streaming achievement. Frontman and co-songwriter Colin Hay was on hand at the PRO’s offices to receive the accolade. “I think that more than anything, the way that the song felt was that I had this deep love for this country, but not in a flag waving way, in a very deep spiritual way,” says Scotland-born Hay, who is currently on tour ...
‘Pitch Perfect: Bumper In Berlin’ Cast On Marvel Inspiration, Bumper’s Return & More | Billboard News
The Cast of ‘Pitch Perfect: Bumper In Berlin’ stopped by the Billboard News studio to talk all about the new series set to air on Peacock on November 23rd, 2022. [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-textarea” title=”Description” ][flexi-form-tag type=”file” title=”Select...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’ On Track For Fifth Week Atop U.K. Chart
Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” (EMI) looks set to extend its reign in the U.K. for a fifth week. The first track on Swift’s new album Midnights has dominated the Official U.K. Singles Chart since its release, Oct. 21, and is by some distance her longest-ruling No. 1 in that territory (her previous best was a two-week run in 2017 with “Look What You Made Me Do”). Based on midweek sales and streaming data captured by the Official Charts Company, “Anti-Hero” should hold on for another week, making it five in a row. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Just four other releases this year have notched more than a month at No. 1 in the U.K.: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (7 weeks) by the cast of Encanto, “As It Was” (10 weeks) by Harry Styles and “Afraid To Feel...
Dermot Kennedy Set Second U.K. No. 1 With ‘Sonder’
Dermot Kennedy opens-up a sizeable lead in the U.K. chart race with Sonder (via Island), his second album. The Irishman’s LP leads the midweek survey, with an advantage of 12,000 chart sales over Taylor Swift’s Midnights (EMI), the next closest title. Sonder is the followup to Without Fear, which, in 2019, saw Kennedy became the first Irish act in over years to bow at No. 1 in the U.K. with his debut. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Meanwhile, Queen is all set to make a miracle return to the chart. The legendary rock band returns to the Official Chart Update at No. 3 with The Miracle (Island), following an eight-disc reissue, including six unreleased tracks, four with the late Freddie Mercury on lead vocals. The Miracle led the weekly chart fol...
Meek Mill Raps Over “Munch (Feelin’ U),” “GOD DID” and More in ‘Flamerz 5’
Meek Mill is sharing his takes on some of rap’s biggest hits in his latest mixtape, Flamerz 5. Clocking in at 40 minutes, the 15-track project features guest appearances from Tafia, Yung Ro, Vory, Kur and Fridayy and hears Mill deliver his own bars over the beats of DJ Khaled’s “GOD DID,” Ice Spice’s “Munch (Feelin’ U),” Drake, Future and Tems’ “Wait For U,” Lil baby’s “Forever,” GloRilla’s “Tomorrow” and more. Flamerz 5 is only available to stream on Audiomack after the rapper last week tweeted that he does not want it on other streaming services. “This strictly underground music…Billboard can’t rate it…Just rate the music…I’d bet you a million I can make the United States/world play it with one upload button…Been doing it since MySpace lol,” he added. In addition, Mill also confirmed tha...
DJ Khaled Is Allowing Some Lucky Sneakerheads Kick It In His Sneaker Kingdom In Miami
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Catherine Powell / Getty Everyone knows that DJ Khaled has one of the most impressive sneaker collections in the game, and now he’s offering sneakerheads a chance to get familiar with it…kinda. TMZ is reporting that the “We The Best” producer is offering two lucky fans a chance to kick it at a pimped out version of his sneaker closet in Miami via Airbnb. The one-night stay at the Miami estate will go down on Dec. 5 and 6, and winners will be greeted with a hand-written note from DJ Khaled himself, which you know will be optimistic and motivational. But that’s not all. The house has all the bells and whistles, including an outdoor lounge and the obligatory pool. Best part … it’s loaded with some of Khaled’s most prized possessions — sneakers! Whoever gets ...
Live Nation & Ticketmaster Reportedly Under DOJ Investigation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty After a huge online fiasco involving tour tickets for Taylor Swift, the Department of Justice is now reportedly beginning to investigate Live Nation & Ticketmaster’s practices. According to reports, the anger and frustration expressed online last week Tuesday (Nov. 15) by fans of the pop singer trying to get tickets for her upcoming Eras tour, prompted the federal body to investigate Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment. Ticketmaster offered an apology to Swift and the fans in a statement released via Twitter last Friday (Nov. 18). The company claimed that a combination of record-high demand (reportedly 3.5 billion requests were made), bot attacks, and requests without special codes “broke parts of their w...
A Supreme x Balenciaga Collab Might Be On The Way
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SUPREME / Supreme A new Supreme collaboration is rumored to be on the way and best believe this one is going to have hypebeasts’ stomachs rumbling as soon as they find out. Hypebeast is reporting that a Supreme and Balenciaga collection could be in the works with a tentative release date of 2023. Though this is just rumors based on a box logo shirt popping up at the Spring/Summer 2023 Balanciaga fashion show, it wouldn’t be out the realm of possibility that the two hottest brands out in the streets link up for a new capsule collection. “Last month at the Balenciaga’s SS23 show, we saw a Box Logo Tee that was presumed to be paying homage to Supreme’s iconic design. Now confirmed that we are set to see an official collaboration between these two coming Spri...
August Alsina Appears To Introduce Boyfriend To The World, Twitter Chimes In
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE August Alsina has largely kept a low profile after the “entanglement” that was revealed between him and Jada Pinkett Smith, but he’s back in the news in a major way. During the closing segment of VH1’s The Surreal Life, the R&B singer seemingly comes out as gay and introduced a man who allegedly is his boyfriend. August Alsina, 30, was the talk of Twitterland after fans caught wind of the New Orleans native speaking to the cameras at the end of The Surreal Life and expressing loving sentiments to a person offscreen. Moments after Alsina gushed about his newfound love, fans on Twitter were stunned to see that a man came and sat next to him while wrapping the man in a huge bear hug. Before we go any further, if August Alsina is indeed gay or bisexual, it ...
Resources to Advocate For and Support LGBTQ+ Communities
Just minutes before the national Transgender Day of Remembrance began, a gunman entered Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and opened fire, killing five people and injuring at least 25. The club was one of few spaces in the city for queer people to congregate and socialize free of judgment and bigotry. As anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment has begun to dominate the national conversation—often thinly veiled under the guise of “equality” in sports, accusations of “grooming” children, and protecting spaces created for women—violence against these very communities has also proliferated. The persistence of homophobic and transphobic attacks in the United States is overwhelming, especially for those whose very right to exist is considered by some to be up for debate; the material and p...
